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THE RICHMOND PLANET. VOL. XXIII NO 3. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY DECEMBER 23, 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS A MERRY XMAS BAMBINO. BY LUCA DELLA ROBBIA $\textcircled{1}$ REPOSE IN EGYPT. PAINTING BY PLOCKHORST $\textcircled{2}$ CHRIST AND THE DOCTORS. PAINTING BY HOPMANN $\textcircled{3}$ CHRIST'S ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM. PAINTING BY PLOCKHORST $\textcircled{4}$ CHRIST BEFORE PILATE. PAINTING BY HOPMANN $\textcircled{5}$ CHRIST BEARING THE CROSS. PAINTING BY HOPMANN ECCE HOMO. PAINTING BY GUIDO RENI WRITTEN IN RED BY CHAS. HOWARD MONTAGUE AND C. W. DYAR (Copyright, by The Cassell Publishing Co.) CHAPTER 1—Story opens in offices of North & Stackhouse, a Boston brokers' and bankers' concern. Directors of Nicaragua Midland and Stackhouse await North, who before he had received letter threatening death due to the death of a dead body at his unoccupied town home. Beside body, in scrawl of red, is written "Stackhouse." Officers, reporters and physician investigate and rescued woman's handkerchief is found on Kingman F. Thomas, of Boston Globe, introduced. CHAPTER 2—Petridge, friend of the groom and Stackhouse, engage Detective Lamm to probe murder, and describes the other the criminal. Lamm goes to Swannscott, North's summer home. CHAPTER 4—Lamm hides in North home. Stackhouse also lives, and bears Mrs. Stackhouse's daughter, accuse husband of murder. Stackhouse leaves home, wife faints. CHAPTER 5—Petridge arrives at North home. Lamm interviews Mrs. Stackhouse, brother, murderer. Marie Moissot, known to both Petridge and Stackhouse, connected with case. CHAPTER 6—Medical Examiner Jarrett reports view of case. Thomas interviews surgeon in autopsy; then confers with病人, who tells Petridge connection with case. CHAPTER 7 - Busy days at police office. Disclosed that Mrs. Stackhouse was North's inspector. Inspector Appleybia vista Stackhouse, purporting to letter to Marion, mentioning blackmailer. CHAPTER 8 - Thomas visits North villa. Thomas and Appleybia present at murdered man's funeral. On on handkerchief found appleybia on the floor. Appleybia on Stella, North's youngest daughter. CHAPTER 9 - Thomas confers with Lamm. Goes to North villa at night; ob- jects to grave descent treills; follows the woman into water. He recovers it. CHAPTER 10—Takes up pursuit again, following woman all night and part of next day. On finding伯伯, Thomas discovers she is Stella. CHAPTER 11—Stella reveals fact that Marion is implicated in murder. Thomas falls in love with Stella. CHAPTER 12—Firm of North & Stack- house collapses. Detective put on Stella North's trail. Thomas reveals finding of Marie Mossot. CHAPTER 13—Advertisement for information about Marie Mossot answered by Lamm, who puts female detective on trail. Stackhouse calls for information; tries russ to see Marie, but is outwitted. CHAPTER 14—Stackhouse writes letter to Marie Mossot, begging mercy and asking for information. CHAPTER 15—Thomas to apartment building; spies on him, finding him entertaining Stella North. CHAPTER XV THE THING HAS A PARK LOOK. "Come in. Kingman. You are prompt. I'm obliged to you." Wednesday morning, and Detective Lamm at the threshold of his office was welcoming his friend, the reporter. "Yes," said Thomas, unaware of the peculiar expression with which his associate regarded him. "Your note, left at the office, seemed to be urgent." "You are right. It was urgent. Sit down." John Lamm locked the door and put the key in his pocket. And standing with his back against it, said, seriously: "Thomas, I have always considered you as an excellent detective. I have changed my mind." "Well, what now?" asked Thomas, uneasily, glancing keenly at his friend, and thereafter avoiding his gaze. "This," said Lamm, measuring his words; "the man who allows himself to be side-tracked in an important case by a pretty face and a pair of blue eyes has a cardinal weakness that sooner or later is sure to tell against him in business." Thomas started, flushed, but controlled himself. "Did you go clear to New York to find that out?" "I have not been to New York," said Lamm, quietly. "I have been here in Boston, hard at work upon the latest and most curious feature of the North case." "Come," said Thomas, desperately, "say what you mean. Don't talk in riddles." "I mean that I know all about it, Thomas. I know that Kingman F. Thomas, who has done in his day as excellent detective work as anybody in the state, has at last fallen into the snare of the siren, and forgotten his duty. In other words, he is in love with one of the principals. Instead of arresting her he guards her. While the police are searching everywhere for her, he has her seerely hidden in his own house, right under their very noses, and comes to his best friend with a coolness that might (if he were a little less wary) have ruined his work on the case." "John, you presume on your friendship," said Thomas, hotly. He had been nervously fingering his watch charm, and alternating between white and red, throughout Lamm's quiet speech but he now started up and faced the detective squarely. "You have no right to assume that there is any sentiment in the matter. You go too far when you charge me with letting my personal feelings run away with my sense of duty. You don't know what my object was—is." "Ah, but pardon me, Kingman; I assume that I do. If it had been in the ordinary course of your professional business, you would have come to me with it for advice or assistance, just as you have always done when we have associated ourselves on a case before. There is only one reason why you didn't come, you were more than afraid that I would never approve of so rash a proceeding on your part, and you were resolved upon taking the step at all hazards. In other words, Kingman, you were a little ashamed." Thomas had regained control of himself. He drew himself up. "See here, John Lamm, we will leave my motives out of the question, if you please. I have protected the girl. I propose to have to do so. She was in a hard place—a harder one than you know anything about. I should have been less than a man if I had neglected to do what I did. To have given her up under the circumstances would have been the height of cruelty. You wouldn't have done it yourself. Every bit of circumstantial evidence was overwhelmingly against her. I determined to conceal her till I could discover at least proofs of her innocence sufficient to prevent her from the ignominy of an arrest. Since you have discovered the fact there is no help for it. You must aid me to keep the secret." "Only upon one condition, Kingman. I must know all the facts." "And, if I tell you everything, will you give me your word of honor not to use it against her or hers?" asked Thomas, with peculiar emphasis on the second pronoun. "But isn't that rather broad?" Lamm hesitated. Thomas compressed his lips tightly. "This girl has confessed everything to me, Lamm; and in return I have given her my word to do everything in my power to protect her family from disgrace. There's no way out of it. You must promise me." "What do you mean?" demanded Lamm. sternly. "Do you mean if I find that the murderer of Paul North is in her family I am to keep it to myself" "Decidedly not," said Thomas. "But you must have proof, not appearances." "Oh, certainly," said Lamm. "I agree to that. Hang the appearances in a case. They are seldom right. I use appearances only to enable me to get at the facts. But once I get at the facts, Thomas, understand me, it will make no difference whose family it is in." "Very well," said Thomas. "we understand each other. Give me your hand on it." The two men shook hands over the compact and sat down close together beside the detective's desk. "In the first place," began Thomas, "it was Stella North who threw the pistol into the water at Swampscott on Sunday night and then fled from her home." "I had guessed as much when I learned that North's shooter had been found." "At that time I hadn't the faintest idea who the fugitive was, and when I recognized her on the Connecticut roadside I was nearly as much astonished as she was frightened. The first thing I thought was that she must be guilty. All her actions—the headlong, precipitate flight; her terror at my appearance—all seemed to wear the look of criminality. She had fainted dead away, but she soon began to come to herself again. Thereupon I tied my horse to a tree and drew her into the woods, out of sight of passers. She was so weak and emotional I believed her ripe for a confession. Lamm. I fully expected at that moment to be rewarded for my efforts to a tremendous discovery. But I tell you, as I looked at the poor thing—hardly a woman yet—lying there on the leaves, pale, speechless, frightened nearly out of her senses, I never felt so sorry for anybody in my life." "I know the feeling," said Lamm. "I've had it myself. But go on." "Well, when she came to I began to talk to her. Of course there was a scene. She broke down completely, and at her first words I understood what I ought to have had sense enough to have known from the first—that her terror was not on her own account. 'Oh, don't let them arrest her!' she kept saying. 'Don't, I beg of you! She's crazy! She must be! She never could have done it in her senses!'" "Oh, ho!" exclaimed the detective. "Sister Marlon, eh?" "Come, I said, 'tell me the whole story; it's the quickest way out of it. And I give you my word of honor I'll do what I can to help you. But it was a long time before I was able to bring her to the point of trusting me. I don't know how it was, exactly, but she gradually—" "Peshaw!" said Lamm. "Don't embarrass yourself. Skip it. I know what happened as well as you do. She was in deep distress. You were in earnest. She trusted you. Good. What was her story?" "She didn't tell me the whole story at that time," said Thomas. "I stopped her when I knew the essential facts, for I realized her danger and incidentally my own. I impressed upon her the necessity of obeying me implicitly. I told her there was but one way to save either herself or her sister, or both of them, from the ignominy of immediate arrest and all the attendant scandal. Frightened to death, almost, and shaking like a leaf, she acquiesced. I stowed her as comfortably as I could in the bottom of the carriage, and covered her with a rug. Overcome with exhaustion, she. I believe, actually slept all the way to Vernon. Outside the town I awoke her, made her get out, and told her to follow me at a distance, and to board the train that I took, but by no means to speak to me. She was veiled, and had enough money to purchase her ticket." "Capital! You are a shrewd one, Kingman. These precautions would never have occurred to another man." "Of course," said Detective Lamm, significantly. "And so," Thomas continued, "I like my plans accordingly. We rode to Boston separately, and she followed me on foot on the other side of the street to my house. She was whiter than death when she came in; but if you know my mother you can imagine the reception she got. Five minutes' explanation to my mother was sufficient. She opened her arms to the fugitive, and Stella North has been un- THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA "Ah! and you, of course, got the whole story from the girl?" "That night. There is no question about her frankness or her honesty. If you could talk with her ten minutes you would be assured of that." "Undoubtedly. And now for the facts. What are they?" "Well, Lamm." said Thomas, "there are two sets of facts—the immediate and the remote. Whether the remote have any relation to the immediate I cannot tell. Nevertheless, you shall hear them first. To go back to Richard Petridge—" "Of course," said Lamm. "Everything in the case seems to have a peculiar trick of going back to him." "Still, I am unable to say that he has any connection with this murder, Lamm. It's a mystery, old man, as you will soon see. Stella merely corroborated the facts that I have told you already about Fetridge's connection with the family. It was just as I said; he was in love with Marlon, but how far they went, whether they were actually engaged or not, nobody knows; not even Stella, for the fact comes out that Marlon is a very peculiar woman." "Peculiar? Do you mean eccentric?" "Well, eccentric, perhaps," said Thomas, doubly. "What I mean is that she is exceedingly self-willed and self-reliant; that she is naturally secretive, dislikes to make confidants, repels intercourse on topics near to her, dislikes to be sympathized with, and is extremely sensitive about little things that ordinary people would pass unobserved. Exaggerate all these qualities to an unusual degree, and you have the traits that make Marion Stackhouse peculiar. If you call such a character eccentric, she's eccentric. If you mean, however, the eccentricity that is allied to monomania or insanity, I fail to find that she has ever exhibited any traces of it. I questioned Stella very particularly on this point—as to whether her sister was in the habit of taking queer freaks. She says it might seem so to anybody who was not familiar with her peculiar temperament, but she never knew her to do anything without the possibility of a reason therefor." "Just my idea of her exactly," said Lamm. "Anybody who has ever looked into the restless eye of a maniac knows what it is. I have talked with Marion Stackhouse face to face. She is no more insane than I am." "I say this," continued Thomas, "to explain why it was that nobody knew whether Marion was really engaged to Petridge. On account of the opposition of Mr. North, it would have been a secret, anyway, to some extent, but Stella never knew. She only knows that they were together a great deal, till one night they presumably quarreled, for his visits ceased abruptly. And the next thing Stella knew, the engagement to Stackhouse was announced." "Wasn't this a marriage from pique, then, such as we occasionally hear of?" "So I fancy, Lamm. Stella will not express her opinion to that effect, but I can see that she thinks so. Well, now, as to Fetridge coming back into the family again since his return from Australia, it was just as we surmised, ostensibly to pay Stella some attention; but the girl declares that he never spoke of love to her, though he had plenty of opportunity." "Which indicates," said Lamm, quietly, "that Fetridge still came to see Marlon, despite her marriage to Stack-house." "So it would seem; and that she regretted her hasty step in marrying too soon. Well, but this is only speculation. To go on with the facts: Fetridge's attentions to Stella were thoughtlessly received—the girl insists she has no other feeling for him than that of a pleasant acquaintance—but after his departure on his recent business trip, the purpose of which we can't determine, it came to her ears that there was a great deal of gossip about their association. She determined to be more careful in the future. The day before the murder, Fetridge reappeared at the house. It would seem that the instant he got home he came to the North household. He began to lay out plans at once to go hither and yon with the girl. But the poor thing's suspicions were aroused by her long month of reflection. She determined not to be made a catspaw of for any purpose, and at the first opportunity—having summoned up the necessary courage—she broached the tabooed subject to her sister." "What time of day was this?" "It seems to have been about the middle of the afternoon. Marion was not feeling very well. She was lying down, and Stella was sitting beside her with a fan. Marion introduced Fetridge's name herself, making some inquiries about his visit of the previous evening. Then Stella made so bold as to ask her advice, and finally told what her suspicions were." "But you don't mean—" "Simply that Fetridge pretended to pay attentions to her (Stella) for the sake of appearances, and that his real object was to be near Marion." "Whew! Knowing the woman, I can imagine the result." "Easily. But Stella was innocent enough. She merely intended to give her sister a well-meant warning, Marion received it as an insult. 'It is a jealous life,' she cries into the cars of the astonished Stella. 'Richard Fetridge never meant to marry me; never cared a feather for me. If you had asked me I could have told you so. But since you thought it better to play the spy on me, why, I'll prove it to you.' And with a great emphasis on the word prove, she dashed out of the room." "This woman is curious. No doubt about it. But her conscience troubles her, and she's jealous of Fetridge. There's no other explanation of this line of conduct." "Ah, well," said Thomas, doubtfully, "if Marilyn married Stackhouse purely from pique, and she been carrying on the hollow mockery for a whole year, because she was too proud to betray what she suffered to any living soul, it seems that there might be enough inflammable material in her emotional nature to get up a good blaze at the first spark. Don't you think so?" "Quite likely, It's logically put, anyhow. But about these prooils, that Fetridge didn't care for her. I am unkissed to know the nature of them." "So am I; but unfortunately they disappear from my story with this reference to them. Stella naturally supposed Marion went to town to set something. Imagine her surprise, five minutes later, to see her driving off in a carriage. In a short time the coachman came back. Mrs. Stackhouse, he said, had gone to Boston. Stella began to be exceedingly alarmed. What in the world could have occasioned this sudden freak she could not imagine. That her sister was terribly angry she saw, and the insane idea that perhaps she intended to tell Richard Fetridge what had been said drove the poor girl quite distracted. She followed Marion to the city in the next train, and searched everywhere for her. It was after six when she arrived, and all the places of business were closed. This circumstance only increased the girl's alarm. She began to have what she calls a presentiment of evil. There were three places in town where she thought her sister might be—the houses of three friends. One of them was a way out in Roxbury. She made the rounds, exiting everywhere wonder and concern; but she abruptly refused all offers of escort. It was get- A "GOOD HEAVENS!" HE CRIED; "AND ALL THIS TIME YOU HAVE BEEN CONCEALING THIS FROM ME." ting later and later all the time. Already it was dark, and the street lights were burning. Suddenly she remembered that Marlon had the keys to the house in Mariboro street. There was a bare possibility that she had gone there in quest of the proofs she had so mysteriously mentioned. Stella set herself in that direction. It must have been about half-past nine o'clock when she approached the place, and saw—what do you think? Marlon Stackhouse coming down the steps!" The imperturbable John Lamm for once lost his professional sangu froid. He sprang to his feet and brought his hand down with a crash upon the top of his desk. "Good heavens!" he cried. "And all this time you have been concealing this from me!" TO BE CONTINUED Something Long Needed. "I hear you're trying to invent a new style of cornet." "Yes, I'm at work on one with a reflex action." "What's the idea?" "If I can get it working right it will blow the head off anybody that tries to use it." - Philadelphia Press. Philosophic Wise—You really should be more economical. Galley—Oh! I will be, some day. Wise—I should say so. You'll have to be some day. Galley—All right; if I have to I won't mind it so much.—Philadelphia Press. Wanted Him to Keep Dry. "Let's me see!" exclaimed the jolly bridegroom. "I declare, this is really my honeymoon." "Yes, Henry," replied the bride, anxiously, "but I notice you go in the buffet car too often. Please don't let it be your wet moon."—Chicago Dally News. Two Kinds of Encyclopedias. She—Why, she is a walking encyclopedia. He—Oh, I don't like that kind of an encyclopedia. "No; I like the kind you can shut up."—Yonkers Statesman. Deuced Clever. First Detective—That criminal is a clever scoundrel. Second Detective—What's he done? First Detective—I chased him for an hour yesterday, and when I caught up with him, it was somebody else.—Cleveland Leader. His Only Hone "Hobbs, I think your boy will become a very distinguished man if he lives long enough." "Yes? And what do you think he will be distinguished for?" "Longevity—if he lives long enough." —Tit-Bits. Getting Laura Out of the Way. "Bingley is a very original fellow." "Is he?" "Yes. At the wedding of Laura Pinkleton the other day he reserved his heartiest congratulations for the bride's young stepmother."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. He Knew Bill—You say she cried out when you kissed her on the cheek? Jill—Yes, she did. "Well, you ought to have kissed her on the mouth; then she couldn't have cried out!"—Yonkers Statesman Unthinkable Nkicker—Has he got more money than he knows what to do with? Bocker—Why, they even say he has more than other people know what do with.—N. Y. Sun. GOTHAM WOMAN BRAVES BANDITS DEFIES MOROCCAN TRIBES IN RACE FOR SHIP. New York.—To catch the steamship Princess Irene, which reached this port recently, a New York woman, disguised in Moorish dress and riding a mule, braved death or capture at the hands of bandit tribes and traveled for 12 hours through a country in which no white woman had ever before set foot. Her name is Mrs. John Larkin, and she is the wife of a lawyer living in this city. With her husband and their two young sons, Mrs. Larkin left America some two months ago for a tour of the continent, with no particular place as their destination. When they reached Gibraltar an impulse inclined them to go across the straits to Tangier, and when they arrived at Tangier they wanted to continue in the more or less irresponsible fashion of Americans, to any place that offered the most difficulties. This happened to be the city of Tetuan, which is in the interior of Morocco. All sorts of troubles met them on the way. Their boat was a frail one and before they had made half the journey they saw a British warship blown on the rocks in the same storm that eventually delayed them for several days and compelled them finally to anchor well out at sea and go into the African port on a flat-boat. It was merely a spirit of adventure that had induced them to go in the first place, and for the same reason they went on. After spending three days in Tetuan Mr. and Mrs. Larkin decided it was time to return, but found that the boat which had carried them had gone back. Thereupon Mr. Larkin set out to find a means of getting back overland, but to his dismay he was informed that such a project was impossible because of the bandits infesting the mountains lying between, chief of whom was Raisull, who captured Perdicars. Just at this time the Chereef of Wazan, a neighboring province an- THEBRIGANDS GLOWERED AT THE CARAVAN AS IT PASSED. peared in Tetuan for a brief visit, and Mr. Larkin learned that he would soon return to Tangier with his caravan. He made a "deal" with the Chereef to take him and his wife with him, relying on the fact that the bandits never attacked their fellow countrymen, especially when they were well armed. Although the Chereef was willing, there was more difficulty when the British consul, Mr. Buak, the only consul from an English speaking country in Tetuan, objected, because only a few days before he had asked for and been refused an escort for a trip only a few miles out of the city. For a time it looked as if Mr. Larkin would be defeated in his effort, but he finally overcame Buak, and, by prearrangement, met the Chereef and his caravan outside the city gates early the next morning. In the meantime the Larkins had been provided with Moorish costumes, without which they would have been at the mercy of the bandits. The Cheeref gave to Mrs Larkin his favorite mule, an easy going animal, and they set off. The way lay across the Angheria mountains, but there are no roads, and the traveling is rough. Up and down passes and defiles, across ditches and under improvised bridges they had to go. It was about midday when they encountered Raisulil and his band. They are the desperadoes who make a specialty of capturing Europeans or Americans and holding them for ransom, knowing that only Europeans or Americans with money can indulge in the luxury of such adventure. The brigands, armed to the teeth, glowered at the caravan as it passed, but made no overture of violence. This was chiefly because of the numbers of the Chereef's party, and also because they did not know there were any Europeans or Americans in it. Only a few hours after Raisulil's band had been safely passed, another tribe of bandits was encountered, a tribe which is incessantly at war with the other, but for the same reasons they, too, were passed in safety. Tangler was reached at last and M. Larkin fell off the Chereef's mule into her husband's arms, glad of her experience and also that it was over. Money in Fruit Yeast—What fruit is there the most money in? Crimsonbeak—Insurance plums, I guess. —Yonkers Stutesman. Knew His Master Knew His Master. "Gentleman at the door, sir." "What does he want—money?" "I think not, sir. He asked to see you."—Cleveland Leader. FATHER WEDS GIRL HE WINS FROM SON. The Bride Is 14, the Groom About 40, One-Legged and Has Twice Been Widowed. Greenport, L. I.-Frederick Tabor is about 40 years old and one-legged. But he easily beat his son Russell, 16 years and two-legged, in the race for Abbie Tuthill's young affections. Mrs. Frederick Tabor, who used to be Abbie Tuthill, is 14 years of age, and two weeks ago she wore dresses up to her ankles and went regularly to the grammar school at Orient, near here. Russell Tabor is so mad that his father out him out and that he has a stepmother instead of a sweetheart, that he has left his home at Orient and is now weighing sugar in a grocery HIS FATHER CUT HIM OUT store here. Russell has a sister, Hazel, 15 years old, and she has declared on her word and honor she would leave home if her papa brought there a mamma a year younger than she is. Frederick Tabor and his bride have returned to his home. Mrs. Roscoe S. Tuthill, Abbie's mother, has disappeared from her home. Frederick Tabor, a truck farmer, twice a widower, has four children. Mrs. Tuthill, a widow, has nine children. So when Tabor began to visit Mrs. Tuthill's house everybody said he was courting her. Besides, Russell and Abble kept company up to that time. Recently the elder Tabor asked the Rev. William C. McKnight, pastor of the Presbyterian church here, to marry him to Abbie. The pastor said he would if Mrs. Tuthill consented, and she did; but the pastor changed his mind. So Tabor took Abbie to New Jersey and married her. The school trustees at Orient are great on compulsory education and maybe Mrs. Tabor will have to go to school until she is 16, anyhow. HANDS NAILED TO A STAKE Grewsome Find in Mexico Supposed to Be the Work of Cannibals—Four Americans Disappear. Nogales, Ariz.—Four human hands, nailed to a wooden stake, found driven into the ground near the ruins of a deserted camp not far from Caborca, in the Altar district of Sonora, Mex., it is feared may prove the last that will ever be found of four Arizonaans, T. F. Grindell, Olin Rolls, of Douglas, David Ingram, of Bisbee, and Lieut. Hoffman, who was an officer in Roosevelt's rough rider regiment, who passed through Nogales last June with the intention of exploring Tiburon island in the Gulf of California. The gruesome find was made by a Mexican cowboy while hunting cattle. It is reported that E. P. Grindell, of Tucson, was at Hermosillo seeking information of the party. The tragedy indicated by the horrible find is unexplained. Tiburon island is a large island inhabited by a savage tribe of Indians, who have resisted all attempts on the part of the Mexican government to civilize them by retreating to inaccessible mountains. The natives are cannibals, and a few years ago killed and ate the captain and crew of the curio schooner World of San Diego, for which many of them were deported by the Mexican government. It is feared that Grindell and associates may have shared the same fate, as the natives often ravage the mainland. Takes Swim in His Sleep. English, Ind.—Deserting his bed for two hours or more, at least twice a week, and then denying that he had been absent at all, caused Mrs. Gabriel Jackson to become suspicious of her husband and led her to have her brothers "keep an eye upon him." Recently Gabriel slipped out as usual and was followed watchfully by his brothers-in-law while he traveled more than a mile to the old "swimming hole" upon his father's farm, where he divested himself of his clothing and swam to and fro across the pond three or four times. When he emerged he carefully redressed and then returned home and to bed. The next morning he knew nothing of the occurrence till told of it, and could not believe it tail brought to the scene and shown the footprints in the sand. The queer part of it is that Jackson is not known to be a somnambulist, though he had been thus afflicted in childhood. Vitality of an Octogenarian Mrs. Katherine Maxam, aged 33, traveled all the way from Saginaw, Mich., to West Hoboken, N. J., in order that she might be photographed with her daughter, granddaughter and great-grandson. She made the journey without feeling any special fatigue and on reaching her destination insisted on going to the photographer's at once. Quite Exciting "Did you play football while you were in college, Mr. Mushie?" "Oh, yaas indeed. Deah old football." "What position, Mr. Mushie?" "Any old position, don't you know. I stood at one side with the othah fellows and when the chappies made a touchdown we said 'rah-rah'." It's deuced exciting, yes, really."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. RELIGIOUS MATTERS THE INVALID'S THANKSGIVING. Must I, can I, give thanks? For what? Is such great happiness my lot? The jucious fruit that came for me, The flowers so beautiful and sweet, The letters with their precious treat Of news from those I long to see, The pleasant call, the books so sure, This constant, thoughtful, loving care, For these I thank Thee, Lord. Give thanks for pain? When shortened breath Yet e'en can make the long for death: Yet e'en in pain Thy love I feel! And when, its fury o'er, all spent I lie, and wonder what it meant, So near Thou dost Thyseh reveal— Thou derer, pitying, loving heart My weakness with might unfold, My heilessness with might uphold Strange sweetness to my life impart, Shut in from all the world by pair Thy friendship infinite I gain— For this I thank Thee. Lord. — —Mary Waray Aars, in S. S. Times. LET US GIVE THANKS. The Thanksgiving of the Thankless is a phrase that involves both a paradox and a very significant truth. "Thanksgiving" is a vocable that stands for the last Thursday in November; custom and the proclamations of national and state executives have made it such: nevertheless there are "Thanksgiving" dinners with no giving of thanks. The fact is, too many are given to mistaking mere gladness for thanksgiving; but a vast difference marks the two qualities. A selfish miserly man may be glad he has accumulated more gold in 1905 than he possessed in 1904; the farmer may rejoice that he has increased acreage and diminished mortgage; the manufacturer that he whirls more spindles or turns more laths, which increase his bank account; but in all these, as in other instances, he may be one into whose gladness not one grain of heartfelt gratitude finds place. We go further; the farmer may rejoice that he has such crops as never before; that he has never got so much money from them; and yet, though an attendant upon religious services, if he does as little as possible for the church, if he sees his neighbor suffer, or rather does not see him prosperous or well cared for and blessed with plenty, yet moves not a finger to help him, "how dwelleth the love of God in him." Thanksgiving! As we sit around the family board let us recall our meries and be thankful. But an angel has entered the house; you recognized the Death angel as his shadow fell across the floor. But how shall we wish the dead brought back to us—brought back to our environment ot trial, of sin, of temptation?—"Wishes are vali! O, were they not, The world might render thee too blest; That brighter be all forgot, In this alone to take our rest." What an endless procession it is we see of pilgrims hastening to their heaven! And the long roll is being constantly called, until for some of us it means a loved one's name and a vacant chair—thank God it is the merciful All-Father who has called. And so, whether you have lost dear ones, or whether business has miscarried, or the crops have failed, so that sorrow and disaster sit as unwelcome guests at your board, still forget not to thank God for what remains. It is hard for the young to realize that by and by, slowly yet steadily and surely, early manhood and womanhood will come, middle age, old age perhaps, and then—home! It is well to recall the thought at any time; it is especially fitting to do so on Thanksgiving day. All great joys are serious, and he only gets a taste of the brightest Thanksgiving joy who can serenely contemplate the fact of his earthly mortality as he recognizes the joyful, solemn fact that a few more passings of the season, a few more ripenings of autumnal harvest, and he will enter upon the glad and endless thanksgiving of eternity. May all our readers have this comfort, and take it to their hearts on this high festival; and so, however we mourn the lost, or have to face disappointment and disaster, let us note the light gleaming above the horizon; and, pursuing our routine of daily duty cheerfully, make every day a thanksgiving day until we are called from the Thanksgiving of Time to the endless Thanksgiving of Eternity.—Christian Work. Psalm 100. Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. Serve the Lord with gladness; come before His presence with singing. Know ye that the Lord He is God; it is He that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise: be thankful unto Him, and bless His name. For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting; and His truth endureth to all generations. The Fairest Blossom. Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul; and the heart of man knoweth none more fragrant—Hosea Ballou. Something to Be Thankful For. If you can't think of anything else to be thankful for, just be glad you are alive. Janey's Explanation. "What is your standing in school now, Janey?" "I'm at the foot of the class, please, ma'am." "At the foot of the class. Dear me! And why are you at the foot of the class, Janey?" "Because I'm so meek an' humble ma'am. Somebody has to be at the foot of the class, and why not me?"—Cleveland Plain Dealer. WE GUARANTEE the Safety of All Money Entrusted to Our Keeping. THE MECHANICS' SAVINGS BANK. Begin the NEW YEAR by Opening an Account WITH US. Notes Discounted and Collected. Money Loaned on Real Estate. ```markdown ``` THE FIDELITY AND CASUALITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK, A MILLION DOLLAR CORPORATION, BACKS OUR GUARANTEE. OUR OFFICIALS ARE POLITE, OBLIGING AND RELIABLE. WE ENGAGE IN BANKING ONLY ALONG CONSERVATIVE LINES. 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But I'd be glad if every guest Would mention what he'd like the host." The only thing I care for Would be those matches on the shelf, With which I'd like to light myself." His wish was granted. Then up spake A timid little Adder: "Sir, but a trifle it will take To make my Christmas gladder; A slate and pencil, if you please, Would let me do my suma with ease." The Reindeer said: "You may believe I'd be a happy fellow If I were sure I would receive A good sized umberlellow; And also I'd like four goldosh- Es and a rubber mackintosh. The Pig a fountain in pet desired; The Cow tin horns requested; The Horse, for a new hat acquired, His gratitude a fested. The Caterpillar said: "I am Froud of my caterpillarism." So all of them were gay and glad, And they were happy, very; They liked the presents that they had And waxed exceeding merry. Dear humans, at your Christmas feasts, Fray take a lesson from the beasts. — Carolyn Wells in Reader HIS CHRISTMAS SERMON An Aged Wayfarer Who Taught a Curate Contentment. An English clergyman declares that the best Christmas sermon he ever heard was preached by a woman—and in three words! "In my little parish, under the sweep of the Sussex down," he says, "I was walking swiftly home one night buffeted about by the gray clouds of driving rain that the fierce sou'wester swept landward from the sea when a poor, helpless, aged woman asked me for a trifle for a night's lodging. "Curates are supposed always to be poor. It was Christmas time, and I had just parted with my last sixpence at a lonely hamlet where work was scarce. Still I could not leave my stranger in me street, so I asked her to come with me to my lodgings. "She shambled along through the mud with her streaming clothes and clouted boots, and we entered my little room. My thoughtful landlady had made my table ready. A plate of hot toast was standing in the fender; the kettle sang vociferously, as if impatient to be used; in front of the fire stood my slippers and an easy chair. "To my surprise, my poor, worn, hagard companion raised her dripping hands and burst into tears with the words, 'Oh, what luxury!' "That was the best Christmas sermon I ever heard, and the only one I 511 North Third St., Richmond, Va. have never forgotten."—Youth's Companion. Christmas Day in Russia. In certain parts of Russia the children at Christmas eve begin playing pranks that are as odd as they are amusing. Chief among their drolleries is that of disguising themselves as animals and in the assumed costume of wild beasts disporting themselves through the neighborhood. As many skins as possible are secured, and in these the leading boys are cla. Wolves, bears, ostriches even, are represented. All of the boys gather in one party, those who are not posing as brutes forming a train for the escort and display of the pseudo menagerie. Some act as keepers, holding their disguised companions in check, while others startle the quiet of the night by rude strains drawn from harsh and primitive musical instruments. Torches are borne, and in the fitful light, opposed by black shadows, the scene is at once grotesque and vivid. A Thoughtful Husband. What is more touching at the holiday season than to see an old man planning a pleasant surprise for his aged wife? "I's tryin' ter raise money enough ter git my wife a new dress for Christmas, sah," said Uncle Ebony to Mr. Featherstone. "Ah, I see. You want me to give you some chores to do, uncle, eh?" "Well, no, sah. I tought perhaps you could git de old lady a job at washin', sah!" Christmas Presents. The giving of presents on Christmas day undoubtedly owes its origin to a general idea to carry into practice the biblical mandate, "Peace on earth; good will to men." At first the great lords made presents to their retainers, and the season was marked by universal charity. By degrees the practice of Christmas giving spread until now everybody gives his or her friends presents. A Recipe For Plum Pudding. A Recipe For Plum Pudding. Crumble a pile of breadcrumbs from the center of a stale loaf and pour over them a cup of scalded milk; when cool add three-quarters of a cup of sugar, a teaspoonful of salt and the yolks of four eggs beaten together; chop a half pound of suet and thoroughly mix with it a half pound each of raisins, currants and almonds; add a teaspoonful each of cinnamon and nutmeg, a third of a teaspoonful each of cloves and mace and the whites of the four eggs stiffly beaten; serve with hard sauce. Encouragement Jack (bitterly)—I suppose that young Richman who comes to see you so often will give you such an expensive Christmas gift that you won't want the trifling present I can afford to buy you? Marie (coyly)—No. I think you had better save your money for -er—future contingencies, Jack. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA The Holidays ARE THE TIMES TIMES TO SPEND BUT BEST OF ALL, they are the Times to Save. 12 J. C. FARLEY, W. F. GRAHAM, E. R. JEFFERSON, JOHN R. CHILES, B. P. VANDERVALL, D. J. CHAVERS, JOHN MITCHELL, JR., JOHN T. TAVLOR, H. F. JONATHAN, THOMAS SMITH, R. W. WHITING, THOMAS M. CRUMP, SECRETARY; E. A. WASHINGTON, J. I. CARTER, WILLIAM CUSTALO THE PEOPLE'S REAL ESTATE AND INVESTMENT COMPANY. JOHN MITCHELL, JR., PRESIDENT. W K J. C. FARLEY, W. F. GRAHAM, E. MITCHELL, JR., JOHN T. T. CRUMP, SECRET. and Collect THE PEOPLE'S RE INVESTMENT CON WHY NOT CALL ON US? J. J. CARTER, President. W. F. DENNY, Secretary. 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For information concerning the organization of lodges, apply at the main office. The Courts of Calanthe 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 con stitutes 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 noPythian Lodge or Court or Band in your neighborhood, orgrnize one. For all information concerning special rates of JOHN MITCHELL, JR. membership in the lodges and courts, address 311 N. 4th St., Richmond, Va. THOMAS H. WYATT, CASHIER. ANDERVALL, D. J. CHAVERS, JOHN N. W. WHITING, THOMAS M. WILLIAM CUSTALO. Honey Loan "Help Wanted—Male and Female." Trained and country help always wanted. Good paying positions. Call or write Eureka Employment Exchange, 1011 New York Ave., (est.1897.) Washington, D. C. J. T. C. NEWSOM, Prop. 9-23-3mos. RICHMOND MEDICAL COLLEGE Chartered June 14, 1905. Co-educational. The only Colored College in Virginia for a thorough course in Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy. Session: 1905—1906 begins Oct. 2, 1905. For further information, write J. ALEX. LEWIS, M. D., Secretary. KNICHTS OF PYTHIAS FCB This organ progress ha diction over are required of its strong else. Found nevolence, t worthy of the It pays a pays $4.00 only absolutely necessary rega apply at the main office. 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If you send your money in other way, you must do it at your own risk. RENEWALS, ETC. If you do not want the PLANET continued for another year after your subscription has run out, you then notify by as soon as possible that subscribers to newspaper, who do not order their paper discontinued at the expiration date, are hold liable for the payment of the subscription up to date when they order the paper discontinue. REIMBURSEMENTS—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 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. ..... DEC. 23d, 1905. Save money in youth in order that you may be benefited by it in old age. Colored people should patronize race enterprises. It will pay in the long run. When you see your neighbors doing business, do not wait until you go in business for yourself before you see the need of helping them. . . Lack of confidence in each other is a racial weakness that should be gotten out of the system. Patronize race newspapers. Select at least one of them if you cannot afford to pay for more and have it sent to your residence. Your children will read it, if you cannot. Most colored folks, who get in office forget the colored folks who helped to place them there. This has been a weakness with some white office-holders for some time. Some persons seem to labor under the impression that our reference to the case of Hon. A. W. Harris resigning his office and saying that it looked funny had reference to his guilt. We meant to infer that it looked as though they intended to get rid of him anyhow. We did not believe him guilty of the charge alleged against him. He is able, shrewd and active and we have always given him credit for more sense. The attitude of the Democratic Party in Congress has attracted the attention of the civilized world and emphasized the fact that it is incapable for the present at least of sensible action. Some of its members, openly attacked its own leader and gave voice to grievances which should have been aired in the party's caucus. To say that the Republicans enjoyed the anomalous situation expresses it mildly. The Panama Canal project will benefit primarily the South. In its advocacy, President Roosevelt has antagonized some of his strongest supporters in the North and yet when the administration measure for the appropriation of ($16,500 000) sixteen million, five hundred thousand dollars was offered in the House, it was the Democratic minority under the leadership of Mr. Williams of Mississippi that moved to reduce the amount six million dollars. As the Republicans knew the appropriation would help the section from which Mr. Williams hailed most, they accommodatingly cut off five million, five hundred thousand dollars of the appropriation and the sum of eleven million dollars will now be turned over to the Panama Canal Commissioners. This is a specimen of Democratic statesmanship. It is needless to say that President Roosevelt has regarded the attitude of the Democratic Party with amazement, if not with disgust. STORY OF THE CONGO FREE STATE. We have received "The Story of the Congo Free State, Social, Political and Economic Aspects of the Belgian System of Government in Africa" by Henry Wellington Wack, F. R. G. S. It contains 125 illustrations and is intensely interesting. It is the first defense of the alleged methods of the Belgian government in dealing with the natives of the Congo Free State and the collection of rubber. It has been alleged and circulated over this country that the Belgian government countenances, aids and abets the mutilation of the bodies of the natives, who do not bring up their full quota of rubber. Pictures of the armless and legless natives have been everywhere displayed here. Mr. Wack is now a member of the New York Bar. He proves conclusively that King Leopold of Belgium was the prime mover in the abolition of the African slave trade. The book is intensely interesting, and is one of the ablest defenses of the Belgian government that has ever been published in this country. From his argument he proves conclusively that King Leopold and his corp of advisers have proved a God sent blessing to the heathen of that benighted land. It will be a source of information for all persons interested in the African question to have a copy of this work and there by become conversant with the other side. We regret that our limited space this week will not at this time permit a detailed description of the country with copious extracts from this truly entertaining and remarkable book. It may be obtained from G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, N.Y. It contains 634 pages, bound in cloth and is an addition to one's library much to be desired. --- MR. LYONS WANTS THE OFFICE It seems that the Afro-American candidates for the office of Register of the Treasury had arranged for the funeral obsequies of the Hona Judson W. Lyons, (the present occupant) some time in April next when his present term of office expires. The most prominent persons designated to preside on that occasion are the able Prof. W. T. Vernon of Quindaro University, Kansas and the brilliant Attorney S. Laling Williams of Chicago, Ill. Everything seemed to have been satisfactory save for the disagreement between Messrs. Vernon and Williams as to which should have the place it was arranged for him to vacate. They couldn't agree. To add to this embarrassment, Mr Lyons now announces to the public that he positively refuses to furnish the corpse, and of course if there is no corpse there will be no vacancy in the office of Register of the Treasury. That Mr. Lyons is clinging to life is evident from the statement that he is being backed by the north ern bonding companies that have assumed responsibility for the office of the Treasurer of the United States and are accordingly well acquainted with Mr. Lyon's management of the affairs of his office. To add to the complication, Prof. Booker T. Washington of Tuskegee, Alabama is said to have endorsed the two colored men named for this very same office. If he has done so he has taken counsel of the old colored brother, who set his trap to catch them "a-coming and a-gwine." If the report is true, we cannot understand how the distinguished educator can allege that he is not in politics, if he assumes the responsibility of endorsing candidates for political offices. Right here it may be well to state that this attitude on his part may account in a great measure for the bitter and virulent attacks being made upon him by able and influential colored men. Any man of prominence must expect and receive opprobrium and misrepresentation that comes with such a position. We have been of the opinion all along that the chief officers of educational institutions could serve their constituencies best by leaving the field of politics to the politicians and the statesmen. The two positions do not as a rule harmonize well. Still, there are exceptions to all rules and Prof. Washington may prove the exception. What interests us most at this time is the attitude of Mr. Lyons. He knows how to fight, scheme and RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA hustle and when his effort is to keep outside of a political casket that has already been trimmed and furnished to receive his remains, we are of the opinion that the sight is worth even paying for and we want to be in at the conclusion of the performance to see the show. PECULIAR CONDITIONS AT NASH VILLE. A most remarkable condition of affairs is reported from Nashville, Tenn. It places the federal administration on record as countenancing the color line in the affairs of the government. It reads as follows: Office of Custodian An order has been received from the Department dated Nov. 11th, 1905, to assign to the use of the white employees the two shower baths in carriers' toilet room in east end of the basement, and to assign the bath room on the southwest corner of the basement exclusively for use of the colored employees. A. W. WILLS, Custodian. This announcement was published in the Nashville Clarion of the 25th ult. As Hon. George B. Cortelyou, President Roosevelt's confidential adviser and friend is the head of this Department, it will be of interest to the voters of color in the doubtful states to know to what extent he has countenanced the innovation. Moreover, Mr. Cortelyou was until recently chairman of the National Republican Committee. The Clarion is of the opinion that the Postmaster at Nashville is responsible. We agree with it in its conclusions, but they do not go far enough. The "whole business" is responsible. When Republicans go to a toilet room to make discriminations on account of color, a place where black males and white females cannot possibly meet, it seems that the parties responsible are "over doing" the thing. The affair should be brought to the personal attention of Mr. Cortelyou. It may be that in the accumulation of business, he has not been advised as to the nature of the innovation. If he "goes to sleep" on the proposition, then it will be in order to appeal to the head of the nation, the bold occupant of the White House. He has spoken fearlessly on similar questions and it may be that he will be equally positive in dealing with the facts in this case. But then it may be best to wait until the railroad rate question is disposed of in the Congress of the United States before worrying him. THE TROUBLE AT HOWARD UNI VERSITY. The trouble at Howard University has culminated as every right-thinking person in this country had hoped it would,—in the resignation of President Gordon. It has been a surprising thing to us that he should have held on so long in the midst of surroundings that were so uncongenial to his nature and habits. A person who believes in the inherent inferiority of the citizen of color has no right to aspire to a position of president of an institution that has for its purpose the elevation of this class of the body politic. While it may be impolitic to discuss the question at this time, it seems to us that the Board of Trustees should carefully consider this phase of the question, before naming a successor to Dr. Gordon. We are of the opinion that it should not be a question of a white or a cooled man to succeed him, but one of qualification and adaptability. If an Afro-American can best discharge the duties, name him for the place. It would be well to remark here that executive ability is more necessary in this case than is scholastic training for the instructors under him will look after the details, while he is expected to guide the institution along those lines most conducive to its welfare. We cannot countenance the scandalous and outrageous conduct resorted to by the students, Friday Dec. 8th, 1905. It is not the honorable way to engage in this kind of warfare. It would have been far more manly for the entire body of students to have proclaimed in unmistakable language just what they would and would not do and to have marched in order from the assembly hall. It may be expect from children, but we have been under the impression that those students attending this institution were beyond the primary grades and could reasonably be expected to have reached the age of discretion. No cause based upon lawlessness can permanently succeed. "Action is equal to reaction in an opposite direction" and the results following such exhibitions of temper are always injurious if not disastrous. We learn that the offending par- ties have expressed regret for their conduct. This is as it should be. The provocation was great, but it hardly justified the means resorted to by those directly responsible for the disorders. Howard University is injured and its reputation damaged. It will be many years before its prestige will be restored in the face of such lawless conduct. In the meantime, will the Negro haters kindly look for jobs elsewhere than in Negro schools and thus relieve the conservative citizens of color from further humiliation by virtue of such conduct on the part of their off-spring? ---O--- The observance of the hundredth anniversary of William Lloyd Garrison, the great abolitionist, was a feature among the colored people of the country. The success of the movement in Boston, Massachusetts was truly remarkable. This was a fitting tribute to the memory of a most deserving patriot. The last issue of the Boston Guardian was highly creditable. This journal is full of vim and fire and is uncompromising in dealing with those who are antagonistic to its principles. ASK TERRELL'S CONFIRMATION It Before Senate Committee. [Washington Post, Dec. 14th, 1905] Representative colored men of the District to the number of forty met yesterday afternoon in the office of Thomas L. Jones, to talk over the failure of the Senate to confirm the nomination of Robert H. Terrell as justice of the peace, who was recently nominated for that office by the President. A resolution was adopted setting forth the confidence of colored citizens in Mr. Terrell, and requesting the Senate to confirm his appointment. It was determined to lay the resolution before the Senate Judiciary Committee, and a committee was appointed for that purpose, as follows: P. B. S. Pinchback, former Senator of Louisiana; Harry Pennings, of Baltimore; W. Calvin Chase, Jus son W. Lyons, John C. Dancy, recorder of deeds; Rev. W. J. Harris, Rev. W. B. Norman, Rev. J. Ander son Taylor, Rev. Walter H. Brooks, Rev. G. W. Lee, and Thomas L. Jones. It was the sentiment of the meeting that while Mr. Terrell had an tagnized some persons in his conduct of the office, he had made, on the whole, a capable justice, and should be reappointed. It is understood that objection to Mr. Terrell's confirmation is being waged by a prominent employee of the Pension Bureau. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. Portsmouth, Va., Dec. 21st, 1905. Grand Worthy Counselor John Mitchell, Jr. arrived here last night via C. and O. R. R. for the purpose of organizing a Court of Calanthe at Quillins, a village five miles from this city. He was accompanied by Col. E. R. Jefferson, M. D. and was met by Sir Wm. A. Myers. He was conveyed to his residence where an excellent repast was served by his Madame. It was S P. M. when they left for the long drive in the country. Mrs. Camilla Riddick, District Deputy Grand Worthy Counselor joined the party as did Mrs. Cordella Drew. A long covered wagon had been obtained and in the midst of one of the heaviest down-pours of rain ever known in this section the party went to Quillins. The candidates were present, having been waiting since 6 o'clock. Dr. Jefferson conducted the medical examination, after which the degrees were conferred. Those who assisted were Mrs. Camilla Riddick, Mrs. Cornelia Drew, Mrs. Susie B. Wright and Mrs. Eliza Cooper. The officers of the new body which will be known as St. Mary's Court, No. 101 are Worthy Counselor, Mrs. Annie Williams; Worthy Inspectrix, Mrs. Hettie Reed; Worthy Inspector, Mrs. India Craton; Senior Directress, Mrs. Elnora Rumbler Junior Directress, Mrs. Lucy Edwards; Orator, Mrs. Rosa Hill; Register of Deeds, Mrs. Mattie Copeland; Register of Accounts, Mrs. Mamie Laigh; Receiver of Deposits, Mrs. Hannah Laigh; Escort, Mrs. Sarah Darden; Conductress, Mrs. Rosa Blake; Assistant Conductress, Miss Alena Hudgins; Herald, Mrs. Lizzie Elliott; Protector, Sir Chas. Beamon. Trustees; Mrs. Amelia Rldick, Mrs. Abble Brinkley, Mrs. Matilda Ballard. A repast was served and all enjoyed themselves. This Court was organized through the efforts of Sir Wm. A. Myers and Prof. S. H. Clark. Sir Mitchell and Jefferson left at 6 o'clock this morning for Richmond. Dr. Graham Kept Busy. During the past week Rev. Dr Graham has been called upon to perform three marriages. He preached last Sunday very acceptably at the Mt. Carmel Bapt. Church. His many friends have begun already flooding his home with holiday presents. He will preach tomorrow 11:30 A. M. at the Second Baptist Church. By request from the subject "On the Mountain Top." At night he will preach for the Fountain Baptist Church (Church-hill). The Doctor has disposed of the horse which his friends gave him in order to purchase a fine black and much larger horse, which he says will bear the name of Fifth Street. He has been invited by the Memorial Baptist Church of Philadelphia to conduct a two weeks revival for them in the month of January. INDORSES TWO MEN Booker T. Washington Favors Both for Registry of Treasury. [Washington, D. C. Post, Dec 15th.] Booker Washington, the negro educator, is in the embarrassing predicament of having recommended two men for the same place under the government. President Roosevelt decided that the office of register of the Treasury now held by Judson W. Lyons, a negro should again be given to a negro Republican. He refused to reappoint Lyons. Prof. W. T. Vernon of Quindaro University, Kansas, became a candidate. He was friendly with Booker T. Washington, and Vernon secured his indorsement. In due time the indorsement was sent to Leslie M. Shaw, Secretary of the Treasury. Because of Washington's indorsement, Secretary Shaw was about to make a report to the President in favor of Vernon, when another applicant, a Chicago lawyer named Williams, appeared. He, too, had Booker T. Washington's indorsement for the office of register of the Treasury. One of the reasons given for the indorsement of Williams is that for some time past the negroes of the United States have been accusing Booker T. Washington of becoming a "boss" and of professing to speak for the entire negro race on all questions. These men made attacks on Washington, and he was most ably defended by Mrs. Williams, the wife of the applicant for register of the Treasury, who is a writer of considerable note. Out of regard for her work in his behalf, Booker T. Washington indorsed her husband, although he had previously indorsed Vernon. How the matter will be finally settled is not known. Richmond Chapter, No. 1 and Fannie Lewis Chapter, No. 4, Order of Easter Star will celebrate "Star Day" at the Fifth Street Baptist Church, Wednesday evening, Dec. 27th at S o'clock at which time there will be public installation of Officers. A very attractive programme has been prepared for this occasion. All Masons and their families are invited to be present as the Order is made up of the wives, daughters, mothers, sisters and widows of Masons and means a great deal to them Admission free to all. Rev. Perry Not Pastor Now. It has been announced that the Fifth Baptist Church (Sidney) has declared the pulpit vacant. Rev Joseph Perry was pastor of this church. The cause of the trouble there has not been given to the public. There will be many applicants for the position. $150.00 Endowment Paid. Danville, Va., Dec. 14th, 1905. This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pythias, N. A, S. A., E., A. A, and A. ($150.00) One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the death-claim of W. H. Bailey, who was a member of Roman Eagle Lodge, No. 18 of Danville, Va. A. Norton. D. L. Banks. James A. West. W. A. Millner, D. D. G. C. $150.00 Endowment Paid. Danville, Va., Dec. 14th, 1905. This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr. Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Va., Knights of Pythias, N. A., S. A., E., A., A. and A. ($150.00) One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the death-claim of Jas. Mitchell, who was a member of Macedonia Lodge, No. 59 of Danville, Va. Signed:—Nannie S. Mitchell. Witnesses:— James A. West. A. Morton. D. L. Banks. W. A. Millner, D. D. G. C. $150.00 Endowment Paid. Danville, Va., Dec. 14th, 1905. This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pythias, N. A., S. A., E., A., A. and A. ($150.00) One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the death-claim of Charles Hamlet, who was a member of Moravian Lodge, No. 13 of Danville, Va. Signed:—Pattle Hamlet. W. L. Williamson. Chester Echols. George W. Rison. W. A. Milner, D. D. G. C. $150.00 Endowment Paid. Richmond, Va., Dec. 19th, 1905. This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pythias, N. A., S. A., E., A., A. and A. ($150.00) One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the death-claim of Sir James G. Boyd, who was a member of Royal Lodge, No. 26 of Richmond, Va. Signed:—Martha Boyd. Beneficiary Witnesses:— John R. Holmes. W. P. Epps. $150.00 Endowment Paid. Richmond, Va. Dec. 21st, 1905. This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr. Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pythias, N. A., S. A., E., A., A. and A. ($150.00) One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the deathclaim of Sir William Tennant, who was a member of Unity Lodge, No. 24 of Richmond, Va. Signed:—Dr. Albert A. Tennant. Executor. GENERAL STRIKE CALLED IN RUSSIA Government and Prosthetist Line Up For Struggle for Mastery. REBELS MASSACRE SOLDIERS St. Petersburg, Dec. 20.—Russia apparently is on the eve of a great, if not a final, struggle for mastery between the government and the proletariat. Both sides have lined up for battle. A call for a general political strike throughout Russia, to begin Thursday at noon, has been issued. The call is approved by the union of unions, the union of peasants, the general railway union and the councils of workmen of St. Petersburg and Moscow. A response received from the railroad men of Moscow is unanimous for a strike. The leaders have declared their ability to stop every railroad in Russia. Thursday Russia may again be cut off from the world, not only by wire, but by rail. There is an air of suppressed excitement throughout the city. The streets have a regular holiday appearance in honor of the emperor's nameday and are crowded. Collisions between the reds and the loyalists are momentarily expected, but none has been reported up to this hour. A big loyalist demonstration had been planned, but it was abandoned at the request of the project of police, who believed that it might provoke bloodshed. Batteries of machine guns are stationed at several points of vantage throughout the city, and patrols of infantry and Cossacks are everywhere. A specially heavy guard is stationed in the neighborhood of the Jewish market. MEN HACKED TO PIECES Insurgents Kill Tukum Garrison and Cut Up the Bodies. Tukum, Courland, Sunday, Dec. 18, via Stettin, Prussia, Dec. 20.—A special staff correspondent of the Associated Press, who has just arrived here, learns that mobs of Lithuanians and Estonians attacked 100 Cossacks and dragoons, the only military force stationed in Tukum. The mobs after wild fighting killed the soldiers to the last man, cut off their arms and legs and ripped open their bodies. The streets were strewed with bodies and dismembered parts. Six hundred troops arrived here with three guns, shelled the place and charged the mobs of peasants, who surrendered or were dispersed. Order has now been re-established and the soldiers are burying the bodies of the slain and caring for the wounded. In all 340 soldiers and peasants were killed and many were wounded. Most of the remaining population have fled to Riga, which now is the safest town in this part of Russia. TROOPS AT RIGA REVOLT Are Shelling the City, Which is Said To Be in Flames. Berlin, Dec. 19.—A dispatch to the Lokal Anzeiger from Eydtkuhnens says that the conductor of a morning train from St. Petersburg asserts the troops at Riga have joined in the revolt, and that the town is being shelled and is burning. Between St. Petersburg and Wilballen the flames, according to the conductor, could be seen from several places, and were often reflected by the sky. A dispatch to the Lokal Anzeiger from Koenigsberg, Prussia, says: "During the street fighting at Mitan, the capital of Courland, 300 persons were killed. "At Lennewarden, in southern Livonia, the revolutionists liberated all the prisoners and shot Assistant District Governor Petersen and M. Maximowitch, his secretary, and threw their bodies into the river." W. G. CRAWFORD CONVICTED Former Postal Official Found Guilty of Conspiracy Washington, Dec. 20.—The jury in the case of William G. Crawford, the former deputy auditor for the postoffice department, who was indicted on a charge of conspiracy with August W. Machen and George E. Lorenz, to defraud the United States in connection with a contract for supplying the postoffice department with letter carriers' satchels and straps, returned a verdict of guilty. Three Killed By Train Toledo, Dec. 18.—Mrs. John Lashaway, aged 70; her daughter-in-law, Mrs. L. L. Lashaway, and the latter's 2-year-old baby were killed at Weston. A carriage in which they were riding was struck by a south-bound passenger train on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton road at the Main street crossing. The carriage was demolished and the bodies of the two women were frightfully mangled. They died instantly and the baby only lived five minutes. The horse was also killed. Accidentally Killed by $1, year Accidentally Killed by St. Jason. Gate City, Va., Dec. 19.—At Stony Point, Hawkins county, Tenn., Mrs. W. M. Carr, wife of a horsedealer, was shot and killed by her stepson, aged 12 years. It is understood the shooting was accidental. THE LIFE INSURANCE PROBE President of Washington Company Tells of Reforms He Instituted. New York, Dec. 20.—An inquiry into the affairs of the Washington Life Insurance company was begun by the legislative insurance investigating committee, when Joha Tatlock, pres- ident of the company, was called to the witness stand. Mr. Tatlock was elected in December, 1904, after an examination of the company by the state insurance department, which re- ulted in a reorganization of the man- agement of the company. Mr. Tatlock receives a salary of $20,000. He detailed a number of reforms that had been instituted since this reorganization, among them the abolishing of a cash surrender value in policies and the elimination of the loan feature. He expressed somewhat of a different sentiment from other life insurance officers, in that his experience had been that only about 5 per cent. of loans were ever up, and that a loan was but a deferred surrender of a policy. He viewed life insurance as such and not as an investment. No contributions for political purposes had ever been made by the Washington Life as far as the witness had been able to learn. Previous to calling Mr. Tattlock, President H. P. Townsley, of the Life Association of America, was called to complete his testimony. He receives a salary of $12,000 a year. He said the $50,000 voted to him and Eugene Van Schalck for organizing the company had come under the observation of the insurance department, and that the attorney general had notified them that it would have to be paid back. SHANGHAI BIOT SUPPRESSED Twenty Chinese Killed and Several Europeans Injured. Shanghai, Dec. 19—Antiforeign rioting broke out here and raged for several hours before it was suppressed. Twenty Chinese rowdies were killed and a few Europeans were wounded. Otherwise the damage done was only slight. Police, sailors and volunteers cooperated in suppressing the riots. In the course of which one police station was partly burned, a barroom was wrecked and a bicycle store looted. No European was killed. The streets are now deserted except for armed police, which are everywhere. The riot was promoted by boycotters on account of an incident involving the mixed court. The German consul was stoned and the American vice consul was stoned and several other foreigners were attacked and injured. The Chinese closed their shops when the rioting began. The local volunteers were called out to restore order. SAW HER SON ELECTROGUTED Friend Restrains Her From Rushling to Save Him From Accident SAVE THIS FROM ACCIDENT Norfolk, Va. Dec. 19.—Crawford C. Cooke, aged 26 years, an electrician employed in the Norfolk navy yard, was electrocuted in the cellar of his home in this city. Cooke went into the cellar to look after his furnace fire and attempted to turn on an electric light while standing on a damp concrete floor. As he did so he was charged with 2300 volts of electricity and died while his aged mother looked on and was only held back from rushing to his rescue and certain death for herself by Mrs. Hattie Chase, who, with the mother, had been attracted to the cellar entrance by the shrieks and groans of the dying man. Several persons in the same neighborhood received light shocks when they turned on their lights, but all but Cooke were at the time standing on a dry wooden surface. Prominent Lutheran Dead. Washington Dec. 20. — Word has been received, here of the death at Haven, Me., of Rev. Dr. William Edwin Parson, pastor of the Church of the Reformation of this city, one of the foremost clergymen of the Lutheran church in this country, and an educator of note He was one of the first educators to go from this country to Japan, serving there for a number of years as a professor in the imperial university at Tokio. He was 60 years of age. His body will be interred at Hanover, Pa. Armenian Burn Turk Constantinople, Dec. 20. The latest dispatch received from Tiflis, Caucasia, says that 800 houses in the Mussulman quarter were set on fire by armed Armenians, who prevented the inmates from leaving and fired on the firemen who attempted to extinguish the flames. The total number of Mussulmans killed is not yet ascertained, but 57 Turkish subjects are known to have perished. The fighting was continuing December 17, when the telegram was forwarded, and the Turkish consulate was overcrowded with the refugees. Maryland Trust Company Resumes. Baltimore, Md., Dec. 19. 19. The Maryland Trust company resumed business, with a balance of assets over liabilities of more than $750,000, after having been in the hands of a receiver since October 19, 1903, when its doors were closed. The principal business transacted was the payment to creditors of an amount in the neighborhood of $1,700,000. The first account opened was with an elderly lady who had been one of the creditors of the institution. New York capital is largely interested in the reorganized company. A DARING BOBBERY Thieves Knock Down Woman and Loot Jewelry Store. Philadelphia, Dec. 20. — A sensational robbery, in which the robbers stole about $2000 worth of jewelry, occurred in the jewelry store of Mrs. Mary Liggins, 1269 North 11th street. Two men, whose identity is not known, entered the store while Mrs. Liggins was alone, knocked her down, bolted the doors and proceeded to rob the place. They were interrupted by a policeman and fled from the store by way of a back door, taking all sorts of jewelry with them. Mrs. Liggins was found unconscious on the floor. The police have no trace of the robbers. HEY PLANET SATURDAY.....DEC. 23d, 1905. THREE CHICAGO BANKS FAIL Institutions Involved in Operations of John R. Walsh. DEPOSITORS LOSE NOTHING Chicago, Dec. 19.—Three of the largest financial institutions in the west, the Chicago National Bank, the Home Savings Bank and the Equitable Trust company, all of them controlled by John R. Walsh, of Chicago, and in great measure owned by him, have suspended operations. Their affairs will be liquidated as rapidly as possible and they will go out of business. Mr. Walsh, who was the president of the Chicago National Bank and of the Equitable Trust company, and all the other officers and all the directors of the Chicago National Bank have resigned. National Bank Eaminer C. H. Boworth has succeeded Mr. Walsh as the head of the Chicago National Bank, and the places of the directors have been filled by men appointed by the Chicago Clearing House. Back of the new management stand the allied banks of Chicago, which have pledged their resources that every depositor shall be paid to the last cent, and that no customer of any one of the three institutions shall lose anything by reason of the suspension. This action prevented a disastrous financial panic. The immediate cause of the collapse of the institutions controlled by Mr. Walsh is said to be the large amount of money which they have lent to various private enterprises of his, notably the Southern Indiana railway and the Bedford Quarries company, of Indiana. Mr. Walsh says that if he could have had a little more time and been left untrammeled in his operations he could have saved his banks and made enormous profits for himself and his associates. He bases this statement on his estimate of the value of the bonds of the Southern Indiana Railroad company. The liabilities of the three institutions are estimated in the aggregate at $26,000,000. Against this amount the banks and the trust company have resources that are, on a conservative estimate, worth $16,000,000. The bonds of the Southern Indiana Railroad company are estimated by Mr. Walsh at $16,000,000. They are considered by the comptroller, the state auditor and the clearing house committee to be a little more than half of that sum. The directors of the two banks, as well as Mr. Walsh, who has turned all of his private property, as well as that standing in the name of Mrs. Walsh, have pledged real estate and securities valued at $5,000,000, making a total in assets of $29,000,000, estimating the railroad bonds at $8,000,000, against $26,000,000 liabilities. The deposits in the bank were $14,483,000 and there is due to other banks $2,038,851. The following statement was issued by Comptroller Ridgely: "A misunderstanding seems to exist as to what has happened to the Chicago National Bank. This bank has not failed or closed its doors. It has been embarrassed by the investment of its assets in unavailable securities, but the banks of Chicago have come to its relief, and have guaranteed the payment in full on demand, of all the creditors of the Chicago National Bank. The bank is open for business as usual, with these guarantees behind it that it will meet all its obligations and every dollar at once." Gives Hospital $250,000. New York, Dec. 18.—Isaac Guggenheim, the New York capitalist, announced that he would give to the Sydenham hospital, in East 116th street, a quarter of a million of dollars for the purpose of erecting a new building. Mr. Guggenheim's only proviso is that the hospital authorities and directors shall raise a sufficient endowment for the maintenance of the larger institution. Chicago "Brick Trust" Fined $18,000 Chicago, Dec. 19. — The so-called "brick trust" of Chicago made a complete surrender to State's Attorney Henry in court and a number of its officials and several labor union officers were fined an aggregate of $18,000. The company and some of its officers, together with two labor leaders, were indicted for conspiracy to do an illegal act, to prevent competition and to restrict the production and sale of bricks in the Chicago market. Six Moonshiners Captured. Gate City, Va., Dec. 19. — Deputy United States Marshal R. H. Wisley, assisted by a posse of citizens, in a raid on the line between Scott and Russell counties, captured six men and their distillery. The prisoners, who were placed in jail here, are Nathaniel Keith, Elbert Salyer, George Dingus, Bud Casteel, William Casteel and Jefferson Meade. They were operating their still in a cave, which the officers entered by a ladder. Hotel Burned During Blizzard Richmond, Va., Dec. 18.—The Hotel McAden, at South Hill, Va., was burned to the ground, its 30 or more guests being turned out into the blizzard-like weather which has prevailed in Virginia since last Friday. The town was threatened for a time. COLLISION ON ELEVATED ROAD Crash on New York Central Kills One and Injures Forty. WRECKED THIRTY FEET IN AIR New York, Dec. 20.—In one of the most extraordinary accidents known to American railroading, two heavily crowded passenger trains came together on the elevated tracks of the New York Central and Hudson River railroads near 110th street in Harlem. One man, J. W. Knapp, of New Rochelle, was killed and 40 persons were more or less seriously injured. Both of the colliding trains were cast-bound and had left the Grand Central Station at 42d street within a few minutes of each other. One was a Stamford local on the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad, which company uses the New York Central tracks. The other train was the Poughkeepsie express of the Central. Rushing along on parallel tracks, the two trains suddenly came together. The local was switched from the third track onto the fourth, and in an instant the engine of the express had crashed into the day coach following the smoking car of the local. The tracks at the point of the collision are about 30 feet in the air. This made the work of rescue difficult and lent materially to the terror of the passengers; most of whom were residents of nearby points in Connecticut and New York state, who had come to the city on holiday shopping tours. Fire apparatus from several stations was summoned and many persons were rescued by means of ladder placed against the structure. Serious injury befell most of those in the car demolished by the Poughkeepsie express. John D. Horn, engineer of the express train, was arrested on the charge of manslaughter and later was released on bail. No one on the Poughkeepsie train was hurt. The injured, many of whom were treated at the Harlem, Flower and Presbyterian hospitals, were for the most part from Rochester and New Rochelle, N. Y.; Greenwich and Stamford, Conn. gotten Dynamite Charge. New York, Dec. 20. — Three men were blown to pieces, seven others were mors or less seriously injured and the occupants of the fashionable hotels and residences in the vicinity of Fifth avenue and 34th street were startled by an explosion of dynamite in an excavation for a new building. Fragments of the bodies of the dead were scattered over an area of hundreds of feet, and it was hours before the exact number of victims of the accident could be determined. The explosion was caused by a workman unintentionally striking a heavy charge of dynamite which had been placed in a drill hole in a ledge of rock several days ago and which defied attempts to explode it at that time. The workman started to redrill the hole, with no thought of the deadly charge which it contained. BREAK JAIL AT SUNBURY, PA. Two Men Escape, But Others Are Caught In Time Sunbury, Pa., Dec. 19. — Joseph Shultz and Harry Burns, leaders in a plot to accomplish a wholesale jail break, scaled the wall of the Northumberland county prison and got away. A citizen saw them leap to the ground and gave the alarm. Joseph O'Brien and Harry Williams were captured while scaling the .inner side of the wall. Then other cells had been opened with a skeleton key, but the prisoners in these had not attempted follow the leaders. The escape was complained by Williams, who was "trusty," and who had been given the task of locking the prisoners up. The door of Shultz's cell had been left open. The latter had made a skeleton key out of a knife blade and unlocked the cells of the other prisoners. Death of Dr. W. S. Forbes Death of Dr. W. S. Forbes. Philadelphia, Dec. 18—Dr. W. S. Forbes, professor of anatomy and clinical surgery at Jefferson Medical College, and a leading representative of the medical men of Philadelphia, died at his home here of angina pectoris. He had been ill but a short time, Dr. Forbes was born in Falmouth, Va. 74 years ago. He served with the British army in the Crimean war and was a medical director in the Union army during the Civil War. Dr. Forbes was the author of the original anatomy act of Pennsylvania, which has placed the procuring of subjects for dissection in the various medical schools in Pennsylvania on a legal basis. The act has been copied by many states. Will Exhume Woman's Body New York, Dec. 19. — Judge Hendrickson, of the supreme court of New Jersey, ordered that the grave of Mrs. Frank Brouwer, former wife of a physician of Toms River, N. J., be opened, so that an autopsy upon her body may be performed. Charges had been made by T. E. Heyer, of Long Branch, the woman's brother, that she had been poisoned. The order was granted on the application of County Prosecutor Brown, who presented sworn statements made by Mr. Heyer. No date has been set for exhuming the body. Deep interest has been aroused in the case throughout Southern New Jersey. Dr. Brouwer, her husband, said he concurred in the action taken by the county authorities. Eccentral Woman, ordered Richmond, Va., Dec. 15.—Miss Eliza Read, an eccentric woman, who lived alone on the mountain, three miles from Pocahontas, Va., was found murdered in her home, apparently having been struck in the head with an axe or club. Miss Read had a good income from royalty on coal lands, and robbery is thought to have been the motive of the crime. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICEMOND, VIRGINIA The Cohen Company Wishes You All a Merry Christmas and Thanks You for Your Appreciation of Their Efforts to Be on Hand Saturday. THERE WILL BE THOUSANDS OF FINE THINGS TO BE CLOSED OUT THAT DAY SURE BEFORE THE CURTAIN GOES DOWN FOR CHRISTMAS. WE DO NOT WANT TO CARRY ANY HOLIDAY GOODS OVER AND ARE WILLING TO MAKE PRICES TO PREVENT IT. Please Their Trade. Be on Hand THERE WILL BE THINGS TO BE CLOSE SURE BEFORE THE C FOR CHRISTMAS. WE DO NOT WANT IDAY GOODS OVER AND MAKE PRICES TO PR CAN'T DISMISS MIDDIES Those Charged With Hazing Must Be Tried By Courtmartial. Washington, Dec. 20. — Secretary Bonaparte has found that he has no power to dismiss Midshipmen Coffin and Van Derveer, charged with hazing and complicity in hazing Midshipman Kimbrough. This information was conveyed to him by Attorney General Moody. A few days ago Secretary Bonaparte submitted to the attorney general the abstract question as to whether a cadet must be tried by court martial as a condition precedent to his dismissal from the academy. He did not name the two midshipmen, above referred to, but he did state that a case had recently arisen at the academy wherein two midshipmen had hazed another. The attorney general told the secretary that his conclusion was adverse to the asserted right of the secretary to dismiss a midshipman and he promised to supply an opinion in full legal form within a short time. In view of this opinion, Secretary Bonaparte has informed the chairman of the house and senate naval committees that he deems it his duty to ask that congress immediately clothe the secretary of the navy with power to dismiss any midshipman at any time whose presence at the academy is contrary to the best interests of the service. SWIMMERS SAVE ENTOMBED MEN Daring Rescue of Two Italians From Pennsylvania Tunnel. New York, Dec. 20.—Three daring swimmers rescued the two Italian laborers, who for more than 40 hours had been imprisoned in the East river tunnel of the Pennsylvania railroad by a cave-in at the Long Island City end of the under-water bore. Surrounded by water, which threatened to engulf them the moment the compressed air should fall to hold it in check, the two entombed men had kept up constant communication with the surface by rapping on the pipes which brought them air. They were almost exhausted when the three men swam up to the platform on which they were huddled. It was with difficulty that the rescuers induced the frightened men to plunge into the water they had dreaded so long. Finally this was accomplished, however, the two strongest swimmers of the three each taking a man upon his back, while the third swam alongside to lend assistance in case of need. Work in the rescue shaft stopped and all five men were tenderly cared for. READING LOCOMOTIVE BLOWS UP Three Trainmen Killed In Accident Near Joanna Heights, Pa. Reading, Pa., Dec. 20.—Three men were killed by the explosion of the boiler of a freight engine belonging to the Reading Railway company and plying between Birdsboro and Joanna. The dead are: William T. Hesser, fireman; H. W. Leinbach, engineer; W. T. Alderman, brakeman, all of Birdsboro. The accident happened in a cut about a quarter of a mile south of Joanna Heights campmeeting grounds, and the crash came like a clap of thunder. What caused the explosion is not known, but the matter will be investigated by the officials. The boiler was lifted bodily from the frame and hurled into the woods. It is torn and twisted and a complete wreck. Nothing but the wheels and machinery remained on the rails. MOB TARS A FALSE PROPHET Heroic Measures Needed to Drive Him From Town. Wellington, Kan., Dec. 18.—George Huffman, representing himself to be the "true prophet" of Christ, was tarred and feathered at Perth, Kan., by a mob. After the punishment was applied the man walked all night in his new dress, reaching Renfrew next morning. He suffered greatly from the cold, as the feathers did not keep him warm. For three months Huffman lived with a family named Talkington, and induced the head of the household to believe that the world would end in five years. He finally induced Talkington to give up all his earthly possessions to regenerate the world. Two Killed By Highwaymen. Two Killed by Highwaymen. El Paso, Tex., Dec. 20.—Two men named Sutherford and Murray, both from Philadelphia, were killed by highwaymen on a ranch at Diaz, a small settlement in Chihuahua, Mexico. A man named Finsted, of Los Angeles, and another known as "Shorty," were wounded. The robbers escaped. No details of the fight have been received. A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED Thursday, December 14. Louis McLane, a prominent financier and capitalist of Baltimore, died of a complication of diseases, aged 72 years. The 4-months-old baby daughter of Arthur Davis, of Penbrook, near Harrisburg, Pa., was burned to death by an exploding lamp. In a fire which destroyed the plant of the Mars Manufacturing company at Evanston, Ill., two firemen were killed and four seriously injured. Property loss, $100,000. W. J. Smith, confidential book-keeper of the Robert Stevenson Drug company, of Chicago, has been arrested on a forgery charge amounting to $3000, which he says all went to loan sharks. Friday, December 15. Leroy H. Anderson, treasurer of the United Railways of New Jersey, died at Princeton, aged 68 years. Two children of John Lusco were burned to death in a fire which destroyed their home at Greensburg, Pa. John Stansfield, his wife and two children were seriously burned by a gas explosion in their home at Sharon, Pa. Richard West, convicted of illegal voting and perjury at the New York election, was sentenced to three years in Sing Sing. While jealous, William Clark, a prominent farmer near Grand Rapids, Mich., shot his wife to death as she lay in bed and then killed himself. Saturday, December 16. Mississippi has adopted a new law making house breaking a crime punishable by death or life imprisonment. Senator W. A. Clark, of Montana, has purchased the Union mine, on the mother lode, in Eldorado county, Cal., for $1,750,000. Engineer J. J. Welsh and Brakeman J. S. Harris were killed and Fireman Grove seriously scalded in a rear-end collision between freight trains at New Castle, Pa. Daniel C. Gillman, of Baltimore, Md., was re-elected president of the National Civil Service Reform League at the Milwaukee convention. Monday, December 18. Tons of molten cinder dumped on two railroad shanties at Stenbensville, O., fatally burned two men and hurt two others. The corner-stone of the $200,000 soldiers' memorial building at Cincinnati was laid by Corporal Tanner, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army. Indictments were returned at Cleveland, O., against Percy A. Secor and Michael Ryan, charged with voting 43 times at the recent Republican primary. Professor S. 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As they enter the church they at first kneel down and then sit upon the ground in true oriental fashion, "in the dimly lighted church" says one who has seen the service, "these squatting variolobed figures, with their beautiful faces lit up by fits and starts by flashes of the candles, intent on devotion, seem like so many modern Madonnas come to celebrate the glory of the first Madonna." Precisely at midnight the pontifical high mass is celebrated, the figure of Christ is brought in a basket and deposited upon the high altar, and the procession forms to accompany it to the crypt. As the long, chanting procession winds through the dimly lighted church there is something weirdly solemn about the ceremony, and as the sacred image passes various acts of worship are performed by the devout attendants. On the procession moves through the rough hewn, dimly lit passages from the Latin church to the grotto of the Nativity. When the procession of richly robed ecclesiastics reaches the silver star set in the pavement the priests pause and stand in a group about the basket, which is deposited upon the star. Around this star is the inscription, "Hie de virgine natus est" ("Here he was born of a virgin"), for this is the spot upon which tradition places the actual birth of Jesus. There the impressive narrative of the birth of Jesus as found in the gospels is slowly recited, and when the passage (Luke ii, 7), "And she brought forth her firstborn Son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn," is read the figure is reverently picked up from the star and carried over to the opposite side of the grotto, where it is put into a rock cut manger. This concludes the service—London Sphere. Mistletoc Myths. Many English girls believe that they will not be wedded inside of twelve mouths unless they have at least one kiss under the mistletoe. In many counties a berry is plucked from the mistletoe with each kiss, and when there are no berries no kisses are allowed. Mistletoe used to be considered a charm or amulet to ward off the baleful influence of witches. It was also considered that its influence was irresistible, that no one could possibly pass beneath it without yielding to its power, and hence both matron and maid must submit to the salutation which has since become customary.—Self Culture Magazine. Christmas Candy. To make chocolate caramels dissolve over a fire one cupful of molasses and two teacups of sugar; add one-quarter of a pound of grated chocolate and a piece of butter the size of an egg; boil for fifteen or twenty minutes; pour into flat buttered dishes to the depth of a quarter *an inch* and when cold cut into squares an inch in size. CHRISTMAS AT SANDRINGHAM How the Royal Family of Great Britain keeps up Christmas at Sandringham in a right royal and old fashioned way. Tasteful decorations with holly and mistletoe abound everywhere. Every one comes down to the dining room, where breakfast is taken en famille. Every one has presents for some one else. All the servants and tenants are remembered, so that there are many happy hearts on Christmas morning. Substantial joints, geese and turkeys, with other good things, have a delightful way of turning up at the very houses where they are most wanted. After breakfast the royal family and guests and the ladies and gentlemen of the household go on a tour of inspection to view the decorations, and then, provided the weather is fine, they walk to church, which, of course, has been tastefully adorned in appropriate and approved Christmas fashion. OL the entry of the king and queen the congregation rises—that is the only formality observed. The king's domestic chaplain takes the service—a bright choral service, with Christmas hymns and an anthem. Then comes luncheon—which is the children's dinner—attended by the king and queen and other members of the family. The Christmas pudding is brought in, blazing up merrily, to the intense delight of the little princes and princesses. The late afternoon is the most exciting time for the juniors. The doors of a certain room have been kept rigorously fastened since the previous evening, her majesty and other members of her family having duly dressed a large Christmas tree therein. The door is opened, and the whole party troops in, while the royal children evince the greatest delight at the Christmas tree ablaze with lights and weighed down with presents. Afterward all sorts of games are entered into with a heartiness and zest that must surely appeal to every one. Dinner comes along at $85, to which all guests staying in the house and many of the household are invited by the king. The king and queen and guests assemble in the drawing room first, and then a procession is formed, led, of course, by their majesties, who are followed in order of precedence by the others. The tables are laid in the grand salon. The guests are seated at small oval tables, the king and queen sitting opposite each other at one, and are waited on by special footmen. Boar's head, baron of beef and plum pudding are the staple dishes of the royal Christmas dinner. After dinner there may be a dance or a command performance in the state ballroom, the vaults of which are decorated by gorgeous Indian trophies presented to his majesty when he visited that country.—Pictorial Magazine. The Universal Desire. She was superbly dressed in the pinnacle of fashion and would have been beautiful but for a certain stern, businesslike expression that rather marred the sweetness of her face. First looking up and down, she darted swiftly into a narrow passageway, and was soon knocking at a door emblazoned with the legend: 'Signor Oleo Margerino. Clairvoyant. Future Foretold.' The door opened. "Where is the signor?" she nervously demanded. "In bed, mum." "Horrors! What's the matter with him?" "Nervous prostration, brought on by overwork." "Overwork?" "Yes, mum. Since September he's been busy peerin' into de future fer people not wanted ter know de value uv Christmus presents dey wuz goin' to get so's they'd know how much ter spend on theirs." Stifling a shriek of despair, she sped away on the hunt for some other clairvoyant—New York Herald. A Topsy Turvy Party. A topsy turvy party is good fun at Christmas. Everything is done at this party "the other way around." For instance, a very small Christmas tree is fastened to the ceiling upside down. On the floor a number of packages should be laid. In the packages you must be sure to have the topsy turvy scheme. In all those intended for the girls you should put only such things as boys like or use, and the older the guest the simpler should the toys be. The next thing in this topsy turvy party after the distribution of the packages is to have some one enter the room dressed as Santa Claus with an empty basket on his back or in his hand, but instead of giving each person a present he must demand one from each person. Later on in the evening the guests play a game of forfeits, when they have a chance of getting back their gifts. A Few Christmas Don'ts. Don't fuss, don't hurry, don't worry, don't fret. Christmas has come and gone many times and will come and go again. Don't do one single thing, then, for at least two weeks that will jar you into forgetting that it was the birthday of peace and good will.—Phil- adelphia Record. Christmas at the North Pole. The candles burn on the Christmas tree; They burn with a ruddy flame, And the little Eskimo looks with glee Upon picture book and game. He dances in ecstasies of delight. And he claps his hands for joy And then climbs into the branches bright, Where jingles the rosy toy. Then with an expression of peace supreme And a twinkle of heartfelt fun The candies he plucks in a lots dream And gobbles them one by one. —R. K. Munkittrick in New York Herald. Christmas In Cornwall In Cornwall Christmas eve is a special holiday with children, who are allowed to sit up till midnight and drink to the "mock," as the Yule log is called there. The Past Versus the Present. Oh, Christmas time is coming fast. So cheer up, girls; be pleasant And shake the fellow with the past For that one with the present. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. 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Jurgent' 421 EAST BROAD between 4th and 5th St. A man is sitting in a chair and talking to another man. L DESCRI We furnish "cuts" when des- complete special work in our l in our line, call and see us and LINE OF S NG TO SEE THEM. ces a full 2 LINEN PAPER, ENVELOP WE HAVE ONE OF THE B OF WOOD Of Any Job Printing E QUICK-WORKING. OUR OFFICE FIFTY YARDS OF BROAD ST. OTHER INFORMATION, AP nn Mitch 311 N. 4th St. Frank Waller, Jr PRACTICAL HOUSE PAINTER, Residence, 1 E. Orange St. Prompt attention given to all mail lers. Satisfaction guaranteed. 1 Kinds of Painting Done Cheap. Give me a call before going else- where. 1 F Jonathan FISH, OYSTERS AND PRODUCE. WE HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST ASSORTMENTS OF WOOD-TYPE Of Any Job Printing Establishment in the city. 311 N. 4th St., Richmond, Va. 120 N. 17TH St., RICHMOND, VA. ALL ORDERS WILL RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION. Long Distance Phone. 752. New 'Phone, 473. ROBT. S. FORRESTER, FLORIST 212 E. Leigh Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. Plant Decorations, Choice Rose- buds, Cut Flowers, Funeral Designs, House Decorators for Wedding Part- ties, &c. a specialty. Give me a call. When You Are Sick future and Fresh Mediemes only will sure you then purchase your Drugs and Medicine from; Leonard's Reliable Prescription Drug Store 724 North Second Street. BEFORE MAKING Your purchase you would do well to call at the most reliable furniture house in the city and see the fine line of Refrigerators, Mattings, Oil-Cloths, And in fast everything that is need- ed in house furnishings. RUGS AND CARPETS. Of every description; also the la- test designs in ROCKERS and spe- cial OHAIRS. Our goods are the best for the price and the price is very low. C. G. Jurgen's Son 421 EAST BROAD ST., between 4th and 6th Street opes, Note and Letter Paper Bill-heads, Monthly Statements, Business Cards, Financial and Order Books, Circulars, Check-books, Pamphlets. ISIPTIONS sired and we will arrange to line. When in need of any work estimates will be furnished. SAMPLES Line PES, ETC. LARGEST ASSORTMENTS OD-TYPE establishment in the city. PLY TO nell, Jr., Richmond, Va. Residence. No. 911-32d St. ROBT. W. WILLIAMS, FUNERAL DIRECTOR & EMBALMER. NO. 3019 P. STREET, BETWEEN 30TH AND 31ST STREETS. RICHMOND, . . . VA. Special attention given to all business entrusted to me. Carriages for funerals, receptions and marriages at all hours. Satisfaction guaranteed to all. A. Hayes OFFICE AND WARE-ROOMS, 727 North Second Street RESIDENCE, 725 N. 2nd St. First-class Hacks and Caskets of all descriptions. I have a spare room for bodies when the family have not a suitable place. All country orders are given special attention. Your special attention is called to the new style Oak Caskets. Call and see me and you shall be waited on kindly. 'Phone, 2778. THE Custalo House, 702 East Broad Street. Having remodeled my BAR, and having an up-to-date place, I am prepared to serve my friends and the public at the same old stand. CHOICE WINES, LIQUORS & CIGARS. FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT, MEALS AT ALL HOURS. New 'Phone 1261, WM. CUSTALO, - Prop. S. W. ROBINSON, NO. 23 NORTH 18TH ST. DEALER IN FINE WINES, LIQUORS, CIGARS, &c. All Stock Sold as Guaranteed. PROMPT ATTENTION. Your patronage is respectfully solicited. JOHN M. HIGGINS, DEALER IN CHOICE GROCERIES, WINES LIQUORS, AND CIGARS. PURE GOODS, FULL VALUE FOR THE MONEY. 1610 East Franklin Street [Near Old Market.] RICHMOND, REAL LIGHT SATURDAY.....DEC. 23d. 1905 FOR TOM'S SAKE A Tree Which Bore Good Fruit By OTHO B. SENGA [Copyright, 1904, by Otho B. Senga.] MOST wonderful and gorgeous Christmas tree stood in the window of the great store of Warden & Joyce. All day a constantly changing throng of small admirers exclaimed at its magnificence and registered extravagant wishes before it. Children richly clad and full of joyous anticipations, children in comfortless rags, who knew Christmas only by the sight of the happiness of others, stood side by side and gazed with longing eyes at the bewildering array of costly gifts and brilliant decorations. A small girl of twelve or fourteen, with face unnaturally old and sharp, unsmiling eyes, critically examined the tree in silence. Up and down, from side to side, her keen gaze wandered. "I bet it's empty at the back," she finally muttered. Poor child! Her brief experience had already taught her the unreality and falsity of many glittering things. She stepped quickly into the vestibule where she could see that part of the tree away from the window. A sudden joy flashed into her face. "It's true—that tree is true," she whispered eagerly. "The back is as good as the front." She hesitated an instant and then raised her clasped hands beseechingly. "God," she cried, "send me a tree for Tommy!" Her intense longing made her voice sharply imperative, and the first word struck harshly on the ear of a richly dressed young lady who was passing close to her. "You mustn't swear, child!" she exclaimed hurriedly. "I wasn't swearing," the girl answered calmly, without resentment. "I was praying for a tree for Tommy." An elegant carriage waited at the curb, and as the young lady stepped to A man in a suit stands behind a woman in a dress and hat, holding a child in a bed. The woman is facing the man, who is pointing towards the child. In the background, there is a Christmas tree decorated with ornaments. MISS STANHOPE GAVE ONE LOOK AT THE TALL MAN. the sidewalk the footman threw open the door. She stood for an instant, as if thinking, and then, turning quickly, she went back into the vestibule, where the child was still standing. "Will you come with me a minute? Out of the crowd," she added hastily as the girl faced her with surprised eyes and an unchidlike, repelling look on her thin face. "Will you step into the carriage? Please do. I want you to tell me something, and it is so very cold"— The girl seated herself on the luxurious cushions, the young lady followed, and the inwardly disgusted footman closed the door. "Will you tell me your name and where you live?" the lady questioned gently. The child regarded her earnestly. "Depends on who you are and what you want. You ain't a charity worker nor a slum visitor?" The young lady smiled understand- ingly. "My name is Margaret Starhope, and I live on Commonwealth avenue. You —you spoke of Tommy." The girl's face softened. "Yes; he's my brother. My name is Maggie Taylor, and I live on Burnham street," adding with a return of her former manner, "but it ain't a slum street, and I don't want no charity." Miss Stanhope smiled radiantly. "But I do, Maggie. I am so glad our names are the same. I need just what you do not-charity. Tell me some- thing about Tommy." She lingered lovingly over the name. "Why did you pray for a tree for him?" "Because he's sick. He's only twelve, and he works in an office, and his boss is away, and Tommy took sick after he'd gone. Tommy feels sure that if he was here he'd send his wages to him just the same, for he's a good boss and awfully kind to everybody, but the other man—his gardner—is different." "Maggio," miss Miss Stanhope earnestly, "I wish you'd help me to have a happy Christmas, I am all alone in the world, without any one to care for me, and I want to do something for some one-for some one named Tommy, because-because six months ago I did a wrong and cruel thing to some one by that name. It would help make my Christmas happy if you would let me arrange a tree for your Tommy. THE LAW OF YOUR PROPERTY THE LAW OF YOUR PROPERTY Will you?" The girl drew a long breath. "It girl isn't charity?" she asked doubtfully. "Not to you nor to Tommy," answered Miss Stanhope joyously, "but it will be to me." "For Tommy's sake," murmured the girl assentingly. "For Tom's sake," echoed Miss Stanhope tenderly. The unbending footman was still more disgusted when he was directed to make another round of the stores, and his bearing was absolutely frigid when he was required to carry a most unbecoming load of bundles up the stairs to the little home on Burnham street. That the indignity of a good sized tree was laid upon him also required the concentration of all his thoughts upon the generous wages Miss Stanhope paid to enable him to endure the present situation. "I keep house for father and Tommy," whispered Maggie, leading the way. "Tommy's in the kitchen. I left him there in the big chair 'cause it's warmer. We'll take all these things in here"—opening the door of a neat sitting room—and when we get the tree fixed I'll push him in in the chair. Surely never before was a tree so quickly made to blossom and bring forth fruit, and it was a "true" tree, with gifts on every side. Maggie surveyed it with joyful pride, her thin face losing its careworn look and becoming almost childlike with the flush of happy excitement. "Miss Stanhope," she whispered positively, "prayers are answered—I know it now." Always, in the way he thinks best, answered Miss Stanhope carnely, adding in her heart, "Lord, I believe—help thou mine unbelief." "I'll bring Tommy in now," Maggie said, and went softly out to the kitchen. She returned almost immediately. "His boss is there!" she exclaimed excitedly. "He got back yesterday. Ain't he awfully good to come so soon to see Tommy? Tommy looks better already! The boss 'll push him in." They both turned toward the door as it was opened, and a big armchair with the sick boy in it was pushed carefully over the threshold. Miss Stanhope gave one look at the tall man behind the chair and started forward. "This is Tommy's boss," began Maggle, mindful of her duties as hostess, but the greeting of her two guests quite disconcerted her, for Tommy's boss caught the aristocratic Miss Stanhope in a close embrace, while Miss Stanhope cried penitently, "Oh, Tom, Tom, I have been so sorry, and I have wanted you so." The Origin of Santa Claus. Santa Claus is of German origin. This is true if only because that is the German name for St. Nicholas. That he is an old man is because in the ancient pagan feasts in celebration of the decay of the old year and the birth of the new an old man played the principal part. Among the Greeks and Romans it was Saturn, the father of all the gods, and among the Norsemen it was Thor, who was long bearded and white haired. That the saint is St. Nicholas is due to the fact that that venerable personage's feast day was celebrated at about that period. St. Nicholas was a bishop of Myra, who flourished early in the fourth century. He is the patron saint of children and schoolboys, and hence it was natural that he should be a part of a celebration when the children received gifts and when they were allowed to be "bearded as well as seen."—New York Mall and Express. Christmas In Rome. A characteristic sight which precedes a Roman Christmas is the so called cottio, or sale of fish by auction, which is held at San Teodoro, near the forum, in the small hours of the morning, and every year attracts large crowds of buyers and sightseers. It is a sight worth seeing, the 'vast circular market literally packed with row upon row of baskets, in which the sealy fry are carefully arranged, the light glancing off their many colored scales in a thousand prismatic reflections, while the owner of each stall shouts at the top of his voice and the merry crowd goes round laughing and bargaining and trying to cheapen the fish, for at Christmastide it often reaches fabulous prices, and one is reminded of the extravagance of the ancient Romans, one of whom is said to have paid 20,000 sesertes for a single gray mullet—London Mall. Chris'mus Times in Dixie. Oh, Chris'mus come ter de laan' er cotton— Bet you 'twon't be soon fergotten— Look away, Look away, Fer de Chris'mus times in Dixie! Don't keer ef de weather fair or murky— Big fat possum en a gobblin' turkey— Look away, Look away, Fer de Chris'mus times in Dixie! —Frank Stanton in Atlanta Constitution. The Sheep Pasture. Too big a pasture is a bad thing. A field divided into sections, with good grazing in each, is the best way to handle sheep. They run the flesh off if the pasture is very large. Have small fields or hurdles and change often is the English plan.—Farmers Advocate. Wonderful Indian Runners An Indian has been known to carry a letter from Guazapares to Chihuahua and back again in five days, the distance being nearly 800 miles. In some parts where the Tarahumaris serve the Mexicans they are used to run in the wild horses, driving them into the corral. It may take them two or three days to do it, sleeping at night and living on a little pinole. They bring in the horses thoroughly exhausted, while they themselves are still fresh. They will outrun any horse if you give them time enough. They will pursue deer in the snow or with dogs, in the rain, for days and days, until at last the animal is cornered and shot with arrows or falls an easy prey from sheer exhaustion, its hoofs dropping off. TEMPERANCE NOTES Into a panic and furnished incontrovertible proof that an engine has a soul. Fireman Jim will say that any engine is as moody as a woman. "You can't drive 'em," he says. "You have to humor 'em. And No. 158 hadn't been coddled enough, so she just slipped her bit." No. 158 lives at the Houston & There was an old decanter, and its mouth was gaping wide; the rosy wine had ebbed away and left its crystalline side, and the wind went humming, humming; up and down the sides it flew, and through the reed-like, hollow neck the wildest notes it blew. I placed it in the windows, where the blast was blowing free, and fancied that its pale mouth was queerstrains to me. "They tell quersors- the Plague has slain his ten, and War his hundred thousands of the very best of men; but I"—twas thus the bottle spoke—"but I have con- quers more than all your famous con- quersors, and I have conquered Then come ye youths and maldens, come drink from out my cup, the beverage that dulls the brain and burns the spirit up; that puts to shame the conquerors that slay their scores below, for this has deli- mated me, and I have a tide of woe. Though in the path of battle, darkest waves of blood may roll, yet while I killed the body I have damned the very soul. The choers, the sword, and the never wrought, as I, in mirth or malice, on the innocent have brought. And still I breathe upon them, and they shrink before my breath; and year by year by thousands to read THE AWFUL ROAD TO DEATH. Christian Work. WHY HE QUIT. How the Professional Man Obtained a Vision of Himself If He Continued to Drink. A professional gentleman, who was accustomed to take his morning glass, stepped into a saloon, and going up to the bar called for whisky. A seedy individual stepped up to him and said: "I say, 'squire, can't you ask an un- fortunate fellow to join you?" He was annoyed by the man's fa- milarity, and roughly told him: "I am not in the habit of drinking with tramps." The tramp replied: "You need not be so cranky and high-minded, my friend. I venture to say that I am of just as good a family as you are, have just as good an education, and before I took to drink was just as respectable as you are. What is more, I always knew how to act the gentleman. Take my word for it, you stick to John Barleycorn and he will bring you to just the same place : am." Struck with his words, the gentleman set down his glass and turned to look at him. His eyes were bloodshot, his face bloated, his boots mismated, his clothing filthy. "Then was it drinking that made you like this?" "Yes it was, and it will bring you to the same if you stick to it." Picking up his untouched glass, he poured the contents upon the floor and said: "Then it's time I quit," and left the saloon never to enter it again.—Classmate. ADVICE TO YOUNG CLERKS One Important Injunction Is to Let Alcoholic Liquors Entirely Alone. When you set out to do a thing, do it! Don't be a quitter. Be thorough. Leave alcoholic drinks alone. A resolution to that effect admits of no possible qualification or exception. Hand people their change or packages. Don't lay the money down somewhere in their vicinity for them to pick up. Identify yourself with the store to the extent of keeping up the same interest in the business that you would if it were your own. Do little things with the same degree of care that you use in the more important things. In no business do the little things count as they do in a drug store. TEMPERANCE ITEMS There are 35,000 liquor shops in Paris. Princeton theological seminary is arranging to stop the sale of beer in the Princeton inn. On the opening night of a temperance crusade in Melbourne, Australia, Father Hays secured the pledges of 2,200 people. The city of Johannesburg, South Africa, prohibits advertisements regarding liquor and gambling on a penalty of $12 or two months' imprisonment. This law is enforced. It has been found that out of every 100 alcoholics attacked by pneumonia 70 die, while out of every 100 non-alcoholics so attacked only 23 die. Dr. Michels says: "Fifty grains of opium to every man, woman and child is consumed in the United States annually. In China but 27 grains to every man, woman and child, and in Europe, South and Central America, 12 grains." The Bar He Goes Up Against. To woman's progress there's no bar, At morn, at tight, at noon; But the greatest bar to man's progress Is the one in the saloon. —Houston Pest. MAD ENGINE MAKES DASH FOR FREEDOM. Runs Shrieking Three Miles Across Suspension Bridge and Through a Town. Waco, Tex.-No. 158 had been gloomy for weeks. That is the reason the engineer gives for the recent eccentric occurrence that threw all Waco Into a panic and furni hed incontro- vertible proof that an engine has a soul. Fireman Jim will say that any engine is as moody as a woman. "You can't drive 'em," he says. "You have to humor 'em. And No. 158 hadn't been coddled enough, so she just slipped her bit." No. 158 lives at the Houston and Texas Central railroad yards in East THE BIG ENGINE DASHED TOWARD THE BRIDGE THE BIG ENGINE DASHED TOWARD THE BRIDGE. Waco, in a barren and ugly district. Her soul revolted, and as she brooded over her wrongs, there grew in No. 158's mind a bold and daring project. She was nervous and captious. Fireman Jim, all unconscious of the fires already raging in her iron bosom, piled in fuel for the afternoon run. He and the engineer went out for dinner. What happened during the next 15 minutes none can say with certainty. The railroad yards were deserted, no one was seen to go or come. But at precisely 12:15, with a shriek of rage like a maniac's defiance, a big black engine dashed out of the yards and at top speed fled toward the suspension bridge over the Brazos river, which connects East Waco with the flourishing town of Waco. A stupid but well-meaning engine, seeing suicide in No. 158's main, barred her path. She hurled it aside a crushed and broken mass. An outhouse verged upon her wayward course. She paused long enough to demolish it. In another instant she was thundering across the bridge still shrieking like a demon. Once across, she slid over the tracks, through the heart of the city. The railroad is unguarded; electric cars and vehicles cross South Fourth street at will. Yet, in a town of 35,000, with a traffic commensurate to its size, the mad engine harmed neither carriage nor pedestrian. Straight to the station of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas, and, flushed with triumph, her panting sides absolutely unscathed, she drew up amid a group of engines that had just reported for duty. All sorts of explanations have been offered. Some suggest that a mischievous boy may have crept in and turned on No. 158's steam, but Fireman Jim says it's "the critter's spirit just kickin' the insides out of her." LONG RACE WITH A GHOST Bradley, Ill., Man Tells of Spookish Contest Which Takes Place Late at Night. Kankakee, Ill.—A Bradley man tells of a thrilling experience with a ghost as he was returning nome late at night recently. He was walking up the Illinois Central tracks from Kankakee when he first noticed a weir figure in white closely following him. He gradually increased his pace, but the white specter seemed possessed of a good pair of walking sticks, and increased his gait to correspond. The Bradley man being late and wishing to get home before his wife missed him, broke into a run, but on glancing behind saw the ghost without the least effort keeping the distance just the same. Up through Broadway the two went at breakneck speed. The man started to leap the water works' ditch, missed his footing and fell headlong. He got up and sat on the opposite side of the ditch, but there was the ghost facing him. The Bradley man drew a deep breath. The ghost looked him directly in the face and said: "That was a mighty good race we had, wasn't it, mister?" "Y-y-yes," replied the man from Bradley, "and we're going to h-have another as soon as I get my b-b-reach." Dog Reverts to Wild State Utica, N. Y.--While summering at Richfield Springs in 1903 Gen. George Fleid, of Buffalo, missed his pet dog a valuable greyhound. He was afterward seen roaming wild in the woods, and all efforts to reach him were unsuccessful. Recently the dog was caught in a trap set for wild animals Queer Suicide Pact Buda-Pesth —Three young men in Salzburg, Austria, out of employment, pooled what money they had, bought a revolver, had a dinner at a restaurant, drank to one another's 'future' and then went to a cemetery and committed suicide, one after the other, with the revolver. Thought vs. Cash. "How glorious it is to be engaged in a purely intellectual occupation!" murmured a young maiden, gazing rapuriously into the admiring eyes of an editor. "Your own mental faculties for tools, and the whole universe for a workshop. Now tell me," she added "what do you find the most difficult thing connected with your noble profession?" "Paying the staff," said the editor.-Tit-Bits. Hard Pressed for Money "Oh, Henry!" exclaimed his wife as she threw her arms rapturously about his neck, "I do love you so! Don't forget to leave me five pounds when you go down to town this morning, will you, dear?" "And this," muttered Henry, softly F. B. Mechanics' Savings Bank OF RICHMOND, VA. 511 NORTH THIRD STREET Capital, $25,000 Money received on deposit and interest paid on amounts above $1.00 which remains 60 days and over. Money Loaned on Satisfactory Security. Business Accounts Handled Promptly. Amounts of ten cents and upwards received on deposit This establishment is fitted up in the most improved style, having a large white vault, burlar-proof steel chest, electric lights and every modern convenience for safety and the accommodation of the public. For all information concerning Stocks, Deposits, Loans, etc., apply to the Oashier. Banking Hours have been arranged for the special convenience of the work ing people as follows: 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. Saturdays, 9 A.M. to 8 P.M. We close Saturday at 3 P.M. and open again at 5 P.M., remaining open until P.M. Call by as you come from work. OFFICERS: JOHN MITCHELL, JR., President. H. F. JONATHAN, Vice-President THOS. H. WYATT, Cashier. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: REV. W. F. GRAHAM, D. D., JNO. R. CHILES, B. P. VANDERVALL, E. R. JEFFERSON H. F. JONATHAN, THOMAS SMITH D. J. CHAVERS J. O. FARLEY, JNO. J. TAYLOR, E. A. WASHINGTON, R. W. WHITING, WILL AM CUSTALO, J. J. GARTER JOHN MITCHELL, JR. FRES WILM AU CUSTALO, J. J. CARTER THOMAS M. ORUMP, SEC. W. I. JOHNSON, FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER Office & Warerooms, 207 N. Foushee St. Corner Broad HACKS FOR HIRE: Offers by Telephone or Telegraph filled. Wedding, Suppers and Entertainments promptly attended. Old Phone, 686. Residence in Building, New Phone. ```markdown ``` KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS OF T TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: This organization has been chartered and legally situated under the laws and statute of the state of New York, for the purpose of uniting together all acceptable men on the Broad Bases of Charity—Beneficial and to promote the Social and Moral condition of humanity. Its two distinct military and uniform ranks will secure for this organization place in the front ranks of all sacred institutions of modern events, a grand opportunity for active men. Deputies wanted in all sections of the country to orgain lodge. W. ALLEN Supreme voyager, 846 W. 87th Street, New York City disengaging himself from her fond em brace, "this is what you might call being hard pressed for money."—Tit Bits. Man's Self-Security Wife—Before we were married, you used to write me letters eight and ten pages long. Now, when you go away, you just send me little notes of half a page. 80 Husband—Uh—my dear, I am—er- trying to economize on letter paper so as to have more money for my little duckle darling to spend.—N. Y Weekly. KINNY or CURUY HAIR that it can be built KINNY or CURUY HAIR that it can be built Two Bores. Towne—I'd rather associate with Nuritch than Kadley. Kadley's just a society man; I can't imagine anything worse than a man who is always indulging in small talk. Browne—Oh, I don't know; he can't be worse than a fellow who's always talking big—Philadelphia Press. Impressed Him Deeply. "What is the matter with you, Harker?" "Haven't you heard? I am suffering with the auto face." "Nonsense! You don't own an automobile." "But Cogger does. He let his machine pass over my face twice in a week."—Chicago Daily News. What Then? "Well," said the cheerful wife, who thought she had a good voice, "if the worse comes to the worst, I would endear to keep the wolf from the door by singing." The Ozonized Ox Marrow Coat "I don't doubt it." replied her husband, who had suffered much, "but suppose the wolf should happen to be deaf?" —Cassell's. An Inference The inquisitive visitor to the studio of the famous but crochety artist propounds the query. BLESSINGS TO ALL GREATEST SECRETS EVER REVEALED 6 FREE FREE FREE "What do you mix your color with?" "With brains, sir," replies the painter, in dignified tones. "Ah!" comments the visitor. "So you paint miniatures?"—Judge. His Good Angel "That girl is certainly Meekly's good angel." "How so?" "She saved his life at the seashore this summer." It will tell you how to raise from Sadness, Disappointments, Weakness, Discomfort, Health, to Growth, Health, Power and Prosperity, I am helping thousands of people. "Yep; and afterward she refused to marry him"—Houston Post. Took Dirt Away. "Yes, my son." "What is an excavation?" "Why, an excavation, my boy, is a place from which dirt has been taken." "Well, I suppose my face is an excavation, then?"—Yonkers Statesman. Clear Enough City Editor—Did I understand you to report that Mr. Greatman had nothing to say? Reporter—No; I'm sure he had something to say, otherwise he wouldn't have said that he had nothing to say; if he had nothing to say he wouldn't have said he had nothing to say."—Philadelphia Press. DR. WHITE'S COLLEGE OF SCIENCE. 1917 E. Prest St. Baltimore, Md. Dent R. SCENIC ROUTE ROUTE TO THE WEST 2 Hours and 25 Minutes to Norfolk LEAVE RICHMOND—EASTBOUND. 7:35 a. m. — Week days—Local to Newport News and way stations. 9:00 a. m. — Limited—Arrives Williams burg 8:59 a. m. Newport News 1000 a. m. Old Point 11:00 a. m. Norfolk 11:25 a. m. 4:00 p. m. Daily — Special—Arrives Williams 2:00 p.m.—Daily with William Pullman to Cincinnati. Indianapolis and Chicago without change. Pullman service for Louville and St. Louis. 5:15 8:12 p. m. — Week days — Local to Gondonville 8:15 p. m. — Daily — Limited with Pulman Service to Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis and Chicago. JAMES RIVER LINE 10:20 a. m. express to Lynchburg Laxington, New Castle Clifton Forge and principal stations. 6:15 a. m. days—Local to Emmont TRAINS AIRLINE Norfolk and Old Point 10:20 a. m. daily, Newport 11:54 a. m., daily and 7:00 a. m. daily, Newport 11:54 a. m., daily and 7:00 a. m. daily, From Cincinnati and West Cincinnati a. m. daily and 3:00 a. m. daily, Main Line Local from 8:25 a. m., except Sunday from Clifton Forge, James River Line Local from Clifton Forge, 8:25 a. m., except Sunday, (Esmont Acco. 8:40 a. m. except Sunday, W. O. WARTHEN, C.E.DOYLE, Gen'l Manager, Dist. Pass Agt, H.W.FULLER, G.O.P.A. Norfolk and Western R. R. LEAVE RICHMOND (DAILY), BYRD STREET STATION. ORCOLP LIMITED. Arrives at Norfolk 11:30. Hops only at Peersburg, Waverley and Buffalo. 9:00 A.M. CHICAGO EXPREBuffet Par - Car. Norfolk Slopes to Lynchburg and Roanoke Pullman Slopes to Lynchburg, Columbus and Blufffield to Cincinnati, also Roanoke Knoxville and Knoxville to Chattanooga and Jempson. 12:20 P.M. Roanoke Express for Farmville, Lynchburg and Roanoke. Ocean Shore Limited Arrives Norfolk 5:30 p.m. Snooplies at Petersburg Waverley and Snooplies at Baltimore to Boston, providence, New York, Baltimore at 6:56 p.m. Norfolk and all stations east of Petersburg. NEW ORLEANS SHORT LINE. Pullman Sleeper Ritchie Ritchie in Lynchburg, Peters burg to Roanoke; Lynchburg to Memphis and New Orleans. Cafe Dining At Memphis and New Orleans. Cafe Dining At 3:35 p.m. the west 7:35 a.m. 2 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. the west 11:30 a.m. 11:33 a.m. m-a.m. and 6:36 p.m. Eastern Main Street. W. B. BEVILLE Gen. Pass. Agt. Div. Pass. SOUTHERN RAILWAY Effective Dec. 23rd, 1905. TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND. 7:00 a.m.—Daily. Local for Charlotte. 12:00 p.m.—Daily. Limited. Pet Pullman 1 to Charlotte and Ft mingham, North Orissa Memphis. Chattanooga and all the South. 6:00 p.m.—Ex. sunday, Keysville. 11:30 a.m. 9:30 p. m., for all YORK EVER LINE The favorite to rots Baltimore and eastern Rhondown. 4:20 p. m. Daily ask except Sunday. Local for Baltic more Mondays, weddings and Fridays. 4:25 a. m.—Except Sandy. Local mixed for 2:35 p. m. Mondays, weddings and Fridays Local for West Point. 4:25 p. m. - Except Sunday. For West Point, connecting with steamers for Baltimore and river landings Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Steamers call at Gloucester Point, Alameda. TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND. 6:38 a. m. and 6:23 p. m. - From all the South. 6:39 p. m. From Charlotte and Durham and Ralgham. 8 4 a. m. —From Keysville. 9 25 a. m. From West Point with Baltimore connections Sundays, Wednesday and Fridays. 1 a. m. - From West Point Wednesdays and Friday. 5 10 p. - From West Point. B. H. HARDWICK, Pass. Traf. M'g r. H. B. SPENNER, G. M. W. H. TAYLOR G. P.A. C. W. WESTTRUY, D. P. A., Richmond. Va. R. F. & P. Richmond, Freder- Richburg, and Potomac Railroad. Trains Leave Richmond - Northward. 4 25 a. m. daily, Byrd St. Through. 5 45 a. m. daily Main St. Through. 6 45 a. m. weekdays, Ella. Ashland ac- commodation. 8:40 a. m., daily Byrd st. Through. Lakewood. 12:08 a. moon, week days. Byrd st. Through. 4:00 p. m., week days. Byrd st. Fredericks- burg accommodation. 4:00 p. m., daily Main st. Through. 6:30 a. m., week days. Elba. Ashland accommodation. 6:30 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. Fredericksburg accommodation. 8:20 a.m. daily, Byrd St. Through. 11:50 a.m. week days, Byrd St. Through. Local stops. 8:24 a.m. daily Main St. Through. 8:24 a.m. week days Elba Ashland accommodation. 7:15 a.m. daily, Byrd St. Through. 8:24 a.m. daily, Byrd St. Through. Local stops. 8:30 a.m. daily, Main St. Through NOTE-Pullman Sleeping or Pariar Cars on trains except train arriving Richmond 11:50 a.m. week days and local accommodations. Time of arrivals and departures and con- nections not guaranteed: W. B. DUKE, C. W. CULP, W. P. TAYLOR, Gen'l Man'r. Ass't Gen'l Man'. Traf. Man. ATLANTIC COAST-LINE EFFECTIVE SUNDAY, APRIL 16TH 9:05 a.m. A. C. L. Express to all points 9:00 a.m. Petersburg and Norfolk. 12:10 p.m. Petersburg and N. & W. West. 12:10 p.m. Petersburg and Norfolk. 14:10 p.m. Goldsboro local. 4:45 p.m. Petersburg local. 7:25 p.m. Florida and West Indian Limited 9:20 p.m. Petersburg and N. & W. West. 11:30 p.m. Petersburg local. TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND—Daily 4:07 a.m. 7:12 a.m. 8:38 a.m. except Sunday 10:45 a.m. Sunday only. 11:40 a.m. 1 p.m. 205 p.m. 0:30 p.m. 7:45 p.m. 9:18 p.m. C. C. L. Pass. D. Div. Pass. Agt. W. J. CRAIG, Gen. Pass. SEABOARD I WILL SEND you this wonderful Book absolete!free Short Line to the principal Cities of the South and Southwest, Florida, Cuba and Mexico. TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND, MAIN ST. STATION DAILY—Schedule in effect April 18th, 1965. 9:10 a.m.—Local for Nortla, Ralegh, Hamlet and Charlotte 10:00 p. m.—SEABOARD EXPRESS, Company of Pulliam sleepers to Atlanta, St. Louis Jacksonville and Tampa. SEABOARD EXPRESS, Company, and day coaches, running to Florida without change. TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND, DAILY. 6:25 a. m.—From Florida, Atlanta and the Southwest. For all information as to rates,簿册 and connections apply to any SEABOAR Agent, or H. S. LEARD W. M. TAYLOR District Passenger Agt City Ticket Agt 808 East Main St., Richmond, Va. See ee yy f. | i ‘The beautiful snow o'er spreading the earth ‘With its mantle of purest white: While the fleeting clouds that gave it birth Obscure the sun's fair light. ‘The rich man sits in his lordly pride. ‘With wealth in long years a- massed; ‘While the poor man sits on the steps outside Chilled by the wintry blast. The rich sit down to their gorgeous spread, On this glorious Christmas day; ‘The poor man looks for a crust of bread, His hunger's pangs to stay. ‘Decked ont in garments of wondrous hue The Pharisees sing and pray; ‘The poor in garments scant and few, “God help us!" is all they say. Peace and good will, that command from above To the rich a warning note brings; Let Charity, then, like an angel of love Spread out her sheltering wings, O'er the poor and sick, the weak, the oppressed, And giadden their Christmas timo, ‘Then rich and poor will alike be blessed By the sound of the Christmas chime. —1J. H. GRaY. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. Another New Court Here. Union Court, No. 100, Order of Calanthe, was ‘organized at the new Pythian Castle Monday night, 18th inst. by Grand Worthy Counsellor John Mitchell, Jr., assisted by Mrs. Anna Taylor, Miss M. L. Chiles, Mrs Nannie C. Johnson, Mrs. Harriet E. Thompxon and others. ‘The officers of the new court are Worthy Coun sellor, Sir W. Henry Jones; W. In. spectrix, Mrs. Maria Robinson; W. Inspector, Mrs. Elizabeth Henderson Senior Directress, Mrs. Emeline Johnson; Junior Directress, Miss Mary Smith; Orator, Mrs. " Gracie Crawford: Register of Deeds, Mrs, Pinkie Taylor; Register of Accounts Mrs. Phyllis Brown: Receiver of De Posits, Mrs. Emma Shelton; Escort, Mrs. Ella Morris; Conductress, Mrs. Rosa Henderson; Assistant Conduc tress, Mrs. Henrietta Mankins; Her ald, Mrs. Mary S. Powell; Protector, ‘Mrs. Martha Turner. Trustees; Mrs. Maria Turner, Mrs Henrietta Lewis, Mrs. Lucy Daven port. This court was organized through the efforts of Mrs. Anna ‘Taylor, District Deputy Grand Wor thy Counsellor. A bounteous repaxt was spread and all heartily enjoyed themselves. ‘Thaddeus Washington Murdered. ‘Thaddeus Washington, the oun of ‘Mrs. Amy Washington, one of the most prominent families of Rich- mond, was killed last Tuesday eyen- ing in the Cedar Club in New York City, Mr. Washington and William Brown had a little altercation on the Previous evening in which Brown got the worst of it. Brown then se- cured a revolver and gained admit- tance to the club and found Washing ton conversing with friends. He deliberately drew his revolver and fired turee shots tn succession, two shots striking Washington; one over his heart and another in his right shoulder. He died two hours later at the New York Hospital. His brother took charge of the body. 0: Colored Savings Banks in the United ‘States. ' (The Banking Law Journal.) We take much pleasure in pre- senting to our readers an article on Colored Savings Banks written for the Journal by Mr. John Mitchell, Jr. President of the Mechanics Savings Bank, Richmond, Virginia. Mr. Mitchell, as a delegate for his bank, attends the Conventions of the A- merican Bankers’ Association, and has taken part in the debates for the past two years; ‘he is a shrewd, mod- est and unassuming man, well post- ed In his business, and does not hes- itate to speak his mind freely at the meetings, In Washington his re- marks at the meeting of the Savings Bank Section were picturesque and quite apropos, and were well re- ceived. We are sure that our read ers will be pleased to hear again from Mr. Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell's interesting commun ication shows that twelve savings banks whose depositors are solely colored people are now in operation in the South, a fact not generally known here, which ts a very grati- ifying showing; it speaks volumes for the progress of our colored brethren, and we earnestly hope that they will persevere In the ways of self-denial and thrift; it is only through ‘such and similar means that the ever-recurrent negro prob, lem will be finally settied. | —Send us your order for the PLANET. It will be placed at your door for one year for $1.50. If you zre financially reliable an order from you is all that is necessary. ‘MAXFIELD—ROBINSON. ‘The marriage of Miss Minnie J. Robinson to Mr. Miles C.-Maxfield, of Red Bank, N. J., will be celebra- ted Wedesday, Dec. 27th, 8 A. M. at the home of the bride, 1011 N. 5th St. / “Friends are invited. No cards. ag: LAWRENCE—HAMLETT. ‘The marriage of Miss Emily Law- rence to Mr. Nathan Hamlett will take place Thursday, Jan. 4, 1906, at the residence of the bride, 296 Carter St., at 2 o'clock P. M. Reception from 2:30 until 4 o° clock. Mr. and Mrs. Hamlett will leave at 4 o'clock P. M. for Hamp- ton, Va. their future home. Friends are invited. No cards, _ ———_0:___ Preacher Wanted. I would like to get a Revir ist Baptist Preacher, in good standing in his own church, to assist me in the many calls that I may have. I have a church of my own which we can use when there are no calls else- where. For all information addres*, REV. C. THOMPSON, Rondeau, Ont., ‘Canada. Garrison the Non-resistant. The great appostle of abolition, William Lloyd Garrison, was born in Newburyport, Mass., December 10, 1805. ‘The centenery of his birth Is suitably marked by the pub- lication of Ernest Crosby's notable book, “Garrison the Non-Resistant.” It fs a sympathetic sketch of Gar- rison’s career which considers sla very and the Civil War from an en- tirely original point of view. In the opinion of the author President Lincoln made a radical mistake in undertaking to coerce the seceding States, and the enthusiasm for the “Union” of sections which ated each other he regards as immoral in itself and the source of prolific subsequent evils, including the growth of the sentiments of imper- jalism and rilttarism, together with the foundation of the trusts and the aggravation of the labor problem. ‘That the war failed to settle the race question is obvious. “If the “ter- ring sisters” had been allowed to go, slavery would, he thi:ias, have died a natural death, and the States would have reunited, the race question having been peacefully and genuine- ly solved. Even those who fail to accept this view of history will find it tnterest- ing and full of suggestions, and the account of Garrison's life and the re cord of the personal observations of the author in the South of to-day are both vidid and entertaining. Published by the Public Publish- nig Company, First National Bank Building, Chicago. 16mo, 144 pa. ges, with photogravure portrait of Garrison, 50 cents net. Our Orphan Children. The Rev. D. J. Jenkins, the Presi- dent ant! Founder of an orphan home In Charleston for the little chfldren left without father or mother on the cold charity of the world Is doing a great work. Rev. Jenkins has also established a Reformatory on two hundred “acres of land donated to the fnstitution at Ladson, S.C. a- bout seventeen miles from Charles- ton, where the children are carried who-are taken from the police court under the age of twelve years, Rev Jenkins and the management have at that place one reform school building and dormitory with two chapels and sixteen rooms, seven other buildings and a crowd of children. In fact it is reported that there is not sufficient room for the children; food and bedding are also scant, There are employed thirty-one teachers and laborers More than one hundred and twenty- five orphans, destitute children and jomates are fed and clothed; thay have a large school room of children of all classes. Rev. D. J. Jenkins and his co- workers need some immediate help from the race aa well as from the white people. Every man, woman and child owe it first to God, their Country and to the faithful man who is struggling with our boys and girls. While the colored people in general are poor, they are not in so bad a condition as not to be able to send ten cents or a package of something by mail to the homeless children of their race. . Mr. Geo, R. Scott, of the New York Weekly Witness is making an effort to raise five thousand dollars this year. It has been his effort for, eight years to raise money for the Institution. It is gratifying to us to see the interest this white North- ern gentleman takes in helping to elevate the poor of our race. Any) reader of this paper who wishes to, may make the children of the Or- phanage and Reformatory feel hap- py on Christmas by his or her indi- vidual gift. ‘Those of you who do not wish to take the time to send your gift direct to Rev. D. J. Jen- kins, 20 Franklin St., Charleston, | 3. C., may send them to this office und we will see that they be re-| velved, acknowledged and forwarded | fo this worthy work, that the chil- dren may receive your gifts before Christmas. Teach your children to divide’ with the poor elsewhere as well as st home. Africa needs you also; o let every reader of this paper make himself or herself a committee’ of the whoje and let the Negross round up in sending thelr gifts to. his home of fifteen years standing, 18 they have never before, for sweet, harity’s sake. Every Negro paper, n the United States is supposed to make this appeal for sweet charity’s ake. ‘The Candy Man. ; Don't forget the Southern Can- dy Manufacturing Company for pure Christmas candies for Churches and Sunday Schools. SOUTHERN CANDY MFG. Co. 750 N. Third St. (corner Duval) ‘Phone 3342. j THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND vircinia GEORGIA SUPREME COURT. WILL HEAR ARGUMENT JUDGE EMORY SPEER DETERMINED. Will Try Contempt Cases. Jamison in Charge of United States Marshal. MACON, GA., Dec. 17—Another chapter in’ the famous Jamison case will be written tomorrow when City Attorney Minter Wimberly and At- torney Alexander akerman appear before the supreme court in Atlanta and argue on the appeal from Judge Felton’s decision, which sent Henry Jamison back to’ the chaingang On the decision which the Geor- gia supreme court will make de pends a great deal and this decision will probably affect .the future course of both sides. “4 In addition to hearing the Jami- son case, the supreme court wil pass upon the Rufus Pearson case, which was also appealed from Judge Fel- ton’s court, ‘The fact made known today that the argument in the Jamison case would take place tomorrow came as a surprise to those interested, for the reason that it was thought the high- est tribunal of Georgia would not get to it until the latter part of January. Attorney Akerman, however, suc- ceeded in getting it assigned for to- morrow and the fate of the two col ored men, Jamison and Pearson, will be decided at the same time. JUDGE SPEER TO HEAR CASES. The next scene in the federal court before Judge Speer will be Presented on January 2, when that official will hear cause why Jamison should go back to his stripes and shackles on the Bibb county gang, and also why Chief of Police Gran- ville C. Connor, Superintendent EB. A. Wimbish, of the chaingang, and City Attorney Minter Wimberly shall not be punished for contempt of court. The hearing before Judge Speer regarding Jamison was to have ta- ken place in Valdosta, but was post poned until court convened in Ma- con. No little fmterest is being manifested in the outcome and thousands of Macon people are spec- ulating as to whether or not Judge Speer will ordey the colored man’s discharge. ‘A PROBABLE CLASH IN GEORGIA If the supreme court sustains Judge Felton and Jamison ts order- ed back to the gang, and he ts still jout under Judge Speer's order, the question interesting the public is whether or not the city authorities will again arrest the cause ‘of all the legal controversy, and what Judge Speer will do in such an event. Although no attempt will be made to arrest Jamison at present tn de- flance to Judge Speer’s ruling and make him complete his sentence, it is known positively that should Jamison violate any city ordinance or give the police cause to arrest him, he will be placed behind the bars, 7 Venus Lodge's Anniversary, Venus Lodge, No. 46, Knights of Pythian observed. ite” anniversary, Friday night, 9th inst. by a most creditable literary programme and bounteous supper. Chancellor’ Com mander J. H. Stokes presided. Str Thomas H. Wyatt conducted the musical part of the programme, Sir A.V, Norrell delivered an. excsilent address of welcome. Speeches were made by Grand Chancellor John Mitchell, Jr. Col. John R, Chiles, Mr E. F. Johnson nad Sir John Taylor, while Rev, Dr W. F. Graham pre- sented in an appropriate address a Pythian pin to Past Chancellor Pry or for his commendable interest in the Lodge. He bas brought in a “host” of new members, Sir Pryor was overjoyed at the recognition cf his services. The Lodge then repaired to the spacious dining hall where a most ap petizing repast was spread. Sir A. V. Norrell and Sir Benjamin Jack- son had arranged matters assisted by others. The table was “ a thing of beauty” and all were outspoken in their commendation of the com- atte . Canal Street Mission. Richmond, Va., Dec. 12th, 1905. Mr. Jobn Mitchell, Jr., Editor of the Richmond PLANET, Dear sir: For the benefit of the supporters of Canal Street Mission, I wish to say that it is still alive and is said by both white and colored to be very much alive. The employment de- partment of the mission has done a good work securing employment for over fifty persons and with some of the best white families in the city. I have tried to make the Mission a house of instruction and protec- tion for our girls. We have a train- mg class in which they are taught purity, honesty, cleantiness and po- liteness especially, and I think these subjects properly taught and put in- to effect will easily help our girls to play their part in helping to solve the servant question. I think help should be paid ac- cording to thelr worth. If Rich- mond’s price for a first-class house- maid is $12 per month and that maid is worth $15 per month, she should ‘: paid according to her-teal worth. We ask our friends to help us In his work. Donations of any kind will be thankfully received. Thank ng you in advance, Mr. Editor, 1 1m yours the slum worker, J. 8. MASON. PERSONALS AND BRIEFS. —We are thankful to those sub scribers who have remembered us and sent us their annuat subserip tions. The PLANET has served them well and they appreciate it. ——Read the advertisement of the Mechantes’ Savings Bank in this fs sue. —When in need of a painter, drop a line to Mr. Frank Waller, Jr. He will serve you satisfactorially. See advertisement. . —Sickness will come to all and pure medicines are as exsential as the Doctor. When you have your prescriptions filled at Dr. Thomas W. Leonard's pharmacy, you know you are getting just what the Doc tor ordered. —Well, you have no tdea of why those men are running. They are ‘on their way to Mr. 8. W. Robinson's headquarters for thelr Christmas “cheer-me-up." He sells the best kind of stimulants and these folks know it. Drop in and see him. —Ot course you should have known that Mr. A. Hayes has new [carriages and renders first class sor- vice. “He is prompt and accommoda ting and can supply you with liver- jed drivers just lke the best in the town. A "Phone order is as good as one left at his door. See advertise- ment. Call and see hima. . —Make your friends happy by paying them what you owe. If the PLANET fs not on that list place It there. | | —Start the New Year with a sub- scription to the PLANET. It will prove a welcome visitor during the coming days, They all go there because they know Mr. William Custalo. He knows how to handle the trade and do business, Your Christmas sup- ply is now ready. There's the polite waiter there ready to fill your order. See advertisement. —Mr. I. J, Miller has purchased a large supply of just the kind of clothing you need. Seo advertise- ment —Good eating fs always poputar Jand when St is served in style, tt is glorious. That's why they are send ing for Messrs Joshua Banks and Sons. ‘See advertisement. ‘The Reformers’ Store is the {place to go and get your Christmas supplies. You must eat and you jshould take advantage of the low lprices now prevailing there. Cail and see them. Igraph. “It will pay you well in hap- piness and satisfaction. Call on Mr [George O. Brown. His work ts first class and his prices are reaxonable. By the way, if you are visiting the city, call and see him. —You like to look well and your friends desire to have you look 80. | That is why we call your attention to the stylish garments now being | made to order by Messrs Turner and White. Call ‘and see them, Real esfate business is on a boom and a hustling agent 1s always in demand. That is why we are |sending you to Mr. John H. Braxton. "He will serve you on short notice. You should always communt- cate with Mrs, Booker Leftwich up- on coming to town. She has a strict ly first class place for the first class trade. Rend her announcement. Her prices are reasonable. | Flowers are often sent for the dead ‘but they please much more for the living. Mr. R. 8. Forrester will fll your order. Your girl is waiting Direct him to send the boquets in time. . ‘The Mechantes’ Savings Bank is the place to go to deposit your earn- ings and the Christmas tips given you. Polite and obliging service. Seo advertisement. | —The horse stopped in front of “Miller's Emporium, No, 528 B. Broad St. Beating him did not make him ‘move. He saw the low prices in the. window and he wanted his driver to read them. See advertisement. | —Straus’ bitters are all right and Christmas liquor is in demand. It you have a little money and want, ood service, call and see him. He sells from the barrel or by the drink! He'll either cure colle oy make you forget all about it. —When you wish to improve your appearance see Mme. J. V. Hawkins. Her remedies will do all that is claimed for them. Road her adver- tisement and send for her goods. —Mr. C. W. Wilson, the Tailor, Cleaner, Presser and Dyer at 1426 Hull St. (Manchester) is prepared to give you all the satisfaction need ed along his line and he will make “atu Steet sana dieae Cain See Bir iimeten te qralh tauren eat the Mr. Higgins is well known and his |ktvans of heart makes him a prom nent figure in this community and popular with all closes. Seo ac- vertisement. —Mr. H. F. Jonathan looks tired. It ts caused by the heavy demands made on him for fine oysters, fish and game. He sometimes receives ail of the supplies that come to this market. He has engaged competent amistants and is now better able to All orders in the city and out than ever before. See advertisement. —You called our attention to Mr. ‘A. D. Price, but we did not have need to refer to him. You” know his teams are always ready and at the disposal of his patrons. “He Is ay “polite as a dancing master,” and ‘when he waits on the Indies they are wreathed in smiles, The service rendered is closely akin to that of the fashionable centres of this coun- try and he & even now studying plans to please the public. | —Now these are times when ey- ery one, who wishes good service thinks of Mr. N. Winston. Hia creams are exquisite and his service! Prompt and satisfactory. If you Wish oysters In any style, remember Winston's place. He is not a new- comer in his line and his reputation: is known throughout the city. Call and see him. Read advertisement. —Yes, he married them last week and they attended the entertainment| in one of Mr. William Isaac Joba- son's fine carriages last night. It costs money to run an “up-to-date” business and Mr. Johnson has invest ed it. He Is just around the corner from Broad St. and the "Phone ser- vice will bring him to your office. He has a Manchester and Church- LIN branch and you need not worry. —Messrs. N. Klein and Sons are ready to serve you this weather. This firm has always been prompt in the discharge of all orders and. kind and pleasant in their manner of deal ing. If you need a stove, heaters of any kind, plumbing, in fact anything in their itne you will find It to your interest to patronize them, See an" nouncement. ‘The Christmas announcement of the Cable Piano Co. will certainly interest you. Music has ite charm and this enterprising firm) under stands the "art of pleasing. You will make no mistake if you go eee ranean le ent for Christmas. Nothing makes a home more pleasant than a plano, You can secure one on easy terms! and a word {8 all that Is needed for them to serve you. This ts one of the largest. music houses in the world and tho agency here ts one of the most progressive. Mr. J. G. Corley, the enterprising manager 1s known all over the country. ; —Mr. R. N. Smith, Head-waiter Homestead Hotel, Hot Springs, will leave ona vacation Dec. 23rd. | —Mr. John E. Hall of Manches- ter, Va., who has been very sick for the past two weeks Is convalescent, —The B. ¥. P. U. of Fifth Street Baptist Charch will hold spectal ex- ercises Christmas morning at 11 0! clock A.M. Public invited. | Mra. Sadie Walker Ela:a, who has been in the elty several weeks on fa visit to her mother, No. 725 North Third St, bas returned to Atlantic City and'Is stopping with Mrs, Geo. W. Lewis, 116 N. New York Ave. Mr. H. F. Berry and Mr. 8. H. Rose will be fn company with Mr. R. N. Smith. They will visit Richmond, Va., Baltimore, Md., | Washiagton, Philadelphia and New York, return: tne to Hot Bocings, Feb, i 1808, —The home of Mr, and Mrs, Chas Johnson, 200 Holly St., Manchester, Va., was made glad on last Sunday morning by the advent of a beauti- ful baby girl, weighing 13 pounds. —The literary exercises of the S. Coleridge Taylor Choral Society. at! the Fifth St. Baptist Church last! Sunday afternoon was a success, Despite the inclemency of the weath er. a large audience was present. Prof. A. 0. Carter demonstrated his ability to play a Pipe Organ and all present were delighted. ‘The other| part of the programme was excel Tent. —Mr. Willie J. Smith of Brooklyn the oldest son of Mr. Spencer Smith, of Caroline Co., Va and who owns real estate near Ruther Glen, Va., was appointed as Clerk to the Brook lyn Post Office Dec. 9th, by Post Mas ter George H. Roberts, | (A ieee Resolutions of Condotence. Richmond, Va., Dec. 6th, 1905. Whereas it has pleased Almighty God to take from us our beloved brother Sir Knight William Jackson. And while we fully realize that the tcy hand of death has been thrust in our midst, yet our hearts are still aglow with that love and friendship we once had for him, knowing aa we do that he has taken but what He gave. Though we miss him we can but bow to the divine will of Him who doeth all things well and hope to meet him in the great beyond where danger cannot come and where death and sorrow are un- known. He was a faithful member loved by all who knew him, he was a worthy Knight, true to his obliga- tion. We pray that his beloved wife and children will accept our sympathies in this hour of bereave- ment, and that she may fully recog- nize that she has fn North Star Lodge, No 52, K. of P. a true friend. Resolved, first. That a copy of these resolutions be published in the Richmond PLANET. Resolved, second. That a copy be presented to the family. Resolved, third. That a copy be spread upon our minutes, Done by order of North Star Lodge, No. 62, K. of P. R. heres ©. C. Sam’t. Hi Walker, K. of R. & 8. W. HH. Newton, fohn Allen. | A W. Dandridce. Chairman. 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