Richmond Planet

THE PUCHMELD PLANET THE EDITOR'S TRIP. We left Richmond last Tuesday at 10:20 A. M. via the C. & O. Route for Lynchburg. The trip was uneventful. A colored labor agent who was seeking laborers for the works on Loup Creek·was on board and he "wore a smile that wont come off" as he told of the beauties of that section where money was plentiful. He had evidently been crippled for he moved about on crutches, but with almost the same freedom as a man without them. He had three "fortunates" to whom he spoke in a confidential way. "Why," said he. "you get $1.50 a day out there and you get your money whenever you want it. My boss is a fine man. He is good to workmen." He tried to induce men to jump aboard as he passed stations, promising to take them out to this place where money was free and "a man had not task." All of them acquiesced in what he said, but shook their heads when it came to going, preferring home and its poverty to West Virginia and its riches. GETTING LABORERS One man on the train told about another place where the same wages were paid, but the wiley agent, met him with a prompt rejoinder. "Whb" said he, "you have a day's task there. You have to dig a place 15 ft. wide and 5 ft. high and 6 ft. deep in order to get that $1.50 per day. If you dig only two-thirds of it you lose that much of the day's pay as a result of it. My brother-in-law works there in another part of the works and he knows. He's at home there and that is the only reason he stays there. He gets paid flat for his work and he has no task. The men are always coming and going." When last seen he was talking to a lady on the train, who was enroute to Lexington, Va. He had a pipe and it was with difficulty that he refrained from smoking in the ladies compartment of the coach, although having been told repeatedly not to do so. LOOKING FOR "AMMUNITION." We left him and his three men at Lynchburg, but not before he had confidently pointed out, to one of them the place, just "a leetle ways" from the station, where he could obtain some good liquor, and a "bite to eat," without going too far from the station, where the people might be slow in waiting on him and the train might go away and leave him. We were met at the train by friends and a large crowd was there to see a Mr. Ellis off to the lunatic asylum at Petersburg, he having become hopelessly insane as a result of his illness. We went to the residence of the late Sir W. P. Allen, who died suddenly Saturday night, July 16th. We met Mrs. Norvell and then her accomplished daughter, the widow of the deceased. Mr. Allen was a letter-carrier in the Lynchburg, Va., Post Office. He had been complaining for some time, but discharged his duties. He came in Saturday evening from his route at about 7 o'clock. He ate his supper, read the newspaper and prepared to take his bath. Before doing so, he came from the bath room to the bed room, where his wife was lying across the bed and sank to his knees at the foot of the bed. DIED INSTANTLY. What happened, no one knows. He was a dead man almost instantly and all efforts to revive him were futile. The conclusion reached was the usual stereotyped one that gives no consolation and less information, "heart failure." The funeral was an imposing affair. His brother came from Allegheny, Pa., where he is practicing medicine and his mother and maiden sister, who reside in Charlottesville attended the funeral and were domiciled at the Allen residence, where we were made welcome within its yet cheerful confines. They will leave to-day, no doubt in company with the widow for Charlottesville. For an hour, we listened to the sad accounts and did all in our power to while away the moments and bring sunshine to the stricken household. We spent a pleasant time withal and Mrs. Norvell's "glorious" beat biscuits were in evidence. We left for the residence of Prof. and Mrs. U. S. G. Patterson, where we were welcomed and where we enjoyed a most sumptuous repast. Later. Sir Patterson came and the Pythian situation was discussed. We were sleepy and a nap followed. It was 9 o'clock when we reached the 12th St. Hall and it was a half hour later A NEW HALL THERE The Masons and St. Lukes have jointly erected a very attractive and serviceable hall and they are progressing nicely in the work of paying for it. The Pythians will shortly invest in the same direction as soon as a thoroughly available site can be agreed upon and secured. It was 2 o'clock when we reached the N. & W. R. R. station and there we saw an aged colored woman of slim build tied with ropes. A neat looking dark-skinned nurse sat beside her while a crowd of sight-seers looked on. A WOMAN AND THE ASYLUM. The old woman was doing her best to free her wrists from the ropes and she succeeded in doing so. They then tied the rope around her waist, despite her indignant protest She didn't want to go to the lunatic asylum at Petersburg. The nurse did not bring any hand-cuffs with her, and she was helped by two white men, who seemed to be connected with the jail in which she had been confined during her fits of insanity. When the train came she had to be lifted bodily into the coach and tied to a seat. We left the train at Burkeville and came in on the South ern R. R. We reached Chula. SWALLOWED A WHISTLE A colored man and his wife and their crying child, about a year and a half old boarded the train at Chula. The child was evidently in dutress and an enquiry elicited the fact that the child had swallowed a tin whistle, attached to the one cent sticks of candy and it had lodged in its throat and could not be gotten out. The X-ray had been used and it was found that it was still there. An attempt was to be made that day to pull it up and if that failed the surgeons at the Virginia Hospital recommended that the parents wait until Fall, when an operation to remove it would be performed with some hope of success. We reached Richmond shortly afterwards and it was not long before we were type-writing these lines at the PLANET OFFICE. McClure's Fiction Number Booth Tarkington. Myra Kelly, Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews, O. Henry, James Hopper, and many other authors that magazine readers eagerly watch for arein McCLURE'S August Fiction Number. Every sort of story is included: the solemn, the funny, the significant, the dainty, the exciting. All have certain qualities in common—interest, truth, beauty. All these picked stories from picked writers are as good as, and in some cases bet ter than, any stories their authors ever wrote. This fiction number is McCLURE'S Picture number. There are wonderful pictures in color, and in black and white. These pictures really illustrate and illuminate the stories they adorn. They are made to do something. They contribute to a fuller enjoyment of the stories they are made for. Aside from this fiction there is in this August number of McCLURE'S Miss Tarbell's second and last paper on the character of John D. Rockefeller, and another of John McAuley Palmer's fine satires on business and politics, "Finances of the Shark System." Virginia Baptist State Sunday School Convention. Annual Meeting at Bristol, Va. Aug. 24-28 1905. The time of another meeting of our convention will have arrived by the date mentioned above. The meeting will be held in Angle Baptist Church, Rev. C. H. Johnson, Pastor, and Brother R. E. Clay superintendent. Bristol is beautifully located on the line between Virginia and Tennessee. All of the schools, convention association, Young People Societies etc. are urged and expected to send a full delegation and large contributions to the convention for missions and education. A reduced rate has been made by the railroads of the state for delegates and visitors. Since but a few of the people of Eastern Virginia have been able to visit Bristol on account of its distance and consequent large railroad fare, we especially urge all to avail themselves of this opportunity to visit this section of the state. Ample accommodations will be made for all who will attend. Go to the convention and urge your friends to accompany you. James Taylor, a colored boy, was instantly killed at Mr. Billey's stable, 4th and Marshall Ss., last Tuesday at about 8:30 o'clock. No one seems to know exactly how he got caught in the elevator, but it has been the custom of the boys to ride on the large structure in the afternoons when many wagons are being hoisted to the second and third stories. James was on the side east and the first intimation of his misfortune was the stopping of the elevator. Investigation showed that his head had been caught between the floor of the second story and the elevator and life at once crushed out. His remains were viewed by the Coroner and then converged to Johnson's Undertaking rooms. He lived at 410 Madison St. and did not work at Mr. Billey's establishment. He was a member of Pythian Cadet Co. No. 1. His funeral took place last Thursday, 5 P. M. at the Leigh St. M. E. Church. Mr. Editor. We return thanks the Independent Club for furnishing the children of the Colored Orphan Asylum, ice during the summer. The Board of Directors are very thankful, and may God's richest blessings crown them with success. A wreck occurred on the Norfolk and Western R. R. Tuesday, 18th inst. at 4 P. M. at Prospect, Va. Mrs Loose, Mrs. George Bowen of Ri鳃mond, Mrs. H. D. Shackelto of Norfolk, Va. and Messrs. James F. Howison, of Richmond and W. W. Silvester of Norfolk, Va. all white were injured. Rev. Dr. W. F. Graham, who was enroute to this city from Lynchburg was on the train following the one that was wrecked. The accident was caused by spreading rails. None of the colored people in the "Jim Crow" compartment of the train were injured. One of the trucks came from under the coach but it did not leave the track. To the Editor of the RICHMOND PLANET. Hearst's Boston. American of July 19th, takes for its editorial subject, John Kline, or Schidlofski, a Russian, who killed his wife on the Golf Links at Belmont, Mass., not many days since. It is claimed in this editorial that the Czar of Russia is responsible for the atrocious act of this man—that the man is ignorant because the rules of this mon arch did not permit him to become intelligent by the means of a school education—that now the world should teach the Czar, so that this Sovereign may teach his people But why not bring this philosophy nearer our own doors and let the civil North teach the uncivil South so to speak, not to shoot human beings, not hang them, nor burn them at the stake; as is the custom in the Southern States, without due process of law? Russia, perhaps, has many faults regarding the ill treatment of her subjects, but it has done nothing worse than the awful crimes perpetrated upon the black citizen by the intelligent, the best white citizens of the Southland. For such has been the reports of papers and dispatches coming from that section when an unfortunate negro would be shot hanged or burned at the stake; the reports say "the Best Citizens Participated." And these best citizens are those of intelligence and education. The editor of the Boston American well remembers that awful burning at stake of the colored man Sam Hose, some few years ago in Georgia, to say nothing of other atrocities perpetrated upon the Afro-American people by the white race in that and other Southern States. The case of Frazier B. Baker, who was shot to death with his little babe in his arms—his family maimed for life, his house coal oiled and burned in the dark midnight hour, all for being a postmaster at Lake City, South Carolina; is yet fresh in the minds of the right thinking American people. The peonage system in the South, which is a system of slavery, is never condemned by the editor of the Boston American; although it is carried on by the white people of that section who are supposed to be possessed of the best intelligence. That system, the lynch-law and the "Jim Crow" law out as a crime against moral and civil law, Christianity and civilization. The editor takes much credit for catching the wife-murderer, but since he is caught, the blame by the Editor's reasons, must be FROM CLARKSVILLE. Dr. L. F. Williams, of Dickson Tenn., is preparing to locate in our city. Dr. Williams comes well re- commended. Mr. William cary, formerly of St. Louis, will be at home, 222 Adam St. by Aug. 1st. Mr. Thomas Keeesee will leave in a few days for Hot Springs. Ark. Mr. Ernest Merriweather will leave in a few days to resume his work in Louisville. Mr. Ed. Parker, formerly of this city, came down from Louisville last week to visit friends. Miss Hannah Thomas is here from Nashville to visit her mother. For a few hours of recreation and refreshments, call to see George Boyd, the old reliable fun maker. Douglass Farrar feeds all hungry people. Prof. Rogers, the ventriloquist, is playing four nights at Adam Station and Springfield, Tenn this week He shows nothing but the best in his line. As a ventriloquist, he has but few equals if any. Prof. Rogers will show in Providence, Tenn, on July 26th and 27th. It will be a treat to all who see him, as he comes highly recommended as an entertainer in his line of business. The farmers of the country are playing in bad luck. It continues to rain and wheat is sprouting in the shock, which means great loss to our bread producers. The "Jim Crow" Street-car Law is being obeyed to the letter. We suppose as far as the whites are concerned, for the negroes are not riding on the cars. We notice none lame and afflicted negroes on the cars, who owing to their condition, are excusable. We are proud to say that no disorder or arrests have occurred, for the downtrodden son of Ham has returned to his first love and bought a take, pain and walk ticket. Great preparation is being made to accommodate the dense crowd that is expected here on the 8th of Aug. Invitation has been extended to every lodge within a radius of 200 miles. Dan Gordon will leave in a few days to spend his vacation in Brooklyn, New York. He will also visit Oyster Bay and Niagara Falls before returning home. Dan is one of Buck's famous torsionalists, who challenges any man on a hair-cut and shave. The Blue Vein Society is preparing a great fishing party for the early days of August. Say, boys. We wish you much pleasure, but stay out of "them water melon patches," along the river bank. Mary Clark and Mary Henry were arrested for shop-lifting, a few days ago. They have been caught with something like 75 or 100 dollars worth of dry goods. These women have been in trouble more than once. They are to be pitted more than censured while some of the papers have already paraded their misdeeds before the world and held them up as they do all negroes when they transgress the law. Yet they are not train robbers or bank burglaries, they are the unfortunate negroes who steal petty things. While we ask the courts to deal gently with them and extend the arms of mercy, the good people will kneel in silent prayer to God for the ignorant and down trodden negroes of this community, for they are being sinned against more than they are staining. Miss Lena Magdalene Blakey, the famous lady poet of Clarksville, Tenn., by special request has been asked to contribute for publication that famous production of hers, "Ne gro and his surroundings." Mrs. Susie Merritt will be ready to reopen her music school in a few days. All who desire to take lessons on violin, mandolin or guitar may call on her at her residence on 4th St. Please telephone or call on Central Drug Store for copies of the PLANET. TO THE COLORED PEOPLE OF AMERICA. Start in business for yourself. My formulas tell you how to make the following articles: Hoyts Great German Cologne, Pomade Hair Grower, the best Tooth Powder, German Corn Cure, Rheumatism cure for all aches and pains and four more of the best toilet articles. Others are making a fortune, why not you? Sit right down and answer this adv. to day, it may never appear again. Send 50cts, P. O. Money Order to JUNEAU AVE. NEWS, TOILET STORE AND FORO CO. 26 Juneau Ave, Milwaukee, Wis. This offer is to colored people only. The excursion season is at its height and outings are the order of the day. Colored Boy Killed. Thanks Returned Mr. Carter Speaks. placed upon a ruling monarch many thousand miles away. The Jews can always find a plea for those of their own blood and nation. And John Kline seem to be one of their line. ROBERT W. CARTER. Magnolia, Mass, July 21st, 1905. Y. M. C. A. Notes The Y. M. C. A. Conference met last Friday evening and the men spent a happy hour. The committee work for last Sunday was very encouraging. Prof. Charles H. Isham of the Hampton Institute and former member of the boys' department of the Y. M. C. A. of Richmond, addressed the boys last Sunday. Every boy present enjoyed what was said. Director N. W. Boulding gave the men an address last Sunday that will not be forgotten very soon. Subject Working Patiently. The man who did not hear our brother has lost a great deal. The music was in keeping with the hour. Solos were sung by former members of the boys work who are now members of the men's department, Messrs. Charles Harris and Jacob M. Dally. The committee for next Sunday is earnestly requested to be on time. Boys' Meeting at the Rooms, Sunday at 4 P. M. The great meeting for men Sunday at P. M. at the True Reformers' Hall. By special request Mr. J. E Moorland, International Secety, has been invited to deliver a special address to the Subject: Young Men a City's best assets. Dr. Q. W. Moon of Manchester will sing special solos. Remember the hour. 4 P. M. Seats are free. A big mass meeting for women only under the auspices of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Y. M. C. A. Sunday 5 P. M. at the Sharon Baptist Church. Mrs. Patsey Kelly Anderson will address the women. Every woman is invited to come and hear the speaker who is deeply interested in the saving of our boys and men. Special music will be sung. We are now getting ready for a great work for the Lord. God has declared that He must reign. The Y. M. C. A. knows nothing but to stand for Christ. Thus we will be a blessing instead of a curse to our boys and men. PERSONALS AND BRIEFS —Mrs. Sallie Fox has left the city to visit relatives in Buckingham Co. Va. —The office of the Southern Aid Society, Mr. A. D. Price, Pres, and Mr. Thomas M. Crump, General Manager, is now undergoing repairs. —For fine furniture at terms and prices to suit, call on Mr. Charles G. Jurgens' Son. He has all of the latest fads and fancies in the furniture line. —The Mechanics' Savings Bank is the place to deposit money and the place to get accommodation. Call and see the Cashier. —Mr. Jas. E. Denny of Savannah, Ga. is in the city this week visiting his brother Mr. W. F. Denny, 610 N. 3rd St. Mr. W. Denny is very much pleased with Richmond. —All kinds of job printing done at the PLANET OFFICE in first class style. This is one of the finest job printing plants in the city. —Dr. D. A. Ferguson, who has been indisposed is much improved and hopes to be at his post of duty soon. —Mr. S. J. Gilpin will sell you new shoes or he will do your repair work. Call and see him. He under stands the business. The Finance Committee of the City Council has recommended the north side of Clay St., bounded by 8th 9th Sts. and the Alley in the rear as the site for the new white High School. It will take half the block and the cost will be $60,500 exclusive of the new building to be erected there. Miss Eleanora Smith with her cousin, Miss Roselia Elam, left the city last Sunday to visit friends in Goochland county, Va. They will be gone several weeks. Lawyer Stout in Richmond. The case of Charles Awkward came up last Wednesday. It was a desperate case as made out by the Commonwealth and it certainly looked that his fate would be death. Lawyer R. T. Stout of Lakewood, N. J. was admitted to practice and with Lawyer H. M. Smith, Jr. of thisicity a remarkable defense was made for Awkward and the Jury returned a verdict of imprisonment only. Our reporter was present at the trial and afterward heard Mr. Stort congratulated by Judge Witt and Prosecutor Richardson. Mr. Stunt has made many friends here among the legal profession and others. He has visited all points of interest and seems to like everyone here and they all seem to like him. Visitors to the Virginia Baptist State Sunday School Convention The annual session of the Virginia Baptist State Sunday School Convention will be held at Bristol, Va. Aug. 24-25., 1905. The rate granted by the railroads presents an excellent opportunity for many of the people of Eastern Virginia to visit this section of the state and this city (Bristol) located in the mountains on the border between Tennessee and Virginia. To go to Bristol will afford an excellent opportunity to make side trips to places in Tennessee. Ample accommodations will be made for all visitors. Names of those expecting to attend the convention should be sent as early as convenient to Rev. C. H. Johnson, Bristol, Va. Go and carry your friends with you. R. T. HILL. Pres. JAPAN WILL DEMAND INDEMNITY Baren Komura Thinks War Will End Next Month. DEMANDS WON'T BE EXCESSIVE New York, July 26—That Japan will demand an indemnity of Russia in the negotiations for peace, and that the war will be declared at an end at the conclusion of the negotiations at Portsmouth, N. H., next month is the belief of Baron Komura, head of the Japanese peace delegation, who arrived here, as voiced by Almar Sato, who is the official spokesman for the Baron on this mission, Mr. Sato in an interview said: "I am confident that peace will be successfully negotiated by the appointed delegations. The Japanese will be guided by moderation, and no excessive demands will be made, but the sentiment in Japan and Russia is for peace, and in the interests of humanity and propriety there must be peace. "The cost to Japan, however, has been very great. On both sides the loss has been 570,000 men, Russia losing 270,000 of these. The war is costing Japan $1,000,000 a day, and there is a feeling that there ought to be an indemnity." Asked as to the probability of an armistice, Mr. Sato said that probably would be among the first questions the plenipotentaries would consider. Basing the form of negotiations on previous treaty negotiations, Japan will make the demands for Russia's consideration, he said. The peace terms, while held inviolate by those who know their text, were formulated by the Emperor of Japan and his council. Mr. Sato was naked if in the flush of victory the Japanese people would not feel entitled to more than any treaty would allow, and Mr. Sato said: "The Japanese are not so gentle as to abide by any decision we may make, but they pay great respect to the offices of President Roosevelt, and his acts have done a great deal to emphasize the need for peace." Of the future of China Mr. Sato said: "If the central government could work in harmony with the district or provincial governments China would become a great power, but at present that seems to be impossible." Japan's attitude toward China was most friendly, said Mr. Sato, and while maintaining no moral Monroe doctrine over the empire, she felt that it was more or less under Japan's protection. This protection, by way of illustration, Mr. Sato said, was "not so strong over in China as that of the United States over South America." Mr. Sato emphasized the announcement made frequently before that Japan does not seek teritorial agrandizement, and on this point the speaker said: "We want in Manchuria equal opportunity, or what Mr. Hay called the open door." As to Japan's attitude toward America, Mr. Sato laughingly asked: "You mean the yellow peril," and then became more enthusiastic in his conversation than upon any previous topic. He said: "We are almost boyish in our enthusiasm and friendship for America. While we are friendly with China as Orientalists, our greatest friends are America and England. Why, the first monument ever erected to any foreigner in Japan was that to Commodore Perry, and the policy and conduct of the American people for the last fifty years has been one of help to us. We regard America as an ally without a treaty." TEXAS MOB KILLS BOY IN JAIL. Batters Prison Doors—The President and Their Reputation. NEW BRAUNFELS, TEX., July 20, 1 A. M.—A mob battered down the doors of the county jail and lynched Sam Green, a 16 year old colored boy, who attempted a criminal assault at this place Tues day night on the 4-year-old daughter of William Karbach, a German farmer, who lives on the outskirts of the town. The mob could not break into the cell where the prisoner was kept, so the leaders thrust their guns through the opening of the steel walls and fired three shots. The boy sank to the floor dead, and the mob quietly dispersed. The boy protested his innocence to the mob, but during the day had confessed his guilt to the sheriff. He had been employed by Karbach to work on the farm, and went out to drive home some cattle, the little child following. It was while on this errand that the negro attempted the crime. New Braunfels is a little German town, thirty miles from San Antonio, in which the negroes even speak German, and has a strong reputation as a law-abiding community. It is also noted for the fact that during his trip through Texas President Roosevelt made a brief speech in German to the inhabitants, commending them on their reputation as law-abiding citizens. Pythians at Lynchburg. Lynchburg, Va., July 26th, 1905 Grand Chancellor John Mitchell, Jr. arrived here this afternoon at 3:45 via the C. and O. R. R. He was met at the train by District Deputy Grand Chancellor W. J. Wells. Past Chancellor T. W. Merchant and others. He came for the purpose of completing the work of initiating members of the new lodges made here not long since. He presided at the meeting of New Era Lodge, No 36 last night at the Twelfth St. Hall after which he proceeded to initiate the candidates. A large crowd was present and all heartily enjoyed the exercises. The Lynchburg team was at its best and was much praised by the Grand Chan cellor. Invincible Co. No. 20 was out under command of Capt. A. J. Garland and it presented a fine appearance in the new regulation uniform. Gen. Mitchell congratulated Capt. Garland. The officers of New Era Lodge were installed. Their names will appear later. The Grand Chancellor was assisted in the degree work by Sir U. S. G. Patterson, Sir W. J. Wells and the following knights:—Sirred Fred Hayes William Payne, George Ward, Foun tain irvin, Wm. J. Pride, Hugh L. White, C. C. Walker, P. H. Spraggins, B. J. Evans, G. W. Coleman, James O. Ward, Charles Spencer, A. Mason, George Pryor, Burrell Arthur, W. H. Ellis, C. H. Higginbotham, James Jones. The officers of New Hope Lodge, No. 94 are: C. C., Henry Halth; M. of W., George Ivy; V. C., A. E. Smith; P., J. R. Brown; M. at A., Asbury Campbell; M. of F., Hugh L. White; K. of R. and S., Henry Davis; M. of Ex, Anthony Leftwich, I. G., William Staples; O. G., Ed. D. Williams; Trustees; A. B. Leftwich, Leonard Payne, Charles Godsey. After the initiation, refreshments were served and all heartily enjoyed themselves. One of the candidates disappeared—went home and he had not been secured at this writing. The other candidates were delighted and there is general satisfaction in this city amongst them to-day. In the Law and Equity Court of the City of Richmond, July 24th, 1905. Cornelia Foster ..... Plaintiff against John Foster ..... Defendant. IN CHANCERY. The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce, a Vinculo Matrimonii on behalf of the plaintiff from the defendant. And an affidavit having been made and filed that the defendant John Foster is a non-resident of the State of Virginia, it is ordered that he apear here within fifteen days after due publication of this order and do what is necessary to protect his interest in this cause. Geo. W. Thomas pq. A Copy: Teste: P. P. Winston Clerk To John Foster Take—Notice That I shall on the 13th day of September 1905 between the hours of 9 A. M. and 6 P. M. at the Office of Wm. M. Turpin, Commissioner in Chancery, Shafer Building, Richmond, Va. proceed to take the depositions of Branch John son and als to be read as evidence on my behalf in the above style cause. Cornelio Foster Gre Return of STIER LOCK HOLMES . By A. CONAN DOYLE, Ute Hound ot the tmbervilens “the See RAE ef the Four,” “A Study Im Seartet,” Ete. BY 2D Stare ( a Qres The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist No. 4 of the Series meat pede ae ene are ents ene ee) oe se public case of eny diff culty tn which be was not cousulted during those cight years, and there were hundreds of private cases, some of them of the most in tricate and extraonituary character, in which be played a prominent part As I bave preserved very full notes of all these cases and was myself person- ally engaged tu smany of them, it may be Imagined that It is no easy task to know which T shoukl select to lay be fore the public, 4 shall, however, pre serve my former rule and give the pref erence to those cases which derive their Interest not so uuch from the brutallts of the crime us fro; the ingenuity and Gramatic quality of the solution. For this reason I will now lay before the reader the facts connected with Miss Violet Smith, the solitary cyclist of Charlington, and the curions sequel of our Investigation, which culminated in unexpected tragedy ‘On referring to my notebook for the year 1806 T find that It was upon Sat unday, the 234 of April, that we first heard of Miss Violet Smith, Her visit was, I remember, extremely unwel come to Holmes, for be was Immersed at the moment in a very abstruse and complicated problem concerning the peculiar persecution to which John Vin cent Harden, the well known tobacco millionaire, bad been subjected. My friend, who loved above all things pre ciaion ‘and concentration of thought, re sented anything which distracted bis attention from the water In hand And yet, without a barstiness which wns foreign to his nature, it was tt Dossible to refuse to listen to the story of the young and beautifal woman, tall, graceful and queeuly, who presented herself at Baker xtreet lute In the evening and implored his assistance and advice. It was vain to urge that his time was already fully occupied. for the young lady had come with the determination to tell ber story, and It was evident that nothing short of force could get ber out of the room until she hud done so. With a resigned alr and & romewhat weary smile, Holmes beg ged the beautiful Intruder to take a seat and to inform us what it was that was troubling her “At least It cannot be your bealth,” said be as his keen eyes darted over her. “So ardent a bicyetist must be ‘full of energy.” She glanced down iu surprine at ber own fect, and I observed the slight rougbening of the side of the sole caus. 4 by the friction of the edge of the pedal “Yes, T bleycle a good deal, Mr Holmes, and that has something to do with my visit to you today.” My friend took the lady's ungloved hand and examined {t with as close an attention and as little seutiment as a scientist would ‘show to a specimen. “You will excuse me, I am sure. It 4s my business,” waid he as he dropped It, “I nearly fell into the error of sup- posing that you were typewriting. Of course It Is obvious that it is music. You observe the spatulate finger ends, Watson, which is common to both pro- fessious? ‘There is a spirituality about ‘the faee, bowever”—she gently turned Mt toward the light—“which the type writer does not generate. This lady is @ musician.” “Yes, Mr. Holmes, I teach music.” “In the country, 1 presume, from your complexion.” “Yes, sir; near Farnham, on the bor- ders of Surrey.” “Now, Miss Violet, what bas happen- «0 to you near Farnham, on the bor- Gers of Surrey 7 ‘The young tady, with great clearness and composure, made the following curious statement: “My father tx dead, Mr. Holmes. He was James Su.lth, who conducted the orchestra at the old Imperial theater. My mother and I were left without a relation tn the world except one un- cle, Ralph Smith, who went to Africa twenty-five ‘years ago, and we have never bad a word from him since. ‘When father died we were left very poor, but one day we were told that there was an advertisement tn the ‘Times inquiring for our whereabouts. You can imagine how excited we were, for we thought that some one had left Us a fortune. We went at once to the lawyer whose name was given in the paper. There we met two gentlemen, (Mr. Carruthers and Mr. Woodley, who ‘were howe on « visit from South Afri- ea. They said thet my uncle was a —s ‘theirs, that he had died some before in great poverty in Jo- and that he had asked them last breath to bunt up bie ‘And see that they were in ‘bo want. It seemed strange to us that ‘Unele Ralph, who took no notice of us when be was alive, abould be so care ful te took after we pres So at Mr. Carruthers expiais he ar of ve a Care nes fm prs pce ee gl lhe gra _micaee me said Holmes. “When EE seri 3-5 ue eas aad Zresteitte | 4 making eyes at Sone pom Serie St Bi forehead. 1 hones at aaa perfectiy hatefol, and I was eure ‘Cyril would not wish me to know «uch 2 person.” “Oh, Cyril in bis warne? anid Holmes, smiling. = ‘The young Indy blushed and laugbed. “Yes, Mr. Holmes, Cyril Morton, an electrical engineer, and we hope to be married at the end of the summer. Deur me, how did T get talking “about: him? What I wished to say was that Mr, Woodley wus perfectly odious, but ‘that Mr. Carruthers, who was a much older man, was more agreeable, He [was a dark, callow, clean shaven, silent pervon, but be had polite manners and & pleasant amile. He inquired bow we were left, and on finding that we were very poor be suggested that 1 should come and teach miusic to bis only Gaugbter, aged ten, 1 sald that 1 did not like to leave my mother, on which he suggested that I should go home to [her every week end, and he offered me [a bundred « year, whieh was certainty J splendid pay. So it ened by my ac Jcepting. and T went down to Chiltern Grange, about six calles igei Fare ham. Mr. Carruthers was a widower, but he had engaged a lady bousekeep. ‘er, a very respectable, elderly person, called Mrs. Dixon, to look after his ex ‘tablishment. The child was a dear, and everything protuised well Mr, Car-| ruthers waa very kind and very music al, and we bad most pleasant evenings together, Every week end 1 went home to my mother in town. The first flaw In my happiness was the arrival of the red mustached Mr. Woodley. He came for a visit of a! Week, and, ob, it seemed three months to me. He was a dreadful person—a bally to every ane else, but to ine some thing influltely worse.” He made odious love to me, buasted of bis wealth, said that if 1 married him I could have the finest diamonlls in London, and pally when I would have mothing to do with him he selzed me iif bia arms one day after dinner—be was hideously strong. and swore that be woukhwot let mie go until I hadikissed him. Mr. Carruthers came in and tore bim from me, on which be tured upon bis own host, knocking him down and cutting b's face open. That was the end of his visit, as you cam imagine. Mr, Carruth ers apologized to me wext day and as sured me that I should never be ex- posed to such an insult again. I have hot seen Mr. Woodley since. “And now, Mr. Holmes, T come at last to the ‘spectit thing which has caused me to ask your advice today You must -kuow tat every Saturday forenoon I ride on my bicycle to Farn ham station In order to get the 12:22 to town. The road from Chiltern Grange Is 4 lonely one, and at que spot it ls particularly so, for it les for over & mile between Charitugton beath up 00 one side and the woods which le | round Charlington Hall upon the other. You could wot find a more lonely tract ‘of road anywhere, and it is quite rare to meet so much asa cart or @ peasant until you reach the highroad vear [Crooksbury ill, Two weeks ago I [Was passing this place when I chanced to look back over my shoulder, and [about 200 yards behind me T saw a man, also on a bicycle. He seemed to be a middie aged man, with a short, dark beant. I looked back before I reached Farnham, but the man was gone, so T thought no more about it. Bat you can imagine how surprised I ‘was, Mr. Holmes, when on my return on the Monday I saw the same man on the ‘same stretch of road. My astonishment was increased when the Incident oc- ‘curred again, exactly as before, om the following Saturday and Monday. He always kepthis distance und did net mo- leet me in any wey, but still it certaln- ly was very odd. I mentioned It to Mr. Carruthers, who seemed Interested 1. what I said and told me that he had ordered a horse and trap, so that in fa- ture I should not pass over these lonely Toads without some companion. "The horse and trap were to have come this week, but for some reason they were not delivered, and again 1 had to cycle to the station, That was this ‘morning. You can think that 1 Jooked out when I came to Charlington heath, and there, eure enough, was the man, exactly as he had been the two weeks before. He always kept so far from me that I could not clearly see his face, but It was certainly some one ‘whom I did not know. He was dressed in a dark suit with » cloth cap. The only thing about his face that I could clearly see was his dark beard, “Todey | was not alarmed, but I was Giled with curiosity, and I determined to find out who he was and what be wanted. I slowed down my machize, but he slowed down bis. Then I stop. Ped altogether, but he stopped also, ‘Then T laid x trap for him. There is a sharp turning of the road, and I ped- aled very quickly round this, and then I stopped and watted. 1 expected hia to shoot round and pass me before be sould stop. But be never appeared. ‘Then I went back and looked round the comer. I could see a mile of road, but be was not ou it. To make It the more THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. F En Se eel et 4 ‘ ae (ae rn vay i 3 : Me J J a 2 y (lod 4 Pe e CH Ee Ait. a zat Ee AO a ra pV _ 1“ : h a Ned ee ne “IT WAS A STRAIGHT LEFT AGAINST A SLOGGING RUPFIAN” 00 one wide oF the other.”” “It could not bave been on the side o "Bo by the peo of exclusion we ee Besos ce St the tact that be made bia. wer : Groman ide of te rad ‘Any. ° ‘Mr. Holmes, save that 1 wae 0 perplexed thet 1 fete 1 shoukd not be bappy ad seen you and had your advice.” ait time =e ¥* “Where is the gentleman to whom ‘yeu are engaged?” be asked at bast. “Be is (n the Midiand Electrical eom- ‘pany, at Coventry.” if “Hie would not pay you a surprise lait?” “Ob, Mr. Holmes} As if 1 should not know him? “Have you had any other admirere?” “Beveral before I knew Cyril.” “And stace?* “Ther was this dreadful man, Woot Jey, if you can call bim an admirer.” “Xo one else?” Our fair client seemed a little con- fumed. “Who was be?” asked Holmes. “Oh, it may be a mere fancy of mine, bat it bad xeemed to me sometimes that my employer, Mr. Carruthers, takes a great deal of interest in me He bas never said ansthing. He js « perfect gentleman, Fat a girl always knows.” “Har” Hoimes looked grave. “What does be do for a living? “He is a rich man. No dencinmeh op beseeat? “Well, at least he ts fairly well to do. But he goes Into the city two or three times a week. He is deeply interested tm South African gold shares.” “You will let me know any fresh de- velopment, Miss Smith. 1 am very busy Just now, but I will find time to make some inquiries into your case. In the meantime take no step without letting me know. Goodby, and I trust that we shall have nothing but good news from you." “It is part of the settled order of na- ture that such a girl should have fot lowers.” sald Kolues as he pulled at his meditative pipe, “but for choles not on bicycles In ionely country roads. Some secretive lover, beyond all doubt. But there are curious and suggestive Getalis aboot the case, Watson.” “That he sbould appear oniy at that point?” Exactly. Our first effort must be to find who are the tenants of Charling. ton Hall. ‘Then, agnin, how about the connection between Carruthers and Woodley, since they appear to be men of ruch u different type? How came they both to be so keen upon Tooking up Ralph Smith's relations? One more Potnt. What sort of a menage is it ‘which pays double the market price for 8 governess, but does uot keep a horse. althougl six miles from the station? O44, Watson—very ofa!” “Yoo will go down?” "No, my dear fellow; you will go down. This may be some triftog In- ‘trigue, and I cannot break my other Important research for the sake of it. On Monday you will arrive early at Farnbam; you will conceal yourself near Charlington heath: you Will ob- serve these facts for yourself and act ‘as your own judgment advises. Then, having inquired ax to the occupants of the ball, you will come back to me and report.” We had ascertained from the lady that she went down upon the Monday by the train which leaves Waterloo at 9:50, s0 I started early and caught the 9:13. At Farnham station I had no dit- ficulty in being directed to Charlington Roa It was Impossible to mistake ‘thé scene of the young Indy’s adren- ture, for the rosd runs between the heath on one side and an old yew bedie upon the other, surrounding. a Park which ts studded with magnificent trees. ‘There was a main gateway of lichen studded stone, cach side plilar surmounted by moldering heraldic em- ‘blems, but besides this central ear- ‘Tage drive I observed several points STUDENTS SEIZE A CIRCUS Northwestern University Boys Raid the Ring and Give a Show of Their Own, Chicago.—Unier the rtimulus of a purple costume woru by a woman bare back rider, and supposing it was worn im hovor of the university colors, 150 Northwestern sindeats took possession seen apeihaes Sat ar ale ane a Seek alge alia ee a where there | gaps in the e chane f =a t ps Gee ay ee ee Br es a eas a ey mer oe c | T took #p my position so as to he of the tamil and a of the rowd == sither side... been deverted T left it. but saw 4 cyclist riding Jown It from the opparite direction to thet in which I bad come. He 2 in a dark I xnw that be bad binck beard. “Un reaching the end of the Charlington grounds be z trom his ine und ed tt hee gap in the hedge, = rot my view. ¢ oe ree ‘A quartér of an Boar pained, abd then @ second gyclisr <3.” This time it was the soung lady comix from the station, i saw her look hedge. An instant later the e €0 from bis biding place, sprang pom bis cycle and followed her. In all the broad Jandscape ‘hose were the only moving figures, the graceful girl sit ting, very straight, upon ber machine and the man bebind ber bending low over his handle bar with a curiously furtive suggestion In every movement. She looked back at him and slowed her pace. He slowed also. She stopped He at once stopped, too, keeping 200 yards bebind her. Her next movement Was as unexpected as it was spirited. She suddenly whisked ber wheels round and dashed straight at him. He was as quick as she, however, und darted off in desperate fight. Present ly she came back up the road again, her head haughtlly in the alr, not deigaing to take any further notice of her silent attendant. He had turned also and etill Kept his distance eatil the curve of the rond hid them from my sight T remained in my biding place, and it was well that I did so, for presently the man reappeared, cycling slowly back. He turned in at the hall gates ‘and dismounted from his machine. For some minutes I could see him standing among the trees. His hands were ralsed, and be seemed to be settling his necktie. Then he mounted his eycle and rode away from me down the drive toward the hail. Tran across the heath berpaolgal -aedrggr away I could catch glimpses of the old gray building. with Its bristling Tudor chimneys, but the drive ran through « dense shrubbery, and I saw no more of my man. However, it seemed to me that I had done a fairly good morning's work, and 1 walked back in high spirits to Faro- ham. The oval bouse ageot could tell ‘me nothing about Charlington Hall and referred me to a well known frm in Pall Mall. There I halted on my way home and met with courtesy from tbe representative, No, I could not bave |Charlington Hall for the summer. I was just too late. It bad been Jet about a month ago. Mr. Williamson ‘was the name of the tenant. He was a Fespectable, elderly gentleman. Tbe priite agent was afraid he could say no more, as the affairs of bis clients were Bot matters which he could discuss. Mr. Sheriock Holmes listened with attention to the long report which I ‘was uble to present to him that even- ing, but ft did not elicit, that word of ‘cart praise which Chad hoped for and ‘should have valued, On the contrary, bis austere face was severe. “Your hiding place, my deer Watson, was very faulty. You should have been behind the hedge. Then you would ‘have bad a close view of this interest- ing person. As it is, you were some hundreds of yards away aud can tell me eveu less chan Miss Smith. She ‘thinks she does not know the man. I Am convinced che does. Why, other- wise, should he be #0 desperately eax- fous tat sbe should not get so near him as to see his features? You de- scribe him as bendivg over the handle ‘bar. Concealment again, yon see. You really Devt gore remarkably badly, Fe ‘Eetgrns to the house, end you want to of @ circus in Evanaton the other night. After stopping the performance! and siving @ show of thelr own, the colleg: tans fought with the tent men and were dispersed by the police. Several per- sous were injured, but no arrests were eener on eee Svein Be See arte ere ae Ce spies? 3) Ganiienal Cotubinin ce be <a cae ae Jexpedition? ‘The knowledge th evs story te true. T never doubted tt et Ok ees a tle gga > > better x oe Saturday, 91 ; 4 a een alien yest eh ee confidence, Mr. Holmes, when I tell Pthnt ny Phice bere has become air” fieuh owing to the fact that my em- Player bas proposed marriage to me. 1 tm ‘convinced that his Tecllngs are most deep and most honorable, At the same time my promise in of course fiven. He took my refusal very. seri. tanly, but also very geatiy. Yow cab Sadecutend, Rowever: that ths stektion isa iittle strained" “Our young friend secine to be set- ting Into deep waters.” eald, Tolaes thoughtfaliy as he finished the letter. “The case certainly prevents more fea: tures of interest aod tore possibilty Of development than T bed originally thought." should be nove the worse Spe m ausit, peatetul Gay ta thd cope ty, and T ant toclined to ran down this aiterhoba nid tat toe Ge tie tasocies which I have formed.” Holmes’ quiet day tn the country bad a cingular tormination, for be ertived at Baker street late in the evening with & cut lp and e dlecolored lump upon hie forehead, besiden a genera! air of Gissipation which would hinve msde bia own person the fitting object of « feat land ‘Yard investigation. He was it sieneely tickled by bis own adventures aod laughed heartily ae be recounted them. “T@Ut wo Iittle active exercise that tt te always a trent.” sald be. “You are aware Giit 1 have dome proficiency tx the good old. Britian sport of boxlog. Occasionally it le of worvice: tday, fer eample, 1 sould have come to very ignomloious grief without I begged him to tell me what had oc cared T found that comitry pub which I iosd ‘ateady tecommended to your ve tice, aud there 1 made my dlecreet it eiries. I was ln the bar. and « garrt tous landlord was giving me all that 1 wanted. Williaincon Is n white bearded tend aod'be licen alove with ¢ anal staf of servants ut the bail. ‘There Is edme romor that be ls or has been 2 Glerayman, but ove or two tnckdente ot his short residence at the ball struck me as peculiarly unecclésiastical, [ ave already made some tmquiriee at & elerical agency, and they tell me that there was a tan of that mame in or Gera whose career bas been a slugs ety dark vee *The lundiond further Informed me that there are unually week end. vie ftore—a warm fot, sir—at. the bal and espectally one gentiewan with 1 Fed mustache, Mr. Woodley by nate, who was always there, We had ot as far ee this when who should walt’ in but the gentleman himself, who bad been drinking his beer In the taproom and had heart the whole conversation Who was It What did I want?) What did I mean by asking questions? He hal a fine fow of language, and bis adjectives were very vigorous. He ended a string of abuse by a vicious back hander, which I falled to entirely avoid. The aoat Sew ateuses were ae Netous, It was a straight left against ‘@ slogging roffian. I emerged as you see me. Mr. Woodley went home tn a cart. So ended my country trip, and it must be confessed that, however en- Joyable, my day on the Surrey border bas not been much more profitable than your own.” ‘she ‘Thursday brought us another let- ter from our client. “You will oot be surprised, Mr. Holmes,” said she, “to hear that I am jeaving Mr, Carruthers’ employment. Even the high pay cannot reconcile me ‘& the discowforts of my siruation. On ‘Saturday | come up to town, and I do not intend to return. Mr. Carruthers ‘bag got 4 trap, and so the dangers of the Jonely road, if there ever were any dangers, are now over. “As to the special cause of my leay- ‘tug, it ts not merely the strained situa- on with Mr. Carruthers, but it i the Feappearance of that odious man, Mr. Woodley. He ‘Was always bideous, but he looks more awful than ever now, for be appears to have had an accl- Gent, and be is much ‘disfigured. I saw him out of the window, but I am giad ‘to say I did not meet him. He bad a tong talk with ee: who seemed much excited nd. Wood- Jey must be staying in the veighbor- bood, for he dit not sleep here, and Yet I caught « glimpse of him sgain ‘this mornifie elinking ahout in the were seterai helorsd of the North western’ mem. AY cnn ab the show started the stud nt roied Into the roped of section ref sate to pey the extra charge. ‘Then tie acts began, and the stuuents jcered the performers, Many persons in the audience left, and the managemest made x vain effort to preserve order. The climax came when Mme. Beleske appeared wearing purple Lights. With wilt howls tne students eens fy Passe ee een ‘thing. and If he bas so it~ ee Beak he Set onto: Set 0 uo be, ‘bet ve oe. Bete hel ralee eee ee EAR ent pervon, vat: pan eee | Seeetco. 4 i obs Se ce eee Tsetse, = ties ‘at t : ies she 9) eed a. ran Pes: ee oe edser weaned aseiiipitiees c fevesapaantiy scale age ox Salen | our rooms, whic! eee sith to turk bebind this is train of Latent Ait a, SEH 2x * A riiiny night had been followed by slo morning, and the heath cov- eee with the glowing clumps of flowering gorse, seemed all the more beautiful to eyes which were weary of the duns and drabs and slate grays.of London. Holmes and 1 walk- ed along the broad, «andy road, inbal- ing the fresh morning air and rejolcing in the musie of the birds und the fresh breath of the spring. From a rise of the road on the shoulder of Crooksbury Lill we could see the gelm bail bristling out from amid the anclent oaks, which, old ax ther were, were still younger than the building which they surround- ed. Holmes pointed down the jong tract of road which wound, a reddish yellow band, between the brown of the heath and the budding green of the woos, Far away, a black dot, we could see a vehicle moving in our direc- tion. Holmes gave an exclamation of impatience. hour,” sald he. “If that is her trap |she must be making for the earifer train T fear, Watson, that she will be past Charlington before we can possi- bly meet her.” From the instant that we passed the rise we could no longer see the veblele, but we hastened ouward at such a pace that my sedentary life began to tell upon me, and I wan compelled to fall Lebind. Holmes, however, was al ways iu training, for he had inexbuust- fble stores of nervous energy upon which to draw. His springy step never slowed until suddenly, when be was a bundred yanis in front of me, be balt- ¢d, and I saw bim throw up his haud with a gesture of grief and despair, At the same instant an empty dogcart, the horse cantering. the reins traliing, appeared ronnd the curve of the road and rattled swiftly toward us, “Too late, Watson; too late!” erled Holmes ax ‘I ran panting to bis side. “Fool that 1 was not to allow for that earlier train! It's abduction, Watson— aixiuction! Murder! Heaven knows what! Block the road! Stop the horse’ That's right. Now, Jump in nnd let us see if I can repair the consequences of wy own blunder.” We bad sprung Inte the dogeart, «nd Holmes, after turning the horse, gave ita sharp cut with the whip, and we flew back aiong the road. As we turn ed the curve the whole stretch of road between the hall and the heath was opened up. 1 grasped Holmes’ arm. “That's the rau!” I gasped, A solitary cyclist was coming toward us, His head was down and his shoul- ders rounded as he put every ounce of energy that be possessed on to the pedals, He was flying lke a racer Suddenly he raised bis bearded face saw us close to bim and pulled up, springing from his wachine. That coal black beard was in singular contrast to the pallor of bis face, and bis eyes were as bright as if be had a fever He stared at us and at the dogeart, then 2 look of amazement came over bis face. “Hello! Stop there!” be shouted, holding bis bicycle to block our road. “Where did you get that dogeart? Pal up, map!” he yelled, drawing a pistol from his side pocket. “Pull up, 1 way, oF, by George, I'll put a bullet into yout Holmes threw the reins into my lap and sprang down from The cart, “You're the man we want fo see. ‘Where is Miss Violet Smith?” he said tm his quick, clear way. “That's what I'm asking you. You're in her dogeart. You ought to know where she is.” “We met the dogeart on the road ‘There was no one In It. We drove buck to help the young lady.” “Good Lord, good Lord! What shall 1 do?" cried the stranger in an ecstasy of despair. “They've got her—that hell hound Woodley and the blackguard parson, Come, man, cpme, if you really are her friend. Stand by me, and we'l save her, if I have to leave my carcass in Charlington wood.” He ran distractediy, his pistol in bis hand, toward a gap i the hedge. Holmes followed him, and 1, leaving the horse grazing beside the road, fol lowed Holmes. “This is where they came throng,” ‘aid he, pointing to the marks of sev- anek Genk winan Ghee ude aad. tmniel rushed into the ring, cheering for the university color. After & paune, the performauce was Yesumed, and then the disturbers in- sisted on staying for the aftershow, for which they refused to pay. ‘They took Possession of the stage and Kave a show of their own, in which songs and high Kleking formed the principal feature, Finally the police were called. They ‘dispersed the students. late the? nw: | NS —s er 7 : Stine SE neream Shia vibrates with © treo FS Sareea fe tice ended su Scospengiagi toda ith a choke and a gurgie. Wings Baiiyec way! Thin way! They are im , cried the stranger, tie waonen “ans tes r Follow me, gentlemen! o , by the living Jingo!” we feaccereeasenly ints = tory: ly glade surrounded by c . Om the farther side of A ‘shadow of a mighty oak, “stood & singular gronp of three ‘Wass woman, our client, “and faint, a handkerchiet found ber mouth. Opposite ber stood ‘® brutal, heavy faced. red mustached we. man, bik guitered legs parted , One Arui AKimbo, the other vway- Sng 4 riding. crop, his, whole, attitude ‘wuggestive of trumphiit bravado. tween them an elderly, gray bearded man, wearing a short surplice over » Ught tweed suit, bad evidently Just completed the wedding service, for be pocketed bis prayer book as we ap- peared and sinpped the sinister bride- groom upon the back in jovial congrat- ulation. | “They're married!" I gasped. “Come ou!" erled our guide. “Come on!" He rushed across the giade, Holmes and I at bis heels, As we ap- proached the lady staggered against the trunk of the tree for support. Wil- Hamson, the ex-clergyman, bowed to us with mock politeness, and the bully, Woodley, advanced with a shout of brutal and exultant laughter. “You can take your bean! off, Bob,” anid he. “I know you right enough. Well, you and your pale have just come ih time for me to be able to in- troduce you to Mra, Woodley." Our guide's answer was singular one. He snatched off the dark beard which had disguised him and threw it on the ground, disclosing a long, sal- tow, clean shaven face below It. ‘Then be fulsed his revolver and covered the young ruffian, who was advancing up- on him with his dangerous riding crop swinging fn is hand, “Yes,” said our ally, “E am Bob Car ruthers, and Tl see this woman right ed if L have to swing for (. 1 told you what I'd do if you molested her, and, by the Lord, I'll be as good as my word.” “You're too late. Sbe's my wife.” “No; she’s your widow.” His revolver cracked, and 1 saw Dlood spurt from the front of Wood: Jey’s waistcoat. 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From your point of view the arrangement was perhaps natural and equitable, but since your daughter left Hongkong it happens that she and I have fallen in love with each other. No; please listen to me. I am not here to urge my claims on you. I won her fairly and intend to keep her were the whole house of peers opposed to me. At this moment I want to tell you, her father, why she could never, even under other circumstances, marry Lord Ventnor." Then he proceeded to place before the astounded baronet a detailed history of his recent career. It was a sordid story of woman's perfdy twice told. It carried conviction in every sentence. At the conclusion Sir Arthur bowed his head between his hands. "I cannot choose but believe you," he admitted huskily. "Yet how came you to be so unjustly convicted by a tribunal composed of your brother officers?" "They could not help themselves. To acquit me meant that they discredited the sworn testimony not only of my colonel's wife, but of the civil head of an important government mission, not to mention some bought Chinese evidence." "But you are powerless now. You can hardly hope to have your case revised. What chance is there that your name will ever be cleared?" "Mrs. Costobel can do it if she will. The vagaries of a woman are not to be depended on. If Lord Ventnor has cast her off her hatred may prove stronger than her passion. Anyhow, I should be the last man to despair of God's providence. Compare the condition of Iris and myself today with our plight on the ledge." The shipowner sighed heavily. "I hope your faith will be justified. If it is not—the more likely thing to happen—do I understand that my daughter and you intend to get married whether I give or withhold my sanction?" Anstruther rose and opened the door. "I have ventured to tell you," he said, "why she should not marry Lord Ventnor. When I come to you and ask you for her, which I pray may be soon, it will be time enough to answer that question should you then decide to put it." It must be remembered that Robert knew nothing whatever of the older man's predicament, while the baronet, full of his own troubles, was in no mood to take a reasonable view of Anstruther's position. Thus, for a little while, these two were driven apart, and Anstruther disdained to urge the plea that not many weeks would elapse before he would be a richer man than his rival. The chief sufferer was Sir Arthur Deane. Had Iris guessed how her father was tormented she would not have remained on the bridge, radiant and mirtful, while the gray haired baronet gazed with stony eyed despair at some memoranda which he extracted from his papers. "Ten thousand pounds!" be muttered, "Not a great sum for the millionaire financier. Sir Arthur Deane, to raise on his note of hand. A few months ago he offered me one hundred times the amount on no better security. And now to think that a set of jabbering tools in London should so destroy my credit and their own; that not a bank will discount our paper unless they are assured Lord Ventnor has joined the board! Fancy me, of all men, being willing to barter my child for a few pieces of gold." The thought was maddening. For a little while he yielded to utter despondency. It was quite true that a comparatively small amount of money would restore the stability of his firm. Even without it, we were his credit unimpaired, he could easily tide over the period of depression until the first fruits of his enterprise were garnered. Then all men would hurl him as a genius. Wearily turning over his papers, he suddenly came across the last letter written to him by Iris' mother. How she dotted on their only child! He recalled one night shortly before his wife died when the little Iris was brought into her room to kiss her and lisp her infantile prayers. She had devised a formula of her own: "God bless father! God bless mother! God bless me, their little girl!" And what was it she cried to him from the beach? "Your own little girl given back to you!" Given back to him! For what—to marry that black hearted scoundrel whose pastime was the degradation of women and the defaming of honest men? That settled it. Instantly the cloud was lifted from his soul. A great peace came upon him. The ruin of his business he might not be able to avert, but he would save from the wreck that which he prized more than all else, his daughter's love. The engines dropped to half speed. They were entering the harbor of Singapore. In a few hours the worst would be over. If Ventnor telegraphed to London his withdrawal from the board nothing short of a cabled draft would prevent certain creditors from filing a bankruptcy petition. In the local banks the baronet had about a thousand to his credit. Surely among the rich merchants of the port men who knew the potentialities of his scheme, he would be able to raise the money needed. He would try hard. Already he felt braver. The old fire had returned to his blood. The very belief that he was acting in the way best calculated to seize his daughter's happiness stimulated and encouraged him. He went on deck, to meet Iris skipping down the hatchway. "Oh, there you are!" she cried. "I was just coming to find out why you were moping in your cabin. You are missing the most beautiful view-all greens and blues and browns! Run, quick! I want you to see every inch of it." "Here he is, Robert," she laughed. "I do believe he was sulking because Captain Fitzroy was so very attentive to me. Yet you didn't mind it a bit." The two men looked into each other's eyes. They smiled. How could they resist the contagion of her sunny nature? "I have been thinking over what you said to me just now, Anstruther," said the shipowner slowly. "Oh!" cried Iris. "Have you two been talking secrets behind my back?" "It is no secret to you, my little girl!"—Her father's voice lingered on the phrase. "When we are on shore, Robert, I will explain matters to you more fully. Just now I wish only to tei you that where Iris has given her heart, I will not refuse her hand." She took his face between her hands and kissed him. Lord Ventnor, wondering at this effusiveness, strolled forward. "What has happened. Miss Deane?" he inquired. "Have you just discovered what an excellent parent you possess?" The baronet laughed almost hysterically. ""Pon my honor," he cried, "you could not have hit upon a happier explanation." His lordship was not quite satisfied. "I suppose you will take Iris to Smith's hotel?" he said, with cool impudence. Iris answered him. "Yes. My father has just asked Robert to come with us—by inference, that is. Where are you going?" The adroit use of her lover's Christian name gouded his lordship to sudden heat. "Indeed!" he snarled. "Sir Arthur Deane has evidently decided a good many things during the last hour." "Yes," was the shipowner's quiet retort. "I have decided that my daughter's happiness should be the chief consideration of my remaining years. All else must give way to it." The earl's swarthy face grew sallow with fury. His eyes blazed, and there was a tense vibrato in his voice as he said: "Then I must congratulate you. Miss Deane. You are fated to endure adventures. Having escaped from the melodramatic perils of Rainbow Island you are destined to experience another variety of shinwreck here." He left them. Not a word had Robert spoken throughout the unexpected scene. His heart was trobbing with a tremendous joy, and his lordship's suceers were lost on him. But he could not fail to note the malignant purpose of the parting sentence. In his quietly masterful way he placed his hand on the baroet's shoulder. "What did Lord Ventnor mean?" he asked. Sir Arthur Denne answered, with a calm smile: "It is difficult to talk openly at this moment. Wait until we reach the hotel." The news flew fast through the settlement that her majesty's ship Orient had returned from her long search for the Sirdar. The warship occupied her usual anchorage, and a beast was lowered to take off the passengers. The boat swing off into the tideway. Her progress shoreward was watched by a small knot of people, mostly loungers and coolers. Among them, however, were two persons who had driven rapidly to the landing place when the arrival of the Orient was reported. One bore all the distinguishing marks of the army officer of high rank, but the other was unmistakably a globe trotter. The older gentleman made no pretense that he could "hear the east a-callin'". He swore impartially at the climate, the place and its inhabitants. At this instant he was in a state of wild excitement. He was very tall, very stout, exceedingly red faced. Producing a tremendous telescope he vainly endeavored to balance it on the shoulder of a native servant. "Can't you stand still, you bit?" being idiot? he shouted, after futile a apts to focus the advancing boat. "Oooh, I steady you with a clout over the ear?" His companion, the army man, was looking through a pair of field glasses. "By Jove," he cried, "I can see Sir Arthur Deane and a girl who looks like his daughter! There's that infernal scamp, Ventnor, too." The big man brushed the servant out of his way and brandished the telescope as though it were a bludgeon. "Now, Anstruther! Remember your promise. I will deal with Lord Vent- nor. "My vengeance has first claim. What! By the jumping Moses, I do believe— Yes. It is. Annurther! Your nephew is sitting next to the girl!" The telescope fell on the stones with a crash. The giant's rubicund face suddenly blanched. He leaned on his friend for support. "You are not mistaken?" he almost whimpered. "Look again, for God's sake, man! Make sure before you speak. Tell me. Tell me!" "Calm yourself. Annurther. It is Robert, as sure as I'm alive. Don't you think I know him, my poor disgraced friend, whom I, like the rest, cast off in his hour of trouble? But I had some excuse. There! There! I didn't mean that, old fellow. Robert himself will be the last man to blame either of us. Who could have suspected that two people—one of them, God help me, my wife—would concoct such a hellish plot!" The boat gilded gracefully alongside the steps of the quay, and Playdon spring gracefully ashore to help Iris to alight. What happened immediately afterward can best be told in his own words, as he retailed the story to an appreciative audience in the ward-room. "We had just landed," he said, "and some of the crew were pushing the coolies out of the way when two men jumped down the steps, and a most fendish row sprang up—that is, there was no dispute or wrangling, but one chap, who, it turned out, was Colonel Costobell, grabbed Ventnor by the shiftr front and threatened to smash his face in if he didn't listen then and there to what he had to say. I really thought about interfering until I heard Colonel Costobell's opening words. After that I would gladly have seen the beggar chucked into the harbor. We never liked him, did we?" "Ask no questions, Pompey, but go ahead with the yarn," growled the first lieutenant. "Well, it seems that Mrs. Costobell is dead. She got enteric a week after the Orient sailed and was a goner in four days. Before she died she owned up." He paused, with a base eye to effect. Not a man moved a muscle. "All right," he cried. "I will make no more false starts. Mrs. Costobell begged her husband's forgiveness for her treatment of him and confessed that she and Lord Ventnor planned the affair for which Anstruther was tried by court martial. It must have been a beastly business, for Costobell was sweeting with rage, though his words were lcy enough. And you ought to have seen Ventnor's face when he beard of the depositions, sworn to and signed by Mrs. Costobell and by several Chinese servants whom he bribed to give false evidence. He promised to marry Mrs. Costobell if her husband died, or, in any event, to bring about a divorce when the Hongkong affair had blown over. Then she learned that he was after Miss Iris, and there is no doubt her fury helped on the fever. Costobell said that, for his wife's sake, he would have kept the wretched thing secret, but he was compelled to clear Anstruther's name, especially as he came across the other old Johnnie"— "Pompey, you are incoherent with ex- citement. Who is 'the other old John- nie'?" asked the first luff severely. "Didn't I tell you? Why, Anstruther's uncle, of course, a heavy old swell with just a touch of Yorkshire in his tongue. I gathered that he disinherited his nephew when the news of the court martial reached him. Then he relented and cabled to him. Getting no news, he came east to look for him. He met Costobell the day after the lady died, and the two vowed to be revenged on Ventnor and to clear Anstruther's character, living or dead. Poor old chap! He cried like a baby when he asked the youngster to forgive him. It was quite touching. "Well, Costobell shook Ventnor off at last, with the final observation that Anstruther's court martial has been quashed. The next batch of general orders will reinstate him in the regiment, and it rests with him to decide whether or not a criminal warrant shall be issued against his lordship for conspiracy." "What did Miss Deane do?" "Clung to Anstruther like a weeping angel and kissed everybody all round when Ventnor got away. Well-hands off. I mean her father, Anstruther and the stout uncle. Unfortunately I was not on in that scene. But for some reason they all nearly wring my arm off, and the men were so excited that they gave the party a rousing cheer as their rickshaws went off in a bunch." The next commotion arose in the hotel when Sir Arthur Deane seized the first opportunity to explain the predicament in which his company was placed and the blow which Lord Ventnor yet had it in his power to deal. Mr. William Anstruther was an interested auditor. Robert would have spoken, but his uncle restrained him. "Leave this to me, lad," he exclaimed. "When I was coming here in the Sirdar there was a lot of talk about Sir Arthur's scheme, and there should not be much difficulty in raising all the brass required if half what I heard be true. Sit you down, Sir Arthur, and tell us all about it." The shipowner required no second bidding. With the skill for which he was noted he described his operations in detail, telling how every farthing of the first installments of the two great loans was paid up, how the earnings of his fleet would quickly overtake the deficit in capital value caused by the loss of the three ships and how in six months' time the leading financial houses of London, Paris and Berlin would be offering him more money than he would need. To a shrewd man of business the project could not fall to commend itself, and the Yorkshire squire, though a trifle obstinate in temper, was singularly clear headed in other respects. He brought his great fist down on the table with a whack. "Send a cable to your company, Sir Arthur," he cried, "and tell them that your prospective son-in-law will provide the £10,000 you require. I will see that his draft is honored. You can add, if you like, that another ten will be ready if wanted when this lot is spent. I did my lad one deuced bad turn in my life. This time, I think, I am doing him a good one." "You are, indeed," said Iris' father enthusiastically. "The unallotted capital he is taking up will be worth four times its face value in two years." "All the more reason to make his holding twenty instead of ten," roared the Yorkshireman. "But, look here. You talk about dropping proceedings against that precious earl whom I saw today. Why not tell him not to try any funny tricks until Robert's money is safely lodged to your account? We have him in our power. Dash it all, let us use him a bit." Even Iris laughed at his naive suggestion. It was delightful to think that their arch enemy was actually helping the baronet's affairs at that very moment and would continue to do so until he was wung aside as being of no further value. Although Ventnor himself had carefully avoided any formal commitment, the cablegrams awaiting the shipowner at Singapore showed that confidence had already been restored by the uncontradicted use of his lordship's name. Robert at last obtained a hearing. "You two are quietly assuming the attitude of the financial magnitudes of this gathering," he said. "I must admit that you have managed things very well between you, and I do not propose for one moment to interfere with your arrangements. Nevertheless, Iris and I are really the chief moneyed persons present. The spoke of financial houses in England and on the continent backing up your loans six months hence, Sir Arthur. You need not go to them. We will be your bankers." The baronet laughed with a whole hearted gayety that revealed whence Iris got some part at least of her bright disposition. "Will you sell your island, Robert?" he cried. "I am afraid that not even Iris could wheedle any one into buying it." "But, father, dear," interrupted the girl earnestly, "what Robert says is true. We have a gold mine there. It is worth so much that you will hardly believe it until there can no longer be any doubt in your mind. I suppose that is why Robert asked me not to mention his discovery to you earlier." "No, Irls, that was not the reason," said her lover, and the elder men felt that more than idle fancy inspired the astounding intelligence that they had just heard. "Your love was more to me than all the gold in the world. I had won you. I meant to keep you, but I refused to buy you." He turned to her father. His pent-up emotion mastered him, and he spoke as one who could no longer restrain his feelings. "I have had no chance to thank you for the words you uttered at the moment we quitted the ship. Yet I will treasure them while life lasts. You gave Iris to me when I was poor, disgraced, an outcast from my family and my profession. And I know why you did this thing. It was because you valued her happiness more than riches or reputation. I am sorry now I did not explain masters earlier. It would have saved you much needless suffering. But the sorrow has sped like an evil dream, and you will perhaps not regret it, for your action today binds me to you with hoops of steel. And you, too, uncle. You traveled thousands of miles to help and comfort me in my anguish. Were I as bad as I was painted your kind old heart still pitied me. You were prepared to pluck me from the depths of despair and degradation. Why should I hate Lord Ventnor? What man could have served me as he did? He has given me Iris. He gained for me at her father's hands a concession such as mortal has seldom wrested from black browed fate. He brought my uncle to my side in the hour of my adversity. Hate him! I would have his statue carved in marble and set on high to tell all who passed how good may spring out of evil—how God's wisdom can manifest itself by putting even the creeping and crawling things of the earth to some useful purpose." "Dash it all, lad," vociferated the elder Anstruther, "what ails thee? I never heard you talk like this before?" The old gentleman's amazement was so comical that further tension was out of the question. Robert, in calmer mood, informed them of the manner in which he hit upon the mine. The story sounded like wildest romance—this finding of a volcanic dyke guarded by the bones of "J. S." and the poison filled quarry—but the production of the ore samples changed wonder into certainty. Next day a government metallurgist estimated the value of the contents of the two oil tins at about 1500, yet the specimens brought from the island were got by any means the richest available. And now there is not much more to tell of Rainbow island and its castaways. On the day that Captain Robert Anstruther's name appeared in the Gazette, reinstating him to his THE TRAVELLER "Sweetheart" said her husband rank and regiment, Irs and he were married in the English church at Hongkong, for it was his wife's wish that the place which witnessed its igno- mary should also witness its triumph. Soon afterward Robert resigned his commission. He regretted the necessity, but the demands of his new sphere in life rendered this step imperative. Mining engineers, laborers, stores, portable houses, engines and equipment were obtained with all haste, and the whole party sailed on one of Sir Arthur Deane's ships to convoy a small steamer specially bred to attend to the wants of the miners. At last, one evening early in July, the two vessels anchored outside Palm Tree rock, and Mir Jan could be seen running frantically about the shore, for no valid reason save that he could not stand still. The schilb brought him good news. The governor of Hongkong felt that any reasonable request made by Anstruther should be granted if possible. He had written such a strong representation of the Mohammedan's case to the government of India that there was little doubt the returning mail would convey an official notification that Mir Jan had been granted a free pardon. The mining company verified Robert's most sanguine views after a very brief examination of the deposit. Hardly any preliminary work was needed. In twenty-four hours a small concentrating plant was erected and a ditch made to drain off the carbonic anhydride in the valley. After dusk a party of coolies cleared the quarry of its former occupants. Toward the close of the following day, when the great steamer once more slowly turned her head to the northwest, Iris could hear the steady thud of an engine at work on the first consignment of ore. Robert had been busy up to the last moment. There was so much to be done in a short space of time. The vessel carried a large number of passengers, and he did not wish to detain them too long, though they one and all expressed their willingness to suit his convenience in this respect. Now his share of the necessary preparations was concluded. His wife, Sir Arthur and his uncle were gathered in a corner of the promenade deck when he approached and told them that his last instruction ashore was for a light to be fixed on Summit rock as soon as the dynamo was in working order. "When we all come back in the cold weather," he explained gleefully, "we will not imitate the Sirdar by running on to the reef should we arrive by night." Iris answered not. Her blue eyes were fixed on the fast recording cliffs. "Sweetheart," said her husband, "why are you so silent?" She turned to him. The light of the setting sun illuminated her face with its golden radiance. "Because I am so happy," she said. "Oh, Robert, dear, so happy and thankful." The Wings of The Morning By LOUIS TRACY Copyright, 1903, by Edward J. Clode FOR THE CHILDREN Game of Magic Tree. Game of Magic Tree. The "magic tree" had better appear at the end of a parry, for it provides the kind of climax to their fun that children like, each one of its bright blossoms concealing a gift for one of the little guests. Make out of stiff paper as many oval petal shapes as are needed and cover each of these with crape paper, cutting it so that it will project somewhat beyond the edges of the stiff petals. It will take three of the shapes to make a flower for the "magic tree" and there should be a blossom for each child. Use several colors of crape paper. Sew the petals together at the base and sew two of them together at the tips, leaving the other free. Wire the free petal and bend it to meet the others. When finished tie the blossoms to the tree, which may be a rubber plant or palm put to a new use or a small evergreen branch set up in a flowerpot. The magic lies in a long fine wire attached to the tip of each wired petal. The hostess, who stands near the tree, holds the ends of all in her hands while the children repeat the rhyme. At its close one of the connections is pulled and the gifts drop out, as all the flowers droop downward. The rhyme to be said is this: Happy little flowers are we. Dancing round our magic tree; Let us knock, and we shall see What the gift tree has for thee. As they repeat the third line each child leans forward expectantly and knocks the palm of the left hand with the knuckles of the right, and when the last line is said they all courtesy to the one whose turn it is to receive a present. A Puzzling Trick Take a piece of writing paper about three inches square and with a lead pencil the point of which has been dipped in water draw a circle, a square, a triangle or any other geometrical figure. Put the paper carefully in a pan of water, letting it float and leaving the surface dry. Carefully drop water on the surface of the paper until the space within the figure is filled. The moistened pencil lines will keep it from flowing outside the figure. Now place the point of a pin over some point in the figure near the edge. The pin point must penetrate the surface of the water, but must not touch the paper. At once the paper will float around until the pin points directly to the center of the figure. See if you can find out why it does this. Don'ts For Boys and Girls Don't do anything halfway. Work that is worthy your attention is worthy your best efforts. Don't fail to make the most of your possibilities. God helps him who helps himself. Don't be ungrateful for kindness received from others. Only an ingrate is capable of such meanness. Don't shirk your duty. no matter how heavy the task, but perform it readily and with willingness. Don't be ignorant of the usages of good society. Don't slight your own position in the world to waste time envying those who may be more favored than yourself. Success will come to the boy or girl who strives earnestly with a high purpose in view. A B C of Bad Grammar Which tense does an army in camp prefer to use? Perfect tents. Give an example of the imperfect tense. Pretense. Give another. Impotence. Of the future tense. The expected circus. In the sentence, "The officer who orders the men to storm the breastworks," in what, mood is "the officer who orders the men." The indicative. Mason and Dixon Line. Mason and Dixon line, in latitude 39.43 north and 244 miles west of Delaware river, was surveyed in 1753.67 by order of Lord Baltimore and William Pean. The surveyors were George Dixon and Charles Mason, both of them Englishmen. In negro dialect Dixon became "Dittle," hence, it is said, "Dixie's land." This is one of many explanations of the term and perhaps the most plausible. Rain of Blood In Italy a "rain of blood" fell one day. Analysis showed that the bright redness of the raindrops was due to a strange kind of sand. Experts said it was sand from the desert of Sahara, and shortly afterward word arrived from the African coast that a sand storm of unusual severity had raged there for days. Tippity Toes. Round the world a wizard goes. Creeping soft, old Tippity Toes! Oh, curious things to us all he does! The baby's hair was a yellow fuzz. But Tippity Toes with a magic twirl Turned it into a golden curl. He stretches the children, one and all; The thin grow fat, the short ones tall; O'er small boys and girls such a spell he weaves. Their arms shoot out of their jacket sleeves. He played on grandpa a sauce trick. Why, grandpa's hair was once brown and And now it is thin and as white as the snows— Listen, you'll hear him, tick tock, this took— Tippy Tops at work with the clock! Some day he will cut off my curls, no doubt. With the scythe mamma says that he carries about. For—would you believe it?—he's made plan To turn me into a great big man! —Boston Transit rint THE APPOINTING POWER A Story of President Grant and an Obstinate Subordinate. General Grant's generosity to his foes, his many private and official kindnesses to the widows and orphans of Confederate soldiers, is an old tale, but it bears repetition in the form of an incident which Helen D. Longstreet gives in "Lee and Longstreet at High Tide." The widow of a Confederate officer applied to the postoffice department to be appointed postmistress in a small southern town. As she heard nothing of her application, she went to Washington to press it. She was unable to move the authorities at the postoffice department and was about to go home in despair when a friend suggested that it might be worth while for her to see the president. With much effort she summoned courage and appeared at the White House. The president received her in a most friendly manner and after hearing her story took her application and wrote a strong but better indorsement on the back of it. She hurried in triumph to the postoffice department. The official to whom she presented the application frowned and pondered over it for some time and then wrote under the president's indorsement. "This being a fourth class office, the president does not have the appointing power." The application was handed back to her, and she went away in deep distress and was again preparing to return home when another friend told her by all means to take the paper back to the president, so that he might see how his indorsement had been received. When the president read it he wrote under the initials. "While the president does not have the appointing power in this office, he has the appointment of the postmaster general," and, summoning his secretary, President Grant directed him to accompany the lady to the department and in person deliver her application to the postmaster general. She received the commission before she left the office. STREET ETIQUETTE. While walking with a lady, the gentleman should take the side next the street. One salutation is all that civility requires when passing a person more than once on a public promenade. If the lady with whom you are walking is saluted by another gentleman, acknowledge the same by removing your hat. The gentleman should raise his hat when asking a lady's pardon for an inadvertence, whether she is known to him or not. Should you desire to converse with a lady you should happen to meet, do not detain her, but turn and walk in her direction. While walking with a lady in a crowded thoroughfare and obliged to proceed singly, the gentleman should precede the lady. An old volume which Atlanta booklover prizes was found in an old bookshop recently. It is "The History of Rome," by Oliver Goldsmith. Gold smith's name takes one back to the literary fellows of that day, the hack work they did to keep life in them, for when Goldsmith was at work writing that history he was doing twenty different things besides, little odds and ends that brought money for his daily bread, with a scolding landlady laying down the law to him, for it was the time when the great Dr. Johnson "thought himself lucky when he could dine in a cellar on sixpence worth of tripe and a pennyworth of bread and wipe his fingers on the back of a Newfoundland dog after his greasy meal." And to think of the growing that is done by the little authors of the present day!-Atlanta Constitution. "Home, Sweet Home." "Home, Sweet Home," Payne's song, was originally a number in the opera "Clart, the Mald of Milan," a production brought out in 1823. The opera was a failure, and nothing is now known of it save the one song, which became instantly popular. Over 100, 000 copies were sold in the first year of its publication, and the sale in one form or another has been constant ever since the first appearance of this bean-tiful theme. The melody is a Sicilian folk song and was adapted to the words by Payne himself. Easy Way. "I want to do something that will draw out the conversational abilities of my friends," said the hostess. "That's very easy," answered Miss Cayenne. "Give a musical."—Washington Star. Nightteaps and Insomnia. All one has to do in order to secure a good night's rest is to wear a nightcap. We are assured that the great secret is to keep the head warm, and then one may sleep like a top.—London Draper. No Excense. She—Is there any insanity in the Snobbs family? He—No. It's too bad there isn't. It would give them a legitimate excuse for some of their actions. —Detroit Free Press. Not That Kind of a Server. Heavy Tragedian—Hurry up with my order. I am used to people serving me in a hurry. Waiter—I don't doubt it, but I am no sheerl- More Than Bent. "Are you bent on spending all of your money" "No; I'un broke."—Cleveland, Plain Dealer. BREVITIES THE HALL OF FAME. Dominic I. Murphy, appointed United States consul at Bordeaux, was born in Philadelphia. Harry D. Basset, son of a prominent Cinchinatian, has Just married the Princess of Pickhoff, widow of a Russian nobleman, in Penang, India. Dr. G. B. Holt of Manchester, N. H., has a silver charm which once belonged to Matthew Thornton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Charles F. Holm of Massachusetts the father of twenty-four children by one wife, enlisted in the navy in 1837. This date of enlistment probably is earlier than that of any living man. Emperor Menelk of Abyssinia intends to make a long trip to Europe shortly, visiting London, Paris, Berlin and Rome. The powers will vie with each other in giving him a good reception. C. C. Clark, chief clerk of the bureau of statistics, Washington, is one of the most athletic men in any of the departments. He was not only an expert football player in his college days, but also rowed with Columbia crews. President Roosevelt will visit the Tuskegee institute and address the students about Oct. 10. Former Mayor Seth Low of New York and ex-Mayor William Drennen of Birmingham, Ala., have been elected directors of the institution. William Waldorf Astor is working wonders in the restoration of Hever castle, Kent, England, which he purchased recently. It is estimated that he will spend about $6,000,000 on the famous show place and is employing 1,000 men on the work. Richard Croker's handsome mansion near Dublin will soon be ready for occupation. It commands a magnificent view of Dublin bay and the hill of Howth and is quite close to the famous Leopardstown race course. At Mr. Croker's residence there is stabling for forty horses. There are seven peers in the British house of lords whose combined age reach 623 years. Lord Gwydyr is ninety-five, Lord Field ninety-two, the Earl of Cranbrook ninety-one, Lord Masham ninety, Lord Gimthorpe eighty-nine, Lord Brampton eighty-eight and the Duke of Rutland eighty-seven. BRITISH BRIEFS In the capital of New Zealand one-third of a workman's or clerk's incomes goes to the landlord for rent. Queen Alexandra's campaign in England against live pigeon shooting has its effect. The noted Huntington club has decided to drop the sport from its list. A new and unwelcome visitor has been recognized in England and is the Surinam cockroach and of destructive to greenhouse plants. The authorities are believed to have been involved in a consignment of pests at "sopapia." The man who built a house and forgot to put in the stairs has been overshadowed by the Surinam distribution. They are building a new building station that will have overseeing they have formed into two provinces for the horses. bna 6eilennard 10 3daly The British army sought to divide it to disband members of providing recruits with artificial teeth, the soldiers would not pay for their teeth as agreed out of their pay or cents a day, and when the military militaries tried to compel them to do so they doerte 6th and all. Published every Saturday by JOHN MITCHELL, Jr., at 511 North 46th Street, Richmond, Va. JOHN MITCHELL, JR., - EDITOR. All communications intended for publication should be sent so as to reach us by Wednesday. There are FOUR ways by which money can be sent by mail at our risk.—Inte Post Office Money Order, press Money Order, and when none of these can be procured, in a Registered Letter. 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The courts have decided that subscribers to newspapers, who do not send their subscription has run out, must be appointed for time for which it has been paid are held liable for the payment of the subscription up to date when they order the paper discontinued. COMMUNICATIONS: - When writing to us to renew your subscription or to discontinue your paper you should give your name and address in full, otherwise we cannot find your name on our books. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: - In order to change the address of a subscriber, we must be sent the former as well as the present address. Entered at the Post-Office at Richmond, Va., as second-class matter. SATURDAY, . . . . July 29th, 1905 We don't hear so much talk about the dishonesty of Negroes as we once did. Colored people, we should be polite and obliging to colored people just as much as we should be polite and obliking to white ones. President Roosevelt is having a tough time of it with his own administration. To keep the departments clean is a job that will try the best energies of the officials assigned to that important duty. AN OBJECT LESSON IN "NEGRO- OLOGY." Some white people never tire of charging colored people with not setting the proper standard of morality and good living by not recognizing the vicious and the criminal elements amongst them. They claim that the venal and corrupt are recognized by our people too often to the exclusion of the honest, upright and law-abiding elements. We do not admit that the good colored people do any such thing. Certain it is that we have always advocated the true standard. But to show that these white people might turn their outward eyes inward and set a better example for our guidance, we have but to refer to the case of "Squire Charles H. Robinson of Newport News, Va. Robinson was a lawyer, practicing at the Newport News bar. We refer primarily to the legal bar and not to the whiskey one. He was convicted in the corporation court there of a felony and sentenced to the penitentiary. He went there, too, and, if we mistake not, he was said to have been one of the best barbers that have served at the chair in that institution. He was popular with the penitentiary officials and was hailed as a good fellow. When discharged, he went back to Newport News, "turned Democrat" and won his way to the hearts of the white folks down there, who seemed to think that Charley was one of the best fellows in the world, that is, one of the best "niggers" in the universe. He was "past master" in the common-sense business and "did what the white folks told him to do." The result was that the Governor was importuned and granted the right of franchise and restored the entire outfit of citizenship to this Democratic Negro. They went further and made him a Justice of the Peace, with the power to fine and imprison the Negroes of "Blood-field." But the white folks are just now split up into two factions themselves and between them Charley has gone to the ground. He could not serve two white masters and the result was that his "pull" was lost and when he followed some white men's plan of collecting fees and not turning them in, he was arrested and is now under a sentence to serve one year in the pen itenitary. It is mildly hinted that there are only fourteen more charges stacked up against him, which if pressed to their greatest limit, will tend to give him a life-time job as tonsorial artist at the Virginia penitentiary. If this is the standard to be set for the colored people by the white people, what must tre average colored brother conclude. The respecta ble element amongst us is not as yet ready to accept willingly the leadership of a penitentiary convict, no matter what may be his qualification or his suavity in dealing with the average man in business. There was no doubt as to Robinson's guilt or as to the damning nature of the charge against him, but he was qualified according to the Democratic standard to hold a position in Warwick county from which the average law-abiding citizen was excluded. He stole moneys extracted from Negroes, while it was on its way to the coffers of the white folks. Be of good cheer, Charley, the wind may change and when they get you out of the penitentiary again they may make you Mayor of Newport News or rather that portion of it where the colored people live and thrive and where the fees may be much greater than they were in the "kingdom" from which you have just been dethroned. Oh! the hypocrisy of some of these white folks! THAT MARTINSVILLE SHOOTING. The allegation that a colored man shot and wounded Mr. John D. Spencer (white) Friday night, 21st inst., while burglarizing the residence of his brother at Martinsville, where the injured man was stopping, is to be regretted. It has a tendency to injure every colored man in that progressive town. There are some thoughtless white men who proceed to regard every colored man with suspicion, when as a matter of fact every respectable colored man is asaxxious to see the culprit punished as is the victim of his murderous assault. We had hoped that it would ultimately prove that a colored man was not guilty of the crime. White men commit more crimes and more heinous ones than colored men, but the average citizen takes a long time to realize it. The Negro hoodlum and lawless classes are an incubus upon the race and a veritable dead-weight to its material progress. They should be placed where they can do no harm and respectable colored men should continue the effort to purge the body politic of their nefarious influence. Colored people who will imitate the bad traits of the white man and not the good ones should be put where they can do no harm. The lawless black man must go to the rear and we pledge our best efforts to send him there. TURNING THE TABLES. The Grand Jury of the Hustings Court of this city is busily engaged in investigating the charges of fraud in the recent Democratic primary held in this city for the purpose of nominating city officials. The suspicion of fraud in the Third Precinct, Monroe Ward is so strong that all of the Democrats in that precinct, alleged to have voted in the primary have been summoned to appear before the Grand Jury and an effort will be made to have each man tell how he voted. The indications are that the disclosures will be somewhat surprising. There are few people who believe that the really guilty parties will be detected and be punished. There seems to be a disposition to cause the hunter to be the one hunt ed. Something of a sensation was caused by the statement of Mr. Alfred B. Williams, editor of the Rich mond, Va. News-Leader in the issue of that journal of the 24th inst. that he paid a worker $25.00 for his services in behalf of Col. George Wayne Anderson and of this Col. Anderson knew nothing. The Barksdale Pure Election Law reads:— "No person shall expend, pay prom ise, loan or become pecuniarly liable in any way for any money or other valuable thing in behalf of any candidate for office at any election, primary or nominating convention held in this Commonwealth. Any person or candidate violating any of the provisions of this or the preceding section of this act shall be subject to a fine of not less than $100 or more than $1000 or confined in jail not less than one nor more than twelve months." The indications are that Editor Williams will be indicted and pan- RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. ished, while the thugs and ward-beelers, who did the sheating and received the money from questionable sources will go "scot free." This is an amusing and anomalous condition of affairs and is one of the first results of excluding from the selective franchise tens of thousands of the best colored citizens in the commonwealth and leaving on the poll-books tens of thousands of corrupt and venal white voters, without a legitimate excuse for so doing. It is retribution with a vengeance and but emphasizes the fact that "the same measure ye mete, the same shall be measured to you again." SAILORS KILLED ON BENNINGTON Boiler Explodes on United States Gunboat at San Diego, Cal. 58 DEAD AND 46 WOUNDED San Diego, Cal., July 25.—All men connected with the United States gunboat Bennington at the time of the fatal boiler explosion in San Diego harbor are accounted for. Exploration of the vessel's hold continues as it is rapidly emptied of water. The summary of the situation is: Dead, 58; wounded, 46; uninjured, 92; deserted, 1; total number of crew before accident, 197. C. A. Mumper was found alive and uninjured, blotting out any missing list. Seven men are still in a critical condition in the hospital. The Bennington's interior presents a disordered appearance. Boiler B, which exploded first, is seen to have moved 15 feet aft, and the two exploded boilers are jammed against a steel bulkhead. The condition in the engine room is such that it will probably take two days to discover the full amount of the damage there. The warship had received orders from the navy department at Washington to sail for Port Harford to meet the monitor Wyoming and convoy the monitor to Mare Island navy yard, San Francisco. Steam was up and everything was in readiness for the departure of the Bennington, when the starboard boiler exploded with a deafening roar. The explosion was terrific. People standing on shore saw a huge cloud of steam rise above the Bennington. Columns of water were forced high into the air. A dozen or 15 men were blown overboard by the force of the terrific explosion. Captain Wentworth, who was looking at the Bennington when the disaster occurred, says he saw human bodies hurled over 100 feet upward. The air was clouded with smoke, which enveloped the ship. When the haze cleared away only a few men could be seen on the decks, while a number were floundering in the water. A boat was lowered from the vessel's side and most of the men in the water were picked up and taken on board. Terrible Scenes On Ship. On board the Bennington were presented terrible scenes. The force of the explosion had torn a great hole in the starboard side of the ship and the vessel was already commencing to list. A section of the upper deck was carried away from stem to stern. Blood and wreckage was distributed over the entire ship, the after cabin and that part of the ship adjacent to the exploded boiler resembling a channel house. The boiler which exploded, it is said, was regarded as unsafe. Commander Young stated that during a recent return from Honolulu the steam pressure was kept reduced in that particular one. At the time of the accident Commander Lucien Young and Surgeon F. E. Peck were on shore. The two officers, as soon as they learned of the disaster, hurried to the water front. Commander Young, as soon as he reached the ship, gave orders that the alright compartments be closed to prevent the listing ship from sinking, and that the magazine be flooded to avert further explosions. He then beached the ship at high tide. The ferryboat Ramona, which was crossing the bay at the time of the accident, changed its course and hurried to the aid of the stricken warship. The government launch General De Russey and a large number of other launches and water craft which were near the scene at the time also rushed to the assistance of the Bennington. The bodies of many of the men taken from the wrecked interior of the ship were mutilated almost beyond recognition. The faces of many were covered with blood and ashes. Some bodies may never be identified. Temporary quarters ashore were arranged for the wounded, and 60 citizens volunteered and hurried in launches to the relief of those on the ship. Some of the volunteers were unable to stand the sickening sight which met their gaze on the Bennington. As fast as the wounded could be removed they were hurried in ambulances, carriages, wagons and automobiles to hospitals. For a long time the hot steam prevented access to the space between decks, where most of the dead bodies lay, and it was not until late in the afternoon that the last were removed from the boiler rooms. Several bodies were so tightly wedged in by a bulkhead that the woodwork had to be hewed away to free them. Most of the men on board were assembled between decks, above the boilers, when the explosion occurred. Here is where the most frightful slaughter took place. No one living has been able to describe what happened there, but vivid witnesses exist in the blood-smeared walls. It is from between decks that most of the dead bodies have been taken. Forty-seven of the Dead Buried. Forty-seven of the dead were buried in a common grave in the little military cemetery on the crest of the p.o. montory of Loma, high above the waters of San Diego Bay on the one side and within sound of the booming Pacific on the other. Without the crash of drum or the sound of brass, without pomp or parade, yet with simple impressiveness, all honor was paid the nation's dead. The deep trench in which the bodies were placed, in two rows, feet to feet, is 60 feet long and 14 feet wide. It was finished but a few minutes before the arrival of the first load of bodies. Around it were drawn up in long lines the artillery company from the fort, 75 strong, on the west; the naval reserves, bearing arms full of flowers, on the north; the Bennington's survivors on the east and the Universal Brotherhood on the west. Just outside the simple picket fence enclosing the burying ground gathered the public in solid masses. It only remained for the representatives of the church to pronounce final blessings on the dead. Rev. J. A. M. Richey, rector of St. Paul's, read the Episcopal burial service, the 21st psalm, and repeated the Lord's prayer. He closed his impressive duty casting a handful of earth upon the coffins. Venerable Father A. D. Ubach, of the Catholic church, attended by two assistants, then stepped forward. In a rich and resonant voice he read the service of the dead and blessed them with water and incense. "Attention!" came the command in sharp tones from the big sergeant in command of the artillery company. There was a rapid, concerted movement along the double file of soldiers at the head of the grave. Another command and every gun was pointed over the long rows of caskets. In quick succession three sharp volleys were fired. RULERS MEET AND PART Czar and Kaiser Held Confidential Conferences. St. Petersburg, July 25. — Emperor Nicholas has returned to Peterhof from his conference with the German emperor in the Gulf of Finland. The meeting of the two monarchs naturally created intense interest in diplomatic circles. In some quarters there is a disposition to attach the deepest political significance to it, and all sorts of theories are advanced. They are, however, largely speculation. It is officially announced that the visit was only a "visit of courtesy" made by Emperor William on his brother monarch before leaving the Gulf of Bothnia, but under the circumstances the diplomats cannot believe that such a meeting was devoid of meaning to the world's political chessboard, no matter what the ultimate result may be. No matter what the ultimate result may be, however, all the diplomats agree that its first effect would be for peace, as Emperor William is known to be strongly of the opinion that Emperor Nicholas should conclude peace and set his house in order. YELLOW FEVER AT NEW ORLEANS Thirty-four Deaths From Dreaded Source to Date. New Orleans, July 28.—In response to the request of the state board of health, the city board of health compiled the figures of suspicious and actual cases of yellow fever and deaths, and the figures as issued by the state board show that between July 13 and July 21 there were about 100 cases suspicious and positive, and 20 deaths. Since then there have been 54 cases and 12 deaths up to the 24th, making all told 154 cases and 32 deaths. Yesterday there were two deaths, making 34 to date. There are about 50 cases under treatment. Dr. George B. Young, United States marine hospital service, has been assigned to take charge of the inspection of trains, to co-operate with the states and localities which have instituted quarantines, and he will make his headquarters in Jackson, Miss. BIGLER JOHNSON HANGED Towanda Man Pays For Murder of His Wife and Young Niece. Wife and Young Nice. Towanda, Pa., July 26.—Bigler Johnson was hanged here for the murder of his wife, Margaret Johnson, from whom he had separated, and her niece, Annie Benjamin, 10 years old, on September 18, 1904. It was alleged by the prosecution that the Johnson family, consisting of five persons, went to the home of Mrs. Bigler Johnson, and with an axe killed the woman and the girl. The Johnson, it was then charged, set fire to the house in an effort to conceal their crime. The entire family was arrested. Bigler pleaded guilty. Charles Johnson, a brother of Bigler, was convicted of murder in the first degree. He is awaiting the determination of his case by the courts on appeal. The other members of the family were acquitted. Bigler Johnson in a confession exonerated Charles from all blame. SWEDISH CABINET RESIGNS Special Committee Rejects Government Bill On Dissolution of Union. Stockholm, Sweden, July 28.—The Cabinet resigned after the special committee appointed several weeks ago by the Riksdag reported adversely on the government bill designed to meet the crisis caused by Norway's secession. The committee declares unanimously that the government bill cannot be adopted in the form in which it was presented to the Riksdag, and proposes that the Riksdag shall signify its willingness to negotiate with Norway for a dissolution of the union if the newly-elected Storthing requests a repeal of the act of union and a dissolution of the union, or if such request is received from Norway after the Norwegian people, by a plebiscite, have declared in favor of the union. Found Dead in Attitude of Prayer. Found Dead in Attitude of Prayer. Altoona, Pa., July 24—Stephen B. Fatterson, aged 72 years, who disappeared from his home at Dorsey Ore Bank, near Tyrone, last Tuesday, was found dead in a field a mile away. He was kneeling in an attitude of prayer, and it is supposed he was stricken with paralysis and died. He was a veteran of the war. TOADSTOOLS KILL FOUR PERSONS Jersey Family Ate Poisonous Fungi at Birthday Party. Philadelphia, July 25. — Toadstools mixed with mushrooms and eaten at a birthday party has caused the death of four of the six members of the family of Joseph Franzor, a farmer, who resided near Landisville, N. J. The dead are Joseph Franzor, aged 38 years; his wife, aged 30, and two daughters, aged 7 and 2 years. The remaining members of the family—two boys, aged 5 and 4 years—owe their lives to the fact that they did not partake of the poisonous mixture. Franzor was a miner at Leadville, Col. Last March he purchased a 50-acre farm near Landisville with money provided by his wife's brother, who is at Leadville. Among the things raised was a small quantity of mushrooms. Last Friday a week the family decided to have a birthday party in honor of the 2-year-old daughter. Mushrooms was one of the dishes to be served, and the 7-year-old daughter said she knew where mushrooms could be found in the woods nearby. She gathered some of the fungi, and the mother, supposing they were mushrooms, added them to the mushrooms taken from their own soil. Only the members of the family were present, and only four of the six ate mushrooms. During the night the father, mother and two little girls became ill. The next morning a doctor was sent for and diagnosed the cases as that of hickoughs. All four continued to grow worse, and on Monday the two children died. A few days later the parents were brought to the Medico Chirurgical hospital in this city, where it was discovered that they were suffering from toadstool poisoning. The greatest interest was taken in the cases by the hospital physicians, but despite their efforts the husband died Sunday night and the wife yesterday. Mrs. Franzor was unconscious almost continuously from the time she became ill. Neighbors at Landisville have taken charge of the two orphans and will communicate with their uncle at Leadville. PAUL JONES BODY AT ANNAPOLIS Remains of Famous Fighter Landed at Naval Academy. Annapolis, Md., July 24.—The John Paul Jones expedition, commanded by Rear Admiral Sigsee, completed its mission with the landing of the body of the distinguished dead today. At 8 o'clock this morning Rear Admiral Sigbee saluted Rear Admiral Sands with 13 guns and the salute was returned from the shore batteries. A salute to the squadron from the French cruiser was then given and returned. With these formalities over, the active transfer of the body was begun. The personnel of the fleet put ashore in small boats and formed an imposing guard of honor for the body. Its transfer to the shore was made on the naval tug Standish, and the landing made on a float draped and moored to the wharf. It was then placed in a hearse and transferred to the vault in the academy grounda. The only ceremony was the reading of psalms by Chaplain H. H. Clark of the academy. The ceremonies were simple, the "pomp and circumstance" being reserved for the time of the removal of the body from the temporary vault to its permanent resting place, the crypt of the splendid new naval academy chapel. This will likely be a year hence. 3ENATOR MITCHELL SENTENCED Must Put In Six Months in Jail and Pay Fine of $1000. Portland, Ore., July 28.—United States Senator Mitchell, convicted of using his office of United States Senator to further the law practice of the firm of Mitchell & Tanner, of this city, sentenced to pay a fine of $1000 and to six months penal servitude. Pending a review of the case by the Supreme Court of the United States, execution of the sentence will be deferred. Meantime Mitchell will be placed under bail to the amount of $2000. POOR DIRECTORS ARRESTED Embezzlement Charge Against Four Berkie, County, Pa. Officials Berks County, Pa., Officials. Reading, Pa., July 25.—By direction of District Attorney Kutz, County Detective Merkel swore out warrants for the arrest of Poor Directors Jacob Hollenbach, Wellington Woods and ex-Steward Oliver O. Sliter, and ex-Poor Director William W. Kase on the charge of embezzlement. Charges of misdemeanor in office are also made against the three directors, Messrs. Woods, Hollenbach and Jacob Kessler and ex-Steward Oliver C. Sliter. Ball was fixed in the embezzlement cases at $500 and $300 in the misdemeanor. Cardinal Gibbons is 71. Southampton, L. I. July 25.—Cardinal Gibbons, of Baltimore, who, as usual, is summering here, was 71 years old Sunday. The Cardinal received those who called on him, but had no formal celebration. Congratulations have already begun to pour in. He spent the day preaching in the morning and again at vespers in the place of Father O'Hara. Fatal Riot On Excursion Boat Norfolk, Va., July 28.—In a riot on a negro excursion boat one man, Clarence Wright, was killed and several others were seriously injured. White officers prevented the lynching of the man charged with the murder, James H. Kitchen, the negro crew assisting the officers. Bank President Arrested Richmond, Va., July 26—A Gordon- ville special says that J. W. Lockwood, who was president of the Bank of Or- ange, which failed for $30,000 and paid 15 cents on the dollar, was arrested on a train at Gordonville and taken to Orange, charged with embezzling $5000 of the bank's funds. A warrant also has been issued for Newton Lockwood, a brother of J. W. Lockwood, who was cashier of the bank. COL. DANIEL S. LAMONT DEAD benny at midbrook, N. Y. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., July 24.—Colonel Daniel Scott Lamont, secretary of war during the administration of President Cleveland, died suddenly at his home at Millbrook, Duchess county, last night. Heart failure was the cause of death. Colonel and Mrs. Lamont were out driving in the afternoon, and Colonel Lamont appeared to be enjoying the DANIEL S. LAMONT. best of health. After dinner he complained of feeling ill, and Dr. Stewart, of New York, who is a guest at the house, immediately went to his ack. The physician diagnosed the case as an attack of heart failure, and in spite of the heroic treatment Mr. Lamont passed away within half an hour. Daniel Scott Lamont was born at Cortlandville, N. Y., on February 9, 1851. He began life in journalism, and from 1885 to 1889 was private secretary to President Cleveland, by whom he was appointed secretary of war on March 6, 1893. Mr. Lamont was vice president of the Northern Pacific railway and a director and trustee in many railroad and financial corporations. He leaves a widow and two daughters. He was a member of many New York clubs. TAFT PARTY IN TOKIO Were Welcome at Yokohama By Representatives of Emerson Presentatives of Emperor. Yokohama, July 26. — Secretary of War Taft and party received a demonstrative welcome to Japan, the principal buildings, streets and wharves of this city and the shipping in the harbor being gayly decorated. A noisy display of daylight fireworks along the streets fronting the harbor announced the arrival of the steamship Manchuria at the quarantine grounds and continuel until the vessel was docked. Lloyd C. Griscom, the American minister; the attaches of the legation, and Consul General H. B. Miller, of Newchwang, together with representatives of the Japanese imperial household, foreign officers, war department and the Asiatic Society then boarded the Manchuria and extended formal greetings to Secretary Taft and Miss Roosevelt, who held an informal reception upon the deck. The party was then driven to the railroad station through the crowded streets, and, boarding a special train, departed for Tokio at 10 a. m. amid the cheers of the assembled multitude. Upon arrival at Tokio Secretary Taft and his personal staff were taken to Shiba, where a defached palace was provided for their accommodation. Miss Roosevelt accompanied Minister Griscom to the American legation. COAL MINERS WANT PEACE ment With Bituminous Workers. Scranton, Pa., July 26—John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers of America, had this to say about the chances of a strike of the miners: "I do not know of any effort that the operators are making to secure themselves against trouble by storing of coal, and I do not believe that the operators want a strike any more than the miners do. We are seeking to avoid trouble, not to precipitate it. "It is not true that the bituminous coal miners have reached an agreement to strike in sympathy with their anthracite brethren in case the latter are compelled to go out. That report probably arose through the fact that the agreement of the bituminous men with coal companies expires at about the same time as the award of the anthracite strike commission." Baltimore, Md., July 25—Dr. Michael K. Warner, who died last Saturday at his residence in this city, is found to have destroyed all books containing accounts with his patients, in order that they be not pressed for payment by his administrators. A great many of his patients were poor people, and Dr. Warner gave as his reason for destroying the books that his patients knew what they owed him, and he had no doubt that they would pay his heirs when they were able to do so. This unusual act is said by his friends to be characteristic of the whole life of Dr. Warner, which was marked by the widest possible charity and sympathy for all in distress. A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED. Mrs. J. B. Cole, sister-in-law of Vice President Fairbanks, died of heart disease at Maysville, O. The Charleston machine plant near Bethlehem, Pa., was destroyed by an incendiary fire. Loss, $45,000. Two prisoners in the Macon, Ga., jail have warned the sheriff they will commit suicide if they do not get more air. James Ternent, aged 15 years, of Lonaconing, Md., died of lockjaw, resulting from the tearing of his hand by a cannon cracker on July 4. Friday, July 21. Mrs. W. H. Lantz, of Beverly, W. Va., and her baby were killed in a runaway there. John F. Stevens, the newly appointed chief engineer of the Panama canal, sailed for Panama on the steamship Mexico. John H. Dewell, aged 70, a retired Norfolk, Va., business man committed suicide by shooting while suffering from hent. Deane Miller, of New York, leaves one-half his estate to his brother provided he does not drink liquor for three years, according to the will. Judge John W. Price, 81 years of age, a Confederate soldier, for many years judge of the chancery court in New Orleans, died at Newport News, Va. Saturday, July 22. George and James Cubley, 6-year-old twins, were burned to death in their home at Muskegon, Mich. William Leazer, colored, was hanged at Annapolis, Md., for the murder of Police Officer John McNamara last March. Mrs. E. J. Kneware, of Lockport, N. Y., left $40,000 for homeless cats and dogs and $5000 to her daughter, who will contest the will. Captain H. Clay Evans, Jr., retired, only son of H. Clay Evans, former consul general at London, died at his home near Chattanooga, Tennessee. Monday, July 24. W. J. Parker, a mining engineer of Cleveland, O., was struck by lightning and killed near Sailsbury, N. C. To celebrate the 59th anniversary of their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. David Shank, of Lock Haven, Pa., attended a Sunday-school picnic. Jesse Tomlinson, a brakeman on the Pennsylvania railroad, sat down on the rail at Mifflin, Pa., fell asleep and was instantly killed by a train. Arrested on a charge of opening a railroad switch, James McGraw, who claims he did it on a wager, was held at Akron, O., for the grand jury. The third convention of the American Institute of Bank Clerks adjourned at Minneapolis after electing as chairman George H. Richards, of Minneapolis. Tuesday, July 25. Dr. P. D. Pollock, for many years president of Mercer University, died at Monroe, Ga. The National Conference of Charities and Correction will meet in Philadelphia next year. Dr. Juan Pablo Rojas Paul, former president of Venezuela, died at Caracas, aged 60 years. A Lake Shore passenger train struck a party of track walkers near Buffalo, N. Y., instantly killing two of them. Joseph J. Eakins, managing editor of the New York World, died at Colorado Springs, Col., from consumption. Despondent over the loss of $140 which had been stolen from him, Peter Hayden, of Philadelphia, committed suicide by hanging himself. Wednesday, July 26. Otto Bernheimer, a wealthy New York cotton broker, committed suicide by shooting. Samuel Harper, father of President Harper, of the University of Chicago, died at Chicago, aged 87 years. An explosion in the Enterprise powder mill at Greedale, Pa., killed Benjamin Potter and partly wrecked the mill. General Charles Miller was reappointed major general of the Pennsylvania national guard by Governor Pennypacker. John Mulqueen, 6 years old, has been found by the New York police in a vacant lot, where he slept in a trunk and ate scraps for two months. PRODUCE QUOTATIONS The Latest Closing Prices In the Principal Markets. PHILADELPHIA — FLOUR steady; winter extras, $3.65 at 3.90; Pennsylvania roller, $3.65 at 4.15; city mills, fancy, $5.90 at 6.10; RYE FLOUR firm; white steak, $2.90 at 2.90; Pennsylvania red, new @8849; CORN firm; No. 2 yellow, local, 62-OATS steady; No. 2 white, clipped, 38c; lower grades, 36c, HAY firm; No. timothy, large labs, $15.50 beef hams, $15.50 beef hams, $23@24; POULTRY steady; hens, 15c; old roosters, 10c; Dressed firm; choice fowls, 13½c; old roosters, 9½c; BUTTER firm; creamery, 23c; per pound. EGGS steady; white steak, Pennsylvania, 20c; par dozen POTATOES steady, new, per bushel, $60@1. BALTIMORE - WHEAT steady; No. 2 red, 90%;c; steamer No. 2 spot, 79%;c; CORN quiet; mixed spot, 61%@61%; cornbait @69%;c; southern, 60%@69%;c OAT steady; white, No. 2, 81%@38%;c; No. 3, 37%@38%;c; No. 4, 36%@38%;c; mixed, 60%;c; no. 4, 36%@34%;c; mixed, 60%;c; BUTTER steady; creamy separator, extras, 21@21%;c; held, 16@18%;c; prints, 20@23%; Maryland and ensnaily dairy prints, 14c; EGGS vanilla and Virginia, 17%c; Wost Virginia, 17c; southern, 16%c; Live Stock Marketa PITTSBURG (Union Stock Yards)—CATTLE steady; choice, $5.40@5.60; fair, $5.10@5.35. HOGS active; prime heavy; medium and heavy York-chesapeake, $6.25@6.35; lime, Yorkers, $6.30@6.35; pigs, $6.15@6.30; SHEEP steady; prime wethers, $6.15@5.1; common, $2@2; spring lambs, $4.50@7; calves, $7.70. French Squadron to Visit America. Paris, July 24—Minister of Marine Thomson has decided to send a squadron to visit the United States at the end of October. FOUR DROWN IN CAPSIZING BOAT Farmer and Three Farm Hands Perish Near Hear de France, Md. Havre de Grace, Md., July 24.—John Hess, a farmer, and three of his colored farm hands were drowned while on the way to the Hess farm near Ponds creek, and five men left here in a small naphtha launch, to which an accident happened, whereupon one of the colored men took to the water and swam ashore. Shortly after another accident overturned the launch, and before it could be righted two of the men sank. The others clung to the launch for a time, when another of the men swam for the shore and was rescued by a fisherman, while the two remaining were dragged down by the launch, which shortly sank. The bodies of two of the colored men have been recovered. Farmer's Wife Found Murdered Paterson, N. J., July 26—The wife of a farmer named George Operdorth was found murdered at her home at Singer, near here. The husband, with whom she had quarreled, and who is said by the police to have threatened her life, is missing, and a pose is searching for him. The woman's body was found in a barn, where it is supposed that she had gone to sleep to escape from her husband. She has been pounded, rough the heart and body. THE PLACE STORIES OF CAMP AND WAR A REAL GRIEVANCE. How a Soldier Thought He Was Capturing a Rebel Flag, But It Was Only an Old Strether. I don't claim any medal. I have a vivid recollection of one episode that prevents me from posing as a hero, and that was close to Nottaway Court House. a few days before Appomattox, writes John Brogan, sergeant, company C. Sixty-seventh New York regiment, in the National Tribune. I was a flanker for Hamblin's brigade, formerly commanded by Upton. A Twelfth Alabama confederate, with a rusty Enfield, placed within two inches of my right ear, without my previous knowledge or consent, procured from me an acknowledgement of the right of Alabama to secede if she wanted to. My friend from Alabama was concealed behind a big oak as I approached. I was drawing in my mind pictures of the reception that awaited us back in the Empire state, when we, her victorious legions, marched down Broadway with our knapsacks down full of laurels and our stomachs astonished with banners at the Seventh regiment armory—heroes every one, myself included. To have such a dream so rudely dispelled—I don't feel right about it yet! But perhaps it is better with fertilizing an old Virginia pasture with what little brains I had. I realized that the fellow behind the Enfield would shoot; but the click-click of my partner, Vincent Spencer, turned the title, and the confederate throw down his gun and surrendered. I was so chagrined and mortified that I pulled off my blouse and wanted to fight that confederate then and there, and end the war. Nothing but flats would satisfy my wrath—shooting or braining him would not fill the bill. I wanted to pound him up good! And, by-the-by, I believe that 99 out of every 100 soldiers in our army would resort to nature's weapons to redress personal insult. I never knew of an incident where any soldier in my regiment used other weapons in a personal quarrel. I was in the fight in front of Fort Fisher, on the lines at Petersburg. It was a dandy fight; and for bravery of the participants, I never, in the few battles I participated in, saw it excelled. To particularize, before we went out to attack the enemy we were massed in A REBEL WITH A RUSTY ENFIELD PLACED WITHIN TWO INCHES OF MY EAR A REEBEL WITH A RUSTY ENFIELD PLACED WITHIN TWO INCHES OF MY EAR column to the right of the big lookout. We watched the signal men wig-wagging in the crow's nest. 150 feet in the air, while the solid shot from the confederate batteries were going through the open framework of the tower and knocking braces and stanchors from under the men signaling. One well-directed shot or shell would have finished up the boys aloft. I believe, since that afternoon, in a personal interposition of God Almighty. When we marched out the confederates were still keeping up their artillery practice, and the gallant signal men were still wig-wagging. (Query: Did any of those men get medals?) As we passed through the fort I noticed that Gena, Grant, Meade and Wright, and several foreign officers from the fleets at Hampton Roads, were standing on the bombproof inside of Fisher. We deployed into line, under a fierce artillery fire, with as much precision as if forming for dress parade. At the order "March" we advanced in orderly time, with arms at a right-shoulder shift. The confederate small-arms opened from rifle plains and a light line of their main defenses. We were losing heavily, when a tall young soldier jumped to the front, and swinging his rifle over his head, shouted: "Follow me, men!" With a yell our line broke into a run, over the rifle plains, on to and over their reserves and first line of breastworks, capturing or killing everything in our front. The lead that corporal gave us did the work; and I believed then, and so did every man and officer in the Sixty-fifth New York, that we could have taken their main line of works with slight loss, as Capt. Devine, who was in command of our regiment, formed us within 300 feet of the same fort we captured on April 2, without drawing any artillery or musketry fire, when a major on the staff rode up and ordered us back to the captured rifleplains. Did that corporal get credit for his bravery or a medal? Here is what he got: As our company answered roll call the next morning, back in our old camp, the lieutenant called him out of line and severely reprimanded him for his action in taking the company out of his hands, and giving orders, which no man in his position had a right to do. "The next time you are guilty of such a thing I'll reduce you to the ranks." the lieutenant said. I narrowly missed one of those corved medals—and I believe that with proper representation, backed up with a political put, to say nothing of the several wounded men I was only too glad to help to the rear, and incidentally get out of danger myself—as I see by the official records that several of the glory badges were bestowed for active service in the capacity of sids to hospital corps—the government would feel honored to place my name on the roll of the American Legion of Honor. In the beginning of this article I mentioned the fight of the 25th of March, in front of Fort Fisher. When the reserves of the enemy were run over a few of the confederates attempted to escape. One man I had my eye on; he was making strenuous efforts to escape; he had on his shoulder what I took to be a battlehair; he should no attention to our orders to halt, and the bullets we sent after him had no effect other than to hasten his flight. My gun was loaded, and I had the reputation of being the fastest sprinter in the regiment. It is unnecessary to state where or when I was trained; but I outdistanced three confederate cavalrymen at Bunker Hill, in the valley, whose hospital I was determined not to accept. "Go after him, John; there's a furlough and a commission right fornish you; get that flag!" I started for him, and fortune favored me; for, in looking back, he tumbled into an abandoned pit and he was my meat! He was scared, his downhill his flag and threw up his hands. "Don't shoot, fo' Gawd's sake, Yank!" he drawled. "Pick up that flag and march!" I ordered. "Flag? flag? whar is it?" "Why, there," I answered. "Wall, I done to' the cap'n when he detailed me to carry that thing that you'un would sure kill me under mistake! He's a hard man; he sed he hoped you'un would." I scrutinized the flag—and smiled a hopeless smile. "Pick it up; come on, march." The firing had ceased and we meandered back to company C. I was received warmly, and many curious eyes were turned on the war-worn banner. "What regiment did it belong to?" said Sergt. Gegan. With a sigh of content the confederate flung it on the ground—it unrolled—and big Mike Sullivan, of company B, exclaimed: "May the devil receive me if it isn't an old stretcher!" Misplaced bravery! If it was only a flag! Wouldn't I be somebody to-day? As it is, all the honor that will come my way is a G. A. R. button and six dollars a month; for I'm only 60. A MAN MAD. Went Into a Fight to Call Stonewall Jackson's Bluff and Licked the Confederates. "We had in my company," said an old veteran of the civil war. "a member who had licked in fair fight everybody who would tackle him, even before we left cantonment. When we started for the front at last it was predicted that Tom would put up a terrible fight when he met the enemy, and that he would make a record that we should all be proud of. Our first skirmish found Tom running away as fast as his legs would carry him, and great was the downfall of his popularity. He went at it, however, and licked nine different men who jeered at him, and then we could not understand what manner of man he was. "The captain went beyond us in that matter. He called me to his tent one day, and as a result of a long private conversation I had my eye out for Tom when we faced the enemy again. We were in battle line and having all we could do to hold our own, and Tom was threatening to bolt every minute, when I said to him: "Tom, don't you wish you were home?" "I'd give a million of dollars," he groaned. "Well, if those fellows over there hadn't raised this row, you wouldn't have had to come down here at all. You can't get home now until we have given them a good idea." "Then, why don't we do it?" he asked. "The colonel is waiting for us to get mad first. Say, Tom, do you know what Stonewall Jackson said about you the other day?" "Of course not, but if he's been talking about me had better look out." "He says that you are only a great big stiff." "What!" "And that you haven't got any real grit about you." "He says that! If I ever meet him—" "But you never will. He says you are too big a coward." " Then I'll show him! By thunder, let me at him!" " He's right over on the other side of this cotton held, but you can't get at him just now. If you wait a—" "I won't wait a minute! Hip—hurray! Come on boys, and give 'em fits! I show old Stonewall whether I'm a bluffer or not!" "With that," said the veteran, "our fighting man jumps to his feet, swings his cap around his head and dashes forward. He was followed by the company, and the company by the regiment, and as a matter of fact our whole line for a mile advanced and pressed the enemy back and won the fight. It was all owing to Tom and his getting mad, and I may add that from that time forward he did not suffer again with a case of the 'nerves.' He always went into a fight mad clear through." "Yes," said the angular female, "this horrid burglar actually pointed a revolver at me and prevented me from speaking a word." "Horrible!" exclaimed the plump woman. "And so humilating, too," continued the a. f. "My husband was present and, now I suppose he'll be trying the same experiment." -Chicago ews. Need Seasoning. In partaking of the Fruits of Success, it is always well to season them with the Salt of Discretion.—Puck. La Bete Humaine Him—Yes. I'd rather have you refrain than sing. Cleveland Leader. 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On their arrival at the house the wife half unconsciously took and kept hold of her husband's hand. By the doctors orders windows and doors were set open to create a thorough draught, and the patient was on no account to be disturbed. Thus, then, did the husband pass the whole of that night crouching on the floor in the draught and not daring to move last he should wake the sleeper. He had never been very strong, energy had stood him instead of vigor, and the result of that night's exposure was dying rheumatism, varied by settled satica. The wisdom of thus inviting disease may be doubted, but the self-forgetfulness that prompted it, was never outdone by the most unselfish woman and wife in the world. The most loving husbands are not those who talk most about love. A man's reticence often leads him to keep his affection very much in the background. Nevertheless it is there I know a devoted pair, who have almost reached the hour of their golden wedding. No human being, neither the most intimate friend, nor the dearest of their children has ever heard the husband address his wife except in terms of formal courtesy. She observes an equal ceremony in talking to him before others. No one has ever seen anything like sentiment expressed by either. Yet no one suspects or could suspect, that there is between them anything save the most undying attachment. The wife's slightest wish is always graffited. The husband lives and has always lived for her alone, her happiness the essential theme of his thought. Needless to say, this couple did not learn their refrence under our sparkling skies. They were brought up in the hill country of Scotland, and the silence of the moors early stole into their souls. Before many weeks shall have passed thousands of American husbands will be facing solitary weeks. 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HIGGINS, DEALER IN CHOICE GROCERIES, WINES LIQUORS, AND CIGARS. PURE GOODS, FULL VALUE FOR THE MONEY. 1610 East Franklin Street [Near Old Market.] RICHMOND, VIRGINIA CONTINUED FROM 2ND PAGE. You, Carruthers, give me that revolver. We'll have no more violence. Come; hand it over!" "Who are you, then?" "My name is Sherlock Holmes." "Good Lord!" "You have heard of me, I see. I will represent the official police until their arrival. Here, you!" he shouted to a frightened groom who had appeared at the edge of the glade. "Come here. Take this note as hard as you can ride to Farnham." He scribbled a few words upon a leaf from his notebook. "Give it to the superintendent at the police station. Until he comes I must detain you all under my personal custody." The strong, masterful personality of Holmes dominated the tragic scene, and all were equally puppets in his hands. Williamson and Carruthers found themselves carrying the wounded Woodley into the house, and I gave my arm to the frightened girl. The injured man was laid on his bed, and at Holmes' request I examined him. I carried my report to where he sat in the old tapestry hung dining room with his two prisoners before him. "He will live," said I. "What?" cried Carruthers, springing out of his chair. "I'll go upstairs and finish him first. Do you tell me that that girl, that angel, is to be tied to Roaring Jack Woodley for life?" "You need not concern yourself about that," said Holmes. "There are two very good reasons why she should under no circumstances be his wife. In the first place, we are very safe in questioning Mr. Williamson's right to solemnize a marriage." "I have been ordained," cried the old rascal. "And also unfrocked." "Once a clergyman, always a clergyman." "I think not. How about the license?" "We had a license for the marriage. I have it here in my pocket." "Then you got it by a trick. But in any case a forced marriage is no marriage, but it is a very serious felony, as you will discover before you have finished. You'll have time to think the point out during the next ten years or so, unless I am mistaken. As to you, Carruthers, you would have done better to keep your pistol in your pocket." "I begin to think so, Mr. Holmes, but when I thought of all the precaution I had taken to shield this girl—for I loved her, Mr. Holmes, and it is the only time that ever I knew what love was—it fairly drove me mad to think that she was in the power of the greatest brute and bully in South Africa—a man whose name is a holy terror from Kimberley to Johannesburg. Why, Mr. Holmes, you'll hardly believe it, but ever since that girl has been in my employment I never once let her go past this house, where I knew the rascals were lurking, without following her on my bicycle just to see that she came to no harm. I kept my distance from her, and I wore a beard so that she should not recognize me, for she is a good and high spirted girl, and she wouldn't have stayed in my employment long if she had thought that I was following her about the country roade." "Why didn't you tell her of her danger?" "Because then, again, she would have left me, and I couldn't bear to face that. Even if she couldn't love me it was a great deal to me just to see her dainty form about the house and to hear the sound of her voice." "Well," said I, "you call that love, Mr. Carruthers, but I should call it selfishness." "Maybe the two things go together. Anyhow, I couldn't let her go. Besides, with this crowd about it was well that she should have some one near to look after her. Then, when the cable came, I knew they were bound to make a move." "What cable?" Carruthers took a telegram from his pocket. "That's it," said he. It was short and concise: "The old man is dead." "Hum!" said Holmes. "I think I see how things worked, and I can understand how this message would, as you say, bring them to a head. But while you wait you might tell me what you can." The old reprobate with the surplice burst into a volley of bad language. "By heaven," said he, "if you squeal on us, Bob Carruthers, I'll serve you as you served Jack Woodley! You can bleat about the girl to your heart's content, for that's your own affair, but if you round on your pals to this plain clothes copper it will be the worst day's work that ever you did." "Your reverence need not be excited," said Holmes, lighting a cigarette. "The case is clear enough against you, and all I ask is a few details for my private curiosity. However, if there's any difficulty in your telling me I'll do the talking, and then you will see how far you have a chance of holding back your secrets. In the first place, Gree of you came from South Africa on this game-y, Williamson; you, Carruthers, and Woodley." "Lie number one," said the old man. "I never saw either of them until two months ago, and I have never been in Africa in my life, so you can put that in your pipe and smoke it, Mr. Busybody Holmes." "What he says is true," said Carruthers. "Well, well, two of you came over. His reverence is our own homemade article. You had known Ralph Smith in South Africa. You had reason to believe he would not live long. You found out that his niece would inherit his fortune. How's that—eh?" Carruthers nodded and Williamson swore. "She was next of kin, no doubt, and you were aware that the old fellow would make no will." "Couldn't read or write," said Carr-ruthers. "So you came over, the two of you, and hunted up the girl. The idea was that one of you was to marry her and the other have a share of the plunder. For some reason Woodley was chosen as the husband. Why was that?" "We played cards for her on the voyage. He won." "I see. You got the young lady into your service, and there Woodley was to do the courting. She recognized the drunken brute that he was and would have nothing to do with him. Mean while your arrangement was rather upset by the fact that you had yourself fallen in love with the lady. You could no longer bear the idea of this ruffian owning her." "No, by George. I couldn't." There was a quarrel between you. He left you in a rage and began to make his own plans independently of you." "It strikes me. Williamson, there isn't very much that we can tell this gentleman," cried Carruthers, with a bitter laugh. "Yes, we quarreled, and he knocked me down. I am level with him on that, then. You lost sight of him. That was when he picked up with this cast padre here. I found that they had set up housekeeping together at this place on the line that she had to pass for the station. I kept my eye on her after that, for I knew there was some devilry in the wind. I saw them from time to time, for I was anxious to know what they were after. "Two days ago Woodley came up to my house with this cable, which showed that Ralph Smith was dead. He asked me if I would stand by the bargain. I said I would not. He asked me if I would marry the girl myself and give him a share. I said I would willingly do so, but that she would not have me. He said, 'Let us get her married first, and after a week or two she may see things a bit different.' I said I would have nothing to do with violence, so he went off cursing, like the foul mouthed blackguard that he was, and swearing that he would have her yet. She was leaving me this week end, and I had got a trap to take her to the station, but I was so unsexy in my mind that I followed her on my bicycle. She had got a start, however, and before I could catch her the mischief was done. The first thing I knew about it was when I saw you two gentlemen driving back in her dogcart." Holmes rose and tossed the end of his cigarette into the grate. "I have been very obtuse, Watson," said he. "When in your report you said that you had seen the cyclist, as you thought, arrange his necktie in the shrubbery that alone should have told me all. However, we may congratulate ourselves upon a curious and in some respects a unique case. I perceive three of the county constabulary in the drive, and I am glad to see that the little hostler is able to keep pace with them, so it is likely that neither he nor the interesting bridegroom will be permanently damaged by their morning's adventures. I think, Watson, that in your medical capacity you might wait upon Miss Smith and tell her that if she is suft cleently recovered we shall be happy to escort her to her mother's home. If she is not quite convalescent you will find that a hint that we were about to telegraph to a young electrician in the Midlands will probably complete the cure. As to you, Mr. Carruthers, I think that you have done what you could to make amends for your share in an evil plot. There is my card, sir, and if my evidence can be of help to you in your trial it shall be at your disposal." In the whirl of our incessant activity it has often been difficult for me, as the reader has probably observed, to round off my narratives and to give those final details which the curious might expect. Each case has been the prelude to another, and the crisis once over the actors have passed forever out of our busy lives. I find, however, a short note at the end of my manuscript dealing with this case, in which I have put it upon record that Miss Violet Smith did indeed inherit a large fortune and that she is now the wife of Cyril Morton, the senior partner of Morton & Kennedy, the famous Westminster electricians. Williamson and Woodley were both tried for abduction and assault, the former getting seven years and the latter ten. Of the fate of Carruthers I have no record, but I am sure that his assault was not viewed very gravely by the court, since Woodley had the reputation of being a most dangerous ruffian, and I think that a few months were sufficient to satisfy the demands of justice. TO BE CONTINUED. HOUSEHOLD WISDOM How Flue Table Linen Must Be Preserved by Proper Treatment. Tablecloths and napkins should never have a touch of starch in them, says the New York Journal, but should be wrung out with very hot water, and then each piece should be ironed until it is perfectly dry, going over and over it with the iron not a suspicion of moisture is left in it. With a tablecloth, after having ironed the whole cloth, place the clothes basket under the ironing board to catch the cloth as it works over, fold it carefully, so that the edges meet and the crease is exactly down the middle, and iron as it is creased; then lay the cloth on a table or somewhere where it will air a little before putting it away in the linen drawer or shelf. Centerpieces and dolllies that are embroidered in colors or made of drawn work should never be allowed to get very soiled before washing, not only because everything that belongs to a table should be kept spotlessly clean, but because they are perishable things and should never be rubbed hard to get spots out. A soap lather is best for washing embroidered pieces, as soap should never be rubbed directly on them. Make a thick lather of soap and lay a centerpiece in it, washing it carefully, but putting instead of rubbing as much as possible. Squeeze in, drying without wringing; get the knack of getting all the water out that way, and iron THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND VIRGINIA Wash the colored embroidery pieces one at a time, spreading them out on towels to keep the colors from coming against another layer of the linen. There may be a piece that the colors will run in, and every piece may bear its mark if washed all together. Drawn work may be washed with a little less care, for soap not only may but should be rubbed directly into the piece, and if one piece is a little yellow it may be washed out well and laid out in the air to bleach with the kids still in it. How to Prune Trees. We must prune young fruit trees before they are planted, cutting the top severely to produce a balance between the top and the root, the latter having been greatly reduced in digging the tree from the nursery, says Suburban Life. We must cut out at this time any branches not needed for the formation of the bend, and we may pear the ends of the roots smoothly that were roughly cut with the spade in digging. We must watch the young tree during the growing season and stop the growth of any shoots outgrowing their neighbors and rub off any shoots not desired as soon as they are discovered. We must prune out here and there, as the trees grow older, such shoots as are being anothered by branches above them or that are being injured by others rubbing against them and aim to give the tree a symmetrical low headed form. When the lower branches become weak we must increase their vigor by cutting out branches from the top, thus forcing growth into them, and never, if it can be avoided, cut a large branch from the main trunk. How to Seal Letters It is often very desirable to know how to seal a letter so that it cannot be opened without betraying the fact. Steam or hot water will open envelopes closed with mucilage and even a wafer. A hot iron or a spirit lamp dissolves sealing wax, an impression in plaster having been taken of the seal. By the combined use of wafer and sealing wax, however, all attempts to open the letter otherwise than by force can be frustrated. All that is necessary is to close the letter first with a small moist wafer and to pierce the latter with a coarse needle (the same applies to mucilage), whereupon sealing wax may be used in the usual manner. This seal can neither be opened by dry heat nor by moisture. How to Cure Obstinate Coughes. A cure for obstinate coughs was made at the old missions in Lower California after the following recipe: One gallon of water, one pound of figs cut small, dry or fresh; one pound of dates cut small, one ounce of sage leaves and half a pound of rock candy. Boll all together till reduced one-half. Strain and boll the sage again gently until reduced to one quart. Bottle and take it as often as desired and as much as agrees with the patient. The sage checks the night sweats and heals, the figs purify the system and the dates and sugar furnish carbon to the blood faster than the lungs can consume it. How to Make Egg Barley. Egg barley is a dainty soup paste which is an agreeable change from noodles, macaroni, spaghetti and similar compounds. To make it prepare as for noodles, save that a third more flour is to be kneaded into the dough. This must be so firm that it can be grated into a large grater or chopped into the tiniest of kernels with a chipping knife. These are then spread in a tin plate and allowed to become a light golden tint in the oven. Strain the soup and put over the fire. When it bolls put in the egg barley and let it remain till it begins to float on top. How to Tonghen China To toughen china and glass place the new china in a boiler full of cold water, bring to boil gradually, boll for four hours and leave standing in the water till cool. Glass or china toughened in this way will never crack with hot water. How to Clean Mother-of-pearl. In cleaning mother-of-pearl rub it with fine powdered pumice and water and polish with rottenstone moistened with dilute sulphuric acid, applied with a soft cork. MISSOURI RIVER BOATS Trips of the Old Side Wheelers in the Early Days. In the early days there was a regular line of packets between St. Louis and St. Joseph, all side wheelers, and the average round trip occupied eight days. A boat left St. Louis every day for the Missouri river, and as there were fourteen boats in the line each boat made a round trip once every two weeks during the season. During the winter the boats ran between St. Louis and New Orleans. Coming up the river the boats ran all night, but in going down they always laid up as soon as darkness set in. In going down the river the boats usually left St. Joseph early in the afternoon and laid up for the night at Weston, where there was always a lot of freight to load. The next day they went to Lexington, the next to Boonville and the next to St. Louis. Occasionally during high water a boat would leave Lexington at daylight and reach St. Louis in time for breakfast the next morning. The boats carried from 200 to 400 passengers on the trip up the river, counting the immigrants on the deck, but going back they only had cabin passengers. The cabin fare from St. Louis to St. Joseph ranged from $10 to $15, which included meals and stateroom. The boats were all supplied with fine cooks, and the passengers lived on the best that money could buy. The average boat carried 500 to 600 tons of freight in addition to passengers. During low water freight that now costs 20 cents a hundred cost $2.50 a hundred. The expense of a round trip from St. Louis to St. Joseph, including loading and unloading, was estimated at $4,000, and the income from cost to $7,000. Each boat carried a crew of from 80 to 100 men. The average value of the boats in the line was probably $45,000 each. The boats were often on sand bars, where they sometimes remained for a day and night, but altogether the time was made surprisingly well. A pilot who had a reputation for keeping his boat off the bars commanded as high as $500 a month. Each boat was provided with two pilots, and this expense usually amounted to from $500 to $1,000 a month. All a river pilot saved he put in his watch chain. You could tell a high priced pilot by the size of the links in his gold watch chain. A battling good first mate who knew how to handle a boat after it struck a bar received $250 a month. Poker was a favorite river amusement, and it was not an uncommon sight to see eight or ten games going at the same time in the main cabin of a steamboat. And the playing was for actual money, which was displayed in stacks on the tables. Among the famous boats on the river at that time were the Kate Kinney, F. G. Aubry, Moung Star, John D. Perry, Sloux City, Omaha, Carrier and the James H. Lucas. The last named made the fastest run in the history of the river—59 hours and 22 minutes from St. Louis to St. Joseph. How Wines Are Colored "Most people think white grapes make white wine and dark grapes make red wine," said a visitor. "That is a popular error. "Red wine is made by fermenting grape juice and grape skins together the skins giving the color, and white wine is made by fermenting grape juice alone. "The juice of white and of dark grapes doesn't differ in hue. In each sort of grape the juice is almost colorless, like the weakest lemonade. "Champagne, one of the dearest of the white wines, is made of a grape so dark as to be nearly black. But the juice of that nearly black grape is quite as pale as the juice of the blondest white grape."—Minneapolis Journal. TWO EXTREMES Despite This Woman's Reasoning There is a woman here. There is a happy Medium. "A house is a regular vampire if you will allow it to be," said a woman who keeps house and also lays for time to give to other interests outside of the home. "It will absorb all your thought and vitality," she continued, "until your back is bent and your brain concentrated on the little scratches on your hard wood floor or the neglect of the kitchen faucets to shine all the time like gold. If we could be compelled by law to live in houses of a limited number of rooms it might be possible not to be tied hand and foot to their care as I am. You know the woman in the corner house? Nobody would ever think from her dowdy dress that she had such a fine home. But the fact is every dollar that she gets goes for curtains or a new rug or pretty bits of china, and she looks old and neglected through her extreme devotion to her house. "Her next door neighbor lives just contrary to this plan and is a picture when she goes down the street. Her house is clean enough, but things in it are so shabby. When it comes to choosing between a new rug and a tailor made suit she promptly chooses the garment. It is a pair of gloves before a china plate every time, yet I believe her way is the better, provided one must go to either extreme, and really there neems no sensible half way."—Chicago. Inter Ocean. WOMEN WHO REST. They Can Always Find Time to Make Others Happy. The woman that really wants her husband to be happy and doesn't find delight in saving her blackest, most doleful side for him rests before it is time for him to come home. She doesn't work hard until she hears his step, and, then, worried and nervous, run to meet him with a complaint upon her lips. She stops work before it is time for him to come, bathes her face, combs her hair, slips into a comfortable, clean dress and either jumps down or sits doing nothing until he comes. The woman who wants to look fresh and be charming at the evening party does the same thing, just to get ready for it. She plans her work so that she need not jump from the dish pan into a pretty dress. She has her clothes ready and she takes a nap during the late afternoon. This is to make her smile ready and her eyes bright. Both the husband and the hostess will be appreciative of the woman who greets them with that gentle serenity which comes only from one who is rested. Too many women fail to make others happy simply because they are always tired.—Kansas City World. UP PIKE'S PEAK OR BUST. Automobiles to Make an Assault on This Mountain In Sector 8 This Mountain in September. The greatest climb for an automobile ever known is being arranged for September up Pike's peak, and a lot of interest is being taken in the affair, which is being promoted by George R. Wahligen, says a special dispatch from Denver to the St. Louis Republic. This climb is described as a hard trip, one that will require a good driver. Every part of the machine will have to be watched, and provision will have to be made to adjust it to the varying conditions, for the climb means attaining a height of 7,000 feet in a distance of seventeen miles. Keepers must be made on the road, guilies must be covered, and stretches of the road will be found very tough. Men who have climbed the peak—and there are two—say that this climb will be the greatest ever engineered. His Private View "Senator, do you think that bill will ever pass?" "No, but we're going to make some people whose business would be hurt if it did pass do a lot of handsome things." "Chicago Record-Herald. 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Do you, Mary Saughter, take James Murrell to be your wedded husband, to love, cherish him, and forsaking all others, keep thee only unto him? And in record-breaking time came back the answer: "Bowling Green, Ky., to Roy E. A." Sheridan, Wyo.—With the aid and assistance of 2,000 miles of telegraph wire and two preachers, Sergt. James Murrell, of Fort McKenzie, Wyo., and Miss Mary C. Slaughter, of Bowling Green, Ky., were united in marriage, the ceremony being carried on by telegraph, and the minister pronouncing the couple man and wife by the same means. Miss Slaughter was at her home in Bowling Green and was assisted by Rev. W. R. Perine, of that city, while Sergt. Murrell remained at Fort McKenzie, two miles from Sheridan, and his end of the ceremony was performed by Rev. Mr. Faux, of the Baptist church at Sheridan. PRACTICAL HOUSE PAINTER, Residence, 1 E. Orange St. Prompt attention given to all mal orcers. Satisfaction guaranteed The novel and extraordinary cere- mony was the consummation of a long "I DO," WAS FLASHED FROM BOTH ENDS OF THE WIRE. romance—one lasting for more than ten years, for it has been that long since Murrell met Miss Slaughter. The beginning of the romance was at Glasgow, Ky., where the two were introduced nearly 11 years ago. Both were very young at that time, but became attached to each other almost at sight. Miss Slaughter went to Bowling Green, where she has been teaching in the public schools for some years. Murrell enlisted in the army and has seen service in Cuba, the Philippines and several western forts. Murrell and his bride have had a hard time getting married. A few months age he sent money to Miss Slaughter, which she was to hold until the two were married. The money was deposited in a savings bank and the next day the institution failed, carrying with it every cent Murrell had saved. Because of duty, Murrell was unable to go to Kentucky after his bride and it was arranged that they should be married by telegraph, the girl coming on to Sheridan alone immediately after the ceremony. Nearly two months ago a day was set upon which the telegraphs were to be exchanged, but a death in the family of Miss Slaughter on the day previous caused a postponement of the affair. Another day was arranged, and at the appointed time Rev. Mr. Faux, in Sheridan, telegraphed as follows: "Mary Slaughter, Bowling Green, Ky: 1832 MADRID 1952 Savings Bank OF RICHMOND, VA 511 North Third Street. Capital, $25,000 WILI AM CURSTALO. J. J. CARTER THOMAS M. CRUMP. SPCU Do you, Mary Slaughter, take James Murrell to be your wedded husband, to love, cherish him, and forsaking all others, keep the only unto him?" And in record-breaking time came back the answer: "Bowling Green, Ky., to Rev. F. A. Faux Shiridan Wyo.—I do—Mary Slaughter." Along with Mary's message came one as follows for James Murrell: "Do you, James Murrell, take Mary C. Slaughter to be your lawful and wedded wife, to love, and cherish her, forsaking all others, keep the only unto her?" This was guided by R. V. R. Perine. And Murrell's answer of "I do" was rushed through to Mary's court. FRANK WALLER, JR All Kinds of Painting Done Cheap Give me a call before going elsewhere DENTISTRY PAINLESS EXTRACTION For beautiful Teeth, Comfort. Pleasure and Health Pleasure and Health. OFFICE HOURS: From 8 A.M. to 6 M. Old Phone, 816. DR. P. B. RAMSEY, 115 E. Leigh St., Richmond, Va. SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY Short Line to the principal Cities of West, Florida, Cuba and Mexico TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND, MAIN ST., STATION DAILY—Schedule in effect April 16th, 1906. 9:10 a. m.—Local for Norlina, Raleigh, Hamlet and Charlotte 2:30 p. m. - SEABOARD Mail, composed of Pullman sleeping cars to Atlanta, Savannah, and Richmond. SEABOARD Cafe cars are also operated on this train, they are maintained at the highest degree of excellence; al- ready comfortable day trips, running without change to Florida. 10:00 p. m. - SEABOARD EXPRESS, Composed of Pullman sleepers to Atlanta, Savannah, and Richmond. SEABOARD Cafe cars, and day coaches, running to Florida without change. TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND, DAILY. 6:35 a. m. - From Florida, Atlanta and the Southwest. 4:35 a. m. - From Florida, Atlanta and the Southwest. 5:30 p. m. - From local points. For all information as to rates, schedules and connections apply to any SEABOARD Agent, or to H. S. LEARD W. M. TAYLOR, District Passenger Agt City Ticket Agt 603 East Main St. Richmond, Va. SCENIC ROUTE TO THE WEST 2 Hours and 25 Minutes to Norfolk LEAVET RICHMOND-EASTBOUND. 7:55 a.m. - DAILY - Local to Newport news and way stations. 9:35 a.m. - Newport arrives Williams bury 9:5 a.m. - Newport arrives 10:00 a.m. Oc Point 11:00 a.m. - Norfolk 11:25. 4:40 p.m. Daily - Special - Arrives Ola Po. Po 6-00 p. m. Nortford 6-00 p. m. 4-00 p. m. Locals 100 Old Po. 4-00 p. m. Alton 100 Old Po. Miamiapolis, and Chicago without charge and St. Louis without charge and St. Louis 5:15 p. m. Week days—Local to Orange 10:40 p. m. Limited to Fullman Service to Government, Louisville, St. Louis and Chicago JAMES RIVER LINE 10:20 a. m. Express to Lynchburg, Lexington, New York, Cforge and principal stations 10:20 a. m. Week days—Local to Gladstone TREKRON BICUMDON FROM Norfolk and Old Pineville 11:54 a. m. daily and m. daily Newport News local 8:30 p. m. daily 10. Inmanthi and West 7:30 a.m. m. daily and 8:30 a.m. main Local from Clifton Forge 7:45 p.m. w. daily from stations between Clifton Forge and Charlotte ville Daily from Charlotteville Except Sunday. Accommodation 8:20 a.m. Mines Riven Line Local from Clifton, Forge 6 a.m. Gladstone Account 8:40 a.m. except Sunday. C.E. DOYLE W. O. WARTHEN, Gen'l Manager List Pass Agt H. W. FULLER, G.P. A. Norfolk and Western R. R. LEAVE RICHMON (DAILY), BYRD STREET STATION. 0:00 a. m. NORFOLK LIMITED. Arrives at Norfolk 11:30 a. M. Stops only at Petersburg. Waverly and Suffolk. 8:30 a.m. CHICAGO EXPEDITION Car Petersburg to Lansing, 8:30 a.m. Petersburg to Lansing, 8:30 a.m. Bruinold to Columbus and Bruinold to Columbus, 8:30 a.m. Bruinold to Columbus, 8:30 a.m. Knoxville, and Knoxville to Chattanooga, and Momphas. Petersburg Express for Farmville, Lynchburg, and Booneau. Ocean Shore, limited Arrives Nov 8:30 a.m. PETERSburg, Petersburg 8:30 a.m. PETERSburg, Petersburg and Suffolk, Causeway, Providence, Worcester, Baltimore and Washington. 8:30 a.m. FORNOLL all stations east of Petersburg. 9:30 a.m. OLLEANS SHORT LINE Pullman Sleepier Richmond to Petersburg, Petersburg to Booneau: Lynchburg to Booneau: New Orleans, Cafe Dining C. Trains arrives New Orleans. 8:30 a.m. p.m. from Norfolk 11:30 a.m. p.m. and 6:30 a.m. main Street BELLERY BELLERY G. Pass. Art DIV. Prose DIV. Prose SOUTHERN RAILWAY Effective May 28th, 1905. # Charlotte 12:30 p. m.—Daily. Limited. Belfast. 1. Atlanta and Ft. mingham. New Orleans. 2. Chattanooga. New York. Through coach for Chase City, Durham and Raleigh. 6:00 p. m.—Ex. Sunday. Chase City. 11:30 p. m.—Daily. limited. tallman ready 8:30 p. m. for Ft. mingham. South. WORK FIELD NINE The favorite to route Baltimore and eastern points. Leave Richmond 4:20 p. m. Daily except Sunday. 45:5 a. m. --Except Sunday. Local mixed for West Point. 9:10 a. m. --Except Sunday. Local mixed for West Point. $15 p. m.—Daily except Sunday. Local for West Point. Except Sunday. For West Point, connecticut, two coaches for Baltimore and river landings. For Yorktown, Clay Bank Mondays. Wednesdays. Friday. Concester Point and All monds Tuesdays. *durations.* **TRAINS ARBRE RICHMOND** 6:38 a.m. and 6:22 p.m. - From all the south 8:38 p.m. - From Charlotte and Durham and Raleigh *m.* - From Chase City. *a.* 6:20 a.m. - From West Point. 10:45 a.m. - From West Point. 10:10 p.m. - From West Point. *S.H. HARRIS* - Wig's. *H. B. SPENCER* - G. M. H. TATLANT G. P.A. *C. W. WESTBURY* - D. P. A. Richmond, V.A. Trains Leave Richmond — Northward. 6:45 a.m. daily, Byrd t. Through. 6:55 a.m. daily, Main St. Through. 7:25 a.m. week days, Elba. Ashland accommodation. 8:25 a.m. daily, Byrd st. Through Local stops. 12:00 noon, week days, Byrd st. Through 4:00 p.m. week days, Byrd st. Frederickburg accommodation. 5:35 midday, Main St. Through. 6:30 p.m. week days, Elba. Ashland accommodation. 8:05 p.m. daily, Byrd st. Through. Trains Arrive Richmond — Southward. 6:40 a.m. week days, Elba Ashland accommodation. 8:20 a.m. week days, Byrd st. Frederickburg accommodation. 11:50 a.m., daily Byrd St. Through. 11:50 a.m., week days, Byrd St. Through. local stop. 11:50 a.m., daily Main St. Through. 11:50 a.m., week days, Elba Ashland accom modations. 11:50 a.m., daily Byrd St. Through. 11:50 a.m., daily Byrd St. Through. local stop. 9:40 p. m. daily, Main St. Through NOTE—Pulled Sleeping Man or Parian Cars or Richmond except train arriving Richmond 11:50 a. m. week days and local accommodations. times of arrivals and departures and con- nections not guaranteed. W. B. DUKE, C. W. CULP, W. F. TAYLOR, Gen' man' r. Ass' gen' man' r. Traf' man. ATLANTIC OAST-LINE EFFECTIVE SUNDAY, APRIL 16TH 9:05 a.m. A. C. L. Express, and points south 9:05 a.m. Petersburg and Norfolk 9:05 a.m. Petersburg and N. & W. West. 9:05 a.m. Petersburg and N. Norfolk. 4:10 p.m. Goldsboro local. 4:10 p.m. Petersburg local. 7:25 p.m. Florida and West Indian Limited' To call in. 9:20 p.m. Petersburg and N. & W. West 11:30 p.m. Petersburg local. TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND—Daily 4:57 a.m. 7:32 a.m. 8:33 a.m. except Sunday 10:45 a.m. Sunday only. 11:40 a.m. 1 p.m. 2:05 p.m. 2:45 p.m. 9:18 p.m. C.S. CARBELL, Div. Pass, Agt. W.J. CRAIG, Gen. Pass, Apt. Out of Town Orders Solicited and will Receive Prompt and Careful Attention. Isaac Straus and Co., Family Wine, Liquor and Cigar Store, 422 East Broad, St. Richmond, Va. WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OPEN TO Mr. Vernon, Gibson, Old Jasper, Pembrook, Biscot, Old Henry, Old North Carolina, Whiskey and Mountain Apple Breeze IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC WINES, BRAND DIES, GINS AND RUMS Best and most popular brands of CIGARS Goods Delivered Free to 'Phoe 2234 all parts of the City. BUFFET IN REAR THE PLANET is a live, up-to-date weekly journal. SUBSCRIBE NOW. THE YURT EMINENT LAWYER RIVALS DR. JEKYLL DUAL EXISTENCE OF PROMINENT NEW YORK ATTORNEY. IS INDICTED FOR BLACKMAIL Confession Reveals Remarkable Mode of Operations—How He Aided His Practice by Underhanded Means. New York. — Thomas Parmalee Wickes, a lawyer of prominence in this city and a man of considerable social standing, has been indicted by the grand jury for attempted blackmail, on his own confession of playing a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde game in legal practice. He voluntarily submitted to arrest and was released on $1,000 bail. Behind the indictment, it is said, lies a remarkable condition to be found in the life of one man. Wick's acknowledged that he possesses a dual personality, the one as the dignified, almost austere attorney; the other as a writer of letters to his own and other lawyers' clients, booming his own stock and deering that of his rivals before the bar. He confessed that he was the author of the Lewis Jarvis letters, which for the last six years have been received by many persons who have had business relations of various sorts with him. Some of the epistles praised the acumen and diligence of Wickes as a lawyer, but most of them threatened the persons opposed to Wickes in legal proceedings with disagreeable consequences unless they adopted certain courses of procedure advised by "Jarvis." Once in awhile the letters were addressed to Wickes himself, and were shown to lawyers and clients as explaining the propriety of certain charges made against them which they might have regarded as unreasonable. The complainant against Wickes in the case ending in his indictment is Edward Weston, of this city, head of the Weston Electrical company, of Newark, reputed to be a millionaire. In March, 1901, Mr. Weston alleges, he was defrauded of $65 by a man named Edward PWICKES TORNEY AT AW EVEN WHILE HIS CLIENTS CONSULTED WITH HIM HE PLANNED TO BLACKMAIL THEM EVEN WHILE HIS CLIENTS CONSULTED WITH HIM HE PLANNED TO BLACKMAIL THEM. S. Raynor. Detective Sergeant McMonville later arrested a man who closely resembled Raynor, but who proved to be Dr. Ashbel T. Grinell, formerly dean of the medical school of the University of Vermont. Dr. Grinell sued Mr. Weston for $50,000 damages, with Wickes and T. O'Sullivan as his attorneys. He got a verdict of $12,500 on the first trial and $10,000 on the second. The third resulted in a mistrial, and the fourth ended when Mr. O'Sullivan abruptly withdrew from the case because of the "queer actions" of Wickes. Two or three years ago, Mr. Jerome said, Wickes went to Tiffany's and had some elaborate letter-heads engraved with the name "Lewis Jarvis, New York." On May 16, Mr. Jerome explained, Mr. Weston received a letter written on this letterhead and signed with that name which the district attorney gives as his entire basis for the blackmail charge. The letter, according to Mr. Jerome, said that the undersigned, as a lawyer, saw Weston had made fatal mistakes in his amended answers brought against him in the suits by Dr. Grinnell. Jarvis pointed out conflicting statements, and said they constituted perjury on Weston's part, and that he might be arrested and indicted. The letter went on to threaten Weston with publication of his alleged perjury if the writer was not reimbursed. The letter was signed "Lewis Jarvis." Mr. Weston made every effort to locate Jarvis. He advertised in newspapers for information as to other persons who had received similar letters from Jarvis. Mr. Weston's lawyers say this advertisement brought to them information of startling ventures in the blackmailing line. Detectives set to watch his lock box arrested Wickes, and by means of a decoy letter proved, it is said, that Wickes and Jarvis were the same man. Saved Sister by Fish Hook. Fort Francis, Cut-Eric Williams, the six-year-old son of Mr. H. Williams, merchant, of this place, was fishing at the lower dock at that place recently, accompanied by his sister, Agnes, aged five years, when the latter fell into the water. With rare presence of mind, Eric dragged his line along until he hooked the little girl's dress, and so pulled her along in the water to the edge of the wharf, whence he reached down and assisted her to safety. EVIL SPELL IS CAST OVER ENGLISH FARM. Woman Called to Elucidate Finding of Gold Bewitches Place and Strange Things Occur. London.—The visit of a modern "witch," who was called in to aid in the search for losi, gold at a small farm in the parish of Mav Hill, on the western side of Gloucester, has had disastrous results to the farmer and his family. The farmer missed £50 in gold from a secret hiding place in his house, and it was suggested that the "witch," an old woman reputed to have powers of divination, who resides in the Forest of Dean, should be called in to elucidate the mystery. The suggestion was acted upon, and the entire neighborhood now believes that the farm has been "bewitched" as the result of the woman's visit. Immediately the "witch" arrived on the scene the farmer's daughter and AT SIGHT OF THE "WITCH" THE TWO WOMEN BECAME RAVING MANIACS. granddaughter developed unmistakable signs of madness. The daughter, who is a married woman, became so bad that she had to be removed to the Gloucester asylum, while the granddaughter was taken to a workhouse hospital. The morning on which they were removed the farmer's wife suddenly disappeared. Inspector Dennis, of the Gloucester police, and a staff of constables, with many neighbors and friends, organized a search for her, but no trace of her whereabouts could be discovered. She returned home a few days ago, however, in a very exhausted condition, having subsisted during her absence on the leaves of the trees in the wood and a little water from the ditch. She had both seen and heard the searchers, she said, but was afraid to disclose her whereabouts to them. In her hand she carried a _hazel stick_, which, she said, was "to keep the witches away." Soon the farmer's son also developed symptoms of insanity, and it was necessary to place him under restraint. He succeeded, however, in injuring himself severely by running his head against a large iron spike. His wife screamed loudly when she saw his condition, and the man, imagining that she, too, was "bewitched," frantically implored her, while the blood was streaming from his head, to seize a hazel stick and to pray frequently that she might escape the evil spirits. The entire district is in a condition of ferment, and the "bewitched" farm is shunned by all the neighbors. Although the "witch" has returned to her home, mysterious breaking of windows and destruction of other property are declared to have occurred in the district. WOMAN BURNED AT STAKE American Whi'sky Causees Terrible Orgies Among Natives of Siberian Settlement. Nome, Alaska.—News of horrifying deeds that marked a reign of terror in the native settlements of the Diomedi isla-ds, Siberia, has reached here. Terrible scenes were enacted by the natives, who were maddened by villainous whisky, supplied them by the crews of American whalers, according to the Siberian authorities, whose resentment of the Americans conduct is bitter. The burning of a young native woman at the stake, the hanging of a man and the shooting of three others marked the orgies, which are attributed to the greed of the American traders, who gave the savages unlimited fire water in return for furs and ivory, using intoxicants unscrupulously to get the leading natives into such a condition that they were incapable of driving an intelligent bargain and were in consequence shamefully swindled. The islands are seldom visited by ships and the Russian officials refuse to allow whisky to be sent the natives from the mainland, as serious consequences invariably follow when they are maddened by liquor. When the American whalers stopped at the islands, therefore, they were eagerly welcomed by the chief men. Skillful questioning revealed that the stores of ivory and furs taken in the last winter were unusually large, and the whalers proceeded shrewdly to get them at low prices. Eleventh Hour Wedding London.—A remarkable wedding recently took place at Penzance, the contracting parties being Francis Russell Vincent, a hale widower of 83 years, and Annie Harvey, a healthy and active widow, aged 96. They are natives of West Cornwall, but have known each other only a few weeks. Each has been married twice previously. In youth successes we won. With years you can win. The work it In your eyes you can - Wear! THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND. VIRGINIA A Poem for Today A Poem for Today By Elizabeth Barrett Browning AY over again, and yet once over again, That then dost love me. Though the word repeated Should seem "a cuckoo-song," as then dost treat it, Remember, never to the hill or plain, Valley and wood, without her cuckoo-strain Comes the fresh Spring in all her green completed. Beloved, I, amid the darkness greeted By a doubtful spirit voice, in that doubt's pain By a doubtful spirit Cry. 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The old-fashioned flannel bathing suit, baggy and cumbersome, with hat, shapeless slippers, cheap cotton hosiery and a most unbecoming oilskin cap or coarsely woven farmer's hat—these all belong to the dark ages of salt water bathing. The new suit is light in weight, varied in coloring and as chic in its way as the tubrock of the hour. Some bathing enthusiasts go so far as to own two suits, which they alternate. One of these is more than likely to be a sliken affair, but for general wear there is nothing to equal the mohair suit. This sheds both sand and water. The very newest mohairs for bathing suits show a coarse weave, not unlike the scilienne in hopsacking patterns. The water slides through this mesh and the suit dries in a few moments—a most important feature when one has a tiny summer cottage or is cooped up in a boarding house. The fine checks, black and white, blue and white and green and blue, are vying this season with the plain colors, but perhaps more popular will be a plain blue or black suit, with trimmings of checked material. In the silks the range of weaves is amazing to the woman who has never considered the possibilities of this fabric for bathing suits. Some of the most beautiful models are shown in peau de soie, the dark colors being preferred, and black leading all comers. A certain grade of tafta is also good, but care must be taken that a supple quality is selected. The dressing in a cheap tafta yields immediately to salt water, and a salt made of this grade of tafta will last but a comparatively short time, while if the better grade is selected the silk bathing suit will last an entire season. In the matter of colorings conservative women cling to black, or dark blue, and the girl who this year will indulge in a more dashing suit, such as white or natural colored pongee, should be careful to investigate first the rules of the summer resort at which she will spend her vacation. At a number of the very conservative beaches white suits are not permitted. Of course, there is always the girl who selects the vivid scarlet suit or something in blue of a very pale shade. She may depend upon it that she will be marked from the moment she appears on the beach, and may be grateful if she escapes the camera flies. Brown is again shown in mohair and silk, but the woman who invests in this color takes a risk, as it may streak the very first dip in the salt water. A POCKET PIN-CUSHION. Now Here Is a Little Gift to Make for That Difficult Person, a Man Creature. 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WKES, PROP. sign shown; the silk is cut one-half inch all around larger than the card; before putting the silk over lay a little wadding-over the card, as it will soften the appearance of the silk; the edges of silk may be fixed by lacing them with a needle and cotton from EASY TO CARRY. side to side. A piece of very narrow sarsenet ribbon is sewn all around the edge of one disc, drawing it tightly so that it stands out to form little sides. the opposite edge being sewn to the second disc; before quite finishing the joining put a little stumming of cut-up wool between the discs; it can be arranged to lie evenly by the aid of a long darning needle; the ends of the ribbon must be neatly fastened off; the pins are stuck into the cushion through the ribbon. Another plan of making up the cushion is to sew the two discs together by the edges, not using the ribbon. THE KLONDIKE FIDELITY BANK- ING CO., Axtell, Va. P. O. Address: Howardsville, Va. Incorporated, April, 1904. 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For information concerning the organization of lodges, apply at the main office. The Courts of Calanthe Is the Female Department of the Order. It requires a membership of thirty persons to organize a court. Its members are pledged to exhibit Fidelity, exercise Harmony and prove Love one for the other. It pays an endowment and burial benefit of $150.00. It pays $3.00 per week sick dues. The only expense for regalia is the cost of the badge, 50 cents and a 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, orgnize one. For all information concerning the Children's Department address. 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