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THE RICHMOND PLANET EDITOR MITCHELL'S TRAVELS. A Visit to Martinsville.—A Mysterious Bundle.—Train Crew Happy.—Passenger Investigate.—The Beanies of Freight Train Transit.—Entertained in Danville. We left Danville about 2:30 P. M. Tuesday for Martinsville, Va. We were aboard a train on the Danville and Western R. R., that carried two coaches for passengers and about six for treasure. One of these was designated for colored people, but it carried the mail bags in one of its seats, the white train-hands and any of the white passengers who cared to come in to take a drink of whiskey without his white associates being aware of it. THE DOCTOR GRUMBLED When he got in, he was slow about going out. We were in company with Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Holbrook and Dr. R. A. Reynolds. The latter grumbled not a little. At times, we thought a little "cusing" might have done him some good to the extent of relieving him in a measure of his indignation. At nearly all of the stations, we "lost" our engine, which would disconnect itself and proceed to shift cars, while the patient passengers sat down on the road; the driver and the driver figured out the distance to Martinsville until the engine connected itself again, and the cry of "All aboard," started us on to Martinsville again. IMRIBING ON THE PLATFOR M. It was at one of these stops that two white passengers became overcome with sympathy for their fellows and drowned their sympathy in a pint bottle of whiskey which they emptied within themselves on the rear platform. Reaching Martinsville, we were met by many of our friends and were soon within the home of Mr. and Mrs. Green Penn, where we were made comfortable. Mr. Penn owns a valuable piece of relics. The house made us welcome, we spoke that it got to a packed house at the High St. Baptist Church of which Rev. J. H. Hamlin is pastor, Prof. J. L. Hill is idolized by the people of this town and is an orator of the "first water." He was the Master of Ceremonies, while Mr. Green Penn looked after the finance. THE RETURN TO DANVILLE We left Martinsville at about 9 o'clock the next morning. The trip was about 42 miles and we were due in Danville at 10:55, but the train-brakeman assured us that we would reach there at 12 o'clock. He was about right as we arrived there about five minutes after that hour. In the parcel rack just above our house was a mysterious bundle, wrapped in news-paper. We pressured that it was lunch belonging to the train crew. After we had gone some miles down the road, it was tenderly lifted from its place and conveyed into the toilet room. TOOK CARE OF THE BUNDLE. A few moments later it re-appeared in the arms of a solemn-faced man in ever-als. When he got a little further down the road, he again reached above our heads, took down the package and then again disappeared in that toilet room. The bundle was placed in the rack again. A white passenger came in. His eye settled on that same bundle, and he tenderly lifted it from its place and disappeared in the colored folk's toilet room. THE PHYSICIAN INVESTIGATES. He came out solemn-faced too, but satisfied, but he did not bring the bundle with him. "Say, General," whispered Dr. Reynolds. "I want to see what those fellos have in that bundle." He disappeared to in that toilet room. He came out with an amused smile. "It's liquor in that jag," he remarked. "Is it all gone?" we inquired. "Oh no, it's half now full." He holbrook. He laughed and shook his head, saying he didn't want any. Mrs. Holbrook sat beside him, but a few minutes later one of the train-men looked at the parcel rack. It was minus the bundle and he disappeared in that toilet room. THE FUNERAL DIRECTOR ANXIOUS. TOO A few moments later, he reappeared, but with no bundle. Brother Holbrook moved uneasily and finally he decided to explore the mysteries of that same room. He came out smiling, but up to this time has made no statement as to his explorations. Both he and Dr. Reynolds were simply on a scout to see what the boys were doing and it is on their testimony that we are able to state that the jug of liquor contained no lunch for the inner man. FRIENDS TO MEET US. There was no sign of drunkenness aboard that train and it seemed that the jug was as essential and as potent in bringing that train to Danville as was the locomotive, which disconnected itself and "cut up capers" at nearly every station. Reaching Danville we were met by Mr. George W. Rison and Mr. H. S. Keen. A few moments later we were on a street-car, en route to Mr. Rison's residence, the conductor being sententiously told to stop at "Rison's Avenue," (a street that was not down in the city directory.) There are no "Jim Crow" street cars in Danville and all efforts to establish them there have failed. The relationship between the white and col ored people. as in Martinsville -seems to be most friendly. A FINE DINNER. Mrs. George W. Rison had prepared a fine dinner and we enjoyed it. Mr. Rison owns two cows, calf, a horse, buggy and the residence in which he lives, although he insists that all of this belongs to his wife. He is engaged in the Employment Agency business and has Mr. John Reynolds associated with him. A Milner joined us at dinner, Mr. H. Keen being also present and promising the Madame to instruct her in the making of persian beer. BUSINESS ENTERPRISES Mr. W. Howlett Jones is doing a fine business on Main Street having one of the largest establishments owned by any colored man in the city. · Messrs Holbrook and Ounningham are the only colored unattractives. They have a new funeral car and a fine rubber-tired carriage lighted by electricity. · The Knights of Pythius and the Masons own jointly the finest Castle and Temple for lodge purposes in the city. Mr. Charles W. West and Mr. Major West are in the produce and grocery business and are doing well. The former has the finest picture of twins we ever saw. They are alive and kicking. AN ABLE PASTOR. Rev. Dr. W. T. Hall is the picture of health. He is doing well and his large, fine church, the High Street Baptist is a wonder to all visitors. Mr. W. C. Venable is one of the leading merchants now, and his restaurant is well pa ronized. He is a thoroughgoing business man and knows how to sell. Mr. J. M. Clark has a nice torsional establishment and is deservedly popular. A VISIT TO A SCHOOL BUILDING. During the time we were waiting for the train, Mr. Holbrook came with his rubber-tired bungy and drove us out behind "the most steps." In Danyle, He must have had it about right too. We visited the Leigh Street Public School building, where we met Prof. G. W. Woody, the principal and Miss Amanda Hairston, Miss Annie Graves, Mrs. Lula Williams, and Mrs. M. S. Skipwith and expressed their regrets that we did not have time to speak a word to the pupils. We left Danyle at 3:10 P. M. for Richmond arriving there at 8 P. M., Wednesday, 16th inst. A CALL TO BUCKINGHAM COUNTY. A telegram to come to Buckingham County, was the information that came the next morning. We left Richmond at 10:20 Friday morning, 18th inst, via C. & O. R. R. for Howardsville. Dr. E. R. Jefferson accompanied us. Reaching the State Farm, a branch of the Virginia Penitentiary we saw a group form-cripple white prisoners at the station. We returned to 1:32 P. M., we found a youngster, who came to take us four miles in the country to Axtell. CROSSING THE JAMES RIVER We walked on a narrow plank to the row-boat and the boatman took us across all right. A few moments later, we were in the wagon en route to Axell, where we arrived on schedule time. Rev. Dr. Caesar Perkins had not arrived but we were welcomed at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Braxton. A short while afterwards, Rev. Perkins was seen driving up in a buggy. He had come twelve miles and was no longer where he served and arrangements made for a holiday morning. We were soon asleep, with awakened at about 9 o'clock p. m. with the announcement by Dr. Jefferson that the clubs were ready. THE INITIATION AND THE HU T. We made the K. of P. Lodge and the Court of Calanthe and at 1:30 A. M. retired again. We ate breakfast Saturday morning at 9 A. M. In response to the inquiry as to why he did not awaken us at 4 A. M., Lewis Coles mournfully responded, "Things aint working right." His sister had been sick during the night. Excuse us from any reference to that hunt which began at 10 A. M., and ended at about 1 P. M. Dr. Jefferson can describe it if he will. We had rabbit dogs but "nary rabbit. After a six or eight mile journey, we rode Hoodsville. We killed all that we fired at—six birds, but—what kind of birds? Messrs Jack, Sam, Asy and Lewis Coles were with us. We are now seated in our office and we are endeavoring to think about Danville, Martinsville and Chase City. Well, we brought our shot-guns back—and ourselves and that is some consolation. Selan. Passed Away POCACHONTAS, VA., Nov. 18, 1004. To the PLANET: Bro. J. H. Dudley, who was a worthy member of Pocachontas Lodge, No. 41, k of P. and also member of Mountain Beauty Court, No. 62, departed this life, Sunday, November 13th at 8 o'clock. Brother Dudley had been sick from May 15th until his death. He was Buried Tuesday, November 15th at Chestnut Grove Cemetery, Franklin Co. Va., under the Pythian ceremony, by Sir, D. C Johnson. He leaves a wife, son and daughter and many relatives to mourn their loss. D. C. J. PYTHIANS ENTER BUCKINGHAM COUNTY. The Grand Chancellor There.—Rev Dr. Perkins Great Work.—People Enthusiastic. AXTELL, BUCKINGHAM Co., VA. Nov. 19th, 1904. Grand Chancellor, John Mitchell, Jr. and Dr. E R Jefferson, Assistant Surgeon General arrived here last evening and instituted a Knights of Pythias Lodge and a Court of Calanthe at the residence of Mr and Mrs Joe Braxton. This work was the direct result of the efforts of Rev. Caesar Perkins, the pastor of the Baptist Church here. People came as far as twenty-five miles to join the Knights of Pythias. Many subscribed to the PLANET also. The ladies organization will be known as Salem Court, No. 81. The following are the officers:—Worry Counsellor, Maud Fountain; Worry Inspector, Sallie Ann Coles; Senior Direcress, Laura Minor; Junior Direcress, Emma Brooks; Register of Deeds, Melissa Braxton; Register of Accounts, Armeta Coies; Receiver of Deposits, Willey Braxton; Orator, Maria Fountain; Escort, Josie Rose; Worthy Inspectir, Annie Coles; Conductress, Kate Watts; Assistant Conductress, Ella Perkins, Herald, Emily Seay; Protector, Gracie Braxton; Trustees, Willie Braxton, Sylvia Winfree and Sallie Coles. Rock Island Lodge, No. 84, was instituted immediately afterwards with the following officers:—Chancellor Commer, James Carter; Master of Work, E. W. Payne, Vice-Chancellor, Jack Coles; Prentice Emile, Watts; Master-at-Arms, Sam Coles; Master of Records, William Hemmings; Master of Exchequer, Joe Braxton; Inner Guard, John Kinney; Outer Guard, Frank Fountain; Trustees, James Carter, J E Griffin, Robert Bowman; Attendants, Morton Bennett, James Fitz, Rev. S. J. Ellis and Minor. Amy Dr. Perkins has already arranged for the erection of a Pythian Castle and Mr. Jack Coles has placed some of the lumber on the ground already. Grand Chancellor Mitchell spoke highly about Rev. Perkins' work. He was so much pleased that he appointed the Elder Deputy Grand Chancellor for this district. The visitors and Rev. Dr. Perkins left this afternoon for Richmond. There are four more candidates to be made in the lodge when they return again. Personals and Briefs —Miss H. Estelle Fitzgerald of Blackstone, Va., is the guest of the Misses Beransena and Lazzie Brown of N. Third St. —Mrs. Willis Wyatt of 1013 N. 3rd St., who has been quite sick is improving. —Rev. A. W. Clarke of Cardwell, Va, was in the city last week. SPECIAL EXERCISES Public Invited. The Seventeenth Street Baptist Mission Sunday School, George W. Roane, Superintendent, invites the public to special exercises at First Baptist Church, Sunday, Dec. 4, 1904. 3 P. M. Programme, Processional; recitation and rhoras, "Missionary Ship"; recitation, "Who is Somebody Else"; song, "Temperance Warning"; recitation, "The Blessing"; song; recitation, "Import to Drinkers: a meritorious gift of the World"; song; dialogue, "The Collection"; Address, "Feed Them". Dr. W. T. Johnson. Free-will offering. Pianist, Miss Ethel Bowler. Christmas Bargains Bargains in handsome Christmas presents, See what I make. C. E. NOBLE, 23% W. Broad St. EDITOR MITCHELL SPEAKS AT MARTINSVILLE. The First Court Organized There.—Fine Audience.—Much Enthusiasm. MARTINSVILLE, VA. NO. 16, 1904. The announcement that Mr. John Mitchell, Jr., President of the Mechanics' Savings Bank and Grand Worthy Counsellor of the Grand Court of Virginia would speak at the First Baptist Church last night attracted a large crowd there. Prof. J. L. Hill presided. Prayer was offered by the pastor, Rev. J. L. Hamilier, which Mr. Mitchell was introduced. For an hour he entertained the large audience and during the entire time, not a woman left the church, but listened with rapt attention to all that he said. His speech created a marked impression and is the subject of much favorable comment here to-day. When benediction was announced the candidates for membership in the Court of Calanthe marched to the lecture room below. They were attractively attired in white. Grand Worthy Counsellor Mitchell was assisted by Mrs. S. J. Holbrook, Deputy Grand Worthy Counsellor of the Danville District, S. Jr. L. W. Holbrook and Dr. R. A. Reynolds, who did the medical examining. After the initiation, the table was spread and the eatables enjoyed. This new body will be known as Jupiter Court, No. 80. The following are the officers:—W. C., J. L. Hill; W. Inspectrix, Patine Penn; S. D., Della Turner; J. D., Mary Sue Hairston; O., M. S. Sallie Jones; R. of Deeds, Signora Griggs; R of A, Maud Flood; Rec. of D. Elizabeth Flood; E., Winnie Dandridge; O., Margaret Morris; Assistant O., Woody Saunders; H., Mary Cahill; P., Lewis Hairston; Trustees, L. J. Hill; J. E. Early, Vina Hairston. Deputy Grand Worthy Counsellor for the district will be Mrs. Coarlette Penn. President Mitchell and Dr. Reynolds were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Green Penn. Grand Worthy Counsellor Mitchell left in company with Mr. and Mrs. Holbrook and Dr. Reynolds. There was a feeling of general regret over their early departure. Passed Away. REID'S FERRY, VA., Nov. 10th, 1904. Mrs Louisa Brown, wife of Ms Washington Brown died at the age of 53 years, after two years of sickness. Her funeral took place Nov. 11th from the Little Bethel Baptist Church of which she had been a faithful member for thirty years. The funeral sermon was preached by Revs W. M. Thomson, E. Perry and J. W. Lawrence. Terc. Heb. 4th chapter, 11th verse. Subject "Unbelief" He showed the danger of unbelief and the necessity of true faith in God. He held with much credit to himself. Sister Brown left her nband, two sons, one brother, four sisters and a host of relatives and friends mourn their loss. We hope our loss is not the real ruin. usband, twosons, ands a host of mourn their loss, vetrinal gain, devoted husband Chucknutcko. Va. asago He was church and the to. 138. I. O. of Mr. Sidney Gay, of Mrs. Marta Gay passed away a few w a member of the ssa Epsourhobota Lodge, G. S, and D. of S. Miss Mamle Fess and little Gers Burder Gadin passed away Supreme Chancellor Stark's Fine Work. Supreme Chancellor S. W. Starks of Charleston, W. Va., passed through the city Wednesday enroute home after a ten days trip to the New England States and the South in the interest of the order. While in Boston he transferred three lodges of the E & W H. to the jurisdiction of N. A., S. A., E., A., A. & A. and instituted a Grand Lodge for Massachusetts, W. H. Mass was elected Grand Chancellor and J. W. Griggsby, G. K. of R. and S. In South Carolina he met the E. & W. H., Grand Lodge of that state in special session at Charleston and transferred the entire Grand Lodge with fourteen lodges to the jurisdiction of N. A., S. A., E., A., A. & A. The work conducted on this trip is the result of negotiations which the Supreme Chancellor has been quietly conducting for the last year and he and all true Pythians are elated over the success. GREAT EVENTS ARE IMMINENT Skirmishing Becoming More Violent Near Mukden. BLOCKADE RUNNER CAPTURED Berlin, Nov. 22.—A dispatch to the Loal Anzeiger from Mukden, under yesterday's date, says: "The reconnoissance fights have assumed a more violent character during the past few days. Particularly hot was the fighting on Poutloff Hill (Lone Tree Hill), where the Japanese were repulsed with the loss of over 100 killed. All signs indicate that great events are imminent. The road to Sinmintin, owing to the excellent patrol service, is quite safe from Chinese bandits, thus guaranteeing unhindered communication with Tlen Tsin and establishing a second line of inter- course with the outside world. "The health of the troops is excellent. The Russians admire the cleanliness, perfect order and equipment of the Japanese. One does not see any trace of race hatred. It is a fact that the Japanese return through French intermediation all valuables found on dead Russians. This has made a deep impression here and is reciprocated. Russians Evacuate Da Pass. Mukden, Nov. 22—The Russian detachments occupying Da Pass have retired before the Japanese column. 1000 strong. The Japanese are reported to be advancing towards Sintisintin. Japs Capture Blockade Runner. Tokio, Nov. 22—The navy department reports the capture of the German steamer Batelan while attempting to run the Port Arthur blockade. The department says that at 3 a.m. on November 19 a Japanese squadron cruising off Yentai sighted a vessel steaming for Port Arthur. The gunboat Tatsuta pursued and overtook the steamer at 5 o'clock in the morning. On board of the vessel was found a great quantity of winter clothing, blankets, medicine and corned meats. Her captain said he was bound for Newchwan. The route and cargo of the Batelan were considered to be suspicious, and she was taken possession of and brought to Sasebo. !NSIST KUROKI IS DEAD Reports Revived By Chinese Coming From Japanese Camps. FISH OF JAPANESE CAMPS. Berlin, Nov. 23.—The Mukden correspondent of the Lokal Anzeiger sends the following: "Reports of the death of General Kuroki persist, in spite of denials, and are revived by Chinese coming from the Japanese camps. "First Lieutenant Schupkoff, who has just arrived from Port Arthur, reports that the Russians have laid out three lines of defenses, which the Japanese must capture before they can reach the city, after which the Russians can retire to the coast forts, which are the strongest of all. The garrison, which comprises more than 4000 men, is in good spirits. Lieutenant Schupkoff believes that the fortress can hold out at least until the end of January." Japs Sank Three Destroyers. London, Nov. 23. A dispatch to the Express from Nagasaki gives a new version of the report of the sortie of torpedo boat destroyers from Port Arthur, which was stated to have occurred at the same time as the Rastoropy left. The correspondent of the Express says that the three boats left two days before the Rastoropy, carrying duplicates of a dispatch from General Stoessel. The Japanese cruiser Kasuga sank the first destroyer, after a fight lasting half an hour, in which all the Russians were shot or drowned excepting four who were rescued from the sea by boats from the Kasuga after the destroyer sank. One of those thus rescued has since died. The cruiser Matsushima sank the second destroyer 25 miles from Port Arthur, receiving herself an ineffective blow from a torpedo. Two Japanese torpedo gunboats sighted the third destroyer off Liaotishan at midnight, and chased her until 4 o'clock in the morning, when the engines of the torpedo boat broke down. The gunboats discharged two torpedoes at her, both of which struck almost simultaneously. The destroyer sank with all on board of her. Yacht Captain a Suicide. Oyster Bay, L. I., Nov. 21.—Captain Edwin Ross, a well-known yacht captain, committed suicide here by shooting. The cause of his act is not known. He had commanded yachts for the late Colonel Van Rensselaer Cruger and other men of prominence and was wealthy. He was a friend of President Roosevelt and a member of the same Masonic lodge. Colliery Reopened After Long Idleness Shamokin, Pa., Nov. 23.—Big Mountain colliery collery, after an idleness since 1900, owing to the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron company closing it down because the firemen then on strike would not work to prevent the mine from flooding, has been reopened. Two hundred men and boys were given employment. Staunton Military Academy Burned. Richmond, Va., Nov. 22—Staunton Military Academy, at Staunton, was almost entirely destroyed by fire. Many of the boys lost all their belongings. Damage, $15,000; insurance, $13,000. "BLACK HAND" CHIEF ARRESTED Charged With Extortion and Kidnapping By Italian Contractor New York, Nov. 23.—Confessing, the police say, that he is a member of "the Black Hand Society," Antonio Lapello, 28 years old, of West Farms, is locked up in the Westchester police station, charged with kidnapping and extortion. The police say that Lapello is the chief of the society. The arrest was made on the complaint of Antonio Baroncini, a contractor of Van Nest. Baroncini told the police that on July 10 last two men called at his home and forced Mrs. Baroncini, who is only 20 years old, to give them the family jewelry. Then they bound and gagged her and took her away in a wagon to a lonely hut, where she was kept for six days. Two Italians called on Baroncini and warned him not to tell the police. If he did, they told him they would cut his throat and blow up his house. Six days later, Baroncini says, two other men entered on him and demanded $200 for the return of his wife. He had but $20, and they finally took that. Two hours later Mrs. Baroncini walked into the house. Last Friday Baroncini received a visit from two of the men at the. They wanted $200, and repeated their threats to kill him and his wife and blow up the house if he did not get the money for them. He promised to have it if they would return last night. He notified the police, who arrested Lapello at his home, where he was giving a party. Boy Player Fell On His Head When Tackled Camden, N. J., Nov. 21. —Encouraged by the shouts of friends and full of glee over the play, William E. Steedle, 17 years old, hugged a football to his breast and started for a great run on the gridiron at Beverly, N. J. He had not run far when he was tackled by one of the opposing eleven and fell heavily upon his head. Steedle was picked up unconscious and hurried to the Cooper hospital, in this city, but he died while being carried into that institution. County Physician Jones decided that death was due to a broken neck. The young man was the son of Morris Steedle, of Riverton, N. J. Died of Injuries Received at Football, Bethlehem, Pa., Nov. 21. — Samuel Hess, a senior at Lehigh University, son of former State Senator J. S. Hess died here from concussion of the brain superinduced by being thrown in a flying tackle in a football game at Heller town on Saturday afternoon. ATROCIOUS ASSAULT ON GIRL Victim, An Eight-Year-Old Child, Now In a Philadelphia Hospital. Woodbine, N. J., Nov. 22.—A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Lewis Mondel, 18 years old, charging him with assault on Katie Rocam, an 8-year-old child, who is now in a Philadelphia hospital in a serious condition. The girl occurred as the girl is returning from school. Mondel, it is charged, lay in wait for the child along a wooded section of the road that led to her father's house. The little girl knew him well and readily ran to him when he promised her candy. The child was left unconscious in the bushes, where she was found by pedestrians who were attracted by her moans when she returned to consciousness. Diligent search in the neighborhood has been made for the young man, but he cannot be found, and the people are much worked up over the outrage. Odell Not a Candidate. New York, Nov. 23.—The selection of a United States senator by the newly-elected legislature of this state to succeed at the expiration of the term of Senator Depew, was the subject of a conference between Governor Odell, ex-Governor Frank Black and Senator Depew. Governor Odell stated in most positive terms that he would not be a candidate for the senatorship, and furthermore that he would not take part in any canvass by any one nor interest himself in the contest. It developed at the conference that Senator Depew has the written pledges of a majority of the legislature to vote for him to succeed himself. Sues For $15,000 Estate: Asheville, N. C., Nov. 23. —Averring that she is the lawfully adopted daughter of William T. Bradley, who dled at Hendersonville, N. C., in 1902. Mrs. Rosina Bradley Willis, of Waltham, Mass, entered suit in the United States circuit court here to obtain possession of all real estate and personal property of the deceased. The total amount involved is estimated at between $15,000 and $20,000. The defendants in the case are Bishop Horner, of Asheville, and the trustees of the Episcopal church at Hendersonville, who bought the property from the state of North Carolina. Three Brothers Wed Three Sisters. Chippewa Falls, Wis., Nov. 22.—Rev E. M. Nelson, Andrew Nelson and Charles Nelson, brothers, were married to Jessie Johnson, Amanda Johnson and Clara Johnson, sisters. After the triple ceremony, Rev. C. J. Erdman, who officiated, asked Rev. Nelson, one of the newly married brothers, to marry him to one of the guests. All the bridegrooms and all the brides will go in a party to the World's Fair for a honeyoon trip. Confesses Murder After 16 Confesses Murder After 16 Years. Bakersfield, Cal., Nov. 22.—William Crutchfield, a middle-aged man, walked into the county jail and gave himself up, saying that he was implicated in a murder committed in Winston, N. C., 16 years ago, and that he and three other boys were the slayers. Committed to Jall On a Grave Charge Attorney General to Continue In the President's New Cabinet. President's New Cabinet. Washington, Nov. 22.—It was announced at the White House that Attorney General Moody had decided to remain in President Roosevelt's new cabinet. The decision of Attorney General Moody readers it reasonably certain that the heads of six of the great executive departments of the government have been determined on by the president for the next administration. Mr. Hay will continue at the head of the state department; Mr. Taft at the head of the war department; Mr. Metcalf at the head of the department of commerce and labor; Mr. Wilson at the head of the agricultural department, and National Chairman George B. Cortelyou will be postmaster general after the 4th of March next. It is expected, also, that Mr. Shaw will continue as secretary of the treasury and Mr. Morton as secretary of the navy, but as to those two no definite information is obtainable. A change is expected in the department of the interior, but Secretary Hitchcock has not let it be known publicly whether he desires to retire or not. GIRL MISSING FROM STEAMER Note Found in Her Stateroom Points to Suitcase Norfolk, Va., Nov. 23. "Good-bye God will take care of me," wrote a young woman, whose berth aboard the Old Dominion Inner Princess Anne was discovered to have been uncoupled after she took passage from New York for Norfolk, and who never has been seen since. On the paper in which she apparently bade farewell to her father and life, was written a request that her, P. J. Henkel, be moved by request to unhinder field, Mass. Search was instituted for the girl, and in the stateroom which she had hired was found her note. The missing young woman, who is described as a young girl budding into womanhood, took passage at New York for Norfolk, giving her name as Miss Elizabeth Henkel. WAHL AGAIN ARRESTED Phoenixville, Pa., Youth Charged With Murdering, Mioraki Child. Philadelphia, Nov. 23.—George W Wahl, of Phoenixville, Pa., the youth who has been arrested and released on bail in connection with the murder of Michael Morslsk, the 4-year-old Hungarian child, whose body was found near Phoenixville on October 22, with the throat cut, was again taken into custody, this time charged with the murder of the boy. He was given a preliminary hearing and was then taken to West Chester, where he was placed in the Chester county jail. Ball for his release was refused. Wahl, after the boy had disappeared, told the police that a band of gypsies abducted the child, which caused the police to arrest a number of gypsies who were camping outside of Phoenixville. THE SIGILIAN PRINCE FLOATED New York, Nov. 23.—After lying fast in the sand near Point Lookout, off the Long Island shore, since early Sunday morning, the Prince line steamship Skillan Prince was located at high tide. According to the marine observers who have watched the vessel since she first went ashore, the liner is not damaged to any great extent. The sea was not heavy and the wind was light, so that the ship was in little danger of pounding. Sea anchors and tug boats prevented her being pushed harder into the sand. At the flood tide the wrecking vessels took hawers, and after a little straining the Prince liner backed off into deep water. Affix Signatures to Document. Washington, Nov. 23. The American-German arbitration treaty was signed at the state department by Secretary Hay and Baron Sternburg, the German ambassador. It is identical with the American-French treaty. As he left the state department Baron Sternburg expressed his hourly satisfaction that the treaty had been concluded so promptly "It was," he said, "a pleasure to postpone my departure for Europe in order to sign this convention, the importance of which, in its effect upon the maintenance of the good will and amity between the two countries cannot be overestimated. I can assure you that this is a happy day for me, as it is for my sovereign and my people." Will Reappoint Governor Brady Washington, Nov. 23.-Official announcement has been made that Governor Brady will be reappointed governor of Alaska. THE PELLET SATURDAY... NOVEMBER 20, 1904 THE HYMN AND HIM. [ "There is no reason why young person should not cultivate each other's acquaintance from behind hymn books"—Key, M. Williams.] On Jordan's stormy banks," she sang; He cast his eye her voice in joyous accents rang, He heaved a longing sigh. Her face was beautiful to see Beneath her bonnet's brim; He thought of her alone, but she Thought of the hymn and him. From Greenland's ley mountains"—this she sang and slightly frowned; His meaning glance had seemed amiss, In sorrow he was drowned; But then "to India's coral strand," The syllables she formed With all the grace at her command, And then his heart was warmed. Poor man! he had no book from which To sing, and so the maid Discreetly then began to hitch The volume to his aid. He thanked herself and other glance And then took up the tune; Her eyes from hymn to him would dance- They were acquainted soon. "O. day of joy!" Her voice was sweet As notes from duicimers; Their fingers then began to meet And his hand closed on hers. Full soon they walked adown the alsie, The church was hushed and dim— Bers was a bride's delighted smile, Thanks to the hymn and him. W. D. N., in Chicago Daily Tribune. THE MYSTERY OF A BRACELET BY JESSIE P. WHITAKER (Copyright, 1904, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) "GOOD-BY Ted! Would you mind taking my bracelet in to Smith's? It is broken." Eleanor Lansing stood on the veranda of her summer home at Magnolia. Theodore Maxwell, taking the bracelet, amiled as he replied: "It will serve as an excuse to come down here again. Nell." "Yes. But so you did with La Grange, and several times you sat out with him. He gave you this bracelet." "Well, yes he anted me to accept it, but I shall lep it. I'll wear it awful to please him. It is a family heirloom which has descended to him. Philip La Grange comes of a fine old Family—Spanish, I believe." "Yes, he looks grand and gloomy enough to be a Spanish grandee." "I think he is handsome with his dark, melancholy eyes." "This is a handsome thing, anyway." examining the bracelet of heavy gold links with a clasp set with opals and diamonds. "Good-by, Nell!" and Maxwell was gone. A week later the bracelet was returned with a note expressing Maxwell's regret that he could not return it in person as he wished. Eleanor examined the bracelet, then leaving it lying on the snowy cover of her bureau, went to drive. When dressing for dinner she tossed it on the bed, where her dress of cream chiffon lay. "Oh, Anna! What is this red strain on my bureau scarf?" "I'm sure it wasn't there when I put it on," replied her maid. While arranging the drapery of Eleanor's dress, Anna exclaimed: "Why, here is a v. LA GRANGE SEIZED HER WRIST MORE TIGHTLY. LA GRANGE SEIZED HER WRIST MORE TIGHTLY. "Horrors! I cannot imagine!" said Eleanor, with a shiver. That evening Phillip La Grange took Eleanor in to dinner. His dark face brightened when he saw her wearing his bracelet. "That bracelet has been in our family for a long time," he remarked. "Tales of evil fate connected with it have been handed down, but I do not believe such superstitions nonsense or I would never have asked you to wear it." Two months later the White mountains were glorious in autumn foliage. In the dining room of the Summit House Eleanor sat at dinner with Theodore Maxwell, who had just arrived. They had not met since she bade him farewell at Magnolia. To-night she wore white satin; on her fair arm glistened the bracelet. "I see you are wearing the bracelet," said Maxwell. "Was it mended all right?" "Oh, yes! I've not worn it before since the day it came back. Phillip La Grange dined with us that night—" "By Jove! Excuse me—but there he is now!" exclaimed Maxwell. "Why, I thought he was in New York!" said Eleanor. Later in the evening La Grange and Eleanor sat in a sheltered corner of a plaza. "I heard you were here and took a couple of days off to come up. You are wearing my bracelet," and bending to look at it in the dim light, he took hold of her wrist. Eleanor shivred as he touched her and drew away. La Grange seized her wrist more tightly, and the bracelet, becoming unclasped, fell into her lap, where it lay till they went into the parlor. Eleanor stood chatting with friends, when suddenly, with a gasp, she exclaimed: "There's a stain on my dress!" "Mercy, Eleanor! How frightened you look!" said Dorothy Allen. "Has it spoiled your dress?" asked La Grange, examining the small red spot on the shining white satin. "Will it not come out?" inquired Maxwell. "Oh, dear! It isn't that, but it looks like blood," said Eleanor, shuddering. "Nonsense!" said Maxwell, drawing her away into a small reading room. "Don't think any more about it, dear. You are nervous to-night." "Really, Ted! How affectionate you are, even for an old friend. I hardly know you to-night." "Oh, they are dancing! Come and have a waltz!" she exclaimed, hastily cutting short the tete-a-tete. It was a dreary evening in Decomber. The wind swept along Beacon street and howled around the luxurious home where Eleanor Lansing and her father sat before a cheerful fire. "Oh, dear!" she remarked, "I don't see why I feel so depressed to-night. I am glad Ted is coming. He'll cheer us up." But when Maxwell entered he looked grave. "Eleanor, you have not heard anything from La Grange lately?" he asked. "Not since we met him at the Summit house. Why?" Maxwell silently handed her an evening paper. She read: "Tragic Shooting Aray in a New York Hotel! Phillip La Grange Shot While Dining with an Actress! His Deserted Wife Follows Him and Takes Her Revenge! He Cannot Live!" The paper dropped. "Oh, Ted! The bracelet! The evil fate connected with it! I never wore it except when with him, and there were always blood stains." "Eleanor! You are superstitious!" exclaimed Maxwell. "Let me see this mysterious bracelet," remarked her father. Eleanor touched the bell. The maid brought it and Maxwell, taking the case, opened it and took out the bracelet. "Caesar's ghost!" "What is it?" exclaimed the others. Maxwell held out the case. On the white satin lining was a crimson stain. At that moment the bracelet capped from his fingers and struck the marble hearth. Maxwell picked it up. "Ah! It is broken again! Just where it was before. What is this?" He passed his finger over the broken place and a sticky red substance adhered to it. "I see! The mystery is explained! Smith used some kind of red cement and did a poor job. The cement has gradually oozed out at the crevice, causing your mysterious stains." "Eleanor," said Maxwell, when they were alone, "did you care for La Grange?" "No. He had a peculiar fascination for me and tried to make me care, but I never could have loved him." "I wonder—could you love—any any one?" "Yes; one. Teddy." PIUS CLINGS TO OLD WATCH Pope Declares He Will Never Part with Timepiece, Presented by His Mother. The story of the watch which Pope Plus carries is well worth telling, says the Springfield Republican. One of the cardinals was at the vatican recently, and while talking Pope Plus took his watch from his pocket to see what time it was. The cardinal noticed that the timepiece was a cheap nickel affair with an old shoe-strap attached to it in place of a chain. The cardinal drew his own costly chronometer from his pocket and asked the pope to take it as a gift, and give him the nickel one. Then the pope's face lit up with one of those smiles which, if one has been fortunate enough to see, can never be forgotten, and said that the old watch was quite good enough for him. He added that it was given to him when a lad by his mother, who saved up her hard-earned copperes until she could buy it, but there was no money left for the chain. One of his sisters gave him the shoe-string for that, and he was so pleased with his gift that he promised his mother he would carry it as long as it kept time. The pope has never had another watch, and says that he never will. Lost $300,000 in a Day. At a meeting of the Stroud Guardians recently a respectable looking old man applied for relief, and it was stated by the relieving officer that applicant had driven his carriage and pair and as a bookmaker had lost £60,000 on the racecourse in one day. He was formerly a respectable butcher in Glouchester. Three shillings a week for a month was allowed. Woman Shot Deer from Carriage. The other day Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Iott, of Houlton, Me., drove up to B plantation and while Mr. Iott was a short distance in the woods after partridge, Mrs. Iott, who was sitting in the carriage, spied a large buck deer at the edge of the clearing and immediately brought her rifle to bear upon Mr. Deer. He dropped after receiving one cartridge. A New Phase of a Case. He took the lady in his boat; She was a bugman neighbor. She said: "It's really capital." He muttered: "It is labor." —Washington Star. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. Fun for All Fun Lovers. Not at Home. Servant—Two gentlemen at the door want to see you, sir. They didn't come together—Just happened to meet on the doorstep. Householder—How do they act? "One of 'em is awful polite, sir, and begs the honor of a few moments' conversation." "I don't want to see him; he's no doubt got something to sell." "The other, sir, is as stiff as a ramrod, sir, and don't waste no words." "He must have a bill. Tell 'em both I'm not at home."—Tit-Bits. In After Years "You said, while you were courting me, I was worth my weight in gold," Remarked the wife, "but now, alas! You just find fault and scold." "Quiet times, the husband answered, 'But, my dear, to the home; You proved to be a gold brick, and 'Twas the same old bunco game.' —Cincinnati Enquirer. QUITE A DISTINCTION. A First Gourmet—That was Mr. Dobbs 1 just nodded to. Second Gourmet—I know. First G.—He asked me to dine at his house next Thursday—but I can't. Ever dine at Dobbs'? Second G.—No. Never dined. But I've been there for dinner!—Punch. The New. The new king proudly wears his crown, The newest coin is bright; The new horse, just brought into town, Shows off with all his might. The grande marks own the new In this old, old world's affairs; It always is the new rich who Assume the proudest airs. -Chicago Record-Herald. Couldn't Fool Him. Mr. Hayrix—Heow much fer pullin' a tooth? Dentist—One dollar with gas, 50 cents without. Mr. Hayrix—Say, young feller, don't try now up your bunkko games on me! Mebby I dew look Kinder green, but I ain't green ernuff to give up no 50 cents exerry gas when it's broad daylight, by hen!—Cincinnati Enquirer. So Moves the Drama. Manager—Vot particular glaim to merit has your new play? Playwright—Merit? Why, there is not a line or situation in it that can be readily understood by an intelligent audience. Manager—Goot! I take it. Never mind reading apout id.—Judge. Three Women and One Secret. Ella—Bella told me that you told her that secret I told you not to tell her. Stella—She's a mean thing! I told her not tell you I told her. Ella—Well, I told her I wouldn't tell you she told me; so don't tell her I did. —Jester. Quite Pleasant. Friend—You've never been called in consultation, have you? Young Doctor—No; but I'd like to be. It's nice to charge ten times as much as the other doctor for saying that you don't know any more about the case than he does.—Puck. His Theory. "Why are the people who buy gold bricks farmers?" "I dunno," answered Mr. Corntossel, "unless it's because nowadays the farmers are 'bout the only people who have money to buy anything with."—Washington Star. Fresh Honors. Marjorie—Why, you little goose, that girl has a championship golf medal to wear now.—Town Topics. Sageville Sage. "When does a man begin to want to get married?" asked the inquisitive youth. "When the woman in the case begins to want him to," replied the sage from Sageville.—Chicago Daily News. Political Note "Thank de good Lawd!" exclaimed Brother Williams, "politics is comin' ter de front once mo', an a good, all-roun', hones' voter will have a chance ter pay house rent en keep out er debt!" -Atlanta Constitution. A Studied Reply. Miss Ancient (coyiy)—Don't you think this hat makes me look too girl-lish? He—Well, no; but it makes you look as if some other hat would be more appropriate.—N. Y. Times. Inevitable. Lawson—Hicks married his ideal woman. Dawson—Poor Hicks! To think that all his dearest illusions should be shattered!—Somerville Journal. THREE BRIDAL TOILETTES Gowns for Bride, Bridesmaids and Matron of Honor Described in Detail. 1 WEDDINGS TOO EXPENSIVE. Costly Accessories Often Unnecessary and May Be Curtailed with Perfect Propriety. Recently a woman who has dwelt many years in the fashionable world remarked that as the years go on and the expenses—which include modern necessities—increase, in the same ratio, the requirements of an up-to-cate fashionable life multiply; and these nowadays are totally different from those of even 25 years ago. Formerly a bride's trousseau was all that she had to think about. Now, however, she finds that there are other accessories which considerably augment her expenses. One very costly item is the expensive souvenir of the occasion in the shape of some article of jewelry which she is expected to give to each one of her bridesmaids, and often also (although this is not obligatory), some costly item of the bridesmaids' dresses, such as a hat, muff or some other accessory. Besides these she, too, must in these latter days give a farewell dinner to her attendants and especial friends, which is generally a "hen" function, although some prefer to enliven the entertainment by the introduction of the masculine element. All of which, taken together, forms no inconsiderable portion of the general outlay, the aggregate sum of which amounts in some cases to a small fortune. "There is only one decent way to get out of all this," said a bride-elect recently, "and that is to have no bridesmaids at all. If you have them you are expected to do all these things, and my people find that my trousseau and wedding breakfast are quite sufficient to please the family, without all the rest of it, so I am going to cut all that out." Learn Keep Your Temper Learn to Keep Your Temper. One of the most difficult things to do, sometimes, is to keep one's temper. A calm serenity of temper and a self-control which keeps a person unruffled amid the petty annoyances and lills of every-day life indicate the possession of perfect mental health. Nowadays people are very fond of saying so-and-so was "just mad," meaning very angry; but it would be well if temper were more often seriously regarded as madness. It may be preventable madness, but madness it is while it lasts, and there is seldom anyone who is made more unhappy by it than the person who gives way to it. In our treatment of the ill-tempered the cultivation of the art of not hearing will be very helpful. It is a useful art all through life.—N. Y. Weekly. Bath That Is Refreshing The dire dire bath is the very latest thing. It is bath made of sweet-scented water in which there is enough acid to be invigorating. It is a bath of a previous generation and it is one which every athlete of a present day should try. To make a detective bath take a tub of hot water and pour into it a quart of bath vinegar, one can afford it. If one cannot be his extravagance, then take a pH test. it this is too much, at least pour in a few tablespoonfuls. A bath in bath vinegar is good for the muscles. It drives away rheumatism, it cures neuralgia, it is just the thing for a stiff neck and it takes the ache out of tired bones. THREE BRIDA Gowns for Bride, Bridesmaids Described THE charming gown hereillustrated were designed for the American Dressmaker by Mme. Baker, the famous fashion expert. Figure 1 is a gown for a matron of honor. The toilette is of ciel blue crepe de chine in Marie Antoinette style with shirred bodice and trimming of point gaze lace and satin ribbon. Figure 2 is a wedding gown of ivory chiffon cloth with shirred skirt. Nothing to Retract. Mrs. Countershop (with an injured air) - You told me before we were married that you were the highest salaried clerk in the store. Mr. Countershop (equally injured) - So I am. I'm two inches and a half higher than any other salaried clerk in the whole establishment. If you chose to imagine hyphen between those two words, I'm not to blame for it, am I? - Chicago Tribune. PRETTY SUIT AUTUMN. It Is Made So That, with a Few Alterations, It Can Also Be Worn Next Spring. A light weight India serge is the material in the model shown here, in color a deep navy blue, with which white moiré is combined lar and cuffs the breastapple green and the hair base of the sign. The bracelet scheme in enameling, showing three of the colors, white and gold predominating, the blue only in patches. The skirt is over a drop lining of navy blue taffeta, which is finished with two narrow bias ruffles, each cored in three rows; and ruffles cut in this way do not break or fray out as easily as those on the straight that are plaited, the edge of each plait wearing in slits in a very short time. The skirt itself is in 24 strips, for they can hardly be A woman in a long dress with puffed sleeves and a high collar. She is holding a stick in her right hand. A SERGE SUIT FOR BALL called gore, each cuticle has the effect of a weed tack on each has an additional plait as it flares below knee, graduating in length towards back and giving fullness at hem without adding too much to the weight. The coat is tucked front and back in imitation of the skirt, and is double-breasted, with slight front blouse over the plain, heavily-stitched belt. The shoulder is long, the sleeve gathered at top with rather more fullness than appears below elbow, where it is drawn into the high cuff. The cuffs and collar, besides the braiding, are edged with pipings in green, blue and black, divided by threads of gold. The hat is of blue, satin finish, felt trimmed, with a coque plume, a velvet band and gilt buckle. A blue chiffon scarf 'twisted around the crown, and may be tied under chin at will. The hats for early autumn wear, of chenille braid, are found in colors. It is really a great economy to get a pretty and becoming toque or turban of this kind, and add some simple trimming, such as a coque pompon or some soak and veer roses which, if placed at just the right angle, will give a most attractive finish, and the hat will be new and smart for the few weeks that must elapse before the winter styles are fully decided upon. -Vogue. AL TOILETTES ids and Matron of Honor in Detail. fichu and puffed elbow sleeves of same. Trimming: Flouances, galons, boiler, frills and yoke of point Alencon lace. Figure 3 is a bridesmaid's toilette of pale rose satin de chine with tucks, ruchings, flounces and puffs. Sur- pice waist tucked over shoulders and sleeve puff. Vest of point gaze lace; trimming of embroidery in rose with silver. Reduced to Dire Extremity. Balty More—How was that last cook you had? Calvert, Jr. —The limit—positively the limit. "But you gave her a coiling good letter of recommendation!" "Well, what was I to do? She sat right down in the kitchen and wouldn't go on any other terms—Baltimore American. [Portrait of a man with a beard, wearing a robe with a crown.] Money received on deposit amounts above $1.00 which re- Money Loaned on Satisfaction Business Accounts Handled Amounts of ten cents and This establishment is fitted up in the white vault, burlar-proof steel chest, elecence for safety and the accommodation. For all information concerning Stock Cashier. Banking Hours have been arranged ing people as follows: 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. above Barrows; 11 I. M. and open again. F. E. Oak by a joe some from work. OFFICE JOHN EPPERKRE, JR., President. THOS. H. W. BOARD OF REV. W. F. GRAHAM, D. D., JN. E. R. JEFFERSON H. F. JONATHAN J. O. FAHLEY. E. A. WASHINGTON, R. W. WHITING. JOHN MITCHELL, JR., FRES. W. I. JO FUNERAL DIRECTOR Office & Warerooms, 207 N. HACKS F Office by Telephone or Te- pers and Entertainment Old 'Phone, 686, Residence Money received on deposit and interest paid on amounts above $1.00 which remains 60 days and over. Money Loaned on Satisfactory Security. Business Accounts Handled Promptly. Amounts of ten cents and upwards received on deposit. This establishment is fitted up in the most improved style, having a large white vanit, burlar-proof steel chest, electric lights and every modern convenience for safety and the accommodation of the public. For all information concerning St. For an information concerning Stocks, Deposits, Loans, etc., apply to the Cashier. Banking Hours have been arranged for the special convenience of the working people as follows: 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. Saturdays, 9 A.M. to 8 P.M. We close Saturday at 9:11 M. and open again at 5 P. M., remaining open until 9 P. E. Call us at those from work. OFFICERS J. E. President. H. F. JONATHAN, Vice-President. THOS. H. WYATT, Cashier. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: REV. W. F. GRAHAM, D.D., JNO. R. U.ES. B. P. VANDERVAL, E. R. JEFFERSON H. F. JONATHAN, J. O. FARLEY, J. O. SMITH D. J. OHAMERS, E. A. WASHINGTON, R. W. WHITING, WILL AM CUSTALO, J. J. CARTER, THOMAS M. GRUMP S. W. I. JOHNSON, FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER. Office & Warerooms, 207 N. Foushee St. Corner Broad HACKS FOR HIRE: By Telephone or Telegraph filled. Wedding, Suppers and Entertainments promptly attended. Old 'Phone, 686, Residence in Building, New Phone, 18 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS OF T TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: This organization has been chartered and legally stituted under the laws and statute of the state of New York, for the purpose of uniting together all acceptable men on the Broad Bases of Charity—Beneficial and Fraternal and to promote the Social and Moral condition of humanity. Its two distinct military and uniform ranks will secure for this organization place in the front ranks of all sacred institutions of modern events, a grand oppor- tunity for active men. Deputies wanted in all sections of the country to organize lodges. S. W. ALLEN Supreme voyager, 846 W. 87th Street, New York City. Out of Town Orders Solicited and will Receive Prompt and Careful Attention. Isaac Straus and Co. Family Wine, Liquor and Cigar Store, 422 East Broad, St. Richmond, Va. WE MAKE A SPECIAL OFFICE Mt. Vernon, Gibson, Old Jasper, Pembrok Rye, Wilson, Old Heury, Old North Carolina Cora Whiskey and Mountain Apple Brandy IMPORTED AND OBSERVE CWINES, BRAN GINN, GINN 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. Parlors 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. TOBACOO 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 "THE ECONOMY," 303 and 305 N. 3rd St.. CLEANING, DYEING, AND REPAIRING TURNER & WHITE, PROPRIETORS. V. P. & F. K. of W. F. H. Jackson. Chas. T. Williams. JACKSON & VILLIAMS. THE STAR BEER & PROVISION COMPANY DEALERS IN CHOICE 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, 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. Picture and save time and money. Call, see our stock of Bed Room Fur niture and save time and money. Passenger elevator. Sydnor & Hundley, 709-11-13 E. Bread St. 2 THE PLANET SATURDAY...NOVEMBER 26, 1904 THE EAGLE'S CHALLENGE. And splendors of departing day. No tongue of man can 'eer recount The joys of my aerial reign— How off in kingly state I mount And side the roaring hurricane, Or circled in rise To heavenly heights in crystal air, Until I seem to earthly eyes, Until I seem to earthly eyes, My realm bath neither bound nor shore— And 'neath my heaven-aspiring wings The world lies low on 'eer With netty realms, of human knight Who boast forbears of ancient blood— But mine were monarchs of the skies And Vikings of the earth's primal flood And paradise! Aradise! O. mockery of royal birth. An Amateur Messenger By CAROLINE A. HULING (Copyright, 1904, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) SATAN is said to find mischief for idle hands, but nowadays Cupid sometimes assists, and the "combination" is hard to beat. In this case the sly little god played a "lone hand," and won the full count. Pretty Alice Marquis sat in her elegant apartment at the Auditorium hotel, wondering what she could do to while away the time until her father returned and undertook that responsibility. It was altogether too bad, she thought, to be left alone in a strange city for a whole week with only a stupid maid for company. It was by no means intentional, this abandonment, her father, who had been traveling with her, had expected to show her all the glories of the western city, and they had planned a delightful time, but a telegram had called him to the Texas oil fields, and it was not convenient to take her with him. Mr. Marquis would do almost anything for the illzed only child, who called him "Daddy" with such a delicious pout that he forgive the impertinence and kissed the ruby lips. But even that could not win his consent to go with him where he knew there were no hotel accommodations. With time and money to spend, the maiden looked around for some amusement during the week of loneliness. "Handsome Hal Ashton," as he had been called in college, and his chum, Frank Austin, were sitting in the office of the latter, discussing ways and means. Hal was experiencing the novel sensation of being, in common parlance, "dead broke." In other words, less expressive of the calamity that had befallen him, he had spent his last cent—or, rather, lost it, and must, perforce, wait for several days before funds would arrive from home. "I tell you what, Frank, I have not the remotest idea how I could have lost my money, unless it was taken from me on the L road last night. I expect a remittance next week, and I dare not write for money now, as father is so particular. He would be sure that I had been gambling or doing something else dreadful. If I could only get a small sum to carry me over till the draft comes for my allowance. The worst of it is that I owe a week's board at the hotel, and you should have seen that clerk when I told him that my money had been stolen. He did not say anything much, but his look was politely incredulous, and I was sure that he doubted my story." "I am very sorry, old boy, that I have no reserve fund to help you out with, but the truth is that I have just paid a big bill for mother's hospital expenses, and drew the last cent that I could get. Cannot you get something to do?" Both laughed aloud at the suggestion, as Harry had often threatened to go to work, something that would give his august father apoplexy at the suggestion of. Ashton pere was a millionaire and had no thought of his son's ever earning his living. "I would go to work on the double quick if I had the remotest idea what I could do to turn an honest penny." As he spoke, he took up the morning paper and idly glancing at it, his eye noted an advertisement. With a broad smile he jumped from his chair and said: "I guess I will will this," and was about to leave his friend's office, when he stopped a moment and said: "I may need a reference. Can I use your name?" "Certainly; but what is the position?" "I will tell you later; never mind now," and the door closed behind him with a slam. A tap at the door, and a bell boy entered with a card on a silver plate. "You may send him up," said the young girl, as she turned to her sedate maid. "Now, Susan, you need not scold. I knew that you would not go with me to hear Bernhardt alone, and so I have called a district messenger to escort us, and I telegraphed the manager to send a nice-looking one too." "Now, Miss Alice, whatever will your father say to that?" sighed the woman, as she put her young mistress' opera cloak over the fair shoulders, and a cloud came over her face. "He will have nothing whatever to say about it. He might have stayed here and taken me himself. Did not the telephone book tell me that I could get a messenger for any service, and I telephoned to the manager while you were at lunch." A knock at the door stopped further speech, and as the servant opened it a fine looking young man entered and said: "I am from the 'A. D. T.' office. The manager said that you wished some one to escort you to the theater this evening." Alice almost gasped as she realized that this most presentable person was only a district messenger. To be sure, he was attired in faultless dress, but she supposed that the company furnished the garments as a matter of business. She had been careful to say that she did not want a man in uniform and that he must not be a boy. In a moment she realized that whatever his present circumstances he really was a gentleman, and she therefore gave him her purse (with a trifle of embarrassment), and asked him to call a cab. He took the dainty feminine trifle and looked at it a bit aghast, which the girl instantly noting, put out her hand and taking back the purse, opened it and gave him a ten-dollar gold piece. Hand-some Hal, who usually had no thought of discomfiture under any circumstances, now recalled his novel situation and placed the coin in his pocket, as they left the hotel. Alice had obtained the seats, and chaperoned by the maid, the two entered a box at the Illinois. It was hard work for Hal to remember that he was only a hired escort and had not been properly introduced to the lady, but she had told him her name and he had stifly given her his "number," as the manager had told him to do, but this had not satisfied the lady, so he quickly invented a name, and "Mr. Henry" he had been called since then. Absorbed in the marvelous acting of Mme. Bernhardt, the evening passed all too swiftly, and then, when the "A.D. "I AM FROM THE 'A. D. T.' OFFICE." T." had supposed his duty done, his imperious employer had insisted that she was hungry, and that she could not take supper in the Palm garden at midday, in her maid, to "Mr. Henry" must attend her, and, truth to tell, that youth began to feel loth to leave Miss Marquis. As they took supper together the lady politely ignored the fact that her escort was simply hired for the evening, and began to enjoy drawing him into conversation, finding him, what he appeared, not only a well-bred man, but a brilliant conversationalist. Hal prided himself on having some conscience, but when it reproached him with a breach of confidence in thus assuming social relations with a fair unknown, he stifled its reproaches by assuring himself that he was but doing his duty. Before they parted the lady had engaged his services for the next day to show her around the city. A week later Mr. Marquis arrived, to find his disconcerted daughter quite reconciled to his absence, and even suggesting another trip for him, attesting her willingness to forego his society for another week. "Where have you been this last week? I really feared that you had been arrested for debt or had pawned your clothes for your board bill, and was lying dormant until that draft arrived," was the greeting of Frank as Hal entered his office, eight days later. For reply Hal took out an envelope and a book and tendered them to Frank for his signature. The mystery was not fully explained, however, until late that fall, when Frank went to New York to act as best man at a wedding and for his favor from the groom received a gold district messenger badge with the mystic number "37" thereon. Alice now says "Henry" without the prefix as she proudly gazes at her husband. He has long ago explained how he happened to become for the nonce an amateur "A. D. T." MANY TREES IN ICELAND. General Supposition Is That Few Exist, But Copenhagen Professor Sets Aside Belief. One would hardly expect the subject of the forestry of Iceland to call for much serious attention, but a lengthy investigation of the trees of that country has recently been made by no less distinguished a person than Dr. C. V. Pryta, professor of forestry at Copenhagen. He says that the prevailing notion that Iceland has a single tree only is a fallacy, and that there is quite a pretentious growth of trees on the land, the soil not being unsuited for the growth. The tree growth of the country has suffered from injudicious cutting, he says; and he makes recommendations for the reforestation of the lands and offers suggestions about the planting of birches. The latter, here, spring up naturally, and it is thought that by sowing these in places where the snow lies deep immunity from destruction by sheep might be gained; as it appears to be only in winter, when grass is not to be bad, that these animals devour the birch trees. Respects Him Now "But you used to say you thought Charlie Kanoodle was such a cad." "Oh. yes, I know; but he asked me, the other night, to be his wife."—Chicago Record-Herald. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. AGE LIMIT UNKNOWN GUPID ALLOWS NO ONE TO RE- STRICT HIS PRANKS. Indiana Man Says 81 Years Are No Barrier to Matrimony and Chooses Bride with Eye to Home—Not Stopped by Rife. Has a young man, just entering the irresponsible, fighty age of the early eighties, the right to fall in love, to secretly he himself away to the home of his charmer, to woo, and win, and wed her, despite the protests and against the riper judgment of his children? Has a man the moral right to do this, after he has just turned the eighty-first milestone of his years? It doesn't seriously make any difference what anyone else thinks about it. If the man of this age falls in love, he has as much right to court and marry the "girl" as if he were just turning 25. The man who says this, and who has acted as he speaks, is W. H. Turner, a youth of 81 winters, who has Indianapolis as his home. Mr. Turner just made public—because stories of the affair were leaking out from undesirable sources—the fact that he, being of the age he is, and in full possession of his mental faculties, has taken to himself a blushing bride. Being a man ripe in the knowledge of this world, Mr. Turner knew that when it comes to picking out a life HE ESCAPED HER NOTICE mate, it is not well to pick one toe tender in yewu. He know that she buxom young damned of $0, while she may be a joy to the eye, is hardly well enough venerated in the affairs of a heart to make a multifaceted and joyous husband, who is old enough to know what a home is really worth. Not for him the giddy girl of 20, the maiden of $0, nor even 40. Mr. Turner found his bride in a woman with the wisdom of $0 summers. There can be no doubt that the romance of Turner and his bride was a real love match. There was everything to prove that it was: Clandestine courting, speedy courtship, and, aye, even strenuous family objections. These things being considered sure signs of a real love affair, to go prove the assertion of Mr. Turner that a man can fall in love long after he has passed the allotted three score years and ten. Mr. Turner is a well-known business man of the Indiana metropolis. His newly wedded wife was until recently a music teacher in Detroit. It is sure that Turner loved at first sight, because he says so. Judging by the sequence of events it seems probable that the bride-to-be, who was at that time Mrs. Butler, did the same. They parted. Then followed a courtship by correspondence. Despite the fact that the lovelorn swain's middle-aged son protested vigorously against the wedding, in fact going so far as to write the girl in the case warning her against his father, the romance enued as all good romances do; they married—and the peace will show whether they lived happily ever afterwards. The romance of Turner is only one of the many instances where, of recent days, Dan Cupid has been intruding his ubiquitous presence into places where consternation and trouble of various kinds are sure to follow it. Apparently, one of the chief delights of the little fellow is to sting people with the pangs of love and make them suffer serious inconveniences for their weakness, and to offer them strange and curious means of acquiring the same weakness. There is the case of Miss Bessie Smith, of Kings, Ind., and Fred Rohr, of Adrian, N.D. Bessie worked in a store in the little town which was her home. She sighed for a romance to enter her life, and sought in the good old way via the inclosed name in a package of goods. It was in an envelope of flower seeds that Bessie put her name, and the package found its way far up into North Dakota to the big farm of Fred Rohr. Fred was promptly smitten with the name. "Bessie Smith," said he. "I wonder how it would look as Bessie Rohr?" There followed an exchange of letters and pictures. Then came the proposal, and Fred came to Kings to claim his promised one. So far all was lovely and serene. But upon Rohr's arrival at the little town another man appeared in the case. He was armed with a repeating rifle, and began to chuck lead at the prospective bridegroom with malice aforethought. But some one took him suddenly from behind, and he heard of the culmination of the Rohr-Smith romance while sitting in fall the next day. Stranger than the efforts of the most wonderful fiction writers are the ways of real love and lovers! HINTS FOR DRESSMAKERS. Mme. Baker Talks About Trimmings and Describes a Few Separate Skirts. Trimmings always interest—that is, the kind that are made in the shop or home. It is not always possible to find laces, braid and passementeries suitable for certain gowns, and then it is that the maker rises to the occasion and deft fingers produce wonderful results. Braids and ribbons now come with a thread or cord on the edges to draw up, as they did a few seasons ago, and the prettiest little wheels and scrolls are formed of them, with spider webs of silk and gilt threads and tail sorts of lace stitches. Velvet bands have patterns covered with the ribbon or braid. The whole lower part of the skirt may be made in this way; First cut out the shape in paper; then baste on your scrolls to nearly cover the flounce. Work together with worsted or silk thread and then pull out the paper. Parts of the waist and sleeves will be made in the same way; borders may be put in chiffon or net dresses; in fact, there is no limit to the possibilities. When ribbons were the rage before, thousands of yards were gathered through the center and put in much the same way as described; but the trimming now has a much better finish, as the edges are flat and the work may be pressed on the wrong side. Velvet applique in with the braiding is very effective and lace insertions in wheels are not particularly new, but work in very well with little frills of satin ribbon on the outer edge. The Castle or Diamond braids, that have threads of color _woven_ through a. b. c. d. FOUR SEPARATE SKIRTS. them, are very desirable, if used in plain clothes for simple house gowns. Three-inch wide braids make rather a heavy gown when drawn up slightly on the upper edge and made to simulate wide tucks. A chiffon cloth has a skirt of an plaiting, with a braid put on this way: Each new row has at the lower edge a fine mid-crease knit plaiting of the childion. The tape of the eleven hoops on the same gown, but the waist, goes in trimmed with white lint and linen, velvet ribs. Velvet ribbons are woven in checkerboard squares, every alternate one of embroidery; again, they have an ear of wheat forming a vine; or they are beautifully embroidered in Jasminese designs, with the edges as often waved or irregular as straight. The black velvet ribbon with gilt beads can be used very effectively on black net; the Burlingham sacking—cut in straight or shaped bands and finished with braids of any width—is a very good trimming for broadcloth or taffeta gowns. Black satin is again used for evening gowns, but it is of the soft variety—more like messaline—and one can hardly do without a black net. One of the prettiest seen is of alternate bands of glace taffeta and darned net, the pattern being worked in with black zephyr. This is easily done, and in simple patterns takes less time than it would to make shirred ruffles or ruches. Spangled nets are too becoming to be laid upon the shelf for any length of time and many beautiful shapes and designs are now shown. Instead of the plain circular robe the triple skirt is the favorite and godet ruffles are sold to apply to plain net. The above hints Mme. Baker, the well-known editor of the American Dressmaker, supplements a description of four separate skirts, which are shown in the cut. Fig. A is a skirt with panels in rounded sections suitable for broad-cloth. Fig. B is a skirt with fine tucking between stitched bands. Fig. C is a skirt with alternate panels notched at bottom and trimmed with braid. Fig. D is a skirt with shaped yoke and top part and deep tucked flounce. --- Cooking Fruit in the Oven Cooking Fruit in the Oven. Many fruits are richer and better for being cooked in the oven, instead of stewed on top of the stove. This is especially the case with apricots, prunes and apples, and fruit cooked in the oven should be closely covered to prevent its browning. It should be cooked slowly, care being taken that it does not dry on the dish. This will not happen if it is well covered with water at first and taken from the oven when the water and sugar have boiled down to a rich jelly. In most cases the fruit should be cooked about half a day, or for several hours. A stoneware plpkn or a heavy earthen pudding dish, covered with a plate, is the best thing to cook fruit in. Prunes, if cooked in this way, should be sprinkled with fine shavings from the yellow rind of an orange. They "dry down" easily, and therefore should be tightly covered and cooked slowly. Apricots should be cooked a long time. After the sugar is added, take off the cover and let the fruit glaze a little, but not harden. A Friendly Suggestion QUESTION: "My honor," said the man with the pink nose, "is my capital." "Say," yelled a little man who was ready to run. "I'd advise you to be careful to lock it up every night"—Chicago Record-Herald. A Frank Tribute "She is beautiful," said the studious girl, "but she is not accomplished." "My dear," answered Miss Cayenne, "there is no accomplishment more difficult than being beautiful."- Washington Star. After the Recitation. Mrs. Frederio-Well, how did you enjoy Clementine's elocation? Mr. Frederic—Oh! so far as I am concerned, it amounted almost to electrocution—Puck. WOMAN'S MAGAZINE Small Luxuries Which Seem to Be in Extraordinary Demand at the Present Time. If there is one person who receives more presents than a bride it is a baby. No one likes to visit in the home of friends who have a new baby without taking a present of some sort to that all-important person. And by the time one has given Sir Baby some trifle, he is likely to have enough duplicates to start a miniature department store. The Washington Star says that one of the conceits for a baby who is old enough to hold a spoon and feed himself is a food pusher, which comes in a set with a spoon. It is a silver piece with a handle like a spoon or fork, but having in place of a bowl a silver bar several inches long with which the small person pushes food on to his spoon. It teaches him not to use his fingers and enables him to keep his food within the limbs of the plate instead of decorating the table linen with it. A novel bottle holder for the baby who likes to toss his bottle to the floor when he has finished with it is a delight to mothers. It is a metal frame which can be attached to the arm of a high chair or carriage, and from which hangs a sort of cage-like case for the bottle. This holder swings in any direction, and when the bottle is fastened in baby can drink to his heart's content, and, try as he may, he cannot throw it away. In dainty white satin heart-shaped boxes are sets of bib pins in gold enamel, and in all designs, connected with fine gold chains, are baby pins for the back of dresses and slips. Silver cups are given to children for christening gifts, as well as small-sized loving cups appropriately engraved. Mugs of a heavy English decorated china make useful presents for babies of two and three years. A plain gold bracelet clasping invisibly has a little ring inserted in the top for rosettes of baby ribbon. This is for baby to wear when he is dressed in his prettiest frock. While babies are not the most successful ring wearers, oftentimes a little gold band is given to a child for a christening gift or for a birthday present. The ring is made for the middle finger so that it can be worn successively on the ring finger and later on the little digit. Amber beads are supposed to ward off croup and are popular gifts. Ivory sets, consisting of comb, brush, powder box and puff, soap box, rattle and teething ring are arranged in silk-lined baskets. There are, of course, no end of boots and toys, silver rattles and silver chimes, rubber animals and house balls which can be selected for little ones, but nowadays it is the custom to give a baby some remembrance which can be engraved and kept until he is old enough to know he had friends when he was a small morsel of humanity. PRETTY EGG SHELL GARDEN It is easy to have an egg-shell garden. Carefully cut off the end of the egg for about one-third of its length, treating it with more respect than the cook does, for she breaks it in two in the middle by cracking it on the edge of the cup. Fill the shell with good earth, and plant almost any seed that you like. If plant food supplied in tablets is used, the shells may be filled with sawdust or with gravel. AN EGG SHELL GARDEN Plants artificially fed in sawdust, do not seem to require so many roots as when they grow in soil. With the limited space in the egg-shell, sawdust and the plant food are therefore preferable to soil. It is not difficult to have plants grow in sawdust until they are more than two feet high, although there is so little space in the shell for the roots. To support these unique, round-bottomed "flower pots," it will be found convenient to have a board with holes bored in it just large enough to have the egg-shells set firmly, one in each hole. Don't get the holes too near together. Punch a small hole down through the shell for drainage.—St. Nicholas. Sleep with Mouth Closed. People who sleep with their mouths shut live longest. Idle Tim—Phew! Never had such a narrow escape in all the years I've been trampin'. These 'ere big cities is full o' pitfalls for the unwary. Tattered Tom—What happened ye? Idle Tom—I went into that big build-in', to tell me tale of woe, and where d'y think I found meself? It was an employment office—an' 20 different persons offered me work afore I could get out—N. Y. Weekly. Coming Styles Are Calculated to Make Women Appear Quite Broad in Shoulder. Woman is the anatomical chameleon. She changes her measurements with each season. To the unitiated male mind she becomes long or short waisted, sloping or square shouldered, big or low busted, without any apparent inconvenience—a demonstration that the operation, whatever it may be, is a painless one. But she is as essentially different in each phase as though she had been born again. If you study the lady carefully this year, says the New York World, you will find that she has lost practically three inches in length of line from neck to waist (from 18 to less than 15½ inches), that she has gained fully two inches of shoulder, and that from neck to toe in front she has lost something of that seemingly interminable line which was a la mode last season. Why? The reasons are not far to seek. Gowns are no longer simply bournant above. They are trimmed from the hem up to the knee; they have widened, in A CHANGES IN MEASUREMENT. The "New Season Closed." The figure of the "New Season Closed." CHANGES IN MEASUREMENT. (The "New Lines" Over the Figure of the Season Just Closed.) scope and flare at the side, thus fore-shortening the picture. To go back to first causes, the corset is the foundation for every new figure. The severe straight-front is no longer chic. The idea remains, but with modifications. It has become possible to define the waist in front, and it is no longer a social crime to show a suspicion of the curve immediately below. While we are still suppressed, we are more hygienic. With the raising of the waist-line come the heightening of the girdle, the fullness of the shirt, the increase of the sleeve and the evolution of the cape. It is all a logical sequence. We are no longer in the realistic period. We are grown romantic. Woman has reverted from the analytical to the mysterious. The serpentine heroine is not popular, hence there are no more sheath gowns that define all the contours. The woman of to-day is concealing rather than revealing. She allures by the prospect of discovery.. She buries herself in flonces and frills. She keeps you guessing. You are as liable to miscalculate her weight as you are to err about her height. The suggestions of the coming revolution that last season's fashions gave were all tentative. There was a hint of the old-fashioned basque. This year we have the basque itself, but instead of the garment of other days it has become a little coat with the basque back. The old-fashioned basque prescribed the bustle, but our adherence to the better lines of the "straight-t-front" has averted that terrifying necessity. The introduction of the silk over jacket of contrasting shade for evening frocks is the revival of a caprice of our grandmothers. It is worn with a gown of chiffon or illusion, preferably white, the jacket being of some light color. This was a fashion formerly associated with the Grecian Bend. But we have now the beauty of the mode without its extra- Last season we touched upon the military. This year we have "arrived." But it is the picturesque military. The directoire is the favored style. The high girdle, the flaring revers and the so-called coat sleeve, which is large and loose with deep cuff, strapped with gold, which lessens the length of arm. The train has become an impossibility save in evening gowns. The wide skirt does not admit of it on the street, where it would be a serious incubus to the wearer, and an involuntary street-cleaner which must arouse every sanitary expert in the country. The whole tendency of the year is to color—not neutral tints, but those that salute the eye with quick surprise. All the blues have grown brighter. Scarlet that is scarlet is in the ascendant, and the greens are brilliant. Woman is not subtle, she is merely elusive in her present phase. Unique receptacle for candy. An odd little receptacle for candy is made of brown linen, in the shape of a small money bag. The bag is tied with stout brown cord. The bag holds a small round box, on the top of which are fastened several sequins, so that when the box is in place in the bag all that is visible are the sequins, giving the impression that the bag is full of money. He—I couldn't live without you! She (wearly)-O, that's what they all say. Can't you think up something new?—Somerville Journal. HAS CLEVER GANDER BILL JOHNSON'S PET IS MOST AS WISE AS A SERPENT. Maine Trapper Relates How He and a Wild Goose Became Permanent Chums and Inseparable Companions. A correspondent of the New York World, writing from Bangor, Me, says that Jack Johnson, of Northeast Carry, is only a gander, but he's a tame one, highly educated, and has more friends than anyone else who visits Moosehead lake. Two winters ago Jack was discovered by his friend and master "Bill" J. Johnson, flying about in a heavy sleet storm on Looster lake, where Johnson was trapping. At first the trapper thought he would shoot the bird in order to vary his bill of fare, which for weeks had consisted of salt pork and venison, but, although tired and partially disabled, the gander was lively enough to keep out of range, flying away over Spencer mountain, but always returning to swim in a bit of open water near the outlet. Then Johnson set a trap, and in a few days the gander prisoner. But the dinner was given up, for the poor bird was as lean as a crow, and Johnson, instead of cooking it, took it home to camp and made a nest for it in an empty barrel just outside the camp door. There the gander was fed daily until, when fat enough to make a good dinner, it had become so tame and so friendly that the trapper couldn't find it in his heart to kill it. So the two became close friends, and a fine cozy winter they had of it. Johnson himself tells us story: "When I broke camp and came back here to the Carry, Jack—I named him Jack after an old pardner—he hopped on the tote sled and come along with me. Down here to the carry he he's learns a lot more and there's mighty little going on that air bird ain't onto. Keep run of the fishermen that come up here looking for me to guide 'em, and know 'em all by sight. He goes out with me in my canoe, and likes to splash round in the lake. He can roll a log as well as any man on the West branch drive, and one of his best tricks is to get on a plank, spread out his big wings to the breeze and go sailing off down the lake, then flying back. "When I go away he is lonesome, and when I come back he's always at the steamboat landing to meet me. Some folks pester him, with throwing sticks and things, and he is sore on them. When I am around he picks out all the OUT FOR A SAIL. fellers that has bothered him and goes for 'em tooth and nail, or with his wings and bill—and he's no slouch in a fight, let me tell you." Johnson claims that Jack knows the game laws from end to end, and that he could give the wards many a good tig if he wanted to give poachers away. Next winter Jack is going to learn the game of poker, which is a fine art in the Maine woods. "You may laugh," said Johnson, "but I'm earned if he ain't almost smart enough to do it." "Well, sir, you'd never believe that a bird could pick up so much giral information and so many smart tricks as that there gander. Why, knowing that ganders of the wild sort need a swim as much as they need grub, I used to give this one a bath every morning and then set it up on a bench 'longside the fire to dry. Hadn't done this more'n three or four times till that bird used to come tuggin' at the blanket on my bunk when I slept a little late, much as to say: 'Come on, now; how about my swim?' And after that I never had to set it up to dry, for it would hop up itself and flap its wings about before the fire to get good and dry, chattering away to himself all the time. "Yes, sir; that bird could actually talk—in his way. None of your foolish gibberish that crows have over, but good, sensible talk, 'bout what was going on in the world. He knew a heap. Why, Sunday mornings and Saturday nights it used to sit on the edge of my bunk and swipe dog stories with me, like a chum might, and I would talk to him like a brother. "It made the winter pass mighty sight quicker'n if I were alone. He was a good watch-dog, too, for when anyone came around the camp at night he'd set up the miracleiest hissing and honking you ever heard. I trained him to be a watch-dog, and he was right onto his job." Rubber Tree Thrives for Years. India-rubber trees which are tapped every other day continue to yield sap for more than 20 years, and it is a curious fact that the oldest and most frequently tapped trees produce the wisest sap. Patience—Some women marry men to reform them. It's dangerous business. Patrice—Oh, I don't know. The men who write verses to the girls they marry write none afterwards, you know. Yonkens Statesman. Pro Bono Publico. "Are you in politics for the good of the people?" he was asked. 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CHANGE OF ADDRESS—In order to change the subscriber, we must be the former as well as the present address. Entered in the Post Office at the accepted post office. MR. PAGE AND "THE OLD TIME NEGRO." MR. THOMAS NELSON PAGE in SCRIBER'S MAGAZINE for November, under the caption of "The Old-Time Negro" says: "There were great estates, but they were not numerous. There were, possibly, a score of persons in Virginia who owned over one hundred slaves, and ten or a dozen who owned over five hundred. Such estates were, kept up in a certain style which almost always accompanies large wealth. But the great majority of the plantations in Virginia, and, so far as my reading and observation have gone, elsewhere, however extensive were the lands, were modest and simple, and the relation between masters and servants was one of close personal acquaintance and friendliness, beginning at the cradle and scarcely ending at the grave." The proportion or distribution of wealth was about the rame then as it is now. The wealthy Southerner was ganged by the number of slaves and the number of acres of land that he owned. Mr. PAGE speaks of the friendliness of the master towards the slave, but over-looks the most important factor in the equation of brutality—the over-seer, who was generally mustered into service from the ranks of the "poor whites." This last named element hated the Negroes with all of the enmity of the heart, and as a logical result, this feeling was reciprocal. Mr. PAGE seems to suddenly remember something when he says: "Thus, while slavery on the great plantations, where the slaves numbered several hundreds, was liable to such abuses as spring readily from absenteeism, on most of the plantations the slaves and the masters were necessarily brought into fairly close contact, and the result of this contact was the relation of friendship which has been the wonder and the mystification of those who considered slavery the sum of all the villianies." Mr. PAGE continues; "The chief idea that prevails as to the relation is taken from a work of fiction which, as a political pamphlet written under the stress of deep feeling, whatever truth it had as basis, certainly does not present a true picture. Work was parceled out among the "hands," the "hands" being divided into sections: plcugh hands, drivers, hoe hands, etc. Their homes were known as 'the quarters.' On the larger plantations they were divided by streets. On the plantation which the writer knew best, there were several double cabins on the quarter hill and three or four hangings on the back yard. In one of the hats of his heart, and which, after forty years, is still touched with a lighten radiant than many a palace apartment he has seen. It was known as "Une' Balla' room." an its occupant was so great man to me that I have never known his superior. "Une Balla' was the carriage driver, and not from Jehu down was ever one who, in the writer's mind, could hold a candle to him. He was the guide, philosopher and friend of my boyhood. And no better, sainer, or more right-minded guides ever lived. In that room were "chists," which I even now think of with an in drawing of the breath, as I imagine their precious and unexplored contents. Verily, they there was held gold in boots. Then there was his golden shoes. Then was a harness maker and cobbler—and his cooper's bench for he made the noguns and piggins and pails for the milkmaids and when it came to horses! As I have sat and heard the learned at races and horse-shows air their knowledge. I have been filled with a sudden longing wish that Uncle Balla were there to show what real knowledge was. He lived for thirty years after the war in a little house on the edge of the plantation, and when he began to fail he was brought home, where he could be better looked after. At the end, his funeral services were conducted from the front porch and he was followed to the grave by, white and black as his mourners. The above is a true picture, but it related to the "house servant Negroes." They were well loosed after in most instances and they formed friendships with the masters, misresses and children that have lasted even beyond the grave. So true was this that in many instances a wealthy southernner's Negroes were better protected under the regime of slavery than they are in the sunlight of to-day's freedom. For a white man to strike a house-servant Negro of a wealthy slave-owner was to commit an offense as heinous as it now is to strike a nobieman's dog. There was liable to be fighting and a plenty of it. Moreover, the upper-class white folks would believe a trusted house-servant Negro twice to a poor white man once. This made the chasm between these two elements wider, and the Negro was glad of it. It is a fact too that there were favored house-servants upon whom the mistresses would not permit the lash to be applied, no matter what their offenses might be. The result was this friendship of which Mr. PAGE speaks and the reasons for it. Such colored persons were ready to make any sacrifices for the slave-owner or his family. They detested the "poor whites" and the "free niggers," to both of whom they referred in tones of contempt and derision. This is why we have repeatedly asserted that there was no feeling of race antipathy between the upper class of white people of the Southland and the Negroes of the old-type. It may be well to state here though that just in proportion as they loved and admired the Negroes of the old school and their well-trained off spring, they disliked the New Issue Negroes and their "school-learned" off-spring with the lack of manners which accompanied the Negro of the corn-field type. No condemnation could be severer or indignation greater than that shown by the house-servant Negro when with a flau. t of the form and a flash of the eye she told this "New Issue Negro" that he had no manners and that his mammy should have taught him some. Mr. PAGE continues: Each cabin had, or might have had its little yard and garden, and each family had its chicken house and yard. On the larger plantations where the Negroes numbered two hundred or more, nearly everything was made by them, so that an estate was a little world in itself, substantially self supporting. On our place, while the spinning and weaving and the carpentry-work were done on the place, most of the cloth for clothing and the shoes were bought in town in the spring and autumn, and the tailor and cobbler kept them in order. In purchasing the shoes, each person brought his measure, a stick the exact length of his foot. The stuck had certain marks or notches on it, and the Negro tepe a duplicate, by which to identify his shoe when they arrived. The above is true to southern life. A white mechanic was not needed and the slaves unintentionally proved themselves to be the worst enemies that the laboring white men ever had. Negroes were utilized in all menial employment and a white man was regarded with contempt who would offer to engage in anything else but skilled labor of the highest order Janitorships, ditch-digging, cart-driving, hodcarrying, etc., were regarded as labor, fit only for Negroes, and a white man was regarded with derision who would offer to do it. This feeling, to a large extent, permeates the South to-day and accounts for the fact that Negro labor is as yet utilized in this respect to a large extent throughout the length and breadth of the Southland. Southern white man persistently refuse to employ white labor in the capacity of chamber-mails, nurses, laudresses, waiters, cooks and house-servants. But while all of this was going on at the slave-owner's mansion, there were sad times among the hands in the cornfield and the one-room cabins. The master had put this class of Negroes, whose manners were uncouth and opportunities limited under the almost absolute control of the white over-seer and slave-driver. He carried the life of the hard-worked slave in his hand. He could lash and he could punish the hands in divers ways. Unless the corn-field hand had a friend in a family servant he could not obtain the ear of the master and mistress or lay before them his complaints. An over-seer, who could lash a cornfield "migger" to death did not dare to lay the weight of his hana on one of the house-servant class. It is here that Mr. THOMAS NELSON PAGE has gone astray in his dissertations on southern lite. It is here that he has left the gap which has been so admirably filled in by the graphic pen-pictures from "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Mrs. HARRIET BEECHER STOWE wrote truly and stated conditions as they were. She portrayed the dark side as well as the bright one and the angelic EVA and the devoted Uncle Tom, together with the cruel Legree will live as long as the THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA recollection of the curse of slavery exists as a legacy of the republic. But enough for this week. We shall deal further with this rather remarkable dissertation upon "The Old Time Negro." BARK AND CREW LOST IN STORM Spanish Vessel With Fifteen Aboard Went Down at Sea. STEAMER UNABLETOSAVETHEM Philadelphia, Nov. 22.—The British ship Aros Castle, Captain Day, 57 days out from Java, with a cargo of sugar, arrived at this port and reported the probable foundering on November 15 of the Spanish bark Tafalla, with her crew of 15 men, during the recent southern storm. The steamer stood by the sinking bark for two days, and on the second night the Spanish vessel disappeared. The condition of the Tafalla when the crew of the Aros Castle last saw the vessel was such as to lead them to believe that the bark went down during the night. Captain Day reported that shortly before daybreak on Sunday, November 14, during a terrific gale, rockets were sighted about 220 miles east of the Bermudas. The rockets were answered by flare lights from the Aros Castle, and the steamer's course was changed in the direction of the rockets. The sea was running so high that the steamer could not safely go near the distressed vessel, and she lay by to wait for daylight. In the meantime the flare lights were kept burning to encourage the crew on the unknown vessel. After daybreak it was learned that the distressed vessel was the Tafalla, 995 tons, Captain S. Roig, with a cargo of pitch pine from Brunswick, Ga., for Valencia. The storm was so great that no small boat could be sent to the assistance of the Tafalla, and Captain Roig hoisted the following signal: "Leaking six inches an hour. Main pump broken and smaller pump is clogged. Men worn out." Captain Day signalled that he would lay by until the storm abated. Toward noon, however, the captain of the British steamer decided to shoot a line to the bark, which he succeeded in doing after steaming his vessel dangerously close to the bark. A hawser was fastened to the bark, and slow progress was made in the turbulent sea. Late in the afternoon the hawser snapped, and the Spanish vessel again drifted helplessly, with water gaining in the hold. Night came, and Captain Day decided to stand by until morning. During the night the storm did not abate, and Captain Roig continued to send up rafts and Captain Day to burn flare lights so that they would not become separated. With daylight on Monday it was seen that the back was lower In the water, but the British crew could do nothing until the sea became calmer, because the only hawser on the vessel was the one that had broken. Monday night the vessels were still together, and the rockets and flare lights were kept going. After 4 o'clock Tuesday morning the crew of the Aros Castle saw no more rockets and all was darkness. When daylight came not a sign of the Spanish bark could be seen on the ocean, and it is the belief of the British crew that the vessel was ripped open by the tremendous waves and went down with all hands on board. The fury of the storm was so great, Captain Day reports, that no small boat could have safely rode the waves. The Aros Castle for half a day steamed in all directions in the hope of finding some trace of the vessel, but saw nothing. PENNSY TRAIN HELD UP Express Stopped and Boarded By Six Negroes at Greenspath, Pa. Negroes at Greensburg, Pa. Greensburg, Pa. Nov. 23.-Six negroes who had been seen about the station here held up No. 36, a Pennsylvania railroad through express train, carrying valuables for Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and New York. The negroes from the middle of the tunnel here flagged the train with a lantern, and as soon as it stopped jumped aboard, but they failed to keep the train men from seeing them, and fearing detection, they jumped off and fled. Officers closely followed them but the negroes escaped in the darkness. Steamer Missing. Sydney, C. B., Nov. 23.—The Norwegian steamer Donald, Captain Rossalind, which sailed from Marble Mountain, is missing, and it is feared that she foundered with all on board in the recent terrific gale. The steamer left on November 12 with a cargo of crushed dolomite for Chatham, N. B., and has not been heard from since. The Donald was a small iron screw steamer of 408 tons net burden. Appointed Assistant U. S. Attorney, Washington, Nov. 22. — Henry P. Brown, of Philadelphia, has been appointed a special assistant United States attorney for the eastern district of Pennsylvania to assist in the prosecution of Henry Lear, former president of the Doylestown, Pa., National Bank, who is charged in effect with misappropriating the funds of the bank. Rat Turned On Deadly Gas. Williamport, Pa., Nov. 21.—A big rat, trying to reach a piece of bread that lay on the gas range in Otho H. Miller's home stepped on and opened two of the stops of the range, thus permitting a strong flow of gas to escape. Mr. and Mrs. Miller and their young son were almost asphyxiated. Philadelphia Dog Show Opens. Philadelphia, Nov. 23.—The annual exhibition of the Philadelphia Dog Show opened in Horticultural hall with the largest number of dogs ever shown by the association. There are about 1000 dogs entered for the various prizes offered. Among the many prominent out-of-town exhibitors are: J. Pierpont Morgan, William Rocke- feller, Mrs. G. H. R. Belmont and Thomas W. Lawson. Though there are few foreign dogs shown, the exhibit takes on an international cast by reason of the prizes offered by many foreign kennel clubs. The show will last four days. All Traveling On Sleighs. Binghamton, N. M. Nov. 21.—For over a week all traveling in Jackson and Thompson townships, of Susquehanna county, Pa. has been on sleighs, and in many places it was necessary to shovel through drifts four and five feet deep to make the roads passable. The farmers and hurlbermen are taking advantage of the early snow to get logs to the mills on sleighs. Struck By Pittsburgh Express. Harrisburg, Pa., Nov. 22. — H. H. Wright was instantly killed and Samuel Reece seriously injured by being struck by the Pittsburgh express a short distance west of Newport. Mr. Wright was knocked into Buffalo creek, a distance of 30 feet, and was dead when those who saw the accident reached his side Reece's injuries received attention from the Pennsylvania railroad physician, after which he was taken to his home. Both men lived at Newport, and were on their way in a one-horse team to Wright's home to repair a pump. While driving out of the way of a limited express east-bound the horse took fright at the Pittsburgh express going west and jumped on the track and was run down by the train. Circus Robbed at $30,000 Norfolk, Va., Nov. 21. - While en route on a flat car between Greenville and Tarboro, N. C., the ticket wagon of the Forepaugh and Seils Bros. circus was entered and robbed of $30,000. The entrance to the wagon was effected by the use of the regular keys, which had been stolen from the treasurer of the circus. The robbery was not discovered until after the entire circus, which was traveling in three sections over the Atlantic Coast line, had reached Tarboro. A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED. Thursday, November 17. Rear Admiral Chadwick will be relieved of command of the South Atlantic squadron at his own request. One man was killed and several injured by the explosion of a locomotive boiler on the Southern Railroad at St. Louis. Secretary Metcalf, of the department of commerce and labor, returned to Washington from California, where he went to vote. Neill Sellers and Dave Brown, negroes, were hanged on a double gallows at Elizabethown, N. C., for the murder of Mrs. George Parker. Friday. November 18. John Radcliffe, a prominent citizen of Millville, N. J., committed suicide by taking poison. The Eastern Bar Iron Association ordered an advenant of $2 per ton in the price of its products. Burgiars wrecked the safe in W. H. Hillard's store, in New Stonington, Coun., and secured nearly $6000. Secretary of War Taft left Washington for New Orleans on his way to Panama as the special representative of President Roosevelt. While filling a lighted gasoline stove, which exploded, Mrs. Jacob Devereaux, of Bridgeton, N. J., was terribly burned on the face, arms and body. Saturday, November 19. The pier of the Warner Steamship line at Boston, filled with highly inflammable materials, was destroyed by fire. Loss, $600,000. A fire which threatened to wipe out the entire business section of Bristol, N. H., destroyed eight buildings, causing a loss of $50,000. Two hundred and thirty-two Chinese, who have been connected with the St. Louis World's Fair, have left for San Francisco to sail for China. Mary Dunn, convicted of murder in the second degree for killing her sister-in-law, was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by a Philadelphia judge. Not. Bailey, a merchant, was shot and killed on the street at Panther, W. Va., by Roscoe Henderson in a dispute over politics. Henderson escaped. Monday, November 21. James H. Worden, of Harrisburg, has been reappointed a Pennsylvania game warden. A parcels post convention between the United States and Belgium was signed in Washington. Hugh S. Webster, of Camden, N. J., committed suicide by shooting in a hotel at Newport News, Va. Carelessly setting their cell bedding on fire, Reuben Loree and his son Fred were burned to death at Columbiaville, Mich. President Stevens, of the Chesapeake & Ohio railway, will contribute $15,000 to the Railroad Y. M. C. A. to erect a building at Richmond, Va. Tuesday, November 22. Philip Marx was struck by a Reading railroad locomotive near Philadelphia and instantly killed, his body being cut in half. Five horses and 14 head of cattle were burned to death in a fire which destroyed the barn on Roney Hart's farm, near Altona, Pa. Every idle coke oven of the H. C. Frick Coke company, in the Connellsville, PPa., region, about 16,000 in all, were put in full operation. Secretary of State Hay and Mr. Probst, the Swiss charge d'affaires, signed an arbitration treaty between the United States and Switzerland. General Louis Palma di Cesnola, director and trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, died suddenly from indigestion, aged 72 years. Wednesday, November 23. Captain Royal B. Bradford will be promoted to rear admiral, to succeed Admiral T. F. Jewell, retired. Arnold Beaulieu, former cashier or the West Liberty Bank, at Davenport, Ill., was arrested for embezzling $600-000. Thirty negroes saved their lives by jumping from the third floor of a burning building in St. Louis into nets held by firemen. Miss Annie Frazier, daughter of Governor Frazier, of Tennessee, has been chosen to christen the cruiser Tennessee when it is launched in Philadelphia. December 3. C.M. BARTLEY JIM YOUNG A NEW BOOK! PIANO PLAYING SELF-TAUGHT BY THEODORE DRURY Simple and easy method. How to use the Fingers, Wrists and Arms. How to phrase. 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The Courts of Calanthe Is the Female Department of the Order. It requires a membership of thirty persons to organize a court. Its members are pledged to exhibit Fidelity, exercise Harmony and prove Love one for the other. It pays an endowment and burial benefit of $150.00. It pays $3.00 per week sick dues. The only expense for regalia is the cost of the badge, 50 cents and a resale, since 25 cents for funeral occasions. THE BANDS OF CALANTHE or Children's Department also constitutes a feature and persons cannot do better than to enter the little ones in this mystic circle. The expense is nominal and the benefits all could be expected. It pays from $1.00 to $1.50 sick dues and death benefits or from $0.00 to $40.00. If you have no Pythian Lodge or Coast or Band in your neighborhood, organize one. For all information concerning the Children's Department, address. For all information concerning special rates of employment. Employment Union and Real Estate 1607 Broadway, N. Y. 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It badge, costing 75 cents each is the occurring the organization of lodges, of Calanthe er. It requires a membership of its members are pledged to exhibit Love one for the other. It pays 50.00. It pays $3.00 per week sick the cost of the badge, 50 cents and occasions. Children's Department also constitutes little ones in this mystic circle. Be expected. It pays from $1.00 40.00. If you have no Pythian one. ment, address, S. ANNA TAYLOR, W. M., 120 W. Hill St., Richmond, Va. JOHN MITCHELL, JR., 311 N. 4th St., Richmond, Va. AC PLANET SATURDAY...NOVEMBER 26, 1904 LIVE STOCK Here Is a Cheap Structure Which Can Be Built by Any Handy Farmer. The portable hog-house, as described and illustrated in the Farm-ware' Bulletin, is constructed with the idea of giving a warm and conven- PORTABLE HOG-HOUSE fent structure at a reasonable price. It is built five by six feet. The frame can be made of four two by four scantlings of the same length. The accompanying cuts show the method of building sufficiently plain to enable any person who is handy with tools to construct one. Fig. 1 shows the house. PLAN OF CONSTRUCTION. set up and the window partly open. Fig. 2 represents the different parts before being put together. Such a house can be built for about five dollars. If it is taken down twice a year and whitewashed, it will last a long time.—Ohio Farmer. THE COLT AND ITS DAM. Some Suggestions as to the Treatment They Should Receive at This Time or Year. It is often a question what to do with the young colt and how he should be treated and handled during the fall and winter months, in order that he may develop into the most useful horse. It is granted that he has been with his dam during the summer months on pasture, or if the dam has been worked that he has been allowed to nurse on her return to the barn. He should be taught to eat grain before weaning, which is usually best at about five months of age if he has grown well during the summer and is in good condition. It is not a difficult task to get him to taking grain, says Orange Judd Farmer. All that is necessary is to feed him in a box by himself near his dam, but she should be tied so that he can have all the time he wishes for taking his meal. If they have been running together in the pasture a feed trough may be fixed up in a corral where the grain may be placed daily. It will require only a few feeds of grain until for his mother will anxiously watch for the feeding time. After weaning, the colt should receive some grain daily during the fall and winter months. Too often do we see this neglected at the most important and critical time in the colt's life. It is at a period in life when growth should not be stunted and when the mouth of the colt is not well adapted to chewing and masticating large amounts of coarse rough food which would be necessary for maintenance and growth without the addition of grain. If a rye pasture can be had to furnish green feed so much the better. It does not make the most hardy borses to let the colts stand and shiver all night long during the winter months on the windward side of a fence post, or even a straw stack; but on the other hand it will reduce their size and tend to retard the rotund and symmetrical development so much desired. After the first winter the colt will succeed in getting along much better out of doors if he has access to an open shed or a well protected place in which to shelter in times of storm LIVE STOCK NOTES Bone and muscle count more than fat on young pigs. Work animals should be provided with collars that fit. Appearances have much to do with the marketing of live stock. Well-fed colts that are growing rapidly need more exercise than those on scanty feed. The animal that is in good condition when cold weather comes is already half wintered. A pedigree is simply a certificate of character, and unless it shows a good character it is of no practical value. Get all that you can out of the feed that is given to the pig. See that none is wasted, as well as make the proper combination for the greatest gain. The walls and cellings of the stables may be renovated and disinfected with a coat of whitewash, which is easily and effectively applied by a spray pump. not, you and the boys can make one out of a nice bosswood stick. It will afford pleasure for all and the boys will have great times breaking the steers. When they are calves is the time to get them waywise.—Farm and Home. TEACH HORSES BRAVERY. Animal Is Capable of Learning Almost Anything, Say Expert Horsemen. Expert horsemen believe that a horse can be taught to do anything that it is possible for an animal so formed, and to be utterly fearless. Thus, of horses rushing into battle with a fearlessness that is magnificent, although in the beginning of their lives they may have been foolishly timid, shying at everything unusual that happened to be seen in their travels. In order to teach a horse fearlessness he must be accustomed to all sorts of sights and sounds. He must come to know that because something that he sees or hears is unusual it does not follow that it is harmful. For it is the unusual things that frighten him. The horse is an animal of one idea at a time, and is not able to eliminate, so say the men who have made a study of the horse. While he will travel along quietly close by the roar of a train he may tremble at the flutter of a piece of loose paper flying in the wind. It is not the frightfulness of the object that seems to alarm him, but the unfamiliarity of it. Horse trainers say that the mistakes made in "breaking" and training a colt is that it is too often done in the seclusion of some country road, instead of amid the sights and sounds that the animal must necessarily become familiar with later. As soon as the horse becomes familiar with anything and has learned to believe that it will not hurt him, he will stand quietly or trot along peacefully, even though all sorts of noises and queer sights are about him. Thus the artillery horse will stand amid the roar of cannon, being used to the noise and not knowing that the sound predicts anguish and death. It is well to accustom a horse to unusual sounds as soon as possible after he is trained for riding or driving. It renders him safe and docile, even though he be a spirited animal. A certain trainer of horses said that an ideal school for horses would contain thrashing machines, pile drivers, steam drills, electric, steam and elevated cars, a band of martial music and a gang of quarrymen blasting rocks. A horse that was drilled among such a bedlam as this would, indeed, prove immune to strange noises. SHELTER ON COLD NIGHTS It is bad practice to leave horses out in cold and storms, thinking that it toughens them. A neighbor does this for a regular thing. Last winter he let four horses have the run of a meadow, with an enclosed shed for shelter, and a hay stack for food. He reasoned that they could get some grass when there was no snow, and the cold weather would freeze out all disease and toughen them up for summer. The weather froze the diseases out of two of them, also the life, while a third horse died shortly after work began in spring. After frosty nights become the rule, the horse should be housed at night and turned out in the day. Be especially careful to keep him sheltered from the first cold storms in the fall, when his vitality is ant to be below par. With most farmers this is one of the busiest times of the year, and many find it next to impossible to groom the horses as well as they should be. An authority has said: "One currying is equal to two quart of oats." It certainly is a great aid in keeping the horse in condition when shedding his coat. The loose hair is irritating to the skin and is one of the chief causes of rubbing at this season. Besides, the friction of the currycomb is a great stimulant to the organs, removes the dandruff and aids a quick, healthy shedding of the coat. This is always seen to in the case of horses for the show ring, the race track and the fire departments. It should not be entirely neglected with the faithful old farm horse.-J. A. Doble, in Farm and Home. FEED RACK FOR SHEEP. How to Make One That Will Best Serve the Sheep and Prevent Waste of Grain. The sheep rack can be made out of two-by-four-inch stuff for the frame be made out of stuff for the frame. It should be about three feet wide, with tight bottom, and a tight board all around 10 or 12 it should be about three feet wide, with tight bottom, and a tight board all around 10 or 12 inches wide. This forms a good trough for grain and catches all the seed that shatters from the hay. The floor should be set ten inches above bottom end of frame, which will keep the bottom from rotating out. It is slatted with one by fours, and should be three and one-half or four feet high. The best length is 16 feet. The racks can be moved around as desired.—A. Bellville, in Farm and Hcme. "To make a hog trough that hogs cannot get into and at the same time admit a shovel to clean it can be made as follows," writes Mr. J. W. Jeffrey, in Dakota Farmer. "First make a flat-bottomed trough of any desired size of two-inch plank. Along the upper edge bore five-eighth-inch holes two inches deep and about ten inches apart. Into these holes drive five-eighth-inch iron rods about 18 inches long. Now into the edge of two 2x4's, the same length as trough, bore holes to correspond with rods in trough and drive 2x4's down on to rods. Nail a short cross-piece at each end. Fasten frame to trough at each end by nailing an inch board up and down, or wire them together. The rods may be placed closer together for smaller pigs." Another Use for It If the father of his country now Could run for an office high, His little hatchet he could use To nail the campanile lie. —Cincinnati Enquirer. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA GIRL AND DYING MAN IN MAD RACE TO CHURCH. Young Woman Desperately Tries to Save Her Assailant—Riddled by Bullets, She Drives to Far- Away City. The Minneapolis (Minn.) correspondent of the Chicago American tells this touching story of a young woman's devotion. Driving, he says, madly against time and death, Katie Lubey, with the life blood streaming from three bullet wounds in her face, beid the body of her dying sweetheart across her knees while she lashed the horse with swift strokes of the whip, and urged him faster and faster, that she might gain absorption for the man's crime from the priest, six miles away. She traveled over an unfamiliar country road at one o'clock Thursday morning, with the peaceful little community of Golden Valley sleeping behind her and the lights of the slumbering city of Minneapolis too far away to guide her. The burning flame of religion in a girl, sheet and grievously wounded by a respected suitor, on a lonely country road, was such that, when the man turned the revolver upon himself and fell unconscious beside her, she snatched the reins from his almost lifeless fingers, and, manning and sobbing with pain, she prayed to God for time and His guidance, that she might reach the priest and the doctors in the city that her sweetheart might have absolution and the kindly offices of a forgiving priest before he died. The young girl, who is very beautiful, and the young man were both highly respected and belonged to prosperous farming folk near the village in which the two were born, and grew up together. They had been "going together" for five years, and were supposedly engaged. Both were living in Minneapolis at the time of the attempt to end both their lives in the darkness and loneliness of the Golden Valley road. Gaffney secured a position in another city, and went out to Golden Valley to bid his parents good-by. Arrived there, he found his sweetheart, and she accepted an invitation to ride back to town with him. On the way, a declaration of his great love for her was made by the young man, who asked the girl to be his wife, and she refused him, because A SANK DOWN ON DOORSTEP. he was not yet able to support them both. He drew a revolver and fired. He drew a revolver and fired. Three shots entered the cheek of the young girl, and a fourth pierced the temple of James Gaffney, and caused him to sink unconscious against the girl's shoulder. With wondrous nerve and a herole resolve, she reached for lines and whip, and, commanding the horse to his utmost speed, drove frantically on and on over the country road. She knew not where she was going, except in a general way she knew where the city lay. Her religious faith, firm and unswerving, told her to save her sweet-heart's soul. Her former playmate must not die until the church's holy offices had given peace and forgiveness to his departing soul. The girl was utterly unmindful of her own critical condition. She scarcely realized that the blood was pouring from her wounds and soaking her dress. She was conscious only of one wild desire, and of a great dread. When she reached the city limits she passed pedestrians, who turned to gaze in dismay at the panting horse, tearing by, and the voice of a girl form within the buggy sobbing and crying out inarticulately. It was nearly three o'clock in the morning then, and but few people were on the streets, but those few stopped short, and then hastened after the buggy in an attempt to stop what they supposed was a runaway. But the gil eluded her pursuers, and, continuing the mad pace, she reached the parish house of the priest of the Immaculate Conception church, which both young people had attended when in town. 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Martin Green was appointed a brigadier general of the secession forces in the First congressional district of Missouri, and he gathered up 1,800 men to stamp out unoffusion in that section, and particularly to wipe off the caribou Col. David Moore, and his "First Northeastern Missouri infantry," which were stationed at Athens, Mo. Dr. J. T. Norris, now a prominent physician of Kahoka, Mo., was one of Green's band, "the flower of the land," as the secession papers described them, and gives this account of the battle: "Our men got off their horses and died them to trees and fence posts. They were armed with shotguns and squirrel rifles that would shoot possibly from 75 to 150 yards. Then we had two cannon, a six and a nine pounder. "The federalers lined up in the form of an L. Our cannon were unlimbered and the gunners were to work. To me it looked homicidal to point those grim monsters at human beings. Remember, none of us knew any more of war beyond what we had read in the books. "The cannoneers applied their matches. I shuddered and turned my head. Two awful detonations followed and the balls lit in Iowa. They graculously traveled about 300 feet above the enemy, who jeered us. "For two hours the battle raged on banks and center. Word came to us that the Des Molnes river was almost choked with the corpse of the federalers. It was said the river was becoming a rich carmine hue. We cheered and started forward. Then we made a disagreeable discovery—the enemy's muskets would shoot more than twice as far as our hunting guns. We might just well have been shooting in the air for the good we were doing." "Of course, the time to have done on learning of the superior range of their guns was to charge 'em. There were enough of us to have gathered in the whole crowd, brass buttons and all. But their guns could outshoot curs, and it was as easy as adding two and two to figure out that they must necessarily be able to lick us. Every blessed coincident turned himself into a lightning calculator to work out this result and then made a break for his horse. "Did I run, too? You bet I did. It seems funny enough now, but I thought I had a fine reason for it then. In spite of the Des Moines river being dammed by dead bluecorns, we felt certain that there were enough left to reach us with those terrible long-range muskets." "You never saw such a mix-up as when the fuitives tried to unhitch their horses. Few waited to untie them. Some slashed the bridles with a knife; others tried to lock them loose by main force. The horses imbibed the terror of their masters and jumped around frantically. Many broke loose and rushed whimily across the field, adding to the uprush. Some of the excited soldiers struck out across the country without taking time to get their horses. The cannon—thus terrible engines designed to terrify the enemy—were dragged off the field and hidden in some hazel brush. "The rout didn't stop until the con federates got back to their homes in Marlon, Lewis, Shelby, Scotland, Knox and Schyler counties. You never saw men so homesick in all your life. During all this panic and confusion there was no attempt by the enemy to pur- A YANKS HAD BETTER GUNS. sue. While Col. Moore's soldiers could outshoot us, they couldn't outrun us—not that day. "After the excitement had worn off a bit, and the boys had rested, they met and rejoined him. Every man said he wasn't scared up there at Athens; he just wanted to go away. They laughed over their display of panic, but were grimly determined it should never occur again. "These men also ran the hardest developed into the best soldiers you ever saw. They joined the regular confederate army and many of them stoned with their lifeblood for their scare at Athens. Inconsequential as the battle was, it gave them in after days the equipoise of veterans and taught them how to stand and be shot at without finching." FURLOUGHED BY LINÇOLN. Great President Had Pity on an Ail ing, Discouraged Soldier Boy from Pennsylvania. It was Abraham Lincoln's rule to receive callers at the white house from 9 until 2 o'clock, except on days when the cabinet met. It was a rule, however, more honored in the breach than in the observance. Visitors found their way into his presence from early morning until late at night, and even his sleeping hours were not wholly free from their impurities. Late in the day, when the weather and his duties permitted, he drove out for an hour's airing. Almost invariably, some camp or hospital was the objective point of the day's ride. He was from the first the personal friend of every soldier he sent to the front, and from the first, also, every soldier seemed to divine, as if by intuition, that he had Mr. Lincoln's heart. Stories of how the president interfered, personally to secure some right or favor for the man afoot, with a gun on his shoulder, steadily found their way to the army, and, as the war went on and battle followed battle, the CAPTAIN WOULD NOT LISTEN. wounded soldier hobbling into the white house became a sight too familiar to cause remark. None departed without cheer or help of some kind, and in all parts of the country little cards are treasured by private soldiers, each of which bears witness to some kindly act performed or requested by the president. One of them reads: "Secretary of War—Please see this Pittsburg boy. He is very young, and I shall be satisfied with whatever you do with him. The original of this note is in possession of William B. Post, a citizen of Washington, Pa. Post enlisted when less than 16 years of age, was stricken with fever shortly after entering the service, and was sent to a hospital in Washington. When apole to leave his bed, he requested his captain to allow him to return home, promising that, as soon as he should recover, he would gladly take up his musket and go to the front. The captain, however, turned a deaf ear to his entreaties, and, as a last resort, Post sought an audience with the president. "My boy," said Mr. Lincoln, as the lad concluded his story, "if you want to go home to your mother, you shall. You were too young to go into the war, and the man who permitted you to enlist should be dismissed from the service. I admire your courage and patriotism, but your place is at home with your mother." The president then wrote the note quoted above, handed it to Post, and telling him that would put him through his troubles, dismissed him with a "God bless you!" Secretary Stanton gave him a furious and transportation home. When he resigned his health and strength he returned to the army and fought with his regiment until the close of the war—Success. GETS PENSION REGULARLY. The Queen Case of Phillip Does Who Doesn't Think He Ever Served in the Army. Phillip Does, an old German, residing near Oisco, Clark county, Ind., draws a pension of $12 per month, though he does not know that he ever served a day in the army of the United States. His story is an unusual one. Does was one among the many drafted in September, 1864. He had but recently come to the United States, and could hardly speak a word of English. Taken away from his home to Camp Carrington, Indianapolis, he was kept there until the government no longer needed him, when he was honorably discharged. He had no comprehension of what was being done with him, and returned home at the end of 95 days, mystified and in a hazy frame of mind. While at Camp Carrington he had done a little guard duty, but there was nothing like the military work to which he had been accustomed in the old country. The law of 1890 gave Does and other soldiers drafted like him a pension, the same as other old soldiers. But he knew nothing of it. Time went on and he became disabled. His neighbors remembered his war record and urged him to apply for a pension. He made frequent trips to see Capt. G. W. Coward, at Charlestown, but that pension agent got the impression from Does that he had never been in the service. A thorough search of the records revealed his name as a member of the unassigned Fifty-ninth Indiana regiment, and showed that he had served 95 days, just five days more than was required to give him a pension. With that information Capt. Coward set to work, and the old man is now drawing $12 per month.—Louisville Herald. Built on Lava. All Naples is built of lava, and all the streets are paved with it. Fur Time. Belle—Hear about Madge? She has signed a life contract to lecture. Kate—What? You don't mean it! Belle—Yes, it's true. A marriage certificate—Puck. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. 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The gypsies on their first appearance in England about the beginning of the sixteenth century were mistaken for Egyptians and so called by men of education, but the common people, finding some difficulty in mastering the name, rendered it "gypsies," and so the wandering people have ever since been called. During the reign of Henry VIII., in 1531, a statute was enacted expelling the gypsies from that country under penalty of imprisonment and fortitude of property. According to the Grey Friars' Chronicle the statute recited that "many outlandish people, calling themselves Egyptians, using no craft nor fait (practice) of merchandise, have come into this realm and gone from shire to shire and place to place in great company and used great subtle and crafty means to deceive the people; bearing them in hand that they by palmistry could tell men's and women's fortunes, and so many times by craft and subtlety have deceived the people of their money, and also have committed many and helnous felonies and robberies." Six years later Cromwell, in a letter to the president of the Marches of Wales, accuses "the gippeans," as he calls them, of "falsehoods, felonies and treasons" and orders the execution of such as fail to leave at command. The gypsies had spread over the continent of Europe several centuries before their appearance in England, and an Austrian monk, writing of them in the twelfth century, calls them the progeny of the son of Hagar, or Ishmaelites. Modern historians, however, have, by the peculiarities of their language, traced their origin to India. Throughout the orient and continental Europe they were known as metal workers, and Sir John Lubbock attributes to them the introduction of metallurgy, especially of bronze, into Europe. Please, Mr. Downy, if you'll give me a lock of your hair to make a paint brush wif I'll paint your portrait in my book. —Chicago Journal. --- Cards, Policies, both straight life and benevolent, Physician's Certificates, Sick Cards, Application blanks, Agents Report Sheets, Rate Cards, etc. VISION WORK Charter-Sheets, Half and Whole Placards, Society Cards, Min- ing Stationery. WE AN ELE WHICH WE WILL Stock Ro LATEST STYLE BOND, F AS SMALL AS A DODGER Sheet Poster A FRONT DOOR. 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Remember she will not for any price flatter you: you may rest assured you will gain facts without non sense; She can be consulted upon all affairs of life, Love, Courtship, Marriage Friends, Etc. with full description of your future companion. She is very accurate in describing missing friends, enemies etc., business, law suites journeys, contested wills, divorce and speculation is valuable and reliable. She reads your destiny—good or bad; she withholds nothing. your entire life past and present and future in your marriage, the power of any two Mediums you ever met. In tests she tells your mother's full name before marriages, she names all of your family, the names of your present husband, the names of your present husband, the name of your next if you are to have one, the name of the young man who now calls on you, the name of your present husband, the name of your year of your marriages, how many children you have or have, whether your present husband will have you, whether your marry you, if you have no sweetheart she will tell you when you will have one and his name, business and date of acquaintance. All your friends should know the success of your plain manner and in a dead trance. Mothers should know the success of their husbands and children, young ladies should know everything you do. Do not keep company, marry or go into business until you know all, do not let sly religions do. Do not keep company, marry or go into business until you know all, do not let sly religions do. Madame is the only one in the world who can tell you the full name of your future husband with age and date of marriage, and tells which of them you are. There are some persons who believe that there is no truth to be gained from consulting Medium, but such beliefs are contrary to the truth of marriage, and tells which of them you are. That such a conclusion can be reached. It is not every one who placas himself or her husband, that can stand the test of what he or she claims. And a person of an inquiring mind may ask a adviser or a teacher not take the trouble to study nature. They do not spend their time for a moment with acquiring the art of phrasology for themselves, but they do not want to make the pathway to the road of the business clear and devoid of all obstacles. Their professions will come for advice in full knowledge of what they want to know, and yet as soon as they confront difficulties, they endeavor to dispel from their minds what they need to hear if it will be rehearsed by the Medium. To get the secret out of a person by unfair unprincipled Mediums, but to take hold of the hand and gain control of the mind thereby is a matter of impossibility to most of them, as the medium is consequently assisting Mrs. Marth the seemingly mystery becomes a subject this subject has received no little attention by eminent men and even college professors. So it proves conclusively that although there are infringers in our mids with only tonnes of knowledge, we cannot be closed to the entire profession, and it must become accomplished medium and by a continuous and uniting effort, the key to the well of apparently unfashionable mysteries has been secured by MLS. The humanity. ADVICE BY LETTER HOURS FROM 10 A. M. TO 9 P. M MRS. M. B. 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JONATHAN Fish Oysters & Produce best of what may ask these adva- vable human congues for phrasiology a tendency to the hum persons will they confront the devavor to know so as e Medium. by unfair by unfair New Phone, 478. ROBT. S. FORRESTER FLORIST 215 E. Leigh Street, When You Are Sick Leonard's Reliable Prescription Drug Store 724 North Second Street. A man in a chair talking to a man in a suit. Of Any Job Printing Establishment in the city. 311 N. 4th St., Richmond, Va. FISH, OYSTERS AND GAME, FRESH MEATS & GROCERIES. All orders receive prompt attention. ```markdown ``` ALL ORDERS WILL REOEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION. Long Distance Phone, 752. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Plant Decorations, Choice Rosebuds Our Flowers, Funeral Designs, House Decorations for Wedding, Parties, &o. a specialty. Give me a call. 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Your special attention is called to the new style Oak Caskets. Call and see me and you shall be waited on kindly. 'Phone, 2778. The Custalo House 702 E. BROAD ST. Having remodeled my bar, and having an up-to-date place, I am prepared to serve my friends and the public so same old stand. Choice Wines, Liquors and Cigars. FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT Meals At All Hours, New Phone, 1261. Wm. Oustalo, Pte. S. W. ROBINSON, NO. 23 NORTH 18TH ST. DEALER IN FINE WINES, LIQUORS, CIGARS, &c. All Stock Sold as Guaranteed. PROMPT ATTENTION. JOHN M. HIGGINS, DEALER IN CHOICE GROCERIES, WINES LIQUORS, AND CIGARS. PURE GOODS, FULL VALUE FOR THE MONEY. 1610 East Franklin Street, [Near Old Market.] RICHMOND. VIRGINIA. THE PLANET WASHING POTATOES. It Is an Excellent Practice If They Are Thoroughly Dried Before Storing. An extensive potato grower of northern Michigan, Mr. L. Van Winkle, in a recent contribution to the Chicago Packer, gives his experience in washing potatoes before storing as follows: "I am a farmer plowing and working 2,000 acres of land, raising hogs, cattle and horses, and also hay, grain and vegetables. For five years I have washed all my potatoes, and have never lost a bushel by rot after I put them away in the cellars. I dig with a Hoover digger, and pick up the potatoes as fast as they are dug. They are then hauled to a suitable rack for washing, where a mill hose is turned on them with 40 pounds pressure. In this way 100 bushels are washed clean enough in ten minutes to bake or boil. I let them lie for a few minutes only, then pick up and put in one bushel crates, after which they stand in the sun or wind from two to three hours; long enough to dry nicely. The potatoes are then packed away in a cool, dry cellar, where they remain until wanted for use or to sell. "I have found this to be the most practical way to care for potatoes, or other roots. The potatoes being in bushel crates are ready to sell by the load or bushel, and can be handled very quickly and cheaply. No measuring is necessary, no weighing is required—always ready to sell or plant. The crate, if cared for, will last for years. I have put potatoes in bins often when they were a little wet, or had some defective ones among them, and in a few weeks had to move and sort them. But since I have used crates for potatoes and other roots I find that when put away the care and trouble is over, and no further attention is necessary. "I would recommend this method to all farmers, large or small. All that old-fogyism of storing potatoes with dirt and mud on them is not sense. While we all know that potatoes will keep well if dry with a little dirt on them, I know they will keep if washed perfectly clean and dry, and they will come out in the spring good and sound. I had 8,000 bushels in my cellars this spring, the finest stock I ever saw." HOUSE FOR ICE AND STORAGE Plans for Building Which Is Suitable for Use on the Average Farm. A very effective cold storage room for farm use is shown by the accom- panying engraving of a house 25 feet square and same height. It is built en- tirely above ground and is so perfectly insulated that the cold room is held at a temperature of 35 degrees in sum- OPEN SPACE SAW DUST ICE COLD SQUARE SAW DUST CONCRETE STORER BURGER WALL SAW DUST COLD ROOM BURGER WALL SAW DUST CONCRETE PAVEMENT CROSS SECTION OF ICE HOUSE mer, while in constant use. The illustration shows the construction so well that little explanation is necessary. The cold room is lighted by two windows, which have three sets of sash cemented tightly in place. The drainage is carried off by a series of V-shaped iron troughs running between the joists, which carry the water to one pipe, where it is conveyed outside through a trap. The troughs between the joists are fastened together so there is no trap in the floor below. By the arrangement shown, no sawdust or other material comes in contact with the ice, and the air of the room circulates around and over it. The atmosphere of the cool room is always dry, pure and sweet—Farm and Home. HANDY ROOF LADDER When making small repairs on roofs, the best kind of a ladder is one with a single large hook, as shown in the il- THE ROOF LADDER lustration. These can be made in the farm forge and are better than the bought ladders. They catch easily, hold the ladder flat on the roof and will hold it either straight or slanting to one side. The ladder in this case is also homemade and the rounds are of one-half-inch iron piping—I. A. Fiske, in Farm and Home. becoming more and more common, because effective. Good surface dressing is barnyard manure, put on with a manure spreader. It not only acts as a mulch, but supplies considerable quantities of plant food.—Orange Judd Farmer. DARK ROOM FOR AMATEURS Neat and Convenient Arrangement That Makes Photography a Pleasure to Women. Women have taken to photography as a pastime, and, in the many public competitions by illustrated journals and photographic societies, have shown a wonderful proficiency. But to make photography a real pleasure, care and neatness should be observed in all its processes. As beginners soon find cut, sins of neglect come home to roost in the shape of spotted negatives and stained prints. The only way to ensure freedom from these and other troubles is to keep a constant eye on all the implements and accessories that you use. It is, to a large extent, possible to judge the photographer and her capabilities by the condition of her dark-room, wherein are conducted some of the most important operations of photography. The dark-room may be a mere cupboard under the stairs, or a well-fitted and capacious chamber replete with conveniences; but in either case the owner leaves her mark upon it and its contents. Here, for instance, you see everything higgledy-pigledy—dishes, bottles, boxes, plates, and apparatus scattered about in confusion. The floor is a litter of paper, which, to judge by appearances, has been accumulating for years. The dishes are dirty; the bottles also. Marks of hurry and carelessness abound. Also, the air is foul, suggesting that the ventilation is bad; and the daylight insinuates itself through many a crack. Under such circumstances good work cannot be done. Everything must have a proper place, and be kept there. I have sketched out a plan of a dark-room, which will serve for printing and finishing off generally, as it is advisable to confine operations to one chamber, if possible. Its internal limensions are eight feet by six feet six inches. The window Outside Window Ground Level Shops Churchside Inn Cabin Flag Table 5'x2' Museum Protective Permanent Rubbish 30th 31st 4th Tap Shopping Tap Book by Shiva Door Park 1 2 3 4 5 PLAN FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC DARK ROOM faces north, because the light on that side is most constant; and in summer, when the bulk of photography is done, it will open on the coolest air. The sash, three feet by two feet six inches, is of the common rising and falling type. Inside is a frame covered with two thicknesses of orange fabric, and hinged at the top so that it may be raised out of the way when daylight is needed, and fastened to a hook on the ceiling. As a further protection against injurious rays, there should be a curtain of Turkey twill running on a rod, large enough to overlap the window six inches all round. The ring on the extreme left is fixed to the rod, and the curtain is drawn to the right, so that the sink side of the room may be kept shaded even when the other is strongly lighted up. Under the window I have placed a flap table three feet by two feet, which will be useful for printing and toning, and in the corners are cupboards to hold chemicals and printing frames. The central section of the west wall is occupied by a sink three feet by one foot six inches, overhung by a tap one foot from the south end. Against the wall is a narrow shelf with five divisions. The middle, and largest, accommodates the lamp for night use, and next to it, on the right, are the half-pint measuring glass and bottle of "restrainer," while to the left stand the two developing solutions. The glass will thus be ready to the right hand, and after use it should be returned to its allotted compartment. On the little shelf north of the sink I have my toning solutions, protected from daylight by a small curtain, and to the south of the tap stand the intensifying solutions. It is very important to keep all these apart from developers. Between the sink and the south wall runs a lead covered tray, sloping into the sink. A second tap overhangs this, or washing of plates or prints while the sink is in use. Against the wall is a rack in which dishes may be placed to drain. Passing the door we have a set of curtained shelves for plates and such things as are best kept at a distance from the window. Then comes a table three feet by two feet, and a rubbish box. It should be a rule never to bring anything wet from the sink side of the room to the table on the east side of the room. By observance of this rule you will escape many chemical troubles. Rooms of the dimensions here given are not to be bad in every house, and many readers must put up with less commodious quarters for their photographic doings. But the general plan of arrangement will perhaps be useful. And a good legend to post over the door is "Clemlillness, Neatness, Care." ARCHIBALD WILLIAMS DEPARTMENT PAGE 2045 Correcting a Mistake. A smart young man was introduced to an elderly gentleman at a party and wishing to make a good impression. THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND VIRGINIA. "I have just been talking to your daughter, sir, and find her very charming." "That lady is my wife," was the curt reply of the elderly party, who was newly wed. "How stupid of me to make such a mistake," hurriedly responded the young man. "I might have known she was your wife by her strong resemblance to you."—Chicago Record-Herald. Cause and Effect She—Your friend Stillman has such a sad, far-away look. I wonder why? He—About two years ago he fell in love with a beautiful society belle, and— She (interrupting)—Ah, the same old story. She handed him the frigid mitt. Couldn't Feal Her Mrs. Boardman—What did those pies taste like which we had for dinner? Mr. Boardman—Sawdust. "Exactly! That accounts for it! I heard the boarding-house woman tell her husband to order some kindling wood, as she wanted to make some plies for dinner." —Yonkers Statesman. Having a High Old Time Little eight-year-old Tommy Spry surprised his school teacher with this outburst of confidence: "Teacher, my mother is away; been away for two weeks; I was out to supper last night; gain' out to supper to night—goin' where I please on Sunday; hain't had a bath for two weeks."—Tit-Bits. A. Touching Appeal "Madam," said the tramp as he held cet his hat to a lady who passed, "please help a poor man to get a bite to eat." "Not me," replied the lady, as she sized him up; "you have been drinking." "True, lady," answered the hobo, "but I've got to eat occasionally, just the same."—Cincinnati Enquirer. Then He Heard Something Then He Heard Something. "Mrs. Guschley remarked to me that it must be pleasant to be married to a clever man," said Proudley's wife. "And what did you say?" queried Proudley. "I told her, of course, that I didn't know; that I had only been married once."—Catholic Standard. TAKE A LONG TIME. Cholly—But in time you might learn to love me. Pet—Ah! Life is too short.—Ally Sloper. Bank That Didn't Fail. In a strenuous faro bank His all he trusted; The bank is running still— But ice is hunted. —Cincinnati Enquirer. He Was Not a Vegetarian Valetudinrian—I am thinking of changing my dietary, doctor, and should like to know what is the best substitute for roast beef and Yorkshire pudding? Doctor—Best substitute? Why, boiled beef and dumplings—Ally Sloper. Not Strange. Yeast—Ever hear any strange knock-ings in your house? Crimsonbeak—Can't say that we do. My wife's knocking all the time, but, then, there's nothing strange about it. -Yonkers Statesman. The Usual Remedy Mrs. Riley—So ye can't shlape nolights, Mrs. Flynn—and phat how yes tried for it? Mrs. Flynn—Soothing sirup an' spanking!—Puck. Lost Them Early Bumshus—My dear sir, I was wedded to truth and honesty as a boy, and— I Guess Not. Yeast—Is that girl playing the piano next door an amateur? Crimsonbeak—Great guns, man! You don't suppose she gets paid for doing that, do you?—Yonkers Statesman. A Similarity Giles—The jury was out all night, but failed to agree. Mrs. Giles—Well, you can never agree with anybody when you have been out all night.—Smart Set. His Specialty "Say," queried the village cut up, "can you fill a long-felt want? "No," replied the new dentist, "but I can fill an aching void."—Cincinnati Enquirer. In a New Field. Confidential Friend (to elderly but not unattractive spinster)—So, dear, you've given up advocating women's rights? Elderly Spinster—Yes; I am now going in for one of women's lefts. Confidential Friend—Women's lefts! What's that? Elderly Spinster—Widower, my dear—Tit-Bits. New Lamps for Old New Servant—Please mum, what are them cups and saucers on top of the chefneer in the drovin'-room? Mistress—Oh, those are old Derby. New Servant—Oh, I'm so glad they're old things; I was afraid they might be new, 'cos I've had a accident and broken the lot—Ally Sloper. The Presidential Campaign. Alderman Duffy—I move you, Mr. Chairman, that we get a transparency for our parade to-norrow evening. Alderman Limbinger—I mote ve gets atromep. I don't believe dere's a man in de hall vot knows how to olay von of dose transparency instruments—Brooklyn Life. Which? A very loquacious lady asked a friend what position he would give her were she a man. "I'd make you superintendent of a deaf and dumb asylum," was the reply. "Why?" "Because either the inmates would learn to talk," or you to keep silent."—N. Y. Times. Pose Vs. Poetry The poet raves of the beautiful hair that crowns his fair idol's head, and calls the man a prosy old bear who ignores its splendors instead. Yes, the poet of it makes a fad, its glories in verse he will group; but, like other men, he gets mad if a strand of it gets in his soup—Cincinnati Enquirer. Poor Plat for Poets. Poet—I'm going to leave this offensively practiced country. It's no place for poets. Friend—What is haunted? Poet—Yesterly I used all the newspaper offices I used in a suburban town, and succeeded in persuading a reader to take a poem at 50 cents. Well, I readily reached the curbstone before I was arrested by the authorities for paddling goods without a license—N. Y. Weekly. The Jap and His Oiled Paper The oiled paper made in Japan is cheap and durable. As a cover for his load of tea when a rainstorm overtakes him the Japanese farmer spreads over it a tough, pliable cover of oiled paper, which is almost as impervious as tarpaulin and as light as gossamer. The Oldest Living Vegetarian The Oldest Living Vegetarian. The oldest vegetarian in the world is Ignace Botta, of Cannes, France. He is 105 years old, and limits himself to a vegetable diet. He saw the great, Napoleon on his historic march across the Alps. He earns a living by peddling small brooms. SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY Short Line to Principal Cities of the South and Southwest, Florida, Cuba, Texas and Mexico Schedule in Effect April 7th, 1904. TRAINS LEAVE RICH ON MAIN ST. STATION 10:35 p. m. "SEAEGARD EXPRESS," composed of day coaches. Pullman cars to Charleston, Charleston, Jacksonville, Cars South of Hamlet. - To Henderson Raleigh, Southern Fines, Hamlet, Fireman, Palm Beach, London, Colon blu, Savannah, Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Tampa, and New Orleans. 9:10 a. m. - Local for Norlina, Hamlet and TRAINS ARRIVE RICHDOM-DAILY. 6:35 a. m. - No. 34, from Florida, Atlanta, and the Southwest. 4:55 p. m. - No. 66, from Florida, Atlanta and the Southwest. 5:80 p. m. - No. 36, from Norlina and Local Points. W. M TAYLOR, City Ticket Agent. H. S LEARD, Dia. Pass. Agt. No. 830 E Main St., Richmond, Va 'Phone 405. SOUTHERN RAILW Y SOUTHERN RAILW Y Effective Nov. 6th, 1904. TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND. 7:00 a. m.—Daily. Local for Charlotte. 12:30 p. m.—Daily. Limited. Brent Pullman 1 to Atlanta and Ft. mingham. New Orleans Memphis. Chattanooga and all the South. 6:00 p. m.—Ex. outlay. Keysville. 11:30 p. m.—Daily. limited. pullman ready 9:30 p. m.—Daily. local. WORK IVERLINE The favorite route to Baltimore and eastern points Leave Richmond 4:20 p.m. Daily except Sunday. 4:25 p.m. Except Sunday. Local mixed for West Point. 2:15 p. m.—Daily except Sunday. Local for West Point. 4:30 p. m.—Except Sunday. For West Point, steamers for Baltimore and terra landings. Steamer calls at Clay Bank and Yorktown, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and at Gatlin Mountain and Limond, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. **TEAINS ARBIVE RICHMOND.** 6:30 a.m. - Bran. Ky.ville. 8:30 a.m. - Charlotte and Durham. 8:45 a.m. - Bran. Ky.ville. 8:50 a.m. - Charlotte and Durham. 0:45 a.m. - From West Point. 1:10 p.m. - From West Point. 1:15 p.m. - From West Point. H. C. ACKER, G.M. H. W. TAYLOR, G.P.A. C. W. WESTERBY, D. P.A., Richmond, P.A. ATLANTIC COAST-LINE TRAINS LEAVE FICHMOND 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. Worlok. 12:10 p. m. Petersburg and N. Norfolk. 14:10 p. m. Goldsboro local. 5:45 p. m. Petersburg local. 7:25 p. m. Florida and West Indian Limited' Toppi local. 9:20 p. m. Petersburg and N. & W. West. 11:30 p. m. Petersburg local. **TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND.** 4:07 p. m. 7:35 a. m. 8:25 a. m. except Sunday 10:45 a. m. Sunday only. 11:40 a. m. 1 p. m. 10:45 a. m. Monday. 7:45 p. m., 9:55 p. m. *Prest Sunday* C. S. CAMBELL, Div. Pass. Agt. W. J. CRAIG, Gen Pass. Agt. OLD DOMINION STEAM SHIP COMPANY Leave Richmond daily at 7 p.m., stopping at Newport News in both directions. Fare, $3.50 one way, $4.50 round trip, includes stateroom, berth; meals, 50ots. Street cars to Steamer's Wharf. For New York by O, & O. Railway, 9:00 a. m., 4 p. m. 9 a. m. and 3 p. m. by N. & W. Railway; also by Old Dominion night line steamer. All lines connect at Norfolk with direct steamers for New York, sailing daily except Sunday, 7 p. m. K. F. CHALKLER, Otc. Ticket Agt., 808 S. Main St. JOHN F. MAYER, Agt. Wright Foot of Ash St. Richmond, Va. H. B. WALKER, V. P. T. M., New York. The Greatest Offer Yet JUST WHAT THE LADIES WANT Send A Good Photograph. WE WILL SEND YOU A HANDSOME GOLD-PLATED BREAST-PIN WITH YOUR PICTURE HANDSOMELY COLORED AND REPRODUCED THEREON FREE OF CHARGE. They can be worn by either male or female, being called either Button or Medallions. We have made special arrangements with one of the largest concerns in the country to furnish all new subscribers, who pay $1.50 cash in advance for the PLANET one on these handsome Medallion free of charge. Fill out the Coupon and send it with $1.50 together with a good Photograph of the person whose features you desire reproduced in colors and we will send the button or medallion. All photographs will be returned. Enclose 5 cents extra to pay postage on the same. If you are not satisfied, your money will be refunded. Send us one yearly subscriber and we will send one Medallion. Two yearly subscribers, two Medallions. Now is the time to take advantage of the offer. The Medallion alone is worth the price of the subscription. Please find enclosed $1.50 for the Plan for one year, which you will ar the following address: closed photograph which I desire inserted in medallion or button 7:35 a. m.-Week days-Local to Newport News and way staions. Oldie 6:30 p. m. Nortok 6:30 p. Point 5:00 Oldie 6:30 p. Nortok 6:30 p. Point MAIN LINE-WESTBOUND. 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Write the name of the to address given below, and the name besent direct from Boston, postage prepaid THE YALET SATURDAY,....NOVEMBER 26,1904 POULTRY AND BEES Building Which Is Ample to Accommodate Two Hundred Fowls. When constructing a poultry house for the farm flock, the main point to be observed is to secure as much floor space as possible at the least post. The real value of a structure of this nature depends mostly upon the floor area for the use of the fowls, says L. C. Reynolds, in Orange Judd Farmer. The greater space in proportion to the number of fowls, the better opportunity they have to exercise and keep in healthier condition FIG. 1—GROUND PLAN OF POULTRY HOUSE. throughout the winter months. No matter what kind of a house may be chosen, the fact should not be overlooked that druing the larger portion of the season when the ground is covered with snow, the fowls must be confined to the house. The diagram. Fig. 1, shows the ground plan of a poultry house having sufficient floor area to accommodate a flock of 200 fowls. The building is 22x36 feet in size. A foundation of either stone or concrete should be prepared for the structure to be set upon. Many farmers do not consider a foundation under a poultry house necessary, but it certainly adds life to the building. The foun- FIG. 2.—END VIEW OF POULTRY HOUSE. ation need not be elaborate, just that it keeps the sills off the ground and away from moisture. For sills 6-inch pine may be used; for the framework 2x4's of almost any kind of durable material will answer. The height of posts is 5 feet. The roof being self supporting, it will be necessary to mortise braces to the end posts to hold them in place. The remaining part of the framework should be constructed on the balloon frame principle. The building should face either east or west, so that windows can be put in along the south side. Just inside the door is an alley done off with wire netting so that to gather eggs it is not necessary to disturb the fowls. BB are grain bins. The roosts are done off from the remaining part of the house by matched stuff, so that durable material will answer. The structure can be shut, making it warmer for the fowls. Underneath the roost is a platform to catch all droppings. E is a small exit for the fowls. A building of this size is none too large to accommodate the average dock, and should be found upon nearly every farm. An end view of the house is shown in Fig. 2. COVER FOR TURKEY NEST. Suggestion Which Will Be of Value Against Next Spring's Hatching Time. The United States department of agriculture publishes the accompanying illustration of a cover for turkey eggs at hatching time. The turkey TURKEY NEST COVER. generally steals her nest away and the eggs are not infrequently stolen or destroyed from not being protected. This cover is suggested and has been tried successfully by some breeders. Swans Raised for the Table. In this country swans are but little seen, except in public parks, but they are coming into increased favor on private estates, as they give the finishing touch to an ornamental sheet of water. In England swans have been raised ever since the time of Richard the Lion Hearted, for eating purposes. The largest swannery was maintained by Lord Uchester, in Dorset, where from 700 to 1,200 birds were kept. In the early days all swans were raised at one place, and brands issued to members of the nobility.—Country Life in America. FEEDING THE BEES. The Precautions Which Must Be Taken in the Fall to Secure Strong Colonies. When an apiarist finds, in the fall, that his colonies have a scarcity of stores, he must feed bountifully. In the spring, if he finds short stores, he must feed also, with sugar sirup. Even a colony which has enough honey to tide it over till honey flow is stimulated by a treat now and then of the warm sirup, writes Ellen Brainerd, in the New England Homestead. Before it is possible for the bees to gather pollen, it is well to place some rye flour where they can get it. It employs them and in a measure takes the place of pollen. In preparing food for the bees, use white granulated sugar or coffee A sugar, and if possible it is best to mix with honey and water. Equal proportions of water and sugar just brought to a boil makes a sirup of good consistency, but many apiarists prefer the sugar thoroughly dissolved in the hot water. It is wrong to use any inferior grade of sweets or to use molasses in feeding the bees. It would be especially unwise in the fall, when the bees were storing up for the winter, as such feed would produce diarrhea. There are a number of methods of feeding bees and many contrivances have been invented to facilitate feeding and also to supply the sirup in such a way as not to attract nor feed robber bees. A good and inexpensive feeder is the little simplicity trough feeder. Anyone who is mechanical can easily make a trough feeder. Fill the trough, which is merely hollowed out, oblong pieces of wood with lengthwise partitions, on which the bees perch themselves to sip, with warm sirup, and set at the hive entrances at nightfall, or else set the trough over the frames. If this latter method is adopted, the super must be placed on the hive to make a space for the trough. Another simple way of feeding is to fill small brown paper bags with sirup, making pin-pricks in the bottom of the bags, and place these bags over the frames. If the feeding is done in the super space, it must be done in the day, as the empty super would chill the hive at night. A cake of hard sugar candy, placed on the top of the frames, over the brood nest, is a good way of feeding, but not so stimulating as the warm sirup. If a colony is found in the spring weak and short on stores, an excellent way to build it up is to give it one or two frames of brood and honey from a strong colony. THE NARRAGANSETT BREED It Produces Large Turkeys. Second to None in Beauty or Rapidity of Development. In a bulletin of the department of agriculture, the following description of the Narragansett turkey is published: Coloring.—The turkeys of this variety (fig. 4) are next in size to the bronze. They are of black ground color, each feather ending with a band of steel gray, edged with black. This imparts a grayish cast to the entire surface plumage. THE NARRAGANSETT TURKEY. Mixed with this is the finish of metallic black and bronze luster. They are beautiful in form and feather and breed true to shape and color. The female has a lighter shade of gray in her markings than the male. Her entire color throughout is of lighter shading. Size.—The standard weights of this variety are, for males, from 20 to 30 pounds, according to age; for females, 12 to 18 pounds. Some old males of both this and the bronze variety weigh over 40 pounds. These weights are excessive and of but little advantage in breeding; medium-sized males and females are more valuable for producing stock. None of the several varieties of turkeys of this variety are fine in form of breast and body, not so long in the leg as the Bronze, and of a rather more contented nature. The do not average so large in size as the Bronze, but where grown they are highly valued. Some declare that the Narrangansets will reach market size and condition in less time than the Bronze trukeys, but the writer has not been able to ascertain the truth of this statement. POULTRY PICKINGS Old plaster furnishes good lime material. Late hatched pullets rarely lay until spring. When a chicken frequently picks itself it is lousy. Coal oil applied to the roosts in small quantities will kill parasites. Proportionately there is more money in a small flock than in a large one. A hen's profitable laying seems to be limited to the first two years of life. Statistician assert that more money is spent in this country for eggs than flour. Even for fattening fowls for market, an excessive corn diet will not do for any length of time. Scoring Hits 0-7 "What's the trouble between Dolly and Ethel?" "Why, Dolly told Ethel she would certainly accept Jack if he proposed, and Ethel went and told Jack." - Judge. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA THE FAITH OF GOD. How the Christian Should Have and May Have More Than Faith in God. The whole framework of human life is built up of faith of some kind. Whether it takes the form of the filial confidence of a child in a parent, the reverence of a pupil for a teacher, the implicit confidence of a soldier in his captain, or the familiar form of commercial credit, faith is the energizing and constructive principle in all human experience. To be sure, this faith so-called may exist in some instances in a very feeble and seemingly insignificant form—as in the case of the love of a dog for his master, or the superstitious veneration of a savage for his fetish—but faith it is, of a kind, even if its size be small as a mustard seed. All these occurrences of faith are very full of significance as showing how impossible it is for humanity to get on without imposing confidence in a hundred persons every day. And all these varied manifestations of belief or trust in others combine to make a great total of testimony to the supreme worth of faith exercised in a Godward direction, or what may be called religious faith, as distinguished from mere social confidence, filial trust, or business credit. The Bible abounds in exhortations to faith and promises made to faith. One of the sweetest and most tender encouragements of this kind is the word of the Master recorded in the eleventh chapter of Mark, when He said to the disciples who were still wondering at the miracle of the cursed fig-tree, "Have faith in God!" Nothing might seem more natural than to have faith in God, since men so frequently repose faith in their fellows, and yet as a matter of fact, faith Godward seems to be very difficult for many, either because of their lack of a realizing sense of the existence and power of God, or because some slu has been admitted into the personal life which obscures the vision of God or temporarily paralyzes the powers of belief, says the New York Observer. Very significant was the question asked by the Master on one memorable occasion, when the disciples in an emergency had been found lacking in the faith-power: "How it is that ye have no faith?" It was needful that the disciples should then and there take account of their spiritual experience, examine themselves whether they were using the right means to generate and supply faith or not, and detect just where the flaw lay in their emotional or more likely volitional processes, involving them in doubt and despair. "How is it that ye have no faith?" The "how" of faith is as needful to consider as the "what" or the "why" or belief. The Bible is a complete text-book on faith, and the patient and prayerful student of its pages will find the whole method and means of belief satisfactorily explained and illustrated in its varied volumes. Have faith in God! This verse injunction of our Lord is both a command and an implied promise. It is the expressed will of God that men should have faith in Him. God is honored by faith and requires faith. No earthly father is pleased if his children, no matter how constantly or particularly he may seek to express his love for them, continue to disbelieve in his goodness and tell him in so many words: "We do not believe what you say!" The Almighty demands that men believe that He means what He says, and that He has the power to effectuate His own promises. There is furthermore a deeper meaning to be found in this exhortation of Jesus, for in the original the expression used by Christ, after the cursing of the fig-tree, denotes "Have the faith of God." This turn of thought seems to open up to view the whole biblical theory of faith as something which comes from God, exists in God, and is sustained by God. God so to speak is the great ground of faith and also its end and alm. He is the author and the finisher of faith. The divine presence is the very atmosphere in which faith thrives, and wherein it comes to fullest fruitage. When Jesus then demanded faith from His disciples, He also inspired it. He connected faith with the life and grace of the Heavenly Father Himself. The disciples were not to present before the Lord a man-made faith, a kind of an artificial trust, or simulated confidence, but to gain and exercise godlike faith which is a divine gift as well as a human grace, and is first a gift before it is a grace. "Have God's faith!" said Jesus by which He meant not of course a faith which God needs to feel in any one higher than Himself; for there is none higher, but the faith which circles about God—its Fount and its supreme object of adoration. "Have the faith of God!" No word of exhortation, in this sin-wear world, needs to be more often repeated than this tense injunction. Doubt and despair are in one sense easy, but they are never comfortable nor safe. Faith is the constructive and ennobling principle in life. Without faith it is impossible to please God, but by faith all things right are made practicable for the Christian. Only believe, and all things for you and for others will be gilded with the promise which betokens and symbolizes the golden glory of the coming heavenly state. To be hospitable to the devil is to be hostile to God. When the devil invites a man to the far country he furnishes no return ticket.—United Presbyterian. As God is mightier than Satan, so are the constructive forces of the world mightier than the destructive.—United Presbyterian. How to Eradicate Mildew How to Evaluate Mildew Mildew is very difficult to remove. One method is to rub the spots with lemon juice and then with salt; another is to wet them with warm water, rub on all the soap and sprinkle with powdered French chalk and salt. Dry in the sun and repeat the treatment if necessary if these methods fail, bleaching water can be resorted to. A simple bleaching water is made by boiling a teaspoon of borax in a quart of water. THE PLANET FOR 1904 To any person sending us a yearly subscription of $1.50 and the name of a friend or relative as a subscriber on the basis stated, we will send them, postage prepaid, a handsome gold-plated breast pin, with their photograph colored and placed therein. A handsome chromo, size 22x28 inches of the Battle of Shilch, the Battle of Fort Wagner, Fort Pillow Massacre, Fall of Petersburg, Battle of El Caney, Battle of Manila, Land Battle of Quasimas, showing charge of 9th and 10th Cavalry, charge of the 24th and 251 Infantry in rescue of the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill. We will furnish pictures of the following: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Prof. Booker T. Washington, President Theodore Roosevelt, Gen. U.S. Grant, Family Record for colored people, containing space for photographs of parents and ten children, Autograph copy of the Declaration of Independence, with portraits of all the signers thereof, President McKinley and his Cabinet, Explosion of the U.S. Battleship Maine, Admiral Dewey's Great Naval Battle off Cavite, Spanish and American Peace Commissioners. Anyone sending two yearly subscribers will be entitled to two of any one of these offers. We will send the St. Louis GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, semi-weekly edition, one of the leading Republican papers in the United States to any one sending two yearly subscribers. We will send this great Republican journal to any subscriber who will pay the advance rate of $2.00. This will give the PLANET for one year and the St. Louis GLOBE-DEMOCRAT for one year. To any one sending 25 yearly subscribers we will send a Sewing Machine. To any one sending Seventy-five Subcribers, we will give a free trip to the World's Fair at St. Louis. These Offers are made in good faith and will be carried out to the letter. The Cosmopolitan will be sent one year and the PLANET one year for $2.00 for both. Good, Live, Active Agents Wanted IN EVERY PART OF THE COUNTY. WRITE TO US FOR TERMS. ADDRESS: JOHN MITCHELL, JR., Proprietor, 311 North Fourth St., Richmond, Va. I. Thomas H. Wyatt, cashier, do solemnly swear that the above is a true statement of the financial condition of the Mechanics Savings Bank, located at Richmond, in the State of Virginia, at the close of business on the 10th day of Nov. 1904, to the best of my knowledge and belief. AS H. WYATT, Cashier. Correct—A st. I. P. JONATHAN, I. W. WHITING, MOS. M. CRUMP, Directors. State of Virginia. City of nond. Sword and subscribed before me this 10th day of Nov. 1904. J. THOMAS HEWIN, Notary Public, My Commission expires 11th of April 1906. STATEMENT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE NICKEL SAVINGS BANK, located at Richmond, in the State of Virginia, at the close of business, Nov. 10th, 1904, made to the State Corporation Commission. Loans and Discounts .. $ 6,825.50 Furniture air Fixtures .. 1600.00 PI FO FOLLOW To any person sending on the basis stated, we will se Checks and other cash items... 110 54 Exchanges for clearing house. 27 40 Species, nickels and cents... 1,295 17 Paper Currency... 1,295 00 Total ..... $15,400.07 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in..... $6,000.00 Surplus Fund..... 1,200.00 Individual deposits subject to check..... 6,152.30 Time certificates of deposit..... 2,047.77 Total..... $15,400.07 I. E. A. Washington, Cashier, do solemnly swear that the above is a true statement of the financial condition of the Nickel Savings Bank. Located at Richmond, in the State of Virginia, at the close of business on the 10th day of Nov. 1904, to the best of my knowledge and belief. E. A. WASHINGTON, Cashier. Correct—Attest: R. F. TANCL, R. J. BASS, J. HENRY JONES. Directors. State of Virginia, City of Richmond, Sworn to and subscribed before me this 19th day of Nov. 1904. GEO. W. LEWIS, Notary Public M. 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