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THE RICHMOND PLANE INSTALLATION OF OVER SIX HUNDRED. Remarkable Scene at the Fifth Street Baptist Church. A Sight Never Equalled Before. The Work Done in One Hour and Five Minutes. Surging Mass of People Seeks Entrance. Superb Order Throughout the Program. VOL. XXIII NO 7. INSTA Remarka Never Five The public installation exercises at the Fifth Street Baptist Church last Tuesday night was a grand success. No such scene has ever been witnessed in this city. The edifice was rammed, jammed and packed and the street in the vicinity was lined with anxious people desirous of securing admission. Although the church building is one of the largest in the city, it was totally inadequate to accommodate the surging mass of people who wished to enter. INSTALLED BY THE GRAND CHANCELLOR Nearly seven hundred officers were installed by Grand Chancellor John Mitchell, Jr., who also acted in the capacity of Grand Worthy Counsellor. The newly elected officers from the 21 lodges in Richmond and 38 courts were assembled in the basement and all officers of the same position sat together. It was an impressive scene as they filed up to the main auditorium and were assigned to seats by the ushers. Slips had been printed and the roll call took place in the seats. One officer of each kind was assigned to that service and he proceeded without a hitch. These were sent up to the rostrum and the Grand Chancellor knew at once was absent. PACKING CROWD THERE The order was superb. At no time was it necessary to raise the voice to be heard, although there were at least 1,500 people in the church and it seemed that as many more were turned away. Grand Chancellor John Mitchell, Jr. wore the full-dress uniform of a Brigadier General, Uniform Rak, Knights of Pythias. Accompanying him was Rev. W. F. Graham, D. D. of Planet Lodge, No. 23, who served as Grand Prelate. Rev. A. E. Edwards, Pastor of the Fifth Street Baptist Church conducted the religious exercises. The Fifth Street Baptist Church Choir, under the leadership of Leader Alex. McCoy, presented a fine appearance in the choir gallery. MAGNIFICENT SCENE The fringe of incandescent lights shining upon the magnificent new organ, burnishing its gilded pipes and finishings presented a scene of indescribable beauty. Add to this the uniform of the commanding and staff officers of the Uniform Rank, with the gold trimmings and the picture is one long to be remembered. Those sitting around the rostrum were Col. John R. Chiles, Col. D. A. Ferguson, Col. Jesse Scruggs, Col. J. Henry Stokes, Gen. W. R. Green, Col. Thomas Smith, Col. D. W. Johnson, Col. R. S. Nelson, Col. Thomas M. Crump, Major William A. Robinson, Capt. W. Henry Jones, Capt. Willis Wyatt, Capt. Thomas H. Wyatt, Capt. John G. Smith, Capt. Jesse Randall, Capt. Adolphus Jackson and Capt. R. C. Mitchell. Vice President H. F. Jonathan was also in evidence. THE WORK AT THE ALTARS. Grand Master at Arms William E. Mitchell was assisted by ex-Grand Master at Arms S. S. Baker. Three altars for obligating purposes were placed in the main aisle. The Uniform Rank consisting of Eureka Co., Planet Co. and the Pythian Cadets, led by the Pythian Band marched to the church at 8:30 It engaged in maneuvers until it could secure entrance into the church. Magnificent embossed folders, handsomely finished in gold and colors with the emblems of the Order were distributed. The Scriptures were read by Rev Dr. A. E. Edwards, after which Rev Dr. Graham offered prayer. Grand Chancellor Mitchell then proceeded to install 210 officers of the lodges and 476 officers of the courts, mak- ing 686 officers in all and this number with few exceptions filled the spacious auditorium on the lower floor. The main aisle was cleared and the lodge officers were installed first. The Grand Chancellor did the work without the use of the Pythian Manual. THE ROLL OF OFFICERS The officers were installed in the following order: Masters of Work, Chancellor Commanders, Vice Chan cellors, Prelates, the Masters of Exchequer, Masters of Finance, Keepars of Records and Seals, Masters at Arms together, Inner and Outer Guards. As the officers filed up with the regularity of clock-work the scene was one long to be remembered. The military salute was given instead of the Grand Honors. The pass-words were given to the Chancellor Commanders in an envelope. Grand Master at Arms W. E. Mitchell declared the officers of the lodges installed in "knightly and chivalric form." The Grand Worthy Escort then arranged the altars. District Deputy Anna Taylor acted in that capacity, being assisted by other Grand Court officers. THE LADIES IN EVIDENCE The 476 officers were installed in the following order: Worthy Inspectors, Worthy Counsellors, Worthy Inspectrixes, Worthy Orators, then Registers of Deeds, Receivers of Deposits and Registers of Accounts together; then Senior and Junior Directresses and Conductresses es and Assistant Conductresses together; Escorts, Heralds and Protectors together. As the officers elect filed up to their places and took the obligation while the instructions were being given by the Grand Worthy Counsellor, John Mitchell, Jr. there was a death-like silence. THE FINAL CHAPTER Grand Worthy Escort Anna Taylor declared the officers of the Courts of Richmond installed. The pass-word was given to the Worthy Counsellors. Miss M. L. Chiles read a fine paper on the work of the Court Department, giving facts and figures and eliciting commendation at the close. Miss Eva G. Davis, Assistant Secretary, read the report of the Pythian Calanthe Industrial Association showing that eighteen thousand dollars had been expended upon the two buildings. She gave a detailed list of the Lodges and Courts owning stock and gave the amount of dividend to which they were entitled for last year. ONLY ONE NOTE. This was listened to with rapt attention. All of the property of the Association has been paid for in full except one note on the building at No. 511 North Third Street and only $388.38 is now due on that. This note will mature May 11th, 1906. The Second Baptist Church choir under the leadership of Col. Thomas M. Crump rendered fine selections. The benediction was announced by Rev. Dr. A. E. Edwards. by Rev. Dr. A. E. Edwards. The Fifth Street Baptist Church choir was out in full and sang to the satisfaction of all present. It was regretted that more of its remissions were not heard on account of the limited time. The Second Baptist Church choir came well prepared and showed up admirably well in the new quarters. THANKS TENDERED. A vote of thanks was tendered the Choirs, the pastor and the Grand Chancellor thanked the committee of arrangements. The following ladies served in that capacity: Miss M. L. Chiles, Mrs. George RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY JANUARY 20, 1906. Weeden, Mrs. R. E. Wesley, Mrs. Josie Graham, Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson, Mrs. M. E. Brown, Mrs. Kate Thomas, Mrs. Louisa Flowery, Mrs. Anna Taylor, Mrs. Sallie Fox, Mrs. Rosa Loving, Miss Mabel Holmes, Mrs. Mattie Campbell, Mrs. A. G. Tnompson, Mrs. Mildred Johnson, Mrs. Emma G. Smith, Miss Lula Willis, Mrs. C. P. Gwathmeh. Each lodge and court was requested to send 50 cents to defray the expense and the following paid the amount: LODGES. MYRTLE LODGE, NO. 17. CHRISTIAN HOPE LODGE, NO. 43 UNITY LODGE, NO. 24. WHITE ROSE LODGE, NO. 87. FULTON LODGE, NO. 42. BEN HUR LODGE, NO. 96. PLANET LODGE, NO. 23. RICHMOND LODGE, NO. 1. ROYAL LODGE, NO. 26. OLD DOMINION LODGE, NO. 8. VALLEY LODGE, NO. 73. MACEO LODGE, NO. 35. EXCELSIOR LODGE, NO. 29. AMERICAN LODGE, NO. 98. VIRGINIA LODGE, NO. 6. INVINCIBLE LODGE, NO. 65. CAPITAL LODGE, NO. 81. MANCHESTER LODGE, NO. 11. VENUS LODGE, NO. 46. COURTS. EXCELSIOR COURT, NO. 117. HELIOTROPE COURT, NO. 91. NARCISSUS COURT, NO. 229. VERBENA COURT, NO. 61. ROSETTA'S COURT, NO. 173. JULIA'S COURT, NO. 235. JOSEPHINE COURT, NO. 228. IVY LEAF COURT, NO. 85. CORDELIA'S COURT, NO. 194. RISING MT. ZION COURT, NO. 55. UNITY COURT, NO. 132. VENUS COURT, NO. 47. PLANET COURT, NO. 137. AMERICA COURT, NO. 43. SILVER STAR COURT, NO. 65. VIOLET COURT, NO. 152. OLIVETTE COURT, NO. 88. MECHANIS COURT, NO. 45. SARAH'S COURT, NO. 246. MILDRED'S COURT, NO. 242. WEST END COURT, NO. 89. ANNA'S EUREKA COURT, NO. 128. PURE GOLD COURT, NO. 59. ROYAL COURT, NO. 148. OLD DOMINION COURT, NO. 114. RICHMOND COURT, NO. 169. UNION COURT, NO. 100. VALLEY COURT, NO. 84. GOLDEN LINK COURT, NO. 223. BLOOMING LILY COURT, NO. 142. SYLVESTER COURT, NO. 54. The following are the names of the officers: LODGES. MANCHESTER LODGE NO.11—James Johnson, Chancellor Commander; Robert Jones, Vice Chancellor; W. J. Langhorne, Prelate; John C. Harris, Master of Exchequer; Alfred Byrd, Master of Finance; Norwood Smith, Keeper of Records and Seal; Lemon Gillis, Master at Arms. BLOOMING LILY LODGE, NO.15—Lee Jackson, M. of W.; Alpheus Scott, C. C; Thomas Patterson, C.; Robert Jackson, P.; Charles H. Morton, K. of R. and S.; Edward J. Evans, M. of F.; Robert J. Johnson, M. of Ex.; Hugo Haskins, M. at A. SAMPSON'S LODGE, NO.16—Henry B. Gee, C. C; Martin L. Josey, V. C.; Albert Smith, M. of W.; Giles Hayden, P.; Richard Hamilton, K. of R. and S.; William W. Patterson, M. of F.; Robert D. Brown, M. of Ex.; A. W. Pulliam, I. G.; John F. Hammie, O. G.; Daniel R. Lewis, M. at A. MYRTLE LODGE, NO.17—Samuel Johnson, C. C; Edward Knight, V. C.; W. H. Branch, P.; Stanford Hall, M. of Ex.; Samuel M. Wilson, M. of F.; Alex W. Jackson, Jr., K. of R. and S.; A. L. Myers, M. at A.; W. E. Wilson, M. of W. ROYAL LODGE—John R. Holmes C. C; William Croxton, V. C.; U. CONTINUED ON EIGHTH PAGE J. H. H. REV. W. F. GRAHAM, D. D., Called to the Pastorate of Fifth Baptist Church, (Sydney) RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. FIFTH BAPTIST CALLS HIM. Dr. W. F. Graham Helps the Churches. At one time Rev. Dr. Graham felt that his throat trouble had permanently impaired him for public speaking, but since he underwent expert surgical and medical treatment he has been fully restored to health, and if anything, his voice is stronger to-day than ever before. He preached last Sunday at Big Bethel Baptist Church in Dinwidle and held only one service, and not withstanding the weather was inclement a large crowd came in bug- REV. W. F. G. Called to the Pastorate of Fi RICHMOND giles and wagons from miles around. A glorious time was had, and $40 raised in collection. To-morrow he will preach to another country church at Buckners, beyond Beaver Dam and help the young people in an Educational meeting. Dr. Graham has also rendered substantial help to the Fifth Baptist Church (Sydney) of this city, raising for them large collections at each service. On last Monday night this strong and influential church met to call a pastor. There was a large gathering present and by a unanimous vote they extended the call to Dr. W. F. Graham. This speaks volumes as to Dr. Graham's reputation and influence in the city of Richmond; for after preaching over thirteen years at the Fifth Sc. Baptist Church and resigning, before ten months roll around, another large and influential Baptist body seeks to lay hand on him as their pastor. It is thought that owing to the financial embarrassment in which this church finds itself, that Dr. Graham will take charge and lead them out of their trouble. The city and community is with him. Few men can equal him as a pastor, revivalist and financier. Dr. Graham will preach for them on the fourth Sunday. —We received a foreign Postal Card wishing us a Happy New Year, Mr. C. A. Patterson. He is evidently in Europe as the foreign postmark has upset our calculations as to where he is. Friends Asylum for Colored Orphans 112 W. Charity St., Richmond, Va. The Board of Directors and Matron of Friends Asylum for Colored Orphans take this means of thanking the many friends of our institution for their kind evidences of charity in the gifts of various kinds immediately preceding and during the holiday season. The blessing of God will rest upon each donator, for the Master's words, "As ye have done it unto the least of my little ones even so have ye done it unto me," fitting applies to all who lend aid to the orphan children. RAHAM, D. D., fifth Baptist Church, (Sydney) D, VIRGINIA. Notice! Notice! After Saturday the 20th I will sell all hats paid on for balance due. Please call before and get your hat. M. D. CHAMLEE. PERSONALS AND BRIEFES —Mrs. Harriet E. Thompson, who has been indisposed is much improved and expects to be out shortly. She had a serious spell of it. —Mrs. Cecilia Smith, wife of Col. Thomas Smith has recovered. She was dangerously ill but is at her post of duty again. —Grand Sacred Concert at the Fifth Street Baptist Church, Sunday, January 21st, 1906 at 3 o'clock P. M. by the well known Richmond Musical and Dramatic Association. Free. Be on time and get a good seat. —We return thanks for an invitation to attend the Eighth Anniversary of Pioneer Lodge, No. 28, K. of P. at Lynchburg, Va., January 17, 1906. —Mr. T. M. Howerton of Houston, Va. had the misfortune to lose his entire residence by fire. He was unable to save its contents. The fire broke out on Christmas Day. He was one of the best equipped colored men in that county. THE ONLY CATHOLIC BISHOP OF THE COLORED RACE. A Secular Paper's Tribute to the Late Mgr. Gomez Pimenta, of Marianna, Brazil. The widespread and enthusiastic celebration the other day of the Garrison centennial makes more than ordinarily interesting any bit of news about the achievements of any member of that long-opressed (and, indeed, still oppressed) race for which Garrison dared and did so much. Hence the interest which attaches to an account in a Spanish-American newspaper of Monsignor Gomez Pimenta, Bishop of Marianna, Brazil, who up to his recent death had the distinction of being the only Roman Catholic Bishop of the Negro Race in the world. There are, of course, in that world-wide Church clergymen of the Negro race (there are two or three in the United States), and over one of our North American dioceses there presided until recently a man who had some trace of Negro blood in his veins. But Monsignor Gomez Pimenta, the Brazilian prelate, was the only full-blooded Negro Bishop, and now that he has passed away there remains in the Catholic Church no Bishop of the African race. The story of Monsignor Pimenta's life is an inspiring record, a proof of what ability and merit will do, and a further proof (if any were needed after beholding the rise of Plus X., the present occupant of Peter's chair) that in the Roman Catholic Church apparently so automatic and aristocratic, lowly origin is no bar to the attainment of the highest offices and honors. Still further than this, Monsignor Pimenta's life history is a most striking instance of Negro progress and achievement. Silveria Gomez Pimenta was the son of slave parents. Born in extreme poverty, he knew what it was to be destitute and hungry. When a child he attended school half naked and barefooted, but he was from the first remarkable for his application and his good conduct. He was, in fact, so excellent a school boy that his case came to the attention of the Archbishop of Balua, who took a liking to the exceptional young Negro and placed him after some time, in the seminary of his see city. Here Pimenta now a young man, pursued his studies for the priesthood, winning admiration on all sides, not only for his intellectual powers, but for the kindness and nobility of his heart Ordained a priest, he overcame the prejudices which exist against Negroes even in Catholic countries (though these are by no means so strong as the prejudice against Negroes which prevails in the United States) and was given ecclesiastical charges and offices of much importance, in which he bore himself so well and so creditably that while still quite young, he was raised to the episcopal dignity as Auxiliary Bishop to the Diocese of Balua. In this office he still won favor, and when, in 1902, the late Pope Leo XIII restored the Diocese of Marianna, Amazon, whose area was 300 000 square kilometres and whose population two million, he designated as its prelate the Negro Bishop. This new office was by no means a sinecure. For years the Bishop's territory had been more or less neglected, and the state of religion was far from ideal. He was almost alone and without resources in his vast diocese. Added to this, it had been the scene of an anti-Catholic propaganda which rendered the new Bishop's task particularly difficult. But this son of slave parents, who had overcome so many obstacles in his life, was not discouraged by the situation, no matter how hopeless it seemed. He bent every effort to the work in hand—the building and maintaining of churches, schools, seminaries, houses of charity, etc. and gave so little thought to himself and his own dignity as Bishop PRICE FIVE CENTS DRED. A Sight ur and ance. or even to his own comfort as a man, that he often went almost as poorly clad, and certainly with feet as destitute of covering, as when he attended school years before in Balua. But he succeeded before his death in rehabilitating the diocese, which he had found in ruins, and in elevating the tone of its religious and social life. The merit of this Negro Bishop was not confined to his own diocese or to Brazil; nor did his life of labor prevent him from continuing those studies in which he showed himself so brilliant at school. He was a man of vast learning, and had a high reputation among Orientalists for his knowledge of the Semitic languages. He was besides held as authority of great weight in Biblical questions and in Rome, that city of religious experts, his opinion was much esteemed. His death removes a man of whom the Negro race of North as well as South America may well be proud. —Boston Transcript. Rapidly Advancing. The Peoples Real Estate and Investment Company has purchased the two-story brick building at 707 North Second Street, where offices will be fitted up in first class style. Knights of Damon Friendship Lodge, No. 1, K of D., met January 1), 1906 at Johnson's Hall and elected the following officers for the quarter: Mike Dandridge, R. W. C.; C. E. Cunningham, W. V. C.; Beverly Fauntleroy, Treas.; F. H. Holmes, R. S.; Edward Randolph, F. S.; Charles Robinson, W. C.; Fleming Jordan, R. W. H.; Benjamin Gordon, L. H. W.; Jackson Conaway, L. H. C.; Thomas Jordan, R. H. C.; Henry Taylor, I. O.; Thomas Scott, R. W. P. C.; Moses Johnson, Q. S. WILL CELEBRATE OUR FREE DOM ON THE 3RD OF APRIL. Sixth Va. Emancipation Association at work—Richmond, Manchester and Vicinity Thoroughly Aroused. Large Number of Clubs and Societies Enrolled—Much Interest Manifested Throughout the State. Maj. J. B. Johnson Connected with this Association—Spanish American War Veterans will be in Line. The Sixth Va. Emancipation Association has issued calls to every club, organization, lodge and society of every description in this city, Manchester and vicinity and earnestly desire the hearty co-operation of every man, woman and child in making the third day of April, 1906 a glorious success. This is the day that our forefathers and mothers long prayed 10r and since the celebration had slept for a period of eighteen years up to the third day of April, 1905, at which time it was resurrected by the Freedmen's Emancipation Association with the assistance of the First Battalion Association and the Sixth Va. Regiment, under the supervision of Major J. B. Johnson. The third day of April is the proper day on which we should celebrate our freedom. We therefore appeal to every loyal citizen to give his influence and support to this great and important movement. Further information can be obtained by addressing the Corresponding Secretary, William L. White, St. Luke Hall, St. James and Baker Sts.; or J. T. Thompson, Financial Secretary, 1409 Hull St., Manchester, Va. Done by order of the Sixth Va. Emancipation Association. WM. A. MASON, Pres. WM. L. WHITE, Cor. Seo. HEY PLANET SATURDAY. JANUARY 20. 1906 TEMPERANCE NOTES Oh yes, I am fair, and my sparkling wave is quagmired by the young and the gifted and brave. And I gladden the hearts of the gloomy and grave: With my gushing and joyous tide. Men seek me in youth in the heyday of life. And seek me in manhood to arm for its strife. For each bubble with daring and strength is rife. But list what I give beside! My rosy brim to your lips you bear And quinn with a glee that will mock at care. And you'll dream for awhile there is naught so fair As the blushing and merry bowl! But the dancing tide that your veins shall fill Shall leap with a hotter and wilder thrill, And deeper, and deeper, and deeper still, Shall burn in your very soul. And your brain I will madden, and specters fill Your fancy shall borrow from depths of Hell. And you'll tremble and groan at their flend- lish yell As it rings in your throbbing ears And red-hot serpents their folds shall breathe Through your tortured brain that shall kiss and seethe. And dread shall convulse till you scarce can breathe For the weight of your choking fears— And soon I will laugh at my triumph won. When your howling soul from its foul clay wrung By my ruthless grasp to the depths is fung That'll curdle each heart's blood and blanch each cheek. When a voice to me from the Pit shall speak. "Aba, thou hast served me well." Andrew H. Smith, M. D., in National Ad TEMPERANCE PAYS Hard Drinking Is Held by Many Employers to Unfit a Man for a Position. "So essential are steady hands and bright wits in our trade that under the rules of our union no drinking man can stay in the organization. The first time a member of the union goes on a job under the influence of liquor he is suspended for a month and fined. For the second offense he is summarily expelled, without hope of reinstatement. It's pretty drastic treatment, but we have found it the wisest way to deal with the matter." This plain statement, made in a Philadelphia paper by a constructor of elevators, is as good a temperance sermon as ever was preached. It is practical and goes to the point. A man doesn't need a "better nature" to be appealed to by such an argument as this. It hits all alike where the nerves are tenderest, in a vital spot. There used to be a widespread delusion that worked incalculable injury, especially to the impressionable and unthinking young. It was to the effect that the best workmen, in all lines, drank. That delusion is rapidly dying. And it will be a happy day for mankilling when all men thoroughly recognize the fact that no man who drinks much liquor is as efficient a man in any line of labor as he would be if he did not drink at all. The building of elevators is by no means the only business in which drinking is a disqualification. The railroads, the telegraph companies, and all the other big commercial, industrial and financial organizations are drawing the lines closer and closer every day against the man who drinks. Why, hard drinking is held to be a disqualification even in the saloon itself. The drinking bartender cannot hold his own against the sober one. No business man on earth knows better than the saloonkeeper himself that sobriety is the first essential of successful business. And the value of the man who "never drinks behind the bar" is at a premium. There is a lesson here that ought to be easy for every man to learn and for every boy who hopes to make the best of himself in life to store away as one of the most precious and important treasures of his education. To the youth who is tempted to drink there is no more important lesson than this, that in these times, as never before, temperance is not only a virtue, but, like all other virtues, it pays, and is one that, in all the catalogue of virtues, pays most directly and best. Minneapolis News. Showing One's Colors. The superintendent of a seaman's mission says that one of his young sailors, who had signed the pledge and worn the white ribbon, had to enter a hospital later on. The physician prescribed brandy; but when he saw the ribbon he medicated the medicine, saying: "I can give you something that will take the place of it; I never mean to do anything that will rouse a dormant appetite if I can help it." Such an emblem, like the badge of certain organizations, is a positive safeguard. "You'll often be laughed at after you put on this uniform," said Ben. Booth on one occasion to a company of the Salvation Army, "but you'll not often be tempted. All the devils run from a soldier who shows his colors." STORIES OF THE FAKIRS Author of "Twenty Years of Husling," "What Happened to Johnston" Etc. "SOAP" THEIR DUPES. Shaving Soap Man Victimizes Leading Merchants — $100 Paid for Every Cake — A Philanthropist "Gives Away" Soap Wrapped in Twenty-Dollar Bills—A Wonderful Demonstration with Laundry Soap—Grafter Swindles a Circus Crowd. (Copyright, 1906, by Joseph B. Bowlea.) When I was selling Yankee notions at auction in Michigan I encountered a grafter whose special victims were the leading merchants of small towns. His was a shaving soap graft. However, the soap was of small consideration. It was his skill in palming and manipulating dollar bills that brought him success. He carried a single valise and a small tin box, the latter filled with very small cakes of soap, cut from bars of ordinary washing soap. Each case was wrapped in a piece of paper. Upon reaching a town he called upon the most prominent merchant and requested the loan of a barrel. This he would roll out directly in front of the merchant's store, and, turning it bottom side up in the street, he placed his tin box upon it. His plan was to begin operations about two o'clock in the afternoon, when the merchant was least likely to be busy. As soon as an audience of two or more persons was secured, he would expatiate upon the wonderful merits of his soap. After removing the wrapper from a cake of soap, he took a large roll of money from his pocket. Then, folding a $20 bill lengthwise, and wrapping it around the piece of soap in plain view of his audience, he folded up the soap and the $20 bill in the original wrapper. Usually by this time the merchant the grafter has selected as his victim was an interested spectator. The grafter took the piece of soap in his left hand and held his pocketknife in his right, so that he could easily clip off one end of the piece. "Who will give me ten dollars for this piece of soap?" he cried. "Is VIII. EATP "Say Quick, Gentlemen, or Off It Comes." there a man in the man speculative enough to buy it? Well, just to show you that some one has made a mistake, I will clip off the end and show you." Then he cut off the end, unfolded the wrapper and exposed the $20 bill. "Gentlemen, a faint heart never won fair lady," he called out. "Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Remember, my friends, what your eye sees, your heart must believe. Fortune favors every scheme, and it's a long road that has no turn." Then taking out his immense roll of bills, he put back the $20 and selected a $100 bill, which, as before, he wrapped around the soap, in such a manner that there could possibly be no deception. Again he held the piece of soap in his left hand, his pocket knife in his right. disposing of this large hardly be expected to miscuously to Tom. In fact, one of the she by my uncle was the given to worthy, res and not to shiftless fore, in order to charge of one dollar soap will be made du minutes, after that cents will be made du minutes. By the war "that no hard feeling by some getting more understanding must is to open his cake leaves the crowd. Also permitted, under any purchase more than Now, gentlemen, get y and be in line to see." "Who in this crowd has speculation enough to give me $80 for this?" he would cry. "Remember, it's the soap I'm selling, and nothing else. Who will give me $75 for it before I cut the end off?" Usually, by this time the merchant would say: "I'll take it," and if he did, that instant the grafter would clip off the end and say: No Tact. Mistress—Why did you leave your last place? Domestic—Th' missus had no tact, mum. Mistress—Ah, I see. That is often the case. Domestic—Yes, mum. She was always tellin' me to do things, 'stead of askin' me to.—N. Y. Weekly. THREE GRAFTERS "I beg your pardon, but you didn't speak quick enough." Or if no one offered, the grafter would clip off the end, and, looking into the face of some other man, he would remark (as if the fellow had offered to take it): "I beg your pardon, sir; but you were too slow. Well, now, we will see what we have here." Whereupon the $100 bill would of course be found, because it had actually been placed there. After criticising his audience and joking them a few moments: "Well, I am going to try it once more," he would say. "Let's see if there is a speculator in the crowd." Again he folded the $100 bill lengthwise, and apparently wrapping it around the cake of soap, he again folded it in its original wrapper. "Now, I wonder if there is a speculator in this crowd with $75 in his pocket, who will give that amount for this cake of soap before I cut the end off. Bear in mind, I am offering the soap, and the soap only, for $75. Say, quick, gentlemen, or off it comes." The merchant, eager to make $25 would almost invariably reach for the cake, and produce forthwith the $75. This smooth grafter told me at the supper table that for three months before starting out he practiced the art of palming the $100 and substituting a one-dollar bill. He said that at first he had a great deal of trouble with his victims, because he worked everybody and anybody. However, he soon discovered that when he landed the "leading merchant" of a town, his victim invariably went to his private office to unwrap the soap, and on discovering the deception, his pride would deter him from making an exposure. Another soap grafter whom I knew was doing a thriving business following a cheap circus through the northwest. He carried with him an old-fashioned suit case or hand trunk. Purchasing several large cakes of washing soap, he would slice them up into small cakes, and wrap each one with paper. After filling the tray of his hand trunk with these, he would drive out in a horse and buggy and by various methods attract a large crowd. He would place a soap box upon the buggy seat, and on top of this his hand trunk, the object being to bring the latter up high enough, so that no one standing on the ground could see into it. Taking from his pocket a roll of bills of large denomination, he would carefully wrap them around the pieces of soap; and rewrapping the latter in paper would place them in the trunk. In the meantime he dilated in a most interesting manner on how a very rich uncle had died and left him several million dollars, part of which was to be given away within ten years. He said he had adopted this method of carrying out his uncle's proviso. "Now, gentlemen," he continued. "in EATP disposing of this large fortune, I would hardly be expected to hand it out promiscuously to Tom, Dick and Harry. In fact, one of the stipulations made by my uncle was that it should be given to worthy, responsible persons, and not to shiftless paupers. Therefore, in order to draw the lime, a charge of one dollar for each cake of soap will be made during the first ten minutes, after that a charge of 50 cents will be made during another ten minutes. By the way," he went on, "that no hard feelings may be caused by some getting more than others, the understanding must be that no man is to open his cake of soap until he leaves the crowd. Also, no one will be permitted, under any consideration, to purchase more than one cake of soap. Now, gentleman, get your dollar ready, and be in line to receive your part of this donation." By this time every man who had a dollar held it up, and, crowding toward the buggy, yelled at the top of his voice: "Give me one! Here! Here!" and to say that the grafter was kept busy, would be putting it mildly. To keep up the excitement, every few moments he called to some particular fellow: He Wanted a Re-Seat. The Girl's Father (angrily)—What! you come here again after the way I treated you last night? Didn't I set the dog on you— The Young Man (interrupting)—That's just it. I want the piece of cloth that he tore out of my best trousers, 'cos I can't match it at any tailor's in the town. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. L. The Handkerchief Was as Clean and White as the Day It Came from the Factory. "No, sir; you have had one cake, and you can't have another; or you, either," pointing to still another. "Remember, gent. men, you can't impose upon me; I am watching you. Don't try to buy but one cake, this must be a fair distribution. Who will have the next cake?" All this by-play only urged them on, and he was kept busy handing out soap, until it looked as if he had taken in more cash than the circus. When the first ten minutes had elapsed there was no soap left for the next ten minutes' sale, which the grafter had promised. During the sale, if a man handed him a large bill or anything over a dollar he would refuse to take it, saying: "Gentlemen, make your own change. Don't give me anything over a dollar; if you do I'll not change it. Remember, this is a donation, not a specula- The Handkerchief Was as Clean and Fact tion. Don't expect too much of me." When ready to close "the office," as he drolly expressed it, he had the top part of his trunk and every pocket filled with dollar hills. On returning to the hotel, at noon, I asked him if he had any idea that anyone got a cake of soap with money in it. He laughed and said if they did it was a mistake on his part. Then he explained: In the middle of the tray of his hand trunk was a trap-door about four inches square, with a thin, flat, steel spring to hold it to its place. As fast as he wrapped the money around the soap, he would place the cakes upon the trap door, and pressing the door with his thumb, all would instantly be transferred to another part of the trunk. Still another soap grafter, at Marquette, Mich., had a unique method of deceiving his audiences. He was selling what he called "the most powerful cleansing soap on earth." It was "his father's invention," and a piece the size of a pea would make more lather and actually do a larger washing than could be done with a whole ba, of ordinary soap, in much less time. As I passed by his room on the morning of his arrival, I noticed about two dozen bars of washing soap piled on the table. He was busy cutting up a lot of tin-foil to wrap around the pieces. That evening he drove out upon the streets and after singing a few songs and playing several popular airs on the banjo he began a very interesting lecture on the manufacture of soap. At last he gave a small boy a quarter to bring him a basin of water from the town camp. Meanwhile he broke off a small piece from one of these tiny cakes of soap, and after rolling it to about the shape of a pea he said: "Now, gentlemen, I am going to give you the most wonderful demonstration of what can be accomplished with a piece of soap, the size of a pea, that has ever been shown, upon the face of the earth." Then he produced a clean white handkerchief, and, picking up a wrench, said: "My friends, you all know that there is nothing harder to remove from a garment than axe grease. Now, this buggy belongs to your liveryman, Mr. —, and to give you a fair answer test of the worth of my wonderful soap, I am now going to remove one of the wheels from this buggy, and after thoroughly cleaning the axle with this perfectly white handkerchief, I shall with no more soap than this piece, the size of a pea, proceed to wash the handkerchief in this basin of cold, hard water, and make a perfect job of it, inside of one minute by the watch." Climbing out of his buggy, and removing one of its wheels, he wiped all the black tar and grease from the axle, completely saturating the handkerchief. Replacing the wheel, he climbed back into the buggy, and opening up the handkerchief said: "Gentlemen, do you believe that there is a housewife in this city who could wash this handkerchief clean inside of 10 or 15 minutes, even if she Hard for Him. Mr. Jolley—It's easy, to obey the Biblical injunction when one's neighbor is a pretty girl. Miss Nexdore—But, surely, it isn't easy for you. Mr. Jolley—O! yes; I refer to the command to "love thy neighbor." Miss Nexdore—Yes, but the command is really "love thy neighbor as thyself."—Philadelphia Press. had a whole bar of ordinary laundry soap, and a basin of hot, soft water? Now watch me. Remember, I use only this tiny piece of soap. Get out your watches and time me." Dropping the soap in the basin, and the handkerchief, also, with both hands he began scrubbing. Instantly the basin was full of soapsuds, and, inside of one minute by the watch, the handkerchief was as clean and white as the day it came from the factory. A yell went up from the crowd, "Now," said he, "I will pass it out at 25 cents per cake, or three cakes for 50 cents." In less time than it takes to tell it, the half-dollars were simply pouring into his coffer. "Keep up the good work!" he cried. "Remember, economy is wealth, and the only road to success—one cake of my wonderful compound, double distilled laundry and toilet soap will go White as the Day It Came from the story. farther than a dozen bars of ordinary soap." When he had finished, every man was soaped, and the grafter was loaded to the brim with half-dollars. Like all other "grafters," one night was as long as he could remain in a town. A few days after he had gone the livery man, from whom he had hired his buggy said to his foreman: "Say, Jack, that little red-geared buggy needs oiling. It came in squeak-ing and groaned a few minutes ago." "Oh, yes," said Jack. "You know that soap man who was here the other night? Well, he took off one of the hind wheels, wiped off all the grease and oil, and put on a lot of tar soap in its place." VITALITY OF YELLOW RACE More Vigorous Than Caucasians It Flourishes in All Cll- Before the foundations of Rome were laid there was a homogeneous people dwelling in China with a form of government and no mean degree of civilization. Rome flourished for 11 centuries and became the empire of the western world, then decayed and passed away and her civilization became the heritage of others. But China remains as a united empire to this day. In this marvelous continuity in the past lies the promise of the future. It took the nations of Europe 2,000 years to advance from barbarism to their present position. It took the Japanese, a branch of the yellow race, a generation to adopt and apply all the best results of this long struggle. We are told that when the present emperor of Japan was a boy the sort of training that was supposed to fit him for the part he was to be allowed to take in the government of his country was making artificial flowers. He is only now just over middle age, yet he rules as a constitutional monarch over an empire with which the most advanced and most powerful empire of the west was glad to form an alliance as with an equal. His navy has driven the Russian flag from the China seas. On land the tactics and strategy, the endurance, self-sacrifice and bravery, the care for the wounded in the field and the splendid hospital arrangements of the Japanese army are the admiration of the civilized world. In the world's history there is nothing like the advance of Japan in the last generation. We see some of the results of the adoption of the civilization of the west by 30,000,000 of the yellow race. Will anyone who really knows him venture to say that the Chinaman is less well equipped mentally and physically? Most Powerful Cruiser. The Natal, launched in England on September 30, is the most powerful cruiser in the world. Her tonnage is 13,550, she has a speed of 22 knots and she carries six 9.2-inch and four 7.5-inch guns. All her guns are loaded and rotated by hydraulic power. Willing to Be Bribed. Lady (at back door)—Well, what is it? Hobo—Please, ma'am, I feels one uv me periodical fits comin' on. Lady—My goodness! I hope you won't have it here. Hobo—Dat's list wot I wants ter see youse erbout. Per de small sum uv a dime I'll go somewhere else an' have it, ma'am—Chicago Daily News. From Smiles to Tears From Smiles to Tears You will laugh all through our new story until the closing scenes are reached, and then you will want to cry; but after all the ending is a happy one. The story is The Man on the Box By HAROLD MacGRATH Author of "The Grey Cloak," "The Puppet Crown." It deals in a humorous way with the love affairs of a pretty Washington belie and a young army officer and tragically tells the story of the fall of a retired army colonel when tempted by a Russian spy. You will like it. Don't Miss the Opening Chapters Which Will Appear in Our Next Issue. A Looker-On in Gotham. Mrs. Meadow—I don't wonder there is so much poverty in the city. I seen the cause of it all the other day when I was there. Neighbor—What did you notice? Mrs. Meadow—Idleness. Never saw such idleness. 'Bout half the people was loafin' on the corners lookin' at the thermometers, and the other half was rushin' around huntin' for standin' room near some other thermometer. -N. Y. Weekly. THE GOURMAND. "Ah, strawberry jam! I'm so fond of it!"—Lustige Blaetter. Well Bred. "Our cook's a wondrous actress," My wife explains to me; Perplexed, I ask her. "How can the case be so?" My lifetime partner answers, As she the coffee doles: "A very wondrous actress, Quite perfect in her roles." —Town Topics. The Golden Rule Applied. "Really, Mr. Hansom," said the fair girl, "I'm shocked to hear you confess such behavior in your business dealings. You should always do unto others as you would have others do unto you." "You wouldn't have me do that always?" "Certainly," she replied; "always." "All right. Here goes!" he cried, and kissed her. Used to It. Manager—So you think you can stand the dutious duties of a variety actor? You know in our play we find occasion to throw you down a 32-foot flight of stairs into a barrel of scrap iron. "I think I can manage it," said the hungry man who had applied for a job. "I was a debt collector for three years." Guarded Against "If you loved me, why did you, at first refuse me?" She—I wanted to see how you would act. "But I might have rushed off without waiting for an explanation." "I'd looked the door." Crosellie Fatigue "Do you think our candidate will do all he has promised?" "No," answered Farmer Corntossal. "He has had to hustle so hard to get elected that it'll take him "bout one term of office to get rested up."—Washington Star. Killing Two Birds Mrs. Gramercy--Do you think you will be happy in such a place? Mrs. Park—The inducements are enticing. By acquiring a residence there we will be able to get our divorce and swear off our taxes at the same time. —Puck. Of Minor Importance "I have discovered a wonderful remedy," said the chemist. "What will it cure?" asked his friend. "I haven't decided yet," repiled the chemist. "I'm going to take a day off next week and hunt up a suitable disease for it."-Chicago Daly Nowa. Often So. "Jack and Mildred, before they were married, were always quarrelling as to whether they would get an automobile or a horse and trap." had her way?" "No; they compromised on a baby carriage."—Puck. Tasted Like It. "Dumley's drumming up trade for a rope and twine house now." "Gee whiz! that accounts for it." "Account is for what?" "I met him yesterday and he asked me if I'd have a cigar. He must have given me one of his samples."—Philadelphia Press. Out of the Question "Well," said Kwoter, "it's a poor rule that won't work both ways. Now, there's that fellow Reckliss—" "Oh!" interrupted Digley, "you can't apply any double-back-acting rule to him. You can't make a head-long man long-headed."—Philadelphia Press. "All Men Are Idiars." Bill—To hear that fellow tell it, he's landed some of the biggest jobs in the country. Jill—Well, he talks about landing jobs just as an amateur fisherman talks about landing fish.—Yonkers Statesman. Just So. "What becomes of a joke when it gets too old for the almanac?" "The theatrical programme gets it then." "And from there it's but a step to the musical comedy, eh?"—Chicago Sun. It Was GrS. A sporty young fellow named T3 Who traveled at a rapid g3. Betty friends did invite. To a dinner one ate. That cost him $0 a p1. —Chicago Daily News. TOO RICH TO BE REFUSED. Jessie—What grounds have you for thinking that she loves him? Jack—He's 600 acres of the best coal lands in the country.—Clincinnati Enquirer. Mommer's Consent "Yes, my darling daughter— Now, don't fall down and crack your pate, But fall as you had ougher." -Town Topics. His Wife's Cigars. Nickler—The Lord loveth a cheerful giver. Bocker—Yes, but the cheerful recipient never gets any credit. N. Y. Sun. "You mean the bookdealers?"— Houston Post. Bad Sign Yeast—Is it a bad sign to dream of snakes? Crimsonbeak—Not half so bad as to see 'em when you're not dreaming. Yonkers Statesman. "Shouldn't think you'd like those thin walls." "Why not?" "You can hear the piano in the next flat." "Oh, but we can hear 'em quarrel, too."—Louisville Courier-Journal Mother—My dear, you should be good for the sake of being good, not for something. Kitty—Surely, mummy, you wouldn't have me be good for nothing? THE PLANET FARM AND GARDEN ALFALFA ROOTS GROW DEEP. Investigations at Kansas Experiment Station That They Go Far for Water. Many are anxious to know something of the depth to which alfalfa roots penetrate into the soil, together with the connection, if any, between the deep growing root and the capacity to resist drought. Some information in regard to this matter will be found in the illustration, which shows the results that have been obtained at the 6 5 4 3 2 1 LENGTH OF ROOTS OF ALFALFA PLANTS. Kansas experiment station, where an effort has been made to trace the depth of roots. Here are at least three plants out of some six or seven studied where the root has penetrated to a depth greater than six feet. It is a general opinion among those who have studied the subject that the deep growing root has a great deal to do with the capacity of alfalfa to resist drought on account of the distance that alfalfa roots are enabled to penetrate into the ground. This characteristic of the alfalfa plant is one reason, doubtless, why it is advisable if not necessary for the soil to have considerable depth and not have a hard pan a short distance below the surface. In addition to the depth to which alfalfa roots may enter the soil, the illustration is interesting for the fact that it shows the growth of fibrous roots at the surface. While these are less than what one naturally expects with clover, they are characteristic with alfalfa. FORESIGHT IN FARM WORK. The farmer that can properly plan in his farm work has the best chance of success. He can then husband not only the time of his men, but his materials. Lack of foresight is responsible for a very considerable waste of time on farms. The winter time is a good season in which to carefully go over the work of the coming seasons, says the Farmers' Review. Why not? In every other business much thinking and planning before hand has to be done. The men that carry commercial enterprises to successful terminations have always spent weary days and weeks in doing nothing but planning — building thought upon thought. Such plans do not often come as inspirations; they come as the results of hard work of the brain. The farmer must succeed along the same road as do other men. The learning to plan is one of the best things that our young men get at the agricultural colleges. They are given hard problems to solve and have to sit down and think about them; sometimes they have to think hard for days before arriving at a solution. This gives them the initial ability to plan, and planning is foresight. Care in Experiments In the making of farm experiments great care needs to be exercised to have all possibility of error eradicated. Many of the so-called experiments carried on on farms are really not experiments at all. They are so carelessly conducted that no scientist would accept their conclusions. Such an experiment is that in which the farmer, to test his land or a manure, puts the fertilizer on a field but has no check plot with "no treatment." He makes a comparison with what the field did when the fertilizer was not used. It should be evident to him that any increase of harvest may be due to something else than the fertilizer. Such experiments mean little or nothing. Horse Human-Like in Makeup. The horse is the nearest like a man of any animal. And yet, we do not always treat him as we should like to be used ourselves. If we are sick and need rest, we usually get it. If the horse is dull and does not drive up good, we take the whip to him. That's wrong—Farm Journal. A FARM ICEHOUSE. Any Farmer with Hatchet and Saw Building Sense Can Provide Himself with One. Whoever milks cows or makes butter or likes ice cream or anybody else living on an American farm should have an ice house. In winter you can burn wood and coal and keep comfortable in zero weather. In summer, with the mercury sizzling in the 90's ice is not always a luxury; it may be a necessity. As to that, many luxuries are necessary, and some needs might be dispensed with as unnecessary luxuries. However, this is to tell how an efficient ice house may be built. The time-honored method is to nail sheatling on both sides of 2x6 studding, filling in the space with sawdust. It is expensive; it gets wet from melting ice and it is not as good a non-conductor or as still air. Use matched stuff, and the air-tight space enclosing a body of dead air is the best non-conductor yet devised. The air costs nothing and the outer wall never gets wet. There is no need for extended illustration on ice-house construction. Any farmer with plain everyday hatchet and saw building sense can put up any kind of a building that suits him. All he needs is a knowledge of a few fundamental principles. These are protection from heat, drainage and ventilation. The Farmers' Voice contends that builders make a mistake in ventilating the inside of an ice house. This lets warm summer air in over the ice, which is palpably wrong. If the thermometer shows warmer air inside than outside, it is proper to open the door at night a few moments for interior ventilation. Ventilate on the outside! Provide an air space outside the dead-air non-conducting wall by nailing 2x2 strips vertically on the outside and putting on a layer of thin stuff, say half inch weather boarding. This air space must be open top and bottom. The air constantly circulating through it keeps the sun's heat from penetrating the building, and this is the only kind of ventilation an ice house needs. Put an ice house in the shade of trees or other buildings. Build it on a hillside where drainage is easy. Don't put it underground. Use sawdust, chopped straw or hay or planer shavings next to walls, and at bottom and top, but pack ice solid. It pays to cut ice in rectangular blocks and pack without cracks or loose joints and corners. I can't stand wet feet. Without proper drainage the accumulating water melts the ice very fast. If possible the drain pipe should have a trap or double elbow so that water will flow out, but air cannot get in. A half-inch galvanized iron pipe is best. Have it properly connected so that water will run out as fast as it melts. THE WIRE WORM. Something About This Troublesome Insect and How It Can Best Be Destroyed. The wireworm is a hard, slender, yellowish worm, not at all pleasant to look at or to have in the garden or field. It attacks sprouting kernels of corn, and other seed; it eats into potato tubers and various other vegetables; in fact it does a great deal of damage whenever and wherever it gets the chance. Here's the reprobate's picture— placed alongside of the clickbottle. or the click-beetle that gave it life, says the Farm Journal. ```markdown ``` Wireworms are the young or larvae of click or snapping beetles, the latter name coming from the habit they have, when placed on their backs, of suddenly snapping themselves in such a manner as to throw their bodies into the air (when they in most cases can fall on their feet). There are many kinds of snapping beetles in the United States, and a corresponding number of kinds of wireworms, their young. A few live under the bark of trees or in decaying wood; most, however, live in the ground and feed upon seeds and the roots of various plants, often causing much loss. The eggs of these insects appear to be laid in the spring, usually, and from them the little wireworms soon hatch and begin to feed. It generally takes several years before the worms have fed enough to become full-grown, but when this condition has been reached, each forms a little cell in the ground during the latter part of the summer, and in this cell changes to an adult snapping-beile, which remains in the cell till the following spring. Treatment of this pest is not usually possible by means of pots, though in some cases their numbers might be reduced by such methods. Probably the best way in which to control wireworms is by late or early winter plowing, repeated for two or three years. This destroys the wireworms by bringing them up to the surface of the ground, where, exposed to the freezing and thawing of the winter, many will perish or be devoured. Breaking the cells above described appears to cause the death of the insects which occupy them, and thus fall plowing is useful for the destruction of this stage as well. Rotation of crops is unfavorable to the increase of wireworms, and should be practiced for this reason if for no other. The Hessian fly cost wheat growers about $40,000,000 in 1904. manner an expensive little insect. During the Quarrel. "You are a cad, sir. I think I'll lend you a book on etiquette." "Dellighted—but can you spare it?" -Cleveland Leader THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA A WHOLESOME, CLEAR COLOR INDICATIVE OF GOOD HEALTH. That Fascinating Looking-Glass — How to Be Rid of Blackheads, Pimples and Freckles—Fresh Air and Exercise the Best Beauty Prescriptions—No Veil for the School-Girl —Tight Corsets Make Red Noses. BY MARGARET E. SANGSTER. (Copyright, 1956, by Joseph B. Bowles.) A school girl of 14 is old enough to care a good deal about her looks, and nobody should blame her or accuse her of vanity, if she wishes for a good complexion and bewalsa a bad one. I have known mothers who worried a little because Jessie and Jenny liked to look in the glass as they passed it, and who seemed to think the custom worthy of rep.oof. Now, girls, please don't tell anyone, if I whisper my own little secret. I have always loved to see myself in a mirror, and, to this day, I cannot resist its fascination, and am sure, unless in great haste to keep an appointment, to pay my respects to it, as I go through the room where it hangs. A friend of my girlhood had a lovely room in which were four long mirrors set in four high doors. It was my delight to take a book to that room and seat myself on a sofa in the middle of it, with a looking-glass in each corner, repeating the furniture and books as well as the young person in the center. Later I slept, during a visit to the south, in a chamber of which one side of the wall was a great, gleaming sheet of glass, from baseboard to ceiling. In that room colonial belles had dressed for colonial dances in the days of long ago. In these days when I look in the glass, I do not see my own face only, but often seem to see faces of dear ones who are not with me now; my mother, my sister, and others who were once here. You are too young to have the sort of pleasure in a looking glass that you will have by and by. Meanwhile, when you come to visit me, you may look in the glass as much as you like. I hope you will see a pretty complexion reflected there. A complexion has a great deal to do with girlish beauty. For one thing, it is an index to your health, a sickly complexion showing unerringly that the body is out of order. A rough, sallow, or plimply complexion, with red spots or the ugly things called blackheads, disfigure any girl, and spoil the effect of regular features, as a blotch or blur would spoil a picture. There are a few things to do, and a few not to do, if you would have a nice skin, and a good color, and be free from boils, pimples and unsightly patches upon your face. Indispensable to a good complexion is a bath from head to foot every day. The best time for this bath is in the morning as soon as you rise. Wash thoroughly every inch of the body, and dry with a rough towel, so that the friction will bring a warm glow to the surface. A tub-bath is not necessary A sponge-bath is quite as good, if you have no tub. Some girls fancy that soap must not be put on the face. This is an old-fashioned prejudice. Everything depends on the soap, which ought to be of the best quality. In a toilet soap it is wise to purchase a delicate variety, not of the very cheapest, either. Wash the face thoroughly every night at bedtime with fine soap and tepid water, rinsing it well and removing the lather, and drying it with a soft towel. Once a day is often enough to use soap on the face, but this one using should never be omitted. Blackheads are accumulations of dust and dirt in the pores of the skin. To press them out with a watch-key, or to fuss with them at all is very foolish. A little cold cream may be applied, after the thorough washing with soap, but this is seldom necessary. A school-girl whose face is really clean will have no blackheads to bother her. As for freckles, they are the kisses of the sun on a fair skin, and no one should be worried over them. If they do distress a girl, she may remove them by using lemon juice freely, adding to it an equal portion of much diluted glycerine. Never use glycerine either with rose water or lemon juice, unless you dilute it freely with water. A country girl may drive away freckles by washing her face frequently with buttermilk, which is one of the best possible lotions for the skin. Be very particular never to use another person's towel and wash-cloths. Be very careful to keep the bowels in good order. The human frame is not unlike a stove. Unless ashes are daily removed from a stove, it becomes clogged, and the fire does not burn freely. The debris of food must be removed from the body, or constipation will result from neglect, and all soris of troubles march after constipation. A girl should be as conscientious in maintaining her physical health in this particular as in any other. The root of outward beauty is in inward cleansing every day. Take plenty of outdoor exercise. Run, jump, skate in season, play tennis and basketball, and live in the open air all that you can. Sleep in a cool room with the windows open. Fresh air and exercise are good beauty prescriptions. Among the things not to do let me first caution you against eating too many sweets. The candy habit is responsible for most of the hateful pimples and the sallow skin that girl's so much dread. When I hear that much of a school-girl's allowance goes into the confectioner's money-drawer, I need to know nothing more. Too LIFE IN WASHINGTON BOTH SOCIAL AND OFFICIAL, IS DESCRIBED IN OUR NEW STORY The on th By HAROLD Author of "The Grey Clock It is an unusually clo young army officer, a pretty daughter and a leading characters. T has snap, action and a story written for An IT WILL BEGIN IN THE SHORT TIME. The Man on the Box By HAROLD MacGRATH Author of "The Grey Cloak," "The Puppet Crown." It is an unusually clever story in which a young army officer, a retired colonel and his pretty daughter and a Russian spy are the leading characters. The kind of a story that has snap, action and interest in every line; a story written for American readers. IT WILL BEGIN IN THIS PAPER WITHIN A SHORT TIME. WATCH FOR IT. many chocolates, too much fudge, too many bonbons, and our young lady will have roughness and reiness. instead of cream-tints and rose-leaf delicacy. Avoid hot breads, coffee and tea, and delicious pastries and tarts. Good roast beef, vegetables, soups, and desserts of fruit are recommended to those who would like a skin clear-grained, soft and fine. Don't wear a vell. A school-girl does not need to cover her face from the wind or the sun. Don't wear a corset while you are a school-girl. Dress loosely and lightly all the time, just as you do when you wear a gymnasium suit. It is worth while to make a note of the fact that a red nose and a tight corse are often found together. If you have trouble in winter from a chapped and frosted skin, try using a good cold cream every night, rubbing it in with gentle massage. And girls, neither now, nor at any time in your future life, entertain the idea that you can make your complexion fine by dusting it with powder, or touching it with any cosmetic. A good skin is the onward sign of inward health, as I have said, and is the result of good sleep, regular exercise, constant bathing, and a good digestion. Some girls have to take more care than others to insure a really fine skin, but the rule is that when a girl is wholesome, strong and cheerful well, her complexion will be beautiful. A PRETTY SILK BLOUSE. Very Stylish Blouse Made of Heliotrope Color and Trimmed with Lace Is Our Model. A pretty soft silk in a very pale shade of helliotrope is used for the blouse. The round yoke is composed of gauged straps of the silk divided by wide lace insertion. The collar is also of the insertion. The silk for the lower part of bodice is trimmed with 1 A GRACEFUL MODEL deep points of lace, and is gathered to the yoke, the principal part of gathers being arranged in the center of front. The fullness at waist is pouched over a swathed band of the silk. The puff of sleeve is trimmed with a lace point at the top. The lower part is tight-fitting and matches the yoke. Materials required: Four yards silk, two and a half yards insertion, and six lace points. A Mother Goose Party A Mother Goose party for grown-ups is a very amusing affair, and its success depends upon every one entering into the spirit of the occasion. The hostess is the "Old Woman Who Lived in the Shoe." and the guests are her many children. The host may be "Old King Cole." If desirable, masks may be worn for the first part of the evening. The characters are so many in "Mother Goose" that there should be no duplicates. For refreshments serve "tarts." an Knights of Pythias, This organization is one of the most powerful in the country and its progress has been phenomenal. The Grand Lodge of Virginia has jurisdiction over all of the cities and counties in this state. Thirty males are required to organize a new lodge. The benefits paid constitute one of its strongest features, but the principles are greater than anything else. Founded on Friendship, based on Charity and established on Benevolence, the respectable, upright people of the state will find it an order worthy of their heartiest support. It pays an endowment and burial benefit of of $200.00 for all ages. It pays $4.00 per week sick dues. The badge costing 75 cents each is the only absolutely necessary regalla. For information concerning the organization of lodges, apply at the main office. The Courts of Calanthe Is the 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 constituent 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, orgnize one. a great big pie decorated with black birds, also a smaller pie containing the historic "plums." which in this case will be bonbons. For room decorations make posters illustrating "Mother Goose" subjects; they will be very effective. Of course the Little Boy Blue will come with his white "woolly sheep" and his horn. The "owl" and the "pussy cat" who went to sea in the "pea green boat" can be done by wearing animal masks. It is not necessary to describe the costumes, for a Mother Goose book with colored pictures will be the only guide necessary. A prize may be given for the best costume, and may consist of a Father Goose cook. After the grand march cards may be played if the hostess desires. At Dinner. Usually the smaller fork is for fish, and the smaller knife may be used to butter the bread. Sometimes a salad fork is provided, and a knife for the fruit. Handicapped. Quex—Well, supposing she did throw you over because you lost your money—there are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it. Pat--That do yez think av twins? Mike--Begobes, twins is sich a bargain that they should only give one to a customer--Puck. BOARDING & LODGING Rates Reasonable. All the Comforts of Home Orders received by letter or telegraph. MRS. BOOKER LEFTWICH, PROPRIETRESS, 816 N. 2nd St. Richmond, Va. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAAS. F.C.B. THE PEOPLE'S REAL ESTATE AND INVESTMENT COMPANY. N. WINSTON, Confectioner ICE-CREAM, any shape and style, public and private receptions, entertainments and festi- vals, furnished on short notice. Fruits and Delicacies. Tobacco and Cigars. OYSTERS IN EVERY STYLE. Private and Special Attention Given to Table Trade. Hot Drinks, Etc., Etc. Open Until One o'clock Nightly. 'PHONE, 2258. WINSTON'S, 537 Brook Ave. 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. J. ALEX. LEWIS, M. D., Secretary. 9-23-3mos. 8-23-3mos. FIRST CLASS JOSHUA BANKS & SONS. Every Facility Consistent With Fine Catering, Special Attention Paid to Suppers, Balls, Installations and Smokers ON THE SHORTEST NOTICE. Address all communications to ELAM L. BANKS, 511 N. Third St., Residence, 1312 4. 26th St. Kilchmond, Va. "THE ECONOMY," 803 and 805 N. 3rd St.. CLEANING, DYEING, AND REPAIRING TURNER & WHITE, PROPRIETORS. THE PEOPLE'S REAL INVESTMENT COMPILE WHY NOT CALL ON US? THE HOME OF THE MAYFIELD MUSEUM J. I. CARTER, President. W. F. DENNY, Secretary. N. WIN Confec ICE-CREAM, any shape private receptions, ente vals, furnished o Fruits and Delicacies. OYSTERS IN EV and S to Tab Etc., Etc. Open Until On 'PHONE, 2253. WINSTO N. A., S. A., E. A., A. AND A. organization is one of the most power has been phenominal. The Grander all of the cities and counties ined to organize a new lodge. The longest features, but the principles ended on Friendship, based on Cha the respectable, upright people of their heartiest support. an endowment and burial benefit of per week sick dues. The badge IN PRICES GO TO Reformers This week for Groceries We Give Full Weight And the Best Quality ..... Pure Lard (This wk. only) lb 1.09 Dunlop Flour, sk..... 32 Best Coffee, lb..... 15 Tea (Excellent quality) lb..... 35 Sugar (Pure American) lb..... 05 Baking Powders, per box..... 04 Lump Starch, lb..... 04 Package tarch 3pkgs..... 10 Apple Butter (2 1/2 lb cans) per Canned Beans (10ct size) per can.....0.05 Gelatine per pkg.....0.04 Flavoring Extracts per bottle .03 All Goods Delivered Promptly. Give Us Your Patronage..... Reformers' Store 6th and Clay Street. Phone, 1299. John H. Braxton REAL ESTATE & LOANS Private Banker and Broker, Loans negotiated on Real Estate, Interest allowed on Deposits, Estates managed, Rent collected and prompt returns Special attention to repairs. Notary With Seal. REAL ESTATE AND COMPANY. When renting, When buying, When lending money, When borrowing money, When you want an estate managed, When you have Real Estate for sale, Just call Phone No. 4854. No. 717 N. 2nd St. HISTON, actioner and style, public and entertainments and festi- on short notice. Tobacco and Cigars. VERY STYLE. Private Special Attention Given Table Trade. Hot Drinks, One o'clock Nightly. TON'S, 537 Brook Ave. ythias, A. powerful in the country and its Lodge of Virginia has juris- in this state. Thirty males the benefits paid constitute one are greater than anything clarity and established on Be- f the state will find it an order of of $200.00 for all ages. It the costing 75 cents each is the ing the organization of lodges, ```markdown ``` nt also con- e little ones into this mystic uld be expected. It pays from 40.00. If you have noPythian address, TAYLOR, W. M., Hill St., Richmond, Va. N MITCHELL, JR., 311 N. 4th St., Richmond, Va. 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The courts have decided that subscribers to newspaper, who do not have a subscription for time for which it has been paid, are held liable for the payment of the subscription up to date when they order the paper dis- COMMUNICATIONS...When writing to us to renew your subscription or to discontinue your paper, you should give your name and address full otherwise we cannot find your name on our books. CHANGE OF ADDRESS...In order to change the address of a subscriber, we must be sent the former as well as the present address. Entered at the Post-Office at Richmond, VA. as second-class matter. THE SENATOR FROM BUCKINGHAM. We regret to state that the great Negro county of Buckingham has had the distinguished pleasure of being rid of one of the most remarkable characters of this day and generation and they did it by sending him to the legislature. Although he will be absent from that section of the state for only a month or so it is thought that every thing will look up and prosper for that length of time. We refer of course to the Hon. Camm Patterson, who occupies a seat in the state senate only a few blocks away from this office. If the average reader will place a capital letter D in his first name and read it "Damm" Patterson instead of Camm Patterson, he will fittingly describe the feelings of the average "cussing brother" who noted his curious action on last Tues. The Richmond, Va. News-Leader deemed the Senator a fit subject for an interview and at once proceeded to give the views of the apostle of Gov. James K. Vardaman to the public. It said: Senator Camm Patterson, of Buckingham, will offer a bill to divide the school funds' of the State in proportion to the amount paid by the whites and blacks. The measure which he has prepared proposes to have the white people pay for their schools and to let the Negroes do the same. Senator Patterson was seen in regard to the matter and readily discussed the proposition. He has made a study of the question and is prepared to give the result of his research and reading. He said: "I have prepared a bill to divide the school funds of the State. It is a fair bill, and it proposes to keep separate the amounts paid by the Negroes from that paid by the whites. "Since the Civil war we have expended $142,500,000 for the education of the Negroes. That money has been practically wasted. It was the duty of the white people to give for a generation the benefits of education to the Negro. What has been accomplished in that time is known to all. "The attempt to educate the Negro has been a dismal failure. It has been tried before in Africa, and the results there were duplicated in this country. The thirty-three years of education for the Negro expired in 1898, and we are still pouring our money into the vain attempt to educate him. "It is our duty to educate our own children before we undertake to educate allens. That is the high est duty of man. Surely the Negro can find no fault by getting what he pays for. He gets equal rights. He can no longer expect to put down a sill and claim a railroad. "The figures of the tax reports show that the Negro pay a little less than 5 per cent of the money expended for the education of his child. The white man pays the other 95 per cent. The white people are taxed to care for the Negro indigent and the Negro insane in just the same proportion. After: reading this ebullition, we concluded that Senator Patterson is a chronic dyspeptic and that Buckingham "greens" do not "set" well on his stomach. Certainly, no man, who had the intelligence and the ability to investigate the subject would for an instant presume that the education of a citizen was prosecuted primarily for the benefit of that citizen. It is done for the purpose of benefiting the state for only upon an intelligent educated electorate can we hope for the final success of this commonwealth. Mr. Patterson talks about what the white people have expended upon the Negro for education, while being at the same time gloriously oblivious of what the Negro has by his unrequited toil expended upon the white people. The figures have been produced in these columns and they were staggering. For 256 years he gave the best labor the country at that time afforded and he did it ungrudgingly, with no idea that fifty or one hundred years thereafter some thin-skinned member of the white race would seek to deny justice to his offspring. No one who will note the progress of the Negro will argue that his education has been a failure. The loafing Negro is an incubus upon the race, but the intelligent industrious one is the jewel of the republic, and he is adding to the material wealth and actual prosperity of the State in which he resides. But Senator Patterson, how much taxes do you pay to the State and how do the taxes you pay compare with those paid by Mr. Joseph Bryan, editor and owner of the Times-Dispatch? How do they compare, Senator Patterson, with those paid by Mr. John L. Williams, Mr. James P. Branch? How do they compare with those paid by the heirs of the Valentine estate and of the Cannon family and the host of other rich people of this locality? They claim rightfully that their taxes are going, Senator Patterson, for the education of your children and those of the laboring white men of this commonwealth, many of whom form combinations to injure their business and to impair the value of their property. According to your code of reasoning, you would have the taxes divided so that each man would receive just the quantity of education that his taxes pay for. The man who paid only his poll tax would be furnished schools for tax-payers of that grade and the man who paid five dollars in taxes would be given education of that grade and so on, until it came to the rich men's children and they would enjoy the palatial educational establishments for which their taxes paid. These are the breakers in the path of Senator Patterson's ship. The educational facilities of the country are placed upon a higher basis and it would require fifty years of close study of the principles of ethics for Senator Camm Patterson to understand the first lesson. He speaks of the taxation to support the indigent people of the race. Thank God, Christian charity is broader than this and not since the good and lowly Nazarene laid down the first principles of the golden rule have the right-thinking people faltered in their work of love for the indigent of all races. This has led them to send contributions to far-off India and the isle of the sea, with no hope of reward. It may be that before Senator Camm Patterson passes the way of all the earth, he will wish for the soothing voice and tender hand of some good old black man to lighten his closing hours and to afford him comfort to the place beyond the grave. No black man or woman, who witnesses his suffering and who hears his mourning cry will refuse to do all in his or her power to lessen his pains or to afford him relief because of his hatred of the race with which he is identified. No, no, they will trust God and leave him to his conscience. Senator Patterson concluded as follows: "I was elected to the platform on that platform and the people of my district are solid for the scheme. I believe it is right. I shall offer the amendment to the constitution either Monday or Tuesday of the coming week. I am having printed a pamphlet giving all the information on the subject and will have that ready for distribution within a day or two." If the people of his district are solid on that proposition so much the worse for them. He is evidently a sample package of the man unfactured products of his district. If the people of Buckingham, wish to turn the poverty stricken portion of its citizens out upon the county roads and line the ditches with the jabbering insane, because of their parsimony and narrowness, let them try the experiment for a brief season. They will find that the insane are confined as a protec- RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA tion to the sane as well as on sanitarian grounds. But it is useless to argue upon this question with people of this stripe. They will be all right when the undertaker fits them for the wooden overcoats that we all must wear. But why pursue the subject further. Fare you well, Brother Camm Patterson, who will hereafter be known to the colored folks of this state as Brother "Damm' Patterson. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT! DR WASHINGTON! AND NEGRO OFFICE HOLDERS! We were of the opinion that conclusions were of the opinion that our conclusions were right with reference to President Roosevelt's plans in dealing with the office holders of the Southland. We are in a position to emphasize them now, if we are to regard as true the utterances of the Richmond, Van Times-Dispatch and the New York Herald. The latter journal is regarded as being the most reliable publication of its kind in the world. It is careful of its utterances and its correspondents are trained to speak "by the card." The Times Dispatch in its issue of the 16th inst. says: We knew that President Roosevelt's visit to the South would do him good. A visit to the South by a Northern man is a liberal education. It always opens the eyes of those who are not blinded by prejudice and sends them back with a clearer vision. The President has keen vision and acute hearing, and when he was down here he kept his both eyes and his ears well open. As a result of his experience we are now informed that he will make no more appointments of Negroes to Federal office in the Southern States That every Negro office-holder in this section of the land is to be replaced by a white man, and that the only Negro Republicans who have a chance for appointment to office under the Roosevelt administration are those who live in the Northern States, where the Negro vote cuts a figure in the elections. This will be rather cooling information to many aspiring upper class politicians in this section of "Master" Roosevelt's vineyard. If this is true of the class referred to, how long will it be before the "underlings" will feel the full effect of this policy? The Times-Dispatch continues: This information comes from the New York Herald, which says that the President's policy was made clear on Saturday when he told Judson W. Lyons, Register of the Treasury, that he is not to be reappointed to the position he has held for two terms. Lyons is a member of the Republican National Committee from Georgia, and is recognized as a leader of his race. "By applying a two-term yard-stick to all Negro office-holders in the South," the Herald adds, "the administration expects to rid itself of all those who were put into high office by President McKinley through the influence of Senator Hanna. "In addition to Lyons, those who are to go at the end of their present terms are: Robert Smalls, Collector of the Port at Beaufort, S. C.; Henry A. Rucker, Collector of Internal Revenue for the District of Georgia; John H. Deveaux, Collector of the Port at Savannah, Ga.; Joseph W. Lee, Collector of Internal Revenue for Florida; J. E. Bush, Receiver of Public Moneyes at Little Rock, Ark.; Walter Cohen, Receiver of Public Moneyes at New Orleans, La., and James Lewis, Surveyor-General for Louisiana under the Department of the Interior. "All of these men were active lieutenants of Mr. Hanna in his campaign which resulted in the nomination of Mr. McKinley at St. Louis in 1896. "Chief among the influences which have brought about this new policy on the part of President Roosevelt is the better understanding of the South and its people which the President himself acquired during his recent Southern trips. Another reason is the active opposition of Dr. Booker T. Washington to appointment of Southern Negroes to office." Come again, Mr. President. There is more for you to learn. All that we ask is that you will take the trouble to inform yourself and see all our problems from the Southern point of view. From these statements, the colored people of the United States can draw their own conclusions. Suffice it to say that so far as the appointment of Negroes to office from the Southland there is but little difference between Theodore Roosevelt republicanism and the genuine brand of Grover Cleveland democracy. As between the two there are some colored people, who will choose the latter kind. ____O____ We hope that no citizen of color will permit his feelings to become inflamed against any member of the white race on account of the introduction of the resolution by Senator Camm Patterson in the Virginia Senate to separate the taxes of the races and to expend amounts so collected upon the children of the respective races. We have no need to exercise ourselves over the matter. There are thousands of justice-loving white people in this state, who are bitterly opposed to him and his kind. They will make Senator Patterson feel the weight of their displeasure. We should therfore possess our souls in patience and await the result. These kind of people have vainly attempted in all ages to turn back the hands on the dial plate of progress. Sometimes they have met with temporary success, but they have finally gone down. The undertaker is wattling for Senator Patterson and he will soon get him by natural processes and we should not worry about him. He could not pass a bill through the legislature of Virginia upon such proposition and if he did, we do not believe the Governor would sign it. As it is, he will be required to change the Constitution of this state. Senator Patterson wanted to get to the state Senate and his benighted constituents believed all he said and sent him there. He will print his book and draw his salary and the world will in a few years forget that he ever lived. We have received "The Scriptural Catechism for Infant and Primary Pupils," by Rev. Wm. H. Stokes, A. M. It is a highly instructive work and will be a source of much useful information to the reader. Price, ten cents Senator Ben Tillman is still making an exhibition of himself. The Morris incident at the White House is being magnified. The more it is discussed, the worst it is for Mrs. Minor Morris. President Roosevelt will certainly gain friends by the incident instead of losing them. The well-spring of sympathy is flowing in his direction. RESCUED FROM STRANDED SHIP Sixty Persons Taken From the Cherokee, Aground at Brigantina. HAD THRILLING EXPERIENCES Atlantic City, N. J., Jan. 15. After spending 48 hours in terrible anxiety lest they be wrecked and swept into the sea, the passengers and crew, 60 in all, of the Clyde line steamer Cherokee, bound from San Domingo for New York, which went aground on the Brigantine Shoals Friday, were rescued and landed at the Inlet here. Captain Archibald, two mates and the ship's carpenter elected to remain on board the stranded steamer. The rescue was accomplished by Captain Mark Casto and a picked crew in the sloop yacht Alberta, and their experience was almost as thrilling as that of the stranded passengers. More than 1000 persons greeted the storm-tossed party as the sloop sailed into the Inlet with the report that all hands were safe. Not in years have the inhabitants of Brigantine and Absecon beaches been so wrought up for the safety of a stranded ship's company, and never were so many attempts made nor perilous chances taken to reach a ship in the face of a fierce northeast Atlantic storm as were ventured in the rescue of the Cherokee's party. When the sloop Alberta arrived at the scene a small boat was launched and several of the crew made the perilous trip to the steamer. They found the passengers and most of the crew in a terrible state of anxiety. The first to leave the steamer were the Syrian woman and stewardess, and the Syrian's daughter, who were lowered to the little boat by means of ropes. Sixteen different trips were made with the little boat between the steamer and the rescuing yacht. Only four or five were taken at a time, and after nearly two hours of work all but the captain and three of his crew were safely landed aboard the Alberta. Cheering the Rescuers. Cheering the Rescuers. From the shore of Brigantine Beach hundreds watched the rescue, while away off at the Atlantic City inlet a number of men with strong glasses kept the anxious crowd there informed of the progress of the rescue. A great cheer went up when it was announced that the Alberta, loaded with people, was leaving the steamer. It did not take the sloop long to make the run to the inlet, where the passengers and crew were congratulated on their safe landing. Most of them were in an exhausted condition, not having had any sleep in 48 hours. Agents of the company took charge of the party, sending all the passengers and crew to hotels. They were furnished with dry clothing, and physicians prescribed for those who suffered most from the terrible experience. Hearttrending Scenes On Steamer. All the passengers told stories of their experiences. Among those landed was Lieutenant H. M. L. Walker, formerly of the United States cruiser Yankee, who was returning to Washington from Puerta Plata. He said the scenes aboard the steamer were hearttrending. All the passengers and some of the crew, he said, were filled with fear. The women prayed and the men paced to and fro, believing that the great waves that were washing over the helpless vessel would tear her to pieces. All of Saturday night and Sunday morning the passengers and crew were huddled about a fire in the galley. The terrific pounding the vessel had received from the waves caused the vessel to strain and leak badly. Early Saturday night 10 feet of water was in the steamer, and all fires went out with the exception of the one in the galley. Only the bravest of the crew, the lieutenant said, ventured on the deck, for the sea was pounding the vessel hard, and often the waves passed clear over the deck. It was a trying night, he said, and many of those on board gave up hope and awaited the worst. The names of the other rescued passengers are Joseph Schwartz, Albert N. Pierson, Louis A. Train, Walter W. Handley, all of New York; Edward Lapodde, Elias Amaris, Filipa Amaris, Jose Amaris and Anna Amaris, all of San Domingo. The Amaris family are wealthy Syrians, who fled from a town in Santo Domingo on account of the revolution there. The Ship Abandoned. Captain Archbald, his two mates and the life saving crews have abandoned the vessel. When they left the steamer to the fate of the elements waves were rolling over the deck and pounding against the pilot house—the last refuge of the captain and his little band of men. The big vessel, which is valued at about $500,000, will probably be a total loss. Two wrecking tugs and a lighter are hovering in the vicinity of the Cherokee, and their crews will, at the first opportunity, strip the steamer of whatever is worth the salvage. Captain Archbald and his mates are at the Brigantine life saving station. During the day Captain Mark Casto, who made the sensational rescue of 60 persons from the stesman, went out to the stranded vessel in the slop yacht Sinbad, accompanied by Captain C. M. Kessler and a small crew, and brought astore all the baggage of the passengers and crew. All the property was forwarded to the owners. Public-spirited citizens have started to collect a fund for the captain and his men. Several hundred dollars have been contributed. New Rule For Burials Harrisburg, Pa., Jan. 16.—The state department of health has adopted a new rule for the protection of the health of people living near cemeteries. All bodies must be buried at least five feet from the natural surface of the ground, except where rock is encountered, when the distance shall not be less than four feet. In case of contagious disease the box containing the coffin shall be not less than three and a half feet from the surface. *COUNTESS BATTENCOURT" DEAD Bon Under Arrest Pending Investigation By Coroner Philadelphia, Jan. 17.—Mrs. Anita deB, McMurrow, also known as the "Countess of Battencourt," 76 years old, once famous because of her claim to ownership of vast estates in Spain and Cuba of the value of $2,000,000, died at her home here under circumstances that warranted the coroner instituting an investigation. Her son, John, has been detained by the police pending the outcome of the coroner's inquiry. Mrs. McMurrow came into public notice in the early 70's, when she claimed to be the daughter of a rich Spanish grandee. Some years later, however, her claims having been scouted by some of those from whom she had received money, she was arrested on the charge of swindling, but was not convicted. Late at night neighbors heard screams in the house and cries of murder. No one interfered. Later a servant summoned Dr. H. M. Hinkle, the aged woman's family physician, who found her dead. An examination showed marks on her body and a bruise on the forehead. As the woman had been in good health when the physician last saw her, he deemed it wise to notify the coroner. An assistant deputy coroner started an investigation and admitted that he found evidence that the son had struck his mother, and that on the strength of this the son had been arrested. According to the coroner's deputy, the son had been drinking and wanted money. The mother refused, which enraged the son and he attacked her. How to Cure Calloused Feet How to Cure Calloused Feet. So many are annoyed with troublesome calloused spots on the bottoms of the feet. This can be very easily helped, if not entirely cured, by using a piece of rough pumice stone, sawing a piece on one side to make a flat surface, says Health Culture. Soak the feet in warm water to soften the spots, dry them and while still soft gently rub with the flat surface of the stone, and it will surprise you to see how much of the hardened skin has been removed. Repeat this process once or twice a week, but not often enough to make them sore, and great relief will be obtained thereby. Great-Great-August 12, 1818. Reading, Pa., Jan. 13—Mrs. G. A. Nicholls, widow of a former railroad general superintendent, died in this city, aged 77. She was a great-granddaughter of Henry Melchlor Mullenberg, founder of the Lutheran church in America. Mrs. Nicholls was one of the best-known women in Reading, being president of the Needlework Guild and a former regent of the Daughters of the Revolution, besides being prominent in other charitable and social affairs. She was formerly a resident of Philadelphia. Favors "Open Door" in Morocco. London, Jan. 16.—The Associated Press is advised that Ambasador White, representing the United States at the Moroccan conference at Algeciras, will support the German contention both as to the "open door" in Morocco and as to an international commission to control the policing of the country. It is suggested that this may make the adoption of the German view probable, particularly in the light of the fact that Russia has shown marked indifference to the appeal of France for support. The influence of the Vatican is also understood to be hostile to France. Philadelphia Machine For Reform. Philadelphia, Jan. 16.—The first move toward reform within the Republican party was made by the newly organized Republican city committee when a resolution was unanimously adopted asking 25 prominent citizens, nearly all of whom had been identified with the recent reform movement, to confer with the committee as to the best methods of bringing about the reforms demanded. MARSHALL FIELD PASSES AWAY Millionaire Merchant Dies of Pneumonia in New York. REMAINS TAKEN TO CHICAGO New York, Jan. 17.—Marshall Field, the millionaire Chicago merchant, died at the Holland House after an eight days 'illness of pneumonia. Death came peacefully while members of the MARSHALL FIELD. family, who had been in almost constant attendance for several days, were gathered around the deathbed. Those who were present when the merchant died were Mrs. Marshall Field, Mrs. Marshall Field, Jr., Augustus N. Eddy, Catherine Eddy, Mrs. Henry Dibbles, Robert T. Lincoln and Mrs. Preston Gibson. The ray of hope which came to the watchers Monday evening was not abandoned next morning, when the physicians announced the disease spread in the lung and Mr. Field's condition was extremely critical. His condition continued to become more desperate, and death came at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Dr. Frank Billings, Mr. Field's physician, who came from Chicago, said that Mr. Field was unconscious for three hours before his death, and that his temperature was 107 when he died. Mr. Field's body was taken to Chicago by special train. No funeral services were held here. Marshall Field's Life. Marshall Field was without question the greatest and most successful merchant of his generation, and he was one of the world's richest men, his wealth being estimated at anywhere from $100,000,000 to $200,000,000. He was a native of Conway, Mass., where he was born in 1835. His father was a farmer, and Mr. Field obtained his education in the public schools of Conway. At the age of 17 he became a clerk in a general country store in Pittsfield, Mass., where he remained for four years. He came to Chicago in 1856, and began his career in this city as a clerk in the wholesale dry goods establishment of Coley, Wadsworth & Co. During the four years he remained with this house he showed marked commercial ability, and in 1860 he was given a partnership. The late Levi Z. Leiter was also connected with the firm, and in 1865 the two young men withdrew, and, in company with Potter Palmer, they organized the firm of Field, Palmer & Leiter, which continued until 1867, when Mr. Palmer withdrew, and the firm became Field, Leiter & Co. This continued until 1881, when Mr. Leiter retired, and the firm became known as Marshall Field & Co., as it is today. The house forged to the front rapidly, and it is now the largest enterprise of its kind in the world, having numerous branches throughout Europe and Asia. Its remarkable success is attributed almost entirely to Mr. Field and his methods. He made it a rule never to borrow money, and never to issue a note. He paid cash for everything he bought, not only in connection with his dry goods enterprise, but for all of his dealings in real estate and in other investments. The great fire of 1871 was the only reverse ever experienced by the house of Marshall Field & Co. Its losses at that time aggregated over $1,000,000. Mr. Field was twice married, his first wife having died several years ago Mrs. Field left two children, Ethel, now married and residing in Leamington, England, and Marshall Field, Jr., who accidentally shot himself at his home in this city, November 22, 1905, and died five days later. September 5, 1905. Mr. Field was married in London, England, to Mrs. Caton, the widow of Arthur Caton, of this city. $4.677 Rural Routes Washington, Jan. 15.—A statement prepared by P. V. DeGraw, fourth assistant postmaster, regarding the operations of the rural free delivery service since its establishment up to January 1, 1905, shows that the total number of petitions received and referred was 51,690, of which 13,125 were acted upon adversely. The number of routes in operation on the date named was 34,677. More than one billion pieces of mail were handled by rural carriers during the fiscal year 1905, each piece costing a little less than one and one-half cents. MOB THREATENG LYNCHING Delaware Troops In Readiness to Protect Negro. Milford, Del., Jan. 17.—A hurry call for the militia was sent out to prevent a mob getting into the jail to take out a negro accused of attempting to assault Miss Flora Booze, a school teacher, near here. Citizens reached the jail with a colored man, whom Miss Booze declared to be the one who had attacked her on a road while she was returning from school. When it became known that the man had been found, a crowd gathered at the jail and broke some of the windows of the place. The conservative men of the town pleaded with the crowd, and as this did not stop the angry one from further showing their determination to create a disturbance, appeals were sent to Attorney General Richards and Governor Lea. The Milford company of the State Guard was summoned by Colonel Townsend, and if further attempts are made to get the negro, the soldiers will be sent from the armory to the jail. The negro gives the name of John Long. When he accosted Miss Booze he knocked her down, filled her mouth with dirt and tore her clothing. She managed to free herself and screamed. The negro, becoming frightened, fled, and hid in a swamp, where he was captured by a possse. TWO ROBBERS ARRESTED Men Who Bound and Gagged Farmer's Family. Found. In Trenton Trenton, N. J., Jan. 17.—William Burke and John Williams, both colored, were arrested here and are held awaiting requisition from the Pennsylvania authorities to answer charges of robbery and having bound and gagged Edward Cooper and wife and Fred Mathias, a farm hand, who lived with the Coopers near Newtown, Pa. Monday night three men entered the Cooper residence, and while in the house Miss Mary Cooper, aged 23 years, nade her escape from a second-story window and ran to a neighboring farm. The neighbors went to the Cooper residence and released Mr. and Mrs. Cooper and Mathias. Word of the robbery and attack was sent to Trenton, and Officer Barlow saw three men on the street whom he suspected as being the men wanted. He rapped for assistance and succeeded in arresting Burke and Williams. The third man, a white man, succeeded in getting away. Cooper came to Trenton and identified the two men who were in custody. Burke was formerly employed by Cooper, but was discharged some time ago for not doing his work. Miss Cooper is prostrated from the shock and exposure. HARVARD ABOLISHES FOOTBALL Game Discontinued Until Rules Are Changed Boston, Jan. 16. — Football has been abolished at Harvard, pending a reform in the game that will be acceptable to the board of overseers, according to an official announcement from the university. The discontinuance of the game is a result of a vote taken last week at a secret meeting of the board of overseers, when it was decided that intercollegiate football at Harvard would not be permitted until the rules and regulations had been so changed and amended as to remove what the overseers regard as the evils of the present game. The overseers accepted unanimously the opinions of a special committee that the game as at present played is essentially bad in every respect, that the method of formation encourages trickery and foul play and that the result is bad for the morals of the players as well as for the body. A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED. Thursday, January 11. Thursday, January 11. Murray Vandiver, Democrat, has been re-elected state treasurer of Maryland for his fourth term. The plant of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical company, near Charlotte, N.C., was damaged $125,000 by fire. Seaman Apprentice John Rollife died at the naval training station at Newport, R. I., of spinal meningitis. Mrs. Virginia B. Troupe, of Chicago, was sentenced to 14 years in the penitentiary for murdering her husband during a quarrel. Charles Wood, arrested at New York on a charge of embezzling $1400 at Lincoln, Neb., had at the time a travelers' check book for $1400 and a ticket to Stockholm, Sweden. Friday, January 12. Governor Pennypacker, of Pennsylvania, has purchased a wagon used by the Continental army to carry provisions. Ellijah O. Parker, formerly a wealthy stock broker of New York, was found dead in bed from heart disease at Arkansas City, Kan. Two hundred dollars was voted by the administration board of directors of the D. A. R. for preparation of designs for a memorial building at the Jamestown (Va.) Exposition. William G. Goodfellow, of Altoona, Pa., was sued for $50,000 for breach of promise by Miss Bertha A. Fagley, at the moment he was leading Miss May Louder to the altar at Mifflintown, Pa. Saturday, January 13. Charles Long, colored, was hanged at Trenton, N. J., for the murder of Matthew Cunningham, also colored. The Lithographers' Association, West, decided to appoint a committee to meet union employees, to consider the demand for an 8-hour day. E. H. Silven, an architect of Dallas, Tex., was arrested, charged with murder and having set fire to the Kneffley building Tuesday, in which two lives were lose. Edward and Robert Franz and their mother have been arrested in Phillipsburg, Mont., for the murder of George Reed, whose body was found in a hollow grave near the Franz ranch. Monday, January 15. Robert P. Neil, of Lancaster, Pa., was elected president of the Railroad Freight and Baggagemen of America. While Mrs. George Bender, of Traverse City, Mich., was busy in the barn her two children were burned to death in the house. Colonel Frederick D. Morse, one of the organizers of the Sons of Veterans of New Jersey, died at his home, at Elizabeth, aged 47 years. When army officers investigated his accounts, Sergeant James R. Stanley disappeared from Kanssr City, and a reward has been offered for his capture. Tuesday, January 16. Penrose A. M. McClain, former collector of internal revenue in Philadelphia, died in that city of Bright's disease. James S. Cox was killed and six others injured in a collision on the Delaware & Hudson railroad at Troy, N. Y. The United States geological survey will make an immediate survey of the Salton sink, Imperial Valley, Southern California, into which the waters of the Colorado river have been diverted, and in which a lake is rising at the rate of an inch a day. HEY PLANET SATURDAY...JANUARY 20.1906 ELECTRIFIED LAMP CHIMNEY Fun Which Can Be Had with a Straight Glass Chimney—Sparks and Fighting Cats. A very simple but beautiful experiment may be made by any bright boy with a straight lamp-chimney, the kind used with the Argand or the Welschambag gas-light. First, cut a narrow strip of tin-foll and paste it around the chimney, in the middle. Then paste a strip of the same from one end of the chimney to within about half an inch of the band in the middle. Now take a bristle brush, the kind made to clean lamp-chimneys with, and over its bristles wrap a perfectly dry silk handkerchief. Hold the chimney in your left hand so that your fingers do not touch the tin-foll anywhere, and putting the silk-covered brush into the chimney rub it briskly back and forth. This part of the experiment should be made in the dark, and if, while rubbing the chimney, you take the brush out now and then, you will see, every time you do so, a big spark of electricity jump from one piece of tin-foil to the other. In other words, the friction made by the rubbing has turned the lamp-chimney into an electrical machine. Another pretty experiment is described by the People's Home Journal, THE EXPERIMENT IN PROGRESS and may be made with this little device. Wrap a piece of iron or brass wire around the middle band of tin-fol, letting one end hang down five or six inches. To this end attach several strips of cigarette paper in a bunch. Now put the brush into the chimney at the opposite end to that used at first and rub it briskly. The electricity thus generated will go into the strips of paper, and make them stand out from each other as if they were alive and were struggling to get as far apart as possible. If the paper be cut to form two cats the result will be very amusing. These experiments are best made in perfectly dry weather, and it is well, also, to warm both chimney and handkerchief at the fire. USE FOR DEAD DOLLS. They Can, with a Little Work, Be Transformed Into a Very Life-like Plaything. Usually when your sister's dolls begin to go to pieces their life is over, and the chances are pretty good of their ending their existence on a rubbish heap. But here is a way by which you can not only prolong their life, but also impart a most lifelike motion which they may never have had—and they will be really funny when perhaps they were only stupid before. Select a small doll with a china head. Separate the head from the rest of the body and then procure a spiral spring, the top of which can be fitted around the china neck. Now procure a little two-wheeled cart, or make one like that shown in the drawing, fasten the spring firmly to the bottom of the cart and then cover it with cheesecloth. After this fasten the china head to it as shown. Now take a piece of stiff wire, loop it around the neck and carry it out at right: THE REHABILITATED DOLL. angles each side of the body, so that the ends of the wire are over each cart-wheel. Twist the ends as shown and connect each to the cart-wheels by freely-turning cranks of wood or stiff wire. But, cautions Good Literature, you must not have your wheel revolution any greater than the difference between the spring's height when compressed and extended. Weight the wagon body with lead so the wagon will move forward more steadily, and then note the result at the first revolution of the wheels and you will see the transformed doll, now full of life. Rising and squatting with each turn of the cranks. The amusement you will get will more than make up for your time and trouble in bringing the dead doll to life. Something Every Day Every day a little knowledge—one fact in a day. How small is one fact—only one. Ten years pass by. Three thousand six hundred and fifty facts are not a small thing. Every day a little self-denial. The thing that is difficult to do to-day will be an easy thing to do 360 days hence, if each day it shall have been repeated. What power of self-mastery shall he enjoy who seeks every day to practice the grace he prays for. Every day a little happiness. We live for the good of others, of our living be in any sense a true living. It is not in great deeds of kindness only that the blessing is found. In "little do you kindness." repeated every day, we find true happiness. At home, at school, on the street, at the neighbor's house, in the playground, we shall find an opportunity every day for usefulness. NEW GAME OF AUTHORS. An Interesting Version of an Old Game and an Appropriate Prize for the Same. This is a new version of the old game of authors, and will delight those who are well acquainted with books. All the questions must be answered by the name of an author. 1. A kind of linen.—Holland. 2. A name that means such flery things, one can't describe its pains and stings.—Burns. 3. A kind of bonnet.—Hood. 4. A high church official.—Pope. 5. Part of a hospital.—Ward. 6. What a host said when the meat was tough.—Chaucer. 7. Something hard to bear.—Payne. 8. A kind of bread and a preposition.—Ruskin. 9. An artisan.—Either Goldsmith or Cooper. 10. What Oliver Twist called for.—Moore. 11. A breakfast dish.—Bacon. 12. A domestic animal and a contented noise.—Cowper. 13. A dress lining.—Wigglin. 14. An obstruction to navigation.—Barr. 15. Something on a foot.—Bunyan. 16. A blossom.—Hawthorne. 17. A game and a preposition.—Tennyson. 18. An adjective.—Grand. 19. A fraction of currency and a heavy weight.—Milton. 20. Badly wounded.—Alcott. 21. What the fox dreads.—Hunt. 22. That which is more than a sandy shore.—Shelly. 23. The name of a river.—Poe. 24. The way we will look after this mental strain.—Haggard. The prize to this contest should be a framed photograph of some author. Candy boxes may be had to represent books, and could be used as favors.—adame Merril. A NEW HAND-MADE TOP. a Hummer. It does not cost much to buy a top, but why pay anything when you can while away an idle hour or so making the unique one explained below out of a baking powder can? All you need to begin with are a baking powder box and lid and a couple of pieces of any kind of wood. Cut a hoie in the side of the box an inch square, or a circular one, as your taste PARTS TO THE TOP. may dictate, as I fancy you will not be able to find much difference in round or square "music" in this case. Then make the hole in the lid and another in the bottom of the box for the spindle to come through. The bottom hole is square and the top hole round. Cut the spindle to fit, pushing it in from the bottom. After these operations, glue the lid firmly to the box, so it cannot slip off, and stick the spindle into position through the proper holes, gluing it into place by putting a little glue in each hole. The spinner (handle by which the top is spun) is a plain piece of wood with a hole at one end. After the top is thoroughly dry, explains the Chicago Inter Ocean, procure a length of string, wind the string around the projecting end of the spindle, run it through the hole (see illustration), and "let her go." You will find that your spinning baking powder top is in truth a "hummer." and the sound produced will rise to just as loud a pitch as any store purchased humming top. BOX TRAP WITH WINDOWS. Contrivance Which Any Boy Can Make That Will Capture Many Small Animals. This is for the boys to make. The old-fashioned box-trap for capturing small animals has glass window panes inserted in sides and back, says the Farm Journal. The animal thus sees through the box. and out at the animals has glass window panes inserted in sides and back, says the Farm Journal. The animal thus sees through the box, and out at the sides, and does not fear to enter, as he does not suspect a trap. Cut the openings the size of the glass to be used, and insert the glass, placing brads on both sides the glass to hold it in place. Would Seem So. Teacher—What is an engineer, Tommy? Tommy—A man that works an engine. Teacher—That's right. Now, Johnny, what is a pioneer? Joinny—A woman that works a piano. Brought It Up to Date. Little five-year-old Edith was taken to a dentist, who removed an aching tooth. That evening at prayers her mother was surprised to hear her say: "Forgive us our debts as we forgive our dentists." The Lucky Man Nocoyne—Mr. Shears, I am about to be married to Miss Lotta Mazuma. His Tailor—Indeed, sir? Congratulate late me.—Cleveland Leader. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICKMOND, VIRGINIA HIS FATHER A PATRIOT. apt. E. B. Waples Who Is One of the Few Real Sons of the Revolution Living. Capt. Edward Bassett Waples, of Onan rock, Va., 82 years old, is one of the few living sons of revolutionary fathers. He is a son of Lieut. Samuel Waples, who fought under Washington in the war for independence. Lieut. Waples was a native of the county of Accoomac and enlisted in his twenty-first year in the Ninth Virginia regiment, marched with his command to Philadelphia to join the continental army, under command of Gen. Nathaniel Greene. His regiment fought at Brandywine and Germantown. At the latter place the Ninth Virginia was cut to pieces after fierce fighting, and many were taken prisoners by the British, among them Lieut. Waples. The prisoners were carried to Philadelphia and put in an upper room. Lieut. Waples made his escape in a most daring manner. He had served an apprenticeship in Philadelphia and while there boarded with a Mrs. Jones, a true advocate of freedom's cause. Mrs. Jones, hearing of Lieut. Waples' capture, went to see him. She carried a suit of Quaker clothes and took his battle-scarred ones home to mend. The lieutenant was the object of much sport from his comrades on account of his new clothes. One day, however, Col. Cropper, a fellow prisoner, seized a Quaker hat from another prisoner, gave it to Lleut. Waples, and told him to go down and make his escape. The lieutenant, taking the colonel at his word, started downstairs. A British officer at the foot of the steps, thinking the lieutenant was a real Quaker, collared him and demanded to know his business. The officer reprimanded the sentinel for letting the man pass up to the prisoners, took the supposed Quaker to the door, gave him a kick and told him never to be seen here again. Lieut. Waples made his way to the Jones home, where he found several British officers quartered. Mrs. Jones, for fear of detection, made a servant of the lieutenant. The next morning she fixed up a market basket, put it on the arm of the soldier and escorted him out of the city on a foraging expedition. Soon finding himself clear of danger of arrest by the soldiers, Lieut. Waples made his way to Valley Forge. Lieut. Waples had a son in the war of 1812. He was a lifelong democrat and in his day one of the leaders of that party. Capt. E. B. Waples is still active. He travels for a nursery house, and rides a bicycle 20 miles in a day. He prides himself on being the only man in the United States over 80 years of age who can ride a wheel. "JOHNNIES" IN UNION ARMY Captured Artillery Kept in Charge of the Men Who Wore the Gray. "Soon after we left Atlanta on the march to the sea," said Capt. Fowler, "we captured two guns of a battery that had been taken from us a few weeks before. The whole outfit of guns and caissons, cannoneers, drivers and horses was turned over to me, and as just at that time I could not put my hands on artillerymen or drivers to take charge, I kept the captured men in their places and sent them forward under guard. For all that day Sherman's army had on the march a section of a battery manned by men in gray. "The prisoners accepted the situation cheerfully and talked jocularly about doing duty in Sherman's army. In the evening they went into camp in regulation order, and when I came up I found my own men accepting gifts the cedar canteens and other parts of the equipment of the confederates that struck their fancy. I called a halt on this and informed my men that they could buy or trade for the possessions of the prisoners, but they could not levy on them. Every confederate carried a curious little keg of cedar wood instead of a canteen and most of them were eager to trade their little kegs for our tin canteens, and most of my men were as eager to trade canteens for kegs. "For an hour or more there was lively trading, the confederate artillerymen receiving many things they wanted and my own company of horse artillery coming into possession of many curiosities. The next morning the prisoners took their places with other prisoners and I lost sight of them. We were well toward Savannah when, as I was riding by the column of men captured on the march, I was surprised by a cheer. 'This came from my detachment of confederate artillerymen, who remembered me as associated with their first and only day's service in Sherman's army.'—Chicago Inter Ocean. Fine Shooting Record The Kearsarge, now at League Island, has a record of 20 hits with a 13-inch gun in less than 20 minutes. The target was nearly a mile away. That's the kind of shooting that sank Rojestvensky's fleet. Soldier Harshly Punished For drinking a glass of beer in a railway refreshment room at Frankfort, in the presence of an officer, a German student has been court-martialled and sentenced to 15 days' imprisonment. Neval Militias The naval militias of the several states comprise 443 officers and 4,740 men. Came Often at That. Rich Aunt—You only visit me when you want money. Impeunious Nephew—well, I could not come more frequently, could I?—Tit-Bits. Willing to Change Mrs. De Fadd—The latest fashion is to have the piano built into the wall. Mr. De Fadd (wearily)—Well, that's sensible. Let's wall up ours.—N. Y Weekly. SHIP'S DECK IS RULED BY ESCAPED LIONESS. Freed in Storm, Wild Beast Driver Crew Below—Finally Cowed by Spears and Captured. New York.—A story of thrilling adventure at sea, reminiscent of the episode in Victor Hugo's "Ninety-three," in which a cannon breaks from its lashings on a ship and plunges madly over the deck in a storm, was brought into port by the freighter Fallanza the other day. The tale is one of a powerful lioness which, frightened by a storm, got loose from its cage and terrorized the whole crew until it was cornered and entangled in the meshes of a net. Eight white swans for Mrs. John Wanamaker, of Philadelphia, two ice bears, an ostrich, which died on the THE LIONESS PURSUED THE SEA MEN trip; two antelope for the Cincinnati zoo, six black swans, a zebra and the largest water buffalo ever brought to this country constituted the consignment, in charge of John Osterman, who has brought hundreds of beasts to this side. The water buffalo is for the Bronx zoo. Hagenback, the animal owner, shipped the creatures. When three days out the Pallanza was overtaken by a furious storm. The freight liner bobbed like a cork, and the cages on the upper deck, where the animals had been placed for fresh air, tugged at their lashings. The lioness showed the greatest terror. She roared every time a wave combed over, and hurled herself at the bars. A big comber finally hurtled against the cage and overturned it. The beast got out and rushed down the slippery deck, reeling and plunging as the ship ducked and rose. The seamen fled, with the animal in pursuit. She rushed at them, but, unable to keep a straight course, failed to do any harm. The men went below, while the lioness ruled the deck. Her roars rumbled above the shrieking wind. When her roars showed that she was near the stern some seasmen, with Osterman, dodged up the companionway and formed in line with long spears. They bore down on the lioness and gradually forced her into a corner. Now and then she would attempt to spring past the outstretched weapons, but the sting of the steel sent her back. A big net, such as is used in India to snare wild animals, was placed on the spears. It was then pushed over the crouching beast and, under Osterman's guidance, so twisted that the lioness became helpless. She was dragged gingerly to the cage, and once again inside her prison was bound with ropes. It is remarkable that the lioness, under the handicap of a slippery deck, was not swept overboard. After the storm susisted she lay quietly in the cage, subdued by fright, and refused to touch meat for two days. Osterman, who plainly showed the effects of his scare, said that when he has charge of animals at sea again the cages will be so protected that a cracksman couldn't open one. CHOKED BEAR TO DEATH. After Lively Chase Arizona Cattle man Kills Bruin with Lariat. Prescott, Arliz—John Bozarth, a well-known cattle man from the Camp Wood country, had a rather lively experience with a bear near Loco creek a efw days ago. While on a ride he sighted Brain and gave chase. After running him a considerable distance the bear showed fight and cut a gash in the flank of his horse about four inches in length. He threw his lariat, which landed around the neck of the bear, and had him choked to death in short order. He states that a bear is just as easily choked with a rope as a steer, especially when the bear is fat. It weighed 800 pounds and was of the silver tip variety. This is the largest bear seen in that locality for a number of years. Mr. Bozarth was unarmed and had to depend on his rope and horse entirely in the struggle. Hunters' Thrilling Experience Hurters Thrilling Experience. Reading, Pa.—Two Reading hunters had a thrilling experience on the Pennsylvania railroad bridge at Poplar Neck which is not likely they will ever forget. They were crossing on foot when suddenly they heard the approach of an express from Philadelphia. They quickly abandoned their guns, lowered themselves from the railroad ties and hung in a very perilous position for more than five minutes. The engineer, seeing them on the bridge, tried to stop his train, but was unable to do so until after it had passed over the ties from which they were suspended. But for their prompt action they would have been hurled into the river. They were assisted from their unpleasant position when the train was stopped. Setting Him at Ease Barber—Yes, sr. Close? Stranger—No, I'm not close; you'll get your tip if that's what you're driving at.—Philadelphia Press. Knew Many Places "If I hire you, do you think you will know your place?" "I guessso mum; I've known 17 of 'em in six months."—Town Topics. How to Use Almond Milk In Washing Use almond meal for washing the hands in place of soap, and the skin will not get dry and wrinkled. It is the soap that takes out all the natural oil. Make a paste of this meal and sweet almond oil to use on the hands at night, then sleep in kid gloves, clean and light colored, cutting the palms and finger tips also for ventilation. If the hands are filled with grime, rub them first with clean lard, then wash with warm (not hot) water and a good soap. Rinse several times, wash again with the almond meal and warm water, rinse and dry and rub with cold cream. How to Revive Wilted Horses How to Revive Wilted Roses. Wilted roses seemingly fit only for the rubbish heap may be completely revived and freshened as follows, says the Philadelphia Press: Put the stems of the roses in a tumbler of water and then place the tumbler and roses in a vessel of sufficient size to allow the entire bouquet to be covered; cover the vessel tightly and leave undisturbed for twenty-four hours. By that time the roses will be found all fresh and invigorating, as if just plucked from the bushes, with every petal covered with artificial dew. How to Wash Pitch Pine Pitch pine, if dirty, should be well washed with soap and water, wetting the wood as little as possible, after which polish well with a mixture of equal parts of lushseed oil and vinegar How to Rid Mahogany of Stains. Stains and spots may be taken out of mahogany with weak aqua fortis or oxalate acid and water, rubbing the part with a cork dipped in the liquid till the color is restored; then wash the wood with water, dry and polish as usual. Wednesday, January 17. Benjamin F. Meyers, a wealthy retired business man, dropped dead on the street at Wilkes-Barre, Pa. The Chicago Board of Trade, at their last annual meeting, resolved to construct an imposing new office building Three Japanese counterfeiters have been arrested at Seattle Wash., and hundreds of dollars worth of spurious $5 and $10 gold pieces captured. The body of Daniel Carney, 67 years old, who wandered from St Joseph's Home for the Aged, at Beverly, N. J., was found in the Delaware river. PRODUCE QUOTATIONS The Latest Closing Prices In the Principal Markets. PHILADELPHIA—FLOUR steady; winter extras. $3@2.35; Pennsylvania roller clear, $3.50@3.70; city mills, faxes, $4.75@4.80. RYE FLOUR firm; per barrel, $3.80. WHEAT steady; No. 2 Pennsylvania red, new, $85@85%; CORN firm; No. 2 yellow, local, 51@51%; OATS steady; No. 2 white, clipped, 27½%; lower grades, 35% CAY steady, No. 1 timothy, $15.50 for large bales. PORK steady; family, $17 BEET steady; beef hams, $23@24 BULFET Ll firm; bens, 13@14; old roosters, 13% pressed firm; choice fowls, 13c, old eggs; EGGS firm; New York and Pennsylvania, 22@24c; dozen. BUTTER steady, creamy, 31c per pound. 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It will positively remove Dandruff, Cure So of all impurities, Restore Hair on Olean Temp or Bald teard, where the roots are not dead. Prices:-25 cts. per box (local orders); 35 our city; eight boxes, $2.80 express prepaid. The Face Beautifier makes the use of powder tirely unnecessary, and is perfectly harmless. S prices; 25, 50 cts and $1 00. Money can be sent by Post Office Money Or or Express Money Order a charge of 100 extra is imposed on all out of city orders. Address all communications to MME J. V. HAWKINS, 612 N. First Street, Richmond, PHONE, 4601. Correspondence is confidential. witness of its genuine qualities. We do not desire the posting a miracle or anything unreasonable. Our prepa me compound, the ingredients of which we would not We will just here remind the public that the United acced national patent rights on our hair preparation by we are in turn responsible to the government for honeailings. We dandruff, Cure Scalp among the many bearing witness of its genuine qualities. We do not desire the correspondence of those expecting a miracle or unreasonable our preparation is a natural and pure compound, the ingredients of which we would not hesitate to put in print. We will just here remind the public that the United States Government has placed national patent rights on our hair preparation by which it is protected and we are in turn responsible to the government for honest methods and square dealings. It will positively remove Dandruff, Oure Scalp of all impurities, Restore Hair on Olean Temples or Bald Heads, where the roots are not dead. Prices:—25 cts. per box (local orders) 35 cts. out city; eight boxes, $2.80 express prepaid. The Face Beautifier makes the use of powder entirely unnecessary, and is perfectly harmless. Sale prices; 25, 50 cts. and $1.00. Money can be sent by Post Office Money Order or Express Money Order. A charge of 10cts. extra is imposed on all out of city orders. A. D. PR Funeral Director, Embalme All orders promptly filled at short notice. Halls rented for meetings and nice entertainment with all necessary conveniences. Large hire at reasonable rates and nothing but fine etc. Keeps constantly on hand fine funeral 212 East Leig D. PRICE, for, Embalmer and Liveryman. lled at shortnotice by telegraph or telephone. tags and nice entertainments. Plenty of room aveniences. Large pisnic or band wagons for and nothing but first-class carriages, buggies, on hand fine funeral supplies. East Leigh Street. A. D. PRICE, Funeral Director, Embalmer and Liveryman. All orders promptly filled at short notice by telegraph or telephone. Halls rented for meetings and nice entertainments. Plenty of room with all necessary conveniences. Large plasic or band wagons for hire at reasonable rates and nothing but first-class carriages, buggies, etc. Keeps constantly on hand fine funeral supplies. 212 East Leigh Street. Residence Next Door OPEN ALL DAY & NIGHT.—Man on Duty All Night 4 Physician's Advice on Procuring the Best Repose. During childhood and exhaustive states too much sleep is rarely possible. For those in full tide of vigor too much sleep is often distinctly hurtful, says Dr. J. Madison Taylor in the Popular Science Monthly. The action of narcotics presents none of the characteristics of normal sleep except the temporary arrest of consciousness; hence narcosis is not true sleep. The best position to assume in sleep to invite the least distance of the functions of the great organs is on the abdomen or nearly so. Many obscure forms of digestive or circulatory disorders may have been initiated in infancy through lying too long upon the back. To secure the most perfect repose the temperature of all parts should be equalized before retiring. Cold feet induce delay in securing sleep, and it is then shallow when attained. It is most unwise to overfill the stomach before retiring. This disturbs sleep almost as much as hunger, but moderate eating before sleeping is not hurtful and is often salutary. Body clothing at night should be loose, not dense, permitting the ready passage of air, never of wool next to the skin. Bedclothing should not be too close of texture, blankets being preferable to dense comfortables and not tucked in too closely. Air should be allowed to pass occasionally under the sides, at least as one turns about more or less freely. Early rising is a salutary custom, especially when the day comes early, not otherwise. More sleep is required in winter than in summer. The best sleep is had during the hours of darkness. The sleeping room should be cool, abundant air being always admitted. This should not be interpreted to mean that the room may safely remain intensely cold. Artificial air can and should be supplied along with the fresh air till the temperature of the room be at or near 50 or 55 degrees F., for some even 60 degrees F. How to Carve a Turkey. The platter should be placed on the table with the breast of the turkey in front of the left hand and the legs in front of the right hand of the carver. Plunge the carving fork deep into the meat at the joint where the breastbone is highest. Now cut off the outside second joint with leg attached by running the knife held in the left hand (fork holding turkey steady with right) from the upper joint, where the leg is pressed to the body straight around, feeling for Send all orders to A. E. H. 'Phone. 577. HOW TO SLEEP. How to Carve a Turkey. MARY BROWN Richmond. Va the socket, until the second joint and leg drop on the platter. The wing on the same side is served next by making an incision near the neck and drawing the knife over and around to the right. If the whole turkey is to be eaten at one meal, take off the leg and wing on the opposite side. For this purpose the turkey is tipped away from the carver by means of the fork. In case only a portion of the bird is to be used, cut thin slices from the left side of the breast. The knife is run from a joint below the high bone to a point just past it. Next take off the wishbone. The upper half of the careass is then separated from the lower by passing the knife through the middle, beginning at the head of the wishbone and coming out above the rump. The fork is now taken out for the first time, and the lower and upper half of the body are divided into four pieces. Second joint and drumsticks are separated, and the turkey is ready to be served. How to Cure a Cold by New Method. Consul General Guenther of Frankfort, Germany, reports a new cure for a cold. It consists of a mixture of cocaine, paranephrine and water applied on cotton to the nose. It arrests secretions and cures the cold usually by several applications. Inasmuch as a cold can lead to dangerous diseases, it is wise to prevent its protraction. In the case of children Dr. Vohsen advises mothers to cut a small rubber tube obliquely and to insert the sharpened end into the nose; then, by means of a rubber bail, blow air into the tube. Thus the secretions in one side may be blown out through the other side. This cases the children and allows them to breathe freely. One can see at a glance how valuable such knowledge is. It can be used in all kinds of cases affecting the nose and throat. How to Wash Crocheted Articles. Make a suds of warm (not hot) water and a good white soap when you wish to wash articles that are crocheted. Put in the article to be washed; squeeze (don't rub) till it looks perfectly clean; rinse it thoroughly through clean warm water until there is no soap left; squeeze the water out, but don't wring; shake gently, put in a cheesecloth bag and hang in a draft; shake often while drying. Handmade articles will retain their shape and look like new if these simple directions are carefully followed. How to Make Shoes Waterproof. To make shoes waterproof dissolve in benzine as much finely bruised white paraffin wax as it will dissolve. Put on with a soft brush. THE PENNET SATURDAY...JANUARY 20, 1906. FOR SUNDAY READING Dear boss or cross, beil birth or bier, I am a wing in fleet. Nor smile nor tear Love with the passig x of a year In a little while. A little while, A little an hour, it is joy that thou hast? I am no future, nor to thy past; I be in to say! it will only past THE HUMAN HARP. It Has Many Strings and Gives Forth Sweet Melodies as Well as Disc cordant Sounds. Kieran life might appropriately be demonstrated a harp of many strings, visible and invisible, capable of giving forsweetest melodies, or, if out of tune, discordant sounds. These strings are visible and invisible. The invisible strings are those of the senses, the ear, ear, etc., upon which the divine music can plays indirectly through the problem of our natural environment. When properly attuned, there are presented to us visions of fragrant flowers, blue skies, and landscapes of beauty; are heard the music of singing birds, laughing brook, and the voices of loving friends—in a word we live in a world sparkling with beauty and teeming with happiness. If out of tune, just the opposite is true. Now we behold a world in which leaden skies, darker days, etc., are in the majority—a world in which self-centered spirits would seem to be justified in turning "prophets of despondency and complaint," and re-cechoing the words of that New York politician, who, standing at the close of a misplaced life, has recently exclaimed: "It is not worth the while." "Having eyes they see not, and ears they hear not." The visible strings are those of memory, will, consciousness, etc., upon which the divine musician plays directly. When in tune, all about us may be seen the sunshine of lives filled with peace of mind, joy of heart, and contentment of life, who find constant delight in uttering kind words and per forming kind acts and deeds. To them the world is indeed bright, joyous and happy. Others there are (what a pity there are so many) whose experience is just the opposite of this. As they see it the world is full of selfish, grasping monsters, ready to take every advantage of their fellows. It is a case of every man's hand being against his neighbor. As a result of this experience, disappointment, unrest, inquitude of soul, are ever to the fore, indicted by expressions of disappointment, premature lines of care, and memories crowded with untoward enviru To which of these two classes do you belong? If to the latter, your harp is sadly out of tune, and your sole contribution to the world will be that which shall make for the world's improvement. Submit your harp to the divine musician, and, instead of beholding discouraging sights and scenery and hearing discordant notes you shall behold new beauties in the world about you; your soul shall be filled with the music of harmonious sound—you will be happier and the world will be richer because you have lived in it.—Rev. A. R. Lambert, in N. W. Christian Advocate. FLASHES OF LIGHT Play the Good Samaritan for God.—Van Dyke. Emergency is matched with power.—George A. Gordon. Many who glory in their titles have no title to glory.—Ram's Horn. They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.—Shakespeare. A man's knowledge of doctrine counts for nothing if he neglects duty.—Ram's Horn. The wise laborer works with a small opportunity till the Lord gives him a larger one.—Z. H. A religion that is seen nowhere except at the altar might justly be charged with false pretence. The heart should welcome God as a permanent resident, not as a transient guest.—United Presbyterian. There can be no great success in soul winning without the leadership of the pastor.—J. P. Brushingham, D. D. The best way to win the desire of your heart is to roll up your sleeves and go to work.—United Presbyterian. Evangelism is the great business of the church. The supreme honor roll should be souls rather than dollars.—J. P. Brushingham, D. D. Every man's task is his life-preserver. The conviction that his work is dear to God, and cannot be spared, defends him.—R. W. Emerson. Be feeful ever to have cheerfulness; for it becometh not a servant of God to show sadness and a troubled countenance—Francis of Assisi. To-day's labor—does it seem petty? You know more and better. You know it is duty at the post God ordained. You know it is in life which God was pleased to give. Edward Everett Hale. The strong man is he who has met temptation and has mastered it; who has seen the folly of the world and has grown away from it and whose ideal are rooted in the love of God and the good of men—United Presbyterian. THE MAJOR'S BRAVERY. Although Wounded He Did Not Give the Enemy the Satisfaction of Knowing It. "Do you remember," said the sergeant, in telling the story in the Chicago Inter Ocean, "Capt. Luchus H. Drury, of the Old Badger, or Third Wisconsin battery? Just previous to the battle of Chickamauga he was Gen. Van Cleve's chief of artillery, and when Crittenden, commanding the Twenty-first corps, ordered Gen. Van Cleve to make a reconnaissance from Gordon's Mills toward Lafayette, to feel the enemy, but not to bring on an engagement, Drury managed the artillery part of the programme. This was September 13, 1863, and we soon 'felt the enemy.' As our regiment emerged from the woods in about the center of our line a rebel battery opened on us, and we were soon flat on the ground to escape the shot and shell. "I was not satisfied with the situation and was looking for a hole or a depression in the ground, when Maj. Drury, chief of artillery, and Capt. John J. McCook, now of New York, rode past our line and proceeded quite a distance to the front. Drury was seeking a position for his artillery and Capt. McCook was to report the situation in front to corps headquarters. As they rode forward they were fired on by the rebel sharpshooters and one of the first shots struck Drury just above the belt plate and passed straight through his body to the spine. He said to McCook: 'The blanked rebels have pinked me, but don't let them have the satisfaction of knowing it.' "Capt. McCook knew that with such a wound the major could not retain consciousness long. As they were in close range of the enemy, McCook grasped Drury's sword belt with one hand to keep the major from falling off his horse, and taking the bridle rein with the other hand guided both horses into the woods for cover. McCook kept himself all the time between the major and the enemy, and by zigzagging among the trees escaped the bullets fired at him. Reaching a sheltered spot, McCook dismounted and assisted the major off his horse. The latter lost consciousness almost as soon as he was placed upon the ground, and the stretcher-bearers brought him through our line. The wound was then pronounced mortal, but the bullet was removed and the major was in the saddle again in four weeks and was in active service to the close of the war." NEVER DISCHARGED. Peculiar Circumstances Which Still Holds an Octogonarian Subject to Country's Call. Thomas Vernon, of Honey Creek township, near Kokomo, Ind., is probably the only enlisted soldier of the civil war who has never been discharged. Mr. Vernon was one of the first to enlist in his country's service, responding to the first call for 75,000 men. He was regularly mustered in with his regiment as a private and went into Camp Morton with his comrades. When the commanding officer learned that Vernon was supporting the families of seven soldiers, nearly all in destitute circumstances, he instructed the provost to send him home Vernon returned with instructions to be ready to return to the field on call. Through some error Vernon's name was dropped from the muster roll and all record of him was lost. Vernon cannot be discharged for the reason that there is no record of his enlistment. During the entire period of the war he held himself in readiness for the call to the front, but none came and he was no farther than Indianapolis. Forty-four years have passed, says the American Tribune, and Vernon is still a soldier in Uncle Sam's service, having been regularly sworn in and never mustered out. Vernon, now past 80 years old and feeble, had hoped that at some period or other the government would order his release, but is now of the opinion that he will die in the harness. SHE WILL KEEP THE FLAG. Kansas Woman Who Has Confederate Colors Captured by Her Brother in '63. Mrs. J. H. Faris, Smith Center, Kan., has a confederate flag captured by her brother, Ira B. Whitney, company B, One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Illinois, at Arkansaw Post, in January, 1863. The flag is made out of very heavy and very fine silk, and is about five feet by ten in size. It is surrounded by white silk fringe, the cord is of silk, and the tassels are composed of unbroken silk floss, or knitting silk, of many different colors. The field is of blue about three feet wide, and extending entirely across the staff end of the flag. In the center of the field is a single large white star, above which are the letter "A. J." (supposed to represent "Austin Rifles"), and below the Latin words "Semper Fidelis" (always faithful). The balance of the flag is composed of two breadths of silk, white above and pink below. The flag has several bullet holes through it, and is stained with blood in several places. Mrs. Faris had two brothers in this company, Ira B. and John Whitney, both of whom were afterward killed or mortally wounded on the field of battle. Lost Regiment During the preparatory maneuvers of the Servian infantry, at Nish, a regiment was lost for 24 hours. When it was finally sighted the men were at the bottom of a ravine dancing to music furnished by a gypsy camp. An Impression. In all this great and bustling wee Two kinds of citizens we see; The men who in office and The men who think they ought to be. -Washington Star. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA JOB DEPARTMENT EXCURSION We print Handbills, Quarter-Sheet Sheet posters, Tags, Tickets, Placards, utes, Visiting Cards, Mourning Stations WE HAVE Our Ste OF THE LATEST WE CAN PRINT A BILL AS SMALL A Three-Sheet AS LARGE AS A FRONT Our street-entrance is retired and fastidious lady being able to enter with VISION WORK Charter-Sheets, Half and Whole Placards, Society Cards, Min- ing Stationery. WE AN EL WHICH WE WILL Stock Roof LATEST STYLE BOND, FI AS SMALL AS A DODGER. Sheet Poster A FRONT DOOR. OUR PRESENT CORP OF EMPLOYE IS WITHIN EASY REACH OF tired and has no objectionable f enter without embarrassment o , 2213. EXCURSION WORK OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS We print Handbills, Quarter-Sheets, Half and Whole Sheet posters, Tags, Tickets, Placards, Society Cards, Minutes, Visiting Cards, Mourning Stationery. WE CAN PRINT A BILL AS SMALL AS A DODGER. A Three-Sheet Poster AS LARGE AS A FRONT DOOR. WE HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST OF WOOD- Our present Corp of Employees are Competent and Quick-working. Our Office is within Easy Reach of the Public, Being within Fifty Yards of Broad St. Our street-entrance is retired and has no objectionable features, the most fastidious lady being able to enter without embarrassment or annoyance. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION A LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE, 2213. and sisters. The home that Mrs. Moore lives in was bought for her and the children with money obtained by public subscriptions after the murder of her husband, and the children hold that it was given to her as long as she remained single. Now that she is married they assert the home is theirs and threaten not to allow their mother to return to it. Mrs. Moore contemplates remaining in Mason county awhile, and thinks that after her honeymoon the children will be glad to see her. BRAVE YOUNG SWISS LAD. Holds Father, Dangling Over Precipice on End of Rope for Two Hours, When Help Arrives. Paris.—President Loubet has conferred the Cross of the Legion of Honor upon a young Swiss boy, Adolph Schultz, who rescued his father from a terrible death in the Alps a few weeks ago. At break of day the father and son were stalking a chamois and arrived at a spot where they were obliged to cross a steep and slippery ice slope Schultz roped himself to his son and began to cross the slope on all fours as the noise made if steps were cut in the ice would have frightened the animal. Suddenly the father slipped and disappeared over the side of a precipice nearly 1,000 feet in depth. The boy withstood the shock and, with the aid of his ice ax, held on like grim death, although the rope was cutting his flesh. For nearly two hours the brave lad supported his father, who was dangling helpless over the precipice. In the end some shepherds heard their cries for help and rescued both from their perilous position. San Francisco, Cal.—Among the passengers who arrived here from Australia on the liner Sonoma were Capt Watts and Chief Officer Felix Stinson of the American ship Susquehanna. The ship foundered shortly after she left Nehone, in New Caledonia, on August 23 last. The crew left the ship in three boats, which were headed for the Solomon islands. Only one boat landed there, the other two having been picked up at sea by a trading schooner. There the men were treated kindly for a time, but finally had to fly for their lives from a set of cannibals who threatened their existence. They were subsequently picked up by a trading vessel and joined the rest of the crew at Sydney. Ella—Does Fred always kiss you when he leaves? Stella—Yes, and sometimes it seems as if he would never go—Town Topics. Spoke for Itself. Whipper-Snapper (meeting Miss Strongitharm in a crowd in the neighborhood of a fire)—Don't be alarmed, my dear Miss Strongitharm, there's not the slightest danger, I can assure you. Miss Strongitharm (sweetly)—Oh, I'm quite sure of that, Mr. Whipper-Snapper, or else—you wouldn't be here. It is thoroughly equipped to do all kinds of printing on short notice. We make a specialty of Society printing and work for Insurance Companies, such as Financial MOTHER SECRETLY WEDS HER DAUGHTER'S SUITOR Widow with Ten Children Marries Young Man on Anniversary of Her Husband's Murder. Lexington, Ky.—On the anniversary of the death of William Moore, who was assassinated in this city a year ago, his widow, 42 years old, and the mother of ten children, married William Kroll, 27 years old. The marriage took place at the courthouse in Maysville, the home of the bride's sister Mrs. Mary Bramble, whom she was visiting. The marriage of Mrs. Moore to Kroll, according to a statement made by Miss Mary J. Moore, 21 years old, the oldest c..., is the culmination of a courtship and romance which began TRANSFERRED HIS AFFECTION FROM THE DAUGHTER TO HER MOTHER. between the two almost immediately after the murder of her father. Mr. Kroll was at the home of Mrs. Moore the night Mr. Moore was murdered, but he was there that night to see Miss Mary, to whom he was paying attention at that time. The young woman said that as soon as she stopped going with Kroll he began paying attention to her mother, and had been doing so ever since. Mrs. Kroll's other children are Richard, 19; Florence, 18; William, 16; John, 14; Lizzie, 12; Sallie, ten; Luclen, eight; Emmett, six, and Ola, four. The household is in a state of revolt, and the indications are that when the bride of 42 and the bridegroom of 27 reach home they will receive a frosty reception. Since the burial of Mr. Moore the bridegroom had lived almost continuously at the Moore home as a boarder. When bidding her daughter goodby, Mrs. Moore told her that she and Mr. Kroll would 'probably return to Lexington as man and wife. This message was communicated by Miss Moore to the other children. Miss Mary says her oldest brother had said that if his mother married Mr. Kroll he would not live in the home with her another day. 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Why dost thou prolong Through cold nights forever Thy sad forest song? Thou hast warm rich hours, Wherein thou mayst pine Underneath the flowers, Which shall ne'er be thine. Through them sing and run, Where green branches quiver; But when day is done, Sleep, sweet summer river. THE PLANET SATURDAY...JANUARY 20. 1906 How to Avoid This Most Painful Alliement and Relieve It. Physicians have given a name to a comparatively new alliment in "flat foot" or breaking down of the arch of the instep. This trouble is supposed to be caused by so much going up and down stairs to elevated trains and jumping off cars. The small bones which unite to form the arch of the foot sink downward slowly or suddenly, as the case may be. The bones of the instep are many, and when from excessive mounting of stairs, stepping down from moving cars or other strains these bones lose their cohesive power and sink down they bring the arch under instead of on the top of the foot. The muscles of the foot have no power to lift these small bones into their place and sink with them. The pain is excruciating even for some time before the breakdown and is nearly always mistaken for rheumatism. About the best remedy for this too common trouble is to avoid it by stepping squarely on the foot and above all by having the shoes made with a decided curve under the instep and having this part of the shoe made very strong and solid. This supports the under part of the arch and sustains it. There are various contrivances for this purpose, some made of hardened rubber to place in the shoe and so formed as to support that portion of the foot, but they slip about so that they fall of their purpose. Tin instep supporters are also prescribed, and, while better than the rubber ones, they still fall far short of perfection and are apt to hurt. The rubber supporters cause the foot to perspire, the celluloid ones are hard and have no spring, while the metal ones give many causes for complaint. The very best and surest of all the plans for the alleviation of this modern complaint is to wrap a narrow bandage with surgical precision around that part of the foot as soon as it begins to feel weak or grinds along the place and aches. This cloth bandage is the best possible support and if persisted in, supplemented by high instep shoes, will cure even after the evil is done. For persons who have much climbing to do or much standing it is a wise precaution to keep the instep wrapped firmly, but not too tight. The comfort of this is great, and there is nothing to slip or fall of its mission. How to Reach a Publisher The road to publication lies all the way uphill to every new author who has not a powerful friend at court in the publisher himself or in an influential professional "reader," says the Omaha World-Herald. The statistics dealing with the number of new manuscripts, cast anually like so much grist into the hopper of every publishing house, is startling to the general reader. The percentage of accepted manuscripts is so small that the two in authorship unless exceptionally stout hearted is discouraged to doom. Descending to details, if you have something really worth writing, something that puts the strong necessity of utterance upon you, set it down in nervous pure English, revise and rewrite until you can make it no better, have the manuscript typewritten, lay it between two stiff pasteboards (rolled manuscripts are never read) and send by express to a publisher who has the reputation of bringing out good novels. In the note accompanying it inclose stamp for reply and let the note be businesslike and brief; never personal. Then be patient. How to Make Indelible Ink Indelible ink for marking linen may be easily prepared at home by putting two inches of lunar caustic in an ounce bottle and filling the bottle up with good vinegar. Be careful that the bottle is perfectly clean or the result will not be satisfactory. Cork tightly and leave in a sunny place for two days before using. In using indelible ink it will be found more satisfactory to write on the goods if the following preparation is first used: Put in a clean bottle a scant dessertspoonful of salts of tartar and a lump of gum arabie the size of a hickory nut. Fill the bottle with rain water and stand in a sunny place for a couple of days before using. To use, dip a camet's hair brush in the gum liquid and paint over a space on the linen large enough to contain the initials or name desired, then allow it to dry for at least twenty-four hours and iron before using the indelible ink. Always use a new pen and dry in the sun, if possible. CARE OF CLOTHES. How Men May Profit by Some Useful Hints. Any sensible man can take care of his clothes and save money. The point is it takes time and any amount of thought and care, which a busy man cannot spare. There is no question, though, that clothes properly attended to will wear as long again as they would otherwise and always seem fresh and new, says the Brooklyn Zagle. The first thing to remember is to brush each suit immediately upon taking it off and look thoroughly for spots. If there are any they should be cleaned off immediately, fluid being kept on hand for this purpose. A small piece of white flannel will answer well for the cleaning, and naphtha, benzine or gasoline will accomplish the desired results. Spots left for a day or so are hard to remove. Coat and waistcoat should be hung in the clothes closet on a hanger, the waistcoat under the coat. There is a divergence of opinion as to trousers. The most commonly accepted plan is to fold them and put them in a long drawer, with a piece of paper between each pair. Others say, however, that this is all wrong; that they should be carefully hung in the closet and never folded. A necessity is that suits and odd trousers be sent to a tailor's for pressing frequently, as soon as they show the faintest signs of wrinkling. There is much detail as to keeping hats looking well. Each hat should have its box and should invariably be kept in it when it is not being worn. The ordinary pasteboard hat be do quite well. Brush every hat with a soft brush before putting it on. A soft hat should be put away resting on its brim, with all the creases taken out of the crown. The stiff hat, on the other hand, when put away should not rest on the brim, but on the top of the crown. A silk hat should also stand on its crown when not in actual use, and it should never be forgotten that this type of hat before being put away should have especial care. Clean it with a soft cloth or a soft brush. Wing collars will wear much longer if they are laundered flat and bent to the proper shape by the wearer when he puts one on. Shoes only keep their shape properly when trees are kept in them. Gloves should be kept in tissue paper and when taken off must be pulled out carefully. Cravats are best kept flat in a drawer, though some experts speak in favor of hangers. How to Water Plants. Watering plants is really an art that few understand, says a writer in the New York Telegram. Many women give them little drinks every day and because the earth on top is moist think that the roots are being well provided for. But daily sprinkling is not beneficial as a rule. The watering times had better be less often and thorough than once in twenty-four hours, when only the upper soil is wet and the roots are left thirsty. I believe in the old fashioned way of immersing the plants in a bucket or big tub full of water at a temperature that will not chill and let them stay for several hours until there can be no doubt that the water has penetrated to the very bottom, where most of the roots gather. The best time to do this is in the morning, so that most of the moisture will have had time to be absorbed or drained off before the cold of the night can chill the plants. One way of washing off the leaves and at the same time watering the roots is to place the plants under a faucet and turn on a small spray. This is decidedly beneficial, for it falls on them just as rain does. Whenever it is possible put the potted plants outdoors, so they can be rained on, for a person can almost see them grow after such a wetting from nature. How to Clean Brushes C To clean brussels carpet. To clean and brighten brussels carpets take a fresh beef gall and break it into a clean pan, says a writer in Ladies' World. Pour one-half into a very clean bucket and add about three or four quarts of lukewarm water. Take a coarse cloth and, having brushed the carpet well, rub it hard with the cloth thoroughly wet with gall water. Only do a small piece at a time and have ready a dry, coarse cloth, with which rub the carpet dry. Thus proceed until the whole carpet is cleaned. A few drops of carbonate of ammonia in a little warm rain water will change discolored spots upon carpets and indeed any spots, whether produced by acids or alkalis. If one has the misfortune to have a carpet injured by whitewash this will immediately restore it. How to Make a Shoe Bag: A handy shoe bag for traveling may be made, says the Pittsburg Press, from linen or any stout material. Make two oblong bags exactly alike. To make the bags cut the linen in four pieces eighteen inches long by seven wide. Place two together and bind firmly with braid. Turn over a bem at the top three inches deep and draw up with braid. One drawingst holds the bags together. The word "Shoe" may be embroidered on each bag in double outline stitch. of cuttings made late in the autumn after the leaves are off of the plants, but preferably before cold weather comes on. Only well ripened, mature wood that has grown during the pre-ceeding summer should be selected for the purpose, all soft or immature parts being discarded. The cuttings themselves should be made six to ten inches long, and hardened. FORCING RHUBARB. A cheaply constructed cellar, tuck in favor with growers for the wholesale market, is 12x50 feet, holding between 500 and 600 plants set in beds five feet wide, on either side of a two-foot passageway, running the entire length of the building, as cut shows. In constructing the cellar the ground is excavated 2 feet four inches deep, and posts set 2 feet deep and 6 feet apart are rough boarded for the walls. The plates, 2x6 inches are spiked on top of posts; the rafters, same size, being set at a pitch sufficient to shed water, and give height to the cellar, which is 7 feet in the center and 3 feet at the sides. The roof is of boards either lapped or laid double and covered (during the forcing season) with manure to a depth of 8 inches. The entrance is at one end of the cellar through a door INTERIOR OF A RHUBARB CELLAR INTERIOR OF A RHUBARB CELLAR. leading into an entryway 6x12 feet, for the storage of fuel, etc. An inner door entirely excluding light and frost leads into the forcing room. Heat is furnished by a small box stove set about 15 feet from the entrance. The pipe is carried to a flue at the rear end of the building. Many growers having roomy house cellars utilize them for the work. The roots should be dug late in the fall and allowed to freeze through before being put in the cellar, says the Farm and Home. Each clump will occupy about one square foot of space. They are set as closely together as possible, and as they are set in position, loose earth should be at hand for filling underneath and between the clumps. In large cellars two stoves placed at given distances from either end will give best results. In a house cellar 36 x54 feet in size, no other heat than two large kerosene lamps was used. In my own house cellar 20 x 28 feet, I have been entirely successful with a two burner gasoline stove. Over one burner was placed an adjustable oven, to somewhat assist in radiation; and over the other burner a kettle of water. This arrangement answered to conserve both heat and moisture so that in a period of nearly three months the plants were watered but once. If, in preparing the cellar, due caution is observed to provide absolutely against frost, the cost of heating will amount to almost nothing. Daylight, even in small amounts, must be excluded. Admitting it while going out and in for attention to the crop will do no harm. The growing stalks will turn eagerly toward even a small ray of light, and if its steadily admitted, will cause the stalks to discolor and grow crooked, and wherever the light rests steadily the leaves will begin to grow. Artificial light unless too bright and long continued is not injurious. From three to eight weeks will be required to mature the first picking, depending on the variety, and the season will continue from three to four weeks longer. Usually 12 to 14 inches high is good height for picking; but even less height is often admissible owing to size and development. Where the product is sold by the pound regardless of height or size there is no objection to letting it remain until fully grown. APPLE TREES AND RABBITS Necessity of Protecting the Young Trees from the Gnawing of the Animals. When rabbits run in t.e. orchard, it is not safe to let young apple trees go through the winter without protection, declares the Farmers' Review. As other food becomes scarce the rabbits are almost sure to bark the young trees, especially when there is snow on the ground. I have seen various preventives recommended, and, among them, rubbing the trees with soap. I tried this last winter and lost some of my best trees—not by rabbits, but by the preventive, soap. It killed the bark and the trees gradually died during the summer. The best thing I have tried as a protection is wrapping the tree with common newspapers, folded to three or four thicknesses and tied on with twine or the ravellings of a tow sack. Expert hands can make the application very rapidly and it seems to be perfectly successful. If you could be sure of killing all the rabbits that would be another good plan. Fertilize Apple Trees It pays to fertilize apple trees. It is a great mistake to set them. in old, worn-out fields and never manure nor mulch them. Orchards that are kept highly manured bear every year, while those not fertilized bear only one crop in two years. MAKING CUTTINGS. Every Farmer Should Select and Prepare His Own Nursery Stock—How It Is Done. Few people realize how simple a matter it is to propagate one's own grape vines, currants, gooseberries and most ornamental shrubs. If the work is properly done these plants may be readily prepared by means of cuttings made last: # the autumn after the leaves are off of the plants, but preferably before cold weather comes on. Only well ripened, mature wood that has grown during the preceing summer should be selected for the purpose, all soft or immature parts being discarded. The cuttings themselves should be made six to ten inches long and the base of each should be cut squarely just below a bud, so the bud is retained at the lower end. They should be tied up in bundles of convenient size, say, 100 in a bundle, their butts, or basil ends, all one way, well shaken down, so as to stand level on a flat table. They may then, be packed in fresh, moist sawdust and be kept through the winter in a cellar or callus pit. Upon the approach of spring, as early as the soil can be worked and before the buds have begun to grow on them, says Prof. J. C. Whitten, of Missouri agricultural college, they should be planted out in good garden soil. The rows should be about four feet apart, to admit of easy cultivation, and the cuttings should be set very firmly in the soil, so as to leave no air spaces about them, and set deep enough so only the uppermost bulb is above the ground. They should then be given clean cultivation and hoed to keep down all weeds during the summer, when usually an excellent growth of plants will be secured. Currants, gooseberries, the Marianna and Golden Beauty plums, some varieties of quinces, the barberry, splera, mockorange, privet, most varieties of shrubs, willows, poplars and some other varieties of forest trees, root readily from cuttings handled in this manner. APPLE WAGON PLATFORM. Convenient Arrangement for the Wagon Which Will Facilitate Handling. The style of wagon platform that is most generally used in western New York for hauling apples is made of three planks forming a platform just wide enough for two barrels standing on end, side by side, and long enough for a load of 18 to 20 barrels (see illustration). Stakes are provided on the side for a rail about half way up on the barrels, or better, an iron about one-half by two inches, bent in the form 2, same cut. A board one by four inches rests on the bend, and is provided with a clip, 3, that will slide Fig.1. Fig.2. RIGGING FOR APPLE WAGON. over the stake iron, so the rail can be easily lifted off, and the barrels unloaded from the side of the wagon, which is often very convenient. The plank should be stiff, and bolted together with three bed pieces two by four inches. This is a very convenient platform, as it can be used for drawing crates, and for many other purposes. Another very good rack for a hilly or rough country, and one that is in quite common use in many sections, is made by taking three poles or timbers and running them lengthwise of the wagon, equal distances apart, and secured together by cross pieces. The middle pole should be raised four to six inches above the other two. The barrels are laid on the side end to end, lengthwise of the wagon, two abreast on the bottom, and another row on the top of these two, lapping one-half on each barrel. This is a very simple construction, and the spring of the poles makes it very nice for carrying the fruit. Wagon springs should always be used with either of the above forms. POINTS FOR ORCHARDISTS High, well-drained land is suitable for cherries. Do you still believe in fumigating nursery stock before planting? It does not pay a farmer to raise varieties of apples that have not been demonstrated by long usage to be good. Do not leave rubbish about the roots of trees whose bark is still smooth and tender. The rubbish is a harbor for mice. Young trees are standing in or near grass should be protected from mice by wrappers, otherwise the loss may be very heavy. Do not pile manure close around tree trunks. It makes a fine harbor for mice; later they will gnaw the bark and kill the tree. Do not set out an orchard of any kind on virgin soil. It should be tilled for some years before being given over to the use of fruit trees. We recently saw a traction engine in a peach orchard pulling out old trees. They were cut off at the crotch—a chain fastened to the top, and the engine walked off with them as a man would pull up a tomato vine! Pruning Grapevines Grape vines can be pruned any time after the leaves have fallen. Frequently no further protection is needed than to lay the vines on the ground. They should be pruned first. At the Evening Musicale At the Evening Musicale, Gladys—Don't you detest rag-time Ferdy? Ferdy—Oh, twemendously! The mere thought of wags makes me shudder. y know.—Puck. And there he composed "The Bombardment." A sour editor read, And explosively said, "Can't think what the dence the bum bard meant." —Jude. The Pattern Egg "See what I got!" cried Bobby, a city-bred boy, as he came running in from a chicken coop, holding in his hand a china egg. "Oh, go put it back!" exclaimed Mabel, his six-year-old sister. That's the egg the hen measures by." - Judge. 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SCENIC ROUTE TO THE WEST LEAVE RICHMOND-EASTBOUND 7:35 a. m.—Week days—Local to Newport News and 9:00 a. m.—Daily—Arrives Will burge 9:55 a. m., Newport News 10:30 Old Point 11:00 a. m., Norfolk 11:25 a. Special—Arrives Will burge 4:50 p. m., Newport 11:25 a. Old Point 6:00 p. m., Norfolk 11:25 a. 5:00 p. m.—Week days—Local to Old MAIN LINE—WESTBOUND. 2:30 p.m.—Daily with through Clifton Pier Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and without Clifton Pier and Pullman service for 8:15 p.m.—Week days—Local to Gondown 11:15 p.m.—Week days—Limited with Pullman service to Cincinnati Louisville, St. Louis and Chicago. AMES RIVER LINE 10:20 a. m. Dafford Road to Lynchburg Lington, New Castle, Clifton Forge and principal stations. 6:10 a. m. Dafford Road to Emmont TRAINS ARIRE RIVER LINE Norfolk and Old Point 10:00 a. m. week day 11:00 a. m. and 7:00 p. m. daily. Newport News local station. 7:00 a. m. daily. From Cincinnati and West 7:30 a. m. daily. p. m. daily. Main Line Local from Clifton. Week days 8:20 a. m. except Sunday from Clifton b. m. daily. Emmont Acco. 8:40 except Schoenfeld. C.E.DOYLE. W. O.W.AHTHEN. Genl Managor. List Pass A. H. W.FULLER. G. P.A. Norfolk and Western R. R. LEAVE RICHMOND (DAILY), BAY STREET STATION LIMITED. Arriv Norfolk 11:30 A. M. Ships only at Peet Waverley and Suffolk. 9.00 A.M., CHICAGO EXPRE Buffet For Farm Lynchburg to Lynchburg and Roanoke Pulman State University to Columbus and Bluffside to Cincinnati, also Roanoke to Koville and Knoxville to Chattanooga and Philadelphia 12.29 P.M. Roanoke Express for Farm Lynchburg and Roanoke M Ocean Shore Limited Attn Norwalk 5 Ship Stop only at Peter's Waverley and Shipwright, Connects with Stamford to Boston, providence, New York, Baltimore and Washington. #35 P. M. NEW ORLKS ANS SHORT LINE man Sleeper Richmond to Lynchburg, I burg to Roanoke: Lvnchburg to Chattar Memphis and New Orleans. Cafe Dinin Trains arrives from the west 735 a. p. m and 8:56 p. m., from Norfolk 11:10 11:32 a m. a. m. and 6:56 p. m. Office NgSS East Main Street. W. B. BEVILI. C. H. BOSLE Gen. Pass. Agt. Div. Pass. A. Effective Dec. 23rd, 1905. TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND. 7 00 a. m.-Daily. Local for Charlotte. 12 30 p. m.-Daily. Limited. Betfam Pu- lson. 13 Atlanta and Fb wingham, New Orleans Memphis and安坦苏和 all the North 8 00 p. m.-Ex. sunday. Keysville. 11 30 p. m.-Daily. Pulman town 9:20 p. m. for all the South. YORK IRLINE to ronte Baltimore and en- point points. Leave Baltimore 4:20 p. m. Daily except Sunday, commute to Baltimore for more Mondays, weddings and Fridays. 4:20 a. m. - Except Sunday. Local mix. 2:15 p. m. Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays Local for West Point. 4:20 p. m. - Except Sunday. For West Point steamers for Baltimore river landings and Wednesdays and Fridays. Steamers are at Gloucester point. Almonds and Clay Bank. CHAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND. 6:35 a.m. and 6:25 p.m. - From all the b 6:25 p.m. - From Charlotte and Durham and Raleigh. 8 a. a. m. — From Keysville. communications From West Point with Baltimore connections Sundays, Wednesday and Fridays 1 a.m. — From West Point Wednesdays and Friday. 5 20 p.m. — From West Point. S.H.HARDWICK, Pass, Traf. Mgr.'r. H. R. SPENCER, G. M W. H.TAFTOE, G.A. C. W. WESTBURY, D. P. A., Richmond Vt. R. F. & P. Richmond, Frederick, kicksburg, and Potec m Railroad Trains Leave Richmond — Northward 4:23 a.m. daily Main. Through. 6:45 a.m. daily Main. Through. 7:25 a.m. weekdays, Euba. Ankhand acco- mation. 8:40 a.m. daily Byrd St. Through! Local stops. 12:05 noon, week days. Byrd st. Through 4:00 p. m. week days. Byrd st. Fredrieks burg accommodation. 5:00 p. m. daily. Main st. Through. 5:00 p. m. week days. Elba. Ashland ac- motion. 5:00 p. m. daily. Byrd st. 8:20 p. m., daily, Byrd St. Through. Trains Arrive Richmond — Southward: 8:40 a. m., week days. Elba Ashland accom- modation. 8:20 a. m., week days, Byrd St. Frederick's burg accommodation. 8:20 a. m., week days, Byrd St. Through. 11:50 a. m., week days, Byrd St. Through local stops. 8:20 p. m., daily Main St. Through. 8:48 p. m., week days, Elba Ashland accom- modations. 7:15 p. m., daily, Byrd St. Through. 8:48 p. m., daily, Byrd St. Through. Local stops. 9:20 p. m., daily, Main St. Through. NOTE—Pullman Sleeping or Parior Cars or all above trains except train arriving Rich- land. p. m., week days and local accom- modations. Time of arrivals and departures and con- nections not guaranteed. V. p. DUKE. C. W. CULP. W. P. TAVI. Gent Man r. Asst. Gent Man. Trait Man ATLANTIC STATLINE TRAINS LEAVE PICHMOND DAILY BYRD STREET STATION EFFECTIVE SUNDAY, APRIL 16T 1.9:05 a.m. A.C.L. Express to all points 9:00 a.m. Petersburg and Norfolk. 12:10 p.m. Petersburg and N. & W. Wes. 8:00 p.m. Petersburg, 2 and Norfolk. 14:10 p.m. Goldboro local. 5:45 p.m. Petersburg, local. 7:35 p.m. "Florida and West Indian Limited To all points South. 9:50 p.m. Petersburg and N. & W. Wes. 11:30 p.m. Petersburg local. TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND—Daily 4:09 a.m. 7:12 a.m. 8:38 a.m. except 10:40 a.m. Sunday only. 11:40 a.m. 12:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:45 p.m. 8:18 p.m. C.S. CAMBELLI, Div. Pass. A.W. J. CHAIG, Gen Pass. A.P. SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY 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 16th, 1906. 9:10 a.m. - Local for Norlina, Raleigh, Hamlet and Charlotte 2:30 p.m. - SEABOARD Mail, composed of Full-bleeding cars to Atlanta, Savannah and Jacksonville. BOARD Cafe cars are also operated on this train, they are maintained at the high speed of a coaster; so large comfortable day coaches, running without change to Florida. 10:00 p.m. - SEABOARD EXPRESS8, composed of full-bleeding cars to Atlanta, Savannah, Jacksonville and SEABOARD Cafe cars, and day coaches, running to Florida without change. TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND, DAILY. 6:25 a.m. - From Florida, Atlanta and the Southwest. 4:55 p.m. - From Florida, Atlanta and the Southwest. 5:30 p.m. - From local points. For all information as to rates, supplies and connections apply to any SEA1111 Agent, or H. S. LEARD W. M. TAYLOR District Passenger Agt City Ticket Agent 808 East Main St. Richmond, Va HEY PLANET SATURDAY...JANUARY 20, 1906 Emancipation Celebration. There will be a public mass-meeting of all the clubs societies, and other organizations of Richmond and Manchester, Va., taking part in the Emancipation parade this year under the auspices of the Afro-American Emancipation Association at Price's Hall on January 30, at 8 o'clock P. M. All organizations in the city are requested to send representatives to this meeting in order that your position in line may be assigned you. The Association has engaged the Base Ball Park on West Broad St. where the public exercises will be held. The officers of the Association this year are as follows: J. C. Randolph, President, Rev R. V. Peyton, D. D., Chaplain; Rev W. T. Johnson, D. D., Master of Ceremonies; Rev Thomas A. Green, D. D.; Orator; Rev Joseph N. Meyers, Treasurer. This Association was formed and organized March 1st, 1904 for the purpose of celebrating the freedom of the African race on April 3rd, of each year, and to help the poor and needy of the aged and infirm members of the race. It has been endorsed by all the clubs and organizations of the city and state. The following ministers have given the Association their approval: Rev. R. O. Johnson pastor Moore St. Bapt. Church; Rev. W. E. Partee, First Presbyterian Church; Rev. Charles L. Somers, St. Phillips P. E. Church; Rev. L. R. Rrayser, St. John's Baptist Church; Rev. N. B. Brown, Mt. Olive Baptist Church; Rev. G. D. Pinkney, First Union Baptist Church; Rev. N. C. Booker, Henrico County, Rev. W. F. Graham, Pres. American Ben, Ins Co.; Rev. D. Webster Davis, Second Bapt. Church; Manchester; Rev. W. H. White, Mt. Carmel Bapt. Church; Rev. C. H. Phillips, Union Church; Beaver Dam, Va.; Rev. H. R. Williams, Fountain Baptist Church; Rev J. Andrew Bowler, Mt. Olivet Bapt. Church, Richmond; Rev J. H. Binford, Mt. Olivet Bapt. Church, Henrico Co.; Rev. A. H. Jackson, Spring field and Pilgrim Bapt.; Rev. A. Ferguson, Mt. Calvary Bapt. Church; Rev. George E. Johnson, Richmond, Va., and Mrs. Maggie L. Walker, I. O. St. Luke. Address all communications to the Secretary, J. Thomas Hewin, No. 603 N. 2nd. Street. Notice! —All goods at a sacrifice. All must go to make room for enlargement of store. A special sale Saturday. Come, don't stay away. TARIFF BILL PASSED Measure Affecting Philippine Trade Goes Through House. Washington, Jan. 17.—The Philippine tariff bill was passed by the house substantially as it came from the ways and means committee. The vote was 268 to 71. Rice was made subject to the same tariff as sugar and tobacco—25 per cent. of the Dingley rates—and one or two changes were made as to language. The bill admits the growth or product of the Philippine Islands into the United States free of duty except sugar, tobacco and rice, on which tariff of 25 per cent. of the Dlingler rates is levied. It provides that after April 11, 1909, there shall be absolute free trade each way between the United States and the Philippines. It also exempts Philippine goods coming to the United States from the export tax of those islands. Merchandise from either country is subjected to the internal revenue tax of the country in which merchandise is withdrawn for consumption. MERIWETHER DESIGNS Will Probably Not Be Allowed to Rest Under Sentence. Annapolis Md., Jan. 17.—Midshipman Minor. Gwether, Jr., has handed in his resignation from the naval academy. It is said that it is not likely that it will be accepted, as there are now charges pending against him, and for the further reason that he is under sentence of confinement to the academy grounds for one year on account of his connection with the fight in which Midshipman James R. Branch received fatal injuries. Time to Destroy Caterpillar Peat. Philadelphia, Jan. 16—City Forester John Lewis issued a statement calling the attention of owners of trees to the fact that this was the proper season for exterminating the caterpillar. The trees beleafless, it will be comparatively easy to destroy the nest eggs and cocoons attached to the trunks and branches of trees and on buildings and fences. The easiest method is to knock down the nests or cocoons, collect them in a vessel and destroy them by burning. Abandons Search For Copper Vershire, Vt., Jan. 17—After expending more than $1,600,000 during the past six years in purchasing and working the copper field mines, for many years the third largest in the United States, George Westinghouse, of Pittburg, has abandoned his search for copper in the Vershire mountains, and as a result the village is now practically deserted. Westinghouse's representatives declare that the copper vein is worthless. SUBSCRIBE TO THE PLANET INSTALLATION OF OVER SIX HUNDRED CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE S. Briggs, M. of W; J. H. Terrell, M. of Ex; A. L. Woolfolk, M. of F; D. J. Bradford, I. K. of R. and S.; S. T. Thornton, P; N. W. Bouldin, M. at A. MACEO LODGE, NO. 35—Samuel S. Baker, M. of W; E. W. R. Glenn, C. C.; Peter Anthony, V. C.; Nathaniel Banks, P; John S. Bell, K. of R. and S.; William H. Stokes, M. of F.; James Woodson, M. of Ex.; William Robinson, M. at A. FULTON LODGE, NO. 42—A. Booker, M. of W; Walter Hackel, C. C.; P. E. Lightner, V. C.; Charles Davis, P.; W. H. Banks, M. of F; T. A. Jones, M. of Ex; R. W Whiting, K. of R. and S.; Nathaniel Goode, M. at A; James Jackson, I. G.; Edward James, O. G. NORTH STAR LODGE, NO. 52—A. W. Dandridge, C. C.; William Ray, V. C.; James Burton, P.; James Wilder, M. of Ex.; John Allen, M. of F.; Samuel H. Walker, K. of R. and S.; John Yuman, M. at A. BEN HUR LODGE, NO. 96—George Dandridge, C. C.; William Woolfolk, V. C.; Linius Carrington, P.; Samuel J. Leftridge, M. of W.; Floyd Spencer, M. of Ex.; George Jackson, M. of F.; Walter Chiles, K. of R. and S.; Walter Lucas, I. G.; Alfred Meade, O. G.; James Fields, M. at A. AMERICAN LODGE, NO. 98—Paul Ervin, C. C.; Sidney Stanton, V. C.; C. Fauntleroy, P.; D. East, M. of W.; George M. Epps, K. of R and S.; Joseph Charity, M. of F.; D. Bowles, M. of Ex.; Granville Wallace, M. at A.; James Poindexter, I. G.; Andrew Woodson, O. G. CAPITAL LODGE, NO. 81—J. C. Baker, C. C.; A. Beverly, V. C; I. E. Jackson, M. of W.; William J. Woodson, P.; J. V. Griffin, K. of R. and S.; W. F. Denny, M. of F.; C. H. Wells, M. of Ex; Edward Smith, M. at A.; James H. Taylor, I. G; John Dabney, O. G. CHRISTIAN HOPE LODGE, NO. 43—J. T. Moore, M. of W.; W. B. Harris, C. C.; A. T. Banks, V. C.; A. V. James, M. of Ex.; H. G. Lewis, K. of R. and S.; B. T. Johnson, P.; Edward Harrison, M. at A.; Joseph Wilson, I. G.; W Bullock, O. G. UNITY LODGE, NO. 24—Robert H. Robinson, C. C.; F. H. McKenzie, V. C.; John W. Robinson, M. of F; Moses Whitlock, K. of R. and S.; Thomas Smith, M. of E.; B. C Stokes, P.; Charles Howard, I. G.; D. F. Walker, O. G.; John Sipplo, M. at A. VIRGINIA LODGE, NO. 6—John H. Anderson, C. C; M. C; Jones, V. C; E. R. Jefferson, M. of W; Henry Johnson, P.; L. M. Smith, M. of E.; R. F. Anderson, K of R and S; R. S. Nelson, M. of F; John Caster, m. at A.; W. H. Jones, I. G; Henry Moho, O. G. EXCELSIOR LODGE, NO. 29—Joseph Adams, C. C; Richard Thompson, V. C; Joseph Taylor, P; W. J. Duke, K of R and S; P. B. Ramsey, M. of F; Isaac Crump, M. of W; Landon Baskerville, M. of Ex; John T. Mann, m at A; Watt Jefferson, I. G; Edward Taylor, O. G. WHITE ROSE LODGE, NO. 87—E. P. Lee, M. of W; J. D. Pearman, C. C; Walter Brown, V. C; Lee R. Fields, P; Emmett Freeman, K. of R. and S; Edward Smith, M. of F; William H. Harrison, M. of E; Benjamin Johnson, M. at A; Oscar Gibbs, I. G; William Mason, O. G. VENUS LODGE, NO. 46—J. H. Stokes, C. C.; Benjamin Jackson, V. C.; Jesse Scruggs, P.; A. W. Parham, M. of F.; A. V. Norrell, M. of E.; Thomas H. Wyatt, K. of R and S.; Arthur Gregg, M. at A.; J. W. Prvor, M. of W. OLD DOMINION LODGE, NO 8—Eppius C. Smith, C. C.; Watson Briggs, V. C.; Joseph Lovings, P.; Joseph Edwards, M. of E.; Philip Pollard, M. of F.; Walter S. Cowans K. of R. and S.; Albert Lee, M. at A. PLANET LODGE, NO 23—Wille Hayes, C. C.; N. W. Gordon, V. C.; E. R. Giles, P.; James Anthony, M. of W.; B. H. Peyton, M. of E.; T. M. Crump, M. of F.; James Vaughan, M. at A; Edward Turner, K. of R. and S.; J. H. Taylor, I. G.; Fred, Frye, O. G. VALLEY LODGE, NO. 73—John G. Smith, C. C.; Robert L. Dandridge, V. C.; George E. Hunter, M. of W.; William T. Kelley, P.; John T. Cooper, K. of R. and S.; William R. Robinson, M. of F.; David C. Cottrell, M. of E.; Connie White, M. at A.; George Thomas, I. G.; Samuel Grey, O. G. RICHMOND LODGE, NO. 1—Robert Grey, C. C.; Lewis Bland, V. C; John Judah, P.; W. R. Green, M. of F.; John T. Allen, M. of E.; Joseph Eggleston, K. of R. and S.; Elli Miller, M. of W. Albert Thornton, O. G.; Norman Wesley, I. G. COURTS. PURE GOLD, NO. 59—Mrs. Mary E. Tomilin, Worthy Counselor; Mrs. Ellen N. Jones, Worthy Inspector; Mrs. Francis Harris, Worthy Inspectrix; Mrs. Louise Jackson, Worthy Senior Directress; Miss Hettie B. Jones, Worthy Junior Directress; Mrs. Williana Page, Worthy Orator; Mrs. Ellen Brown, Worthy Register of Accounts; Mrs. Anna Taylor, Worthy Receiver of Deposits; Mrs. Alice L. Lewis, Worthy Register of Deeds; Mrs. Hattle Giles, Worthy Escort; Mrs. Mary Baker, Worthy Conductress; Mrs. Cora Anderson, Worthy Assistant Conductress; Mrs. Mary Jane Green Worthy Herald; Mr. Preston Taylor, Worthy Protector. SYLVIA COURT— Antoinette Brown, W. C; M. Hodge, W. Inx; Eliza Johnson, S. D; Leana Williams, J. D; Harriet E. Thompson, W. O; Cora L. Mayo, R of D; Ada W. Dixon, R. of A; Maria Johnson, R. of D; Sallie Cephas, W. E; Mary E. Henderson, W. Con; Fannie P. Smith, Asst. Con; Rebecca V. Anthony, H. OLD DOMINION COURT—John Mitchell, Jr., W. C; Louisa Payne, W. Inx; Addie L. Stanton, W. O; George Bolling, W. Ins; Moselle C. Robinson, R. of D; Virginia C. Procator, R. of A; Nannie C. Johnson, R. of Dep; Amanda Hall, W. E; Sarah Lewis, Sr. D; Sarah Wilson, Jr. D; Rosa Wood, H. EXCELSIOR COURT—Lucinda THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Smith, W. C. Bertha Thompson, W. Ins. Lucy Webb, W. Inx. Maggie Valenline, O. Sarah Taylor, S. D. Lillie Ballad, J. D. Lillian L. Moore, R. of A. Maria L. Smith, R. of D. Marietta L. Chilos, R. of Dep. Florence Watkins, W. E. Lucy Deane, W. Con. Mary L. Jones, W. Asst. Con. Rosa Lightfoot, W. H. Minnie Jones, W. Protector. UNITY COURT—John W. Robin- W. Inx. E. M. Robinson, W. Ins. son, W. C. Thomas J. Blackwell, Harriet M. Burton, S. D.; Sarah Giles, J. D. Susan Williams, O. M. E. Brown, R. of D. Carrie Jennings R. of A. Matilda Hall, R. of Dep. Sarah Thompson, E. Maria Evans. Con. Mary L. Freeman, Asst. Cor. Rebecca J. Fisher, H.; Mary Wilson, P. PLANET COURT—J. W. Thompson, W. C.; Lucy Reed, W. Ins.; Emma Thompkins, W. Inx.; Sallie Fox, O.; Eliza Moore, S. D.; Lucy Smith, J. D.; Bettle M. Dobson, R. of A.; Cora B. Epps, R. of D.; Georgia Weeden, R. of Dep.; Minerva Cheatham, E.; Ella Briggs, Con.; Cherry North, Asst. Con.; Ida A-Jams, H.; Lucy Cross, P. BLOOMING LILY COURT—Florence Page, W. C.; Mollie Mitchell, W. Inx.; Margaret Patterson, W. Ins.; Viny Jackson, S. D.; Ada Carr J.; D. Sallie White, O.; Lucy T. Scott. R. of D.; Cordelia Fleming, R. of A.; Charlotte Gwathney, R. of Dep.; Rosa Barr, E.; Sarah Smith, Con.; Martha Miles, Asst. Con.; Mary Jackson, H.; Louisa Franklin, P. VIOLET COURT—Alice Christian, W. C.; Mary Lemas, W. Inx.; Mary Scott, W. Ins.; Mamie Briggs, S. D.; Lena Munford, J. D.; Fannie Williams, O.; Lillian H. Payne, R of D.; Ada Foster, R of A.; Mabel Holmes, R. of Dep.; Mamie Brown, E.; Kate Watkins, Con.; Sarab Brown, Asst. Con.; Lucy Peters, H. VIRGINIA COURT—Miss Maggie Smith, W. C.; Mrs. Nettie Hilton, W. Inx.; Mrs. Christina Roane, W. Ins.; Mrs. Alice Jones, S. D.; Mrs. Charlotte Williams, J. D.; Mrs. Malinda Holmes, O.; Mrs. Ida B. Staves, R. of D.; Mrs. Laura Williams, R. of A.; Mrs. Patsy Anderson, R. of Dep.; Mrs. Annie Bradshaw, E.; Mrs. Lucy Emmerson, Con.; Mrs. Laura Taylor, Asst. Con.; Mrs. Hattie Smith, H.; Mrs. Lucy Jones, P. RICHMOND COURT—Mrs. Idy Durgin, W. C.; Mrs. Sarah Johnson, W. Inx.; Mrs. Tiller Greene, W. Ins.; Mrs. Mary Brown, S. D.; Mrs. Mahalia Washington, J. D.; Mrs. Mary Talafero, O.; Mrs. Nennie E. Brown, R. of D.; Mrs. Mary L. Kyles, R. of A.; Mrs. Letitia Boling, R. of Dep.; Mrs. Margarette Washington, E.; Miss Mary Jackson, Con.; Mrs. Jennie Plummer, A. Con.; Mrs. Nellie Garnett, H.; Mrs. Susan Kyle, P. ROSETTA'S COURT—Mrs. Rosa Loving, W. C.; Mrs. Lucy Terrell, W. Inx.; Mrs. Lottie Wines, W. Ins.; Mrs. Annie Johnson, S. D.; Mrs. Bettle Watkins, J. D.; Mrs. Patsie Young, O.; Miss Kate Doyle, R. of D.; Mrs. Artenia Miller, R. of A.; Mrs. Mildred Johnson, R. of Dep.; Mrs. Mattie Hewin, E.; Mrs. Ellen Bullock, Con.; Mrs. Phyllis Hyde, Asst. Con.; Mrs. Fanny Croxton, H.; Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, P. CORDELIA'S COURT—Pernella Watkins, W. C.; Bertha Smithers, W. Inx.; Lucy Eps, S. D.; Mattie G. B. Johnson, R. of A.; Martha E. Willis, R. of Dep.; Mary Roane, Con.; Mary Johnson, H.; Sarah A. Steward, W. Ins.; Mary E. Allen, O.; Minnie Nash, J. D.; Catherine Carter, R. of D.; Emma J. B. Lucas, E; Lula A Willis, Asst. Con.; Emma G. Smith, P. ELIZABETH COURT—Mary E. Hooper, W. C.; Ellen Williams, W. Ins.; Mary Boshua, W. Inx.; Mary Cox, S. D.; Lucy S. Goode, O; Mary J. Augustas, R. of A.; Mary Hicks, H.; Maggle Brown, Con.; Jana Richardson, P.; George Johnson, E.; Mary Vash. JOSEPHINE COURT— Fannie James, W. I.; Crene Holmes, W. Inx; Jamima Moss, W. Ins.; Amelia Howell, S. D.; Amanda C. Lee, J. D.; Sarah Powell, O.; Martha E. Forrester, R. of D.; Josie Graham, R. of A.; Cora Shephard, R. of Dep; Lucinda Ware, E.; Maggie Goode; Con.; Ann Givins, Asst. Con.; Ann Jones, H.; Etta Funn, P. NARCISSUS COURT—Rev. A. S. Thomas, W. C.; Nellie C. Scott, W. Inx; Elvira Eubank, S. D.; Katie S. Thomas, R. of A.; Martha S. Morgan, R. of Dep.; Eliza Ready, Con.; Lavinia Lewis, H.; Willis Watt, W. Ins.; Harriet Giles, O.; Pinkey Dillard, J. D.; Lella Scott, E.; Lille Ford, Asst. Con.; Matilda Thompson, P. MILDRED'S COURT—Mrs. Lizzie Kenney, W. C.; Mrs. Martha Boyd, W. Inx.; Mrs. Nannie Gibbs, W. Ins.; Mrs. Beatrice Cousins, S. D.; Mrs Virgie V. Williams, J. D.; Mrs Belle Baker, O.; Mrs Victoria J. Hall, R. of D.; Miss Victoria R. of A.; Mrs Mollie Lettwich, R. of Dep.; Mrs. Edmonia Robinson, E.; Mrs. Sallie Davis, Con.; Mrs. Fanny Loving, Asst. Con.; Mrs. Alberta Dandridge, H.; Mrs. Florence Stokes, P; AMERICA COURT—Rosa Young W. C.; Harriet Blunt, W. Inx.; Mary Jones, W. Ins.; Fanny Prosser, S. D.; Lucy Smith, J. D.; Mary Mayo, R. of D]; Henrietta Jackson, R. of A.; Adelaide Thompson, R. of Dep; Helen Grey, Con.; Francis Mickins, Asst. Con.; Mildred Randolph, H.; Jessie Burton, P.; Sarah Allman, E. MECHANICS COURT-Julia Pleasants, W. C.; Addie Lemas, W. Inx; Roberta Scott, S. D.; Canves Fisher, J. D.; G. D. Lawrence, R. c. D.; Lula B. Thomas, R. of A.; Sallie B. Jonathan, R. of Dep.; Maria A. Wilson, O.; Mary Scott, E.; Lillie Hardy, Con.; Emma Braxton, Asst. Con; Barbara Lewis, H.; Sallie Harris, P; Marian S. Robinson, W. Ins. VENUS COURT—Mrs. Lula Dan, dridge, W. C.; Miss Josephine Williams, W. Inx; Mrs. Rosa Bowser, S. D.; Mrs. Kate White, J. D.; Mrs Lucy Fields, M.; Mrs. Florida Cobb, R. of D.; Mrs. Alice Burrell, R. of A.; Mrs. Nancy Custaid, R. of Dep.; Mrs. Henrietta Woodson, Con.; Mrs. Sallie McCray, Asst. Con.; Mrs. Hattie Shackelford, E.; Mrs. Margaret Scott, H.; Mrs. Charlotte Smith, P.; Mrs. Alice Cralle, W. Ins. VERBENA COURT—Alice Samuel, W. C.; Ellen Scott, W. Inx.; Annie M. Robinson, W. Ins.; Mary J. Allen, S. D.; Eile Coleman, J. D.; Sallio Harris, O.; Rebecca Trent. R. of D.; Aleas Frayser, R. of A.; Sarah Robinson, E.; Lucy A. Mickens, Con.; Annie Johnson, Asst. Con.; Emma Allen, H.; Louisa Burke, P; SILVER STAR COURT—Eveline Jones, W. C.; Bessie Johnson, W. Inx.; Dora Dixon, W. Inas; Annie Banks, J. D.; Clarkle Neal, O.; Mary Pittman, R. of D.; Mollie Talafero, R. of A.; Dorah Daniel, S. D; Marla Deane, R. of Dep.; Jennie Smith, E.; George Winston, Con.; Mary Johnson, Asst. Con.; Emma Breedlove, H.; Frances Jackson, P. IVY LEAF COURT—Brother W. I. Johnson, W. C.; Sisters Lucy Toney, W. Inx.; Mamie Price, W. Ins.; Barbara Chorea, S. D.; Annie Chamberlin, J. D.; Laura Washington, O.; Mamie Mason, R. of D.; Anna Page, R. of A.; Mary Adams, R. of Dep.; Kate Pool, E.; Fannie Page, Con.; Fannie Graman, Asst. Con.; Ella Payne, H.; Charlotte Cooley, P. OLIYETTE COURT—Bro. Daniel Washington, W. C.; Sisters Mary Watson, W. Inx.; Martha Thompson, W. Ins.; Martha A. Wood, S. D.; Enola V. Hurley, J. D.; Martha F. Taylor, O.; H. Belle Fitzhugh, R. of D.; Bessie Ballard, R. of A.; Alice Burrell, E.; Maria Kenney, C.; Julia Robinson, H.; Carrie Dugginfield, Con.; Ethel Carter, Asst. Con. RISING MT. ZIION—Julia Lee, W. C.; Nasa B. Williams, W. Inx.; Florence Poindexter, S. D.; Pinkle A. Jones, R. of A.; Marry Jefferson, R. of D.; Ella Buckel, Con.; Maggie Fells, H.; Fannie Bolling, W. Ins.; Susan Burrell, O.; Louisa Clalborne, J. D.; Carry B. Jones, E.; Alice Gillam, Asst. Con.; Mary Mc Bride, P.; Robert D. Brown, R. of Deeds SARAH'S COURT—Albuna M. Steward, W. C.; Josephine Jackson, W. Inx.; Isaleen L. Spurlock, S. D.; Lucy Lewis Stokes, R. of A.; Lucy Epps, R. of Dep.; Lizzie Brinkley, Con.; Mary E. Allen, Ins.; M. Alice Johnson, O.; Martha Lewis, J. D.; Marlon W. Steward, R. of D.; Emily Wray, E.; Lou Dabney, Asst. Con.; Mary Banks Ellis, P.; Lavinia Norman, H. WEST END COURT—Ola Carter, W. C.; Lillie Woolderidge, W. Inx.; Kate Crittenden, W. Ins.; Lucy Conway, S. D.; Mary Conway, J. D.; Mary Crawford, O.; Pearl Seldon, R. of D; Charity Coleman, R. of A; Caroline Jones, R. of Dep.; Lucy Ann Dabney, E.; Sallie Anderson, Con.; Betsey Jasper, Asst. Con; Francis Cosby, H.; Laura Lewis, P. ANNA'S EUREKA COURT—Mrs. Catherine Wole, W. C.; Mrs. Kate Jeter, W. Inx.; Mrs. Mille Johnson, W. Inxs.; Mrs. Sarah Jackson, S. D.; Mrs. Susan Jackson, J. D.; Mrs. Lucy S. Randall, O.; Miss L. E. Christian, R. of D.; Mrs. R. E. Wesley, R. of A.; Mrs. Mary Moore, R. of Dep.; Mrs. Queen Stowell, E; Mary Harris, Con.; Mary Tucker, Asst. Con.; Clara Robinson, H.; Clara Thomas, P. JULIA'S COURT—Laura E. Parham, W. C.; Hannah Timberlake, W. Inxs.; Pinkey Taylor, S. D.; Mildred Cross, R. of A.; Eliza Green, R. of Dep.; Elizabeth Robinson, Con Elizabeth Howell, H.; Catherine Strother, W. Inxs.; Julia Fauntleroy, O.; Winnie Harris, J. D.; Clara G. Pervall, R. of D.; Polly Landum, E; Josephine Robinson, Asst. Con.; Annette Brown P. SYLVESTER COURT—Rosa B. Green, W. C.; Bettle Young, W. Inx; Adlene Wells, W. Ins.; Carrie Gilliam, S. D.; Rosa White, J. D.; Josephine Cooper, O.; Mary L. John son, R. of D.; Rebecca Griffin, R. of A.; Mary S. Robinson, R. of Dep.; Josephine Smith, E.; Ruth Stokes, Con.; Bettle Watkins, Asst. Con.; Abram Booker, H.; William A. Robinson, P. VALLEY COURT—John G. Smith W. C.; Louisa R. Allen W. Ins.; Mamie Christian, S. D.; Lena Smith J. D.; Hannah Brockenborough, O.; Rebecca Cristman, W. Inx; Lucinda Timberlake, R. of D.; Madeline Harris, R. of A.; Virginia Smith, R. of Dep.; Millie Crittenden, E.; Susie Thomas, Con.; Annie M. Binford, Asst. Con.; Eliza Brisby, H.; Fannie Daniel, P. HELIOTROPE COURT—Patsie Price, W. C.; Ada Lewis, W. Inx.; Mary Fauntleroy, W. Ins.; Pearl Jones, S. D.; Mary Brown; J. D.; Viola Grey, O.; Lillian Morton, R. of D.; Annie Smith, R. of A.; Kate Wyatt, R. of Dep.; Elsie Robinson, E.; Mattie Lawson, Con.; Olivia Forrester, Asst. Con.; Mary Fields, H.; Mattie Curry, P. GOLDEN LINK COURT, NO. 223 Sarah Edwards, W. C.; Alberta James, W. Inx.; Octavia Allen, W. Ins.; Mattie Freeman, O.; Cornelia Taylor, R. of D.; Pollie Wilson, R. of Dep.; Fannie W. Nash, E.; Cecilia Smith, Con.; Catherine Davis, S. D.; Lucy Hawkins, J. D.; Bettie Allen, P. UNION COURT, NO. 100—W. Henry Jones, W. C.; Mrs. Maria Robinson, W. Inx.; Mrs. Elizabeth Henderson, W. Ins.; Mrs. Emeline Johnson, S. D.; Miss Mary Smith, J. D.; Mrs. Gracie Crawford, O.; Mrs. Pinkie Taylor, R. of D.; Mrs. Phyllia Brown, R. of Dep.; Mrs. Elia Norris, E.; Mrs. Rosa Henderson, Con.; Mrs. Henrietta Mankins, Asst. Con.; Mrs. Mary S. Powell, H.; Mrs Maria Turner, P. NORTH STAR COURT—Mrs. Eliza Lee, W. C.; Mrs. Mary Harvey, W. Inx.; Mrs. Ida Brown, S. D.; Mrs. Dugger, J. D.; Mrs. Mary Cheatham, O.; Miss Irma Brown, R. of D.; Miss Lizzie Robinson, R. of A.; Mrs. Pinkie Newton, R. of Dep.; Mrs. Fannie Carpenter, E.; Mr. O. M. Steward, Asst. Con.; Mrs. Christina Coy, H. and P. MACEO COURT, NO. 222—S. S. Baker, W. C.; Birdie Clayton, W. Inx.; H. L. Jones, W. Ins.; Hannah Foster, S. D.; Sarah Washington, J. D.; Clara Blunt, O.; Jennie Lewis, R. of D.; H. L. Richardson, R. of A.; Gertrude Toliver, R. of Dep.; Francis Washington, E.; Evelina Scott, Con.; Susie A. Brown, Asst. Con.; Mollie Johnson, H.; Ella Clarke, P. ROYAL COURT—Mrs. M. J. Foster, W. C.; Mrs. Octavia Fauntleroy, W. Inx.; Miss M. J. Boyd, W. Ins.; Mrs. Dora Y. Hughes, S. D.; Mrs. Mary J. Reid, J. D.; Miss Emily D. Boyd, R. of D.; Miss Mattie C. West, R. of A.; Mrs. Anna Mosby, R. of Dep.; Mrs. Julia Coleman, O.; Mrs. Mary Lucas, Con.; Mrs. Fannie Broadaus, Asst. Con.; Mrs. Emma Christian, E.; Mrs. Mollie Williams, H.; Mrs. Pollie Graves, P. WANTED—Position in drug store as clerk; graduate in Pharmacy. For particulare address, J. E. GKEEN, 604 N. Market St., Staunton, Va. Do You Know Them? I desire to know the whereabouts of some of my people. My mother's mother was named Jane Shackelford and her father, William Ross. 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PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE Several Reform Bills Introduced at Extra Session. UNIFORM PRIMARIES PUT IN Harrisburg, Pa., Jan. 16.—The first day's session of the Pennsylvania legislature, called for the consideration of the reform legislation advocated by Governor Pennypacker, were confined to the usual preliminaries. The governor's message was read in both houses. Speaker Henry F. Walton stated at the close of the session of the house that he would be ready to announce his committees when that body reassembles for the consideration of general business. The speaker, under a resolution adopted, will appoint 10 committees, as follows: Appropriations, senatorial apportionment, representative apportionment, municipal corporations, judiciary general, banks, elections, accounts, compare bills and counties and townships. There will be 30 members on the appropriations committee and 25 on each of the other committees. No important changes will be made in the senate committees. Bills for the repeal of the Philadelphia "ripper," limiting the authority of the mayor over the departments of public works and public safety, were introduced in the senate by Mr. Scott, of Philadelphia, and in the house by Mr. Crout, of Philadelphia, both of which gentlemen introduced the original bills at the regular session last winter. Mr. White, of Beaver, in the senate, introduced a uniform primary election bill to carry out the governor's idea in his call. The White bill provides for the holding of uniform primaries by the Republican and Democratic parties on the second Tuesdays of January and June of each year. The primaries are to be held at the usual polling places, between the hours of 7 a. m. and 7 p. m., under the direction of the officers in charge of the general election. Bills fixing the salaries of the secretary of the commonwealth at $10,000 and the insurance commissioners at $8000, and abolishing the fees of the office, which are now retained by these officials for their own personal use, were introduced by Mr. Pusey, of Delaware, in the house. Both parties show a disposition to make an effort to push through the special legislative program within 50 days. If there is any conflict at all it will most likely be over senatorial and legislative apportionment. Governor Pennypacker has prepared a senatorial apportionment bill which Mr. Roberts, of Montgomery, will introduce in the senate. A caucus of Democratic senators and represensatives was held last evening, at which it was decided to present bills to cover certain legislation proposed by the governor in his proclamation. Indicted For Blackmailing. Richmond, Va., Jan. 17.—The grand jury at Charlottesville returned true bills against F. C. Duncan, Henry C. Michele and John S. 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