Richmond Planet

THE RICHMOND VOL. XX11 NO 16. DR. JORDAN NERE. Great Day at the Fifth St. Baptist Church. The Missionary Mass-meeting at the 5th St. Baptist Church on last Sunday was a remarkable success. The whole affair was in the hands of a committee, who showed themselves very skillful and diligent in the way they worked up and executed their plan. The committee was composed of Messrs. W. A. Jordan, Chairman; Lawyer J. Henry Crutchfield, Secretary; T. L. Beverly, C. C. Williams, James Walls, R. H. Fauntleroy, N. G. Booker, V. L. Hawkins, R. W. Moss, Deacon A. Randolph, Deacon Samuel Brown, James H. Chiles, Prof. B. H. Peyton, Deacon Edward Roman and Deacon James Page. The committee was very wise in the selection of a number of beautiful young ladies to be usheres for the occasion, and right well did they play their part. These were Misses Beransenia Brown, Lizzie Brown, Susie Finney, Ida Hamm, Jennie Wood, Julia Alston, Lucy Goodman, Arsenia Lemas, Mary Quarles and Eva Jonathan. Dr. L. G. Jordan and Prof. B. H. Britt were the special guests of the occasion. Miss Luberta Walker read a most excellent paper on Foreign Mission Work. Prof. B. H. Peyton delivered a masterly welcome address. Dr. Jordan spoke to a great crowd and carried them at will. His address was very important, showing the importance of the educated Negro of this country taking the deepest interest in Africa. Prof. H. B. Britt, who travelled with Dr. Jordan is one of the sweetest gospel singers that has an audience in and. His deep, melodious, uplifting voice lifted the people to the highest pitch and admiration, and brought tears to many eyes. It has been suggested by some that the National Baptist Convention ought to employ all of Prof. Britt's time to travel with Dr. Jordan. The collection was lifted by the Hon. John Mitchell, Jr., who in his own peculiar way, tied the entire audience to him when he appealed to them in behalf of money for the support of missionaries in the Foreign land; and in three or four minutes, $54.00 was raised. Miss Blanche Bullock sang a very sweet solo and all were glad to hear her. The Prof. S. Choir seemed to have sung as it should before and received many favorable comments. Pastor W. F. Graham was in high praise of the exercise and was pleased with the way people showed their interest in Foreign Mission. A very encouraging and Christian-like letter of regrets for absence was read from the great Dr. Willingham of the Southern Baptist Convention. There were present on the stage Dr. L. B. Teft, Rev. D. W. Davis, D. D., Rev. J. A. Bowler, A. M., Rev. A. S. Thomas, B. D., Rev. Jacob Turner, Rev. W. R. Ashburne, B. D., Rev. G. B. Howard, D. D., Cashier R. T. Hill of the True Reformers' Bank was also present and contributed liberally in the collection. Mr. J. W. Johnson, one of our leading Real Estate men contributed $8.00 to the collection. The meeting will be long remembered. A most excellent meeting was held Tuesday night under the auspices of the B. Y. P. U., at which Dr. Jordan spoke on the humorous side of African life and Prof. Britt sang. The farewell was held Friday night under the auspices of the Macedonia Club, Mrs. Callie Brown, President. Dr. Jordan's visit to Richmond has done a great deal of good. He held a meeting Wednesday night in the Zion Baptist Church, Manchester, Rev. W. R. Ashburne, pastor; and on Thursday night, a great mass meeting was held in Petersburg at the Giffield Baptist Church, Dr. G. B. Howard, pastor. Dr. Jordan, in company with Prof. H. B. Britt, Revs. W. F. Graham and C. H. Phillips visited the Union University and Hartshorn Memorial College. Tuesday. He spoke at both institutions very acceptably, and Prof. Britt charmed the students with his melodious voice. Hartshorn showed her faith by her works in making a liberal contribution for the Foreign Mission work. Dr. Teft himself giving $5.00. He had met on Friday afternoon when Dr. Jordan and Prof. Britt were present and rendered the occasion a most pleasant one. Atlantic City Notes Atlantic City, N. J., March 20.—Bishop Alex, Walters, presiding Bishop of New Jersey Conference, preached able sermons all day at Price Memorial A. M. E. Zion Temple. It was General Fund Day, The Bishop remained over and attended the Fair. The Presiding Elder, Rev. Dr. Hazel is home for a few days. Mrs. E. Noakes was buried Sunday afternoon from Price Memorial Temple. She suffocated from gas as did her employer. Rev. Elijah Jenkins, pastor of 2d Baptist Church, who was stricken with paralysis has recovered sufficiently to be removed to Philadelphia to a hospital to be treated. His mind is badly affected. The church work is moving along nicely. Rev. Henderson of Shiloh Baptist Church visited Mother Streets, who has been indisposed for a long time. Before he left, he gave her the Holy Communion, which revived her and caused her to rejoice. Rev. Dr. Jolly of Asbury M. E. Church is closing up his year's work. Mrs. Jolly is convalescent. We hope to see her about again. The youngest son of Mr. Stafford of the Boston House is very ill. Mr. and Mrs. Moore of Southbend, Indiana, were never East before. They are delighted with our city by the sea. They are at Satchell's Cottage, 1916 Arctic Ave. This is supposed to be the largest crowd that has ever been here during Lenten season. All of the hotels are short of men. The PLANET can be had every Sunday night at 2d Baptist Church as well as 1916 Arctic Ave. Hon. C. H. Payne Sends Encourage- ment American Consular Service, St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, March 11th, 1905. Dear Mitchell:— Please find enclosed herewith two dollars for my subscription to the PLANET. I read with great pleasure and pride the account of your attendance upon the bankers' meeting in New York' and your very sensible speech made upon that occasion. Such expressions as your speech contained represent the sentiments of the very best elements in our race. The days of hot-headed, hair- brained, indiscreet radicalism are rapidly passing away and such men as Washington, Lyons, Dancy and yourself as leaders of our people are doing much towards relegating those conditions and propagators to the rear, I trust, forever. I also read with much pleasure and profit your discussion with our old friend.Dr. Harvey Johnson and justice demands that I should say, you were right again and won a decisive victory along conservative lines. I think when it comes to considering the wisest, best and truest course to be pursued by those who are real leaders of our race, you, together with B. T. Washington, Kelley Miller and a few others can truly say, EUREKA! (Hon. C. H. Payne is United-States Consul-General at St. Thomas, Danish West Indies and he is one of the most distinguished colored men in the country to-day, and a compliment from him is appreciated.—Ed.) How Southern Colored Girls Be come Unchaste in the North. Brooklyn, Bridge St. A. M. E. Preachers' meeting of Greater N. Y. developed a very serious fact on Monday, 6th of March while discussing the scheme to hold a Negro's World Fair in N. Y. in 1906. It is this: Many girls come to New York from the south to find employment, or for better wages, offered through employment bureaus. These girls are largely dumped into evil and degrading surroundings which make it next to an impossibility to live chaste and virtuous. These girls come North all alone, no parents, no relative, no guardian to unknown places, and to unknown people or agents. Many of them were not only chaste and virtuous but active in church work; but here among strangers of strong evil influence that they could not live their simple, honest and virtuous home life according to their resolve and good intentions when they came North. Some became unmarried mothers and others grew desperate. Such is the session of some of these girls made by the ministers in this meeting, and they have decided to have letters published in Negro papers, warning girls of the South, and asking parents and guardians not to let their girls come north to unprotected, and to unknown places and people. WM. H. LACY, Sect. of the Meeting, Glen Cove, N. Y. [Xenia, O., Standard] The Richmond, Va., PLANET one of the most prosperous and influential Negro journals in the South, has installed a new "Century" press and a Mergenthaler linotype at a cost of about $11,000. Accept our congratulations. lations. Mr. Reuben Carter of Roxbury, Va., in company with his son, Master Horace, visited our office this week. Another Court Here. Valley Court, No. 84 was organized Tuesday night, March 21st, at the Pythian Castle, 727 North Third St., with the following officers: Worthy Counselor, Capt. John G. Smith; W. Inspector, Mrs. Louisa R. Allen; Senior Directress, Mrs. Mamie Christian; Junior Directress, Mrs. Lena Smith; Orator, Mrs. Hannah Brokenborough; W. Inspectrix, Mrs. Rebecca Winston; Register of Deeds, Mrs. Lucinda Timberlake; Register of Accounts, Mrs. Madaline Harris; Receiver of Deposits, Mrs. Virginia Smith; Escort, Mrs. Mille Crittenden; Conductress, Mrs. Susie Thomas; Assistant Conductress, Mrs Annie M. Binford; Herald, Mrs. Eliza Brisby; Protector, Mrs. Fannie Daniel; Trustees, Capt. John G. Smith, Mrs. L. R. Allen, Mrs. Rebecca Winston. The initiation was quickly conducted. Grand Worthy Counsellor John Mitchell, Jr., expressed his satisfaction in highly complimentary language. He was assisted by the following members of the Grand Court:—Miss M. L. Chiles, Grand Worthy Register of Deeds; Mrs. Anna Taylor, District Deputy Grand Worthy Counsellor; Mrs. Josie A. Graham, Grand Worthy Receiver of Deposits; Mrs. Kate Thomas, Deputy Worthy Counsellor; Miss Eva G. Davis, Chairman Finance Committee; Mrs. Adelala G. Thompson, Past Worthy Counsellor; Mrs. Mildred Johnson Deputy, G. W.; Mrs. Harriet E. Thompson, Chief of the Regalia Department and Miss Bertha Thompson, Past Worthy Counsellor. A repast was spread in the dining hall and all heartily enjoyed themselves. Rev. Dr. W. F. Graham, Rev A. S. Thomas and other visitors were present. This court was the work of Capt. John G. Smith. He was highly complimented. The First Court at Roanoke. Magic City Court, No. 83 was organized at Roanoke, Va., Friday night, March 10th at Burrell's Hall by Grand Worthy Counsellor John Mitchell, Jr., assisted by Grand Worthy Inspectrix, Mrs. Julia A Watts, Deputy Grand Worthy Counsellor, Mrs. Laura S. Williams; Past Worthy Counsellor, Mrs. Emma Garland and Past Worthy Counsellor W. J. Wells. There were forty-four candidates. These officers went from Lynchburg, Va. The following are the officers of the new court:—Worthy Counsellor, Mrs Mille Paxton; W. Inspectrix, Mrs Lucinda J. Curle; W. Inspector, Mrs Margaret H. Burrell; Orator, Mrs.L.J.Day; Escort, Miss G. Hackley Register of Deeds, Mrs. Rosa Burks; Register of Accounts, Mrs. Maria Williams; Receiver of Deposits, Miss Lucy Addison; Senior Directress, Miss Lucy Daniels; Junior Directress, Miss Helen Evans; Conductress, Mrs. Flossie B. Dungee; Assistant Conductress, Mrs. Mary E. Penn; Herald, Mrs. Susie Noel; Protector, Mrs. Victoria Bell. Trustees, Mrs. Rachel Richardson, Mrs. Berrie Holland, Mrs. Mollie Jeffries. Due to the initiation refreshments were seized. This court was organized through the efforts of the accomplished Mrs. Margaret H. Burrell, who was made the District Deputy Grand Worthy Counsellor in recognition of her services. The affair was a success in every way and Sir Mitchell was much pleased with the new body of Roanoke's leading ladies. A Fine Residence Dr. I. D. Burrell has erected one of the finest private dwellings owned by any colored citizen in Virginia. It is admirably located on a slight elevation in Roanoke, Va., in the neighborhood of his pharmacy. It is fitted up with electric light and gas and it has every modern convenience. It is heated by a modern hot-air furnace. As we drove up to this fine mansion, the electric lights were turned on and the effect was magnificent. The style is colonial and it resembles some of the fine cottages at Newport, Rhode Island. The doors are nearly all on a sliding pattern and the furnishings are in keeping with the palatial appointments of the house. The material is wood and stone and the cost exceeded $5,000.00 Celebrated Their 52d Birthday Messrs, Joseph Coleman and James Fauntleroy celebrated their 52d birthday at their respective residences, 302 and 311 E. Preston St. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Walker, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Winston, Mr. and Mrs. Alley Brown, Misses Gertie Smith, Lizzie Jackson, Hester Taylor and many others whose names we failed to receive. They received many useful and valuable gifts. It was fully 2 o'clock A. M. when the guests departed, after having spent a most enjoyable evening. WANTED—Cook to do cooking, washing and ironing for small family. Apply, 2007 Grove Ave. ND PLANET. The PLANET5 a Negro weekly journal, published at Richmond, Va., by John Mitchell, Jr., has recently installed a No.1 Century two revolution press and a linotype machine, both operated by skilled Negro operators. We have yet to learn of a similar fitted Negro publication. Mr. Joseph Evans of Pittsburg will move into his own house April 1st and he has sold one side of it to his son. He wishes all who owe for the PLANET to settle up at once. Headquarters of the First Brigade of Virginia, Unified Rank, K. of P., N. A., S. A., E., A. A. & A. RICHMOND, VA., March 20, 1905. ORDER, NO. 15. Eureka Co., No. 1; Planet Co. No. 8 and Blooming Lily Co. No. 11, together with the officers of the First Brigade and First Regimental Staffs are ordered to assemble at the Pythian Castle, No. 727 North 3rd St., Sunday afternoon, March 26, 1905, at 2:30 o'clock sharp in full dress uniform to attend the Anniversary Exercises at the Fifth St. Baptist Church. By order of JOHN MITCHELL, JR., Brigadier Gen'l Commanding; JOHN R. CHILES Chief of Staff; D. A. FERGUSON, Ass't Adjutant General. STATEMENT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE NICKEL SAVINGS BANK. Located at Richmond, in the State of Virginia, at the close of business March 14th, 1905, made to the State Corporation Commission. RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts,..... $6,985.50 Furniture and Fixtures,..... 1,599.00 Checks and other cash items,..... 186.41 Exchanges for clearing-house,..... 11.94 Due from National Banks,..... 1,780.90 Specie, nickels and cents,..... 1,863.21 Paper Currency,..... 2,646.00 Total,..... $15,072.96 Capital Stock paid in,.....$6,075.00 Surplus fund,.....1,250.00 Individual deposits subject Total..... $15,072.96 I, E. A. Washington, 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 14th day of March, 1905 to the best of my knowledge and belief. E. A. WASHINGTON, Cashier. Correct—Attest: R. F. TANCIL, R. J. BASS, J. HENRY JONES, Directors. State of Virginia. City of Richmond. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 22d day of March. 1905. JOS. R. POLLARD, Notary Public. My Commission expires April 15th. 1907. STATEMENT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE MECHANICS' SAVINGS BANK Located at Richmond, in the state of Virginia, at the close of business, 14th of March, 1905, made to the State Corporation Commission. RESOURCES Loans and Discounts..... $ 2,133.31 Overdrafts..... 183.89 Stocks, bonds and mort- gages..... 3,792.42 Other real estate,..... 46,166.46 Furniture and Fixtures,..... 2,160.62 Exchanges for clearing- house..... 244.11 Due from National Banks, 12,656.20 Specie, nickels and cents, 1,574.14 Paper Currency..... 903.00 All other items of Resources, viz:..... 1,359.96 Total..... $71,175.11 LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in. . . $ 8,040.38 Surplus Fund. . . 5,750.00 Dividends unpaid. . . 152.56 Individual deposits subject to check. . . . . . . 20,032.23 Time certificates of de- I, Thomas H. Wyatt, 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 14th day of March, 1905, to the best of my knowledge and belief. THOMAS H. WYATT, Cashier. Correct—Attest: W. F. GRAHAM, THOMAS M. CRUMP, J. C. FARLEY, Sworn to and subscribed before me this 20th day of March, 1905. J. THOMAS HEWIN, Notary Public. My Commission expires April 11, 1906. CCNFESSES EBERT MURDER James Wilson Shot Retired Baker For Robbery and to Settle Old Grudge. Allentown, Pa., March 21.—Police Chief Eastman and Sergeant Knausra arrested James Wilson, of 927 Washington street, on suspicion that he shot and killed John P. Ebert, the retired baker, in the yard of the latter's home on the night of February 23. Wilson later made a full confession to Mayor Lewis. He gave as his motive robbery and the settlement of an old grudge. Wilson Sunday reported to the police that early Sunday morning a mysterious stranger had fired three shots at him in his back yard without taking effect. The details of his story were so similar to the manner in which Ebert met his death that the police became suspicious of Wilson and his arrest followed. Wilson is a brickyard employee, single, and 22 years of age. He was engaged to be married April 8. PROBING BEEF TRUST Federal Grand Jury In New York Investigating Packers' Methods. New York, March 21.—It has been learned that for a week past the federal grand jury, under the direction of federal officials, has been investigating the methods of the so-called beef trust in New York and vicinity. The investigation, which was inaugurated Monday last, was continued until Thursday, when an adjournment for a week was taken owing to the illness of the foreman of the jury. The exact scope of the inquiry could not be ascertained, but it is said that the men before the grand jury were questioned as to the methods employed by the six big packers in adjusting business east of Chicago and in New York city. The question of rebates to certain wholesalers and big butchers was also gone into extensively, as well as the existence of the alleged "black list" in the credit systems employed by the firms. An Investment Company Assigns: An Investment Company Assigns. Philadelphia, March 22.—The Provident Investment company, of this city, made an assignment for the benefit of its creditors to Attorney John C. Crowley. It is expected that a receiver will be asked for within the next few days. The company, as its name implies, was purely an investment concern, claiming to pay a certain amount of interest for money entrusted to it for investment. The reputed manager is W. H. Lattimer. The liabilities of the company are said to amount to nearly $1,000,000, and the assets are said to be very small. SCORES KILLED BY BURSTING BOILER SCORES KILLED BY BURSTING BOILER Fifty Bodies Recovered From Wrecked Factory at Brockton, Mass. VICTIMS PINNED IN DEBRIS Brockton, Mass., March 22.—Satisfied that there was no chance of recovering additional bodies from the ruins of the R. B. Grover company's shoe factory, which was wrecked by the boiler exploding, search was abandoned by the small army of volunteers after 37 hours of constant toil. The revised list, as given out by the police is as follows: Bodies recovered, 55. Identified, 14. Missing, 45. Reported as escaped, 283. It now seems probable that but 14 bodies will be buried with their identity positively established. The fire extended from the factory to seven other buildings in the vicinity and destroyed them. Two wooden dwellings near the engine room were practically demolished by the flying boiler, but none of the occupants was seriously injured. The total financial loss is estimated at $250,000, $200,000 of which falls on the R. B. Grover company. The explosion, which was followed by such a sacrifice of life and entailed appalling instances of human suffering, occurred without warning. Suddenly the air vibrated with the roar of an explosion. At the same moment the large wooden frame of the factory, a four-story structure, quivered, and then the rear portion of it collapsed. In a fraction of a second this section of the great building had been transformed into a mass of iron and wooden wreckage, in the midst of which human beings were pinned. In another moment fire had broken out in the debris, and death by fire and suffocation became the fate of scores of the operatives. Scenes of horror followed the wrenching apart of the factory building. In the rear the three upper floors, weighted as they were with heavy machinery, collapsed with a crash that was heard for blocks. Men and women operatives attempted to flee, after the first dull roar, when the flooring sank beneath them, and they were carried to the ground floor, crushed and bruised, amid the mass of debris. Many fell into a veritable fiery furnace. Scarcely had the rear portion of the structure collapsed, when a tongue of flame started up from the boiler pit, and, reaching out as it ascended, communicated with the splintered wreckage, and immediately after with the standing walls. Soon the entire factory was in flames. By this time nearby citizens had arrived to assist the employees who escaped in the rescue of their fellows. By the use of long pieces of timber the rescuers were able to raise parts of the wreckage and thereby release some of the imprisoned men and women, and then, by rushing into the smoke, pull them from the ruins. Then it was that acts of sacrifice and heroism were seen. One man, whose legs were caught under an iron beam, cried to the rescuers that they could not extricate him and to help the girls behind him. Stretching out his arms, he lifted several girls, one by one, and passed them to the rescuers. Then the fire reached him and he died. A woman, who was entangled in a shoe machine, cried out that she was dying, and commanded the rescuers to attend to others who might live. She begged to be shot. Soon the flames enveloped her. Among the first to arrive on the scene was Rev. James A. O'Rourke, curate at St. Margaret's Catholic church nearby. At the risk of his life, he removed seven persons from the ruins before the fire had reached them, and was returning for the eighth one when he fainted from the effects of the smoke and shock. The house at the north of the factory through which the exploded boiler crashed was owned and occupied by David W. Rockwell, the engineer in charge of the boiler, who was among the killed. The house was demolished, the roof being ripped off and two walls torn down. Mrs. Rockwell, who was sitting by the kitchen stove, had a miraculous escape from death, receiving many cuts from flying bits of timber when the boiler exploded through the upper portion of her house. Mrs. Rockwell snatched up her two children, who were minified, and started for the home of the nearest neighbor, Mrs. Etta Hood. She found this cottage had been practically rent asunder by the boiler, the head of which was buried in the middle of the structure. Miss Pratt, 78 years of age, a relative PR CE FIVE CENTS of the Hoods, was alone in the house. The cottage was thrown several feet off its foundations and Miss Pratt was knocked down and stunned, but recovered. Several charred and headlers bodies were recovered near the boiler pitt, and the bones of others were found. They were placed in pine boxes and removed to a temporary morgue. Several of the rescues and searchers fainted as they beheld the distressing scene. There was no trace of the body of David W. Rockwell, engineer of the plant, who was not seen after the explosion. It is supposed that he perished at his post. An inspection of the wrecked boiler by the state boiler inspector showed that there was a sufficient supply of water in it. The cause of the explosion is at present a mystery. ANDREW GRISGOM DROWNED AT SEA Jumped Overboard While on His Return to This Country. RAN AWAY FROM PHILADELPHIA New York, March 22.—Andrew M. Griscom, who disappeared several weeks ago and was supposed to be in Europe, committed suicide on March 19 by jumping overboard at sea from the steamer Minnetonka. Griscom sailed on the Minnetonka from London for this city. When he jumped overboard the steamer was stopped and a boat was lowered, but he could not be rescued. It is supposed that he was temporarily unbalanced mentally. Griscom was a member of a well-known Philadelphia family. When Griscom disappeared from Philadelphia it was reported that he had eloped with a young woman and that both of them had gone to Europe. Griscom's mother, however, denied it. News of his suicide was made public when the Minnetonka reached this port. Griscom boarded the boat on March 9, on the day she sailed. He had no effects except a small portmanteau. This was noticeably new, and had evidently been purchased in London, possibly by his father's order, after he was found. He did not appear moody on the boat, and spent most of his time as did the other passengers, either on deck or in the smoking room. He seldom talked to anyone, however, merely answering questions put to him. Most of the time he was reading. Griscom was unaccompanied, the other berth in his stateroom having been unoccupied. It was said by some of the passengers that when he went overboard he grasped the log line and clung to it until he reached the log towing astern, where his hands were cut by the blades of the log before he released his hold. William M. Griscom, the young man's father, and his two daughters were at the pier to await the arrival of the Minnetonka. When Superintendent Jones, of the pier, learned of their arrival he asked for Mr. Griscom to go around to the offices of the Mercantile Marine company, where an official broke to him the news of his son's death. It was learned that in the portmanteau left in Griscom's room were found a cheap suit of clothes, two suits of cheap underwear, a half dozen collars and a pair of black socks. In the coat was found a cattleman's ticket for the steamship Mesaba, which sailed from this port on February 11. It is presumed that Griscom went aboard in that manner. Two cablegrams to him from his father were also found, which told him that a London banking house would supply him with credit and give him his passage, and for him to apply to them. Young Andrew Griscom, who was 22 years old, was a son of William M. Griscom, a large stockholder in the Reading Hardware company, with offices at 88 Reade street, New York. The elder Griscom is a cousin of Clement A. Griscom, of the International Mercantile Marine company. Wednesday, March 22. Colonel Allen Smith, 88th cavalry, has been retired, with the rank of brigadier general. Stanley Heaton, of Latonia, Ky., two of whose brothers committed suicide, killed himself by shooting. Henry White, recently appointed ambassador to Italy, sailed for his post on the steamer Kronprinz Wilhelm. The Ohio supreme court upheld the constitutionality of the criminal section of the antitrust law recently passed by the legislature. Fire of unknown origin destroyed the plant of the International Tire company, at Milltown, N. J., causing a loss of $66,900, and throwing 600 men out of work. - Ao Smarr Bn ean. (iitaneauer j ay A . ae SATURDAY..........;...... Ma SATURDAY.,................March 25, 1905 GF Te eA iwi aL Lia dh Sl aN yD Cs ik Fey & ca Wa e 4 Geom a8 SS aS GEN. MORGAN'S ESCAPE. One of Many Thrilling Incidents in the Break for Liberty of the Confederate Leader. The story of the escape of Gen. Mor. gan from the prison in Ohio, where he was confined, and his desperate flight through federal lines to safety in the confederate states is a long one filled wien many thrilling incidents. of which the following is most interest ing, and is told by one of the men whe was with Gen, Morgan: The nicht of the 4th we resumed our journey, and stopped on the morn- ing of the 5th at Mr. MeCormack’s. at Rolling Fork Creek, in Nelson county thence thronsh Taylor. Green (passing near Greensburg), Adair and Cumber- land counties, crossing Cumberland river some nine miles below Barks ville. We crossed the Cumberland which wes quite hich, by swimming our horsts by the side of a canoe Near the place of crossing, on the south side. we stopped over night with @ private in Cok Jacob's federal cay. alry, passing ourselves as citizens on the lookout for stolen horses. Next | aH % aN, se bake eA tr tg cao ae Sea Y Gy) a ae re THRILLING CRossiNG OF THE TES. morning.in epproacuing the road fron Burksville to Sparta, Tenn.. we can out of a byway immediately in the rear of an: some hundred yards from 4 dwelling fronting on the Burksville Sparta road, and screening us from view on the Burksville end. As we emerged from the woodland. a woman appeared at the back door of the dwelling and motioned us back. We withdrew from view. but kept in sight of the door from which the signal to retire was given, when after a few minutes the woman again appeared and signaled us to come forward. She informed us that a body of federal cavalry had just passed, going in the direction of Burksville, and that the officer in command informed her that he was attempting to intercept Gen. Morgan. We followed the Burksville road something like a mile, and in sight of the rear guard. We crossed Obey's river near the mouth of Wolf and halted for two days in the hills of Overton county. where we came upon 40 of our men, who had been separated from the command on the expedition into Indiana and Ohio. ‘These men were placed under my com: mand, and thence we moved directly toward the Tennessee river, striking it about 15 miles below Kingston, at Bridge’s Ferry, December 13. There ‘Was no boat to be used in crossing, and the river was very high and angry, and about 150 yards wide. We ob. tained an ax from a house near by and Proceeded to split logs and make a raft on which to cross, and by which to swim our horses. We had learned that two miles and a half below us was a federal cavalry camp. This stimulated us to the utmost. but not- withstanding our greatest efforts, we were three hours in crossing over five horses and 25 men. At this juncture the enemy appeared on the opposite side and began firing on our men. “Here Gen. Morgan gave character. istic evidence of devotion to his men but little less marked than that given by him at the time of his capture in Ohio. He had succeeded in swim- ming his horse almost entirely across the Okio river, at last far enough to be entirely safe but seeing that the Dulk of his men, who were close Pressed by the enemy, could not. es- cape. he returned to the Ohio side to surrender with them and share theit fate. In this Instance, when the fir. ing began, Gen. Morgan insisted on staying with the dismounted men and taking their chances, and was only dissuaded by my earnest appeal and Fepresentation that such a course would endanger the men as well as ‘ourselves. The men, by scattering in the mountains, did ‘ultimately make their way through the federal lines and reach the confederacy.”—National Tribune. Origin of the Honeymoon, ‘The honeymoon used to sast a month The accepted notion is that it musi be spent away from home in order that the happy pair may get thor- oughly acquainted without being vie tims of the curiosity of relatives and friends. It is so called from the habit of the ancient Germans of drinking “hydromel,” which is a mixture of honey and water, for 30 days after marriage. Hydromel fermented con. tains enough alcohol to make a man {atoxicatee in short order, so that the honeymoon reall was a royal old drunk. Attilr oe Hun, indulged so freely at his wedding that he died.— N.Y. Press HOMESICK. A Malady from Which a Majority of the Soldiers of the Civit War Suffered. Sr eee Te cee ea at Re” ee malady, if it may be called one, that has never yielded to science or medi cine. ‘The man is an exception that has had an army experience and has failed to pass through this ordeal; yet there were such men—men who, it seemed, never looked on the dark side of a pie: ture, but had the power to dispel gloom and despair from the minds ot men under. the most adverse circum: stances. And it was these men that did as much to sustain the armies as did all the medicine administered. But though it generally dwarfed men’s ambition and energy, time rare- ly failed to give relief, But there were extreme cases. We have in mind a young man who was well connected at home, and when he entered as a private many of his friends were open to predict that he would soon he wearing an officer's uni- form, but was a victim of homesick- ness from almost the first day he en- tered the army. He was brave, and never shirked at duty, till his disability made it neces- sary to send him to the hospital. There was no disease of any part of the sys- tem, yet a longing to be at home con- stantly preyed upon his mind, and he died from, the doctors said, homesick- ness Another instance: A poor young fellow, who had never been accustomed to hardships. continually pined for home, never engaged in any amuse- ment, and avoided ronversation. Aft- er a hard day’e march, with a heavy heart and seeming not to care whether he lived till morning. he refused bis supper, and as soon as the camp fires were started he wrapped himself in his blanket to pass the night as only can men who conclude that the whole world is against them. But there were livelier spirits around that camp fire. ‘The conversation had turned on dogs where a grizzly-bearded soldier from one of the mountain districts of Geor- gia, who was lying sprawled on the ground, raised himself upon his elbow and said: “Well. boys. speaking of dogs, T had two er the finest bull pups yer ever lain yer eyes on.” “Sucked errs, T guess.” “Pretty good on all the meat and bread they could get. I reckon.” were specimens of the remarks brought about by the declaration. “NO. it’s ther grit they had that I'm talking erbout. Yer see, it wuz er mity col’ nite, an’ them two dogs got ter A'tin’, It wn: feat, too col" for er feller to Ett up, SoM JIM lay thar ‘fin’ listen to them fit fn he plaza, an’ roun’ the house, an’ under the house, an’ thin out in the yard and down by ther crib. but after awhile they got way off. an’ ay I knode T wuz losin’ er lot er good sleep er listening at them dogs. I jist pulled the kiver down close an’ went to sleep. “But way mos day I woke up ergin, an’ hearin’ something out in the yard er goin’ ‘tump. tump!" but I never thought what it wuz till T got up an’ went out doors. “What do you reckon I foun‘? It wuz them thar dogs that had eat each other hoddacionsly up’ ‘ceptin’ erbout er foot er each one’s tall, that were er snappin’ as hard as they could.” | Then a laxy-looking youth, who seemingly never saw any trouble in his life, remarked: | “That reminds me er the time me an’ pap had er dog once. | “I wanted to make er coon-dog out er him, but pap held out that we must ‘make er cateh-dog out en him. Well I knew it would be er hard Job to make er catch-dog outer him. but 1 ‘give in, an’ let the old man have his way. “Pap didn’t jist want him to cateh hogs, but he wanted him to catch cows, too. “The old man he knew jist how te learn him that, as he had learnt a hundred in his time. “He told me to hold that pup an he would go a-trotting off on his all fours. like er calf, and when he got erbout er hundred yards off for me to turn im loose and siek him on. “Ani that is jist what I did; an’ as dad got over ground very slow, that Pup was soon swinging him by the year. Then came some fun. “Dad said: ‘Take him off, I say.’ “But I said: “Whoopee! hold to him, old fel!” " “But dad yelled out ergin: “Take him off: he’s er tearing my year off! “Swing to him, Vige!" I said. “Dad jest kept hollerin: ‘0, Lordy! 0, Lordy!” and I jist kept sicking him on, and that pup fist kept holding on. “Finally, I told dad to stick him out, that I knew it was hurting mity bad but that it would be the making of the dog. . “Dad couldn't stand insult an’ in. Jury, both, so be slung that dog loose with a mouthful of year, an’ this chap had to clean up." After lying wrapped in his blanket Ustening to these and similar stories, In Chinese Trade. ‘The Chinese are turning to small for- eign novelties and notions, such as small hand mirrors, belt buckles, combs, hal ‘brushes, beads of many varieties, and glass novelties generally. ‘The goods of this sort they buy are cheap, and gen- erally gaudy and poor, | The Secret, - “The secret of the Jap victories has at Inst been learned.” “What is it?” | Why, thelr buslers are never taught to sound a retreat."—Houston Post. THE RICHMOND bea | “The~ an CAL within 40 rods 500 men gues it it." ie Peer | “Give me 6% YXOUNG HOSTESSES THAT SMILE saw a wound: SWEETEST ON GIFT-BEARERS. | let.” | “That's 1¢ track of 4 bu Complaint of Frugal Young Man Who sharpshooter _ Couldn't Stand the Pace — How Want to bear Gift-Giving Affected “Amanda.” “Wal ‘et @ | SConscight, 2, be ceseph a hownen? A friend usked a young man how it happened ihat he did not go any more to call upon “the girls.” “You used to be out three or four evenings a week, visiting ‘Sue’ and ‘Annabel’ and ‘Kthel,” and no end of others. What has become of them au?” “Oh, they are there just the same as of Old, i dare say.” | “Did they ‘trn you down? I hope there was no unpleasantness.” | “Oh, no—only 1 couldn't quite keep up the pace so I quit.” “What do you mean?” “Well, ay salary is not very large, and I have to help some others besides | myself, you know, and I have a cast- jiron dete-miration to put something into the bank each month, and, not having an inherited sortune at thy back, I couldn't appear every time with a box of expensive candy or a bunch of Niolets, and I couldn't take the girls to the opera in a carriage, and I found that the brightgst smiles were for the fellows who did that sort of thing; so, naturally, { retired from the contest.” “Oh, come, now—the girls aren't so sordid ard calculating as all that. I should think they would like a fellow all the better for knowing that he was saying some of his money.” “Oh, sir!s!” retorted the young man, with bitter cynicism. “All they care for a feilow is for what they can get out of nim. They are all of them watching out for the richest ones. ‘The Test of us are tolerated just as long as we will burn some sort of incense —expensive incense. or none at all— at their shrines. When they find that that is not to be expected, they have no furtver use for us.” “But if tie girls Invite you to thelr teas and inners, and you accept, you amust reciprocate in some way.” ‘ Oh, } will keep the balance true, and a little more. But they ‘want the earth.’ You have got to get busy and | spend every time for them, I tell you, or else yon meet ‘the chilly eye.’ To paraphrase the good book, ‘Every girl is a friend to him that giveth gifts.’ | The last time I went to see Ethel, two other fellov's were there, and each one ‘of them had come laden. She was so | Sweet aad vitentive to them that she couldn t talk fast enough to them. | But a few questions about my health | ‘since we last met’ were about all that was coming to me.” | “You should have quoted to her an- other passage from the good book, ‘He that hateth gifts shall live.” | “Oh, is that there! Well, the girls are’ all going to die youns if that comes (roy. 3 Sree « ea Sera It chanced that about the time when this conversation took place another incident occurred which indicates that the young man Was not so unjust as some may think. ‘ A merry and fashionable colored cook tamed Amanda, the mairstay ot a certaia family who enjoyed her toothsonte dishes, announced that she was to be married soon. As elegant gentlemen of all shades, from yet black to cafe au lait had been frequent callers, nobody was surprised “1 suppose that that Mr. Jones, who 4s the ousicr down at the T—s, is the happy uan, Amanda,” remarked her mistress, | “No, indeed, Mis’ Ames, dat feller good “nough to flirt ‘round with @ Httle, but he ain’ de kind 1 gwine marry. No, | gwine marry dat Henry Jackson. ite work down to de Central livery sinble." “Why, Amanda, we all thought Mr, Jones was the one. Isn't he better looking und more gentlemanly than Mr. Jackson?” “Dat ail may be, Mis’ Ameé, but he don’ spen’ no money—dat Jones don't. }Now Mr. Jackson, he spen’ "is money for me right alonz, mos’ every day, | an’ dat’s te kin’ for me. I reckon I. done chose de bes’ one, Mr, Jones, he pretend he tel awfal bad, but he oughter spent more on me—maybe he'd a got me den.” | This is a materialistic epoch, and both Amanda and the girls whose so- ciety the cynical young man had re- nounced were permeated with the spirit of the age, which is doubtless also more or less the spirit of all the ages. But the girls should remem- ber that the same good book from which the young man and his friend jhad culled so much wisdom, declares explicitly that righteousness, under- standing, knowledge, and several other qualities are more important than gold, ‘There is resily scarcely any’ more un- attractive quality in the young, to say nothing of its moral aspect, than cal- culation cr greed; but there is reason to fear that something akin to them §s tacitly cr openly taught and prac- ticed in many a home which pretends to culture ind even to religion, | Hang of the Dress, WR ee ee | The stout woman must be especially wary of the tendency of her gown to jhitch up in front, and escape the ground by two or three inches, while it dips quite considerably behind. Lit- tle else in the world can add such mis- eries to her general aspect. Stout Women and Tight Dress. The stout woman who wishes to re- duce her figure must do so always by careful exercise and diet, never by Squeezing, which does not reduce, but only forces the flesh upwards | and downwards ‘nto an yunatural form, A CONFEDERATE STORY. ‘The Singular Scar Which a Yankee Sharpshooter’s Bullet Left in Southerner’s Cheek. “Singular sear—yes, 90 it 1s," re piled the old man as he passed his hand along his check, “and folks ts naterally cur'us to know how I got it What's yer opinyun?” “I should say you were struck by the edge of a board.” “Tha “8 os Able guess, but not within 40 rods 9 right. I've had 500 men guess mf it, and not a on bit it." ae eae “Give me OB more chance. I once saw a wound Jis« that made vy a bul- “That's K’nef my boy. 1's the track ot 4 baile fired by a Yank sharpshooter fi front of Petersburg ‘Want to hear fe yarn? “Wal tet me ake my time and m own way, 197 4 $ sot a chunk of Yan- kee lead in UR Taft leg, and 60 years of life hev Beg p to tell on me right smart. EB © the spot whar the Yanks dug #f tine and blew up fort?" a “Yes, They jen! it the crater.” “Reckon 4o, and it’s a good name fur it Dvd a rifle pit front o! that fort about a month before it was histed. ‘The Ys iis had pits all along in front and *¢ was so nigh each other that ey ould throw a tater across the meut #! ground. I was sent for and publiito that pit to outwit a Yank who #47 killed off seven or eight of our m <n. I was counted one of the keatibad sharpshooters in. the whole confeday cy, and I went into that pit belie! mg 1 could fool any Yank alive: .* had killed the three last men In i} ole, and the airth was soft with bloo . “When it ~ \ daylight,” continued the old man, ¢ er a pause, “I had laid low to make ue Yankee believe the pit was empi* | He seemed to believe it, for he ban @ away to the right and left, and pale 9 attention to me. My object was &, atch him off his guard, and I laid * quiet as a mouse fur three long urs. I had a dueling Pistol fu. imp apon—a long-barreled, fine-sighted fol, which had been used on the fiell ¢f honor more than once —and Hitt Dy little 1 pened die bar- rel over (hy lirt until 1 got it to b'ar on theWsn,.°¢ pit. Then I kinder held my brent). aud waited fur another hour. 4. List the Yank showed his head abovs the ground, and 1 fired. Kinder hats | 19 do it, you know, but war is wor “When © cm shoots he naterally starts up.” |: the old man, as he ten- derly rublRe i cheek. “I give a sort of a bod amd |). xext instant a streak of fire ran’ os my cheek. and [ fell backward. “TP . Yank had been layin’ fur me, and fooled me. His bullet hit the loos =: in front of me and was bruised that’s what_ makes this scar lool > ragged.” “How did y et the bullet in your leg?". “Got it th ht while crawling into the for by the same man. Tt was darke 40 black cats, and after he. dr: called out: “Say, Johnny, ple se me fur hittin’ you in tb red at the back of your he: n bin cooped up yere for s im begiunin’ to be ners mhat he said, and he so “) to. hisself,” and killed 10 was tryin’ to help m wu embrasure "— America oun oN BIGTORY Queer Fiyvers hich Was Dug Up | om the Kinsey Farm in Scott ) County, Ind. This sirenge firearm was found on Kinney’s form. in Scott county, Indiana. This farin, while yet cov- ered by q forest, was the scene of a ee SS) Pas : » TH OLD FIREARM slaughter of whites by the Indians. A | monument Wes erected on the battle: eld last summer. Mr. Edward Belch, of Dayton, Ky., found the pistol, but is unable fo learn anything about its history or the name that was applied to that hiod of frearm. Hard Time Getting Into Service. | “The Yaves phalanx,” said the Major, in the Cb cago Inter Ocean, “was not the only regiment that had a hard time jgetitng into the service. Missouri, 1 have been told, took nearly 10,009 im- patient Vlinoisans into her regiments, ‘We got credit for seme of them, got some of theni back. but most of them went through the war as Missourians, Tt was the same way in Ohio. When the half-organized regiments were not accepted fn April. i861. the men. impa- tient to be in the service, went into Kentucky, West Virarnia and Missouri regiments, rather (han wait for a second call from thelr’ own state. In those /months fhe patriotic impulse was too strong t brook delay, and state snes ‘counted for little when men were in a frenay to fight for the union. | “Cheap Skeletons.” From Smoleass, Russia, an offer has ‘deen received by the heads of cer- tain German educational —establish- ‘ments of “cheap’ skeletons for sale, well bleached, at $1 19 each.” Hitherto the usta price of skeletons in Ber lim bas been fro: $7.50 to $12.50. Offering No Cha.ienges. “Do You clam thar the world owes you a living?" “No,” Anewered Meandering Mike. “Deman dat goes around ciaimin’ makes his f-unpopular. I'm satisfied to git my livin’ whether it’s owin’ to me or not“aewWelNineton Star. One of the Responsibilities. “Phe responsibilities of a parent are very great.” “Yes,” answered Mr. Sirius Barker. “It requires a great deal of self-com- mand for a man (o refrain from telling all the Bright things his children say.” —Washirgton Star. Worse. Mrs, X—So you refused to remain fm the country any longer? Were you of tramps? __ Mrs. ¥.—No; I was afraid of the ter- ible dogs we had to keep to frighten trdmps away.—Cassell’s. IRICHMOND, VIRGINIA. “Cheap Streletons?’ Worse. MANY MEN AVERSE TO THE PREVAILING HOURS. Dancing Should Begin in the Early Evening and End at Midnight— Professional Society “Sports” May Enjoy Late Functions: Young Business “Men Will Not Attend Them—The Society Girl Should Plan Her Affairs Earlier, na eek a eu celeY Neee sr Been teeta A young m .a who has been distin- guished during bis “prep” and coliege days for his devotion to dancing, hes recently accepted a respons. ble pcsition in a business house and has anuounced his renunciation of his favorite pas- me. “We never expected this of you, Wal- ter,” laughed one of his favorite cou- sins. “We thouzht that we might count upen you to the bitter end. You have always professed yourself will- ing to sacrifice your ali for dancing. ‘The girls are in despair. No one ‘leads’ Uke you, and it aces really seem as though you might go to at least one tance a week.” “I might if the girls would set the hours where they ought to be,” re- plied the boy. “I ilke :o dance as well as Lever did. But I have a little sense of honor, and I find that if 1 am up late I am not a: clear-headed nor as patient as 1 am when I keep regular hours. I mean to give to my employ- ers the very best thre is in me. I can’t do that when IT am dancing until two or three o'clock two or three nights or even one night per week. If the dances would begin at eight or half-past, or even at nine, and close at 12, I think I could, as you say, stand at least one each week. but now they be- gin between 10 and 11 and last until almost daylight, aud, though I haven't as much conscienve as 1 wish I had, I can’t feel right to go to them. I sup- Posed that I was exceptional, that I must be a sori of physical weakling, to de so much overcome by these late hours, Lut two ef my old college mates, with whom I lunched the other day, said, of their own accord, that they could not afford the time nor strength any more io zo to dances—and then there was a general confession all around. They say that all the fellows they know have had to give up dancing.” “I should think that the girls would care enough about you to try and change the hours.” “They seem to feel rather bad because we don't come any more, but there is @ set of rich boys.who elther work for their own fathers, who let them come to business when they choose, or else boys who live on their incomes and do nothing but ‘sport’ from morning to’ night and from night to morning, and these fellows set the pace. ‘The girls ean sleep ail the morning if they want to, and they can’t realize what it is to have to eat breakfast at seven or etght and then pin inte Woreioe ehe-day. They simply cannot grasp the idea, ‘They scold about our not coming. and feel hurt, but it docs mit scem to occur to them that by making a litle effort they could arrange things so that most of us cou'd come to their parties, or a good many of them.” This conversation led to interviews with several prominen® society girls, “Why can’t you make your parties sensible? You want all these fine busi- ness and professional men to come to them. You get tired of the sporting talk of the idle felows—the ‘beam- length’ of the yachts, the new develop- ments in motors, the sort of missile which kilis “big game’ to the most deadly advan‘ase. Yon would rather hear of the real ite of these young | men who are struggling to achieve | something. To their conversa:ion the | Sporting talk is as moonlight unto sunlight and as water unto wine. And yet you deliberately shut out these bettor elements by your silly conven- tions as to :ime.”" ‘The girls insisted that the thor- ough-going “society men" had the “whip hand.” They preferred to have their long dianers and then their smoking time before they should dance —and what could the girls do? There is no beast of the field more abao- | lutely and ingentously selfish than your professional “society man.” and | he has no ‘nititution more sacred | to him than his dinner, with Its appen- { dix of wine and smoke. As he dines | out more than half the time, the early | dance would se-iously incommode him. Unless the girls take up the matter of | reform with a high hand the dances will probably coutinue to begin at 11, as at present. ; Surely. it is better to sleep in the day- time than not to sleep at all. But it is true that our society girls are on the whole a pretty sickly set. and one cannot help feeling that their unnatural mode of life | is largely to blame for their ailments. When one xors to bed between one and five four-fitths of the time, one | can hardly expect to be what the old- fashioned people used to call “rugged.” | Fortunately ihe great mass of the | people are not fools. They have some useful deeupation to which they must , hie early in the day, and at whieh they must work so hard and long that they are glad to drop into their beds at from 9 to 11 o'clock every night Still, a considerabie class of our youth, espectaily in ‘he larger cities, are in- { jured by thes unnecessarily late | hours, They can be changed and they ought to be, and the bright, sensible society girls are the ones who onsht Black lace hats are to be worn the soming sprine on s»mmer. Most Unreasonable, Mrs. Jones.—Why did you leave your last mistress? Bridget.—Well, marm, did you ixpict me to take her along with me?—Royal Magazine. , Of Course, “4 wonder,” said papa to mamma, “if there ia a color line in heaven?” “There's the rainbow,” suggested lit- tle ladys.—Houston Post, Tare Date Of Course. | CHILDREN’S FASHIONS. ‘What the Small Girls Should Wear for Fancy Dress and for Every- | Day Demands. ‘The child's frock shown in the ac- companying cut is of pink crystalline. The little skirt is very full and un- trimmed. The blouse is shirred and @raped and trimmed lengthwise with bands of pink ribbon. ‘The slightly low Square neck is bordered with little ruffles of pink tulle headed by the rib- bon. The fuil sleeves are finir hed at the elbows with rufies of the tulle. "The girdle is of pink liberty. For the tiny sehooi sirl nothing is quite so suitable or pretty as checked mohair, wool pongee. lighiweight serge or one of the many novelty suitings which appear in stich quantity In the stores. Waists are exaggeratedly long being fully two-thirds of the entire dress length. like the dress material or else a shiny patent leather. Ono of the prettiest desisns ts that in & box coat offect with three backeara turning piaits on ei(her side of the front pri g rN | breadth reaching to the bottom. With such a frock may be worn simple broa¢ turh-over linen collar and cuffs with g black silk tie and patent leather belt ‘The opening is on the right side. It ts exceedingly simple and suitable for any occasion in the morning. Another smart little dress for a schoo! girl shows (he body of the waist plaited, front and back, while the skirt is full and Kilted. This also is belted. Waist: may be varied in treatment to make them fancy or otherwise, according to the dictates of the mother’s taste. Wash flannel, of which beautiful soft qualities can be readily obtained, makes pretty morning and afternoon frocks for home. Trimmed with serpentine braid, there is nothing prettier. An afternoon frock, which is adapted to almost any occasion, except for chil- dren's parties, dancing school or any social function given expressly for chil- dren, is made of a pretty, bright red teahair and trimmed with. gerrow fold of red velvet at yoko'and Seewos, with cuffs and narrow girdle of the same and @ yoke of coarse white lace. It is worn with @ guimpe. as so many children’s gowns are nowadays. ON CLEANING THE HAIR. Gan Be Done at Eome with Small Troubie and Good Results If One Uncerstaucs 2roper Conditions. The cleaning of the hair Is frequently )@ matter which is regarded as one o! great dicnity, and requiring exper: | skill, But, asa matter of fact, it is a per. feetly simple uperation, and need not be | vested with any mysiery whatsoever At is very often stated that water is th: great and iniversal enemy of the hair and instances are sometimes quoted 1 ‘early baldness and premature loss of hai as being due to frequent applications of cold water, and the use of the shower bath, As a matter of fact, there is no casual connection whaiscever between the use of cold water and iil health of the hair. The two important elements in main- taining the hair in good condition are: (1) the frequent stimulation of the roots by vigerous brushing; and (2) the access of fresh air, ‘There is no more effectual means of providing for the luxurious growth and loug-continued health of the hair than the omission of head cover- ings, such as hats, bonneis and shawls during Infancy and early childhood, The impetus which ts thus given to its early growth will leave its reflection in its condition during the rest of life. However. as far as the actual cleaning of the hair is concerned, there is this ob- Jection to be urged against the use of wa- ter, namely, that the hair is very difficult to dry completely after it has been sat- urated with water, and at the same time, owing to the removal of the natural grease, it becomes unruly and refractory to the discipline of the brush and como. For this reasot it is desirable that a mod- icum of artificial grease should be applied to replace the natural of! which has been removed during the process of wash- ing. One of the best hair washes than can be applied is purified petroleum, or vas- eline. ‘This mineral ofl should be very freely applied, and then the excess which remains clinging to the hair should be removed by rubbing with cotton-wool or ‘ath towel. Turquoise as a Gift, ‘The oriemiais have a proverb; “That @ turquoise given by a loving hand har- ries with it happiness and good for- tune;” and another, “That the tar- quoise paies when the well-being of the giver is in danger.” Who, then, would not be the possessor of a lucky tur- quoise? Tt Surely Does, “Do you think that diet has anything to do with one's feelings?” “I certainly do. I ate some deviled ham last night and this morning | felt like Hades.”"—Judge. Anything to Oblige. “Can you tell me the quickest way to get to the post office?” “Yes; run.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer, MAIDENS AND YOUTHS WANT SIGNS AND WONDERS. Exacting Demands of Some Youths and Maidens—Perfection Not to Be Found in This World — Love “Thrills”—Some Safe Rules—“No- body Can Love You Properly Who Does Not Love Honor More.” (Copyright, 195, by Joseph B, Bowles.) Three young women and two young men have recently inquired rather in- tensely concerning the sympioms of love, “Sometimes 1 think I am in love,” said one. “A day or two later I am convinced that I am not. I sce so Many faults in the one for whom I supposed that I cherished a deathless affection that 1 doubt its reality, and conclude that 1 had better keep away from her.” Another, in a similar strain, says that he has heard a great deal about that state of mind, or soul, in which the adered object scems simply “per- fect.” He admits that he bas liked certain girls, and has run the risk of making a nuisance of #imself by “haunting their homes two or three times each week, for sometimes months together: but as for this ec- Static condition in which a girt seems Perfect, | never have had ii—and so I suppose I have never been actually in love. I can see that she talks louder than I wouid like to have my wife talk. Or that she is careless about her hands—and I could never ablde a wife who did not keep her hands perfectly. Or she laughs too much. Or she is not reilgious—and, though I am not relisious myself, I want my wife to be so.” ‘There is a reasonab.e youth for you! But, listen. Here is a girl who is quite as exacting: “There is a young man who comes often to see me, tie is sho-t—and 1 had set my heart on marrying a tall man. Bui I could pur up with that if he would only jump more quickly to pick up things that 1 drop—or to open the door or get a chair for me. ‘There are oiten three or four young, men in the parlor when I come down —and this young man iets the others do all the littie things for me. 1 have purposely given him chances to bane me a book or paper, or look up: | word in the dictionary —or pass Me a wrap—but every’ time it is an— other man who takes the trouble for me—while he calmly waits. Of course, he has to do it, when we are alone to— gether—but he does it in a way which. ‘seems to say: ‘You make a great deal of bother.’ I have heard that he is lazy and selfish. When I think of this, Thate him. But when he comes again, and I see his face and hear him talk, T like him again.” ‘A young woman who has recently become happily engaged to be married has a younger sister who, though af. foctionate, Love. to tense One eveuing 9: a redepe both of these blissful enge “ people were present, the young man could not find his fiancee. With that singular obtuseness which sometimes ‘accompanies a too great earnestness he passed the group two or three times without seeing her—his gaze every time roving past her, as he anxiously peered into the-distance. The young sister was merciless to him. “If you had really been in love with her,” she laughed, “you could never have passed her in that way. You ought to have had a thrill, or some- thing, which would have told you ‘when you were near her.” A few days Inter at a large wedding the “beloved object,” as a member of the nuptial party, unexpectedly passed. up the aisle near which the young man was sitting beside the saucy sister. As he saw her he gave an in- Voluntary start. “That is it!” his tormentor assured him. “Then you had the thrill, It nearly finished the sash of my best white gown, Which you grasped as you thrilled—let us charitably suppose un- consciously. But I begin to see that love may be awakening in your heart. Only next time do not recklessly try to hold on by my sash. There may be something in this Hyely young woman’s contention. But not every soul, in this utilitarian age, is capable of thrills, Others do not recognize them when they occur, The thrill ts hardly a safe and sure guide. Atd, alas! the thrill is often said to. occur when you do not approve of it, and would not fall in love for the world with the one who arouses it. Such thrills are said to be due to “hypnotism,” or “magnetism,” or some other kind of occult ism.’ Generaily, perhaps, they arise from some attraction of physical beauty or grace, which the senses acknowledge agoinst the strong protest of the soul. ‘As a very broad and general propo- sition, with many exceptions, possibly these rules may be as good as any: premising, first, that the individual in quesuon has a good character— pare, upright, honorable, Remember that nobody can love you properly who does not “love honor more.’ And, second, (hat the individual has had a religious training and holds re- ligiows views enough like your own, so that you are not likely to clash upon that ground. And, third, that you have approximately, both of you, about an equally good education. If ‘eeu: Sad: voureell “thililine” aver ane. Feminine Logic Again. “Rubbage has taken down tke im- mense spite fence that he put up to pre- vent his neighbor's folks from looking into his dining-room.” “Did his neighbors make him take it down?” “No, It was Rubbage’s wife. She said the spite fence prevented her fromm seeing into the neighbor's pantry and ‘80 deprived ler of half the pleasure in life."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Iron Brigade A Story of the Army of the Potomac By GEN. CHARLES KING Author of "Norman Holt," "The Colonel's Daughter," "Fort Frayne," Etc. Copyright, 1906, by G. W. Dillingham Co. Once again had Lee's valiant army slowly retired to the Potomac and leisurely recrossed, superb even in defeat. Just as after Antietam, the cabinet, the committee on the conduct of the war (that remarkable annex to our military system) and countless critics all over the north, stormed at the Army of the Potomac because it seemed to fol- sow at respectful distance, content to let the erring brethren go in peace. The man who felt it most that the beaten enemy should again succeed in getting away was the one who said the beast—Lincoln had no rebuke for Meade who, smarting and sensitive under the lash of Hallock and Stanton, asked in his turn to be relieved of that vexatious command, but could not be accommodated. "The plum was so ripe," was all that the patient president could say, "it seemed a pity not to seize it." But no one save those that tried it knew the cost of seizing confederate plums. Stern and defiant the disciplined ranks in gray turned and faced every essay to moist them, and another winter closed in on the armies in Virginia, with the same old stream—the Radford—for their dividing line. Then came the final resolution of the great war president, that as he and Hallack and Stanton had long tried, without success, the business of "bossing" armies in the field, it was time to turn the whole thing over to a single stage manager. Then came Grant and the beginning of the end. At this time, Fred Benton, twice honorably mentioned and recommended for the brevet of major, found himself again summoned to Washington, this time a witness before a military commission for the trial of one Peter Jennings, civilian, for whose apprehension with a whole skin the First Vir_ina cavalry stood ready to pay a round sum and the "Stonewall" to supplement it with another, each claiming prior right to perforate or sear that s in at sight. The Virginians swore that he sold information to the federalis, and had betrayed Ladue, of the Eleventh Alabama, into their hands, even while Stanton and others at the war department were ready to swear the tall Virginian's life away to the charge of giving information to the rebels. Among the papers in poor Ladue's possession was the original draft of the report he had written the commanding officer of the Eleventh Alabama of the Army across the Pottomac and capture by union cavalry near Mathias Point. Not until he reached a certain farmhouse near Port Tobacco did he know who were the officers escaped from prison camp near Annapolis, and his joy was great when Jack Chilton appeared among them. He and Chilton were ferried over on a dark, wintry night, and landed at a fisherman's house three miles below the Point, and there, to his infinite concern, Paul found that he had lost his pocket memorandum book, well nigh filled with notes concerning the troops, also sketch maps of field fortifications, all of which he felt confident would be of value to Gen. Lee. Then there were private papers in the book of vast importance to him if no one else. A racking chill had come on as the result of exposure to the raw night wind, and Jack and the fisherman secreted him in a barn. Then Chilton deliberately went back to Maryland in search of the missing property. Thereby he escaped capture by the cavalry piloted by Jennings. When searched, Ladue was found to have no incriminating papers about him—a disappointment to his captors and obviously a puzzle to Jennings—for Ladue heard him whispering with the officer in command. The last Paul had seen of Chilton was that December night, but later he learned that he had been compelled to remain that he had been many compelled in Charles county before the vigilance of the Federals was again relaxed and he could finally effect his escape. Then there was a letter, unfinished, for Elinor, which Fred had sealed and sent to her, and it was through her, four weeks later, that he learned that Paul well knew he had not long to live, and had really hoped to meet a soldier's death in front of the charging line. One longing he had, he owned, that would probably never be gratified that of branding McKinnon as a liar and a thief, for young Larry O'Toole, he that used to sweep out and sprinkle the store and had enlisted as a drummer in the Montgomerys after Paul's banishment, had strayed in search of forbidden luxuries just before Chancellorville, and Stuart's men had nabbed him and run him off to Richmond where Ladue was favored with O'Toole's account of McKinnon's bribing him to purloin those St. Louis letters. With this confirmation of his theories burning within him, Paul had gone to Charlottesville, spending one day with the Chiltons and hearing from the doctor a strange story of McKinnon's generosity to them and kindness to the imperious son. Rosalie had listened in silent acquiescence until Paul burst in with vehement denunciation of the whole story—told them of McKinnon's treachery to him and his hatred of the Bentons,—told them of Fred's devoted friendship, and then came a strange part of the letter. Elinor copied it verbatim: "Miss Chilton grew more and more excited as I talked, and finally whirled on me with 'How can you speak of devoted friendship on the part of a man who planned to capture you both and was only balked by—by Jack's going back for your old note book!' Then she rushed out of the room, and I had to go right on to Gordonville and could only write to her that, that too, was probably one of McKinnon's slanders, and there wasn't a word of truth in it—that no one was more amazed than Fred when they brought me in. I've not yet heard from her, but I shall, and Jack shall know the moment I can find him. "Was it not strange that that same old notebook, which she risked so much to send to me that night Fred caught her at the stone house, should later have been the means of saving Jack? She found it in the breast pocket of my new uniform coat at Henry's, and glancing through the pages saw the sketches and memoranda I had even then been making; supposed it was of vast importance,—something that we ought to have and, fearing it would fall into the hands of the enemy, bethought her of Jennings and Judge Armistead; slipped into my uniform, and Fred has probably told you the cest." So there it was at last—the story of her daring and devotion and Benton, had he but opened his heart to Paul in the few days that they were together at the Chiltson, might have known it all! There then was McKinnon, furthermore, unmassed, and even more of a black guard than they had deemed him. Now, at least, must Rosale know how utterly she had wronged the man whose devotion to her she surely could not tail to realize, yet not a line from her had found its way to Elinor. There was some comfort in the belief that now she knew, but—how he longed to get at McKinnon for further comfort! And now that queer customer, Jennings, was also under the ban, was he? And they needed Benton's evidence—Benton whose brevet hung fire for reasons he could not understand—Benton who didn't love the war office and who well knew he had found no favor in the grim, deep-set eyes behind those comprehensive spectacles. There was little he could really tell of Jennings, though he had never forgotten that story about the Indiana sergeant seeing Rosalie toss the packet to him in the rush and excitement at the stone house. If that story were true she must have thought him faithful at the time at least. That fateful notebook, filled with Paul's clever topographical sketches and his daily memoranda—what had not Rosalie dared in her effort to send it to safe hands! What sacrifice had not Chilton made in recrossing the Potomac that wintry night in hopes of recovering it! Where was it now? thought Benton, as once again he caught sight of the unfinished dome of the great white capitol. A very suitable bit of property the little volume might be to a southern chieftain again invading Maryland with an army at his back—and a very dangerous one for southern officer to be caught with—if alone! CHHAPTER XXVII LOUNSBERRY'S LAST STING Gettysburg had thinned the grand old First corps into the proportions of a small division. Consolidation became the watchword, and, with Reynolds dead and his successors devoid of influence, it had none in power to preserve its autonomy. The Second, Fifth and Sixth corps retained their badges and their name. The Eleventh and Twelfth, sent to the west, were "telescoped" and called the Twentleth. The Third had lost its grip, with Sickles' leg, at Gettysburg—its way, with French's head, at Mine Run, and finally its place and name—being distributed to fill the gaps in other organizations. As for what was left of the First, most of it, under gray-headed Wadsworth, went as the Fourth division to the Fifth corps, our old friends of the Iron Brigade勇彻 shedding the blood-red disk and declining their caps with the Maltese cross. And so, faithful to the end, they hewed their way through the wilderness, hard hit many a time, but ever landing, cattle, on their feet, even though so many of the old leaders were gone. Brave, silver-haired Wadsworth, after heroic effort against Longstreet, died at their head in the crash of the sixth of May—Outter taking the division, and Bragg, another graduate of the Sixth, the brigade—and holding it longest of all. Few they were when they reached the James, mourning with all their hearts for Haskell, killed in command of his new Badger resident in the awful attack at Cold Harbor. With Warren they rounded the gray line at Five Forks—Hallon Richardson, heading the Seventh, receiving the shot meant for their major general—and finally, bursting from the southward woods below Apomatox, they helped bar the last gateway of Lee's beaten army. They marched back to droop their riddled, crape-laden colors for the last time before the head of the nation in the grand review at Washington and, with final handclasp from Hoosiers and Wolverines at the parting of the ways, went home to lay those tattered flags within the walls of their own white capitol, with never a stain or shadow on the record of their defenders. But the story of several who set forth with them was still unfinished. Fred Benton, who had ridden with their battling line on many a bloody day, came not homeward with the few survivors. A strange fortune had been his after Wadsworth fell. There had been many a reason, as has been told, for believing that the tall Virginian, Jennings, had played a double game from first to last. Benton's evidence had little helped the prosecution, however, and when the young officer was again summoned to the war department and again questioned as to his relations with the Chiltsons, he finally "fired up," and de- THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. clared the line of inquiry a rejection or his loyalty and integrity. Stanton so hated the rebellion that he seemed to hold no officer above suspicion who did not hate e anything connected with it; and Benton could not be made to hate the Chiltons—any of them—or to look with anything less than love on the memory of Paul Ladue. So he came back from Washington in time for the Mine Run affair, boiling over with wrath at the way he had been badgered. Stanton as much as intimated that Benton knew Jennings to be false to his obligations, and was shielding him as he had striven to defend the Chiltons and Ladue. "No man can serve two masters young sir," said the stern secretary, "and you can't properly serve your country and shield those in rebellion against it. I've seen too much of this disposition on your part, and if I see any more of it—I'll break you!" Words were these to be well remembered in the light of later events. No wonder Benton was adame with indignation, and narrowly did he escape court-martial for the hot wrath of his reply. He demanded a court of inquiry but to no purpose. There was little evidence but his own. He continued to serve with Wadsworth, who, from having been more than half inclined at one time to share Stanton's views, had now reasons of his own for differing radically with that tremendous power, and took up the cudgels for Fred in his vehement fashion, and might have gotten into serious trouble of his own had it not been for the shot that ended it all that bitter day in the wilderness. Then Benton was transferred for a time to the headquarters of the cavalry corps, and rode with Sheridan to Yellow Tavern, where the plumes of Stuart went down at last, and the brilliant leader of the southern horse was borne away to die within the walls of the weeping city, and here it was, after Yellow Tavern, Fred Benton had one of the oddest, yet most opportune, meetings of the war. It was a soft, mocillit night in May, Three conederate officers, unhorsed and captured, had been brought to Sheridan's camp fire near the Richmond road, and in one of these Benton instantly recognized young Winston, wearing now the braid of major of cavalry. The recognition was mutual, and Benton's well-filled flask was brought into requisition at the instant. Benton saw the Virginian in deep chagrin. A question as to Lounberry's whereabouts was all that was needed, and Winston launched at once into a tirade. There never was such infernal luck, he said. "For months three men had been hounding that fellow to get an accounting from him on a matter that—that—well, Pelham's sister had been engaged—at least believed herself engaged—to Lounberry ever since early in the war, yet in January came the announcement of his approaching marriage to a widow of wealth and social position in Charleston. He had tricked Maud most damnably, said Winston, and Lloyd Pelham, the very young fellow who was so nearly killed trying to save Lounberry out there near Gainesville, a captain now and only 20, had been trying to get a fight out of him, and so had Jack Chilton, but Floyd had the best claim, and now Lounberry had actually been nailed. He had come to Stuart with dispatches and Pelham had slashed him in the face with his gauntlet. A meeting had been arranged for to-morrow morning. He, Winston, was Pelham's second, and would almost give his parole, were such a thing possible to an officer of Stuart's cavalry, to get back to the confederate lines and bring that fellow to book. "You owe him a grudge as well as Maud Pelham's kinsmen," said he. "Sooner or later he's got to fight or funk. I can't be there to second Pelham, and now there's no telling when any of us can get at him." "Why not Chilton?" asked Fred. "Chilton!" and Winston flushed with embarrassment. "Chilton has just been sent away on—other duty." "With his wounded leader and kinsman—to Richmond!" hazarded Fred. "No-0-" was the halting reply. In fact Winston could not say whither he had gone. It seemed long indeed before any of those who owed Lounsberry a grudge were enabled to "get at him." But there came a time, and not to those that wore the gray, but to Benton, still serving with Sheridan. Grant had crossed the James and invested Petersburg, when to shake him loose, if possible, by the old device of scaring Washington. Early was sent down the Shenandoah valley, with 12,000 men and orders to stir up Maryland. Stir accordingly he did, until the arrival of the Sixth corps from the James and the approach of the Nineteenth. Then Early harked back, leaving just a few of his men cut off by a sudden rush of union cavalry, one of these a young captain of his own staff, an almost invaluable officer. So, this warm August evening, as Benton came riding down from a scout among the beautiful heights that border the valley on the east, he stopped his horse at the public trough and caught a glimpse of three forms that had stopped short at sight of the blue-jackets and, after a moment's hesitation, had back the way they came. One, an elderly clergyman, gave his arm to a gentlewoman, evidently bowed with care and sorrow. The third form was that of a girl, slender, graceful, and in her walk there was something vaguely familiar to Benton's eyes, even before he noted that she wore a drab felt hat, broad-brimmed and feathered. Benton followed to the corner, and saw the girl enter the gateway of an unpretentious little home, while the other two walked slowly on. Quickly he crossed the street, followed along a hedge of rose bushes, turned sharply through the gate, and face to face at the trellised porch met the girl whom he had first seen sauntering along that side street at Charlottesville in the spring of '62. Bearded, bronzed and stalwart as he was to-day, she saw nothing to remind her of the pallid prisoner of the Chiltonts, and only indignation at his intrusion blazed in her cheeks and eyes, but, in spite of gallant effort, she struck her colors at his very first word, when, with uplifted forage-cap he bowed and calmly addressed her: "Miss Pelham, I believe, whom I had the pleasure of seeing at Charlotteville. I hope your brother is not wounded—and here." Then he repented him of his cruelty when he saw her sway and stretch forth her hand for the support of the railing at the steps. "Pardon me," he continued, his blue eyes fixed on her almost ashen face, "but nothing less could have brought you here, and, pardon me again, but I must enter," and he moved as though: to pass her by. Instantly, almost in error, she grasped his arm. "No! Oh, no!" she cried. "I give you my word! My brother is not here!" "Then I am more than glad," said Benton, for it all seemed to flash over him in the instant and, despite her clinging hands and almost frantic appeal, he sprang up the steps and into the open doorway. There on the bed, gaunt, fever-striken, and gazing up at the startled, colored mummy, acting as nurse, and then into the face of the blue-uniformed intruder, lay the wreck of the one personal enemy Fred Benton was aware of in all Virginia—all that was left of Scott Lounsberry. Maud Pelham sprang past the union officer and stood almost defiantly facing him. "You shall not like him—touch him!" she cried, in ones intense and low. "He is terribly wounded. He has done you no wrong." Benton looked up her in blended wonderment and pits. If what Winston said were true, what was she doing here? Instinctively he had removed "THEY'LL KNOW HIM!" his cap and stock headed. Almost like gan to speak. "You got away, away her meddling, but he woe he won't! They've got hard and fast this time- hatful of information an- him within the week!" THE LATEST CIRDLES. Those Made of Tapestry Embroidery Are Modish and Aesthetic to an Unusual Degree. The woman who has an eye to the beautiful cannot do better than make her self several of the new tapestry girdles in different shades. These are wider in the back than in the front, and are tashioned of the most beautiful bits of tapestry embroidery. In the front the girdle is caught with a buckle about as big around as half a collar. From this the size ranges up to a buckle as big as a plate. One of the finest tapestry girdles of the year was in old ivory color. It was worked in the finest of cross-stitch embroidery. In the middle of the back there was applied a big tapestry pansy. In the front a pansy buckle fastened in the girdle. It is very much the thing to take one of these girdles and pass it through a Louis XV. coat of silk and velvet, in such a manner that it holds the coat snug in the back. The fronts fly open, showing the lovely vest underneath. There is a great fancy for these hand-some girdles, which are passed through the wide seams of the coat so as to strap it tightly in the back with the coat flying open in front, and a neat art nouveau buckle finishing the belt. And particularly are these belts seen with the new coats. TABLE MANNERS Never, should you be so unfortunate as to meet with an accident, make known your regret at the time other than by your expression, but take the earliest opportunity of apologizing to your host and hostess in private: Always, as host or hostess, serve all ladies present, including those of your own family, before helping the gentlemen. Always, gentlemen, serve any lady at your side, whether you have been presented to her or not. Never make a noise in sipping your soup. Never cool your soup by blowing upon your spoon. Always take soup from the nearest edge of the plate by moving your spoon from you. Never take soup from the point of a spoon. Measures Often In Use A cup means the common size of white cup generally used in hotels and restaurants, that holds one-half pint of liquid. (Tin and enameled pint and half-pint measuring cups marked in quarters and thirds can be bought at house furnishing stores and it is desirable to have several for use.) SHOOTS HIS WIFE WHILE HE SLEEPS STRANGE CASE OF SOMNAMBUL ISM IN ENGLAND. SHOTS FAIL TO ROUSE HIM Finally Awakened by Wounded Woman and Reason What Has Happened — Limits Results in Thrilling Experiences. London — One of the most remarkable cases of somnambulism ever recorded occurred the other morning at Stockwell, when Mr. Francis Lake, an ex-secret service agent, rose from his bed and shot his wife twice with a revolver without being conscious of what he had done. There is no mystery whatever about the circumstances. Mr. Lake has for five months been living happily with his wife and children, a boy ten years old and a baby only two months old—in rooms on Kay road, not far from Brixton station. About five o'clock Mrs. Lake was awakened by two loud reports, and sat up in bed to find her husband standing at the bedside with a revolver aimed straight at her. His eyes were closed, his teeth were firmly clinched, and he seemed to be dreaming that he was in some terribly desperate situation. Though two bullets had pierced the bedclothes and entered Mrs. Lake's right leg, one going through the thigh and the other lodging above the knee, Mrs. Lake was able, despite the great pain, to seize the revolver, throw it out of the room into the passage, and lock the door. Mr. Lake was still asleep and Mrs. Lake had to shake him for nearly five minutes before he awoke. As soon as Mr. Lake realized what had happened, he rushed out of the house for a policeman and a doctor, and his wife was conveyed to St. Thomas' hospital in a cab. During the morning the position of the bullet which had lodged in the leg was discovered by X-rays, and an operation was successfully performed to remove it. The Brixton police made full inquiries into the case, and they were thoroughly convinced that Mr. Lake had shot his wife while asleep, and was quite unconscious of what he was doing. Mr. Lake, who is a tall, thin man, just over 30 years old, and wears ewes glasses A man is being pushed out of bed by a woman. SHOT HIS WIFE TWICE. gave the following remarkable account of his career: "For eight years," he said, "I have been a somnambulist. It was brought on by an illness which slightly affected my head. Once in my sleep I cleared every piece of furniture out of my bedroom. Then an extraordinary desire to wander about the streets at night seemed to seize me. Sometimes I would go out fast asleep, and leave the front door of the house open. At other times I would shut it, and be unable to get back to my bedroom again. On one occasion I walked all the way from Kensington to Leman street, Whitechapel, a place I had never been to in my life before. "The police watched me for some time, came to the conclusion I was a burglar, and then arrested me. At the police station I was found to be fast asleep, and, of course, when I awoke they let me go. After this I did not walk in my sleep until two years ago, when I lived at Balmur. Then I resumed my strange night wanderings. I came back from the continent last year. Until then I had been acting as a secret service agent for the Austrian government. They dismissed me because I refused to return, as I was anxious to get similar work under the British government. I have no recollection whatever of having fired at my wife. I was awakened by my wife shaking me. "Frank, you have shot me!" she said. "Oh, God! I can't have done it," I replied. I had a very peculiar dry sensation in my throat at the time, and thought at first I had shot myself in the mouth. "The revolver had been lying on the dressing table for three days, and had never been unloaded since I returned from the continent." Ameer Imposes Awful Penalty Peshawar--The amee of Afghanistan has ordered Rissaldar Samin Jan, the murderer of the German engineer, Herr Fleischer, to be blown from a cannon's mouth on the spot where he committed the crime. THE "LIGHTNING" NAILER. A Hint for the Bee Keeper Which Will Prove of Value in Fixing Shipping Cases. In the winter of 1904 I was nailing nodrip strips into 15-pound shipping cases. The cases were so short that I had difficulty in getting my tackhammer into them in a position where it could be used to any advantage; and after get- Ung several painful raps on my numb fingers (for my shop wasn't very warm). I decided that there must be some better way of doing the work. After casting about in my mind for a time for a suitable instrument, I made B A D HANDY NAILER. the tool shown in the cut, says Robert H. Smith, in Gleanings in Bee Culture. It is about eight inches long over all, and consists of two parts, a wooden handle and a magnetized steel shank with a smooth flattened end to which the head of the tack adheres. I have used this tool the past season, and it has proved itself to be the very thing wanted, doing its work silent and pounding no fingers. Besides being very useful for nailing down no-drip sticks it is the best thing that I have found yet for putting foundation in frames, for with it the tightening strip can be forced down, and small nails thrust into it without tearing and breaking the foundation as one frequently does with a hammer. In use, the tool is grasped in the right hand by the handle (something like a screwdriver); and the end the shank is brought in contact with one of the tacks, which should previously be scattered about on top of the bench; then with the left hand hold the point of the instrument steady to prevent the tack from toppling over, and thrust down with the right, which firmly seats the tack in the wood. The tacks should be scattered enough so that not more than one will be attracted to the magnet at a time, and the tool held firm and true, with both hands, when pressing in a tack, to prevent it from toppling over. I claim for it the following advantages: 1. It is noiseless. One can work in the kitchen, or anywhere for that matter, with no annoyance to other people. 2. It will do the work quicker, picking up the tack, which is always a difficult job with the small nails used for this purpose and thursting it home with practically one motion, while with the hammer the tack has to be picked up, started, and then pounded in. 3. It cannot pound your fingers, they being out of the way. 4. It will last indefinitely, there being no hammering done with it to destroy its magnesium. Like all other tools, one has to learn to use it. Who would think of keeping bees and getting along without a hammer? Still, everyone can remember the jammed fingers he got when a boy learning to use this same tool. The Working Hen The hen is naturally a worker, and in the winter she should not be compelled to be idle. The scratching floor, if not the scratching shed, should be provided to encourage her activities. The scratching floor may be made by setting apart a section of the poultry house where the droppings from the roosts will not foul it, and covering it with straw. If the dry grain is fed in th' in the fowls will have a great deal to do in getting their meals. The scratching shed is better, but it is more expensive. Some of these sheds are low buildings open to the south, but with no protection from the rigors of the outside temperature. At Cornell are several kinds of scratching sheds, some open and some protected by glass. The results have been best in the open sheds, the fresh air appearing to offset any loss from lowering temperature.—Farmers' Review. Use of Hen Manure Hen manure is strong in nitrogen and should be used with care. If you have stable manure it is best to mix the droppings of the poultry with it. If you must use it alone, put it on asparagus rhubarb, lettuce or any of the plants that are grown for top. Do not use it in large quantities on plants grown for root or fruit without adding some potash, or you are likely to have more top than is needed. A friend of mine used it on strawberry vines and ruined the crop. If it is not to be mixed with other material a good way to apply it is to work it into the soil before the seed is sown, then add wood ashes. Do not mix the manure and ashes, as the result is a setting free of the nitrogen—Farmers' Voice. PORTABLE HOG HOUSE How the Lovejoy Structure Is Made —It Is But Moderate in Cost. The Lovejoy portable hog-house, of which we here give a cut of the end elevation—is made eight feet square. It is sided and roofed with matched flooring, lined with building paper, and LOVEJOY PORTABLE HOG HOUSE LOVEJOY PORTABLE HOG HOUSE this in turn is covered with common boards. The floor is built of inch material. Each end has a door and one has a small window near the top. Such a structure can be built and painted for about $\cdot$10. It is easily moved about and will serve the hogs with as good quartering conditions as more expen- sive structures. BUILDING A FLOCK OF SHEEP Some of the Qualifications Necessary to Establish a Successful Flock. If I did not want to invest a great deal of money in sheep I would get a flock of common two-year-old grade Merino ewes, either of the Delaine or Ramboulet type, with as few wrinkles as possible. I would buy Merinos, because they are cheaper, are great wool producers and are good, hardy sheep. I would get a full-blooded buck, preferably a Shropshire, as I believe this to be one of the best mutton breeds. The Merino blood would give me a heavy fleece of fine quality and the Shropshire blood will increase the length of the wool and improve the mutton, says a writer in Orange Judd Farmer. I would have a dry, roomy shed with openings to the south, these so arranged to be closed in stormy weather. Let sheep have plenty of exercise during the winter. Feed them bright corn fodder if you have it. Sorghum is also good feed, but alfalfa hay is still better. Alfalfa is the best for the lambing period, as it increases the flow of milk and keeps the ewes in good condition. I would feed a little grain, about a bushel of corn to 100 head. A mixture of half oats and half corn would be better. I would breed to have lambs come in March, as they seem to do better than if they arrive later. They are then large enough to go to eating as soon as grass comes. Wean them about August 1, and turn them into the corn field and they will grow very rapidly. As the weather begins to get cold begin to feed a little grain and increase until they are eating about all they want. By Christmas they should weigh 80 to 100 pounds. You can sell the wethers at a good profit and keep the best of the ewes to build up your flock. Do not forget to dip them. Dip just after you shear and in the fall, too, if you think they need it. THE LIVE STOCK The horse that is always ready for his meals is one that is sure to earn more than his board. When the colt is growing the hoofs should be looked to occasionally to see if they do not require trimming. Merinos are still popular in some parts of the country, on account of the ease with which they are herded. Sheep do not dress out so well as cattle. The dressed weight is not often larger than 55 per cent. of the whole weight, while in many cases it runs down to 50 per cent. The keeper of fine stock is benefited by having his neighbors raise only fine stock. His own reputation is mixed up to some extent with the reputation of the neighborhood. Sugar cane is used in South Africa for stock feed. It is cut and cured as hay. The cattle are very fond of cane stalks and will eat up the entire plant if it has been cut before the seed is hardened. The cheapest and quickest, way to put fat on a thin horse is to give little exercise and feed freely of buckwheat bran and middlings. This makes a soft fat which will work off in a few days at hard work. Plenty of good, sweet clover hay, a limited amount of exercise and a green ration made up of one part by weight of linseed meal, two parts oats and five parts corn, will put a horse in much better condition. Shrinkage of Sheep Sheep shrink in weight a great deal if sent a long distance to market. Five lots sent from Bozeman, Mont., to Chicago, shunk as follows: Three lots of lambs, 8.7 per cent, 8.7 per cent, 7.6 per cent; two lots of wethers, 8.6 per cent. 7.1 per cent; one lot of old ewes, 11.3 per cent. Smaller But Better Farms The objective vantage point to be gained is that of fewer acres with a greater average yield. Profit comes from the methods. As Compared "Why do you liken your wife to a perfect poem?" asked the innocent bachelor. "Because she is hard to compose," answered Mr. Henry Peck.—Cincinnati Enquirer. He—And you will slope with me to night? She—I will. He—What will your parents do? He—what will your parents do? She—They will wait, until we come back, and then give us their blessing. He—I am a little afraid they won't. She—Indeed they will. They have both promised.—J. Y. Weekly. Disadvantages of Mildness "Mrs. Meeker." husband must be a man with whom it is absolutey impossible to quarrel." "What gives you that impression?" "She always dresses so shabbi. It is evident that he never has to give her anything to make up with thin." —Chicago Record-Herald The Draft Horse. The draft type of horse is the most profitable for farmers under ordinary circumstances. There are not so many misfits among draft horses as among lighter types. Slight blemishes such as wire cuts do not depreciate the value of the draft horse in the same proportion as a roadster or coacher. The draft colt can be used for light farm work from the time he is two and a half years old, and will do enough to pay for his keep. The carriage breed colt will suffer in both style and action if worked before he is four years old. Wheat Screenings. Wheat screenings, either ground or unground, are very satisfactory for sheep feed. At the Minnesota station it required 18 per cent. more wheat screenings than wheat to produce a given gain. As the screenings are a production of the northwestern wheat fields, their value as a feed may easily be seen. THE PLANET JOHN MITCHELL, JR, - EDITOR. All communications intended for publication should be sent so as to reach us by Wednesday, TERMS IN ADVANCE. ADVERTISING RATES For one inch, one insertion, . . . $ 50 For one inch, each subsequent insertion, . . . $ 40 For two inches, six months, . . . $ 10.00 For two inches, nine months, . . . $ 10.00 For two inches, six months, . . . $ 10.00 Marriage and Financial Notices, one inch, $ 20.00 Standing and Transient Notices per line, $ 10.00 ## POSTAGE STAMPS OF A HIGHER DENOMINATION TRAN TWO CENTS NOT RECEIVED ON SUBSCRIPTIONS. The PLANET is $1.50 per year in advance. The subscription price is $1.50 per year in advance. 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The Santo Domingo treaty has been held up and we cannot see that any of us should have any tears to shed. --- Yes, we have "no-count" colored folks and "some-count" colored folks and one of the latter kind weighs more than ten of the former. In the world of finance, the ratio is much greater. We return thanks to our subscribers who have kindly remembered us and sent in their subscriptions. Many have sent us words of encouragement with the cash and we assure them that their kindness has had a tendency to nerve us to greater efforts in behalf of the people we represent. The Supreme Court of Maryland in the case of Prof. W. H. H. Hart of the District of Columbia has decided that interstate passengers are not subject to the Jim Crow Car law in that state and therefore cannot be molested. This seems to be in keeping with common-sense as well as being consonant with the law. Prof. Hart was fined $5.00 for violating the law and this decision reverses the lower court. Prof. Hart pays the expense and all of the colored folks will be benefited. The prompt confirmation of Hon. Charles W. Anderson as Collector of Internal Revenue at New York disposed of all talk of race prejudice and demonstrated conclusively that President Roosevelt did not do any more in South Carolina than he was willing to live up to in New York. There should be no surprise that Senator Tillman is suffering from nervous prostration or that he has gone to the Philadelphia yankees for treatment. The world is moving on. --- The Independent Order of St. Luke has taken a long step forward under the remarkable leadership of Mrs. Maggie L. Walker. They have chartered the St. Luke Emporium and will engage in the drygoods and millinery business. They deserve success and should have it. Of course, ventures of this kind are risky and require more skill and business tact in their management than the average citizen realizes. Still when they are properly conducted, they will yield most satisfactory returns. The permanent home of the concern will be at No. 112 E. Broad St., which place will be renovated and remodelled. The management has our best wishes. The colored people of Richmond have made another step in the right direction, and this time as once before under the leadership of a woman. That is right sisters, if the men won't move why just go ahead and leave them behind—Baltimore Afro-American Ledger. But the men are moving and — the women too. A COLORED JOURNAL'S COM-PLAINT. The Wagoner, Indian Territory, New Era says:— It is strange but true, that nine out of ten colored people refuse to pay for a colored newspaper; still nothing commendable is ever said of one, save through the colored papers. The most of them claim that the colored papers don't have anything worth reading in them. We will answer that by saying newspaper editors speak in profusion to the encouragement given by their people from a financial point. Good pay, better paper. No home should be without a race paper, feeble though it may be, and every man who receives a paper should pay for it or else tell the newspaper man to stop it; it only costs one cent, but to read and read and then won't pay anything is dishonest and you should not let this cap fit you. Then let us all pay something. Our contemporary should not complain. This has been the lot of every colored journal that has ever been launched upon the journalistic sea. The disappointing part of it is that the class of people most able to support colored journals and those most desirous of having race papers sing their praises are slowest in paying for the same, and when they do pay for it, they do it so grudgingly that the collector feels as though he has received an ice shower bath at the hands of the payer. For our part, we have dropped from our lists people of this character and retained those race-loving elements who appreciate our efforts. It injured us at first somewhat, but we soon found that the release of the dead-weight accelerated our speed and we are now enjoying a degree of reasonable prosperity. Subscribers who are unwilling to pay $1.50 per year for a good colored weekly journal, as a rule, are unwilling to pay $1.00 per year for the same publication. Non-paying subscribers and the dead-head ones are the bane of a colored publishers' life. They do not pay for the paper themselves and generally do all in their power to keep other people from paying for it. KUROPATKIN GOES BACK TO THE FRONT Appointed Commander of the First Manchurian Army. LINEVITCH GETS FRESH TROOPS St. Petersburg, March 22.—General Kuropatkin has been appointed commander of the first Manchurian army. The appointment is gazetted in the Official Messenger today. Kuropatkin is still considered by many, in spite of his series of reverses, the best general and foremost strategist of the Russian army. Sinking all feeling of personal bitterness because of his supercession and all the old-time enmity between himself and General Linevitch in a patriotic desire to be of service to the fatherland, the former commander-in-chief volunteered to remain in any capacity with the army which he had so long commanded. The tender has been accepted by Emperor Nicholas and gratefully received by the new leader of the grand army. The change exactly reverses the old order of affairs, when Kuropatkin was the supreme leader and Linevitch directed the first army. Authoritative news of this remarkable step was known in Manchuria much earlier than in St. Petersburg. General Kuropatkin, having paused on his homeward journey at Harbin, started southward the afternoon of March 20, amidst a most remarkable farewell from residents of Harbin and soldiers who are on the way to fill out the ranks of the depleted army. The send-off was a mere foretaste of what awaits General Kuropatkin at the front; and his self-sacrificing determination and the equally patriotic course of General Linevitch in accepting the service tendered are bound to do wonders for the re-inspiration of the emperor's legions and give promise of union and harmony at the council table which that army has hitherto lacked. The retreat is apparently progressing uneventfully. No dispatches of moment were received yesterday. Little weight is placed here on the deduction drawn at certain European capitals from the dispatch announcing that cannonading had been heard to the south of Tie Pass, that General Rennenkampff's corps, endeavoring to rejoin the main army, had been intercepted south of Tie Pass. As stated yesterday morning, the dispatch in question undoubtedly was erroneous, and it may be pointed out that several correspondents at the front have mentioned the orderly retreat of General Linevitch's army, and asserted that it THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA effected a concentration at Tie Pass, with scarcely a straggler missing, but made no mention of the absence of so well known a fighter as Rennenkampff. In addition the Associated Press correspondent, M. Toluzakoff, who was with Rennenkampff's command during the battle, has arrived at general headquarters slightly wounded. Must Hold Sungari Bridge. St. Petersburg, March 22.—General Linevitch's headquarters has been established for the present at Chen-Chia-Wa-Tzu, situated at the crossing of the Sungari river, whence he is directing the retreat of the three Russian armies and disposing of the fresh troops of the Fourth corps just arriving from European Russia. The protection of the Sungari bridge is vital to the salvation of the army, as the river is not fordable below Kirin. Once the line of the river is passed and the bridge blown up the Japanese pursuit will, it is thought, be effectually checked. At the same time the Second army is falling back on the line of the railroad, while the First and Third armies, with the transport, are retreating along the Mandarin road to Kirin, both destroying bridges and roads, denuding the country behind them and making it impossible for the Japanese to live in the immediate wake of the retreat without their own commissariat. Apparently it is a question as to which army will outmarch the other, although the general staff seriously doubts the ability of Field Marshal Oyama's fatigued soldiers, with the difficulties of getting guns, ammunition and provisions over the ruined roads, to continue the pursuit energetically. Is Rennenkampff Surrounded? Is Rennenkampff Surrounded? London, March 22.—Russian official circles in London, although without official news, are inclined to credit a Harbin story published in Paris connecting the firing reported to have been heard about seven miles south of Tie Pass with General Rennenkampff's division. The dispatch from Harbin points out that the only explanation of a cannonnade in that locality is that Rennenkampff has at length arrived at Tie Pass, where the Russian armes were ordered to rendezvous in case of retreat, but only to find the place occupied by the Japanese. Consequently it is feared that Rennenkampff is surrounded. General MacArthur at the Front. With the Japanese Left Armies, March 22, via Fusan.—General MacArthur, the American military observer with the Japanese armies, and Captain Parker W. West, his aide-de-camp, who left Tokio March 9 for the front, have reached General Oku's headquarters. General MacArthur said: "I cannot express my appreciation of the kindness of the Japanese officials. Everywhere they have done everything possible to assist us." Bomb Thrown Among Warsaw Soldiers Warsaw, March 22.—A bomb thrown from the window of a house in Volks street at 9 o'clock in the evening exploded in the midst of a passing patrol composed of police and infantry. Six soldiers and two policemen were dangerously wounded. They were removed to the military hospital. The assailant escaped. RUSSIAN OFFICIAL SHOT BY BOY Would-Be Assassin Seriously Wounds Governor Miasorodoff at Viborg. Viborg, European Russia, March 21. —Governor Miasorodoff was shot and seriously wounded by a boy, whose identity has not been ascertained. The assassin, who is about 15 years of age, obtained an entrance to the governor's office and fired three times at him, one bullet inflicting a serious wound and the others slightly wounding the governor's legs. The governor's clerks and secretary were unable to stop the would-be assassin, who reached the street where, however, he was arrested without a struggle. The governor's condition is critical. The youth who shot the governor has been identified as Matti Hjalmar Reinikke, who admits that he is a revolutinist. He halls from Kurikke parish, in the northwestern part of Finland, but recently has lived in Stockholm to avoid arrest on account of his known revolutionary ideas. He returned four days ago to Finland by way of Tornea, and spent three days in Viborg, but declines to reveal his stopping place. TROLLEY CAR SMASHED Ran Away On Steep Hill With a Funeral Party Aboard. Lancaster, Pa., March 22.—While descending a steep hill on the Lancaster and Southern railway near Martic Forge, about 20 miles south of this city, a trolley car bearing a funeral party ran away and was smashed to pieces. Not one of the 21 persons aboard escaped injury. Thomas Cummings, aged 80 years, whose wife had just been buried, was so badly injured that he will die. The other more seriously injured are John E. Herr, conductor, cut about the head; Mr. and Mrs. John L. Williams, of this city, hurt internally, and Miss Rebecca Moss, of this city, cut and bruised. All the victims were brought to this city for medical attention except Cummings, who could not be moved. He was terribly crushed in the wreckage. For a mile the car ran wild with steadily increasing speed. At the foot of the hill is a safety switch. When the car struck this switch it was going with such tremendous momentum that while the wheels were caught and held firmly, the body of the car shot from the trucks and smashed against the high embankment along the track The passengers were buried in the debris, some pinioned to the ground and cut and bruised by glass and flying timbers. Those who were able at once went to the rescue of the seriously injured. Word was sent to the nearest station for anothecar, but the victims were without the services of a physician until brought to this city. KILLED PLAYING INDIAN Boy Shot Dead With a Rifle By a Companion Philadelphia, March 20.—While a half-dozen boys were playing "Indian" in the woods at Mount Alry, a suburb of this city, Warren Carr, aged 16 years, was shot dead with a rifle in the hands of James Hawthorne, aged 17 years. The bullet entered the boy's heart. The boy who did the shooting ran away and has not yet been found. All the other boys who saw the shooting are held by the police as witnesses. They all declare that they did not know the rifle was loaded, and also said they believe that Hawthorne also thought the rifle was empty. AN EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS Senator Allison Says It Will Be Called Oct. 1 to Consider Rate Question. Des Moines, Ia., March 21—Senator Allison is authority for the statement that President Roosevelt will call congress in extra session October 1, two months in advance of the regular session, for the purpose of considering the railroad rate question. Senator Allison also expressed his own views relative to the rate question. He stands for empowering the commission to adjust rates, declaring that there are many cases which are subject to correction. Horace Burt to Head Canal Commission Washington, March 31—Horace G. Burt, former president of the Union Pacific railroad, will probably be the new head of the Panama canal commission, in charge of the construction of the great isthmian waterway. His nomination has been widely considered by Mr. Roosevelt for several days, and it is understood that the offer has already been made, it will be made forthwith. It is part of the plan of reorganization which has been under contemplation. Nurse Dies of Spinal Meningitis. New York, March 31.—Close application to duty in the face of grave danger has cost the life of Miss Jessie Blauvelt, aged 23 years, of Newburg, N. Y., a nurse in the Harlem hospital. Death was due to cerebro spinal meningitis which Miss Blauvelt contracted while nursing patients afflicted with the disease. She was taken ill last Tuesday, and died at the Metropolitan hospital on Blackwell's Island. Cordova's Bail $4000 New Brunswick, N. Ball was fixed at $400 dova, the former Mert who was convicted in four years' imprisonment and assaulting his bail. Judge Strong to make it impossible away very easily. "O sealed from his senter 1. March 22.-- J. for F. C. coadjist minister sentenced to t for abandon-vife. In fixing said: "I want or him to get ova has ap A WEEK'S NEWS IDENSED on Thursday, May Nan Peterson will in New York on April der of Caesar Y. bookmaker. 10. put on trial for the mur- the wealthy Edward L. Elg delivery wagon struck by a loco and instantly kill title driving a allume, was at a crossing Thomas M. Ri phila, has been president of the Iron company, to C. Luther. Thomas M. Richards, of Philadelphia, has been elected second vice president of the Reading Coal and iron company, to succeed the late R. C. Luther. Friday, March 17. The vault in the bank of Petersburg, Tenn., was blow open by burglars and $4000 taken. By sawing through the bars of their cell windows, two prisoners escaped from the jail at New Bloomfield, Pa. Meyer Guggenheim, of New York, the copper capitalist, died at Palm Beach, Fla., of pneumonia, aged 78 years. Two negroes were hanged at Richmond, Va.; Edwin Austin for criminal assault on a 10-year-old negro girl, and Peter Danch for murder. Charles Taylor pleaded guilty in the United States court at Philadelphia of passing counterfeit money and was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment. Saturday, March 18. The National Congress of Mothers will meet next year in Los Angeles, Cal. Secretary of State and Mrs. Hay sailed from New York for Europe, to be gone two months. Secretary of War Taft says it is the policy of the administration to retain the Philippines indefinitely. Governor Pennypacker, of Pennsylvania, has designated Friday, April 14, and Friday, April 28, as Arbor Days. The comptroller of currency has issued a call for a statement of the condition of national banks at close of business on March 14. While attending mass at St. Charles' church, Kellysville, near Chester, Pa., Isabelle Kelly, age 160 years, fell between the pews and expired in a few minutes. Monday, March 20 The United States senate adjourned sine die without action on the Santo Domingo treaty. John D. Rockefeller gave $250,000 to the Women's and Children's Free Dispensary at Cleveland. The bite of a cat nine months ago caused the death by hydrophobia of 8-year-old Henry Pfasterer, of St. Louis. Stricken with apoplexy as she was returning home in a rainstorm, Mrs. Samuel Wolf, of Newville, Pa., sank to the roadside and died. While trying to locate a break in a gas main with a lighted paper at Sloux City, Ia., two women and their two children were terribly burned. Tuesday, March 21. Frank Bacon, at one time nominee for president on the Prohibition ticket, died at Los Angeles, Cal. The ashes of former Senator Edward O. Wolcott, of Colorado, who died at Monte Carlo, were brought to this country on the steamer St. Louis. Frang Cfalg, of Des Moines, Iowa, after an examination by doctors, is said to have two hearts, one on either side. Medical annals show but three or four of such cases. Alton B. Parker former Democratic candidate for president, will be the principal speaker it the Jefferson Day dinner of the Democratic Club of New York, on April 12. A GOOD SHEEP TROUGH. I send you a sketch of a good style of sheep trough which I have used several years and like much better than the old style V trough, writes Chancy Avery, of Steuben county, Ind. End supports, A. A, are 2x4, or very thick board, 3½ feet high, with cross boards, B. B, on ground, and these supports are joined by heavy (8 or 10-inch) board, C, and braced by two short boards, H. H, nailed on as shown. Trough D, is 3 inches deep and 6 inches wide inside, and one end board is long so as to stand up about 12 inches above top of trough, as shown by F. Trough is suspended to A. A, by a bolt at each end, E. E, passing through end piece of trough near top of trough. The high end board, F, rests against C when trough is ready for use and is held upright by a large spike nail, G, placed through a small hole bored slanting. IMPROVED SHEEP TROUGH. downward and outward, after parts are together. Trough has two or three iron washers between end boards and supports, A, A, and bolts are drawn just tight enough to hold trough inverted when desired to keep out dirt, snow or ice. Top of trough is 16 inches above ground and lower edge of board, C, should be 9 inches above top of trough. This is essential, as if too low it interferes with sheep eating and if too high sheep will try to jump through over trough. This design prevents them jumping over and thereby saves getting much dirt on the trough, and the flat trough prevents the more greedy ones from eating too fast for the slower ones to get a good chance for their share. LIVE STOCK NOTES Do not feed the tired horse until he is rested. Squealing hogs make spare ribs and thin bacon. Give the pigs a warm place and dry straw for a bed. Are you so kind to your flocks and herds that they welcome your coming to the barn? How many cows are you feeding for the sake of their company? If you don't know, it will pay well to find out. A good sow that will raise two litters of eight to ten pigs a year is one of the most profitable animals on the farm. Hogs in close, dirty pens that have to breathe foul air all the time cannot make very wholesome meat.—W. W. Maxim, Maine. A good deal of unnecessary pain may be spared the ewe by wetting the teat before starting the milk with the fingers, as it is under certain circumstances necessary to do. Farm and Home. Don't Market Unfattened Stock Don't Market Unattended Stock. We have seen the traveling buyer of chickens drive up to the farm house and ask for poultry. We have seen the farmer get out a pan of corn and toll the hens and roosters about him, then draw them into the henyard and the work of selecting begin. The cockerels were sold without an hour of fitting. They were gaunt and lean shanked. They weighed light when put on the scales or hung on the steelyards. The farmer got out of them very little for the care he had bestowed on them. These birds should not have been sold without being fitted. Shut them up and give them at least three weeks of good feeding—Farmers' Review. Cause of Loss The principal cause of loss in the flocks upon the farms is filth in some of its many forms. Impure water, molly and decayed food, impure air, filth houses, vermin of all kinds, are some of the things that come under the head of uncleanlines. These are the things that we preach against when we cry to the poultry world: "Unclean, unclean!"—American Dairyman. Cattle for Fattening In buying stockers a common practice is to buy cattle during the fall and early winter that are thin in flesh and weigh from 500 to 800 pounds, winter them on a ration calculated merely to keep them from shrinking in weight, and either fatten with grain on grass during the summer or graze them through the pasturing season and finish on grain the following fall. Improvement of Horse Breeds. Draft and riding horses have been nearly pure-bred in European countries for a very long time, even long before records of an official character were thought of. The breeds have been practically distinct for centuries. This makes them great improvers of our common horses. Condensing for Profit The farther you are from the market the greater is the need of condensing products by feeding grain and stores to animals. Following In Her Footsteps. Wife—Since our marriage you act as if you thought you were the only man on earth. Husband—Yes; you set me a bad example during our courtship, my dear. Wife—How's that? Husband—Why, at that stage of the game you tried to make me believe that you were the only woman on earth.—Chicago News. 'Twas Ever Thus Would be just the proper figure to make your happiness complete; But your income, if it doubles, Only multiply your troubles. For the orquestra the increases and still the ends don't meet. —Cincinnati Enquirer. HANDY LISTING RECORD. How an Account May Be Kept of the Profits from the Lock. Many farmers have no idea what it costs to keep their hens, or what is the income from them. A simple account book and a moment's attention to make the entry will tell the story so at any time one can in a few moments tell just what his hens have earned since beginning the account. If one has a flock of hens at the opening of the year, it is a good plan to begin the account then. A blank book such as the children use in school for their exercises, costing five or ten cents, will answer well and will give space enough for several years. If there are 31 or more lines on each page, a page will do for a DAY OF MONTH JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER PAGE FROM FARMER'S ACCOUNT BOOK. year for one flock or pen; if there are less than 31 lines to a page, more than a page will be needed. I bought 28 old hens last April and at once ruled a book for keeping a record of the eggs laid, says W. B. Lloyd, in Orange Judd Farmer. The accompanying diagram shows the page as ruled and marked, also the entries for a few days. Our record shows that from the day we bought them, April 4, to the present time we have not missed getting an egg a single day. A glance at the page shows how the number of eggs varies in the different months and on different days of the same month. To get at the value of the eggs lat, some fixed standard, day or market must be selected, for the eggs used in the home and for incubation are worth as much as those sold, and the hens should be credited with them. We selected the cash price paid in our local market on Saturdays as the price at which to credit our hens. Each Saturday evening when making the entries of the work and other transactions of the day, we estimate the number of eggs brought to the home during the week and enter them in a page of the same book, in which the daily record is kept, thus: April 16 (45), 74 dozen at 15 cents, $1.16; December 17 (40), 3 1-3 dozen at 28 cents, 93 cents. From this page we can in a moment tell how much the eggs produced in a given month or three months or the year were worth. In the same book may be entered the value of the chickens killed for home use or sold. These two accounts will give the value of the poultry products in ready tables. We also devote a page of the same book to keeping an account of the outlay for feed, grit and eggs for incubation. The difference between the outgo and income gives the hens' profit. FRESHNESS OF EGGS There are many old ways of testing the freshness of eggs. Some of them may be of little value. Here is one that is going the rounds, but for which we cannot vouch. It may be all right: Eggs are placed in a pan of water, giving each room enough so that its motions will not be interfered with by the others. The air in the egg will be governed according to the age of the egg, if the egg has been kept in a moderately warm state. If the eggs are just laid they will be motionless. If they are more than a week old they will partly stand on the little end. This is because the air chamber is in the other end of the egg. This air chamber grows larger as the egg becomes older and the moisture in it evaporates. 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Joan was an orphan, and, with the exception of an old servant, she lived alone. She sometimes spoke of her brother, Jack Ainslie, who had long ago gone to Oregon, and had never since been heard of, but otherwise she had no living relative. I met Joan at a garden party almost directly after I went to live at Errington, and at once I fell in love with her. Now, six months afterward, I had asked her to marry me, and her reply was still sounding, like the music of fairies, in my ear. "Allan, I have a little confession to make to you," said Joan during the evening. She nestled closer to me and hid her face against my shoulder as she spoke. "How terrible!" I cried, with a laugh, "Say on, and I will consider the case." "You—you are not the first man whom I promised to—" She paused, and her hands touched nervously at each other. "Ha! Then there is another?" I cried, in affected dramatic style. Joan seemed glad that I was only amused, and then told me that two years ago, when she was only 18 years of age, she had agreed to marry a visitor from Philadelphia. His name was Jack Carstairs, and he left Errington, promising to write to her. This he did, but eventually went to South America, since when Joan had not heard anything from him. "And what was my rival like?" I questioned. "Oh, not your rival, dear," she murmured. "I did not really love him; it was but a girlish infatuation, which I got over almost directly after Mr. Carstairs left Errington." "But what was he like?" I repeated. "Well, not quite so tall as you, nor so good-looking, and he had a thick beard. Ugh! I'm glad you haven't a beard, Allan." Joan stopped and blushed violently, and after a little while she made me understand why she preferred clean-shaven faces. Time went on, and Joan and I lived in the little earthly paradise we had constructed, until, as in olden time, the serpent entered. Although I had laughed away the story of Jack Carstairs, yet I could not get rid of an absurd, jealous feeling that clung to me. By degrees I began to hate this man whom I had never met, and whom I thought I never should. It was one evening about nine months after our engagement, that I climbed into Joan's garden over the fence, in my usual manner. for it saved going round to the gate. Suddenly I caught sight of a figure striding up the path. In my astonishment I paused, and there came a wild, jealous tug at my heartstrings. It was Jack Carstairs! There he was, just as Joan had described him. Slightly shorter than I was, wearing a beard, and bronzed, presumably by the warm sun of South America. The door was open, and, without knocking, he deliberately entered. From where I stood I could see Joan through the open window. I saw her spring to her feet as her visitor entered, for a moment they gazed at each other uncertain. "Jack!" "Joan!" I heard their voices distinctly, and then—then they were clasped in each other's arms. For a moment all became dark around me, while a great pain seemed to tear my heart asunder. Again I looked, and he was kissing her. Then, with a smothered groan I burst from the garden and rushed madly away, whither I knew not nor cared. When I returned to my senses, darkness had settled down over the land. I was stirring rapidly along the high road. A little way ahead of me through the trees I could see the light in Joan's house, and toward this point I hurried, a dull rage burning in me, and a red glare seeming to burn before my eyes. I entered the garden and then I caught sight of Joan standing alone on the lawn. The rage within me burst forth into a relentless fury, and hastening up to her I seized her harshly by the arm. "So your lover has gone?" I almost "This is how you show your love for me, is it?" I said, hoarsely. My grip was tightening on her arm so that she winced with pain, but in my blind rage I saw nothing. Then, as I looked into her beautiful eyes, and thought of them gazing up at another as they gazed up at me, and thought of her red lips pressed against his, my jealous rage became so strong that I threw her from me, and turned and rushed into the darkness. I went at once to my roms, packed a small handbag, and, telling my landlady I should not be back for a few days, I rushed to the railroad station. The whole of the time I was practically bereft of my senses. When I alighted from the train at Jersey City, it was my intention to cross to New York by the ferry and proceed to the Grand Central station, but as I was crossing West street there was a sudden crash—and then darkness. When I recovered my senses I was in the Roosevelt hospital. They told me I had been there nearly a fortnight. I had been knocked down by a cab, and the fall had brought on concussion of the brain. 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I read it again, and I recorded them that I may benefit others as well as myself. Many of them are recorded for the first time. Don't say "above" for "beyond." Example: "It was above his strength," "It was above his expectations," should be "It was beyond his strength," "It was beyond his expectations." Don't say "above" for "foregoing." Example: "The above reason is sufficient," "The above paragraph is correct," should be "The foregoing reason is sufficient," "The foregoing paragraph is correct." Note—That which is above on the written page does not always appear above on the printed page. Don't say "above" for "more than." Example: "It was above the average attendance," should be "It was more than the average attendance." Don't say "abundance" for "plenty." Example: "I have an abundance," should be "I have plenty." Note—It should be so expressed in the majority of cases. To have an abundance is to have more than you need; to have plenty is to have as much as you need. * Don't say "acoustics are" for "acoustics is." Example: "The acoustics of the new hall are almost perfect," should be "the acoustics of the new hall is almost perfect." Note—Names of sciences in -ics, as acoustics, mathematics, physics, etc., are usually treated as singular. * Don't say "afraid" for "fear." Example: "I am afraid it is true," should be "I fear it is true." * Don't say "afterwards" for "afterward." Example: "He did not arrive until afterwards," should be "He did not arrive until afterward." Note—The same criticism applies to the words downwards, earthwards, forwards, heavenwards, onwards, upwards, etc. I am aware that the dictionaries allow both forms, but I do not know of an instance in which the thought is strengthened by the additional letter. Don't (?) say "A good cup of coffee." "A new set of harness." "A new suit of clothes." for "A cup of good coffee." "A set of new harness." "A suit of new clothes." Note—So say many authorities. To my own thinking the foregoing sentences are correct, inasmuch as the words, "cup of coffee," "set of harness" and "suit of clothes" are phrase words. I record them, however, for the benefit that may be derived from the controversy they may cause. Don't say "aggravate" for "provoke" or "irritate." Example: "He aggravates me," should be "He provokes me," or "He irritates me." Note—To aggravate is to increase; hence, you may aggravate one who is already provoked or irritated. In any other case it is used erroneously. Don't say "a hour," for "an hour." Example: "It was a hour or more ago," should be "It was an hour or more ago." Don't say "all over" for "over all." Example: "I have traveled all over the United States," should be "I have traveled over all the United States." Don't say "alone" for "only." Example: "It is known to him alone," "He, alone, is to blame," should be "It is known to him only," or "It is known only to him," "He, only, is to blame." Don't say "amateur" for "novice." Note—An amateur may be an artist although not a professional, a novice may be a professional, but not an artist. The one may be proficient; the other deficient. * * * * * Don't say "an" for "a." Rule: An should be used before all vowels except long u, as in union, and o, as in one. Note—A should be used before all consonants and aspirated h; not silent h. Note.—Really not exceptions. Because long u is only a semi-vowel, hav- ing for its initial the consonant y (yoon-yun); the word one also begins phonetically with a consonant (wun); therefore, we should say a union, not an union; such a one, not such an one. If one is partial to the expression "such an one" then, to be consistent, he should say, in giving expression to the following sentence: It is an wonder that such an one went to an war. The foregoing rule also holds good with the words history, historian, human, etc. We should say a history, a historian, a human being; not an history, an historian, an human being. When the h is silent, as in the words honest, honorable, etc., then we should say an honest, an honorable, etc. In this case, phonetically speaking, the vowel immediately follows the article; hence no exception to the rule. Examples of the correct use of "an": An agent, an army, an awl, an asp, an adder, an air pump, an eel, an egg, an earthen vessel, an idol, an Indian, an irksome task, an ocean, an office, an orb, an uncle, an urn. Examples of the correct use of "a": A boy, a cat, a dog, a fox, a girl, a hen, a heroic struggle, a historian. Neither the caign of accent nor the breath should change the "a" to "an." The use of "an" in such cases is antiquated. A joy, a kiss, a love, a man, a novice, a pen, a query, a robin, a sister, a toy, a vase, a war, a yacht, a zest. Note—In pronouncing the word humble, if the h is aspirated, then "a humble;" if the h is silent, then "an umble." Don't say "and" for "to." Example: "Come and see me, should be "Come to see me," "I'll try and succeed," should be "I'll try to succeed." Note—"I'll try and succeed" is equivalent to saying "I'll try and I will succeed." One may try, but not succeed. * * * * * * * * * Don't say "An elastic." Example: "Have you an elastic?" Should be "Have you an elastic—?" Note—The word "elastic" is an adjective; its use as a noun is "colloquial." * * * * * * * * * Don't say "another one" for "another." Example: "He has another one at home," should be "He has another at home." * * * * * * * * * Don't say "antecedents" for "ancestors." Example: "His antecedents were loyal," should be "His ancestors were loyal." Don't say "anticipate" for "expect." Example: "He anticipated serious loss." should be "He expected serious loss." TALE OF WOODEN COOKIES "Well, the time we boys got into the cooky jar the hardest was once when mother was away for all day." laughed grandfather, beaming indulgently at the small boy on the hearth rug, relates Youth's Companion. "She left the jar full, but we kept going back to it, until suddenly we touched bottom. Then Jack proposed that we make some wooden cookies, and we went to work with our lathe and turned out some beauties. They were pine, you know, and with a little flour dusted on them, they looked like the real article. So we ate the rest of the cookies, and filled the jar with our kind." "But what did your mother say?" came promptly from the hearth-rug. "My mother was a great woman, Douglas. She never said a word, but every meal for a week after that there was a plate of wooden cookies on the table, and not another one was baked until we had owned up like men. Bahl!" Grandfather broke off suddenly with a wry face. "That's not mine!" he exclaimed. snatching from his lips the cigar he had just lighted. A minute later he had taken from the decorated jar at his elbow a dozen cigars of the same cheap brand. "There's just one of mine in the lot," he declared. "Who's been meddling?" The grandmother remembered that she had surprised Huldah, the maid, giving cigars to a young man the day before. "But she told me she had bought some herself for his birthday," added grandma, sadly. "Yes, and so she did," soffed grandfather. "And she put them in my jar and took mine for that fellow! Out, is she? Well, I'll see her when she comes in. We won't keep a dishonest girl in the house—not an hour! I'll discharge her." "Grandfather," sounded a voice from the hearthrung, "your mother didn't discharge you for taking those cookies." For a full minute grandfather glared at his small accuser. Then he dropped back and chuckled weakly. 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They were curiously alike, those two faces, both showing the impress of a strong and stubborn will. They were curiously unlike, too, the varying fires in the girl's eyes leaping out to meet a sober practicality and steadfastness in those of the man. "Margot, are you ready?" said David. He waited again, and again the needle went in and out, his only reply. After a pause, "She says she is not going back to you," said Jane Greet unwillingly. "She has said that to me, too," said David Greet—"that is to say, she has written it. She wrote it in a hard, cruel letter, which she left for me to read when I came in." In spite of himself his voice shook. He paused for a moment to steady it. "I shall not believe that letter, Margot. It was unworthy of you. I shall not believe that you mean to do anything so cruel and wicked!" The words came out with a jerk. "Margot, I am waiting to take you home." She would not answer. With a quick stride he crossed the room. "You shall speak to me!" he cried. "I am not a dog that I do not deserve a word—though you are not a woman, but a stone, or you would not sit there and refuse to utter it! Speak! Are you or are you not coming home?" Without raising her eyes, "I am not coming," said Margot Greet. David turned away, breathing heavily. "There's the weakness of strength and the weakness of weakness," he said. "You can give in to a woman because you're stronger than her, and that's the way I went about it with Margot. But she thought it was the other kind of way, the weak way, and she's had to learn different. There are times when a man must show himself it man if he's to remain one." He strode away, and Jane Greet brushed the tears from her eyes. "Well, she's with me—his mother—anyway. Folks can't talk to any great length," she thought, with a sigh. Then she went back to the stubborn girl who was her son's wife. Margot was sitting where she had left her, still sewing. "What are you going to do?" asked Jane. A harshness had crept into her tone. "I have already told you. I shall find something to do, and I am not going back," said the younger woman. "If you are not going back you shall find nothing to do. You must stay here with me," said Jane Greet. "I canna have the whole of Keston talkin' about my son's wife." And so things went on. Margot worked for her mother-in-law only, and her passivity ate into her very soul. But she would not go back to the man to whom she had not yet been wedded a year. There came a day when Jane Greet met her with an odd look on her withered face. She had not mentioned the name of the girl's husband since that dark night, deeming it better so. But today she spoke. "He is going away—my son and your man," she said fiercely. "Mayhap the cruise will take him far and keep him long. Mayhap it will take him so far and keep him so long that he will never return. And tomorrow he goes." She went away, trying to hide her tears. But the lad's wife spoke never a word. Jane never knew that that night Margot went to look at her old home. For a few short moments she stood in the darkness looking at the windows of the little house which had seen her greatest happiness and her passionate rebellion. There was no light in it, and she thought David was out till she heard him begin to sing. That was an old trick of his—to sing in the dark. And on the old harmonium he could pick out just the few notes he needed. How well she knew the song! He sang it with a little break in his voice, and she knew who had put that break there: Love, I am so lonely, years are so long. I want you only, you and your song. Dark is life's shore, love, night is so deep. Leave me no more, love, sing me to sleep. For a moment after the deep voice had died away she stood there, one hand pressed close upon her breast, shaken with the conflict between pride and passionate regret. But pride won, and she moved at last only to go back to his mother's house. He was gone long, and Margot grew pale and thin, but she uttered never a word. "Girl, you have no heart—you are as cold as a stone!" old Jane burst out passionately one day—that day when news came that David Greet would never return to the little fishing village, but lie instead in the lonely sea! Still David's wife would not speak, but at night she stood by her window and looked up at the clear stars with a white face. "I think I must have a heart, for I can feel it break," she said when there was none to hear her. But the runner was a lie, and he came back. "He has done well and has come back right, Margot," said the old woman. She looked at her daughter-in-law with uncompromising eyes. "He could give you fine clothes now and the best looking house in Keston." Then for the first time was Margot's calm broken, and she was moved to speech. "I will never go back to him!" she cried fiercely. She threw down her work and left the room. How was Jane to know that in that moment her heart was stolen from her, and she felt in its place but a lump of heavy gold that tore her breast? Wherever she went she felt it there, and it hurt sorely. When she passed David in the street her fingers shook, but that weight in her bosom pressed, and she remembered his gold and on. Oh, it was ill to be without a heart and have only a lump of gold that must always stand between herself and the man she loved! "He is rich now," said Margot, and she was careful that she did not meet him again. She spent much time in planning that her ways might not touch his. In the evening she sewed still, and she was sewing when Jane Greet came to her with the news which she thought so ill. "Oh, you were a wise woman, Margot," she said, "to keep away from such a fool. No one but a fool would lose all his money in going security for such a man as John Stanton is. David is a rich man no more. Every penny that he brought back with him is frittered away and all else that he had besides. Be thankful, Margot Greet, that you are not my son's wife in anything but name!" She went away, a red eyed and furious old woman, but Margot sat on like one stunned. Then she arose and put away her sewing. She did not set it on the little table, as she always did, but rolled it up and, with a curiously impatient gesture, set it away in old Jane's drawer. "That's finished with," said she. Yet the sewing was not nearly done. Afterward she put on her hat, and the shawl which she usually put over her head when she ran out she crossed upon her arm. She cast one look around the little room and toward the staircase where Jane had disappeared. Then she opened the door and went into the street. That was curiously quiet, and there was a fog. It was but one short year since Margot Greet had quarreled with her husband and gone away. She found her way through the streets and around the corners just as surely as he had done, but she was not unconscious of the way she wound. The consciousness of that shook her through and through and would have shaken her still more had she but had a heart left with which to feel. David's pane made a little disk of light, which greeted her kindly, yet it hurt, for it reminded her of the yellow gold in her breast. But he was singing, this time in the light, and she paused to hear: Sing me to sleep and let me rest; In all the world I loved you best. Nothing is faithful, nothing true. In heaven or earth but God and you. It was not true, that song of David's. She had not been true to him or faithful, but she would be now. Tears came into her eyes, and as they ran down her cheeks something broke in her breast and melted away. David's light smiled kindly at her as she opened the door and stepped into it, leaving the fog and gloom. "David," she said simply, "I have come."—Black and White. Presence of Mind Wearily the tramp wandered up the garden path one summer's day and took off his hat to the woman of the house. She eyed him keenly. "Look here! Are you the man I gave a big meal one February morning?" she demanded sternly. "I'm the man, mum," was the reply. "Well, do you remember you promised to shovel the snow out of the back yard and then sneaked off without doing it?" asked the woman. "Yes, mum. An' me conscience smote me," answered the tramp. "That's the reason I tramped all the way here through the blazing sun to finish the job." How to Remove Weather Stains. It is quite easy to remove the ugly green marks caused by damp on stone, the wet and oak floors and steps, all that is necessary before a good scrubbing surface in a small quantity of water has been dissolved. THE RICHMON PAPERING A ROOM. How to Measure and Hang the Strips. Recipe For Paste. Remember a double roll of paper contains seventy square feet when you wish to ascertain the amount required for a room, says the Housekeeper. Walls that have never been papered should be covered with size. This is made by adding six quarts of hot water to one-half pound of glue which has been softened by standing all night covered with cold water. Walls that have been painted should be gone over with ammonia water—one part of ammonia to six parts water. Board ceilings must be covered with cloth before papering. To paper the ceiling cut as many strips as will be necessary to cover it and leave long enough to allow about two inches, taking care to make the pattern match. Draw a chalk line across one end of the ceiling sixteen inches from the wall as a guide for hanging the first strip which goes between this line and the wall and will lap down on the side a little. Lay the strip on a table, apply the paste evenly, fold both ends toward the center, making them meet and being careful that the ends are even. Trim the paper with shears. Unfold one end, commence at the side and start the strip straight by the line, smoothing it down as you go with a brush. Keep the rest of the paper in front of you, letting it hang over a roll of paper which you hold in your left hand. After the first strip is on the rest is easy. The last strip must also lap down on the side wall. Cut the paper for the side wall long enough to come under the border a little. Begin to lay it at the side of a window or door. Unfold the top of the strip, put in position, then work downward. Lay on each strip in the same manner, put on the border, and the work is done. The following is a good recipe for paste: Take one and one-half pints of flour, rub smooth in a quart of cold water, add four quarts of boiling water and let boil slowly, stirring constantly ten minutes. When cold, stir in one tablespoonful of powdered alum. Never use warm paste and make it quite thin. How to Make a Plain Rarebit. One-half pound of cheese grated, two tablespoonfuls of butter, one-quarter teaspoonful salt, few grains cayenne pepper, one-half cupful of thin cream, two yolks of eggs. Melt the butter in a spider, add cheese, salt and pepper. When the cheese is nearly melted add gradually the cream and the egg slightly beaten. Pour on split crackers or slice of toast and serve hot. How to Make a Barometer. For this you need a quite clean, clear glass bottle. Take a dram each of camphor, gum, saltpeter and ammonia salts and dissolve them in thirteen drams of pure alcohol. Shake till dissolved. Then pour in bottle and cork tightly. Hang the bottle of mixture against a wall, facing north, and it will prove a perfect weather prophet. When the liquid is clear it promises fair weather. When it is muddy or cloudy it is a sign of rain. When little white flakes settle in the bottom it means that the weather is growing colder, and the thicker the deposit the colder it becomes. Fine, starry flakes foretell a storm, and large flakes are signs of snow. When the liquid seems full of little threadlike forms, says Home Chat, that gradually rise to the top, it means wind and sudden storms. Try this, and you will find it more reliable than many a costly bought barometer. How to Reduce Swollen Joints. To reduce joints swollen with rheumatism the very best thing to do is to use warm vaseline freely at night, rubbing each joint at least ten minutes gently, but thoroughly. This will in time goften and reduce them. A diet should consist of no acids and little meat. Fresh vegetables, cooked fruits (never raw ones) and eggs are best. How to Keep the Hands Smooth. Most housekeepers who do their own work suffer more or less in whiter with chapped hands, as dishwashing and taking up ashes are especially irritating to them. If oatmeal is kept on the washstand and a little used every time the hands are washed it will do much toward keeping them in good order. A preparation that will counteract the effect of ashes or alkali soapsuds is made of common vinegar and cream or milk in equal parts. The hands may be saved a great deal by wearing heavy gloves when sweeping and doing many kinds of work, and there are close fitting rubber gloves that may be used in washing dishes. How to Destroy Germs In Water. It is not always convenient to sterilize water, and boiling makes it tasteless. In cases where germs are to be destroyed four drops of tincture of iodine in a half gallon of water, left to stand for half an hour, render the water harmless. How to Utilize Old Stockings. Old woolen stockings may be used in several ways in the household. Cut off the feet, fold the leg part over several times, sew it to keep in a nice square shape, and one has a useful kettle or iron holder. Cut open two stocking legs, then run the two pieces together, and there is a cloth which will answer all the purposes of the ordinary house flannel. Old white hosiery makes excellent rubbers for polishing furniture and answers the purpose better than the old dusters, etc., which many housewives save for the purpose. How to Prevent Knots In Cotton. To prevent knots in cotton while sewing always thread your needle before cutting the length of cotton from the reel. This will prevent both knots and twisting. A TIP FOR GOLFERS How to Give Old Golf Balls an Even Cost of Paint. Having got through with more new rubber covered balls than they can contemplate with equanimity, golfers are disposed to begin the season by economizing from old stock, says the Boston Herald. Most golfers in their time have bought a can of golf paint and made an attempt to paint up some old balls which, save for their blackness, looked as if they were still capable of much good service. Ninety-nine per cent of these golfers, having applied the paint in the customary manner with a paint brush, have finally abandoned the thing in disgust and thrown the balls away. Paint so applied invariably settles and dries in blobs and blotches, with the streak markings of the brush everywhere in evidence, so that for practical purposes the ball is quite useless afterward. Yet it is one of the easiest things in the world to paint a golf ball when it is done properly. Put as much of the paint as would lie conveniently on the surface of a quarter dollar into the palm of the left hand, and then take the well cleaned ball and lay it on it. Then put the right hand on top of it and roll the ball about in between for some twenty seconds until it has picked up a layer of paint all over and you feel it getting "tacky." Then place it on a piece of glass or other hard surface to dry. It will be found to have a perfectly even coat of paint upon it, with no blotches and no obscurement of the natural marking of the ball. A second coat is desirable, and the ball showd then be kept at least a week before playing with it. Noted French Author is In Last Stages of Diabetes. Amielle, France, March 22—Jules Verne, the noted author, is dying. M. A. Verne was pronounced by his physicians to be in the last stage of diabetes. Telegrams of sympathy from all quarter of the globe have been received. Many of them are from children and scientists. He continued writing until recently, when he was obliged to suspend all literary work and his duties as a municipal councillor. M. Verne occupied the same room in which he wrote his extraordinary stories of voyages. Later M. Verne sustained a stroke of arm, affecting his right side, while he since been extending. Hopeless Cases In Pennsylvania. Harrisburg, Pa., March 22. — The house of representatives passed finally an act for the prevention of idiocy, and it will now be sent to the governor for his approval. This is one of the most important bills introduced in the legislature, and is quite similar to one which passed both houses four years ago, and which after having been returned by the governor for some minor corrections was mysteriously lost. The bill provides that on the first day of July after the passage of this act it shall be compulsory for each and every institution in the state entrusted exclusively or specially with the care of idiots and imbecile children, to appoint upon its staff at least one skilled neurologist and one skilled surgeon of recognized ability, whose duty it shall be, in conjunction with the chief physician of the institution, to examine the mental and physical condition of the inmates. If in the judgment of this committee of experts and board of trustees procreation is inadvisable, and there is no probability of improvement of the mental condition of the inmate, it shall be lawful for the surgeon to perform such operation as shall be decided safest and most effective, but this operation shall not be performed except in cases that have been pronounced non-improvable after one year's test in an institution. Almshouse Attendant Charged With Killing an Inmate. Harrisburg, Pa., March 21.—Patrick J. McGovern, an attendant at the Dauphin county almshouse, was arrested, charged with the murder of Fred F. Engle, aged 68 years, of Harrisburg an inmate. Engle was admitted to the almshouse on February 21 and died on March 13, and was buried at Middletown on the 16th. His children were not satisfied with the statement of the almshouse physician that death was caused by erysipelas, and had the body exhumed by two Middletown physicians, who found the man's skull crushed and his face badly beaten. The physicians said that death was caused by violence, and on the strength of their statement charges of murder were preferred against McGovern by Engle's children. Cruiser Washington Launched Philadelphia, March 20. — In the wake of a monster wave, piled up by her huge hull, the armored cruiser Washington made a triumphal plunge into the waters of the Delaware river. The big warship was launched at the Camden yards of the New York Shipbuilding company in the presence of senators, congressmen, navy department chiefs, naval commanders and officials of the states of New Jersey and Washington. The cruiser was named in honor of the latter state, a fair girl from far-away Washington bestowing the name as she shattered a wine bottle against the steel stem, sending the big ship down to the deep with the talismanic spotch of champagne glistening on her bow. She is the biggest warship turned out by the state of New Jersey, and the first built by the New York Shipbuilding company. PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA .ULES VERNE DYING ARRESTED FOR MURDER Knights of Pythias, This organization is one of the most powerful in the country and its progress has been phenominal. The Grand Lodge of Virginia has jurisdiction over all of the cities and counties in this state. Thirty males are required to organize a new lodge. The benefits paid constitute one of its strongest features, but the principles are greater than anything else. Founded on Friendship, based on Charity and established on Benevolence, the respectable, upright people of the state will find it an order worthy of their heartiest support. It pays an endowment and burial benefit of of $200.00 for all ages. It pays $4.00 per week sick dues. The badge costing 75 cents each is the only absolutely necessary regalla. For information concerning the organization of lodges, apply at the main office. The Courts of Calanthe Is the Department of the Order. It requires a membership of thirty sons to organize a court. Its members are pledged to exhibit Fid exercise Harmony and prove Love one for the other. It pays a ment and burial benefit of $150.00. It pays $3.00 per week sick dr The only expense for regalia is the cost of the badge, 50 cents and a rosette, costing 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 into this mystic circle. The expense is nominal and the benefits all that could be expected. It pays from $1.00 to $1.50 sick dues and death benefits of from $30.09 to $40.00. If you have no Pythian Lodge or Court or Band in your neighborhood, orgrnize one. For all information concerning the Children's Department address For all information concerning special rates of membership in the lodges and courts, address 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 of these handsome Medallion free of charge. 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The acid can be poured from one vessel to another and then returned to the bottle for future use. How to Fold Napkins. To fold a dinner napkin iron it all over on the right side, having first pressed the initial or monogram over a padded surface. Fold in halves with the wrong side out; no. $v$ turn one hem back to the middle fold, which brings the right side to view; then turn the linen over and bring the other hem to the fold. You now have on one long side two folds and on the other edge one fold and two hems. Fold again in the middle, then turn one end under and the other over on top, and the napkin will lie flat, with all hems and folds even. If a large napkin is folded in the common way the thickness of the linen at the folds will draw the edges back and make them uneven. Illustrate with a square of paper, if necessary, to teach the trick of folding the linen to secure smoothness. How to Make Dyspeptic's Pudding. Boil a cupful of rice until it is soft; then take two eggs, a cupful of sugar and one of milk, stir together and add to the rice. Pare six cooking apples, slice and place in bottom of pudding dish and pour the rice custard over them. Bake in a moderate oven long enough to cook the apples. To be eaten warm either with or without cream. N. A., S. A, E., A., A. AND A. organization is one of the most powerful has been phenominal. The Grand over all of the cities and counties in need to organize a new lodge. The longest features, but the principles handed on Friendship, based on Charity, the respectable, upright people of their heartiest support. An endowment and burial benefit of 50 per week sick dues. The badge of regalia. For information concerning curts of Calanty of the Order. It requires a member court. Its members are pledged and prove Love one for the other. benefit of $150.00. It pays $300 per regalia is the cost of the badge, 50 funeral occasions. ANTHE or Children's Department cannot do better than to enter the final and the benefits all that could death benefits of from $30.09 to $4 your neighborhood, orgrune one. ning the Children's Department ad of the most powerful in the col- cal. The Grand Lodge of Vir- tual and counties in this state. nw lodge. The benefits paid the principles are greater than, based on Charity and estab- lity people of the state will port. aburial benefit of of $200.00 for es. The badge costing 75 cen- tion concerning the organiza- tion. Calanthe requires a membership of s are pledged to exhibit for the other. It pays it pays $3 00 per week sick of the badge, 50 cents and men's Department also con- man to enter the little ones int s all that could be expected. from $30.09 to $40.00. If you orgrize one. s Department address. Mrs. ANNA TAYLOR, W. M., 120 W. Hill St., Richmond, Va. es of JOHN MITCHELL, JR.. 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