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THE RICHMOND PLANET A DEATH-BED WEDDING. Pathetic Scenes——The Funeral Ceremony——The Closing Chapter. A death-bed marriage at 909 N. Third St. was the closing scene in one of the most pathetic happenings that have ever taken place in this city Sunday, March 18th, Bettie M. Dobson was a single, living being; Sunday, March 25th, 1906, Bettie M. Dobson Graves was a married stiffened corpse. The story is soon told. MANY MINISTERS THERE She was taken slightly sick on the Sunday specified and she grew worse until Friday, March 23 1906 when she passed away. Her funeral took place last Monday afternoon at 3 P. M. A large crowd was present. On the rostrum were Rev. W. T. Johnson, D. D; Rev. W. F. Graham, D. D, D. Rev. A. E. Edwards, D. D, Rev. D. W. Davis, A. M. Rev. A. S. Thomas, Rev. W. H. White, Rev. Scott C. Burrell, Rev. Nelson Brown, Rev. W. H. Dean, Rev. A. B. Smith, Rev. W. H. Stokes B. D. The First Baptist. Church was the scene of the funeral. There was ominous silence in the church edifice and the ministers who were in the ante room were finally ushered to their seats on the rostrum. The organ pealed forth under the magnetic touch of Mrs. Olivia C. Bolden and then Funeral Director A. D. Price with measured tread the way for the solemn corge. RESOLUTIONS NUMEROUS The honorary pall-bearers were loaded down with the most costly floral emblems and the mourners proceeded to their seats. Rev. D. Webster Davis, A. M gave out the hymn and Rev. W. F. Graham, D. D. read the scriptures. Rev. A. S. Thomas offered prayer. Miss Margaret Tinsley sang with charming sweetness, "I Shall See Him Face to Face." Resolutions were read from the following organizations: Theban Beneficial Club, Narcissa Literary and Art Circle, Woman's Christian Association, Normal Class, First Baptist Church, Planet Court, No 137, Morning Star Tent, No. 11 United Aid Insurance Co., and a letter from the mottner of the deceased. LAST WORDS SPOKEN In this letter, it was stated that her last words were "Good-bye, mother," and that she then sang with her falling voice, "Nearer my God to Thee." Rev. W. T. Johnson delivered the sermon from John 11th chapter and the 11th verse: "Our friend sleepeth." He told in sympathetic words of the virtues of the deceased. Friday, March 16th, at about 12 o'clock, Mr. Walter Graves called to see him stating that he wanted him to perform a marriage ceremony for him at once. DR. JOHNSON MARRIES THEM. He went to the bedside of Bettie Dobson and there performed the ceremony. She answered all of the questions asked her and during the ceremony Gavens broke down. He was crying. She said that she was sick and remarked, "If I can stand it, you ought to." She was conscious up to the time of her death. She was married at 1:15 and she died at 8:15, being a bride only seven hours. The doctor drew tears from the vast congregation as he portrayed the heart-breaking features of the deplorable case. REV. WHITE'S GRIEF. Rev. W. H. White said that he felt that he was speaking over the remains of one of his own children. He could not fury express himself. Choking with emotion he made a few remarks and resumed his seat. Rev. W. T. Johnson led in singing, "Nearer My God to Thee" and then Madame Fanny Payne Walker sang the same selection with a tenderness that was soul-stirring. Planet Court under the leadership of Worthy Counsellor J. W. Thompson performed the funeral ceremonies and the casket was opened and the congregation viewed the remains. It was about 5:15 when the remains were conveyed from the church to their last resting place. Planet Court, No. 137 had charge of the remains. The reaper Death has thrust his sharp and cruel scythe in our midst and taken one jewel,—one so lovable, so useful, so kind and so gentle. She possessed rare gifts and powers in full conscientiousness of her true condition thus she has passed from the known to the unknown with the calm and peaceful repose of a slumbering child, gone from earth full of Christian labors. Mrs. Bettie Dobson Graves has been a member of Planet Court. No 137 from its organization and was Register of Accounts of the same. Her place will be hard to fill. "There is no death—the stars go down. To rise upon some fairer shore. And bright in Heaven's jeweled crown. They shine forever more." We, the members of Planet Court, No. 137, Independent Order of Calanthe, bow in numble submission to the will of an all-wise Providence in removing from our midst, Sister Bettie Dobson Graves. He is so wise and watchful that He marketh the fall of even a sparrow; Therefore, be it resolved that in the death of Sister Bettie Dobson Graves, this Court has lost a jewel that shined equally in fraternal and social circles; that the secret of her charm lay in her piety which was deep and sincere. Resolved, second. That Planet Court, No. 137 has lost an active member and the Independent Order of Calanthe an advocate that shone with equal lustre among young and old. Resolved, third. That we extend to the bereaved family our sincere sympathy and in this hour of due distress and grief, direct them to our Heavenly Father who can all sorrows heal. Resolved, fourth, That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to the family, published in our weekly papers and spread upon the minutes of the Court. Done by order of Planet Court, No. 137, Independent Order of Calanthe. Committee: Mrs. Ella B. Briggs. Mrs. F. J. Granderson. Mrs. E. L. Thompkins. Mrs. M. A. Lane. J. W. Thompson, W. C. Mr. Nixon Speaks—He Objects to the Rate Bill. Editor of the Richmond PLANET, I have noticed that Mr. Keifer, of Ohio, has offered in Congress a bill, having for its immediate object, a reduction of Southern Congressional representation in consequence of the existing qualified suffrage laws; or rather, what is called "Negro dis franchisement." Now, if I read aright the signs of the times, that bill will not be enacted into law, nor any other bill of that nature. As to the effect of such a law upon my race, it would be more harmful than good; for those who can now vote, could not do so then. As qualified suffrage was established as much to allow some Negroes to vote, as it was to prevent some from voting. The preponderance of numbers thus affected, on this or that side, is not material to this fact. In addition to that it was established in order that representation should continue intact. If that is true, as a matter of course, if representation should be reduced, in the manner proposed, then no Negroes would be allowed to vote; as it should be regarded as a moral certainty, that a reduction of representation would be preferred to a re-establishment of unqualified suffrage. Not being a lawyer, I cannot say whether the policy which Mr. Keifer seeks to establish, would be constitutional or not; but my intuition is that it would not be constitutional. It is true that section second of the 14th amendment leaves it optional with the respective states as to whether they will disfranchise all colored men or not. But the 15th amendment says, in effect, that no State nor the United States shall disfranchise a man on account of race, nor color. Now, the 15th amendment being subsequent to the 14th amendment, and alluding, by indirection to section second of the 14th, it seems to me that section second of the 14th is thus affected, and so modified by the 15th amendment, that Congress cannot sanction the disfranchisement of all colored men in the manner proposed by Mr. Keifer. As I see it; after the adoption of the 14th amendment, and before the adoption of the 15th amendment, the States could have disfranchised the colored man on the specific grounds of his being a Negro; and Congress could have sanctioned his disfranchisement on that ground also. But in the adoption of the 15th amendment, that power is taken away from both the Congress and the States. Therefore, to resuscitate and to utilize section second of the 14th amendment, would be a nullification of the 15th amendment, which supercedes the section to which I have referred. J. O. NIXON. Wilmington, N. C., Mch. 22, '06. —Capt. W. T. Bell of Newport News, Va., called on us. He was en route to Clifton Forge, Va. for treatment at the C. and O. Hospital. His eyes are troubling him. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY MARCH 31, 1906. PYTHIAN ANNIVERSARY Two Meetings in Richmond—Rev Dr. Peytons' Sermon—Rev. Dr. Edwards Effort. The anniversary of the Order of Knights of Pythias N. A., S. A., E. A., A. and A. was observed in this city last Sunday at the Sixth Mt. Zion Baptist Church. A large crowd was present. The members assembled at the new Pythian Castle, 727 N. Third St. at 2 P. M. Promptly at 3:15 P. M. the line moved off, led by the Brigade Staff. Gen. John Mitchell Jr., Col. John R. Chiles, Col. J. Henry Stokes, Col Thomas Smith, Col. R. S. Nelson, Major John J. Bly, Col Thomas M. Crump, commanding, Capt. Thomas H. Wyatt, Capt. W. Henry Jones, Capt. Willis Wyatt, Capt. John G. Smith; Major William A. Robilson commanding the First Battalion. Then followed Eureka Co., No. 1, Capt. I. Moore commanding; Planet Co. No. 8, Capt. Adolphus Jackson commanding; Pythian Cadet Co. No. 1, Capt. Roscoe Mitchell commanding. Then followed the members of the Order. The body arrived at the church at 3:25 and the exercises began promptly at 3:30 P. M. The rostrum was magnificently decorated with palms and flowers, "All Hall the Power of Jesus" Name" was sung by the choir. The Scriptures were read by Rev. S. P. Robinson and prayer was offered by Rev. Morris. Music was rendered after which Miss Eva G. Davis read in an admirable manner a selection which created much amusement. Grand Chancellor Mitchell then introduced Rev. R. V. Peyton, D. D. who proceeded to deliver the anniversary sermon from 1st Samuel, 20th chapter, 32d verse. His text was "Wherefore shall he be stain? What has he done?" The Doctor explained that he was new in the Order, but he found many things in its principles similar to those in the Holy Bible, and he would discuss the ones with which he was perfectly familiar. He then told the story of Saul and David and Jonathan. The large audience was pleased and more than voiced its approval. The comparisons drawn were timely. At the conclusion Grand Chancellor John Mitchell, Jr., spoke and presented the Dr. Rev. Peyton with a donation on behalf of the Order. The choir, under the leadership of Mr. W. H. Woodson rendered numerous fine selections. Votes of thanks were tendered Rev. R. V. Peyton, D. D., the choir, the Sixth Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Miss Eva G. Davis and the following committee: Mrs. Anna Taylor, Miss M. L. Chiles, Mrs. Lucy Cross Miss Lucinda Smith, Mrs. R. Elnora Wesley, Mrs. Mildred Johnson, Sir O. M. Steward, Capt. Willis Wyatt, Sir George W. Dandrilge, Capt. John G. Smith and Sir A. W. Parham. A collection was lifted and the total amount given church and pastor was $33.47. The benediction was announced by Rev. J. Andrew Bowler, A. M. The anniversary exercises of the Courts of Calanthe were held Sunday night, March 25th at the Fifth Street Baptist Church. The rostrum was decorated with cut flowers. The table was overlaid with blue, green and white covers, the colors of the Court. The exercises commenced at prompt 8:30 o'clock. Prayer was offered by Rev. A. E. Edwards, D. D. The choir under the leadership of Mr. Alexander McCoy rendered a selection. Miss Jeanette Mitchell rendered in a admirable manner the recitation entitled "The Light-house Keeper's Daughter." Music was rendered, after which Rev. Dr. Edwards delivered the anniversary sermon from Genesis 2nd chapter and the 18th verse, "I will make him an help-meet." He dealt with the subject in practical manner and declared that woman was a necessary adjunct to man. Grand Worthy Counsellor Mitchell then called for a collection. The total amount given to the church and pastor was $22.77. Thanks were voted Rev. Dr. A. E. Edwards Miss Jeanette Mitchell, the Choir, the Fifth St. Baptist Church and the committee. The following Courts and Lodges paid the 50 cents for anniversary expenses: Pure Gold Court, No. 59; Old Dominion Court, No. 114; Anna's Eureka Court, No. 128; Excelior Court, No. 117; Virginia Court, No. 166; Richmond Court, No. 169; Unity Court, No. 132; Cordella Court, No. 194; Elizabeth Court, No. 210; Maceo Court, No. 222; Golden Link Court, No. 223; Josephine Court, No. 228; Narcissus Court, No. 229 Julia's Court, No. 235; Mudred's Court, No. 242; Mechanics Court, No. 45; Venus Court No. 47; Sylvester Court, No. 54; Verbena Court, No. 61; Silver Star Court, No. 65; North Star Court, No. 73; Valley Court, No. 84; Ivy Leaf Court, No. 85; Olivette Court, No. 88; Heliotrope Court, No. 91; Union Court, No. 100; Mignonette Court; Richmond Lodge, No. 1; Virginia Lodge, No. 6; Old Dominion Lodge, No. 8; Blooming Lily Lodge No. 15; Samson Lodge, No. 16; Myrtle Lodge, No. 17; Planet Lodge No. 23; Unity Lodge, No. 24; Royal Lodge, No. 26; Excelstor Lodge, No. 29; Maceo Lodge No. 35; Fulton Lodge No. 42; Christian Hope Lodge, No. 43; Venus Lodge, No. 46; North Star Lodge, No. 52; Invincible Lodge, No. 65; Valley Lodge, No. 73; Capital Lodge, No. 81; Ben Hur Lodge, No. 96; Amer- ican Lodge, No. 98. GOVERNOR WHIPPED A CONVICT The house penitentiary committee will make an investigation of the all alleged whipping of a colored convict by Governor Vardaman, which occurred at the executive mansion several months ago. For several weeks a report has been generally current around the capital that the governor handed out some very stern treatment to one of the colored trusties employed around the mansion, and the matter has finally been brought to official light. Yesterday evening Mr. W. Calvin Wells, Jr., a member of the penitentiary investigating committee, called on the governor and asked him if it was true that he whipped a convict, as currently reported. The governor admitted that the incident happened, stating that the convict was engaged in shining his (the governor's) shoes, and when the colored man made some impudent remark he kicked him and then seized the broom and administered a very sound thrashing. Several members of the legislature and state officials were present when the governor's statement concerning the incident was made. Mr. Wells states that the penitentiary investigating committee is going to make a very thorough probing into all affairs connected with the institution, and doubtless this incident will receive its full share of consideration. IS GENERALLY PUBLIC The governor's treatment of the trusty has been common talk in Jackson for several days, but owing to the fact that no eye-witnesses were found who could verify the matter publication has not been made. Since the governor has candidly admitted that he did whip the convict, however, the public is now entitled to the story and the investigating committee will doubtless call upon the governor to reveal all of the circumstances, and let the people know whether the whipping constituted cruel and inhumane treatment. In view of the fact, especially that the prison board of control employed Mr. W. Calvin Wells to prosecute Capt. Dave Puckett, sergeant of the Rankin farm, for alleged cruel and inhumane treatment of a white prisoner, this matter should receive especial consideration. The trusty convict whom the governor admits whipping is now confined in the Oakley hospital, having been sent to that place about ten days ago, suffering with rheum atism. The board of control approved his removal from the mansion.—Ex. FROM TENNESSEE Free Lunch There. Warren Tenn., Mch. 19th, '06. Mr. John Mitchell, Jr. My Dear Editor. Will you please allow me space in your great paper to speak a few words to our people through the PLANET to let them know what we are doing about celebrating our Emancipation. I notice in the PLANET that the colored people in Virginia will celebrate their Emancipation on April 3rd and that they had been celebrating the 3rd of April for 18 years. I want to say to my people in Virginia that we celebrate our Emancipation on April the 9th every year for ten years, not knowing that our people in Virginia had decided to celebrate on April 3rd. We commenced on April 9th because we believe it to be a good day. Because the world rejoice on the 9th day of April by the ringing of bells and the roaring of cannon. This was the first signal of our liberty and we thought as we had let nearly forty years pass over and we had never attempted to plant anything in the minds of our children as a memorial to show what God had done for us. So I took for our foundation the 4th chapter of Joshua and we selected in place of the stones that God commanded Joshua to raise, a big dinner every 9th of April, consisting of such things as hogs, mutton, turkeys chickens, etc. Let me say right here the first year our celebration, in 1897 in Fayelle Co., we fed over five thousand people. Our good white friends donated and helped to feed with money, hogs, flour, sugar, etc. and then turned out with us, ladies and all. I wish to say that we are not fighting our people in Virginia because they celebrate the thirl of April. We intend to buy a piece of land in Fayelle Co. and let it be known as the Colored People's E-mancipation Park. I should have said that our dinners are all free. We do not allow anything to be sold on the ground* Our present officers are; President, Mr. S. V. Shaw; Vice Press, Mr. James Temple; Secretary, Mr. P. J. Person. Our speakers this year is Rev. T. F. Searcy of Memphis, Rev. I. S. Persons of Memphis, Prof. N. G. Walker of Somerville, the Rev. J. H. Coleman of Jackson, Tenn. I will close wishing you all a grand success in your celebration this year. I only wish that I could be with you. I remain as ever yours truly. REV. ISAAC J. PERSONS Afro-American Emancipation Association's Line of March The line will begin at 2nd and Clay Sts, out 2nd to Baker, up Baker to Brook Ave; up Brook Ave. to Broad; down Broad to 19th; down 19th to Main, up Main to 9th; up 9th to Grace; up Grace to Ryland; out Ryland to Broad; up Broad to Base Ball Park. Returning from the Park, down Broad to Bowe; down Bowe to Leigh; lower Leigh to 2nd where they will disband. Chief Marshall W. I. Johnson; Aldes: W. F. Denny, J. H. Moore, John O. Lewis; Dr. H. L. Harris, A. Thomas, James A. W. Jackson, Jsham Mann, D. Bowles Robert Smith. Miss Susie Belle Anderson who has a National reputation will sing at the ground's. The officers want all to observe the best order possible. J. THOMAS HEWIN, Sec. J. C. RANDOLPH, Pres. We have received a flaue Knights of Pythias apron, the gift of Sir Alfred Monroe Holmes of Kimball, West Virginia. Mr. Holmes states that he saw us in 1865 and that he has not seen us since. We were too young at the time to know anything about it and we accept the present with many thanks. We expect to wear it at the next session of the Grand Lodge of Virginia at Staunton. $150.00 Endowment Paid Lynchburg, Va., March 19, '06 This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr. Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pythias, N. A., S. A., E. A., A and A ($150.00) One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the death claim of Sir David Ellis, who was a member of New Era Lodge, No 36 of Lynchburg, Va. Signed—Beverly Dismond, Administrator. Witnesses: Bernhardt Played In Tent. Bernhardt Played in Tent. Dallas, Tex., March 27.—For the first time in her long career, Mme. Sarah Bernhardt played in a circus tent. The play was "Camille." The audience numbered 5000 persons, from all parts of the southwest. The tent had seats for only 4200 persons. The floor of the tent was not inclined, and the view of those who sat in the rear was somewhat obstructed. Despite these handicaps, the performance was carried out smoothly and was received with intense enthusiasm. Mme. Bernhardt was cheered when she made her first appearance and responded to many curtain calls. She expressed her delight at the reception given her. $665,000 For Tuskegee Institute New York, March 28—A gift of $65,500 will accrue finally to Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, by the will of the late Andrew T. Dotger, a retired merchant of this city, who died two months ago at his home, South Orange, N. J. By the terms of Mr. Dotger's will the residue of the estate, after all his bequests are paid, will go to Tuskegee at the death of his widow. The absolute value of the estate is unknown, but the appraisers filed the inventory of the personal property, proving it to be worth $994,832. Receivers For Baltimore Newspaper. Baltimore, March 27—Lynn R. Meekins and Henry H. Head were appointed by the United States court as receivers for the Eventing Herald. By direction of the court the publication of the paper will be continued until further orders. The receivers were appointed on the petition of Wesley M. Oler, the largest stockholder. All Right on Lynching. [Richmond, Va. Times-Dispatch, Monday, March 26th, 1906.] The announcement from Washing ton that the Department of Justice is resolved to proceed against the lynchers of Ed. Johnson, who was hanged at Chattanooga on the night after the stay of execution had been granted by the Supreme Court of the United States, recalls the decision of Judge Thomas G. Jones, of the United States District Court of Alabama, last June in the Riggins case. Riggins and other members of the $th$ Huntsville mob were indicted for conspiring, they being white men, to deprive Maples, a Negro of $th$ right to enjoy civil equality, freedom, because he was a Negro, by taking him out of jail and hanging him to prevent his having a trial according to law as is accorded all white citizens. "This jurisdiction arises," said Judge Jones, "under the 13th amendment. The other counts in the indictment were framed under the 14th amendment, and in substance, charged that the members of the mob conspired to deprive Maples of the enjoyment of the right, privilege or immunity, belonging to him as a citizen of the United States, to have the State of Alabama, acting by and through its officers, to afford him a trial by Jue process of law, upon accusation of crim. preferred against him, when he was at the time in the custody of the officers of the State upon a charge of murder and held for trial in the county jail of Madison county This jurisdiction falls under the 14th amendment. Section 5508 of the Revised Statute of the United States punishes any conspiracy to deprive any citizen of the enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States. The whole issue, both under the 13th and 14th amendments, is whether the acts charged, prevented the citizen's enjoyment of any right, privilege, or immunity secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States." It was argued on the other hand that the United States Court had no jurisdiction and that the Federal statutes cited, d11 not apply, because the Stat. of Alabama had not enacted any law which "abridged the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States." But it appears that the Federal Courts have a stronger case against the Chattanooga lynchers. "The Department of Justice," says our Washington correspondent, "will base its operations on two sections of the revised statutes of the United States, sections 5508 and 5509. Thes. make it a felony for two or more persons to conspire, to injure oppress, threaten or intimidate any citizen in the enjoyment of the rights or privileges secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to attempt to injure him for having exercised such rights. The last mentioned section provides that if any other felony is committed by persons who are conspirators within the meaning of the foregoing section, that they may be punished with the punishment attaching to such felony under the State law of the State wherein the offense is committed. This, the Department of Justice will hold, makes a case. "Both thes. sections have been held constitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States." Quite true. For instance, in the case of United States vs. Waddell, 112 U. S. Reports, 76, where several al men were indicted under these acts for conspiring together to run a citizen of the United States off of land which he had entered upon to make a homestead of under the acts of Congress, in the case made and provided, the Supreme Court upheld a conviction of the conspirators in the United States court, because they were undertaking to deprive a man of a Federal right. A similar decision was mad in the Neagle case, 125 U. S. Reports, in which a deputy U. S. Marshal in California, in protecting Judge Field, and associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, killed a man named Terry. The court in that case expressly said: "An as sault upon a judge of a court of the United States, while in the discharge of his official duties, is a breach of the peace of the United States as distinguished from the peace of the State in which the assault takes place." The Chattanooga lynchers will be charged with conspiring to injure Ed. Johnson, because he had exercised his constitutional right of appeal to the Supreme Court from a denial of the application for a writ of habeas corpus in the lower Federal Court. As the conspirators, so construed, killed Johnson, they will be held to answer to the charge of murder, the case to be tried in the United States courts under the laws of Tennessee. The principle is well established, that a citizen of the United States (made such under the 14th amendment), has rights as such, which the Federal Government is bound to protect, and that those who deprive him of such rights are indictable under the statutes already cited. The only question is, whether or not within the meaning of the statute, the members of the Chattanooga mob did conspire to deprive Ed. Johnson of the rights, privileges or immunities, secured to him by the Constitution or the laws of the United States. It looks like a clear case. From Philadelphia They say that Philadelphia will have her share of entertainments in the next decade. The rates offered, by the Pennsylvania R. R. Co. to and from Atlantic City on the 28th inst. should bring out a large crowd to the opening of another colored seaside resort, the Empire Hotel, No. 9 Kentucky Ave. All the churches have taken great interest in the coming concert given by the S. Coleridge Taylor Society. I am told that the Knights of Pythias with the assistance of the Courts of Calanthe are preparing for a Grand Anniversary which will take place soon. Take the PLANET, one of the best colored journals in the city. Call phone Bell 2644 D Spruce and order will be delivered promptly. W. A. Credit, one of the leading and most eloquent Baptist ministers of Philadelphia, irrespective of color, preached a very able sermon Sunday morning to a large appreciative audience in the Cherry Street Baptist Church. The congregation will move soon in the new building on the corner of 16th and Christian Streets. The new edifice when completed will cost between $75,000 and 100,000 and is said to be one of the finest in the country. W. W. Gains of South Boston, Va is here having been called by the Bryant Marjorane Cream Co. to the home office of the concern. Mr. S. S. Moore of the Moore Restaurant, 18th and Ellsworth Street, has left for Atlantic City, N. J. for the summer as chef of one of the leading hotels of that city. The Hotel Brotherhood will soon give another annual entertainment, which will be given in two separate halls: at Music Hall and Old Fellows Temple. The Pythians seem to be asleep here as to work in the making of new timber, there seems to be very little activity amongst them here. Wake up, brother, and read the PLANET and see what your broths are doing in the South. The sermon delivered by the Rev. C. A. Tindley at the close of the Conference year was one to be remembered by those present at Bainbridge M. E. Church the 18th first. The PLANET will be found on sale at No. 1730 Federal Street. Call 2644 D. Spruce, Bell, Stewart and Company. Notice! The Biennial Association of Louisville, Ky., Knights of Pythias are raising money with which to entertain the Supreme Lodge, and Encampment of the U. R. in August 1907, and to that end they have instituted a system of financial workers. It now comes to the notice of the Association that contributions are being solicited in various Grand Jurisdictions claiming to be for the Biennial Association at Louisville, Ky. Now therefore to protect the public and the Association as well, it is the desire of the Association that all that have or may hereafter make contributions to these solicitors will kindly notify the Executive Chairman, Sir J. L. V. Washington, 1112 W. Madison St., Louisville, Ky. At Rest. RODGERS—Died at South Quay, Va., Mrs. Sarah Rodgers, daughter of Nehemiah Porter. She died in the full triumph of faith. She leaves a mother, father, husband, four brothers and one sister to mourn their loss. We hope that our loss is her eternal gain. Sleep on dear daughter, sleep and take thy rest. Her father, NEHEMIAH PORTER WANTED—Colored couple to go to New York City. Husband to care for horses and lawn; wife to do plain cooking and some general work. References required. Address E. M., care of PLANET —R. B. Clarke, formerly with S. J. Gilpin, who has retired from the shoe business, is now with the New Enterprise Store, I. J. Miller prop., where he will be glad to have his friends to call and inspect the stock. RRRRRRRRHRHRAReAS ed The er ee 8 2 > iv * Switchman’s FRANK H. | 3 # Story SPEARMAN| #% = —— owes ae Grockier) j |Weer"! Beak UtHR SH ABR a Ses a Two you can’t run that yard superintendent. He wwou't make you any trouble unless he gets to drinking. 1f that happens, don’t have any words with him.” Bucks un- @erscored three times. “Simply crawl into a cyclone cellar and wire me. Sending you eighteen loads of steel to- night and six cars of ties. Blalr re- ports section 10 ready for track layers and Mear's outfit moving into the Pal- fsade canyon. Tush the stuff to the front.” It was getting dark, and Callahan sat im that part of the Benkleton depot he called the office, pulling at a muddy root that went unaccountably hot in sudden flashes. THe took the pipe from Bis mouth, leaving his foot on the ta bie, and looked at the bowl resentfully, wondering again if there could be pow: der in that infernal tobaceo of Rube- do's. The mouthpiece he eyed as a Gesperate man might ponder a final abirt The pipe had originally come from God's country, with a beautiful am- ber mouthpiece and a beautiful bowl, Dut it was a present from his sister and had been bought at a dry goods store. Once when thinking—or, if you please, when not thinking—Callahan had held a lighted match to the beau tiful amber mouthplece instead of to the tobacco, and in the fire that ensued they had hard work to save the depot. Caliahan never wrote his sister about it. He thought only about baying pipes at dry goods stores and about being, when they exploded, a thousand miles from the man who sold them. @here wus plenty in that to oe about. What be now brought bis teeth Feluctantly together on was part of the rubber tube of a dismantled ato mizer, in happier post-Christmas @ay« @ toilet fixture. But Callaban had abandoned the use of bay rum after shaving. His razor hed gone to the scrap, and on Sunday morning he mere- ly ran a pair of scissors over the high Jolnts—for Callahan was ratiroading— and on the front. After losing the mouthplece he would have been completely in the air but for) Uttle Chris Oxen. Chris was Callahan's section gang. His name was once ‘Ochsner, but that wasn't in Benkleton, Callaban was hurried when he made up the payroll and put {t Oxen, as being better United States. I say United Btates because Callahan said United Btates in preference to English, Chris had been In America only three Fears, but be had been In Russia 800 nd in that time had learned many ways of getting something out of noth: fag. When the red hatred dispatcher, after the explosion, cast away with bit terness the remains of the pipe, Chris picked it cp and by judicious action a the atomizer figured out a new mouthpiece no worse than the original for. while the second, like the first. was of rubber, it was not of the explosive variety. Chris presented the remodeled root @ Callahan as a surprise. Callahan, in @ burst of gratitude, promoted bim on the spot. He made little Chris fore- man. It didn't bring any advance in pay, but there was the honor. To be foreman was an honor, and, as little Chris was the only man on the yard force, he became by promotion foreman of himself. So Callahan sat thinking of the In- genuity of Chris, reftecting on the sting ef construction tobacco and studying over Bucks’ letter. ‘The yard was bis worry—not that It ‘was much of a yard; just a dozen runs Of the lead to tnke the construction ma- terial for Callahan to distribute fast as the grade was pushed westward. The trouble at the Renkleton yard came from without, not from within. The road was being pushed into the eattle country, and Jt was all easy till they struck Benkleton. Benkleton was | Just a hard knot on the Yellow Grass | ‘trail, a squaily, sandy cattle town. There were some bad men fn Benkle- ton. They didn't bother often. But there were some men in Benkleton who thought they were bad, and these were | @ source of constant bedevilment to the Fatiroad men. Southwest of the yard, where the riv- er breaks sheer into the bottoms, there | Bived and still hives a colony of rail: | Foad laborers, tussians. They have ‘squatted there, burrowed into the face of the bench like sand swallows and Seraped caves out for themselves, and the name of the place is Little Russia, ‘This was in the troublous days when the cowboys, homesick for evil, would Fide around Little Russia with rope end gun and scare the ploncers cross eyed. The cattle feliows spent the en- tire winter months, all sand and son- bine, putting up schemes to worry Callahan and the Little Russians, ‘The headquarters for this restless gang Were at Pat Barlie’s place, across from the postoffice. It was there that the cowboys loved to congregate. To Cal- Jahan Pat Barlie's place was a wasps’ Rest, but to Chris it was a den of wolves, and of a dreader sort than Russian wolves, for Barlie’s pack nev- oF slept. ton yard was lke smoking a celluloid pipe—you never could tell when It ‘Would go off Cowboys shot away the lamps faster than requisitions could be drawn for ew ones. They shot the signals off the switches and the lights from the tops of moving trains. Whenever a brakeman showed a flicker two cow- boys stood walting to snuff It, If they missed the lamp, they winged the brakeman. It compelled Bucks after awhile te run trains through Benkle- ton without showing ever a light. ‘This, though tough, could be managed, but to shunt dats In the yard at night with ho light or to get a switchman willing to play young Tell to Peg Leg Reynolds’ William for any length of time was impossible. At last Bucks, on whom the worry reflected at headquarters, swore he would fight them with fire, and he sent Shockley. Callahan etill sat speculating on what he would be Up against when Shockley arrived. ‘The impression Bucks’ letter gave him, knowing Bucks to be frugal of words, was that Shockley would rise up with cartridges in bis ears and bowie kuives dangling from his wateh chain, To live in fear of the cowboys Was one thing, but to live in fear of the cowboys on the one hand and in terror of u yardmaster on the other seemed, all things considered, confus- ing, particularly if the new ally got to drinking aud bis tire scattered. Just then train 1 whistled. Pat Barlie's corner began to sputter Its salute. Cal Iahan shifted around behind his bomb- Proof, lit his powderborn and, looking down the line, wondered | whether Suockley might be op that train. It was not till the hext night, though, that a tall, thinnish chap, without vist ble reasons for alighting, got off 50 and walked tentatively down the platform. At the ticket oltice be asked for the as. Bistant euperiniendent “Out there on the platform talking to the conductor.” ‘The thin fellow emerged and beaded for Callahan. Callahan noticed only his light, springy amble and his hatchet face. “Mr, Callahan?” ores" “Bucks seut me up to take the yard.” What's your name?" “Shockley.” “Step upstairs. I'l be up tn a min- ute.” Shockley walked back {nto the depot, but be left the copper baired assistant superintendent uncertain as to whether it was really over. whether Shockley had actually arrived or not. As Cal lahan studied the claimant's tnoffen: sive appearance walking away be rath- er thought it couldn't be over or that Bucks was inistaken, But Bucks nev er made x mistake Next morning at 7 the new yardmas ter took hold. Callahan had intimated that the night air iu the yard. it being low tand, was minsmatic and that, Shockley had moybe better try fer awhile to do his switebing in the day time, Just before the appointed — in the moruing the assistant bad look ed out on bis unlucky yard. Ele thought to himself that if that yard didn't drive @ man to drink nothing ever would Piled sbanty high with # bewlldering array of material, it was enough to take the beart out of a Denver switeh- tng crew While be stood at the window be saw their plug switch engine that bad been kicked out of every other yard on the system wheeze out of the roundhouse, saw the new yurdmaster flirt bis hand at the engineer and swing up on the footboard. but the swing—it made Cal- Jahan’s heart warm to him. Not the lubberly jump of the hoboes that had Worried the life out of bim all summer, even when the cattlemen didn’t bother. It was the swing of the sailor Into the shrouds. of the Cossack Into the saddle, of the yacht into the wind. It was like falling down or falling up or falling on —the grace of a mastery of gravitation —that was Shockley’s swing on the footboard of the yard engine as It shot snorting past him “He's all right.” muttered Callahan, It was enough. A mip who flipped a tender like that was not like to go very wrong even In that chaos of rails and tles and string- ers and coal. “Now.” continued Callahan to bim- self, timidly hopeful, “If the cuss only doesn't get to drinking" He watched apprehen-ively, dreading the firet time he shov'd see bi entering Pat Barlie’s Place, but Shockley didn’t appear to know Pat had # place. The cowboys, too, watched him, waiting for his lamp to gleam at night down in the yard, but thelr patience was strained for « long time. Shockley got all his work done by daylight. To the surprise of Callahan, and Probably on the principle of the watch- ed pot, the whole winter went without # brush between Shockley and the cow- boys. Even Peg Leg Reynolds let him alone. “He's the luckiest fellow on earth,” remarked Callahan one day at McCloud in reply to a question from ‘THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA ss wee f when they Ceugot him and by 9 they had put bim through every pace that civilization could suggest. Peg Leg Reynolds, as always, master of ceremonies, then ordered him tled to the stove. When it was done the cow- boys got into a big circle for a dance. The fur on Chris's coat had already be- gun to sizzle, when the front door open- 4. Shockley walked in. Straicht, im bis ambling, burried way, he walked past the deserted bar through the ring of cowboys at the rear to Chris frying against the stove and began cut ting him loose. ‘Through every knot that bis knife silt he sent a very loud and vers bad word, and no sooner had he freed Chris than be jerked him by the collar, as if quarreling with him, toward the back door, which was handy. und before the cowboys got wind he had shoved him through It “Hold on there!” cried Peg Leg Reyn- olds when tt ras just too late. Chris was out of it, und Shockley turned alone. “All right, partner; what ts it?” he asked amiably. “You've got a ripping nerve.” “1 know it” | “What's your name? “Shockley.” | “Can you dance?* “No.” It was Peg Leg’s opportunity. He drew his gun, “I reckon maybe you can Try it.” he added, pointing the suggestion with the pistol. Shockley looked foolish. He didn’t begin trip. ping soon enough and a bullet from the cowboy’s gun spilutered the baseboard at his feet. Shockley attempted to sbuile. To any one who didn’t know him It looked funny. But Peg Leg was & rough dancing master and before he sald “Enough” an ordinary man would have dropped exhausted. Shockley, breathing a good bit quicker, only steadied himself against the bar. “Take off your hat before gentlemen,” erled the cowboy. Shockley hesitated, but he did pull off his cap. “That's more lke It. What's your name?" “Shockley.” | “Shockley? echoed Reynolds with « Durst of range amenities “Well, Shockley, you can't help your name. Drink for once in your life with a man of breeding—my name's Reynolds. Pat, set out the good bottl—this guy pays,” exclaimed Peg Leg, wheeling to the dar. | “What'l it be?" asked Pat Barlle of Shockley, as he deftly slid a row of glasses in front of the men of breed- tng. “Ginger ale for me,” suggested Bhockiey mildly. The cowboys put ap ‘a single yell. Ginger ale! It was too tonny, Reynolds, choking with contempt, Dolnted to the yardmaster's glass. “Fill it with whisky" be shouted. “Fil it, Pat!" he repeated. as Shockley lean- ed undecidedly against the bar. The yardmaster held out the glass and the barkeeper began to pour. Shockley looked at the liquor a moment, then be Jooked at Reynolds, who fronted him with gun in one band and red water in the other. “Drink!” Shockley paused, looked again at the whisky and drew the glass toward him with the curving hand of « drinker. “You want me to drink this?” he bal laughed, turning on his baiter. “I didn’t say so, did 17 I said drinkr* roared Peg Leg. . Everybody looked at Shockley. He stood fingering the glass quietly. Some- bow everybody, drunk or sober, looked at Shockley. He glanced around at the crowd. Other guns were creeping from their holsters. He pushed the glass back, smiling. “I don’t drink whisky, partner,” said Bhockly gently. “You drink that whisky or I'll put a Uttle hole into you!” Shockley reached good naturedly for the glass, Usrew the liquor on the floor and set it back on the bar. “Go on!” said Shockley. It confused Reynolis. “A man that'll waste good whisky oughtn’t t" live anyhow,” he muttered, fingering his revolver nervously. “You've spoiled my alm. ‘Throw up your hat,” he yelled. “I'll put a hole through that to begin with.” Instead Shockley put his cap back on bis head. “Put a hole through it there,” said be. Reyuolls set down his glass, and Shockley waited. It was the cowboy who hesitated. ts “Where's rour nerve?" asked railroad map. The gun covered with a dash and a roar. whatever his faults, was a sb ¢ Tes'’s fact. The switchman recovered himself instantly and, taking off bis ‘cap, langhed as he examined the hole. “Done with me?" he asked evenly, cap In hand. Peg Leg drained his glass before be Spoke. “Get out!” be snapped. The switchman started on the word for the front door. When he opened it eve:y- body laughed but Shockley. Maybe an hour later Reynolds was sitting back of the stove in a card game when a voice spoke at his ear. “Get up!” Reyvolds looked around into a pistol, Behind it stood Shock- ley, pleasant. “Get up!" be repeated. Nobody bad seen him come in, but there he was and with an absolutely Infantile gun, 9 mere baby gun, in the Fellow light, but it shone like bright sliver. Reynolds with visible embarrassment stood up. “Throw your cannon Into the stove, Reynolds; you won't need it,” suggest- en 1 yf] Car) PAN L As = Aes saee UY | is AL: ee we ee = Pea Leo danced. Se auocaey vids looked around. ‘There appeared to be no hopeful alter native. TY » looked very cold. Not # cowboy posed. Under con: voy Reynold ped over to. the stove and th his gun, but the grace of the was bad. “Get up the the bar and dance. Hustle! urged Shockley. ‘They had to help the conft awboy up, and when be stood, shan 1, looking down on the scene of 1 stant triumphs and } did 2 painful sive foot, marking time with bis peg. cowboys, who bad stood thelr own share of his bullying, roared. Shockley didu't roar; only stood with busy eyes where he could cover any man ou demand, not forget ting even Pat Barlie Peg Leg, who had danced so many tn bis day, danced, and bis roasting gun sp uttered an accompaniment from the stove; bat as Shockley, who stood tn front of it, paid no attention to the fasillade of butlets good form prevent ed others from dodging. “That'll do; get down. Come here, Chris." cated Shockley. Chris Oxen, greatly disturb ed, issued from an obscure corner. “Get down on your knees.” exclain ¢4 the yardmaster. Jerking Reynolls wit * twist ip front of the fright Fened | ‘Get on your knees right where I threw your whisky And | Shock rowding Reynolds down to hist n, dropped for the first time into range etvilities himself, and }the sha i the abasement of it were very great | “Boy sid the yardmaster, with one restless «ye on Reynolds and one on everybody else. as he pointed at Chris, “this mun's coat was burnt up. He's & poor devil and his money comes hard Chip in for a new coat. I've nothing against any man that don't want to give. but Reynolds must pass the bat Take mine. you eosote.” Nearly everybody contributed as Rey. nolds went round, Shockley made no comments “Count it.” he continued when the follen monarch had finished, and when the tale was made Shockley told Pat Barlie to put in as much more @s the cap held, and he did so. “There, Chris; go home. 1 don’t lke you,” added Shockley Insolently, turn- ing on Reynolds. “You don’t know what fun is. This town won't hold you and me after tonight. You can take it or you can leave it, bat the first time I ever put eyes on you again one of us will cash in.” He backed directly toward the front floor and out Peg Leg Keynolds took only the night to decide; next day he bit the trail. The nervy yardmaster he might have wiped out if he had stayed, but the dis Grace of kneeling before the dog of s Russian was something never to be wiped out in the annals of Benkleton. Peg Leg moved-on, and thereafter cow- boys (ook oceasion to stop Shockley on ‘the street and jolly him on the way he id the one legged bully, and the lights Were shot no more. ‘The railroad men swore by the new yardmaster; the Russians took thetr clgarettes from their mouths and touched their caps when Shockley pass- ed; Callahan blessed his name, but it- tle Chris worshiped bim. One day Alfabet Smith dropped off at Benkleton from Omaha headquar. ters Alfabet was the onty species of Mzard on the payroll. He way the west end spotter. “Who is that sll fellow?” he asked of Callahan as Shockley flew by on the pilot board of an engine “That's Shockley.” |. “Oh, that’s Shockley, Is it?” But he could say little things In way to make a man prick hot all over. “Yes, that's Shockley. Why?" asked Callahan, with « cewek aa. “Nothing. only he’s a valuable man ‘s wanted, Shockley ts,” smiled ‘Smith, bat ig emite ° wou ree SWE niet ¥ ‘Weds took ime will Se Foes wD bio Nestatant told him of the inet dent. “Et be bothers Shockley,” Bucks said, “we'd met bis sealp, that's all. He'd hetter took after his conductors and fence ovt men alone” “1 note Shocktey isn't keeping his frog. Si xked.” continued Bucks, re verting to other matters, “That won't do. 1 went every frog in the yard blocked, aut Kept blocked, and tell him 1 said so.” But the frog blocking was not what worried Shockley. is push was to Keep the yanl clean, for the month of December brought more stuf twice ‘over than was ever poured into the front end yard before. Chris, though, “had developed into a great switchman, And the two never let the work get ahead. So it came that Little Russia honored Chris and his big pay check above most men. Shockley stood first in Little Russia, then the czar, then Chris, then Callaban. Queen Victoria and Bismarck, might have admirers, but they were not In it under the bench. When the Russian holidays came, down below, Chris concluded that the celebration would be merely hollow without Shockley, for was not the very existence of Little Russia due to him? All the growth, all the prosperity— what was It due to? Protection. What was the protection? Shockley, ‘There were brakemen who argued that pro tection came from the tariff, but they hever nade any converts In Little Rus- sia, where the inhabitants could be in- duced to vote for president only on the assurance that Shockley was ruaning. “Well, what's the racket anyhow, Chris?" demanded Shockley lazily after Cross Eyes, trying to get rid of the invitation to the festivities, had sput- tered switch English five minutes at him. “Ve got Chrismus by us.” explained Chris desperately. “Christmas,” repeated Shockley grim ly. “Christmas. Why, man, Christ mas don't come nowhere on earth in January. You want to wind up your calendar. Where'd you get’ them shoes?” “Dollar sefenty-vite.” “Where?” “Rubedo.” “And don't you know @ switchman oughtn't to put his fect in flatboats? Don't you know some day you'll get Your foot stuck {na tongue or a guard? Then where’ll you be, Dutch, with a string of flats rolling down on you, en" However, Chris stuck for bis request He wouldo't take no for an answer. Next day he tired Shockley out “Well. for God's sake let up, Chris,” said the yardmaster at last. “I'll come down awhile after 23 comes in. Get back early after supper, and we'lt mnake up 56 and let the rest go." It was a pretty night; pretty enough over the yard for anybody's Christmas, Jutian or Gregorian—no snow, but a Moon, and a full one, rising early over the Arikarce biuts and a frost that bit and sparkled and the north wind asleep tn the sand hits Shockley after supper, snug in a pea Jacket aud a storm cap, rode with the Switch eniine down from the round. house Chris. ‘x his astrakban reefer and turban. waiking over from the dug out in Rubedo's new shoes, Mipped the footboard at the stockyard with almost the roll of Shockley himself, Happily for Christmas in Little Rus sia 23 pulled In on time, but it was long and heavy that night “It brought coat and ties and the stuff for the Fort Rawlins depot and a batch of bridge steel they had been waiting two weeks for, mostly Cherry Creek stuif, eleven cars of it, The winute the tired engine was cut off the long train up ran the little awitch engine and snapped at the head- Jess monster like a coyote. Out came the coal with a clatter, out came the depot stuif with a sheet of flame through the goat's flues, shot here, shot there, shot yonder, fying down this spur and down that and the other, like stones from a catapult, and the tough counected, smut faced, blear eyed yard engine coughed and snorted And spit a shower of sparks and soot and cinders up into the Christmas air. She darted and dodged and jerked and backed up and dewn and Across the Jead and never for a fraction of « sec- end took her eye off Shockley's lamp— shivering aud clanging and bucking With steam and bell and air, but al ways with oue smoky eye on Shockley’s lamp, vutil 28 was wrecked clean to the caboose, and the switch engine shot down the main line with the battered way car in her claws like a hawk with @ prairie dog. ‘Then there was only the westbound freight, 85, to make up with the Fort Rawlins stuf and the Cherry Creek steel, which was “rush,” and a few ‘cars of tles flung on bebind on general Drinciples. It was quick work now— ee hae Se cate Lae a Pee Se eee ge eS Te ee eee 5 shivering aud clanging and bucking with steam and bell and air, but al- ‘ways with one smoky eye on Shockley’s Jamp, until 23 was wrecked clean to the caboose, and the switch engine shot down the main line with the battered way car in her claws like a hawk with @ prairie dog. ‘Then there was only the westbound freight, 55, to make up with the Fort Rawlins stuff and the Cherry Creek steel, which was “rush,” and a few cars of ties flung on bebind on general Principles. It was quick work now— sorting and moving the bridge steel— half au hour for an hour's work, with the north wind waking at the clatter and sweeping « bank of cloud and sand across the valley, Shockley and Chris and the goat crew put at it Hke black ants. There was releasing and setting and kicking and splitting, and once in awhlle a flying switch dead against the rubrics, aud at last the whole train of steel was in line, clean as the links of @ sprocket and ready to run in on the house track for the caboose. For that run Chris set the east house track switch, crossed the track and swung a great circle with his lamp for the back. To get over to the switch aguin he started to recross the track. In the dark bis ankle turned on a lump of coal. He recovered lightly, but the misstep sent his other foot wide, and With a bit of a Jolt Rubedo’s new shoe slipped into the frog. Up the track he heard a roll of stormy coughs from the engine gather- ing push to shove the string of fats down. They were coming toward him, over the spot where he stood, on his signal, and he quietly tried to loosen his heel. ‘The engine's drivers Jet ge, and she Foared 2 steaming oath, and Chris ould hear i but he Was’ glad, for = fog. stn ‘Then the | foo te Y pulled at th waist are and his engine snorted again, and her drtv- See be Cnt ihe ae ee a eee tried to loosen his foot. Coolly, first ke a confdent man tn a quicksand, soon with alarm running nto fright; but there was time enough. The head car was four or five lengths Above the switch and coming very, [very slowly, beavylike aud squeaking ‘stiffly under its lond, yet coming. and ‘he wrenched lianter, but his foot stuck. ‘Then be yelled for Shockley. Shock. Jey had gone over to open the caboose switch. Shockley couldn't hear, and he Anew it, and he yelled again, The sweat broke over him as he turn- ed and twisted. The grip of the frog seemed to stile him, Half the time was gone. The near truck wheels screeched two car lengths away, and the switchman played his last card. ‘Time and time aguin Shockley had told him what todo if that moment came In the night—had told him to throw his lamp in the air like a rocket. But Chris had forgotten all that till the flat drop- ped heavily on the tongue in front of him. Then he threw his lamp like a Tocket bigh into the night. No help came. He raised his arms frantically above his head, and his ries cut the wind. Desperate at last, he threw himseif flat, to lie outside the rail to save all but a foot, but the frog beld him and crying horribly he strng- Bled back.to his feet, only to sink again half crazy to the ground. As his senses left him he was hardly aware of a Stinging pain in his foot, of a wrench at bis leg. an instant arm around his neck and his yardmaster’s voice in his car. “Jump!” screamed Shockley. Chris scrambled frantically on the deadly rails, unable to jump, felt bim- self picked from the ground, heard a choke in the throat at bis ear, and he was Sung like a drawbar through the dark. Shockley had passed a knife blade from vamp to sole, slit the Rus- slan's clumsy shoe, jerked his foot from it and thrown him bodily into the clear. Chris staggered panting to his feet. Already the steel was moving slowly over the switch, He heard the sullen Pounding of the trucks on the contact. A lantern, burning yet, lay on its side Bear the stand. It was Shockley’s lamp. Chris looked wildly around for his yardmaster, called out, called Shockley’s name, listened. No scream, BO groon, DO ery, no answer, ne sound, but just the steady pounding of the Wheels over the contact. The tittle switchman screamed again in a frenzy and, turning, raced stumbling up the track to the cab. He swung into ft and by signs made th engineer shut off. He tried to talk and only stammered a Mngo of switch pidgin and the name of Shockley. They couldn't understand it ail. but they sbut off with faces pineh- ei and sallow, threw open the furnace Goor and, grabbing their lanterns, ran back. The fireman, on bis knees, held his lamp out under the flat that span- ned the contact. He drew, shrinking. back and, rising, started on the run for the depot to rouse Callahan, It was Cwllaban who polled the pin @ moment later, Chris shivering lke « rabbit at bis side. It was Callaban who give the slow pull ahead order that cut the train In two at the frog and Callahan who stepped, wavering, from the gap that opened behind the receding fint—back from something be- tween the ralls—back to put his hands blindly out for the target rod and un- Steadily upon it. [le heard Shockley breathing. Some carried the headlight back, and some tore the door off a box car, and they got him on. They carried him un- evenly, stumbling, over to the depot. ‘They lald him on Callaban’s mattress fn the waiting room, and the men stood all about bim, but the only sound was his breathing, and inside under the lamp the receiver, clicking, clicking, clicking, of Bucks and the company surgeon coming on a special ahead of 59. ‘They twisted tourniquets into his quivering flesh, and with the Ught dy- ing tn bis eyes they put whisky to his lips. But he turned his head and spit it from his mouth. Then he looked from face to face about him—to the engineer and to the fireman and to little Chris and to Callahan—and his ps meved. Chris bent over him, but try as be would he could not cateb the words. “Block—block,” said Shockley’s lips. And Shockley died. ‘They lifted the mattress into the beg- gage room. Callahan drew over it's crumpled sheet. A lantern left burned on the checking desk, but the men, ex- cept Chris, went thelr ways. Chris hung Irreeolute around the open door. ‘The special pulled tn, and with the shoes wringing fire from her heels-as she slowed Bucks and a man following closo sprang from the step of the coach. Callahan met them; shook his head. ‘Twenty minutes later 59 whistled for the yard, but im the yard all was dark and still. One man got off 59 that night. Carrying his little valise in his hand, he walked in and out of the de- pot, hanging on the edges of the group- ine men. who atill taike’ of the acct. IS) my ecole \ \ D , ua eas | U =k Bo eee The only sound was his breathing, ‘STairs, dnd Callahan, Tired and Sick, 271 gone upstairs, and oniy the operator sat under his lamp at the table, Chris stood back in the gloom in front of the stove and poked stealthily at the fre. When It blazed he dropped big chunks of smutty coal in on it and wiped his frostbitten nose with the back of bis airty band. Chris drew his cap low, pulled me- chanically from his pocket a time table, tore off a strip and, holding it carefully ‘open, sprinkled a few clippings of to- bacco upon It aud rolled his cigarette. He tucked it between his Ups. It was company for the silence, and he coulkt more easily stop the listening. But he did not light, only pulied bis cap again & little lower, buttoned close bis reefer, looked at his bandaged foot, picked up his Inmp and started home. Tt was dark, and the wind from the north was bitter, but he made a great detour into the teeth of it—around by the coal chutes, a long way round, a long way from the frog of the east house track switch—and the cold stung his face as be limped heavily on. At Inst by the ice house he turned south and, reaching the face of the bench, pansed a moment, hesitating on the side of the earthen stairs. It was very dark. After a bit he walked slowly down and pushed open the door of his dugout. It was dark Inside and cold. ‘The fire was out. The children were asleep. The woman was asleep. He sat down in a chair and put out his lamp. ‘There was no Christmas that night in Little Russia, 3. Se ee Place for Red Tape. “There is too much red tape about your business here,” said the shopper, after a long wait for her package and her change. “But I thought you sald you liked red tape in its place?” replied the manager of the dress goods depart- meat. ig oa “Well, if a dry-goods store is not ‘the place for red tape, what is?”— Yonkers Statesman, If the Coat Fits. See that hen changing her feet to Prevent their freezing. Her comb ts frost-bitten already. Here are her winter quarters. Well ventilated. Like a summer house. Blizzards sweep through grandly. See the bare corn cobs and the ice! Let's collect the eggs. Lots of money in eggs! Why, not one? Chase her, she doesn't pay. What, nothing in her crop? Where's that corn I gave her yesterday? I'll have her for a stew; she's too old and tough to roast.—Orange Judd Farmer. ‘Frost eats fat from the bones of the stock, aie a ‘The landlord said this fat was “swell,” ‘And I guess the landlord knows: For there ien’t a window that opens well Or & door not hard to close. -—Cloveland Leader. Kept His ‘Word. “Papa, papa! you said that if | woula tell you all about it not a hair of my head should be harmed.” “Well (whack!) not one will (whack!) will be. Your head (whack!) is higher up."—Judge. | And They're Not. Mrs. Jawback—You'll never succeed in politics. You're neither a Webster nor a Blaine. Mr. Jawback—No, but, by Gum, I'm sitet oe eee Leader, ; Infant Terrible, “Say, Maw.” “Well, son?” “What ts environment?” “Environment, my son, means the things around you.” “Then paw's arms must be environ- ments, ‘cause I saw him have ‘em around cook yesterday.”—Milwaukee Sentinel. Gnewn Sewn Patience—Just as he was about to Propose, I took the down piliow and ‘threw it at my fest for him to kneel on. Patrice—That was a bad break. “How so?” “Why, tt looked as if you were throwing him down.”—Yonkers States. ‘man. Net Result About the Same. Mrs, Naybar—Isn't it a luury to be able to buy exes 20 cents cheaper than they were last winter? Mrs. Crossway—Ye-es, but when my Yusband finds he has saved 20 cents In Duying a dozen he isn’t easy till he has spent it for cigars or something of that sort.—Chicago Tribune. } = Se y eer ae a HORTICULTURE paeReS SS Bee Soe LAYING OFF AN ORCHARD. It ts very important in the northern states to select lands which He either north or south or east and west lines. This offers no particular difficulties in carrying out the design of planting om squares. It Is not essential that the orchard lines should le on north and south or east and west lines, So far as we can observe, the angle which tree's lines make with cardinal Points have no value in the growth Of the plant or character of fruit, al- though it is thought by some that gonth rows offer better access to sun- light, but as to this factor we cannot aay. To lay off trregular land, In case none of the boundaries forms @ natural ‘or convenient base line, it is neces- Sary to establish a base line across the plot on such site as: best suited the Wishes of the planter. This may be ‘on exact north an south, or east and ‘west lines; or it may have an angle so as to bring the row lines into con- formity to the best contour lines, oF #0 as to cive the longest straight lines fm any desired directions. Having es- tablished the base line, the next opera. tion fs to measure off. at rizht angles from two points. from the base line preferably at as creat a distance, say the space of eight or ten rows, more ‘or less, as may be convenient, and es- tablish thereby a parallel to the base Une. In order that this sectional line. shall be an accurate parallel, It is necessary to establish the perpendicular — by starting from @ stake, a In diagram, ‘on the bse line and lay off on this line exactly 60 fect and establish second stake b, on same line Then from the point first taken draw a line 80 feet from the base line as nearly perpendie. ular to It as possible. and test the same by drawing a line 100 feet from the second stake on the base line. The % So, im > i a ooFT,. PLAN FOR LAYING OUT ORCHARD. Point c, where these lines meet at 80 feet from the- base, will be an exact Perpendicular from’ the point first taken. Project this line to the re. quired distance for establishing the Parallel of the base line. Establish a second perpendicular in lke manner, and project it to a distance equal to the first perpendicular; connect these points and a parallel is established. It ts always best to establish one of ‘these perpendiculars from the exact point on the base line where a tree ts to stand, as this then gives the pos!- tion of a tree in the second or paral- Jel line. In order to do this, it is Proper to lay off and stake the tree in Position in the base line before estab- Ushing the parallel, but this is not at all necessary. It ts sufficient to es tablish a tree position as the stake from which perpendicular is first tak- m. Diagram gives base line and method of obtaining parallel. After establishing one tree point on the base line, lay off and set stakes at ‘each tree position on this line, usual- dy beginning and ending 20 fect from Doundary. Then on the parallel be- ginning at the tree point already es- tablished, lay off from it and set Stakes at each tree position on this Une. The two lines of stakes give two series of points on the parallel lines through which it is only necessary to Project lines at right angles, and to extend them to the boundaries of the plot to establish all the rows. Then on these cross-lines it is necessary to set stakes at the proper distances to establish all the tree positions. It is quite customary to use a long line of cord or wire with the tree distances accurately marked on it for staking tree positions. says the Rural New Yorker. This is stretched carefully through the points on the parallel lines, and the stakes driven at the points marked on the setting Hne. On Irregular plots the trees run out on the boundary as may happen without Fegard to number of rows. HORTICULTURAL NOTES. A nurseryman gives this advice: “Don't plant out trees unless you in- tend to care for them, for they never ‘will amount to anything, and you will bave all your work for nothing.” Buy spraying outfits early. Americana plums ought to be @tudied by all fruit growers living ‘west of the great lakes and north of @ line drawn through central Iilionis, east and west. These plums are very @uitable to this great region, more so than many other varieties. There are probably 100 varicties of Amert- wana plums of good quality and of eommeroial value. ‘Trees aré like chéidren; in the be @inning they give us a great deal of trouble and worry, but in the end we ‘are proud of them. ‘Take care of your orchard and your mabard will take care of you: __ hy bolt Dat In now may save nine ‘Dushels of fruit later. Split trees and dangerous crotches need attention. Bolts are cheap. Use ‘em!—Farm and Home. | ete ye eee HOW TO PRUNE PLUM TREE Prof. H. N. Starnes Tells Just How the Work Should Be Done When ‘Tree Is Young. ‘The plim, like the peach, bears its fruit buds on the growth of the Previous — season. yp Tt may therefore be pruned = simi- q larly to the peach, but, as a rule, less severely. Many growers, indeed, use the knife merely for for- mative purposes, and this practice = fs also rapidly be. Previous = season. It may_ therefore be pruned simi- larly to the peach, but, as a rule, less severely. Many growers, indeed, use the knife merely for for- mative purposes, and this practice is also rapidly be- coming common with the peach. Im- mediately on planting, if in the spring, the whip should be cut back to with- in 20 inches of the ground. If planted in December it is better to leave the top intact until just before the buds begin to swell, or until they have fair- ly started. As soon as the buds havo clearly developed all but four or five near the top should be rubbed off, and these should be so situated as to pro- duce an evenly branched, well-bal- anced head by the end of the season. ‘They should never be so left as to pro- duce a fork. This will, sooner or later, split down the crotch. Before the second spring the four or five main branches should be short- ee, ee two-thirds and su- Perfluous canes removed, as well as any limbs that cross 80 as to rub one another. The skeleton will then stand forlorn in Appearance, but ready for a vig- orous — develop- ment the next v year. If the tree has a tendency te ward a spreading or dropping habit, as with Clifford or Wilder, says the Orange Judd Farmer, the cut should ‘be made so as to throw the terminal bud on the inside, to correct this ten- dency and cause a more upright or per- pendicular growth. On the other hand, with varieties Ike Brill, or Bart- lett and Wickson of the Japan group, whose habit is toocompactly upright, the terminal bud should be left on the outside, and possibly removed to ren- der the head more open. After the tree comes into bearing little praning is advisable beyond the removal of surplus wood for the purpose of admit- ting Hight and air, and occastonally cutting back abnormally elongated terminals to prevent breaking down during fruiting. Yet on account of the rather uncertain habit of the plum in fruit setting, due to imperfect self- pollination, it i* not safe to reduce, In advance, the fruiting surface with the knife. It Is better to rely on thine ning the crop, if too large, after it has set. TOP-WORKING OLD TREES. Rules to Be Observed by the Orchard- ist in Securing the Best Results. | In top-grafting trees the best success will be obtained where scions are set in branches one-half to one inch in diameter, as the union will be more perfect than if larger ones aro used. Where old trees are grafted with the object of changing entire top it will be necessary to use larger branches, but two inches in diameter should be the Mmit. In stock one inch and larger use two scions, and if both grow cut one out the following season. ‘Where all the top 1s grafted, set a part each season, making the change grad- ual, the older and larger the trees the more time required. Be careful In grafting that the bark of scion and stock are in perfect line, to allow free flow of sap, says the Rural New Yorker. Cover wound airtight with grafting wax. Apple trees from piece Toot grafts are partly on their own roots, as many varieties root freely on the scion as well as the sending root. Budded trees are wholly on seedling root and are not as hardy. Nearly all varieties of apple can be maintained 25 years or longer in a healthy condition by proper care and pruning. Neglect is the prime cause of the failure of many trese. ADVICE ON PLANTING TREES Bimple Rules Which Should Be Ob- served If the Tree Is to Be ) Given Fair Chance. | How to plant a tree is something that every firmer should know. As yet we see many farms in this west- ‘ern country that would be very much Detter off with more trees. In digging up a tree keep the spade edge toward the trunk or ball of the tree. This way does not injure the roots so badly. Move as much dirt with the tree as possible. Set a lit ‘tle deeper than it was before, see that ‘the roots are spread out even in the hole. Tramp the dirt firmly and put &@ Mberal amount of straw around ft for mulching. If the season is dry it fs necessary to put a pail or two of ‘water around the root every evening. ‘If the tree is tall it is advisable, says the Prairie Farmer, to drive or set something of the post kind to tie it or the wind will spoil your tree. ‘Many trees are Killed the first season in this way. As for cutting back the top, it de- pends on how much you ‘ave cut off the roots. As the roots feed the top, & man must here use his own judg- ment. If a tree dies, don't be discour- faged, but try it again. Condensed. Tommy—Pa, what {s the Golden Rule? Pe—Give your friends the same : you smoke yourself.—N. ¥. Sun. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. Two Tricks in Equilibrium = u Tricks in Ad Un Exguilibrivm + fl | a p O mM oo Soe INDUSTRY ® #= TIE a LAWN TENNIS MARKER Makes Easy the Marking Out of the Court in Narrow But Heavy Elegy See ee moar ia ce ta Popularity more than lawn tennis, Kim SS 7] a’ lig 5 re - Bo} y PS TT clear and dis‘inct. Tapes, which are often used, are a nuisance, and are not to be compared to lines marked with lime directly upon the gravel oF grass. One of the latest machines de- viced for marking out tennis courts is shown in the filustration, says the Philadelphia Record. It consists of a casing made of tin or other light meta! and has a hinged id, through which it can be filled with powdered me, with which the lines are made. ‘The sides and ends of the easing extend slightly below the bottom, forming flanges. ‘These flanges travel near the ground, their object being to prevent the wind from blowing away or scat- tering the lime as it is laid out by the marker. A wheel is journaled within the easing and extends through an opening in the bottom of the casing. The rim of the wheel is corrugated obliquely and fits closely in the open- ing. In descending the corrugations on the wheel carry small charges of Powder out through the opening. The corrvgations being oblique, any lumps or obstructions in the powder Will be deflected to one side. After the casing has been filled with pow- dered lime, the handle is grasped and the medicine carried to the point of use. Therefore the marker is pushed along over a string or toward a given object, if the user's eye be true, and the result will be that a narrow, but heavy white line will be formed on the ground. As the marker prog- resses, contact with the ground causes the wheel to rotate, the corrugations @rawine out the nowéer. RAILROAD SPIKES. New Type of Nail Which Pierces the ‘Tie Beneath the Steel Rail. A railroad spike having a stem or shank edapted to pierce the cross-tie Ss 2. ‘THE NEW RAILROAD SPIKE. beneath the ral, has just been invent- ed by Rowland Anderson, of Chihua- hua, Mexico. The head is formed to grip the rail above its flange and hold it firmly. Wew Auto Wind Screen. Proven a satisfactory substitute, be- flammable, while it does not crack lke celluloid. “y (" a | fy © You can entertain your friends by performing the tricks shown in illus- tration with goblets, provided you that you do not us¢ your mother’s eae a ores : Juvenile Shrewdneas. Kitty called up her father by tele phone. “Hello, papa!” “What is it, dear?” he asked. “I wish you'd bring me some ee-nd-y when you come home this evening.” “All right, Kitty; but why do you epell it out?” “I don't want anybody else to know what I'm saying."—Chicago Tribune. ELECTRIC TEMPERING. Simple Methods of Applying the Core rect Degree of Temperature by Means of Carrent. ‘Tho following simple methods of tempering and annealing tools have Deen deseribed by J. M. Gladhill. By “using the electric current for the heat, ‘We can easily carry ont the operations, | and the temperatures can be resu- lated to the right point. One of these apparatus is represented in Fig. 1. It consists of a sheet iron tank of suit- able size containing a concentrated carbonate of potash solution. The tool to be tempered is mounted in an appropriate socket or holder which is counected with the positive pole’ of the dynamo. The circuit ts closed by the metallic tank. Switches and! regulstors are placed Im the circuit, ‘The tempering operation is carried out in the following manner: The cir- cult being closed, the tool is plunged. Slowly into the bath so as to dip the part which is to be tempered. This part heats up under the action of the current. When the right temperature is judged to have been reached, the current is broken suddenly and the tempering takes place in the liquid oft ‘the bath. The electric arc may also be wsed for the same purpose. Fig. 2 shows the arrangement which is used in this case. The tool to be tempered s placed upon a support of fireproof material which ts also a poor conduc- tor of heat, and the are is started at frst at a low tension between the por- tion of the tool which we desire to temper and a carbon electrode placed ‘Rear {t. The tension fs incrensed by working a rheostat until we obtain the necessary heat, but overheating or melting of the tool fs avoided. As a source of current we use a direct cur rent dynamo which will give a tension varying from 50 to 150 volts. The dy- namo ts operated by an electric motor working at 220 volts. In this way it 1s porsible to produce ares varying from 10 to 1,000 amperes by working the rheostat which the exciting cur- BP Fis. rood ie Tear FS — age armnne T atcesray ea ce ar heel cone | oe ries ALTE mwArg! = yn : —j— ee SS a TEMPRRING AND ANNEALING PROO- ae rent of the dynamos carries. The elec- tric method can also be used with suc- cess for annealing. ‘This applies to tools of special form such as gears, dies, and in general to all tools -where we need to have a hard temper on the outer part while the inside has a great tenacity. Generally the annealing is carried out by Introducing a heated Tod into the hollow tool. But this pro- cess is defective both on account of the difficulty of keeping up the tem. Perature for a long enough time and also from the cracks which may occur from a too rapid heating ase the electric process which we flustrate below, such accidents are not to be feared, since the rod is introduced when cold and it is heated up gradual- ly. We are thus able to keep the tem. perature at the right point during the whole time which the annealing re- quires. The apparatus is represented in Fig. 3. We employ a transformer which lowers the tension of the alter- nating current to (wo volts. The sec- ondary coll of the transformer is formed of a copper bar of large section which is connecte! to each end of the form carrying the tool. We regulate the strength of the current and conse- quently the temperature of the holder by the use of « rheostat, and thus we can obtain a perfect adjustment of the temperature during the process.—L’ Electricien. Odors Are Gas. If odors were solid particles they would tend to form nuclei of cloudy condensation in supersaturated air. Dr. Jobn Aitken has tested musk and 23 other odorous substances without finding such nuclei, and he concludes that odors are gaseous and that smell Imas gas as its fundamental basis. | 1 Equilibrium | Tricks in best goblits, but use cups of tin until A trick in equilibrium, which you ean perform successfully if you adjust the shovel snd tongs exactly as the Obeyed Instructions. A lady going from home for the day locked everything up well, and for the grocer’s benefit wrote on a card: “All out. Don't leave anything.” ‘This she stuck on the front door. On her return home she found her house ransacked and all her choicest posses- sions gone. To the card on the door was added: “Thanks; we haven't left much.”— Tt Bite. STRAUS’ SPECIAL Old Yacht Club, WIN Satisty the lover of the right kind of stimulant. Spectal prices. We have all grades of good Uquors, Cigars and Tobacco. Call and see us ISAAC STRAUS &CO., 422 E. Broad St., Richmond, Virgmia. GEORGE O. BROWN, PHOTOGRAPHER, 603 N. 2nd St., Richmond, Va. Fine Photogeaphs. ‘True te Lite, High-slans te Ont-door Work executed Hanewatie Be cdrom Gul scpaiives ee Photseeats SEE WAIN TED. 10 young Colored girls to do light manufacturing work. Will be well patd while learning. Can soon make from $3.00 to $5.00 a week, accord- ing to capacity and willingness to work. ‘The work is healthy, light, clean and easy, and employment ‘steady with satisfactory hours. Oaly girls of good character and behavior wanted. 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SATURDAY...MARCH 31st, 1906 Although Senator Aldrich by his diplomatic movement in placing Senator Tillman in charge of the Hepburn Rate Bill has brought about Senator Tillman's undoing and the virtual defeat of those interests he is championing, it seems that the South Carolina Senator's vanity has been so tickled that Senator Aldrich has more influence over him than anybody else. The following explains the situation: While Mr. Foraker was descenting upon this subject, Mr. Aldrich approached Mr. Tillman who was still standing, not having permanently yielded the floor. The Rhode Island whispered into the ear of he South Carolinian. As a result of Mr. Aldrich's counsel, Mr. Tillman asked that the rate bill be temporarily laid aside in order that the fortification bill might be put upon its passage. This ended further debate for the week on the rate question as when the fortifications bill was passed the Senate adjourned until Monday. The Rate Bill was thereupon side tracked upon the suggestion of Senator Aldrich. While declaring his independence of the railroad interests, it looks as though the railroad chieftain is leading Senator Tillman around with a ring in his nose. More Suits Against McCurdy New York, March 27. — Charges that a fraudulent and corrupt conspiracy existed between Richard A. McCurdy, former president of the Mutual Life Insurance company; his son-in-law, Louis A. Thebaud, and the latter's partner, Charles H. Raymond, are made in the formal complaints in two suits instituted by the company against the men named for the recovery of $1,750,000. These suits are in addition to the one brought last week by the company against Richard A. McCurdy alone for the recovery of $8,370,000. The total now sued for amounts to $5,120,000. The suits brought in the opinion of lawyers form the basis for criminal prosecutions. Crossed Baltic Sea in a Balloon. Copenhagen, March 27.—Two German soldiers landed from a balloon Sunday near Karikrona. They left Berlin on Saturday and crossed the Baltic in a fierce storm storm. As they were nearing the Swedish coast the storm caused a rent in the balloon, permitting the gas to escape. The balloon began to descend, and the men were obliged to cut away the basket, throw out its contents and cling to the net. It was two hours before they landed, exhausted. Carnegie Gives Schools $2,000,000. Pittsburg, Pa., March 28.—It was announced in this city that Andrew Carnegie had given $2,000,000 in addition to previous gifts for the maintenance of the Carnegie Technical Schools. The gift was made through a special committee of the trustees of the Technical Schools, who visited Mr. Carnegie at Hot Springs, Va. FIVE ARRESTS IN BANK CASE Three Employees of Enterprise National and Two Others. CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY Pittsburg, Pa., March 28.—In the face of denials by government officials it was learned from an authoritative source that warrants have been issued for four other persons in connection with the collapse of the Enterprise National Bank last October. These are in addition to the six persons now under arrest, five of whom were arrested Monday, and the sixth, former Paying Teller Thomas W. Harvey, who surrendered later. The federal officials declare that these arrests conclude the criminal proceedings for the present, but it was learned from another source that the officials will not admit the existence of the other four warrants until they have been served. The other accused are: Forest B. Nichols, private secretary to Wm. H. Andrews; Charles Menzemer, George R. Ralston and Edward P. McMillan, employees of the Enterprise Bank, and George E. Cook, an alleged partner of Cashier Clark in several real estate deals. All entered $5000 bail for a hearing. The charge against Menzemer is that as clerk of the bank he certified checks drawn upon the bank by persons who had not sufficient funds on deposit with the bank to meet the checks drawn and so certified, this constituting a false certification. Nichols is charged with conspiring with an officer of the bank who is not named, to abstract and wilfully apply unlawfully, monies, funds and credits of the bank. Ralston and McMillan who were clerks in the bank, are charged with making false entries in the books to defraud the bank, while Cook is charged with conspiring to defraud the bank by getting false credits. In all there are 68 counts against the six men. Twenty two are against Nichols, 17 against Ralston, six against Menzemeer, 11 against McMillan, 11 against Cook, and one against Harvey. All the charges are for acts alleged to have been done between June, 1903 and the date of the closing of the bank. The arrests are a climax in one of the most sensational financial collapses that has occurred in Western Pennsylvania, and are the result of the investigation made by Bank Examiner Edward P. Moxey, who furnished the information to United States Commissioner William T. Lindsey. The information was based on the alleged conspiracy of Nichols to use funds of the Enterprise bank in the interest of the Santa Fe Central Railroad company and the Pennsylvania Construction company. JOHNSON AND SMALL HANGED Negroes Pay the Penalty For Murder Of Miss Allinson Mount Holly, N. J., March 24—Rufus Johnson and George Small, both negroes, were hanged in the jail yard here for the murder of Miss Florence Allinson, on the outskirts of Moorcestown, on January 18. Both fully realized their awful doom, but showed no signs of collapsing. Small's wife bade him good-bye Friday evening, but that ordeal produced no effect on him. No relatives visited Johnson since his arrest, and the only consolation he received was his spiritual advisers. He was the most cheerful of the two. About 75 persons witnessed the double execution. Their bodies were turned over to Undertaker A. B. Grobler, who will inter them in the Potter's Field at New Lisbon. Buffalo Grafters Face Ar Buffalo Gratters Face Arrest. Buffalo, N. Y., March 28—Confessions made to the grand jury by Rowland J. Conover, the contractor, who has been convicted of grand larceny in the first degree for his connection with a county contract for the removal of bodies from an old cemetery, will result in the issue of warrants for the arrest of 23 former city and county officials. Conover's statements before the grand jury are substantially that he made a profitable contract with the county for the removal of the bodies and their reburial. He made an agreement with the officials who awarded his contract that they should receive one-third of the gross payments of the county to him. The money was divided in the county treasurer's office from time to time as it was paid to Conover. Man and Dog Drowned New York, March 27. — Edward Bewy, an employee of the Hudson county, N. J., almshouse, was drowned in the reservoir attached to that institution. When his body was recovered his arms were clasped around the neck of a St. Bernard dog, who was his constant companion. Apparently Bewy fell into the water, and the dog perished in a gallant attempt to rescue his master. The Dewey Passes Gibraltar. Gibraltar, March 26—Mr. Sprague, the American consul here, received a wireless dispatch from the United States collier Glacier, Commander H. H. Hosley, informing him that the floating dry dock Dewey passed Gibraltar. The dispatch reported all well on board, but said that the weather was bad. Five Prisoners Burned to Death: Corsicana, Tex., March 28.—A negro prisoner at the county farm, two miles from here, set fire to his cell in an effort to escape. The flames spread, and before the prisoners could be removed four of them wereburned to death and a fifth was fatally burned. The man who started the fire was among those burned to death. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA ASKS WARRANTS IN INSURANCE CASE Move to Pring Campaign Contributions Before the Courts. JOHN DOE PROCEEDINGS BEGUN New York, March 28. — District Attorney Jerome appeared before Magistrate Moss in the Tombs police court and applied for warrants to be used in testing the legality of the contribution of insurance companies' funds to political campaign committees. The name of no person was mentioned at the time. After listening to Mr. Jerome, Magistrate Moss said that before he would issue any warrants in the matter, evidence would have to be presented that a crime had been committed. To establish this evidence Mr. Jerome asked for the issuance of a number of subpoenas in blank to be used in "John Doe" proceedings before the magistrate. Later these subpoenas were issued. It was said at the district attorney's office that every effort will be made to get the proceedings under way. All the evidence at the disposal of the district attorney, it was stated, will be presented to the court, and then it will remain with the magistrate as to whether or not warrants shall be issued. In taking this action, Mr. Jerome is carrying out the policy he announced before Justice O'Sullivan in the court of special sessions last Friday, when he defended the opinion he had previously rendered that there had been no crime committed in confection with the campaign contributions. Justice O'Sullivan ruled, however, that if it could be shown there was an intent to defraud the rightful owners of the property, it was for the grand jury to say whether or not the case was one of larceny. He so instructed the grand jury and urged the grand jurors to fearlessly investigate the matter and not to seek shelter in the face of an unpleasant duty. Mr. Jerome asked Justice O'Sullivan if he would not, sitting as a magistrate, issue a warrant for the arrest of George W. Perkins, former vice president of the New York Life Insurance company, in order that a writ of habeas corpus might be obtained and the matter taken at once to the highest court. Mr. Jerome also suggested that if contributing to campaign committees by officers of insurance companies constituted larceny, the matter involved Chairman George B. Cortelyou and Treasurer Cornelius N. Bills of the Republican national campaign committee, in matter of receiving stolen goods. Justice O'Sullivan declined to act in the case, saying there were plenty of magisterial courts before whom the matter could be placed and warrants secured. Before Magistrate Moss issued the blank subpoenas requested by District Attorney Jerome, he examined Darwin P. Kingley, vice president of the New York Life Insurance company, who appeared before him. Edmund D. Randolph, treasurer, and several employee of the New York Life were examined in the district attorney's office. It was stated that Mr. Perkins has agreed to appear at the proceedings. STRUCK BY LIGHTNING IN PULPIT Carson, Ia., March 26. While he was preaching to his congregation, Rev. J. B. Lentz, pastor of a Latter Day Saints church, was struck by lightning, which caused his death in an hour. The bolt descended during a hard thunder storm and was communicated to the preacher by a chandelier hanging directly over his head. The shock threw him to the floor in an unconscious state, while many, persons in the audience were stunned. After nearly every one had fled from the building Lentz was carried out, but failed to regain consciousness. The church took fire, but the flames were soon extinguished. BIG FIRE AT JOHNSTOWN Several Buildings In Business Section Burned and Overs $700,000 Johnstown, Pa., March 28. - Fire in the central portion of the business section of this city destroyed several large buildings, causing a loss of over $700,000. The fire started in the five-story brick building of the Swank Hardware company, at Main and Bedford streets, and spread to adjoining buildings occupied by the N. B. Swank carriage and harness store, the undertaking rooms of George Veering, the office of Alderman E. E. Levergood and the printing office of the Ideal Printery. A large quantity of oil and other inflammable material in the hardware store fed the flames, and the firemen soon saw that the building was doomed. They then turned their attention to saving surrounding property. The Swank Hardware company was the largest wholesale hardware establishment between Pittsburg and Philadelphia. The building of the Johnstown Journal has been entirely consumed. G. H. Santamoure, telegraph operator for the Publishers' Association, is missing and it is feared that he has perished. The Henderson Furniture company building, the Foster building, the D. F. A. Greer building were also destroyed. SEVEN KILLED BY TRAIN Entire Family Meet Death at Sunbury, Pa., Grade Crossing. Sunbury, Pa., March 26.—An express train on the Philadelphia & Reading railway crashed into a wagon containing Washington Neidig, aged 63 years; his sons Clarence, aged 41, and Cyrus, aged 36; Mrs. Cyrus Neidig, aged 30, and her three young children, and all were killed instantly with the exception of one of the children, who died at a hospital. The accident occurred at Haus Crossing, a short distance from this place. All the victims were residents of Rabbo township, of which Washington Neidig was superviving. The victim was in a law enforcement wagon, making it very difficult for them to see the track. When the train struck the wagon the vehicle was in the center of the track, and the express was running at such a high rate of speed that the wagon was carried fully 200 yards. Several of the victims were rolled along under the engine for more than a hundred yards and were horribly muckled. HIGH LICENSE FOR OHIO Senate Passed Bill Increasing Tax From $350 to $1000. Columbus, O., March 28.—The Aliken bill, increasing the Iquor tax through Ohio from $350 to $1000 passed the senate by a vote of 25 to 11. This makes it practically a law, as Governor Patison is known to favor it and will sign the measure. The senate was packed to suffocation when the bill passed, and a great shout from the temperance people went up on the announcement of the vote. The Aliken bill will go into effect immediately upon being signed by the governor, or within 10 days should it not be signed or vetoed. The brewers claim the bill will drive half the saloons of Ohio, or about 6000, out of business. NEW TAX BILL FOR JERSEY Senate Passed Measure Creating County Boards of Taxation. Trenton, N. J. March 27.—The senate, with but one negative vote, passed Senator Avis' bill for the creation of county boards of taxation. Senator Minturn, who voted in the negative, spoke against the bill, saying there was no popular demand for it, that it was destructive to home rule, and that it was in the interest of the railroads. Mr. Avis said the bill was a necessary one and that its purpose was to bring about equality of taxes in the different counties. The bill provides for county boards of taxation of three members, to be appointed by the governor, and not more than two to be of one political party. These boards are given practically the same power now held by the state board of equalization of taxes. Three Trackmen Killed In Tunnel. Baltimore, Md. March 28. — John Ramische, Christian Kosnell and Martz Loche, members of a track repair gang, were killed, and the foreman of the gang, W. T. Woods, was injured, by a light engine in the Baltimore & Ohio tunnel near Mount Royal station. The smoke from a train running in one direction obscured the light engine running the opposite way until too late for the victims to avoid it. Dled Trying to Save Grandmother. Waverly, Ohio, March 27—Mrs. Matilda Stultz, aged 89, and her grandson, Ivy Jones, aged 19, were burned to death in a fire which destroyed their dwelling, near here. The young man made a desperate effort to rescue his grandmother, whose body was consumed, and was himself to severely burned that he died later. A BLOODY CHURCH SOCIAL One Killed, Several Injured, One Fatal, at Caldale, W. Va. Bluefield, W. Va., March 28.—Blood-shed and death was the ending of a social at the Methodist Episcopal church at Caldale, near here. One man was killed instantly, his wife was disfigured by having part of her head torn away with a shot gun, and several others received serious bullet wounds. The tragedy grew out of bitter feeling between two factions striving for dominance in the church. The man killed is Benjamin Capely, while his wife, whose head was partly torn away, cannot recover. There had been ill feeling of long standing over the management of funds which had been raised for the erection of a new church building. The dispute over the money resulted in two factions, which threatened to disorganize the congregation. Many opposed the holding of a social, fearing an outbreak. During the evening there was a clash between adherents of the rival factions, and it is said that a blow was struck. Instantly guns were produced and shooting began. It is not certainly known who fired the first shot, but almost as the shooting began Benjamin Capely fell to the floor with a bullet in his heart. Mrs. Harper, Henry Garden and two other men were shot within the next few minutes. It is believed that Mrs. Capely received her wound as she stewed into the door of the building. There was a scene of wild disorder the moment the revolvers began to crack. Women and children shrieked and rushed toward the exits. Mrs. Harper, Garden and James Hotten were placed under arrest, pending a complete investigation by the authorities. SHOT ON HER WEDDING DAY At Thought of Parting Father Fatally Wounds Daughter and Kills Himself. Everett, Mass., March 27. — Less than three hours before the time set for her wedding Pansy E. Townsend was shot and mortally wounded by her father, Joseph P. Townsend, in their home in this city. Townsend then ended his life with a bullet. Miss Townsend was to have been married to Francis E. Perry, of Fort Myers, Fla. The only clue to the cause of the tragedy was a note written by Townsend. It read: "I have taken my daughter's life and my own. I do this rather than see her the wife of Francis Perry." So far as is known Townsend had nothing against Perry and the supposition is that Townsend's mind was unbalanced by reason of his love for his daughter and his brooding over the prospect of separation from her. Miss Townsend was 25 years of age. RECEIVER FOR PAPER MILLS Result of Bank Purchase Wilkes-Barre, Pa., March 27.—Judge Archbold, in the United States court at Scranton, appointed James B. Watson, cashier of the People's Bank of Danville, receiver of the mills of the Pennsylvania Paper Mills company, at Catwissa, Pa. The appointment of a receiver grows out of the failure of the Freeland National Bank, that institution having advanced large sums to the paper company. The Catawissa plant is one of the largest paper mills in the state and has cost $350,000. The receiver will complete improvements now under way and operate the plant for the benefit of the creditors. William D. Beckley, arrested on charge of conspiracy in connection with the Freeland bank failure, is secretary-treasurer of the Pennsylvania Paper Mills company. A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED Thursday. March 22. Congressman George R. Patterson, of the 12th Pennsylvania district, died suddenly at Washington. Nearly a score of families were made homeless and property valued at $27,000 was destroyed by fire at Point Pleasant, N. J. The world's record in blindfold type-writing was broken in Chicago by Miss Rose Fritz, who wrote 4007 words correctly in 60 minutes. Despondent over ill health brought on by the death of her husband, Mrs. Ruth A. Odgers, of Philadelphia, committed suicide by inhaling illuminating gas. A verdict of not guilty was rendered in the case of Dr. Francis M. Morgan, who was on trial at Norfolk, Va., charged with performing a criminal operation upon Mrs. Josephine Davis. Friday, March 23. A bill to legalize pool selling at race tracks in Ohio was defeated by the state state J. V. Folkerson, of Passaic, N. J., committed suicide in a Chicago hotel by swallowing carbolic acid. A train on the Lehigh Valley railroad was wrecked near Rochester, N.Y., and the engineer and fireman were killed. J. Edward Addicks' 300-acre farm near Wilmington, Del., was sold at saheriff's sale to Alexander B. Cooper, who is said to represent Addicks, for $35,000. Henry R. Thomas, former state railroad commissioner of South Carolina, fell dead from heart disease on his farm near Columbia, and his body was not discovered until a day later. Saturday, March 24. The Mt. Holly Inn, a famous summer resort near Carlisle, Pa., was destroyed by fire. General Julio Sanxuely, who became prominent in the Cuban revolution, died at Havana. George Cyphers, of New York, dropped dead while attending the funeral of his sister at Easton, Pa. A bill has been introduced in congress to appropriate $50,000 for a bronze statue of Samuel J. Tilden, to be erected in Washington. Herman Reckling, of Hazelton, Pa. committed suicide by tying a stick of dynamite about his neck and hitting it with a hammer, blowing his head to pieces. Monday. March 26. Five members of the family of Pedro Mezco, president of La Dura, Sonora Mexico, have been slain by Yaqui Indians. President Thwing, of Western Reserve University, speaking at Chicago declared not over 5 per cent. of college graduates go to the bad. A carpet tack caught between cog wheels caused a spark that resulted in the blowing up of the Phoenix powder plant near St. Louis and killing two employees. George Schoenerberger, 5 years old, of Allentown, was cutting pictures out of a paper when he fell on the scissors both blades going through his left arm, breaking it. Tuesday, March 27. An explosion of gas wrecked two dry goods stores at Osage, In., causing a loss of $75,000. Andrew Carnegie will give $25,000 to the endowment fund of Roanoke (Va.) College if a like sum is raised. Fire at Fayetteville, N. C., destroyed 11 buildings in the centre of the city, entailing a loss estimated at $300,000. Norval E. Poard, for nearly 40 years associated with the Baltimore (Md.) Sun, died of pneumonia, aged 69 years. Charles W. Saum, a Harrisburg, Pa. policeman, was acquitted of murder for shooting a 12-year-old negro boy when he was escaping after robbing a jewelry store. Wednesday, March 28. The explosion of a gasoline engine caused a fire that destroyed a dozen buildings at Kane, Pa., near Bradford, entailing a loss of $85,000. Robert H. Spriggs, the New York negro convicted of abducting white women and detaining them in a resort frequented only by negroes, was sentenced to 20 years in prison. PRODUCE QUOTATIONS The Latest Closing Prices In the Principal Markets. PHILADELPHIA — FLOUR steady; winter extras, $2 @ 3.35; Pennsylvania roller, clear, $3.25 @ 3.40; city mills, fancy, $4.60 @ 4.70. RYE FLOUR firm; per barrel, $3.65. WHEAT firm; No. 2 Pennsylvania red, new, $8 @ 83½¢CORN firm; No. 2 yellow, local, 52½¢C OATS steady; No. white, clipped; 68½¢c; lower grades, 34½¢c HAY firm; No. 1 timothy, $15.50 for large bales. PORK steady; family, $17. BEEF steady; beef hams $23 @ 24. POULTRY: Live steady; hens, 14½¢c; old roosters, 10c. Dressed firm; choice steady, 15c; old roosters, 10c. BUTTER firm; selected, 16½¢c; increase firm; selected, 16½¢c; nearby, 15¢c; western, 14½¢c; southern, 14¢c. POATOES steady; per bushel, 63¢ BALTIMORE—WHEAT dull; No. 2 spot, 83½¢; steamer 2 spot, 76¢¢; c. southern, 76¢¢; CORN easy; mixed spot, 48¢¢; steamer mixed, 46¢¢; c. southern, 47¢¢; OATS firm; white No. 2, 37¢¢@35¢¢; No. 3, 36¢¢@36¢¢; No. 4, 34¢¢@35¢¢; mixed No. 2, 35¢¢; No. 4, 33@33¢¢; BUTTER steady; creamy extras, 27¢¢@28¢¢; held, 23¢¢@24¢¢, prints, 28@28¢¢; Maryland and Pennsylvania dairy prints, 16@17¢¢; EGGS firm; fancy Maryland and Pennsylvania, 15¢; Virginia and West Virginia, 16¢; southern, 14¢ As they were palace doors, the king with in Tranquil and fair and courteous be all words Which from that presence win. —Sir Edwin Arnold DARING RIDE OVER A MOUNTAIN TRAIL HERO BRAVES ELEMENTS TO SAVE A WOMAN'S LIFE. THERMOMETER IS 70 BELOW Jack O'Brien Drives 50 Miles from Dawson to Granville in Klon- Seattle.—Fifty miles over a mountain trail, at dead of night, with the thermometer 70 degrees below zero! That's what Jack O'Brien, stage driver and hero, did. That's why the whole Klondike region is ringing today with his name, and why John Korbo, the millionaire mine operator of Granville, has a wife living. For if Jack O'Brien had not made this killing ride from Dawson to Granville, Mrs. Korbo, the doctor says, would not have lived another day. It all happened because there are no cows in Granville. Mrs. Korbo, at death's door for weeks, was at last so critically ill that she required a quantity of fresh cow's milk immediately if her life would be saved. Her husband is one of the richest men in the northwest, but what avail riches when there is not a drop of milk within 50 miles? Over at Dawson, across the mountains, at the other end of one of the nearest impassable trails in all that rough country, there were cows. This Mr. Korbo learned by telephone, for the telephone goes everywhere. The owner of the cows would gladly sell the milk, but there was no way to get it from Dawson to Granville. "There's no stage running," he said to Mr. Korbo over the "phone." "There's not a man in Dawson, either, who would dare take the trip in this weather. Why, man. It's 70 degrees IT WAS A TERRIBLE JOURNEY THROUGH GLLOOM AND COLD below zero, and no horse could stand the gait." John Korbo knew this, but he also knew that upstairs his wife lay dying for want of the precious milk that seemed so near and yet so far away. He would not give up. "There must be a man in Dawson who will try to get over the trail," he insisted. "Think, man, think! Who is there?" "Well," sald the man in Dawson, "there's only one who could by any possibility be counted on, and even he wouldn't do it. It ain't a question of being willing; it's simply because it can't be done." "Who's the man?" was all Mr. Korbo had to say to this. "Jack O'Brien," was the reply. Jack O'Brien, was the reply. "Can you get him to the 'phone?" In a place like Dawson it was not hard to find Jack O'Brien, the stage driver. He was soon in communication with Mr. Korbo, and the situation was explained to him. "I'd be willing," he said, "but I don't believe mortal man, let alone mortal horses, could live through it." "I'll give you a hundred dollars if you'll try," said the heart-broken husband. "Hang your hundred dollars," said O'Brien. "I'd do it for nothing to save a woman's life. And I will do it. I'll be in Granville in the morning with your milk, and if I ain't, you'll know why." Mr. Korbo did know why—he knew that if the morning should come without Jack O'Brien it would be because the intrepid stage driver was lying frozen somewhere along the trail. Jack O'Brien acted quickly. He secured a cutter from the only livery stable in Dawson, and then made arrangements for relays of horses along the road. This also was done by telephone. Then he was ready to start. He picked two of his own stage horses, the toughest, most indomitable beasts in the place, and hitched them to the rig. He blanketed the tender spots across their backs, and tied feed bags and filter cloths over their heads and noses. This was to keep the animals from burning their lungs out with the awful pumping in of liquid air. O'Brien wrapped himself in a tremendous coat of wolf fur, put on his heaviest felt boots, a fur cap that almost hid his features from view, and, bundling all the blankets he could get into the sleigh, he cracked his whip and they were off over the frozen snow. For hours the horses trotted on through the gloom and the darkness, with no kindly gleam of moon or starlight. Now and then then a faint glimmer of light from the frost-covered windows of a snow-banked miner's cabin broke the monotony. No man unacquainted with the trail ever could have found his way through that darkness. Oftentimes the driver could not see as far as the horses' heads, but the faithful animals knew the course, and instinctively pushed on at the word of their master. Along toward seven o'clock in the morning, when the whities were beginning to awaken the miners from their warm bunks and summon them to work in the frozen drifts, there came a sound which roused again the flickering hopes of the waiting ones in Granville. It was the unmistakable sound of horses' hoofs on frozen snow and the swish of a cutter's blades as it was pulled along. Korbo rushed to the door, for the cutter had stopped in front of his house. He heard a hoarse voice cry: "Whoa, there!" and he darted out into the freezing day just as Jack O'Brien, having conquered the terrors of the midnight trall, drew up his horses. O'Brien sat still, a strange look on his face. He was covered with icicles and his coat glistened as though made of glass. His horses were white from frost, and he was so cold with the night's winds that he could not even frame his lips for a word. He was brought into the house, while willing helpers took his horses to the stable and saw that they were looked after. The cold had done him no harm, it was soon found, and in an hour he was as cheerful as could be, though he did seem uncomfortable while people showered him with honors and compliments. The milk for Mrs. Korbo worked wonders, and almost while Jack O'Brien was being "thawed out" the woman was rallying perceptibly under the influence of the precious liquid. So that John Korbo, in pressing the hundred dollars that he had promised O'Brien into the hero's hands, added something to it—no matter just how much. "I'm glad the missus is all right," said O'Brien, "but, honest, it was a tough ride." Tough! Eight and a half hours over a lonely trail in the dead of a pitch-dark night, with the thermometer 70 degrees below zero! AWFUL SCENE OCCURS AT TRIPLE HANGING. Executioner Loses His Presence of Mind and One of Victims Struggles to Escape Death. London—Advices by the Australian mail gives details of a terrible scene which occurred at a triple execution at Fremantle, Western Australia. A Jewish commercial traveler named Mark Leibglid, formerly of London, was at a place called Broome, in the northwest, and was decoyed on board a pearling lugger lying off the shore at night on the pretense of being shown a valuable pearl which was for sale. When on board Leibglid, who had a large sum of money in his possession, was murdered and thrown into the sea. Charles Hagen, a Norwegian, and two natives of Manila, men named Espada and Marquez, were found guilty of the crime and sentenced to death. Hagen was the first man brought out for execution. He delivered a speech which lasted a quarter of an hour, asserting his innocence. Death in his case was instantaneous. The two natives were then brought from the condemned cell with a priest in close attendance. When the condemned men had reached the gallows they engaged in an angry altercation as to their guilt and this continued while the nooses were being placed around their necks. THE POOR WRETCH STRUGGLED DESPERATELY TO GRIP THE POET. The executioner at this stage appeared to lose his presence of mind and made no effort to check Espada when the latter made an effort to grasp the rope in his manacled hands. The poor wretch strove desperately to get a grip on the rope above his head with the apparent object of saving his neck. When the lever was pulled Espara's hands were forcibly unclasped by the warders and the lever moved. Just before the trapdoor fell Espada made a final but unsuccessful attempt to catch the rope in his hands. Chief Warder Webster, who had been standing with one foot on the trapdoor, fell into the pit with the condemned men when the door was released. Webster fell on his head and sustained severe injuries. The hangman was terribly affected by the incident and cried like a child. Antiquity of Sugar Sugar is an ancient luxury. The Chinese have been eating it for at least 1,000 years. Couple Wed for Third Time. Marinette, Wis.-Married and divorced twice before, Fred W. Fulton, furniture dealer of Waupun, and his former wife, Maude Fulton, of Chicago, were remarried the other morning to Menominie for the third time, and left for Waupun, believing they can get along now without quarrelling. Sure Thing. All things come to him who waits, especially old age.-Puck. Having Some Fun. "This confinement," said the long-faced prison visitor, "must distress you greatly." "Yes," replied the facetious convict, "I find the prison bars grating." "Ah, life to you is a failure." "Yes, it's nothing but a cell."—Philodendron. Free THE SYLNET SATURDAY...MARCH 31st, 1906 BRAVE DRUMMER BOY. In 1861, while on recruiting service in a small town in the central part of Pennsylvania, writes Col. Norris, in the Philadelphia News, a fine-looking, open-faced, stout little fellow came to me one day and asked in a manly but beseeching way if I didn't want a drummer. "I ain't big enough for a soldier, but won't you let me drum for you?" was his anxious question. "Go home and have your mother write me a note that you can go, and I will take you," I replied. "She can't write, sir," was his response, and as he spoke he hung his head, "but if you will ask her I know she will let me drum for you," and as he raised his head his bright eyes flashed at the thought. Struck by the lad's earnest manner, I went to his humble home, and big tears rolled from his mother's eyes as she gave her consent, and, patting him on the back of the head, told him to be a good boy, to be true to his country, love his mother and fear God. How proud the little fellow looked when clad in the army blue and his big drum hung about him. A few months developed the stripping, and he grew stronger and taller. In our first fight I found him with the company at the front instead of the rear, where he ought to have been, and when ordered back I noticed his reluctance to go. A few days afterward he begged permission to enter the ranks and take a gun. "I am big enough to fight, and I ought to," was his chivalrous remark as a musket was placed in his hand. A month afterward the drummer distinguished himself for coolness and daring in the second battle of Bull Run. In every engagement he displayed the same conspicuous gallantry. Foremost in every charge, among the last to leave the field, the surest and most deliberate shot in the whole company, always neat and tidy with gun and equipments bright and shining, erect, manly and respectful, he was the type of the good soldier. A RELIC OF GEN. WHEELER Old Muster Roll of Cavalry Companies Commanded by Gallant General During Civil War. Benjamin Roberts, a grocer at Roosevelt avenue and Rural street, Indianapolis, has in his possession a document of considerable interest at the present time on account of its connection with Brig. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, who died recently. The document is the muster roll of one of the cavalry companies of the confederate army in charge of Gen. Wheeler. It was taken in December, 1864, and consists of a company of perhaps 150 men at the opening of the war. Mr. Roberts was a private in the Second Ohio heavy artillery, and throughout the war was on duty along the railways in Tennessee and North Carolina. At the close of the war in 1865, when the confederate armies laid down their arms, it fell to the lot of this regiment to take charge of the horses and supplies of the cavalry in that part of the country. Among the papers handed over by the confederates was this muster roll, which is one of a very few in existence. The roll is that of company G. Ninth battalion, Tennessee cavalry, under command of Capt. A. A. Lipscomb. Out of 44 remaining members 28 are shown by the roll to have been either in the hospital or "out off" by the enemy and left behind." The roll shows some of them not to have been paid since 1862, and the majority not since 1863. The recapitulation shows the following interesting statistics, when it is considered that but 44 out of 150 men remained: Present, aside from 9 officers, 20 privates; total commissioned, 2; total enlisted, 25; aggregate, 54; serviceable horses, 20; unserviceable horses, 5; present for duty, 27; in arrest or confinement, 15. A LONE NIGGER Amusing War-Time Incident Which Followed the Freeing of the Slaves. During the late war, while the federals under Col. (afterwards Gen.) Powell Clayton were garrisoned at Pine Bluff, Ark., a ragged looking "contraband" came into the lines, when the officer of the day requested him to give an account of himself, says the American Tribune. The following colloquy ensued: "What's your name?" "My name's Sam." "Sam what?" "No, sah; not Sam Watt; I's just Sam." "What's your other name?" "I's got no other name, sah; I's Sam, dat's all." "What's your master's name?" "I's got no massa. Massa runned away when Lincum men cum, yah! yah! I's free nigger now." "Now, what's your father and mother's name?" "I's got none, sah; nebber had none I's jest Sam--ain't nobody else." "Haven't you any brothers and sisters, Sam?" "No, sah! nebber had ncne, I tole you. No brudder, no sister, no fadder, no mudder, no massa—nothin' but Sam. When you see me, boss, you see all dere is of us." PLANET DEPOTS. NEW YORK CITY. Charles Devan, 111 W. 10th St. W. J. Buckner, 150 W. 33rd St. J. W. Watkins, 439 W. 35th St. R. Plummer, 124 W. 134th St. W. H. Small, 181 W. 134th St. M. W. Shaughter, 312 W. 40th St. W. W. Johnson, 247 W. 47th St. H. R. Beckham, 1 W. 134th St. L. F. Croft, 332 W. 52nd St. W. M. Banks, 368 W. 126th St. E. H. 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FURNISH THE PHOTOGRAPH, ONE FOUNTAIN PEN, GOLD POINT; ONE LADIES RING, ONE BREAST-PIN, GOLD FILLED; HALF DOZEN LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS, ONE ALARM CLOCK, ONE DOZEN NAPKINS, ONE HALF DOZEN TOWELS, ONE CHOCOLATE POT, ONE PAIR VASES, ONE PAIR KID GLOVES, ONE HAM, ONE TURKEY. WE WILL SEND ONE CHINA SET, THIRTY-ONE PIECES; ONE NECKLACE; DICKENS, SHAKESPEARE, BYRON WORKS; ONE UMBRELLA, ONE PLAIN GOLD RING, ONE PAIR LACE CURTAINS 1,000 ENVELOPES, 1,000 SHEETS OF PAPER PRINTED AND DELIVERED; ONE TOILET SET, ONE HALF CORD OF SAWED WOOD. FOR TWENTY NEW SUBSCRIBERS WE WILL GIVE ONE HANDSOME GOLD RING WITH OPALS, RUBIES OR PEARLS; ONE JEWELRY BOX FINISHED IN GOLD OR SILVER, ONE SILK SHIRT WAIST; ONE READY MADE DRESS, ONE GOLD WATCH, FILLED, WARRANTED FOR TEN YEARS, ONE ROCKING CHAIR, ONE LOAD OF COAL, ONE GROSS OF SOAP, EITHER WASHING OR TOILET; ONE BARREL OF BEST FLOUR, ONE PAIR BLANKETS, ONE MANICURE SET, ONE SEAMSTRESS' WORK BOX, ONE PAIR SHOES, GENTS OR LADIES. 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ONE FOUNDED RING, HALF DOZZLE ALARM ONE HALF POT, ONE MOVES, ONE RS THIRTY-ONE SHAKESPELLA, ONE CURTAINS OF PAPER DILET SET, BERS GOLD RING ONE JEWELER SILVER, ADY MADE SED, WAR- ROCKING GROSS OF FILET; ONE HIR BLANK-AMSTRESS' BITS OR LA- BERS ONE SEW-RING, ONE GOLD EAR-NOGRAPH, TOT OF GEN-D-HEADED SELLA, ONE ER-PLATED MACK, ONE IN THE SEA-OTEL BILL ER. IN ADVANT-TWO SUBWE WILL ON AS THE ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` ee) THESpamy equipping th arms with a good butter factory fi handling milk dairy on a large Indiana farm, which Beeds of a farm keeping from 50 With the exception of the office. The eo] ace [an } com SS 1) § Ello LF} Ocean ny of Hl cool room has a double wall filled with sawdust as a special isolation. The ice chest opens by a heavy window to the outside, where the foe supply may be put in. A large upright steam boiler furnishes steam for the engine ‘and power is supplied from the shaft for all the dairy machinery, as well @s other machines located outside of this butiding A small gasoline water heater pro- vides steam and hot water for wash- fog dairy utensils when the large dotler is not running, explains the Farm and Home. On a large work ta- ble located In the center of the work oom is a steam nozzle, which is very convenient for steaming vessels after ‘they have been washed. The drain to the floor of the main work room is lo- cated directly under this table, and the surface of the entire floor slopes toward {t. This butlding itso located that besides being the creamery, it also contains the central office and power plant of the farm. DOROTHY TUCKER'S DAIRY WIS- DOM. We have come to the time of the year when we must watch our cows very carefully. A little neglect now ‘will cause serious loss later in the sea- son. Near calving time cows should be kept warm and out of draughts. If cows are turned into the yards, it Should be only on fine, warm days. Tt ts a good plan to put a cow in box stall a week or two before duc to calve. Then she will hecome ac. customed to her quarters and be free from nervousness Asa rule, grain should be withheld anlesa the cow ix weak. Bran mashes should be frequently given. Plenty of clean bedding should be given to keep the cow comfortable, and also to keep her from slipping. Ol meal, or better, flaxseed, is high- ly recommended. fed for three or four days before calving Do not let the cows out for the might until the earth is really warm. If the cows lie in cold places at night, {t will rob them of vitality and you of mili. See that the oxen at work are kept @hod. A team can be injured much by slipping. Keep a barrel of sand At the door of the cow stable and spread it when it Is icy. This method may save dollars in some choice ant. mal. Clover hay is three times as valu able as corn fodder—Farm Journal. Kicking Cow. ‘The habit may be cured tn a very simple way, provided the miiker has sufficient self-control and tact in hand. ling animals. Taking a good short whip under the left arm, let him be- ein his milking as usual, and the mo- ment the cow raises her foot to kick, Rive her one single cut with the whip. Never repeat this until she starts to feick again, and each time she raises her foot to kick again, and each time resume milking with a quiet stroking with the band and a kind word. Re- eeiving one cut from the whip each time she raises her foot to kick, the cow quickly associatis cause with ef. fect, and gives up an action which pro- duces a painful sting. This method, says the Country Gentleman, is wholly imeffectual if the miiker loses his temper and gives the cow several blows; equally so if he neglects to strike her with the whip when her kick does no harm. Geeall Ween Gad Wasen Basen William Smythe in his book on the conquest of arid America says: The great farmer of California is the suc- cessor of the gold hunter. Both were speculators. Both looked with con- tempt upon the matter of making a Hyving and dreamed only of making 1 fortune. Of homes and institutions they were neither the architects nor the builders. They sought only ts take the wealth from the soil and spend it elsewhere. The miner leaves nothing to commemorate the plac; where “he gathered gold save the crumbling hovels ana empty ttn cans. The 5,000-acre wheat farmer leaves no monument beyond fields of repulsive stubble and the shanties o¢ his “hoboes.” ions SHELTER FOR FARM ANIMAL Is the Barbwire Fence All the Protec- tion the Stock Has in Cold Spring Days? Nothing looks more absurd than to see a herd of cattle on a stormy day seeking shelter behind a barbwire fence. ‘The foily of this method beconias more apparent when we remember that such treatment demands a large quan- tity of feed. Anima's that receive no shelter require more feed than those Protected from the severe freexing weather of winter. | A good shed or shelter for cattle will ‘save at least one-half the feed bill and the cattle will do better. Some stock | feeders are. of, he opmnion Garba ag sheds for their cattle is a useless ex- ‘pense. I do not think so, and I believe every fair-minded man will agree with me when I say that a shed will more than pay for itself in one or two win- ters In the amount of feed tt will save for the average stockman. In order to keep stock in a thriving condition we must matntain the ant- ‘mal heat, declares the Orange Judd ‘Farmer. This is done by feed and as @ matter of fact more feed is necessary tm winter than in summer to maintain the necessary animal heat. Now the question arises can this heat be main- tained by feed, and if this be true, a great saving can be effected by giving stock the required shelter in climates that grow more or less severe at dif. ferent times tn the year. If it Is pos- sible to make this saving by providing shelter for the cattle it is apparent that money thus spent will prove a g00d investment. It has been a mat- ter of much surprise to me that stock men have not given more attention to this subject. It is a matter of busi- ness and a subject of paramount im- acticin BUYING A DAIRY Cow. A Most Important and Difficult Task —Some Things to Re- aigiaiak Buying a good dairy cow is one of the Most difficult duties of farm life. There are many strong points by which to define a good sheep, hog, or even a horse, although one gets left occasionally as to the latter's disposition. But in select- Ing @ good millch cow the best of judges are apt to be mistaken. Appearances are more likely to deceive and ali signs fall than in any other farm necessity. In buying « milch cow you may ask the family and also the neighbors whence the cow came and get recommendations as to her qualifications. You may also see that she has all the essential points for your purpose, and yet when you get her home and try to milk her out of her accustomed place and usual manner she fs Mable to kick you so far that you won't get back to supper. A farmer is very foolish to sell his best cow, and when he does sell very often some de- fect of the cow Is the cause. [was about to buy a family milch cow a few weeks ago, says a writer in the Farm- ers’ Review. I had convincing proof that she was just the thing and a first- class milker. But on closer inquiry 1 found that the cow had a natural an- tipathy for children and would chase them out of the yard or pasture when- ever they appeared. The former owner had sold her on this account. Tf one gota a milch cow with all the qualifica- tons for general use, including rich milk and plenty of {t, good breeder, good Aisposition, easy milker, with a’ ood ‘appetite and no bad habits, he has a bonanza—something very rare and not = HANDY STABLE SCRAPER. ‘Home-Made Device Which Will Prove ‘Very Serviceable in the Stable. Here is a handy homemade scraper, Which {s very useful to clean gutters and floors in stock barns, says the Orange Judd Farmer. If to be used im the gutter, the length of the blade should be slightly less than the width of the gutter. Usually eight by eight- een inches is sufficient, with a thick- ess of one inch. Bevel each edge, as shown, and bore two holes one inch br more in diameter midway between the fork and the end. Cut a small hickory sapling about two faches in giameter and five feet long. Draw an iron ring down tightly within a few feet of the lower end, or wind with a few turns of heavy wire. Split the short end of the pole and spread the two halves and fit into holes of com- mon board, wedging tightly from the other side to maxe them firm. Handle the Heifers, While caring for the heifers we ‘should take a few minutes each day and handle them. Were this done they [would never have to be “broken” to ‘milk, and there would be no jammed pails nor strained tempers. I can milk my heifers from either side without trouble, just as well as the older cows. I think {t pays for the time taken, as they give their milk down more freely. The Right Kind of a Farmer, When a man takes me around and, with pride, shows me his calves and his lambs, [ feel sure that that man is on the road to success. You do not find success patting the man on the back who is half-hearted or ashamed ef his farm animals.—Farm Journal. As Usual, “What started the trouble between them?” “Their marriage, I belleve.”—Hous- ton Post. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. 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Toledo, O—The most remarkable record of the Toledo state hospital {s that of Mrs. Mary Fausa, who was re cently discharged restored to reason and health by the means she took te ‘end her life. Previous to entering the hospital Mrs. Fausz was of melancholy @isposition, in poor health and at tempted to commit suicide by firing @ ballet into her brain. ‘Doctors ‘probed for the bullet, but failed to fing it and sent the woman to the tate hoe Pital, where she was discharged Fri day perfectly restored in health an¢ mind. The bullet will be allowed te remain. First Manager—I see your leading man has had a cigar nated after him. Second Manager—Hope to gractous it will draw better than he does.— Yonkers Statesman. STRAY CAT SAVES LIFE OF YOUNG PROTECTOR Hemeless Feline Wakes Youth Who Had Taken Him In When Gas Escapes. New York.—Seven-yearola Harry Steinthal ts the bright particular star Around th corner of Elghth avenue and Forty-third street. Even the dogs and cats in the neighborhood know him, for he always stops to pet them, ‘Thereby hangs the tale of how Spunk, & common neighborhood cat, saved the Steinthal family from death. One night Harry Steinthal saw Spunk slinking along between the trucks in the street and promptly rescued him for a romp in the Steinthal kitchen. After supper the cat sneaked under the gas reuse and stretched out for warm sleep in a dry nook. Little Har ij, | —— | (=| || ite es | RANE ye Ae MY a: If f° eg, pe p WITH J ry, with sticks in bis weary eyes, climbed upstairs to bed. ‘There are eight members of the fam- fly, six of them children. Harry 1s the baby. Because it was a drear night the gas was left burning in one Jet of the range to keep the house warm. In the morning Spunk woke Up early and took a turn around the Kitchen hoping to find something to eat. Just then the gas went out in the range. ‘The gas began to flow into the room and Spunk was frightened at the un- canny smell. A moment later Little Marry, cuddied up in bis bed upstairs, with the doors all open into the kitehen, felt something land on the bed with a bounce, and a second later ‘the soft, purring nose of Spunk was nudging his chin. Harry sat up with a seream of fright that brought bis father and mother into the room in their night clothes. Spunk was also sitting up in bed, Jooktug excited. “The cat jumped on the bed and frightened me!” said Harry. Just then Mr. Steinthal smelled the gas pouring up the stairway and ran down to investigate. The kitchen was stifling with the odor, and the man hastily threw up the windows. Patrolman Hembt heard the win- dows banged up and ran up, suspect- ing burglars. One look into the ‘Kitchen and a sniff and he ran out to ‘fall an ambulance from a hospital. ‘There was nothing for the surgeon to do, however. “Spunk can stay with us as Jong as he lives,” sald Mrs. Steintha! later. BARBAROUS BULLFIGHTS. Three Animals Slaughtere Before Large Crowd at Annual Fiesta in the Philippines. Zamboonga, Mindanao, Philippines. —The annual fiesta of the town was held recently with great pomp anq ceremony. The afternoon was devoted to a Spanish bull-oght, held tm a va- cant lot a litte distamee from ths government headquarters. The torea- dors consisted of several Spaniards and a few sons of wealthy mestizos, A crowd of about 2,000 witnessed the affair, including the officials. The cos- tumes of the toreadors were pictur- esque, but there was a noticeable ab- sence of courage; in fact, with the one exception, they had a severe attack of “cold feet.” The exhibition was a dis. graceful sight, and to the averags American disgusting In the extreme. ‘The victims were three bulls about two years old, and had been undoubt- edly pets of some family. With brandishing of swords by the fighters, band playing, and the Amer- tean flags flying, tno first bull was brought out, but he seemed to think the grass of more importance than the banderas, and started to eat. He was handed over to muchacho, wha brought a second ball in the | ring. After attempting to kiN him with the ald of tin swords they finished nim up after an hour's time by cutting his throat by slow staxes. Cries of “Saca Carabao!" were heard from the grand stand, but no attention was paid tr ‘the sarcastic reques:. ‘The third bull, after being tortured for a lengthy period, found a cham- pion in a little native policeman who Felieved him of bis suffering with @ ia. WieMies Mestocen Genii Boeakine of Drawing CO6. 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PURE GOODS, FULL VALUE FoR ‘THR MONEY. 4640 East Franklin Street, : (Meer Old Market.j ¢ Rewomm, - . + Veneums A Poem for Today By Susan M. Spaulding ET me not lay the lightest feather's weight Of duty upon Love. Let not, my own, The breath of one reluctant kiss be blown Between our hearts. I would not be the gate That bars, like some inexorable fate, The portals of thy life—that says, "Alone Through me shall any joy to thee be known." Rather the window, fragrant early and late With thy sweet, clinging thoughts, that grow and twine Around me, like some bright and blooming vine. Through which the sun shall shed his wealth on thee In golden showers; through which thou may'st look out xulting in all beauty, without doubt Or fear or shadow of regret from me. HUNTING A GAS LEAK. How to Look For One and Prevent Serious Damage. sun, and the south is exactly half way between the hour and the figure XII on the dial. For instance, supposing it The folly of hunting for a leak in a gas pipe with a lighted match is not so much because of the danger of an explosion as of other damage, as is shown by the experience of a West Philadelphia householder, says the Philadelphia Record. One or two small leaks were detected by going over all the pipes and holding a lighted match to them. The smell of gas ceased, but was replaced a few hours later by the smell of burning wood. Another visit to the cellar showed a charred floor joist a little distance above a gas pipe. There was no apparent cause for this until a very close examination disclosed that a tiny jet of gas was issuing from the pipe beneath the beam. It was lighted, but was so small as to be blue in color and nearly invisible. It had been lighted by tie flatch used in the first investigation, but had not been noticed. "If that leak had happened to be in a lead joint instead of an iron connection," said a gas man. "there would probably have been work for the fire department. The smallest possible jet of lighted gas issuing through lead will in time heat and melt the lead and make the leak larger, until a big flame is issuing. This may make a fire hours later, in the dead of night or at a time when no one is in the house. The only proper way to look for these very small leaks is to paint the suspected pipe with a smooth soap lather. Just as in the case of a bicycle tire the thief leak will blow a bubble in the lather, and there you are." How to Keep Guns In Good Shape. In caring for guns they must have attention occasionally throughout the entire year, says a correspondent of Outing. I take it for granted that your gun gets a good cleaning every time it is used but this won't do for gun preservation for all times. Get one of the popular gun oils or grease (all of them are good) and with a soft wiper coat the inside of the barrel well, then depe the outside likewise with an oilied rag and put the barrels in the case without finger marks in the grease if possible, for salt perspiration is a hungry enter of steel. The stock may be engrailed for scratches and these same required. The firing mechanism should be well oiled and the whole put away like the barrels, without finger marks if possible. But don't imagine this is going to be enough of care for ten months or six months or one month even, or you are likely to find a sadly disfigured shooting iron when next you look at it. Heat will run the grease off from some part or other, dampness seems to have a way of penetrating the thickest oil, and if these things happen rust is bound to make blots on a finely finished surface. Spend an evening every other week at least looking over the guns. How to Waterproof Boots. Put a pound of tallow and half a pound of resin in a pot on the fire; when melted and mixed warm the boots and apply the hot stuff with a painter's brush until neither the sole nor the upper leather will suck in any more, says the New York Journal. If it is desired that the boots should immediately take a polish, melt an ounce of wax with a teaspoonful of lampblack. A day after the boots have been treated with tallow and resin rub over them this wax in turpentine, but not before the fire. The exterior will then have a coat of wax alone and will shine like a mirror. Tallow or any other grease becomes rancid and rots the stitching as well as leather, but the resin gives it an antiseptic quality which preserves the whole. Muslin may be bleached by wetting it thoroughly and then spreading it out on the grass in the sun, says the St. Louis Republic. Repeat this as often as necessary, or try javelle water. This useful mixture is sold by most druggists, but it is not difficult to make and is much less expensive when prepared at home. Every laundress should use it, as it is very efficacious in keeping table linen and children's white clothes free from fruit stains. A small teacupful of the fluid added to a boiler of water will assist materially in keeping the clothes white and will not injure them in the least. How to Destroy Smell of Paint. Paint smell, so injurious as to health, is easily removed from a room by standing in it a pall of cold water containing a large handful of hay or a cut up onion or two, says the Washington Star. The water alone would answer the purpose, but not so quickly as with the addition of the hay or onions. Leave the pall in the room for some hours, and then, if the painty smell still lingers, throw away its contents, fill it as before and leave it to finish its work. How to Use a Watch as a Compass. To use a watch as a compass is a Simple matter, says the Kansas City Journal. Point the hour hand to the L HUNTING A GAS LEAK. How to Waterproof Boots How to Bleach Muslim. sun, and the south is exactly half way between the hour and the figure XII on the dial. For instance, supposing it is 4 o'clock. Point the hand indicating 4 to the sun, and 11 on the dial plate is exactly south. Suppose it is 8 o'clock, then the figure X will show due south. How to Preserve Your Teeth. When cleaning your teeth always brush them with an up and down movement and not sideways only, and the back of the teeth should be brushed even more carefully than the front. for it is there that tartar is most likely to accumulate. How a Woman May save Herself Trouble White Traveling. The bane of the average woman's existence—anyway when she or some member of her family is to take a trip by rail or boat—is the packing of the traveling bag, says the Brooklyn Eagle. As a rule, she either leaves half the necessities out, or she packs everything in such a way that to get out a certain article all the contents must be tumbled about or else exhibited to her fellow passengers. If she would think of what is needed and follow the directions given here, she would have an easier time. This method has been tried by many traveling women and has been voted the most convenient arrangement of the small articles necessary for the journey by rail or water. The large, square topped traveling satchel is the lined one. It has a wide opening and straps arranged on the inside covers intended to hold small articles, such as toothbrush, nail file, scissors and buttonhook. The two pockets at the ends will also accommodate a quantity of things. One pocket should contain an extra pair of gloves, a few handkerchiefs, an extra veil and a small envelope containing court plaster. The other one may be devoted to the stationery department and hold some postals, a couple of addressed envelopes, a few sheets of paper, some telegraph blanks, a stamp box, pencil or fountain pen in a secure case. In the bottom of the bag are placed a lightweight kimono for use as a night robe on sleeping cars and a small towel. In this part, also, is the toilet case, made of linen, which may be rolled up, containing brush, comb and box of hairpins. A soap box of tin or celluloid is an acceptable addition. How to Dye Chenille Drapes How to Dye Chenille Draperies. Faded curtains of chenille may be transformed into rich appearing draperies by dyeing with the best package dyes. It is best to dye them in a similar or darker shade than the original color, says the Pittsburgh Dispatch. If the old color is discharged before redycing the new dye will be clearer and brighter in its effects. To discharge the color from cotton goods simply boll it in strong, soapy water for fifteen or thirty minutes, changing the water when it becomes discolored once or twice during that time. Rinse thoroughly in clear water. If there are figures or stripes which will not come out in boiling water it does not matter. They will be quite distinct, though of a darker color, and perhaps a combination of colors quite different in effect from the original, but also very pleasing, will result. Old woolen or silk draperies may be made quite new with the dyes for wool and silk if directions are carefully followed. How to Clean Feathers When cleaning feathers pour boiling water on some white hard soap cut in small pieces, and to this add a little pearl ash, says the Pittsburg Press. As soon as the soap is dissolved and the mixture cool enough for the hand to bear put the feathers into it and draw them through the hand till the dirt is squeezed out of them. Next pass them through a clean lather with some blue in it, and afterward rinse in cold water with blue to give them a good color. Shake off the water, and dry them by shaking near the fire. Curl each feather separately, when perfectly dry, with a blunt knife or ivory paper folder, or hold the feather for an instant over glowing coals. How to Make a Canary Sing. How to Make a Canary Sing. Any kind of any kind of soft, sibilant noise will tempt a bird to sing. A canary hung in a kitchen will usually start his song if he hears, say, the frizzling of a frying pan. We utilize special devices to tempt the sky singer, who is perhaps rendered the more bashful by finding himself in novel surroundings. For this purpose we employ whistles and song organs, which artificially reproduce the "tours" of the roller, says the London Post. This latter method is found to be irresistible when all other plans have failed. The bird feels apparently that he is being challenged and forthwith responds to the challenge by pouring forth the best of his song. Carnagle Increases Gift to Rlohmond. Richmond, Va., March 14.—Andrew Carnegie, who arrived here en route for Hot Springs, Va., gave $10,000 to the Railroad, M. Y. C. A. here and increased his library offer to the city by $100,000, making it $200,000. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA TRAPPER FIGHTS PACK OF WOLVES AN UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE IN THE MICHIGAN WOODS. PURSUED BY THE BEASTS Lone Hunter Finally Makes a Stand and with His Faithful Carbine Slays Three, Scaring the Remainder. Bronson, Mich.—During last winter the snow fell to a great depth in nearly all of the northern counties, and in those counties infested by wolves the havoc to deer was great. Many deer carcasses partly devoured, and some with only the polished and cleanly picked bones remaining, were found by settlers and trappers. 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SOUTHERN RAILW Y Effective Ecb 11th, 1906. TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND. 7:00 a.m.-Daily. Local for Charlotte. 12 30 p.m.-Daily. Limited, Buffet Pullman 1 to Atlanta and Ft. mingham, New Orleans 2 to Atlanta and Mastanoora and all the South. Through coach, Chase City, Oxford, Durham and Raleigh. 6:00 p.m.-Mex. cunday, Keysville. 13 30 p.m.-Daily. limited, fullman ready 10 30 p.m. to Baltimore. YORK RIVER LINE The favorite to route Baltimore and eastern point is Richmond 420 p.m. Daily excep sunday. Baltimore to Baltimore more Mondays, weddings and Fridays. 425 a.m.-Except Sunday. Local mixed for 2:15 p.m. Mondays, weddings and Fridays Local for West Point. 4:30 p. m. - Except Sunday. For West Point, connecting with steamers for Baltimore and connecting with sandhills. Mondays, Wednesdays and Friday. From Gloucester Point, Gloucester Point, Almonds and Clay Bank. TRAINS ABRIVE RICHMOND. 6:30 a. m. and 7:50 p. m. - From the South. 3:30 p. m. - From Charlotte and Durham and Raleigh. 4:40 a. m. - From Keysville. 5:00 a. m. - From West Point with Baltimore connections Sundays, Wednesday and Fridays. 10 p.m. - From West Point Wednesdays and Fri- days. 5 10 p.m. - From West Point. 5 10 p.m. - From West Point. H. B. WESTMURK, G. H. H. MG'R, G. C. W. WESTMURK, D. P. A., Rickmond, Va. SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY Short Line to the principal Cities of the South and Southwest, Florida, Cuba and Mexico. TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND, MAIN ST., STATION DAILY.—Schedules in effect 9:10 a.m.—Local for Nortina, Raleigh, Hamle and Charlotte 2:30 p. m.—SEABOARD Mail, composed of Pullman masters sleeping cars to Atlanta, Savannah, Jacksonville and Tampa. BOARD Cafe cars are also operated on this train, they are maintained at the highest degree of excellence; also large comfortable day coaches, running without change to Plattsburgh. 9:30 p. m.—SEABOARD EXPRESS, composed of Pullman sleepers to Atlanta, Savannah, Jacksonville and Tampa. SEABOARD Cafe cars, and day coaches, running to Florida without change. TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND, DAILY. 1:15 a. M. 6:45 a. m.—From Florida, Atlanta and the Southwest. 4:55 p. m.—From Florida, Atlanta and the Southwest. For all information as to rates, schools and connections apply to any SEABOAE Agent, or to H. S. LEARD W. M. TAYLOR, District Passenger Agent City Ticket Agent 808 East Main St., Richmond, Va EIGHT tA ; SOFT GOAL STRIKE SEEMS INEVITABLE Indianapolis, March 28.—The Joint scale committee of the bituminous coal eperators of Iilinols, Indiana, Ohio and ‘Western Pennsylvania reported a dis egrcement to the joint conference of the central competitive district. The ronference continned its meetings to- @ay (Wednesday). The discussions ard arguments pre sented established the fact that, so far @s indications can determine, the op- posing sides are no nearer a wage Qgreement than they were in January, when the first conference was held ‘The present wage scale will expire on Saturday, and unless an agreement is Feached before its expiration, 225,000 miners in the four states will be called from the mines Mitchell Opens Debate. President Mitchell, of the miners, ‘opened the discussion In the joint con- ference after there hai been a silence ef 10 minutes, during which each side was waiting for the other to make the first move. He sald “Mr. Chairman—It was my expec tation when we convened here that some proposition looking to an adjust ment of our differences would be sub mitted by the operators. It is evident that they have not agreed among themselves to submit for the consider: ation of this convention any propos! tion looking to an adjustment of our Felations. Every one here who bas heard the report read by the secretary of the Joint scale committee will know that the miners, parties to that joint scale conference, have gone out of their way, have even assumed anthor! tles not vested in them by the miners ‘eonvention, to meet the grave and full Tesponsibilities placed on them, not only as miners, but as countrymen and citizens. by the request and the suc gestions of the president of our coun try. And it will become evident from the votes represented here by at least four states, who must, and who right fully shall assume the responsibility for a disagreement if no settlement is reached “One state, one large producing state. has come in here and voted for @ restoration of the wage scale of 1903. That state has not only voted fits entire production, but tt has an fiounced in addition thereto the inten tion to vote its mines in Ohio and fn Miinois in favor of an tncrease in wages, It does seem to me, gentle men, that instead of sitting quietly he gentlemen from the operators aide ought to say something In de fense of their position. And accepting all the responsibilty that may come to me personally, without consultation with the gentlemen who employ me, I want to offer for the consideration of this convention @ motion that as a Basis of settlement there be a restora tion of the scale, the mining scale and the day wage scale and the dead work eale of 1903.” Operators Offer Substitute Scale. J. H. Winder, chairman of the oper. ators, offered as a substitute a motion to adopt the present scale, with all eonditions existing at the time of its ‘adoption, with the mining rate at Dan- ‘ville, I11.; for a base, and to include all est of shooting, loading, timbering and inspection of shots. No vote was taken on either proposition After a number of speeches by prominent exponents of each side, Mr. Phil Penna, of the Indiana oper. ators tn a speech suggested the set- Wement of the differences by arbitra- ion. He outlined no definite plan, however, and his suggestion was not farther discussed. ‘Wellington O'Connor, president of he Indiana miners, said he had in his Pocket letters from Indiana operators ‘wanting to pay the advance asked for. ‘Turning to Mr. O'Connor, Mr. Penna aid: “If you have letters from any Indiana operators belonging to the as- gociation offering to pay an advance, take the advance. I hate a scab opera- tor as much as I hate a scab miner.” Mr. Mitchell denied a report clren- [ated In the ball before the Joint con ference was called to order to the ef- fect that the miners had asked Prest- dent Roosevelt to use his efforts towards securing peace Would Raise Price of Hare Coal $1.20. New York, March 26.—The anthracite eoal operators, feeling that the public should be fully and accurately informed eoncerning all points now in dispute with the miners, authorize the follow. fing statements: Much inquiry has been made as to the precise calculation by which the ‘anthracite coal operators establish the fact that in order to grant the demands made by the coal miners it will be mecessary to raise the price charged the e@onsumer by $).20 a ton. The operators feel that the public should be fully in. formed upon this point, as it will be ‘absolutely imposible to sell coal for less _ than this increase if the demands be allowed. - May Work Despite Strike. i ‘Wilkes-Barre, Pa, March 28.—The Wilkes-Barre, Pa, March 28.—The {intention of the anthracite mine own- ers to operate their collieries, if a strike ‘ecours, is becoming more evident daily. Several officials declared that the oper- (4995 ST. LUKE EMPORIUM 190 | | =—First Anniversary ~° the== SECOND FAASTER OPENING, _ MONDAY, APRIL 2d, 1906. SHES Sere Se See et, Re tea a - GENTS’ GOUDS ) et ore - SAINT LUKE EMPORIUM, oomiries 10 woneN ano CHEERS 3 i I 12 5 Broad Sh.» atic Sates Smaiiest Bros, immediate Bevery. | Gtors believe they can work a number of collieries with the men who, dissat- fied with a strike, are anxious to con- tinue working. if they can be properly protected. ‘The operators intend to do this by having men shifted secretly to B dtatrict where they will not be recog: nized. There they will be lodged within Righ board fences which eirround the colliertes and guaried by a large force of spectal officers. ‘The coal companies are now quietly asceriaining what men they may rely vpon to work, are pre- Daring freight cars with bunks to lodge them in and making other prepara- tions. ie tere a” meek ad bl! Mahanoy City, Pa. March 28.—United Mine Workers’ local No. 1333, one of the largest in point of membership in the ninth district, at a meeting voted against the continuance of work after next Saturday. 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[Po Saige a a ine gee Rise Mee oer Te REESE cae Madame Allen’s Famous i 4, . . | ‘20th Century Hair Grower HUNDREDS have used it, and if you should ask | ; them that have used it, why they have those beau- , tiful locks when they were once bald, they would say MADAME ALLEN’S | | ES Sis (SES CAZES } Did it. Many years on the market, it is the guardian ; of youth, the key of beauty. It cures all kinds of : Scalp Trouble, Dandruff, Falling Out of Hair, : Dry, Ashy-look. Makes it grow Long, ; Soft, Glossy and Wavy. One Jar will tell the difference. | W@RECOMMENDED. BY WHITE AND COL- _-ORED THAT HAVE USED IT.<@ Guaranteed | PURE & HARMLESS. ) This is not a hair straightner, but a Scalp Cleaner and * aHairGrower. Try it once and you will never . use any other. PRICE: 50 Cents a JAR. ; => AGENTS WANTED.<>0 ; Manufactured By MI aGame Allen Post Office Box, 458, Lexington, Va. : MMF Cast: with{all orders by Post Office Money Order. "BQ, ES? @ GENT... Me. 1 Mi..oost vou . 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No danyer from THORNS, CAC- } rs TUS, PINS, NASLS, TACKS or GLASS. Lo tapeh pterembapeeeh Serious punctures, like intentional knife cuts, can BAP and “ive'ates tion secbe ont ‘be vulcanized like any other tire. SR to prevcntrim cating.” This ‘Two Hundred Thousand pairs now in actual use. Over RR A Re Seventy-five Thousand pairs sold last year. EASY RIDING. DESCRIPTION: Mase in ail sizes. It is lively and easy riding. very durable and lined inside witha special quality of rubber, whlch never becotzes porous und which closes ap small ponents Sithout allowing the sir ts cactbe, We have hundreds of letters from aatiesed rertarrebe atte that their tres hsve ouly becn pamped uponce or twice ma whole season. “They werk te ore Thee eects (as neces t sesieee pectin Sebae ohn Come meL ene tae mara ines prepared takaic cua tee tread. That “Woldiiag Back” sentation comaronly felt ohees aiditas oa ese aolt roads is overcome by the patent “fasket Weave" tread wich prevents allen’ irons eee USS sign per Tait, but for advertising parposca we are malting's special feisty ie to toe alee a cly fede per pute. All orders shipped eatee day Setter ts tention? Wein COR ee oe Todo Sophy a cent Gat you hws caasatney ete found them evict aa tepsented Bic peitalan 8 cash directa of’ porcest hereby making the price 84.86 per pa Mf you send EEEU CAMA WHEHE HONE aad cocione thls Mvettuctment.” Wei also Send auc mikel ated brass hand paiap and two Sampson metal puncture closers on full paid orders (these seta Puncture closers to be ured in case nf intentional knife cuts or heavy gaamen)s Fes to ke reteset EMDUN expense If for any reason they are out satisfactory on teemination We are perfectly reliaite ani money scat to us is as safe as Io @ bank Ask your Postmaster minke: Hixpresa or ecg Avene oe (he ator of this paper about un Ih yot oer a fait these tirex, you will nd’ that they will ride caster, rum tamer, weer better, lnst longer si Took, Hocr than auy Ure you have ever used or cen et any price. We Lue thes you will be creel pieced that wien you want a bicycle yoxiwill pcg We Your onder. "We weat You to seal us & smd trial filer at once, hence tis Temartable tre offer. "ulit-up-wheela, saddles, pedals, parts an: « GOASTER-BRAKES, *ccryistn cn tne eyeie ioc ae sold oy ait hal Se toad re pmee bul write co a postal today. (DO NOT THINK OF BUYING DO NOT WAIT Sicsciccr a pair'of tires trot anyoue uatit you knw the new and wonderful offers we are making. It oaly costs a postal to leara everything." Wrie it NOW. “ ” MEAD CYCLE COMPANY, Dept. “JL” CHICAGO, ILL. AGENTS WANTED. To Sell the New Book that is Attrac- ting Wide Spread Attention From all Classes. A new boox written by a young Negro, R. G. Wells, raised in Jeffer- son county, Louisville, Ga. | This book is entitled Anthropol- ‘ogy, Applied to the American Negro and White Man. It {s illustrated ‘with fifty plain practical pictures. describing two men conversing with each other. Mr. Jones, an ex-slave holder and Sam, an ex-slave, both speaking be- fore’ millions and millions of people ‘upon the two races, on the subject of matter and mind that composes the two men. | "This book ts hantsomely bound fn cloth and morocco. Cloth $1.60, Morocco $1.75. It contains 301 pa- ges and 48 different subjects. R. G. WELLS & CO. BOOK CONCE R. G. Wells & Co. Book Concern Buxton, Iowa at 0 Do You Know Her? I flesire to know the whereabouts of Moselle Warner, a little girl = bout wight years of age. When last heard of, she was living im Rich- mond. Her mother’s name is Mrs. Mattie Lee Warner. Address, 4. A. MARTIN, U. 8. &. Monongahela, ‘Naval Station, ‘Quamtaname Bay, Caba. Richmond, Freder- .icksburg, and Pote 7 mac Railroad. ‘Trains Leave Bichmond—Northward. 4260. m. daily, Byrd St. Through. 83)0'm Dally, Main St. Threcgh 630 0 'm.-daily Main St Thrsogh.—AN Pall ™Giiam, except Monday, Byrd St. throagh. all Puliman Care ean i 725.8 m-,week days, Riba, Ashland secom: modation: Sa) nm, daily Byrd at. Tarough TEMG noon, week days, Byrd st. Thro | doy. ma week daye Byrdat. Fredericks ptf p: mindy, Main et Thro ab de feamo week Gaye: ibe "Aslana accom "Sp. t.. dally, Byrd st. Through. ‘Tratns Arrive Ricnmona—southwart | 6:40 a. m., wook days, Kiba Ashland socom "Sh a mi, weak days, Byrd St, Fredertoks- burg scconimedation. Wino dally, Bird gt. Through. Listi'a. mi, week days, Byrd st: Through. TET. daily Mok st : eo ey ee ‘Fas p. m., Gaily, Byrd St, Through. | bi bm dal Wyre BE ESOam. oes | ‘Seed p m Daily, Main St. through. All Jul: 10:80 p.m. daily, Main St. Through 103) Ban Week Gaye, iiyrd Ht. through. ANI care. Rome “Feiman or Parlor Cars on Satne "except, train arriving’ etch | frond {a0 a week dare ted ‘local “accom ‘Time of arrivals and departures and con v dD. DUKE ‘C. W. CULP, W. P. TAYLOR, “Amit, to Pree.” Gen'l Bup't ” Traf. Mer. | (_PSudseribe to the PLANET: Only $1.50 per year in aivance.