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THE RICHMOND PLANET GREAT MASS MEETING IN WASHINGTON, D. C. The Beginning of a Great Movement of Agitation is at Hand. SUFFRAGE CONDITIONS IN THE SOUTH—WM. LLOYD GARRISON PRINCIPAL SPEAKER—THE RACE, THROUGH ITS LEADING MEN, DEMANDS THAT CONSTITUTION BE ENFORCED. VOL. XXIII NO 14. GREAT M IN WAR The Beginn ment of A SUFFRAGE CONDITIONS PAL SPEAKER—THE MANDS T One of the largest and most re presentative audiences that ever assembled at the Nation's Capitol gath ered at the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church on Friday night of last week to consider suffrage conditions in the South. The meeting was under the auspices of one hundred leading colored citizens of the United States with the Sons of Allen and in cooperation with the Constitution League. In opening the meeting the presiding officer, Prof William H. Richards, scholar and orator, said, "We have met together to remind the members of Congress of the oath they subscribed to, and to urge that the amendments of the Constitution be enforced if such enforcement requires all the guns in our army and navy." This introduction elicited prolonged applause. THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED. Then followed the opening hymn by the Metropolitan choir, and the invocation by Rev. Oscar J. W. Scott, after which former Congressman White of North Carolina read the resolutions which were unanimously adopted by the meeting. The resolutions were as follows: This meeting of citizens of the United States, held at the National Capitol, urgently calls attention to the nullification of the Federal Constitution and to the growing disregard of law in certain States of the Union which, if unchecked, will sap the foundations of this government. Contempt for constituted authority is the most fatal heritage that can be transmitted to the rising generation. The assumption by one of the rights of another is not only contrary to the principles and spirit of democracy but is dangerous to the welf of all. Yet American citizens are being deprived of their rights under the law, and an arrogant oligarchy usurps the power of the whole people. These facts are within the knowledge of all and are undisputed and indisputable. The continuance of this state of things seriously threatens the perpetuity of our free institutions. The spirit of American institutions is the equality of all men in civil and political relations. Under this government Privilege gives place to Rights, the ballot is the symbol of sovereignty and equality and where the ballot is withheld Rights are invaded and Privilege is erected in their place. It is the plain duty of every patriotic American, therefore, to insist upon the rigid enforcement of every provision of the fundamental law of the land. We demand for all American citizens, in every State of the Union, a free ballot and equal treatment under the law. Since none is exempted from the responsibilities of citizenship none should be denied its Rights. Therefore we be lieve in manhood suffrage, except in case of disabilities arising from crime, insanity, or pauperism. We believe in the purity of the ballot and that this is to be secured not by reducing the number of voters, but by removing from the voter those temptations which induce him to prostitute his ballot, namely; by the enactment of laws securing the privacy of the voter while preparing the ballot; of laws against bribery, and of laws requiring the publicity of contributions for campaign purposes and prescribing the objects for which they may be spent. We believe in national aid to education in those states where by reason of economic conditions public school facilities are not provided for all the people or where, by reason of hostile sentiment, a part of the people are denied public school facilities. We demand that the majority party in the 59th Congress shall redeem the pledge made in its National Platform of 1904, and which was endorsed by the American people at the succeeding election, to wit: We favor such Congressional action as shall determine whether by special discriminations the elective franchise in any State has been unconstitutionally limited, and, if such is the case, we demand that representation in Congress and in the elector al colleges shall be proportionally reduced as directed by the Constitution of the United States. GEO. H. WHITE, Chair. H. J. PINKETT, Seet'y. A. H. GRIMKE. L. M. KERSHAW. Mr. A. S. Gray, Secretary of the meeting, then read the letters of regret. One from W. E. B. DuBois of Atlanta University. It was as follows: PROF. DUBOIS' LETTER Atlanta University. Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 19, '06. Dear Prof. Richards: The Georgia Equal Rights Convention, consisting of 200 delegates from every congressional district in Georgia has just made this unanimous declaration: "We have saved something from our poverty and to-day pay taxes on more than 18 million dollars worth of property. Is it fair that the possessors of this property should have no voice in its government and taxation? Taxation without representation is tyranny. "We do not deny that some of us are not yet fit for the ballot but we do affirm that the majority of us are fit—fit by our growing intelligence, our ownership of property and our conservative, law-abiding tendencies;—and in any case certainly disfranchisement and oppression will not increase our fitness, nor will they settle the race problem. The right to vote is in itself an education, and if Georgia had taken as much time and trouble to fit us for political responsibility as she has denying us our rights, she would have a safer and saner electorate than that which is to-day swaying her by appeals to her worst passions Voteless workingmen are slaves; without the defense of the ballot we stand naked to our enemies, the helpless victim of jealousy and hate subjected to, and humiliated by an unreasoning caste spirit, which grows by what it feeds upon. If we are good enough to be represented by five Georgia congressmen in the councils of the nation, we are surely good enough to choose those representatives; and if we are not good enough to be represented at least, as human beings, we are too good to be misrepresented by our enemies. We ask of this nation therefore the enforcement of the 14th and 15th amendments." Thus the wave of protest has commenced in the South and it will roll from Georgia to Texas if the spirit of the Niagara Movement succeeds in inspiring these black millions. Success to your meeting. Sincerely yours, W.E.B.DUROIS MR. CHESTNUTT'S REGRETS A letter was then read from Chas W. Chestnut of Cleveland, Ohio. It is as follows: Cleveland, O., Feb. 21, '06. My dear Prof. Richards: I am sorry I cannot be present at the Suffrage Meeting. Were I there I could only say, as I shall ask you to say for me, that a disfranchised people is not a free people; the colored people of the United States, therefore are not free. A people, part of whom are disfranchised, is not free; the American people, therefore, are not free. While the trend of political progress in every other civilized country of the world, has been, for the recent pass, toward the extension of the suffrage, the United States alone has gone backward. Seeking to this franchise the Negro, the white people of the South have disfranchised vast numbers of themselves. I believe in manhood suffrage. Whoever by his labor, however humble, contributes to the wealth and revenue of the country—and that is every man who labors—should somehow have a voice in his own government. No man is fit to make laws for others without consulting them. Any limitation of the suffrage, however fair and specious in the ab- RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY MARCH 10, 1906. stract, which operates to deprive a great part of the population of a state or the nation of all direct representation in any law-making or law-administering body, and thereby leaves them without power to check in any degree the acts of those who make and administer the laws, is unjust and undemocratic; I wish I could say it is un-American. And when by the operation of such a system, the representation based on the number of the excluded class is openly, avowedly and shamelessly used by the usurping class to humiliate, degrade and further injure those whom they have robbed, a situation is created which calls for emphatic protest and ceaseless agitation until the wrong is righted. The Fifteenth Amendment, which declares that "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of race or color" should be enforced both in spirit and in the letter. If it be held by the Courts that the disfranchising constitutions of the South do not violate it, then the punitive clause of the Fourteenth Amendment should be enforced, and Southern representation reduced in proportion to the number of those disfranchised. There will then be fewer Negro-haters and Negro-halters in Congress, to seek spectacular notoriety by abuse of their own constituents, and to trade their votes, in commercial legislation, for permission to maintain in their own States unlawful and unconstitutional forms of government. The right of suffrage is fundamental to liberty. The poor and the unlettered need it even more than the rich and the learned, for these can in a measure take care of themselves without it. It is the plain man's only bulwark against oppression. He is not free without it; and if he be a black man, without it he cannot, as Dr. DuBois has well said, even earn a decent living in the land of his birth; he cannot get justice in the courts; and the traditional scorn of his color is intensified by the contempt which is felt for those who cannot defend themselves. The only hope for the future of the Negro of the South lies in the recovery of this right of which he has been deprived. To this end, those of us who love liberty should never cease to act, to agitate, and to seek by protest and by argument, by every means at our command, the sympathy and support, for those thus wronged of the great army of American people who in their heart of hearts believe in the principles of democracy as embodied in the Declaration of Independence and the amended Constitution of the United States. The Negro is not without friends; they are not dead, but only sleeping Their rights and their liberties are bound up with the Negro's. Without their aid we can do little. Together we can win our cause, which is not only the cause of the Negro, but the cause of humanity. Sincerely yours. Rev. George Wj. Lee then addressed the meeting and created the audience to that profound philosophy off which he alone is capable. The next speaker was former representative Mahany of Buffalo, N. Y., and late minister to Equador, who appeared as substitute for Hon. John E. Milholland of New York. Mr. Mahany discussed the question from the standpoint of a lawyer and statesman, creating a profound impression. Mr. J. Max Barber, Editor of the Voice of the Negro, from Georgia, described conditions in the South, and in a speech almost unsurpassed for grasp and learning, captivated his audience, and reminded the nation "that taxation without representation is tyranny." He saw but one escape, and that must come through the enforcement of the Constitution with all its Ameniments. He declared, "the fight is on, and that it will be pushed from this on against the traducers of our rights and our liberties. Mr. A. B. Humphrey, Secretary of the Constitution League, gave an outline of its work, adding, "the League will make no covenant with death nor hell, yet we will be heard." M. K. GARRISON RECEIVES OVA TION. Mr. William Lloyd Garrison received the ovation of his life when he arose to speak. He said in part: "The political rights of the Negro in the South are practically denied by force and fraud and by subservient rulings of the Supreme Court. The colored people cannot be too alert too zealous to retain the guarantee of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to determine that the ballot, the best safeguard of the citizen, shall never be withdrawn. The assertion is false that Negro Suffrage is a failure. It never had a fair trial. While a free ballot is denied in the South, race differences will never heal. "It is a monstrous assurpation to base state representations on stifled minorities. "In forty years the moral tone of the North has distinctly lowered. Material developments have turned public attention from questions of right to those of wealth. The South alone, in the clutch of economic forces, is bewildered and perplexed. "Do not consider that this cause is the Negro's only. Why, the struggle of the poor whites, fellow victims of the blacks under slavery, is his struggle also. The day has dawned for them to rise. And other fellow sufferers are to be seen in the mill and mine and slum, helpless while the few govern the many and congesting wealth makes expanding poverty." Dr. William A. Sinclair, Author of the "Aftermath of Slavery" made an able argument for the reduction of Southern representation. Other speakers were Congressman Bennett of New York and Cushman of Washington, Dr. Reyburn and Kelley Miller. Music was rendered by the Metropolitan Church choir, the Amphion Glee Club and a solo was rendered by Miss Lola Johnson. WANTED—A woman to take charge of a kitchen and cook only. Apply. Will Come Again. Clarkesville, Indian Territory, February 14th, 1906. Mr. John Mitchell, Jr., Richmond, Va., Dear sir: Enclosed find postal order for ($1.50) one dollar and fifty cents for which please receipt me for the Richmond PLANET. I'll come again in a short while with another like remittance. Just let the PLANET come ahead, the bold defender of the race —Mr. James H. Coleman, of 238 Gill St., Petersburg, Va., has been indisposed the past week. Returns Thanks. Richmond, Va., Mch, 6, '06. The Sharon Baptist Church kindly thanks Mrs. Edmona Delaney of Astoria L. I., New York City, for a contribution of $12.00 twelve dollars, which greatly helps us on our Church debt. A. S. THOMAS, Pastor. Emancipation Notes The Afro-American Emancipation Association desires to announce to the public that there will be no two parades on April 3rd as some have made the impression. All organizations marching in the street on that day will be under the banner of the Afro-American Emancipation Association. A special feature of the parade this year will be a large number of our business men in line with their floats. We want the business of the race represented this year. At the grounds there will be a choir of 500 voices to sing patriotic airs. There will be visitors from far and near and addresses will be made by many distinguished speakers. The School Board has granted holiday to all schools in the city on that day. All organizations desiring to take part will communicate with the Sec retary, J. Thomas Hewin, 603 N. Second Street. J. C. RANDOLPH, President Afro-American Emancipation Association. FAILED TO MEET THEM. The Sunday School Conventions Still Apart—An Account of the Trouble—A Peculiar Situation. From reports going the rounds of city gossip there seems to be some misunderstanding among our Sunday School workers of Richmond and vicinity. For several years there have been two Sunday School Unions among the colored Baptists in Richmond, the origin of which date back to the establishment of the Negro Baptist publishing house at Nashville Tenn, and the division of the Baptist forces in this State in 1899. For it will be remembered that there was not only a hot discussion as to the school in Lynchburg but also in relation to the use of Sunday School literature published by the National Baptist-publishing house. THE CAUSE OF THE DIVISION Two Sunday School State Conventions came into existence, the one using literature published by the white Baptists of the North, the other sticking by and fostering the Negro enterprise. A second Sunday School union was organized in Richmond because schools which used Negro literature, as they say, were discriminated against; therefore with Prof. B. H. Peyton as President, the new Union has gone along doing good work for the last several years. THE EFFORT MADE Recently however, an effort was made to bring the two Unions together; the following committee having been appointed to that end: Nelson Williams, Jr., R. H. Thurston, S. W. Turner, W. P. Epps from the Richmond Union, and W. H. Holmes; and J. Henry Crutchfield, M. L. Crittendon, W. H. Jones, J. H. Stephens and R. H. Fauntleroy from the National Baptist Union. The agreements were; First, that the two unions be consolidated under the name of the "Consolidated Richmond Sunday School Union." Second, that each school should be free in the purchase of its literature. Third, that the Virginia Seminary and College be placed on all its literature for educational donations. Fourth, that in the selection of delegates to the Conventions, due consideration be given the Baptist State Sunday School Convention of Virginia. It seems however that for some reason the officials of the old Sunday School Union demurred and wanted the new Sunday School Union to humiliate themselves and come in the old union as new members. This they refused to do and the National Baptist Sunday School Union will proceed as usual being supported by such men as Drs. W. F. Graham, A. E. Edwards, W. R. Ashburne, D. W. Davis and others THE NATIONAL UNION'S CLAIM The National Union in supporting the Negro publishing house claim that they help the race and denomination by stimulating literary writers, fostering missionary schemes and keeping some seventy thousand dollars per year in the hands of the Negro Baptists of the South. The publishing house at Nashville has now a plant worth $300,000, employs over two hundred young people as book-makers, binders, printers, clerks, type-setters and the rest, besides a host of missionaries on the field. CANNOT UNDERSTAND THEM The promoters of the National Baptist Sunday School Union do not understand how Richmond can be such great headquarters for distinctive Negro enterprises and at the same time take a pronounced stand in opposition to the greatest publishing house produced, owned and controlled by the Negroes in the whole round world. They cannot understand how men in prominent positions of organizations, National in their territory, dependent upon Negro support throughout the entire country, can bitterly oppose Negro Institutions like the Virginia Seminary and the National Baptist publishing house. Do You Know Them? I desire to know the whereabouts of some of my people. My uncle was named Henry Payne and for a number of years was a hackman. He lived at Richmond, Va. I had four sisters but only two were at home when I left, Alice and Henrietta. The other two were named Millie and Nancy. Any information will be gladly received by MRS. CORAH PAYNE REED, 8 Main Street. Everett. Mass. HONOR PUPILS--BAKER SCHOOL 7B GRADE—Bertha Campbell, Hermione Jackson, Gussie Forrester, Cassie Nelson, Virginia Tomilin, Mabel West, Jeanette West, Bernetta Young. 7A GRADE—Bennie Bass, Willie Kyles, Spotwood Robinson, Esther James, Carlotta Kersey, Louise Robinson, Annie Brown. 6B GRADE—Maggie Farrar, Mary Johnson, Sallie Gayles, Marie Brown, Zipporah Yearman. 6A GRADE—Minnie Brown, Hortense Grey, Frank Cephas, Ira Deane, Rosa Scott. Mabel Lipscomb, Goldie Lee, Bessie Hodge. 6B GRADE—Arthur Jernigan, Annie Bowles, Ella Goodman, Lotte Lewis, Marion Miles, Ethel Minor, Irene Pollard, Mamie Robinson, Florence Taylor, Beatrice Eldridge. 4B GRADE—Helen West, Ethel Branch, Joseph Brown. 4A—Daniel Davis, Hugh Fountain, Blackwell Johnson, William Jackson, Norval Jones, Robert Lewis, Sadie Wilson, Julia Bolling, Bertha Crawford, Pauline West. 3B GRADE—Gertrude Chambers Vivian Lemus, Martha Chiles, Charles Brown, Fannie Gaston, Etel Robinson, Rosa Robinson, Bessie Anderson, Alice Jenkins, Royal Hamilton, Annie Haskins, Benjamin Holmes, Estelle Green, Christopher Jackson. 3A GRADE—Leonard Barcroft, Willie Johnson, Horace Scott, Henry Smith, Leroy Wyche, Lucie Payne, Helena Tomlin, Ethel Lemas Rosa Meade, Lessie Simms, Ruth Thompson, Ruth Holeman, Lizzie King. 2B GRADE—Thomas Barrett, James Chiles, James Pearson, Willie Reed, Ruth Catlett, Pauline Clarke, Zenobia Gilpin, Beatrice Harris, Alma Hope, Ella Morris, Henrietta Mason, Marie Trent. 2A GRADE—Adelaide Bridges, Hattie Carter, Estelle Goodman, Mamie Hall, Ida Johnson, Beulan Johnson, Regina Jonathan, Bertha Wells, Daniel Clarke, Aubrey Chambers, Samuel Harris, Wilmer Jones, Timothy Morton, Moses Tolliver. Sacred Concert. To be given by Hyacinth Art and Literary Circle at Leigh St. M. E. Church for benefit of the above named Church Sunday, March 11th, at 3:30 o'clock P. M. Address by Patsie K. Anderson. Public is invited. Rev. Edwards to Preach. Rev. A. E. Edwards, pastor of Fifth Street Baptist Church will preach at Mt. Tabor Bapt. Church, March 11th, 1906 at 3:30 P. M. THE SIXTH VA. LEADS Twenty-Two Associations, Organiza- tions, Clubs, etc. enrolled. The following is a list of associations organizations, clubs, etc. enrolled under the Sixth Virginia Emancipation Association banner and have paid the initiation fee: First Battalion Association, United Spanish War Veterans, Drivers Association, No. 1; Excelsior Silver Star Club, No. 1 (Manchester); Mesiah Association; Mechanic Star Association, No. 6; Mechanic Star, No. 4; Lincoln Club; Old Boys' Riding Club, No. 1; Young Bloom of Friendship; Young Men's Love and Union, No. 1 (Manchester); United Sons of Love, (Manchester); Union Band, (Manchester); Dew Drops of the Lily of Fulton; Christian Helpers, Young Bloom of Youth; Independent Sons and Daughters of Israel; Richmond Riding Club, No. 1; Lily of the Valley; Juvenile Union Bloom of Friendship. Our books are open for public inspection at any and all times. WM. A. MASON, President. J. T. THOMPSON, Fin. Sec'y. WM. L. WHITE Cor. Sec Entered Into Rest. ALLEN—Died Feb. 17th at 6 o'clock P. M., Joseph C. Allen age 9 years and 5 months. His funeral was attended Monday evening Feb. 19th at 3 o'clock by a host of sympathizing friends and relatives at the residence of his mother, Mrs. Alice Allen, 308 Preston St. A very eloquent sermon was delivered by Rev. Bass assisted by Rev. Graham. A solo was rendered by Mrs. William Logan. Costly floral designs were presented by his aunt Mrs. George Dabbs of Providence R. I. and Mies Martha Anderson of Richmond. Active poll bearers were William Freeman, John Thurston, James Thurston, Edward Gaddie, Mr. A Hayes officiated as undertaker. PRICE FIVE CENTS WHAT THE WORD MEANS. But then, you see, I love her. Just that—love. I wonder if you know one little bit. What the word means? You favored ones who rove Down beaten paths with all things smooth and fit; With no false note to jar amid your airs; With no black cloud to blot your sunshine out; No yearning want to madden in your prayers; No, "Why?" to deepen every bitter doubt. Easy when noon-tide floods the clustered flowers. When wealth and world's approv al gird you round. To learn the fairy tasks of smiling hours, Ald "do the duty" fashioned fair when found; Passing decorous through the guard ed life, Giving them heaped up coffers, smiling sweet; Wondering that others fret so in the strife; Terming each woe untasted "judg ment meet." "Friendship, affection, fondness," pretty phrases! Well symbolizing the fragile things they mean; Like rosy creepers that, 'mild grass and daisies, Twine over meadow paths a graceful screen; Till some strong foot comes crashing from the hill, Treads down the tendrills, flings the flowers apart; And the full moonlight, pitiless and chill, Glares on the bare, cold path—the barren heart. But love his strong vitality asserts, His quenchless power, crush it as you may; The slow rain rots, the cruel east wind hurts, But the rich blooms press upward to the day. Darling, the holy bound 'twixt you and me, Is pure, and strong, and prompt to do and dare. As when we knelt beside our mother's knee, And learnt from her sweet lips our baby prayer. Then in the golden memories of our youth, Sun out the dreary present's gath ering storm, Or face it in our deep love's royaf truth, And a fresh link from troubled hours form; Let the world frown or shrink, we two together Can surely ride o'er wilder waves than these. Knowing the cyclone brings the cloudless weather, And to some haven roll the rough est seas. —J. H. GRAY. :o: —Mr. A. A. Fennel of Ponds, Ala. shows his appreciation by sending us cash subscriptions to the PLANET and he assures us that he will do more. God is indeed raising up friends for us and the work What's in McClures Picture in Color by N. C. Wyeth, Frontpiece; to illustrate "Arizona Nights." Commercial Machiavellianism, Ida M. Tarbell. The Crocus, Herbert Trench; a poem. The Exiles, Harvey J. O'Higgins; illustrated by Thomas Fogarty. Beyond the Spectrum, Florence Wilkinson; a poem. Two Years in the Arctic, Anthony Fiala; II. The Advance North in the Darkness; illustrated with the author's photographs. A Matter of Principle, Samuel Hopkins Adams; illustrated by Everett Shinn—reproductions in tint. The Marionettes, Witter Bynner; a poem. Looking Backward, Clara Morris. Reminiscences of a Long Life, Carl Schurz; V. The Escape from Rastatt; illustrated by C. W. Ditzler and with portraits. In the Night, Paul Kester, a poem Arizona Nights, Stewart Edward White. III. The Cattleman's Yarn: The Rememtance Man Story; illustrated by N. C. Wyeth. The Last Pilot Schooner, Ralph D. Paine; illustrated by W. J. Aylward. Railroads on Trial, Ray Stannard Baker; V. How Public Opinion is being formed; illustrated with portraits. A Grief Deferred, Alice Brown; illustrated by W. L. Taylor. A Small person, Mary Talbot Campbell. A Retributive Trip, Jeannette Cooper. A Song, A. E. Housman; a poem. THE MAN ON THE BOX By HAROLD MacGRATH Author of "The Grey Closk," "The Puppet Crown." Copyright, 1904. The Bobba-Merrill Company. CHAPTER I.—Introduces the hero, Robert Warburton, a well to do West Point graduate on duty in Arizona. After his commission in the army and leaves for European tour. CHAPTER II.—Introduces the heroine, Miss Betty Annesley, daughter of a retired army officer living near Washington, an American girl, whom Warburton has seen in Paris, is smitten, and follows to New York. Seeks introduction on business but falls. CHAPTER III.—Upon reaching New York Warburton locates hotel in which the Annesleses are guests and dines there in order to see Miss Annesley once more. Chagrined to see young Russian count Anneslese in to dinner. Next morning the Count and the Annesleses had disappeared. CHAPTER IV.—Warburton goes to Washington to visit his relatives—a mother, a brother, a mentation position, and a sister engaged to an old school chum of his. Invited to accompany family to ball at British embassy, but declines. Concocts a scheme to play a joke on his sister and sister-in-law. CHAPTER V.—Warburton meets his sister's flame who he had not seen for eight years. See the folks off for his call, and he puts his joke into execution, which is to disguise himself as a coachman and drive his sister and sister-in-law, who returns alone, from the embassy to their home. CHAPTER VI.—Warburton in his disguise goes to British embassy and takes the wrong passengers without knowing whom he has bribed his brother's coachman whom he has bribed him. Carriage number when called and gets the wrong passengers without knowing whom he has bribed him. Carriage comes to a stop he springs down and throws his arms about the first of them. He misses the Miss Anniesley instead of his sister. CHAPTER VII.—Warburton is arrested on a charge of drunkenness and abduction preferred by Miss Annesley and objection given by Miss Jasborne, where he has given the police court, where he has given the judge Jasborne, the charge of abduction is withdrawn but he is fired $55 for drunkenness. Sends not to "Chuck," his old chum, to Warburton. CHAPTER VIII.—"Chuck" takes suit of clothes and money to pay the fine to city jail, only to find that fine had been paid. Warburton, in name of James Annesley, receives note from Miss Annesley offering to take the case against which he decides to accept in spite of protests of his friend, whom he leaves to explain his disappearance to his relatives, stating that he had gone north suddenly. CHAPTER IX.—Miss Annesley, after closely questioning Warburton (known to her as James Observer) at her home, gives him on probation. He being brought to prison expresses a desire to ride an exceptionally vicious thoroughbred called Pirate. With Miss Annesley's permission he saddles and attaches the horse which immediately bolts. CHAPTER X—After a fierce struggle Warburtion succeeds in mastering Pirate in the presence of Miss Annesley but re-enters between Col. Annesley and daughter in which he tells her that he has invited the warrior to dine with them on the morrow. CHAPTER XI—Warburtion assumes his duties as groom to Miss Annesley and meets the other servants, a French cook and a stable boy. Takes his first ride with Miss Annesley and is further questioned about his past. CHAPTER XII—The French chef gives Warburtion lesson in serving at table he is to act as butler at a dinner the next week. Miss Annesley gives her groom a shock when she orders him to take a cath on his knees and tunes him he is not recognized by any of his relatives. CHAPTER XIII—Four days pass and Warburtion is accomplished but he meets a mettle man who has not been recognized. Miss Annesley takes a notion to ride Pirate who runs away and she is saved from a bad accident with great difficulty by Warburtion. CHAPTER XIV - While driving Miss Annesek in the city Warburton meets his friend, Chuck, who guys him uncle and nephew, so he colonel of his old regiment who recognizes him but keeps his own council. He goes to the downfall of Col. Annesek, who previously to the opening of this story lost his own and his daughter's money at Monte Carlo. He is approached by the young man who loans him $30,000, and tempts him by showing how he can make $30,000 by begging him to furnish illicit secrets to Russia. led by the young unt Karloff, who tempts him by make $200,000 by buy furnishing sina. unt Karloff and reparing to go to talk over a pre- men them, and of is Anniesley, who was “To give you back that amount will leave me a beggar, an absolute beggar, without a roof to shelter me. I am too old for service, and besides, I am physically incapacitated. If you should force me, I could not meet my note save by selling the house my child was born in. Have you discounted it?” CHAPTER XVI—Count Karloff and Mrs. Chadwick while preparing to go to Annesley's dinner talk over a previous dinner at the Count's love for Miss Annesley, who has once refused his offer of marriage. Mrs. Chadwick who has escaped the count, and who has his own plans to destroy his future prospects and to prevent his marriage to her friend. CHAPTER XVII—After some final instructions, butteries charges the duties of butterer well that Annesley's dinner he attracts the attention of his former commanding officer, Col. Raleigh, who makes inquiries of the Annesley's stories of his doings as a soldier. Karloft came around to music. The dramatist's wife should play Tostf's Ave Maria. Miss Annasley should play the obligato on the violin and the prima-donna should sing; but just at present the dramatist should tell them all about his new military play which was to be produced in December. "Count, I beg to decline," laughed the dramatist. "I should hardly dare to tell my plot before two such military experts as we have here. I should be told to write the play all over again, and now it is too late." Whenever Betty's glances fell on her father's face, the gladness in her own was somewhat dimmed. What was making that loved face so care-worn, the mind so lisless, the attitude so weary? But she was young; the spirits of youth never flow long in one direction. The repatriate, brilliant and at the same time every sting withdrawn, flashed up and down the table like so many fireflies on a wet lawn in July, and drew her irresistibly. As the courses came and passed, so the conversation became less and less general; and by the time the ices were served the colonel had engaged his host, and the others divided into two. Then coffee, liqueurs and cigars, when the ladies rose and trailed into the little Turkish room, where the "distinguished-looking butler" supplied them with the amber juice. A dinner is a function where everybody talks and nobody eats. Some CHAPTER XVIII CAUGHT! Have eaten before they come, some wish they had, and others dare not eat for fear of losing some of the gossip. After the liqueurs my butter concluded that his labor was done and he offered a short prayer of thankfulness and relief. Heavens, what mad, fantastic impulses had seized him while he was passing the soup. Supposing he had spilled the hot liquid down Karloff's back, or poured out a glass of burgundy for himself and drained it before them all, or slapped his late colonel on the back and asked him the state of his liver? It was maddening and he marvelled at his escape. There hadn't been a real mishap. The colonel had only scowled at him; he was safe. He passed secretly from the house and hung around the bow-window which let out on the low balcony. The window was open, and occasionally he could hear a voice from beyond the room, which was dark. It was one of those nights, those mild November nights, to which the novelists of the old regime used to devote a whole page; the silvery pallor on the landscape, the moon-mists, the round, white, inevitable moon, the stirring breezes, the murmur of the few remaining leaves, and all that. But these busy days we have not the time to read nor the inclination to describe But I must guide my story into the channel proper. During the music Karloff and Colonel Annesley drifted into the latter's study. What passed between them I gather from bits recently dropped by Warburton. "Good God, Karloff, *at* a net you have sprung about me!" said the colonel, desperately. "My dear Colonel, you have only to step out of it. It is the eleventh hour; it is not too late." But Karloff watched the colonel eagerly. "How in God's name can I step out of it?" "Simply reimburse me for that $20,000 I advanced to you in good faith, and nothing more need be said." Theount's Slavonic eyes were half-bledd. "No. Why should I present it at the bank? It does not mature till next Monday, and I am in no need of money." "What a wretch I am!" Karloff raised his shoulders resignedly. "My daughter." "Or my ducats," whimisically quoted. the count. "Come, Colonel: do not waste time in useless retrospect. He stumbles who looks back. I have been thinking of your daughter. I love her, deeply, eternally." "You love her?" "Yes. I love her because she appeals to all that is young and good in me; because she represents the highest type of womanhood. With her as my wife, why, I should be willing to renounce my country, and your indebtedness would be crossed out of existence with one stroke of the pen." The colonel's haggard face grew light with sudden hopefulness. "I have been," the count went on, studying the ash of his cigar, "till this night what the world and my own conscience consider an honorable man. I have never wronged a man or woman personally. What I have done on the order of duty does not agitate my conscience. I am simply a machine. The moral responsibility rests with the czar. When I saw your daughter, I deeply regretted that you were her father." The colonel grew rigid in his chair, "Do not misunderstand me. Before I saw her, you were but the key to what I desired. As her father the matter took on a personal side. I could not very conscientiously make love to your daughter and at the same time—" Karloff left the sentence incomplete. "And Betty?"—in half a whisper. "Has refused me,"—quietly. "But I have not given her up; no, I have not given her up." "What do you mean to do?" THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Karloff got up and walked about the room. "Make her my wife,"—simply. He stooped and studied the titles of some of the books in the cases. He turned to find that the colonel had risen and was facing him with flaming eyes. "I demand to know how you intend to accomplish this end," the colonel said. "My daughter shall not be dragged into this trap." "To-morrow night I shall explain everything; to-night, nothing."—imper-turbably. "Karloff, to-night I stand a ruined and dishonored man. My head, once held so proudly before my fellow-men, is bowed with shame. The country I have fought and bled for I have in part betrayed. But not for my gain, not for my gain. No,! Thank God that I can say that! Personal greed has not tainted me. Alone, I should have gone serenely into some poorhouse and eaked out an existence on my half-pay. But this child of mine, whom I love doubly, for her mother's sake and her own,—I would gladly cut off both arms to spare her a single pain, to keep her in the luxury which she still believes rightfully to be hers. When the fever of gaming possessed me, I should have told her. I did not; therein lies my mistake, the mistake which has brought me to this horrible end. Virginiaus sacrificed his child to save her; I will sacrifice my honor to save mine from poverty. Force her to wed a man she does not love? No. To-morrow night we shall complete this disgraceful bargain. The plans are all finished but one. Now leave me; I wish to be alone." "Go; there is nothing more to be said." Karloff withdrew. He went soberly. There was nothing sneering nor contemptuous in his attitude. Indeed, there was frown of pity on his face. He recognized that circumstances had dragged down a noble man; that M STARING AT THE MOON. chance had tricked him of his honor. How he hated his own evil plan! He squared his shoulders, determined once more to put it to the touch to win or lose it all. He found her at the bow-window, staring up at the moon. As I remarked this room was dark, and she did not instantly recognize him. "I am moon-gazing," she said. "Let me sigh for it with you. Perhaps together we may bring it down." There was something very pleasing in the quality of his tone. "Ah, it is you, Count? I could not see. But let us not sigh for the moon; it would be useless. Does any one get his own wish-moon? Does it not always hang so high, so far away?" "The music has affected you?" "As it always does. When I hear a voice like madam's, I grow sad, and a pity for the great world surges over me." "Pity is the invisible embrace which enfolds all animate things. There is pity for the wretched, for the fool, for the innocent knave, for those who are criminals by their own folly; pity for those who love without reward; pity that embraces . . . even me." Silence. "Has it ever occurred to you that there are two beings in each of us; that between these two there is a continual conflict, and that the victor finally prints the victory on the face? For what lines and haggards a man's face but the victory of the evil that is in him? For what makes aged muddy and smooth of face and clear of eye but the victory of the good that is in him? It is so. I still love you; I still have the courage to ask you to be my wife. Shall there be faces haggard or ruddy, lined or smooth?" She stepped inside. She did not comprehend all he said, and his face was in the shadow—that is to say, unreadable. "I am sorry, very, very sorry." "How easily you say that!" "No, not easily; if only you knew how hard it comes, for I know that it inflicts a hurt,"—gently. "Ah, Count, why indeed do I not love you?"—impulsively, for at that time she held him in genuine regard. "You represent all that a woman could desire in a man." "You could learn,"—with an eager step toward her. "You do not believe that; you know that you do not. Love has nothing to learn; the heart speaks, and that is all. My heart does not speak when I see you, and I shall never marry a man to whom it does not. You ask for something which I can not give, and each time you ask only adds to the pain. "This is finality?" "It is." "Eh, well; then I must continue on to the end." She interpreted this as a plaint of his coming loneliness. "Here!" she said. She held in her hands two red roses. She thrust one toward him. "That is all I may give you." For a moment he hesitated. There were thorns, invisible and stinging. "Take it!" He accepted it, kissed it gravely, and hld it. "This is the bitterest moment in my life, and doubly because I love you." When the portiere fell behind him, she locked her hands, grieving that all she could give him was an ephemeral flower. How many men had turned from her in this wise, even as she began to depend upon them for their friendships! The dark room oppressed her and she stepped out once more into the silver of moonshine. Have you ever beheld a lovely woman fondle a lovely rose? She drew it, pendent on its slender stem, slowly across her lips, her eyes shining mistily with waking dreams. She breathed in the perfume, then cupped the flower in the palm of her hand and pressed it again and again to her lips. A long white arm stretched forward and upward toward the moon, and when it withdrew the hand was empty. Warburton, hidden behind the vines, waited until she was gone, and then hunted in the grass for the precious flower. On his hands and knees he groped. The dew did not matter. And when at last he found it, not all the treasures of the fabled Ophir would have tempted him to part with it. it would be a souvenir for his later days. As he rose from his knees he was confronted by a broad-shouldered, elderly man in evening clothes. The end of a cigar burned brightly between his teeth. "I'll take that flower, young man, if you please." Warburton's surprise was too great for sudden recovery. "It is mine, Colonel," he stammered. The colonel filled away his cigar and caught my butler roughly by the arm. "Warburton, what the devil does this mean—a leutenant of mine peddling soup around a gentleman a table?" CHAPTER XIX Warburton had never lacked that care and peculiar gift of immediately adapting himself to circumstances. To now would be folly, worse than useless. He had addressed this man at his side by his military title. He stood committed. He saw that he must throw himself wholly on the colonel's mercy and his sense of the humorous. He pointed toward the stables and drew the colonel after him; but the colonel held back. "That rose first; I insist upon having that rose till you have given me a satisfactory account of yourself." Warburton reluctantly surrendered his treasure. Force of habit is a peculiar one. The colonel had no real authority to demand the rose; but Warburton would no more have thought of disobeying than of running away. "You will give it back to me?" "That remains to be seen. Go on; I am ready to follow you. And I do not want any dragging story, either." The colonel spoke impatiently. Warburton lea him into his room and turned on the light. The colonel seated himself on the edge of the cot and lighted a fresh cigar. "Well, sir, out with it. I am waiting." Warburton took several turns about the room. "I don't know how the deuce to begin. Colonel. It began with a joke that turned out wrong." "Indeed?"—sarcastically. "Let me hear about this joke." M'sieu Zhames dallied no longer, but plunged boldly into his narrative. Sometimes the colonel stared at him as if he beheld a species of lunatic absolutely new to him, sometimes he aughed silently, sometimes he frowned. "That's all," said Zhames; and he stood watching the colonel with dread in his eyes. "Well, of all the damn fools!" "Sir?" "Of all the jackasses!" Warburton bit his lip angrily. The colonel swung the rose to and fro. "Yes, sir, a damn fool!" "I dare say that I am, sir. But I have gone too far to back out now. Will you give me back that rose, Colonel?" "What do you mean by her?"—coldly. "I love her with all my heart,"—hotly. "I want her for my comrade, my wife, my companion, my partner in all I have to do. I love her, and I don't care a hang who knows it." "Not so loud, my friend; not so "Not so loud, my friend; not so loud." "Oh, I don't care who hears,"—discouragedly. "That beats the very devil! You've got me all balled up. Is Betty Annesley a girl of the kind we read about in the papers as eloping with her groom. What earthly chance had you in this gulse, I should like to know?" "I only wanted to be near her; I did not look ahead." "Well, I should say not! How long were you behind that trellis?" "A year, so it seemed to me." "Any lunatics among your ancestors?" Warburton shook his head, smiling wanly. "I can't make it out," declared the colonel. "A graduate of West Point, the top of Troop A, the hero of a hundred ball-rooms, disguised as a hostler and serving soup!" "Always keep the motive in mind, Colonel; you were young yourself once." The colonel thought of the girl's mother. Yes he had been young once, but not quite so young as this cub of his. "What chance do you suppose you have against the handsome Russian?" "She has rejected him,"—thoughtlessly. "Ha!"—frowning. "So you were eavesdropping." "Wait a moment, Colonel. You know that I am very fond of music. I was listening to the music. It had ceased and I was waiting for it to begin again, when I heard voices." "Why did you not leave then?" "And be observed? I dared not!" The colonel chewed the end of his eigar in silence. "And now may I have that rose, sir?"—quietly. The colonel observed him warily. He knew that quiet tone. It said that if he refused to give up the rose he would have to fight for it, and probably get licked into the bargain. "I've a notion you might attempt to take it by force in case I refused." "I surrendered it peacefully enough, sir." "So you did. Here." The colonel tossed the flower across the room and Warburton caught it. "I should like to know, sir, if you are going to expose me. It's no more than I deserve." The colonel studied the lithographs on the walls. "Your selection?"—with a wave of the hand. "No, sir. I should like to know what you are going to do. It would relieve my mind. As a matter of fact, I confess that I am growing weary of the mask." Warburton waited. "You make a very respectable butler, though."—musingly. "Shall you expose me, sir?"—persistently. "No lad. I should not want it to get about that a former officer of mine could possibly make such an ass of himself. You have slept all night in jail, you have groomed horses, you A "SHALL YOU EXPOSE ME?" have worn a livery which no gentleman with any self-respect would wear, and all to no purpose whatever. Why, in the name of the infernal regions, didn't you meet her in a form! way? There would have been plenty of opportunities." Warburton shrugged; so did the colonel, who stood up and shook the wrinkles from his trousers. "Shall you be long in Washington, sir?" asked Warburton, politely. "In a hurry to get rid of me, eh?"—with a grim smile. "Well, perhaps in a few days." "Good night." The colonel stopped at the threshold, and his face melted suddenly into a warm, humorous smile. He stretched out a hand which Warburton grasped most gratefully. His colonel had been playing with him. "Come back to the army, lad; the east is no place for a man of your kidney. Scrape up a commission and I'll see to it that you get back into the regiment. Life is real out in the great west. People smile too much here; they don't laugh often enough. Smiles have a hundred meanings, laughter but one. Smiles are the hidden places for lies, and sneers, and mockeries, and scandals. Come back to the west; we all want you, the service and I. When I saw you this afternoon I knew you instantly, only I was worried as to what devilment you were up to. Win this girl, if you can; she's worth any kind of a struggle, God bless her! Win her and bring her out west, too." Warburton wring the hand in his till the old fellow signified that his fingers were beginning to ache. "Do you suppose she suspects anything?" ventured Warburton. "No. She may be a trifle puzzled, though. I saw her watching your hands at the table. She has eyes and can readily see that such hands as yours were never made to carry soupsplates. For the life of me, I had a time of it, swallowing my laughter. I longed for a vacant lot to yell in. It would have been a positive relief. The top of Troop A peddling soup! Oh. I shall have to tell the boys. You used more pipe-clay than any other man in the regiment. Don't scowl. Never mind; you've had your joke; I must have mine. Don't let that Russian fellow get the inside track. Keep her on American soil. I like him and I don't like him; and for all your tomofellow and mischief, there is good stuff in you—stuff that any woman might be proud of. If you hadn't adopted this disguise, I could have helped you out a bit by cracking up some of your exploits. Well, they will be inquiring for me. Good night and good luck. If you should need me, a note will find me at the Army and Navy club." And the genial old warrior, shaking with silent laughter, went back to the house. Warburton remained standing. He was lost in a dream. All at once he pressed the rose to his lips and kissed it shamelessly, kissed it uncountable times. Two or three leaves, not withstanding this violent treatment, fluttered to the floor. He picked them up; any one of those velvet leaves might have been the recipient of her kisses, the rosary of love. He was in love, such a love that comes but once to any man, not passing, uncertain, but lasting. He knew that it was useless. He had digged with his own hands the abyss between himself and this girl. But there was a secret gladness; to love was something. (For my part, I believe that the glory lies, not in being loved, in being loved.) I do not know how long he stood there, but it must have been at least ten minutes. Then the door opened and Monsieur Pierre lurched or roiled (I can't explain or describe the method of his entrance) into the room, his face red with anger, and a million thousand thunders on the tip of his Gallic tongue. "So! You haf leaf me to clear ze table, eh? Not by a damn! I, clear ze table? I? I t'ink not. I cook, nozzing else. To ze dining-room, or I haf you discharge!" "All right, Peter, old boy!" cried Warburton, the gloom lifting from his face. This Pierre was a very funny fellow. "Petaire! You haf the insolence to call me Petaire? Why, I haf you keeled out in zee morning, lackey!" "Cook!"—mockingly. Pierre was literally dumfounded. Such disrespect he had never before witnessed. It was frightful. He opened his mouth to issue a volley of French oaths, when Zhames's hand stopped him. "Look here, Peter, you broil your parridges and flavor your soups, but keep out of the stables, or, in your own words. I keel you or keek you out. You tell the soullery maid to clear off the table. I'm off duty for the rest of the night. Now, then, allons! Marche!" And M'lesu Zhames gently but firmly and steadily pushed the scandalized Pierre out of the room and closed the door in his face. I shan't repeat what Pierre said, much less what he thought. Let me read a thought from the mind of each of my principals, the final thought before retiring that night. Karloff (on leaving Mrs. Chadwick); dishonor against dishonor; so it must be. I can not live without that girl. Mrs. Chadwick: (when Karloff had gone); He has lost, but I have won. Annesley: So one step leads to another, and the labyrinth of dishonor has no end. The Colonel! What the deuce will love put next into the young mind? Pierre (to Celeste): Haf heem discharge! Celeste (to Pierre). He ees handsome! Warburton (sighing in the dolorosa): How I love her! The Girl (standing before her mirror and smiling happily): Oh Mister Butler! Why? CHAPTER XX THE EPISODE OF THE STOVEPIPE. In the morning Monsieur Pierre faithfully reported to his mistress the groom's extraordinary insolence and impudence of the night before. The girl struggled with and conquered her desire to laugh; for monsieur leur was somewhat grotesque in his rage. "Frightful. Mademoiselle, most frightful! He call me Petaire most disrespectful way, and eject me from ee stables. I can not call heem out, he eez a groom and knows nozzing ue amende honorable." Mademoiselle summoned M'steu Zhames. She desired to make the comedy complete in all its phases. "James, whenever you are called upon to act in the capacity of butler, you must clear the table after the guests leave it. This is imperative. I do not wish the soullery girl to handle the porcelain sace in the tubs. Do you understand?" "Yes, Miss. There were no orders to that effect last night, however." He was angry. Monsieur Pierre puffed up like the lady-frog in Aesop's fables. "And listen, Pierre," she said, collapsing the bubble of the chef's conceit, "you must give no orders to James. I will do that. I do not wish any tale-bearing or quarrelling among my servants. I insist upon this. Observe me carefully, Pierre, and you, James." James did observe her carefully, so carefully, indeed, that her gaze was forced to wander to the humiliated countenance of Monsieur Pierre. "James, you must not look at me like that. There is something in your eyes; I can't explain what it is, but it somehow lacks the respect due me." This command was spoken, coldly and sharply. "Respect?" He drew a step back. "I disrespectful to you, Miss Annesley? Oh, you wrong me. There can not be any one more respectful to you than I am." The sincerity of his tones could not be denied. In fact, he was almost too sincere. "Nevertheless, I wish you to regard what I have said. Now, you two shake hands." The groom and the chef shook hands. I am ashamed to say that James squeezed Monsieur Pierre's flabby hand out of active service for several hours that followed. Beads of agony sparkled on Monsieur Pierre's expansive brow as he turned to enter the kitchen. "Shall we ride to-day, Miss?" he asked, inwardly amused. "No, I shall not ride this morning," calmly. James bowed meekly under the rebuke. What did he care? Did he not possess a rose which had known the pressure of her lips, her warm, red lips? "You may go," she said. James went. James whistled on the way too. Would that it had been my good fortune to have witnessed the episode of that afternoon! My jehu, when he hears it related these days, smiles a sickly grin. I do not believe that he ever laughed heartily over it. At three o'clock, while Warburton was reading the morning paper, interested especially in the army news of the day, he heard Pierre's voice walling. "What's the fat fool want now?" James grumbled to William. "You stole a kiss, eh?" said James admiringly. "Only just for the sport of making him crazy, that was all." But William's red visage belted his indifferent tone. "You'd better go and see what he wants. My hands are all harness grense." Warburton concluded to follow William's advice. He flung down his page and strode out to the rear porch, where he saw Pierre gesticulating wildly. "What's the matter? What do you want?"—churlishly. "Frightful! Zee stove-plue ees vat You call bust!" James laughed. "I can not rreach eet. I can not cook till set ees fix." You are tall eh?"—affably. "All right; I'll help you fix it." Grumbling, James went into the kitchen, mounted a chair, and began banging away at the pipe, very much after the fashion of Bunner's "Culpepper Ferguson." The pipe acted pigish. James grew determined. One end slipped in and then the other slipped out, half a dozen times. James lost patience and became angry; and in his anger he overreached himself. The chair slid back. He tried to balance himself and, in the mad effort to maintain a perpendicular position, made a frantic clutch at the pipe. Ruin and devastation! Down came the pipe, and with it a peck of greasy soot. Monsieur Pierre yelled with terror and despair. The pies on the rear end of the stove were lost for ever. Mademoiselle Celeste screamed with laughter, whether at the sight of the pies or M'sieur Zhames, is more than I can say. James rose to his feet, the cusswords of a corporal rumbled behind his lips. He sent an energetic kick toward Pierre, who succeeded in eluding it. Pierre's eyes were full of tears. What a kitchen! Soot, soot, everywhere, on the floor, on the tables, on the walls, in the air! "Zee pipe!" he burst forth; "zee pipe! You hat zee house full of gas!" James, blinking and sneezing, boiling with rage and chagrin, remounted the chair and finally succeeded in joining the two lengths. Nothing happened this time. But the door to the forward rooms opened, and Miss Annesley looked in upon the scene. "Merciful heavens!" she gasped, "what has happened?" "Zee stove-pipe bust, Mees," explained Pierre. The girl gave Warburton one look, bailed her handkerchief against her mouth, and fled. This didn't add to his amiability. He left the kitchen in a downright savage mood. He had appeared before her positively ridiculous, laughable. A woman never can love a man, nor entertain tender regard for him at whom she has laughed. And the girl had laughed, and doubtless was still laughing. (However, I do not offer his opinion as infallible.) He stood in the roadway, looking around for some inanimate thing upon which he might vent his anger, when the sound of hoofs coming toward him distracted him. He glanced over his shoulder, and his knees all but gave way under him. Caught! The rider was none other than his sister Nancy! It was all over now for a certainty. He knew it; he had about one minute to live. She was too near, so he dared not fly. Then a brilliant inspiration came to him. He quickly passed his hand over his face. The disguise was complete. "James!" Miss Annesley was standing on the veranda. "Take charge of the horse. Nancy, dear, I am so glad to see you!" James was anything but glad. "Betty, good gracious, whatever is the matter with this fellow? Has he the black plague? Ugh!" She slid from the saddle unadded. James stolidly took the reins. "The kitchen stove-pipe fell down," Betty replied, "and James stood in the immediate vicinity of it." The two girls laughed joyously, but James did not even smile. He had half a notion to kiss Nancy, as he had planned to do that memorable night of the ball at the British embassy. But even as the notion came, to kim, Nancy had climbed up the steps and was out of harm's way. "James," said Miss Annesley, "go "James" said Miss Annesley, "go and wash your face at once." "Yes, Miss." At the sound of his voice Nancy turned swiftly; but the groom had presented his back and was leading the horse to the stables. Nancy would never tell me the substance of her conversation with Miss Annesley that afternoon, but I am conceived enough to believe that a certain absent gentleman was the main topic. When she left, it was William who led out the horse. He explained that James was still engaged with soap and water and pumice-stone. Miss Annesley's laugh rang out heartily, and Nancy could not help joining her. "And have you heard from that younger brother of yours?" Betty asked, as her friend settled herself in the saddle. "Not a line, Betty, not a line; and I had set my heart on your meeting him. I do not know where he is, or when he will be back." "Perhaps he is in quest of adventures." "He is in Canada, hunting caribou." "You don't tell me!" "What a handsome girl you are, Betty!"—admiringly. "What a handsome girl you are, Nancy!" mimicked the girl on the varanda. "If your brother is only half as handsome, I do not know whatever will become of this heart of mine when we finally meet." She smiled and drolly placed her hands on her heart. "Don't look so disappointed, Nan; perhaps we may meet. I have an idea that he will prove interesting and entertaining;"—and she laughed again. "Whoa, Dandy! What are you laughing at?" demanded Nancy. "I was thinking of James and his soap, water and pumice-stone. That was all, dear. Saturday afternoon, then, we shall ride to the club and have tea. Good-by, and remember me to the baby." "Good-by!!"—and Nancy cantered away. What a blissful thing the lack of prescience is, sometimes! When James had scraped the soot from his face and neck and hands and had saddened it from his hair, James observed, with some concern, that Pirate was cougging at a great rate. His fierce attack against the wind the day before had given him a cold. So James hunted for the veterinarian. "Where do you keep your books Where do you keep your books here?" he asked William. "Pirate's eG 2 Nhs got a cold.” “In the house ibrary, You just go in and fet it. We always do that at home. Yon'll find ft on the lower shelf, to the right as you enter the It was half after four when James having taken a final look at his hands and nails, proceeded to follow Wil- Uam's fastructions. He found no one ‘about. Outside the kitchen the lower Part of the house was deserted. To Teach the library he had to pass through the musie-room. ‘The first thing that caught his at- tention was a movable drawing-board, on which lay an uncompleted drawing. At one side a glass into which were thrust numerous pens and brushes. Near this lay a small ball of crumpled tambric, such as women insist upon carrying in their streot-car purses, a @elicate, dainty, useless thing. So she Grew pictures, too, he thonght. Was there anything this beautiful creature could not do? Everything seemed to suggest her presence. An indefin- able feminine perfume still lingered on the air, speaking eloquently of her. Curlosity compelled bim to step forward and examine her work. He ‘pproached with all the stealth of » gentlemanly burslar. He expected to ‘Bee some trees and hills and mayhap & brook, or some cows standing in a stream ‘or some children picking @aisies, He had a sister and was reas- @asies. He had a sister and was rea- sonably familiar with the kind of sub- Jects chosen by the Indy-amateur. A fortification plant He bent close to it. Here was the sen, here was the land, here the num- ber of soldiers, cannon, rounds of am- munition, resources in the matter of procuring aid, the telegraph, the rail- ways, everything was here on this pale, waxen cloth, everything but a name, He stared at it, bewildered. He couldn't understand what a plan of this sort was doing outside the war departinont. Instantly he became a soldier; he forgot that he was masquerading as a groom; he forgot everything but this mute thing staring up into his face. Underneath, on a little shelf, he saw ‘a stack of worn envelopes. He looked at them. Rough drafts of plans, Governor's Island! Fortress Monroe! ‘What did it mean? What could it mean? He searched and found plans, plans, plans of harbors, plans of coast defenses, plans of ships building, plans of full naval and military ‘strength; everything, everything! He straightened. How his breath pained him! . . . And all this was the handiwork of the woman he loved! Good God, what was going on in this house? What right had such things as theso to be in ‘a private home? For what purpose had they been drawn? So accurately reproduced? For what purpose? Oh, whatever the purpose war, she was innocent; upon this conviction he would willingly stake his soul. In- nocent, innocent! ticked the clock over the mantel. Yes, she was inno- cent, Else how could she laugh in that light-hearted fashion? How could her eyes shine so bright and merry? - . Karloff, Annesley! Karloff the Russian, Annesley the American; the one a secret agent of his country, the other a former trusted official! No no! He could not entertain so base ‘@ thought against the father of the girl he loved. Had he not admired his clean record, his personal bravery, his fearless honesty? And yet, that ab- kent-mindedness, this _care-wort countenance, these must mean some thing. The purpose, to find out the Durpose of these plans! He took the handkerchief and bi¢ 1t im his breast, and quietly stole away . . . A handkerchief, a rose and a kiss: yes, that was all tha would ever be his. Pirate nearly coughed his head of ‘that night; but, it being William's Right off, nobody paid any pariculat attention to that justly indignant ant mal. CHAPTER XX1. THE ROSE. On Wednesday morning, clear and cold; not a cloud floated across the ‘Sky, nor did there rise above the hori- zon one of those clouds (portentious forerunners of evil!) to which novel- ists refer as be no larger than # man’s hand.” Heaven knew right well that the blight of evil was approach- ing fast enough, but there was no visi- ble indication on her face that glorious November morning. Doubtless you are familiar with history and have Fead all about what great personages id just before calamity swooped down on them. The Trojans laughed at the wooden horse; I don’t know how many Roman banqueters never reached the desert because the enemy had not paid ‘any singular regard to courtesies in making the attack; men and women anced on the eve of Waterioo—On with the dance, let joy be unconfined;” ‘ay heroine simply went shopping. It doesn’t sound at all romantic; very prosaic, in fact. She declared her intention of making ® tour of the shops and of dropping ‘into Mrs, Chadwick's on the way home. ‘She ordered James to bring around the Pair and coupe. James was an exam- Ble of docile obedience. As she came down the steps, she was @ thing of beauty and a joy for ever. She wore ‘One of those jackets tc. which several Sray-squirrel families had contributed their hides, a hat whose existence was ue to the negligence of @ certain rare bird, and many silk-worms had span Ge fabric of her gown. Had any one ‘caljed her attention to all this, there ZOE wan Ak ey 9 “oe ; eit aS PN 7 DY { “~>S- u di Pete Oey remem er ee at eee nee tia eer women who see what a true Moloch fashion 1s; this tender-souled girl saw only a handsome habit which pleased the eye. Health bloomed in her cheeks, health shone from her eyes, her step had all the elasticity of youth. “Good morning, James," she said pleasantly. James touched bis hat. What was. ft, he wondered. Somehow her eyes looked unfamiliar to him. Had I been there I could have read the secret eas- fly enough. Sometimes the pure pools of the forests are stirred and become Impenetrable; but by and by the com- motion subsides, and the water clears, So it is with the human soul. There had been doubt hitherto in this girl's Jeyes; now, the doubt was gone. To him, soberly watchful, her smile meant much; it was the patent of her innocence of any wrong thought. All night be had tossed on his cot, think- ing, thinking! What should he do? Whatever should he do? That some wrong was on the way he hadn't the Yeast doubt. Should he confront the colonel and demand an explanation, a demand he knew h» had a perfect right to make? If thts should be evil, and the shame of it fall on this lovely being? . . . No, not He must stam aside, he must turn a deaf ear to duty, the voice of love spoke too loud. His own assurance of her inno- cence made him desire to fall at her feet and worship. After all, it was none of his affair. Had he not played at this comedy, this thing would have gone on and he would have been in ig- norance of its very existence. So, why thould he meddle? Yet that monot- onous query kept beating on his brain: What was this thing? He saw that he must walt, Yester- day he had feared nothing save his own exposure. Comedy had frolicked in her grinning mask. And here was ‘Tragedy stalking in upon the scene. The girl named a dozen shops which she desired to honor with her custom and presence, and stepped into the coupe, William closed the door, and James touched up the pair and drove off toward the city. He was perfectly indifferent to any possible exposure. In truth, he forgot everything, absolutely and positively everything, but the girl and the fortification plans she had been drawing. Scarce a half a dozen bundles were the result of the tour among the shops. “Mrs. Chadwick's, James." ‘The call lasted half an hour. As the story-teller I am supposed to be everywhere, to follow the foot- steps of each and all of my characters, and with a fidelity and perspicacity nothing short of the marvelous. So I take the Ilberty of !magining the pith of the conversation between the woman and the girl, The Woman: How long, dear, have we known each other? The Girl: Since I left school, 1 be- Meve. Where did you get that stun- ning morning gown? ‘The Woman (smiling in spite of the serious purpose she has in view): Never mind the gown, my child; 1 have something of greater importance to talk about, The Girl: Is there anything more important to talk about among women’ The Woman: Yes, There is age. The Girl: But, mercy, we do not talk about that! ‘The Woman: I am going to estab. Ush & precedent, then. I am 40 o1 at least, I am on the verge of it. ‘The Girl (warningly): Take caret I we should ever become enemies! If | should ever become treacherous! The Woman: The world very wel knows that I am older than I look ‘That is why it takes such interest {1 my age. The Girl: ‘The question is, how dc you preserve It? ‘The Woman: Well, then, 1 am 40 while you stand on the threshold o! the adorable 20s. (Walks over to ple: ture taken 18 years before and con- templates it.) Ah, to be 20 again; te start anew, possessing my presen learning and wisdom, and knowledg of the world; to avoid the pits inte aan I so carelessly stumbled! Bu no ‘The Girl: Mercy! what have you to wish for? Are not princes and am- bassadors your friends; have you no health and wealth and beauty? You wish for something,-you who are ac handsome and brilliant! ‘The Woman: Blinds, my dear Betty ‘only blinds; for that is all beauty and wealth and wit are. Who sees bebine ‘sees scars of many wounds. You ar¢ without a mother, Tam without s ‘child. (Sits down beside the girl and ‘takes her hand in hers.) Will you let me be a mother to you for just this morning? How can any man hely loving you! (impulsively.) ‘The. Girl: How foolish you are Grace! ‘The Woman: Ab, to blush like that! ‘The Girl: You are eee ‘this morning. 1 | you = ‘sentimental. Well, Sentieemtay. Welly ay Seno THE RICHMOKMD PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. your mind, Grace? ‘The Woman: Promise! ‘The Girl: I promise. (Laughs.) ‘The Woman: I am rich. Promise that if poverty should ever come to you, you will come to me. ‘The Girl (puzzled): I do not under- jstand you at all! ‘The Woman: Promise! ‘The Girl: 1 promise; but— The Woman: Thank you, Betty. ‘The Girl (growing serious): What is all this about. Grace? You look so earnest. ‘The Woman: Some day you will understand. Will you answer me one question as a daughter would answer her mother? ‘The Girl (gravely): Yes. ‘The Woman: Would you marry « title for the title’s sake? The Girl (indignantly): 1? ‘The Woman: Yes; would you? ‘The Girl: I shall marry the man I love, and if not him, nobody. I mean, of course, when I love. ‘The Woman: Blushing again? My dear, is Karloff anything to you? The Girl: Karlof? Mercy, no. He Is handsome and fascinating and rich but I could not love him. It would be easier to love—to love my groom out- side. (They both smite.) ‘The Woman (grave once more): ‘That is all I wished to know dear. Karloff is not worthy of you. ‘The Girl (sitting very erect): I do not understand. Is he not honorable? ‘The Woman (hesitatingly): I have known him for seven years; I have always found him honorable. ‘The Girl: Why, then, should he not be worthy of me? ‘The Woman (lightly): Is any man? The Giri: You are parrying my question. If Iam to be your daughter, there must be no fencing. ‘The Woman( rising and going over to the portrait again): ‘There are some things that a mother may not tell even to her daughter. ‘The Girl (determinedly): Grace, you have sald too much or too little. I do not love Karloff. I never could love him; but I like him, and liking him, I feel called upon to defend him. ‘The Woman (surprised into showing ther dismay): You defend him? Yout | ‘The Girl: And why not? That ts what I wish to know; why not? |""the Woman: |My dear, you do not jlove him. That is all I wished to {know. Karloff js a brilliant, handsome } man, a gentleman; his sense of honor, such’ as it is, wonld do credit to many fanother man: but bebind all this there is a power which makes him |nelpiess, makes him a puppet, and robs him of certain worthy {mpulses F have read somewhere that corpora- tions have no souls; neither have gov- vernments, Ask me nothing more, Betty, for I shall answer no more questions. The Girl: I don't think you are treating me fairly. | The Woman: At this moment 1 would willingly share with you balf of all I possess tn the world. | The Girl: But all this mystery! The Woman: As I have said, some day you will understand. Treat Kar- loft as you have always treated him, politely and pleasantly. And I beg of You never to repeat our conversation. ‘The Girl (to whom Illumination sud- _ denly comes; rises quickly and goes over to the woman: takes her by the shoulders, and the two stare into each ‘other's eyes, the one searchingly, the other fearfully): Grace! ‘The Woman: 1 am a poor, foolish woman, Betty, for all my worldliness and wisdom; but I love you (softly), and that is why I appear weak before you, The blind envy those who see, the deat those who hear; what on does not want another can not have Karloff loves you, but you do not love bim 4 (The girl kisses the woman gravely on the cheek, and without a word makes her departure.) ‘The Woman (as she hears the car _fiage roll away): Poor girl! Poor | happy. unconscious, motherless child ‘If only I had the power to stay the blow! . . . Who can it be, then a she loves? ‘The Girl (in her carriage): Pou thing! She adores Karloff, and I neve suspected it! I shall begin to hat | nim. How well women read each other! | James had never parted with bi rose and his handkerchief. They wer always with him, no matter what Iiv. ery he wore. After luncheon, Wil Nam said that Miss Annesley desires to see him in the study. So Jame: spruced up and duly presented himsel at the study door. “You sent for me, Miss?"—his ha in his hand, his attitude deferentia Jand attentive, She was engaged upon some fanc work, thie name of which no mat | knows, and if he were told, could no possibly remember for longer than ter “It was fresh and beautiful; and I believed that some Iady at the dinner had worn it.” “And 80 you picked it up? Where did you find it?” “Outside the bow-window, Miss.” “When?” He thought for a moment. “In the morning. Miss.”" “Take care, James; it was not yet 11 o'clock at night.” “I admit what I said was not true, Miss. As you say, it was not yet 11.” James was pale. So she had thrown ft away, confident that this moment MD) gr rAd BEE WRG 3 . Co +e Be 9 no Ws [Ss yt Pe CG 2s Alay Ef -_-. HE HBSITATED. would arrive. ‘This humiliation was premeditated. Patience, he said, tn- wardly; this would be the last opportunity she would have to humil- fate him. “Have you the flower on your per son?” “Yes, Miss.” “Did you know that it was mine?”— mercilessly. “Yes; but I believed that you had de- Mberately thrown ft away. I saw no harm in taking it” | “But there was harm.” “I bow to your superior judgment, Miss.""—tronically, | She deemed It wisest to pass over this experimental froay. “Give the flower back to me. It ts not proper that a servant should have in his keep- ing a rose which was once mine, even if T had thrown it away or discarded it" Carefully he drew forth the crum- pled flower. He looked at her, then at the rose, hoping against hope that she might relent. He hesitated till he saw an {mpatient movement of the ex- tended hand. He surrendered, “Thank you. ‘That is all. You may go." She tossed the withered flower into the wastebasket. “Pardon me, but before I go I have to announce that I sball resign my po- sition next Monday. The money which has been advanced to me, deducting that which ts due me, together with the amount of my fine at the police-court I shall be pleased to return to you on the morning of my departure.” Miss Annesley's lps fell apart, and her brows arched. She was very much surprised. “You wish to leave my service?"—as if it were quite impossible that such a thing should occur. “Yes, Miss.” “You are dissatisfied with your po- sition ?”"—teily. “It is not that, Miss. As a groom Tam perfectly satistied. ‘The trouble lies in the fact that I have too many other things to do. It is very dls: tasteful for me to act in the capacity of butler. My temper is not equable enough for that position.” He bowed “Very well. 1 trust that you will not regret your decision.” She sat down and coolly resumed her work. “It is not possible that T shall re- egret it.” “You may 0.” He bowed again, one corner of bk: mouth twisted. Then he took himsei Off to the stables. He wns certainly in what they call a towering rage. If T were not a sver of the first de- gree, a narrator of the penetrative or- der, I should be vastly puzzled ovet this singular action on her part. TO BB CONTINUED. Given Away. who save the bride away?" “Her iittle brother, He’ stood up right'in the. mile of the ‘ceremony and yelled: ‘Hurrah, Fanny, you've got him at last!’ "—Tit-Bits, 2% Mixep, Muffied Voice (under the machine)— Bay, Bill, back her up a Httle, will yer? Bill—What's the matter? “My face is caught im the works.”— Life The Ruling Passion. Old Stoxanbons—Are you sure that you can no longer contro! the thing? His Chauffeur—Yes, sir. I'm afraid it will get away from me very soor. Old Stoxanbons—Then for heaven’s sake run into something cheap.—Puck. ‘Woman! Woman! “She is literally starving.” “Well, T can get her into an elder ly ladies’ home.” “But, my friend, she would much sooner starve thay admit that she’s an elderly lady.”—Chicago Sun. Proof Positive. She'll marry me some day, I know, steel to Saeeaeees "he whlapered “ory make-aourt” Dibble—That Mrs. Flasher is always on the go. It's hard to keep such women in. Dabble—Yes, even the artist could not keep her quite inside the picture. —Chicago Daily News. Very Pretty. ‘A belt formed from three pleces of white kid an inch wide, each one stud- ded at different iotervais with cut steel ‘mails. At the back, holding them to- gether, was c large eut steel buckle. Rnigbts of Pythi nights of Pythtas, N.A.,S. A.,E. A., A. AND A. oF This organization is one of the most powerful in the country and its BN, progress has been phenominal. The Grand Lodge of Virginia has juris- ¥ Q\ diction over allof the cities and counties in thisstate. Thirty inales ey are required to organize a new lodge. The benefits paid constitute one Leo of its strongest features, but the principles are greater than anything ar" Bey , cise. Founded on Friendship, based on Charity and established on Be. ts Siok). nevolence, the respectable, upright people of the state will find it av order oa s/ worthy of their heartiest support. Saige” 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 organzaition of lodges, apply at the main office. The Courts of Calanthe —%. Is the Female Department of the Order. It requires a membership of thirty persous to organize a court. Itsmempers are pledged to exhibit Fidelity, exercise Harmony and prove Love one for the other. 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We must scheme, plan and work along all legitimate lines with a view of increasing our usefulness to the community and adding to our own coffers. Colored men, who commit heinous crimes upon women, be the victims white or colored deserve no sympathy at our hands. If guilty, the sooner they find the rope's end the better for all concerned. The hoodlum Negro is a hindrance and the criminal one is a nuisance. Every man, be he white or black is entitled to a fair and impartial trial and he should have it. The granting of this right and a legal conviction should cause all cessation of all efforts in behalf of the prisoner, on the part of the public. Teach your children to be polite and obliging to everybody, be they white or black. Some people mistake impertinence and ill-breeding for nerve and manhood. The colored people of this country are advancing rapidly and the better classes of them are widely separated from the lazy lawless good-for-nothing elements. Few white people realize this however. The Constitution League of the United States has held two meetings, one in New York city and the other in Washington, D. C. We have carefully read the resolutions adopted in the former city and the resolutions adopted in the latter city. It seems to us that the wings don't flap together. It is a well-known fact that there is a wide difference of opinion as to whether it is best to reduce the congressional representation of the states that have disfranchised the Negro. Some of our leaders contend that to do this would emphasize and make per manent the very evil of which we complain, while others urge that it would have a punitive effect upon those Negro-hating politicians in the Southland, who were profit-ing by this form of political robbery. Be that as it may, it seems a lit- the odd for the organization to say one thing in New York and another thing in Washington, the two places being within a radius of two hundred miles of each other. It is hoped that these evidences of intestinal disagreements may be eliminated and the movement be focused under one management and under one leadership. MITCHELL DENIES STRIKE PLOT Miners' Leader Says Story From Pittsburg is All Nonsense. WAITING OPERATORS' ANSWER New York, March 6.—John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers, denied emphatically that he had entered into a deal with Mr. Robbins, the independent operator. When seen at the Ashland House the miners' leader said: "Things are in status quo. Let me say this: The dispatches from Pittsburg intimating that I have entered into a deal or am about to come to an understanding with Mr. Robbins, to the effect that if I would help the anthracite miners to get an increase of wages he would make similar efforts for the bituminous miners, is all nonsense. We are waiting for developments from the operators' side." A Soft Coal Plot? Pittsburg, March 6.—The word has been passed out in Pittsburg among the independent as well as other coal operators that a strike in the anthracite regions has been decided on, that it will be a forced strike and that the bituminous operators, many of whom are hesitating about paying the advance demanded by the miners here, will be greatly benefited. The assurance that the anthracite strike is as good as on is one of the inducements now being held out to the balking independent operators. It is openly asserted by those in a position to know that such action has been discussed by President John Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers, and Chairman Francis L. Robbins, of the Pittsburg Coal Company. Mitchell has been positively assured that if a strike in the anthracite regin is guaranteed to the blituminous operators the soft coal miners will receive an advance that will force the anthracite operators to raise their pay to the miners, and that there will be little trouble in securing a good advance in the blituminous region, not only in territory covered by the Pittsburg Coal Company, but by other operators, independent and otherwise. Just what answer Mitchell made to this proposition is not made public, but the fact remains that independent operators in the Pittsburg district say they have been assured that there will be a strike, in the anthracite region, and that it will be a good one. Some of the operators have changed their minds and will vote for an advance to the miners here. "Make the anthracite people come up to the mark, or close their mines, and we will deal with you. If you don't, we may deal with you anyway on the advance, but we will stop the 'check-off.' and you know, what that will mean." That was the cold way in which the proposition was handed to John Mitchell within the last seventy-two hours by Robbins, or his personal representative, and it has made Mitchell think. The abolishment of the "check-off" by the blituminous operators, it is declared, would kill the miners' union. The "check-off" is toll collected from the miners' pay envelopes by the operators for the United Mine Workers. That is how the union is kept up. All admit that, if left to the miners themselves, the dues would not be paid. The threat to stop this collecting or "holding out" from the miners' pay has had its effect. The object of the move is to boost bituminous prices and get into the eastern markets, long controlled by the anthracite people, as soon as their mines are made idle by a strike. LOCAL OPTION DEFEATED Only Thirteen Votes For It In New Jersey Senate. Trenton, N. J., March 6: The Assembly was in session until after midnight, the entire time being taken up with a discussion of Assemblyman Miller's local option bill and a motion of Mr. Martin to relieve committees from assembly bills 13 and 17. The local option bill was discussed almost without limit, and when it finally came to a vote was defeated, with only 13 votes in the affirmative. Practically the only speaker in favor of the bill was Assemblyman Buck, who took charge of it in the absence of Mr. Miller, the introducer. Gives $100,000 to Episcopal Missions. Philadelphia, March 6—George C. Thomas, a retired banker of this city, has presented $100,000 to the board of missions of the Episcopal church. It is Mr. Thomas' request that the dona- tion shall be used as a permanent fund known as the "Bessie Moorhead Thomas Memorial Fund," after his daughter, who died some years ago. The fund is placed at the disposal of the board of missions of New York, and will be used for foreign or home missionary work, at the discretion of the board. The Longworths In Washington. Washington, March 5. Representative and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth returned to Washington from Cuba, to which place they journeyed after their wedding. They occupied a private car attached to a regular train of the Southern railway. They were met at the station by Mr. Longworth's private secretary and drove immediately to Mr. Longworth's residence on 18th street, where they have taken up their home. Mr. Longworth will immediately resume his legislative duties at the capitol. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA BANKER'S SON KIDNAPPED $20,000 Ransom Demanded to Saves Boy's Life New York. March 7.—A banker's son kidnapped and held for $20,000 ransom is the latest puzzle the New York police have been called upon to solve. The parents, frantic with fear have received two letters from the boy, imploring that the sum mentioned be sent to his captors. The kidnappers themselves have twice written demanding the ransom on penalty of the lad's death. The victim of the bold plan to extort $20,000 is Antonio Bozuff, the 14-year-old son of John Bozuff, a leading Italian banker, whose place of business is at 63d street and First avenue. The kidnapping occurred last Saturday, on which day the bank is kept open during the afternoon. The boy, who was acting as a clerk, was sent out to purchase $10 worth of stamps and did not return. Inquiry proved that he had made the purchase. Monday the first letter came from the lad. Tuesday came the second, and with it the letter of the abductors. The latter was well written and in Italian. The boy's first letter said he was held a captive in Brooklyn. After asking that the money be paid, the note concluded: "Do not advise the police under any circumstances, because if you do my life will leave this world." March 8 is the day set for the payment of the ransom. ROBBED FIFTEEN RESIDENCES Scranton Man Stole to Satisfy His Pass sion. For Playing Pool. Scranton, Pa., March 5. — Edward Griffiths, a chauffeur, aged 24, the son of a very good family, was arrested here on suspicion of being the lone burglar who, since December 1, entered and ransacked 15 residences. He broke down when confronted with evidences of his guilt, and confessed to eight of the burglaries. He said he might have been guilty of the other depredations, but he was not sure as some of the houses he burglarized were selected at random, and he does not know the names of the occupants. One of the places he admitted burglarizing was the home of County Detective W. A. Phillips. His detection was effected through his attempt to dispose of some old coins stolen from one of the houses. He was a pool flend, he sald, and stole that he might raise money to indulge his passion for the game. His method was to go from house to house ringing door bells until he found one from which all the household was absent, which he would enter by breaking a pane of glass in the window and loosening the catch. All the houses where the ring of the door bell was answered he would ask to be directed to some fictitious residence. CANNOT AGREE Lackawanna & Western Trainmen Ask For Company's Ultimatum. Scranton, Pa, March 7.—After four weeks of conference, the joint grievance committee of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western conductors and trainmen concluded that they cannot reach an amicable agreement with General Superintendent T. E. Clarke and they will ask for his best ultimum preliminary to reporting to the local lodges that they cannot secure an adjustment and asking for a vote as to whether or not to order a strike. This was given out by the committee after a session at their headquarters. The announcement will be received with great surprise in Lackawanna circles, as each party to the conference, by solemn agreement, had given out no inklings of what was taking place except to say that "satisfactory progress" was being made. The grievances are mostly about wages. FARMER DRAWN INTO THRESHER Hlg Leg So Badly Mangled That Am putation Was Necessary pulation Was Necessary. York, Pa. March 6.—A. M. Glattfelter, a farmer and prominent Democratic politician, was caught in the threshing machinery on his farm near New Salem, this county, and received injuries which may cause his death. Glattfelter was adjusting a belt which had slipped off the machine, when he was struck over the head with the threshing board, which became fastened in the belt. His left leg was drawn into the machine, and that member was badly lacerated. The left leg was amputated by surgeons who also found that his skull was fractured. MURDERER BREAKS J... Condemned Negro Escapees to Wrocks and All Traces of Him Are Lost. Towson, Md., March 6. -Isaac Winder, colored, under sentence to be hanged March 30, for the murder December 21, 1905, of Frederick T. Rinehart, keeper of a toll-gate near here, escaped from jail and track of him was lost in nearby woods. This is Winder's third attempt to escape, the first having been made before his trial. It was almost successful, but one lock remaining between him and freedom when he was discovered. The crime for which Winder was condemned aroused great indignation, and if he is caught by one of the many parties of civilians now scouring the country for him a lynching is threatened. RURAL DELIVERY'S GROWTH There Are Now 35,000 Routes In Op eration in the Northeast Region eration in the United States. Washington, March 6.—The operations of the rural free delivery service up to March 1, 1906, are shown in a statement issued by Fourth Assistant Postmaster General DeGraw. Up to that time 52,227 petitions had been received and referred. Of these 13,772 were acted upon adversely. The number of routes in operation March 1 was 35,031. In connection with these figures the statement is made that notwithstanding the development of the service there is an unexpended balance on hand to the credit of new establishment of $905,106, from the appropriation of $2,276,696 which became available July 1 of last year. GEORGE SMALL GUILTY OF MURDER He and Rufus Johnson to Hang March 24 For Allinson Crime. WIFE COLLAPSED AFTER TRIAL Mt. Holly, N. J., March 7.—George Small, the negro, who was on trial here charged with the killing of Miss Florence W. Allinson, near Moorestown, on January 18, was convicted of murder in the first degree. $ \textcircled{1} $ was sentenced to be hanged on March 24, at which time Rufes Johnson will also be executed for the same crime. Johnson was convicted of the murder on February 8, and sentenced to be hanged on February 23. A few days prior to the day set for the execution, Small, who had been arrested for complicity in the murder, made a confession, in which he said he did the killing. On the strength of this Johnson was repieved for a month pending the outcome of Small's trial. Counsel for Small made a strong effort against the admission of the confession alleged to have been made by the defendant, but without avail. Small took the witness stand and denied that he had any thing to do with the crime, and also maintained that he was not in the vicinity of the Allinson home on the day the murder was committed. Small's wife collapsed as he was led past her cell on his way from the court house, and her condition is considered critical. She had been held as a witness. ROBBERY STORY A FAKE Millville, N. J., Baker Charged With Embezzlement Millville, N. J., March 5.—Frederick Roedel, the baker, whose story of assault and robbery of $4000 last week started this city, was held in $3000 bail by Mayor Payne for his appearance at the April term of court on the charge of embezzlement and conspiracy. Roedel claimed he was held up by two men, who robbed him of the money. The charge was preferred by Lilburn M. Hess, who held a mortgage of $1100 on a brick company's plant which was burned in December, and of which Roedel was treasurer. Hess did not believe the story, and had detectives investigate the case, which resulted in the arrest of Roedel. According to the detectives, Roedel told the robbery story in order to get control of $2700 insurance money that had been paid to him. Roedel denies all attempts to conspire for the money, and affirmed that his story of the assault and robbery was true. SUSAN B. ANTHONY JLL Woman Suffragist Advocate Suffering From Pneumonia. Rochester, N. Y., March 7. — Miss Susan B. Anthony is seriously ill at her home here of pneumonia, which developed on her return from her recent visit to Washington. Her physician, Dr. Marsena S. Ricker, said: "Miss Anthony's left lung is now affected by pneumonia. Her right lung has practically cleared. As the result of nausea she became very weak. She is still unable to retain nourishment and consequently is very weak. Of course these conditions in Miss Anthony's case are serious. We hope that her constitution, which has been vigorous even in old age, will carry her through to an improved condition soon. It is difficult to say now what the change may be." Unanimously Chosen Head of Democratic Congressional Committee. Washington, March 7.—Representative J. M. Griggs, of Georgia, was unanimously chosen chairman of the Democratic congressional committee at a meeting in the capitol attended by 31 members of the committee. Representative Bowers, of Mississippi, placed Mr. Griggs in nomination. There were no other nominations, and the secretary was instructed to cast the entire vote for Mr. Griggs. Exedus of Foreigners From Coal Milnes New York, March 7.—More than 1000 Hungarians and Slavs from the anthracite coal regions attempted to obtain passage on the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse which sailed for Europe from Hoboken. Only 780 of the would-be passengers could be accommodated, and the others were forced to remain behind and await another steamer. The men said that they were only the advance guard of thousands of their fellow country men who will leave the coal fields within the next few weeks for their homes. They appeared to believe that a strike in the coal regions is certain to come, and told they have decided to go home to remain until the trouble is settled. No Cemetery For Dog. Norristown, Pa., March 6. — The court decided that a cemetery is no place for the burial of animals, no matter how much they are beloved by the owners. The case in point was that of Charles Bean, who interred a pet poodle in his lot in the Lutheran cemetery at North Wales, and erected a monument similar to those marking the names of other members of the family, and inscribed "Our Pet." For this he was haled into court by the church people, and Judge Swartz holds they were justly aggrieved. Woman Hanged Herself. Harrisburg, Pa., March 6. — Mrs. Elizabeth Emig, aged 63 years, committed suicide in a fit of despondency, caused by illness, by hanging herself from a post used to fasten a clothes line, at her residence in this city. Barge Burned Off Atlantic City. Atlantic City, N. J., March 7. — The barge Hamilton Fish, owned by the C. Dunham Nephew company, of New York, was destroyed by fire at sea four miles off the Barnegat life saving station. The captain and crew were taken off by the tug which had the barge in tow. The vessel was left burning and the tug proceeded up the coast. A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED Thursday, March 1. Two daughters of George Storer, of Camden, Mich., were poisoned by eating canned salmon. Rear Admirals Colby M. Chester and French E. Chadwick have been placed on the retired list. Postmaster Albert Hoerner, of West Seneca, N. Y., is under arrest, charged with embezzling $5000 postoffice funds. Mrs. Sarah E. Ray, aged 102 years, one of the oldest women in Baltimore, and a, well-known war nurse, died of old age. George Kingsbury, grand scribe of the Grand Chapter, Royal Arch Masons of Michigan, died at Cassopolis of consumption. Friday, March 2. at Windsor, N. C., for wife murder. Armour & Co.'s meat distributing plant in Philadelphia was destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of $150,000. North College, the oldest dormitory at Wesleyan University, at Middletown, Conn., was destroyed by fire. Loss $80,000. By the collapse of the upper floor of a building at Cleveland, O., one man was killed, one totally injured and 10 had miraculous escapes from death. President Roosevelt has asked congress to appropriate $100,000 to defray the expenses of the delegates of the United States to the Pan-American congress in Rio de Janeiro next spring. Saturday, March 3. Andrew Thompson, a negro, was hanged at Greenville, S. C., for rape. Robert S. Woodruff, former law judge of Mercer county, N. J., died at Trenton from stomach trouble. Governor Pennypacker has designated Friday, April 6, and Friday, April 20, as Arbor Days throughout Pennsylvania. Mrs. Joseph A. Swann, widow of former Governor Swann, of Maryland, who recently suffered a paralytic stroke, died in Washington. Attempting to open a can of powder with a pick caused an explosion which fatally injured three foreigners and destroyed a house at Greensburg, Pa. Monday, March 5. Over 1,000,000 acres of fine pasture land in the pan handle of New Mexico has been burned over by a two-days' prairie fire. Caught under a loaded coal car that jumped the vladict at the Laughlin steel plant in Wheeling, W. Va., John Cramer, a workman, was killed. From a strong, husky fellow, Harry Wakefield has been transformed into a weakling at Richmond, Va., by five weeks of hiccups. Captain A. J. Standing, assistant superintendent of the Carlisle (Pa.) Indian Training School for 20 years and lately connected with Dickinson College, has resigned to go to England. Tuesday, March 6. Andrew Carnegie will give $25,000 to Rio Grande College, a Baptist theological school at Rio Grande, O. William Dowd was sentenced to two and a half years in prison at Ballston, N. Y., for illegal voting last fall. Major Livingston Mims, one of the most widely known men in the south and an intimate friend of Jefferson Davis, died at Atlanta, Ga. J. H. Ward, a prominent merchant of Toledo, O., became mentally unbalanced in a political campaign and committed suicide by shooting. A passenger train on the Southern Railway was wrecked at High Point, N. C., and a score of persons were injured, but no one was killed. Wednesday, March 7. George Hasty was convicted of murdering two actors at Raleigh, N. C., and sentenced to life imprisonment. Joseph Hogan, 14 years old, of Philadelphia had both legs cut off while attempting to board a Reading freight train. Governor Pennypacker has vetoed the resolutions passed by the Pennsylvanal legislature to investigate the coal combine. Frank J. Constantine, who is wanted in Chicago for the murder of Mrs. Arthur W. Gentry, has been arrested near Wheeling, W. Va. President Roosevelt will appoint Manly Lawton, son of the late Major General Lawton, a cadet to the West Point military academy. GEN. SCHOFIELD PASSES AWAY Retired Army Officer Died Suddenly at St. Augustine, Fla. St. Augustine, Fla., March 5 —leutenant General John M. Schofield, U. S. A., retired, former head of the army, died here. He was attacked with cerebral hemorrhage. His wife and young daughter were with him. With the death of General Schofield, the last surviving army commander during the Civil War has passed away. John McAllister Schofield was a native of the state of New York and was born in Chautauqua county, November 29, 1831. His father was a Baptist minister. He removed to Freeport, Ill., when his son was but 11 years of age, and it was from there that the future general in chief of the republic's armies was sent to West Point. He graduated in 1852, and in 1860, while a first lieutenant, obtained leave of absence to accept the chair of physics in the Washington University of St. Louis. The echoes of the first gun fired upon Sumter had hardly ceased before young Schofield resigned his chair at St. Louis, and offering his services to the government was made mustering officer of the state of Missouri. A month later he was elected a captain in Colonel Frank A. Blair's regiment, First Missouri Infantry, which was afterward transferred to the artillery service. He won the foundation of a reputation for promptness and efficiency when at Fredericktown, Md., where a large Confered force had suddenly gathered, by hastily embarking recruits on a railroad train and hurrying with them to the scene, organizing the raw troops after his arrival and routing the Confederates completely. In 1869 he was appointed major general of the United States army and ordered to the department of the Missouri. From 1870 to 1876 he had charge of the department of the Pacific and was superintendent of the military academy at West Point for the five years from 1876 to 1881. In 1882 and 1883 he was again in charge of the department of the Pacific, and from 1883 to 1888 had command of the division of the Missouri. Then he was placed in command of the division of the Atlantic and was in charge of Governor's island in New York harbor when in 1888 the death of Sheridan occurred. Schofield being then the senior major general of the army, was raised to the position of general in chief. General Schofield was president of the board that adopted the army tactics in 1870, went on a special mission to the Hawaiian Islands in 1873 and was president of the board of inquiry in the Fitz-John Porter case in 1878. He was twice married, his first wife being Miss Bartlett, daughter of a West Point instructor, and his second wife, to whom he was united in 1891, Miss Georgia Kilbourne of Iowa. DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS LOADED Miss Eliza Weaver Accidentally Killed By Her Sister. Gettyburs, Pa., March 5. — Mrs. Isaac H. Welkert, residing near her accidentally shot and instantly killed her sister, Miss Eliza Weaver, aged 35 years. Mrs. Welkert was examining a revolver which had been purchased by her, she supposing it was empty. In some manner it was discharged and the bullet entered Miss Weaver's brain. Mrs. Welkert is heartbroken over the affair and is in a serious condition. High License for Chicago. Chicago, March 6.—As a step toward stamping out crime in Chicago, the city council by a vote of 40 to 28 passed an ordinance making the price of saloon licenses $1000 instead of $500 as heretofore. The law is effective on May 1 unless Mayor Dunne should veto the ordinance. Chicago has 7017 saloons. With the doubling of the cost of a license, it was thought that many of these places would be compelled to discontinue business. The saloonkeepers put up a bitter fight against the high license plan. Sixteen Persons Burned to Death. Florence, March 6.—At the village of Fucecchio, 23 miles west of Florence, a house where a dance was in progress took fire. In the panic among the guests which ensued the floor gave way and 16 persons perished. While many others were injured. Charles Brewster Hanged. Coudersport, Pa., March 7.—Charles Brewster, convicted of the murder of Marshal Stryker, his step-father, was banged in the Potter county jail here. He had nothing to say on the gallows and went to his death unfinchingly. PRODUCE QUOTATIONS The Latest Closing Prices In the Principal Markets PHILADELPHIA — FLOUR steady; winter extras. $3@2.25; Pennsylvania roller, clear. $3.40@3.60; city mills, fancy. $4.75@4.80. RYE FLOUR firm; per barrel. $3.70. WHEAT firm; No. 2 Pennsylvania red. new. $8@3.80. CONF firm; No. 2 yellow, local, 46½c OATS steady; steady, clipped, 35½c grade; grades 35½c firm; No. 1 timothy. $15.50 for large bales. PORK steady; family. $17 BEEF steady; beef hams. $23 @24 POULTRY: live steady; hens, 12½@13c; old roosters, 9½c. Dressed firm; choice fowls, 14c.; old roosters, 10c. BUTTER steady. creamy, 32c EGGS firm; selected, 16@17c; nearby 15c. western, 14@15c; southern, 13@14c. POTATOES steady; per bushel. $6@76c. BALTIMORE - WHEAT steady; No 2 spot, 85%1c; steamer No. 2 spot 80c; southern, on grade, 80c, CORN quiet; mixed spot, 46%1c; steamer mixed, 45%1c; southern, 44c, OATS steady; white No. 2, 35%1c; No. 3, 34@34%1c; No. 4, 33@33%1c; mixed No. 2, 34@34%1c; No. 3, 33@33%1c; No. 4, 32@32%1c; BUTTER steady; mixed No. 2, 34@34%1c; forerun 85%20c, prints 29%, held 23%24c; land and Pennsylvania dairy prints, 16%17c EGGS steady; fancy Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia, 13c; southern, 12c. Live Stock Markets PITTSBURG (Union Stock Yards)— CATTLE lower; choice, $5.40@5.60 prime, $5.15@5.35. HOGS higher; prime heavies, mediums and heavy Yorkers light Yorkers, $6@6.65 plugs, $6.50@5.80 SHEEP tair; prime wethers, $6.50 common sheep, $2.50@3.50; lambs, $7 7.50; calve calves, $8@8.50 Killed His Playmate Glens Falls. N. +Y., March 5—Leon Pixley, aged 12 years, shot and killed Gilbert Armstrong, aged 9 years. In the kitchen of the former's home at Johnsburn, because young Armstrong refused to allow him to join in a game of dominoes. BRYAN GREETED IN INDIA Nebraska Shown Marked Courtesies By British Officials There By British Officials There. Calcutta, India, March 7.—William J. Bryan has arrived here on his trip around the world. He has received much courteous attention from officials and others, many fetes and entertainments having been arranged in his honor. Luncheons have been given him by the lieutenant governor and the viceceroy, the Earl of Minto. Trade Increases Despite Boycott: Trade Increases Despite Boycott. Washington, March 7.—In view of the widespread feeling regarding the effect of the Chinese boycott of American goods, Secretary Metcalf, of the department of commerce and labor, gave out a statement, prepared in the statistical division of his office, showing the amount of exports from this country to China, by months, July, 1904, to January, 1905, and from July, 1905, to January, 1906, respectively. It appears from this that the total exports for the seven months ending January, 1905, amounted to $23,432,948, whereas for the seven months ending January, 1906, they equaled $28,862,680, or a total increase of $5,429,732. HORRORS OF THE RUSSIAN BASTILE REVOLUTIONARY LEADER IN-CARCERATED 16 YEARS. STORY OF HIS SUFFERING Polish Patriot Describes Tortures Inflicted on Prisoners at Schusselburg Fortress—Waters Pour Through Dungeons. London.—For the first time since the transformation of the Schusselburg prison into the Russian bastle in 1884, has a living soul come out of its dungeons to tell the story of his sufferings. The Schlusselburg is a fortress on a Neva island about 20 miles east of St. Petersburg, and is used only for the most dangerous political criminals. As a rule unfortunate beings who enter it never come out alive, and the saying, "as dead as a prisoner of the Schlusselburg," has become proverbial in Russia. The recent amnesty, however, opened the doors to some of the prisoners, and one of them, a Polish patriot, after being released fled to London, where he has told the story of his suffering during 16 years' seclusion in a living tomb. He is now 37 years of age, having been imprisoned at the age of 21 when a student at Warsaw university. His appearance, however, is that of a man of 60. He is physically and mentally a wreck, his scarce locks are whitened by the moist air of the prison cells, and his features are haggard; the vivid eyes alone show that there is still life in the wasted body. His awful experience has made him very timid, and he declines to permit the use of his name for fear he may be caught again by the czar and sent back to his prison cell. This is the story: "A little over 16 years ago I was brought from Warsaw to the Schlusselburg, after a Polish patriotic agitation. My cell was an underground room of about eight feet by twelve. For the first six months I was kept chained to an iron bar passing through the wall and out FOR SIXTEEN YEARS THE STONE FLOOR SERVED AS HIS LED. into the corridor. Whenever the bar was turned by the guard I was jerked round in my bed. Every half hour the guard turned the handle so that even the solace of an undisturbed sleep on an iron bedstead was not granted to me. "In the morning the bed was removed from the cell, and I was obliged to lie on the damp stone floor, not withstanding my illness. "In spring, when the snow melts, the waters of the Neva often rise and pour through the dungeons. For days together we and to live with the icy cold snow water up to our knees. "The food consisted of water in the morning, cabbages at noon, and water again at night, not even the sick being given more strengthening food. "The crying and laughing of prisoners who had become insane haunted me day and night and drove me nearly mad myself. Oh, that hard, metallic laughter! How it echoed in the cells and corridors of the Schlussburg! Even now I shiver when I think of it. "Knocking at the walls, singing, whistling, and even quick walking are prohibited, and any infringement of the rule is severely punished by an application of the knot or a suspension of the food supplies. 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(>>) REPUBLICAN JOURNALS IN THE UNITED EN LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS, ONE ALARM #2 | My Neep STATES-FOR $2.25 PER YEAR FOR BOTH. CLOCK, ONE DOZEN NAPKINS, ONE HALF }i% ¥ WE WILL SEND YOU THE PLANET AND DOZEN TOWELS, ONE CHOCOLATE POT, ONE. 3% : | THE COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE FOR $2.25 PAIR VASES, ONE PAIR KID GLOVES, ONE #86 {)_ PER YEAR FOR BOTH. HAM, ONE TURKEY. rik wk WE WILL SEND YOU THE PLANET AND iemic hica. hk UGS M-CLURE’S MAGAZINE FOR $2.25 PER YEAR] | FOR TEN NEW SUBSCRIBERS apa {) eee came WE WILL SEND ONE CHINA SET, THIRTY-ONE. #44 (} FOR TWO YEARLY SUBSCRIBERS PIECES; ONE NECKLACE; DICKENS, SHAKES- $a 1 PEARE, BYRON WORKS; ONE UMBRELLA, ONE. ek \? OR THEIR EQUIVALENT, WE WILL SEND PIC- PLAIN GOLD RING, ONE PAIR LACE CURTAINS #44 If) TURES, ONE ONLY, OF PRESIDENT THEO- 1,000 ENVELOPES, 1,000 SHEETS OF PAPER &Si% ] DORE ROOSEVELT, DR. BOOKER T. WASH- PRINTED AND DELIVERED; ONE TOILET SET, } * { INGTON, BATTLE OF SANTIAGO, LAND BAT. {ONE HALF CORD OF SAWED WOOD. see ), TLE OF QUASIMAS NEAR SANTIAGO, JUNE 24, : i an : eae | 1898, SHOWING THE NINTH AND TENTH COL- FOR TWENTY NEW SUBSCRIBERS fede 4? ORED CAVALRY IN SUPPORT OF ROUGH RI- WE WILL GIVE ONE HANDSOME GOLD RING 5 DERS, SIZE 20X28 AND 20X24 INCHES, LAND vr > 5S DE. oe SERERANDICARCE OGLE seria eer WITH OPALS, RUBIES OR PEARLS; ONE JEW- i} j BA Al : : =e ELRY BOX FINISHED IN GOLD OR SILVER; #4 - COLORED INFANTRY IN RESCUE OF ROUGH ONE SILK SHIRT WAIST; ONE READY MADE 22% - RIDERS sAT SAN JUAN HILL, JULY 2, 1898, SIZE DRESS, ONE GOLD WATCH, FILLED, WAR- +--+ | 20X28 AND 20X24 INCHES, ADMIRAL DEWEY’S RANTED FOR TEN YEARS, ONE ROCKING s2 | GREAT NAVAL BATTLE OFF CAVITE IN MA- CHAIR, ONE LOAD OF COAL, ONE GROSS OF #ea - NILA BAY, MAY IST, 1898, NAVAL BATTLE, SOAP, EITHER WASHING OR TOILET; ONE ik | DESTRUCTION OF ADMIRAL CERVERA'S BARREL OF BEST FLOUR, ONE PAIR BLANK- #4 } SPANISH FLEET OFF SANTIAGO DE CUBA, JU- ¢ ETS, ONE MANICURE SET, ONE SEAMSTRESS' Sas ' LY 3RD, 1898, SIZE 22X28 INCHES; LAND BAT- WORK BOX, ONE PAIR SHOES, GENTS OR LA- a | TLE, CAPTURE OF EL CANEY, EL PASO AND DIES. bib + FORTIFICATIONS OF SANTIAGO, JULY FIRST eee ae See - AND SECOND, 1898, SIZE 22X28 AND 22X27 . FOR FORTY YEARLY SUBSCRIBERS aie - INCHES. WE WILL SEND YOU ONE OF ANY . OR EQUIVALENT, WE WILL GIVE ONE. SEW- 3 | OF THE FOLLOWING BATTLES OF THE CIVIL ING MACHINE, ONE DIAMOND RING, ONE $4? , WAR ON THE SAME TERMS. THE PICTURES GOLD WATCH, ONE PAIR FINE GOLD EAR- #33 - LIKE THE OTHER BATTLES ARE FINISHED IN RINGS, ONE. MUSIC BOX, ONE PHONOGRAPH, 22% ; COLORS. THEY ARE 22X28 INCHES AND RE- | ONE READY MADE DRESS, ONE SUIT OF GEN. = } TAIL AT ONE DOLLAR EACH. WE WILL cy TLEMEN’S CLOTHES, ONE GOLD-HEADED see - FURNISH FRAMES FOR ANY OF THESE FINE ey CANE, ONE GOLD-HEADED UMBRELLA, ONE 22% , CHROMOS FOR 2 DOLLARS & 50CTS. EACH AD- Cat “ CHINA SET, ONE DOZEN SILVER-PLATED db - DITIONAL BATTIF OF CETTYSRUIRC RATE ° Se SEE, VINE DUZEN SILVER-FL bet REQUISITE NUMBER IS OBTAINED, W FORWARD THE PRESENT INDICATED A PERSON WHO TRIES TO GET SUBSCRIBERS AND GETS TIRED M/é CATE HIS WISH AND WE WILL SE) PRESENT FOR THE NUMBER HE CURED OVER FIVE. THE NUMBER WILL BE FOR Ni THAN FIVE NOR MORE THAN TEN A LESS THAN TEN NOR MORE THAN 7 AND NOT LESS THAN TWENTY NO! THAN FORTY, TO DETERMINE THE P WHICH THE WORKER IS ENTITLED. a@7IF ANYTHING IS DESIRED NO FIED IN THIS LIST, WRITE US ABOUT WE WILL TELL YOU IN WHAT CLAS LONGS.-= Strange, Wonderful but True are the awe siricken tests given by The Great Australian Medium, PROF. D. D. BRUCE, M. D., the only Living Apostle of Science of the Mysteries. $5000 in Gold to any one In the Workt to compete with him. Pos- sessing more power than any four mediums combined. No card, trance or hand humbug. Greatest Hindoo Medium in the World. SO GALEAT IS HIS POWER that he can tell : u whilo in a Clairvoy- ant state, ali you wish to know with- out a word being spoken. Come, all yo unbeltevers, scoffers and jeer- ers; bring all your skepticism with you—he will open your eyes to the Private chamber mystery. Come all ye broken ‘hearted wives, all with low spirits and let him lift the bur- den from your aching amd jealous heart. He challenges the World to compete with him in causing a speed y¥ marriage with the one you love; uniting the separated and bring back the lost one. ‘Traces lost or stolen goods. — Unearths hidden treasures. Removes evil influences Crosses, Spells, Ill luck, Cures tricks and Conjurations, gives Luck and Success in all you undertake. Cures the Tobaceo and Liquor Habits. Al lows the Captive to be set Free. a fa) FIVE 5 | -s Aree THE PLANET "LITTLE PITCHERS" GROWN-UPS OFTEN UNWISE IN TALK BEFORE CHILDREN. "Little Pitchers Have Big Ears" and Parents Should Be Careful About Discussing Neighbors in Their Hearing—Object Lessons in Lying —The Incompetent Nurse—Burdens Upon Childish Minds—Copying Parents' Fauits. BY MARGARET E. SANGSTER. (Copyright 1906. by Joseph B. Bowles.) (Nothing stamps a mother more surely as sweet and refined than entire confidence between parents and children. Still, in every household matters come up which should not be discussed in the presence of juniors. This is especially true when, as sometimes happens, the older ones are talking over questions that concern outsiders, either neighbors or friends. If, unfortunately, something comes to light about a family in the community, which that family would naturally prefer to keep to itself, it is to the last degree unkind as well as unwise to make any allusion to the subject in the hearing of children. The difference between children, so far as curiosity is concerned, is very marked. An inquisitive child who is also secretive, will linger about, quietly observant, hanging eagerly on the conversation of father and mother, only half understanding what she hears, and perhaps without knowing the extent of the mischief she makes, will repeat scraps that she has heard to the undoing of the parents. No one can be other than mortified if her friends are told things that she has said at home, which were never meant for the public ear. The little pitcher is often a little critic. One of these children said to me: "I cannot understand mother. She saw Mrs. — coming down the street, and she said to Aunt Charlotte: 'There is that old cat. I am afraid she is coming here. She always chooses the most inconvenient time, and I can't bear her anyway.' 'I expected,' went on the child, "to see her treat Mrs. — very coldly, but she was just as polite as she could be. She said: 'Dear Mrs. —, how glad I am to see you,' and a great deal more. If I tell stories, I am punished. But what can I think of mother?" What, indeed? If you are going to be a social hypocrite you would better keep your little pitcher in the nursery out of sight and hearing of your deceit. All the precept in the world will not make children truthful if they have object lessons in lying set before their eyes. Not a great while ago, a beautiful golden-haired little boy, scarcely four, startled his mother by calmly uttering an oath in the middle of his play. "Why, Harry!" exclaimed the mother, in dismay. "Where did you hear such a word? Do you not know that it is very, very wicked to use such words as that?" "Why," said the child, with honest eyes fixed on her face, "it can't be so very wrong. Father and Uncle Fred often speak in that way." **Urren are creatures of imitation.** The words they hear they repeat. Evil is not evolved from the recesses of their own hearts. It comes upon them as part of the stain and soil of the world in which they live. A great deal of harm is done to children when they are left in the care of irresponsible and incompetent hirrelings. A mother careful of every breath her child draws, sometimes seeks for it a nurse who is foreign-born, with the very laudable desire to accustom the child's ear and tongue to French, or German, or Italian, so that it may acquire the other language side by side with its native English. Unless the mother obtains for the child a nurse who is pure-minded and sufficiently well educated to speak her own tongue with precision, she may be doing the child a great injury. It is no advantage to infancy to learn a corrupt and barbarous patois, instead of a pure and elegant language. If, in addition, the nurse be rough and untortured, and without scruples of a conscientious order, the little pitcher will very probably be filled to the brim with ideas and thoughts that are anytling but clean and wholesome. The imperative cry of childhood is for something to do. Therefore, so soon as the little one emerges from the dawning mists of babyhood and becomes an independent personage, with exactions and demands that are to be met, the kindergarten should open for it a new world. In the multiform plays and tasks of the kindergarten, with the little tables where clay may be molded and beads may be strung, and patterns pricked into paper with pins, a child steps into a fascinating realm of its own. Children who are carefully taught in a kindergarten and who are allowed plenty of time for outdoor play, who are healthfully active all day and who go to bed early at night, are not in much danger of becoming objectionable little pitcher. For the children's own sake, they should not too early have burdens laid upon them that they cannot bear. A woman who has children of her own told me that when she was a little thing of six she was in the room when her parents were somewhat exercised over the payment of a large bill. "I have absolutely no money to meet it." declared the father. For days there after the child shuddered whenever she saw a strange man turn in at the gate, and she was afraid that some dreadful thing was about to happen in her home long after her lighthearted father and mother had forgotten all about their transient embarrassment. The whole business of bringing up children bristles with difficulty. If only we could be perfect beings ourselves the undertaking would not be so arduous. But we make so many blunders, we are so ready to leave undone what we ought to do, and to do what we ought not to do, that our children have a pretty hard time in their turn. Somehow they scramble up in spite of our mistakes. Heredity has a good deal to do with their success or failure. It is a great thing for a child to have had worthy grandparents. Training tells, too, but only as we train ourselves do we ever succeed in training our successors aright. Little Lilly and Josephine may be told all day long that it makes no difference how they look if only they behave well, but if mamma be valin and inconsiderate they will probably copy her rather than obey her precepts. Jack and Horace will not have finer ideals of honor than their father. I have heard the father of five sons, between the ages of four and 14, relate with positive glee, a story of gains that he had made through overreaching another in a business transaction. The little pitchers had big ears. They drank in the shameful tale. It would be too much to expect that later on they should go forth into life with a noble standard and a high ideal of integrity. "I don't care what sort of men my boys make, so long as they learn to make money and keep it," said another father in the hearing of his sons. Not one of those boys turned out even decently, when he arrived at manhood. To make money and to keep it is too low an ideal to be set before a growing youth. Look out for the little pitchers. It is worth while. FROCK FOR A LITTLE GIRL. Suitable for Child from Seven to Nine Years—The Material a Striped Cream Wool. Our model is in a creamy-white woolen material woven with dark blue lines to form a small plaid. It makes a very becoming dress for a little girl. The front of the dress is arranged in three deeply-set pleats each side, leav- ME A NEAT DRESS. ing the center front plain, which simulates a wide box-pleat. The pleats are stitched from the shoulders to just below the bust, where they are ornamented with three dark blue velvet-covered buttons. A belt of the same material is worn below the waist-line; it crosses and buttons in front, and is held in position by stitching firmly to the center of back. Materials required: $2\frac{1}{2}$ yards 48 inches wide, one-quarter yard velvet. A CORRECT LUNCHEON. Hour Is Somewhere Near One and Course Meal Somewhat Like Following Is Served. The question is asked how to give a correct luncheon, the hour, courses, etc. One or half after is the accepted time; the shades are drawn, and artificial lights used as for an evening dinner. There is usually a centerpiece of flowers, although a fruit piece is sometimes substituted. Candles with shades to match the color scheme are used, and place cards, elaborate or simple, according to the taste and purse of the hostess. In serving a good rule to follow is a fruit, bonilion or light soup, a lamb chop, a chicken, oyster or sweetbread patty, potato or rice croquettes, olives, jelly, or celery, radishes, a salad with wafers and a dessert followed by coffee, cheese and crackers. Many hostesses now serve one of the popular cordials in tiny glasses, holding barely a thimbleful. Pretty, light gowns are worn, high neck and elbow sleeves -Madame Care of the Hands Soft, tepid water, pure soap, and careful drying whenever bathed will help greatly to keep the hands soft and white. Skin food and massage will keep them well rounded and skin smooth. Well-shaped, polished nails with well-kept cuticle and immaculate cleanliness is an imperative law. Still the Style All-over lace, trimmed with medallions of batiste embroidery, is an exact reversal of the lace-trimmed all-over embroideries of a year ago, which, by the way, are still in favor. An Important Point Mrs. Blifkins (reading) -The points of fine seal 'or are, first, the texture—Mr. Blifkins-Humph! Seems to me the first point is the price.—N. Y. Weekly. THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND. VIRGINIA JOB DEPARTMENT EXCURSION We print Handbills, Quarter-Sheet posters, Tags, Tickets, Placards, Visiting Cards, Mourning Stations WE HAVE Our St OF THE LATE WE CAN PRINT A BILL AS SMALL A Three-Sheet AS LARGE AS A FRO Our street-entrance is retired and fastidious lady being able to enter w 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. OUR AIM is to please our patrons and to give them the best service at the lowest prices, consistent with satisfactory work. We furnish "cuts" when desired and we will arrange to complete special work in our line. When in need of any work in our line, call and see us and estimates will be furnished. WE HAVE AN ELEGANT LINE OF SAMPLES WHICH WE WILL SHOW ANY ONE DESIRING TO SEE THEM. Our Stock Room Embraces a Full Line OF THE LATEST STYLE BOND, FINE WRITING—FLAT AND LINEN PAPER, ENVELOPES, ETC. WE CAN PRINT A BILL AS SMALL AS A DODGER. A Three-Sheet Poster AS LARGE AS A FRONT DOOR. Our street-entrance is retired and has no objectionable features, the most fastidious lady being able to enter without embarrassment or annoyance. LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE, 2213. --- 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 BEAUTIFUL SHOULDERS For Evening Dress a Woman Likes Well - Developed Shoulders and Arms—Massage Helpful. Every woman, and especially the woman who appears frequently at society functions in decollete gowns, should take pride in the appearance of her arms, neck and shoulders. Frequent rubbing with cocoa butter will whiten the skin, while the correct massage movements will render it firm and velvety, writes Mime, Hebe. To massage the sides of the neck let the head rest well back and use the two middle fingers with a rotary move- WELL-ROUNDED SHOULDERS. ment, from the ear downward to the collar bone. For a prominent collar bone massage above and below, using light pressure with a good skin food. A splendid method of developing the shoulders is to shrug them. First expel all the air from the lungs and let the shoulders droop; then take in a long breath and raise the shoulders as far as possible; as the air leaves the lungs bring the shoulders forward and continue the movement in a rotary direction. If the line of the neck and shoulder shows a tendency toward bony prominence, the defect may be remedied by a combination of massage with exercise. The muscle that caps the shoulder, the deltoid, is a very strong one, and when properly developed will raise the arm above the head with ease. POINTS ON ETIQUETTE. About Answering Announcement Cards, the Proper Form Thereof and the Reception Day. There exists a confusion sometimes in regard to the question of a reply to announcement cards. In fact, no answer at all is required, unless the cards contain a date of re- ception or days in certain months. Then the calling card of the recipient should be mailed to the address, di- rected to whoever sent the cards of announcement, writes Hortense Prevost. A card announcing a marriage is equivalent to a card only; it is not an invitation of any kind, but a statement Cards, Policies, both straight life and benevolent, Physician's Certificates, Sick Cards, Application blanks, Agents Report Sheets, Rate Cards, etc. ION WORK arter-Sheets, Half and Whole, Placards, Society Cards, Min- ing Stationery. WE AN ELSE WHICH WE WILL Stock Roo LATEST STYLE BOND, FI AS SMALL AS A DODGER. sheet Poster A FRONT DOOR. OUR PRESENT CORP OF EMPLOYE IS WITHIN EASY REACH OF fired and has no objectionable f enter without embarrassment o 2213. 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. to the effect that a couple have been married at a certain time and place. If, however, there is added that "Mr. and Mrs. Blank," the newly-married couple, will be "at home" with day and date and address, a reply must be made, if not in person, by one's card, enclosed and posted to reach the name on the day of the "at home." Announcement cards are always sent by the parents or those who stand in that relation, or the bride. The form is simple: "Mr. and Mrs. Blank announce the marriage of their daughter (or niece), Mary Elliza, to Mr. James Fenner Smith, at such and such a church (or at a home wedding) on such and such a date." The acknowledgment must be a visiting card in an envelope with the names of Mr. and Mrs. Blank on the outside, they having sent the card of announcement. Two of the husband's cards must be enclosed, with one of the wife's, of course. Acknowledgments of the receiving announcement cards are never sent to the bride, as she does not send them at all. A note of congratulation to the bride is always in order, if one is personally acquainted. Sleeve Protectors Decidedly acceptable to the business woman are the dainty little sleeve protectors made of the large fancy handkerchiefs now so much in vogue. One handkerchief will make a pair. It is folded diagonally in four, and then a three-cornered piece is cut off the side, and the raw edges thus left neatly joined with a French seam. Two of the bits removed are shaped to a neat angle, joined to the sleeves with the seam on the right side and turned up, forming dalty cuffs. The pair described was made of a pale blue handkerchief decorated with large butterflies in darker blue and was both pretty and effective. A Muddy Complexion There is often an underlying cause for the so-called muddy complexion. The best way is to find out the cause of the trouble and then seek to cure it. Are you particular to use laxative food or some exceptional article that will have that effect? Then do you drink plenty of water and but little tea and coffee? A Question of Water Don't use cold water on your face with the idea that you are going to cleanse it or rid it of blackheads. Use warm water with your complexion brush and soap. Then, if you like, after rinsing thoroughly with warm water sponge the face with cold which acts as a tonic. Hot water taken internally is excellent. Behind the Scenes. "The star seems to have plenty of diamonds and automobiles." whispered the sweet singer. "They say she is well fixed." "Ah," chuckled the comedian, "I suppose she is what we would call a fixed star."—Chicago Daily News. The Unusual Way. "When we were driving yesterday, our horse ran away and kicked the dashboard all to pieces." "What did you do?" "Why, we had to borrow an automobile to drag us home."—Detroit Free Press. WORK OF ALL OUR AIM is to please our patrons and to give them the best service at the lowest prices, consistent with satisfactory work. LEGANT I SHOW ANY ONE DESIRING from Embrace ONE WRITING—FLAT AND LOYEES ARE COMPETENT AND QUI THE PUBLIC, BEING WITHIN F features, the most or annoyance. FOR FURT Jol WHEN THE PLANTS FAIL. Atmosphere in Our Homes Too Dry— Insects Attack Plants in a Dry Atmosphere. The amount of pleasure derived from growing plants depends entirely on their condition. A hardy plant in a tin can is a more hopeful and inspiring sight than a mighty palm with yellowing and dejected edges. Here are some of the reasons why plants refuse to thrive indoors: Plants in bloom that have been bought of florists have been forced into flower by means of artificial heat and moisture. To keep such plants they must be moistened frequently, letting the pot rest in a basin half full of water until the plant has absorbed enough water and the top layer of earth is damp. The leaves should be sprayed with a flower spray or gently washed off, according to their size. When the plant has not been forced watering must be adapted to its individual needs. A cactus or other succulent plant require less water than robust foliage plants, for instance. Many of the slow-growing cactaceae need hardly any water during the winter months unless they are in a very warm room. Ferns, however, need to be watered and sprayed frequently, and the slightest neglect in this respect will do the plant great injury. The water should, if possible, be soft. Rain water, collected for the purpose, is best for ordinary use. Palms and foliage plants require spraying every other day in winter, if kept in rooms where the temperature is high. The proper temperature of the room in which plants are to thrive should be between 65 and 70 degrees. This will suffice for all plants, even tropical ones. The temperature is often too dry in the American dwelling house, and many kinds of insects attack plants in a dry atmosphere. Frequent spraying helps to overcome this trouble, but when the green fly makes its appearance on the house plants it must be fought either with strong tobacco smoke or by dipping the foliage in weak tobacco water. Young shoots should be dusted with tobacco powder. The red spider which attacks plants if kept too dry can be got rid of by washing with a strong solution of fir tree oil. Diseases arise from injudicious watering, draughts, previous attacks of insects or bad drainage. Mildew on the house plant is caused by sudden chills. It attacks young shoots particularly. When the leaves of a plant turn sickly yellow, something is generally the matter with the root, and the plant should be turned out and examined. If the cause is not apparent a removal of the old soil, repotting in fresh and suitable soil, will effect a cure. Roots of house plants are often found to be rotting if the plant is allowed to stand in water. Plants most suitable for indoor blooming during the winter are, besides, the fern varieties, carnations, Persian violets, primulas, begonias, and many kinds of bulbous plants, such as hyacinths, narcissi, lilies, lily of the valley, etc.-N. Y. World. We print Wedding Invitations, and High Class Stationery for Balls, Parties, Picnics and all entertainments of a social nature. We print Church Envel- ALL DESCRIBE us and to service at consistent x. We furnish "cuts" when de- complete special work in our l in our line, call and see us and OT LINE OF S DESIRING TO SEE THEM. braces a full AT AND LINEN PAPER, ENVELOP WE HAVE ONE OF THE OF WOOD Of Any Job Printing E T AND QUICK-WORKING. OUR OFFICE WITHIN FIFTY YARDS OF BROAD ST. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, AP John Mitch 311 N. 4th St. FAIL. Too Dry— in a derived entirely plant in l and in- palm with Stronger. Teacher—Johnny, for what is Switz- erland famous? Scholar—Why—m'm—Swiss cheese. Teacher—Oh, something grander, more impressive, more tremendous. Scholar — Limburger? — Cleveland Leader. Not His Custom. The Old Timer was handing out ad- vice. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, APPLY TO John Mitchell, Jr., Frank Waller, Jr Residence, 1 E. Orange St. Prompt attention given to all mail lors. Satisfaction guaranteed. 1 Kinds of Painting Done Cheap. Give me a call before going else- here. New Phone, 475. ROBT. S. FORRESTER, FLORIST 212 E. Leigh Street, RICHMOND. VERGENIA. Reliable Prescription Drug Store 794 North Second Street. BEFORE MAKING plant turn generally and the plant examined. rent a re- rotting in all effect a are often plant is al- or indoor or are, be- carnations, begonias, us plants, st., lilies, f. World. Refrigerators, Mattings, Oil-Cloths. And in fact everything that is need ed in house furnishings. RUGS AND CARPETS. Of every description; also the la- stest designs in ROOKERS and special GHAIRS. Our goods are the best for the price and the price is very low. C. G. Jurgen's Son 421 EAST BROAD ST., between 4th and 5th Street WE HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST ASSORTMENTS OF WOOD-TYPE Of Any Job Printing Establishment in the city. 311 N. 4th St., Richmond, Va. "Never marry a widow," said he. "I never do," said the cheerful chap from St. Louis. "That is, seldom or never."—Chicago Sun. PRACTICAL HOUSE PAINTER, Plant Decorations, Choice Rosebuds, Cut Flowers, Funeral Designs, House Decorations for Wedding Parties, &c. a specialty. Give me a call. When You Are Sick future and Fresh Medicines only will cure you than purchase your Drugs and Medicine from! Your purchase you would do well to call at the most reliable furniture house in the city and see the fine line of opes, Note and Letter Paper, Bill-heads, Monthly Statements, Business Cards, Financial and Order Books, Circulars, Check-books, Pamphlets. SUPPLIED and we will arrange to line. When in need of any work estimates will be furnished. SAMPLES Line TUES, ETC. LARGEST ASSORTMENTS OD-TYPE establishment in the city. PLY TO neil, Jr., Richmond, Va. 'Phone, 1569. Residence. No. 911-82d St. ROBT. W. WILLIAMS, FUNERAL DIRECTOR & EMBALMER. No. 8019 P. STREET, BETWEEN 30TH AND 31ST STREETS. RICHMOND, VA. Special attention given to all business entrusted to me. Carriages for funerals, reception and marriages at all hours. Satisfaction guaranteed to all. A. Hayes OFFICE AND WARE-ROOMS, 727 North Second Street RESIDENCE, 725 N. 2nd St. First-class Hacks and Caskets of all decriptions. I have a spare room for bodies when the family have not a suitable place. All country orders give special attention. Your special attention is called to the new style Oak Caskets Call and see me and you shall be waited on kindly. 'Phone, 2778. THE Custalo House, 702 East Broad Street. Having remodeled my BAR, and having an up-to-date place, I am prepared to serve my friends and the public at the same old stand. CHOICE WINES, LIQUORS & CIGARS. FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT, MEALS AT ALL HOURS. New 'Phone 1261, WM. CUSTALO, - Prop. S. W. ROBINSON, NO. 23 NORTH 18TH ST. DEALER IN FINE WINES, LIQUORS CIGARS, &c. All Stock Sold as Guaranteed. 'PROMPT ATTENTION. Your patronage is respectfully solicited. JOHN M. HIGGINS, DEALER IN CHOICE GROCERIES, WINES LIQUORS, AND CIGARS. PURE GOODS, FULL VALUE FOR THE MONEY. 1610 East Franklin Street [Near Old Market.] Richmond, EIGHT ri ae . ae aS ANG) fk ‘The birds in their songs ani their plumage so gay, Tell us as plainly as one can well say, ‘That here is a power pervading all Space, And that we move in Him ami live by His grace. ‘Their fight through the air—the thin viewless air, As sporting and happy and vot of all care, ‘They fly toward heaven on tireless wing. ‘They tell the old story while praises they sing. ‘The fragrance of flowers in garden amd glen, ‘Their redolent beauty which glad dens all men, In shape and rich verdure, delight: ing the eye, With every gay color beneath the bright sky. All dota 0 the chorus resountting = far, Whose praises of God there fh nothing to mar, The birds and the flowers sing praiw- es So sweet, ‘That those who can hear them confess they are meet. —0. M. STEWARD. —:0: —_____ Sends Congratulations. ‘Mr. Editor: Please accept my congratulations on your stirring editorials. I en- Joy reading your paper and always ‘am ready to pay for the same. Your Biitoriais on the current events cannot be surpassed. Here is $1.50 for a year’s sub- seription. Yours for the Race, B. J. ANDERSON, 1226 Moore St. —_—_ 0: —____. Wants to Find Them. I would like to find some of m) people. My home was Leesburg Va. I also lived at Knoxville Tenn. for a while. My brother's mame was Fenton Van Horn, my sisters’ Julia and Ellen Van Horn When last heard of they lived at Leesburg, Va. My mother was Ramet Matilda Van Horn; father was named Isaac Van Horn. Address all information to Mrs. OLIVIA VAN HOKN DAVIS. 115 W. Marshall St., Richmond, Va. Pythian Anniversary. - The anniversary exercises of the lodges of this city will be held Sua- ay, March 25th, 1906 at the Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church at 3 P. M. The anniversary of the Courts of Calanthe will be heh at. the Fifth Street Baptist Church March 25th, 1906 at night at 8:20 o'clock. —We return thanks for an invi- tation to the Tenth Anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Dixon, Mch. 16th, 1906 at No. 307 Duval St. from % to 12o'clock P, M. ————o:___ PREE! FREE: Marek. Beeeaned Siem, On Monday we will give away absolutely free, 250 Ibs or packages one package to a customer, of Grandma's Borax Powdered Soap- This soap is used by every firct class Laundry and we want every family and washerwoman to have a free package. We are giving it free to introduce the soap. HARRIS “THE HARDWARE MAN” 409 E. Broad St., EgP Next door to 5 and 10ct. Store. —0:_____ Pythians Enter Lexington- Lexington, Va., March 6, 1906 A new lodge of Knights of Pyth ins, N. A. S.A, EA, A. and A. was instituted here last nicht bs Grand Chancellor John Mitchell, dr., assisted by Col. E. R. Jefferson, Assistant Surgeon General: Sir W J. Wells, District Deputy Grand Chancelior of Lynchburg, Va., Capt John G. Smith, District Deputy Grand Chancellor of Hanover Co. Va., Ex-Grand Master at Arms, S 8. Baker and Sir A. C. Mabrey. The party had a pleasant tri; amd the following officers of Lex ington Lodge, No. 104 were in. stalled: C. C., Sir J. B. Roane; M of W., Sir GE. Woodford; V. Sir D. H. Lyle; Prelate, Sir R Gooch; M. of Ex. Sir James E Nelson; M. of F., William L. Wash ington; K. of R. and 3., Sir Joh1 ‘W. Brooks; M. at A., Sir Oliver G Brooks; 0. G., Sir Lee Morrison I. G., Sir Lafayette Morris; Trus tees: Sir Richord Jones, Sir Rich ard Washington, Sir Albert Price Attendants: Sir Napoleon Hollowa: Sr., Sir Custis Jones, Sir Willian Carter, Sir Samuel Jackson. After the initiation, a bounteou: repast was spread at the busines place of Sir G. E. Woodford. Th visitors were outspoken in thei praise of their treatment here Grand Chancellor Mitchell paid; high tribute to the management ‘The table was lovely and the repas ‘was served and prepared in a wa} that would have done credit to the finest hotels in the country. Mrs Woowford’s skill in cooking was : to the visitors. Distric oe Grand Chancellor E. F Scott of Clifton Forge, Va. ami Dis trict Deputy Grand Chancetior Wm. Ellis, Jr. of Staunton, Va. were ex- pected, but failed to arrive. ‘The Grand Chancellor appointed Sir G, E. Wootford District Deputy Grand Chancellor for this District. The party left this morning. This is the first lodge of Knights of Pyth jas in this town and work is under way to organize a Court. Grand Worthy Counsellor John Mitchell, Jr. organized a Court of Calanthe, Friday night, March 2nd at the new Pythian Castle with the following officers: Worthy Counsel- lor, Sir Robert _D. Gramdison; W. In spectrix, Mrs. Sarah Ragland; W. In spector, Mrs. Rachel A. Brooks; Sen for Directress, Mrs. Lucy G. Coles; Junior Directress, Mrs. Lucy Royal Orator, Mrs. Kate Hewlett; Regis- ‘ter of Deeds, Miss Blanche Granti- son; Register of Accounts, Mrs Fannie Thomas; Escort, Mrs. Cora ‘Tyler; Conduetress, Mrs. Edmonia Jordan: Assistant Conduetress, Mrs Rosa E. Jordan; Protector, | Mrs. Josephine Gardner; Herat, Mrs. Belle Harris. Trustees; Mrs. Re- becca Allen, Mrs Sarah Ragland Sir Robert D. Grandison. ‘The Grand Worthy Counsellor was assisted by District Deputy Grant Worthy Counsellor Anna Taylor, Grand Worthy Register of Deeds, Miss M. L. Chiles, Past. Wor thy Counsellors, Mrs. Lucy Cross, Mrs. Mildred Johnson and others. Refreshments were served and all heartily enjoyed themselves. This Court was organized through the efforts of Mrs. Sallie Fox and the Grand Worthy Counsellor was outspoken in his commendation of her. ‘The new body will be known as Mignonette Court, No. 102 CONTRACTS ANNULLED Bulicing of Philadelphia Filters Taken From McNichol Firm. Philadelphia, March 7.—One of the firet official acts of Thomas L. Hicks, who was sworn in as director of pub- He works of Philadelphia, succeeding A. Lincoln Acker, who resigned, was to annul the five contracts held in the neme of Daniel J. McNichol for the construction of several parts of the city’s filtration system. ‘The reason given by the director for the rescind- ment of the contracts ts “collusion, Arrecularity, and fraud in the procer- ing and execution of the contracte whereby the city has been wronged an defrauded in its rights and prop- erty.” The total vajue of the cancelled contracts is $1,796,000. The McNichol firm, which includes former State In- surance Commissioner Israel W. Dur- ham and State Senator James P. Mc- Nichol, had already completed contract “work on the filter plant amounting to | more than $12,000,000. The McNichol firm has determined ace to give up the contracts without a contest, Senator McNichol has turn- ed the matter over to his counsel, and has declared that he will Institute le- gal action against the city to compel the director to rescind his order. Sutt, Mr. MeNicho! said, would be begun in the common pleas courts. LIQUOR THE INDIANS’ BANE Does More to Ruin Them Than All Other Agencies. Washington, March 7.—In the house the Indian bill, carrying an appropria. tion of $7,785,528, was taken up, Mr. Sherman, of New York, explaining {ta provisions. No changes in policy had been made with reference to the red man, sald Mr. Sherman. The com- mittee had ben most liberal in provid: tng for education “The one condition we ‘nd men- tioned In all reports of agents,” sat Mr. Sherman, “which comes to us from all sections, t# that Mquor does riore to ruin the Indian than any other single element.” “What have you done?™ asked Mr. Stephens, of Texas. “Aside from the restraint exercised by the Indian police, we have appro priated $10,000 as an added amount to prevent the sale of liquor to Indians,” replied Mr. Sherman. Took Mucitage For Polson. | Shamokin, Pa. March 7.—Following ‘& quarrel with his wife, Albert De Long, Jr, swallowed what he thought was poison. The bottle contained mueilage, which stuck in his throat and almost smothered him. For the time his Jaws were locked fast. When his wife learned the true state of af- fairs she laughed at him. He tried to chide her, but his tongue was pasted fast to the roof of his mouth The touple later became reconeiled. 1906 MARCH 1906 | Su. eT ate I 3 415| 6|7 ay at sl 18} 19}20] 21}22) 23/24 25/26/27) 28!29/30i31 Breaks Leg Pulling on Root. Hartford, Conn.—Andrew J. Curtiss 4s a commercial traveler. In the course of bis wanderings, incident to the lif of all such in his occupation, he hap pened in Granby and stepped there over night. He is evilently a strenu ous sort of a man, for when he arose in the morning and was dressing, he broke a bone in his right leg while en. gaged in the simple operation of pull ing on his boot. This unusual occur. Fenge has bronght about a lawsuit in which Mr. Curtiss is the plaintif an¢ the Connecticut Travelers’ Mutual Ao efdent association, is the defendant. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. A USEFUL POTATO SORTER Device Easily Made Which Will ‘Make Quick Work of Han- dling the Tubers. For sorting potatoes quickly the de- vice here ‘!lustrated will be found ad- mirable. It consists of a slatted chute about six feet in length provided with legs at one end. The slats should be of inch stuff festened as shown and about three-quarters of an inch apart, slight- fo hy j jo Yi fi iff ‘iy yf, Lyf iff Ye fi fi Mi fy, ff / Uff LMM Sf Yi y Vif ff Yy Yl faze CY) //, Y [z= zs (Za ie = tie borAto sonebn ly farther apart at the bottom than at the top. This will prevent the potatoes from becoming wedged in the slots as they roll down. The width should be about 20 inches and the sideboards eight Inches in height. The potatoes may then be shoveled from the wagon directly into the chute down which they will roll, the smaller ones falling through the slots. If destred, suggest: the Prairie Farmer, two short legs may be fastened to the lower end of the chute so that a basket may be used in catching the po tatoes as they fall. A BUTCHERING TRESTLE. Useful Contrivance Which Will Fa- cilitate the Handling of the Hogs. Here is a description and sketch of a butebering trestle used by a correspond- ent of the Farm Journal: A strong, low table with crosspieces nailed securely to the ent of the Farm 4 Journal: A strong, low table with crosspieces nailed securely to the two by four scantlings that form the braces and legs. ‘Two stout men can mount this table to draw the hog from the scalding barrel that leans at an easy angle in the curve A and B—a 45- tneh curve. If a derrick fs used to raise and lower the hog, so much the better. ‘The scraping and rinsing of the hog may be done on this trestle prior to hoist- ing for disemboweling. FARM JOTTINGS, ‘The farmer nist uplift himself—no one else can or will do the job. Our national surplus of wheat, In- cluding flour at its equivalent tn wheat, may be expected to approach 200,000,000 bushels this winter. An American wheat expert hazards the prediction that western Canada within teu years will be the principal source of European wheat supplies, It is now definitely settled that the recent apple crop is just about half as large as the previous year’s crop. The final estimate for 1905 ix 23,500,000 bar- Tels, Demand is good; prices high and frm. For the protection of a large area from the codling moth pest, the Cape government has prohibited the import of fresh upple, pear or quince fruit In- to certain large South African dis- tricts. We bave always urge? farmers to raise enough small fruit for their fam- ly use. The proportion of farmers thatraise enough frult for their fam: Hes 1s increasing from year to year, but yet there are many farmers that do not raise any kind of small fruit. Yhetr stock argument is that it is cheaper to buy the fruit than to raise lt. That may be so In some cases, but even If it were so in all cases, the fact remains that most farmers do not buy fruit for their families; and tf they 4o not raise it, thelr families do not get {t. Every man can afford to raise all the frait his famfly can use in a gear, and if his fruitraising opera- tons are properly conducted, they will require but little time throughout the year. ‘The Pitch of Roof. The rake or pitch of roofs has mach to do in giving character and finish to a building. For ordinary roofs, whether shingles or slate are used, the rise should be one-third the width of the building. In houses where head room {s wanted in the attic the rise should be one-half the width of the building. ‘Sitntes Wien’ Jkmee The newly seeded area of winter when: ts estimated at 31,241,000 actos, an increase of 0.6 per cent. over the aren sown in the fa!l of 1904. The con- dition of winter wheat was recently 94.1, as compared with 82.9 in 1994, 86.6 in 1903, und a ten-year average of 915. Demand for Ach an? Hickory. Monvifacturers of vehicles and tmple- menis are finding tit the supply. of woods used in thelr (mtustries is be coming more and more difleult to oo- tain STORING POTATOES. Conditions to Be Observed If the ‘Most Satisfactory Results Are Obtained. is _ Thave found in my experience on the farm that it is necessary to use consider- able care in the storing of potatoes in ‘the cellar if they are to be made to keep well and not sprout or rot. The storing in open bins used to be followed by my father when I was a boy, and the pota- toes got a good deal of sunlight and warmth. The result was that several times throughout the winter we boys had jobs sprouting the potatoes. The work is all right, but the potatoes are Feduced in condition each time they are Permitted to sprout. The moisture that out in the sprouts leaves the tubers ‘soft and wrinkled. In that condition they are of — value for eating and of less value for seed. és There are two taings that need to be looked after in the storing of potatoes. ‘One ts to keep the potatoes boxed or barreled tight, 80 as not to permit the air to pass through the storage places ‘and draw moisture from the tubers ‘The other is to keep the cellar cool. Un- der modern conditions this is more ‘difMcalt than it was underthe old condl- tions; for the reason that many of our farmhouses are now heated by means of furnaces which greatly increase the warmth in the cellar. In a case of this kind it fs absolutely necessary to have ‘a second cellar beyond the first or have ‘the first cellar divided into two parts by ‘a doubie wall that will not permit the ‘heat from the furnace to warm the air fn the other portion. ‘The windows from ‘the cellar to the open alr must be fixed to open, so that now and then throughout the winter the storage cellar may be fillet with cool air. Potatoes must ve kept from sprouting ind must also be kept from losing moisture. They should be as sound and hard late in the winter as when first put in the cellar. FERTILIZER FOR CELERY. What This Table Delicacy Needs for Its Most Successful Growth, Celery feeds largely on nitrogen and does best in a soil well stocked with Vegetable matter. In other words, it reves in a black loam, or muck soll. ‘The best fertilizer is well decayed farmyard manure strewn in the bot- tom of the furrow made to receive the plants and stirred In the same as to ‘mix it with earth by running a one- horse cultivator along the furrow with the teeth set close. Compost made of decayed sods and leaves will answér the same purpose. If commercial fer- Ulizers are used, the ingredient most needed is nitrogen applied at the rate of, say, 100 pounds per acre. Fifty pounds per acre could be sown along the rows at the time of planting, just after the plants have been set, and the balance some weeks later. Usrally each state requires the fer- tilizer to be analyzed before it is put ‘on the market, and a statement of the anaiysis to be furnished with the goods. In some Instances, suggests the Farm and Home, such materials may be chemically analyzed by applying to the state cnemist or to the chemist of the agricultural college. As is gen- erally known, nitrogen may ve pur- chased in the form of nitrate of soda, sulphate of ammonta and slag. EASILY-MADE SAW CLAMP. [Something Every Farmer Needs ‘When Putting New Edge on His Saws. The simple saw clamp here illustrated i made as follows: Take two one-inch boards and dress each down on one side CLAMP FOR SAW, to nearly an edge. Consiruct a base to hold these as shown In the cut; Itcan be made to stand elther on the bench or on the floor. Place the saw in the Beveled boards In your hands and then insert in the beveled slot. A slight tapping with ‘the hammer will render it perfectly rigid. ‘That Boy. Did you ever think how it rejoices the heart of that boy to be permitted to go to town with father? It is the same way whether father drives out, no matter if ff js only to get a pig of a neighbor Get the boy up on the seat with you, says the Farm Journal. Be ready to answer all his questions— and there will be a lot of them! Lat him help you “hitch up.” Trust him to held the horses while you are in the store. Let him help you get the pig. In short, think of him as your right-hand man of to-morrow, It will do the boy good and you will be the bettor man for it Asses’ Milk Aceorécing to the London Dafly Mail, there are several dairies for the pro- duetion of asses’ milk in that elty, the mulk being sent all over the country fn Seale! bottles, the price being six shil- Hngs (about $'.44) a quart. It is con- sidered valuabie for invalids or sickly children. TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE OF LONE WOLF HUNTER Crawls Partly Into Den When Earth Gives Way Burying Him—Res- quel After Three Dawa: San Angelo, Tex.Sam Lawson came over from Oxlahoma one day re- cently to spend a week or so with his brother-in-law, Mile Blodgett, up in Deaf Smith county, in the Panhandle. The next day he mounted his horse and went out after wolves He didn’t come back that day, and next morning they went searching for him. They found his horse on the prairie, saddled, but without a bridle. Thirty men scoured the country all day, but could not find the missing Lawson. ‘The bunt was kept up until late im the afternoon of the next day, and then one of the party came upon the feet and legs of a man sticking out of a hole in the ground. The feet and legs were Lawson's. The hole in the ground was a wolf den, and Lawson's body was covered three feet deep with dirt and stones. ‘His face, hewover, was hot buried. }He was alive, aad was qoitkty reseued pene enn: FUORI LT AMMO. | G@GOOD FOR 5 PER CENT IN TRADE.o7_ | E Perkinsons Bakery | 421 North 6th Street, | | Saturday, March 10th, 1906.98 Wine Cake, 5, 10, 15 and 25c. _ Jelly Roll, 10c. per Ib. | Pound Cake, best, 25c. Pound Caks, 15c. per Ib. 35c Layer Cake, 7 different kinds, 25c. | 20c, Layer Cake, 9 different kinds, 15c. | All nice fresh stock always. Small Cakes in abundance | for the little ones. | g@"BRING THIS COUPON WITH You. | ‘ E. PERKINSON'S BAKERY, 421 North 6th Street. ffom his living grave, so much nearer dead than alive that it was not until e@ was carried home and cared for that he could give any account of how ‘he got into the situation in which he was found. He had trailed a wolf to its den and discovered that the hole contained a number of wolf pups. In order to get 2 ED Ty ORR ON Gy ¢ e ea KY Ev R eo ~ Roe, as = pe a 1-year si") P oe ® A Qe SSnAy- Mise ee Ce. wrt | ‘? Wy, 4 ea THEY FOUND nine HALF BURIED IN per inp ees f them be had dug down on a slait, 8 if he were making an entrance to ‘@ dugout. In the trench thus made he Jay down to reach in after a pup. He got It, dragged tt out and killed it, and threw it back from the trench. His horse was tied a bunch of bear grass near the hole, and the dead wolf Pup fell directly under his nose, That scared the horse and he began to plunge about. His plur ses caved In the bank upon Lawson where he lay. The falling earth and rocks buried him complete- ly, and with his arms stretched out in front of him so that {t was with great dimculty that he could move. By a frantic effort he managed to work with his hands enough dirt down Into the hole under him so tuat he un- covered a breathing space, although he was almost smothered before he accomplished the task. 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