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THE RICHMOND PLANET RIGID INVESTIGATION. TROOPS NOT GUILTY. Many of the Veterans Testify. AFFJDAVITS TO BE FILED WITH PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT—REMARKABLE CONDITIONS—ENTIRE COUNTRY AROUSED—CONGRESS WILL TAKE ACTION. VOL. XXIII NO 52 RIGID TR Many o AFFIDAVITS TO BE FILLED Fort Reno, Okla., Nov. 24—The committee sent here by the Constitutional League to investigate the expulsion of three companies of the Twenty-fifth Infantry from the army states that it has been carefully and patiently examining the individual Negro soldiers, and has secured a mass of material which will serve as the evidence which ought to convince the President that his action has worked an injustice to these men as cruel as unjustifiable. The President's order was said to be based upon the report of Inspector General Garlington's inquiry, and that inquiry, the committee says, was a farce which elicited, not a scintilloaf evidence to connect the troops with the Brownsville riot. GARLINGTON A SOUTHERNER. Gen. Garlington is a South Carolinian, they declare, and his training at West Point and his experiences as a soldier have evidently not eradicated his prejudices against the Negro. He examined only a few of the men, of the three companies, perhaps thirty of them; he secured no evidence to confirm the accusations against the soldiers, and he has not elicited a single fact, so the committee contends, upon which to warrant the punishment recommended to the President and incorporated in the order now being enforced. The men of Company B are expelled it is silly to call the process discharge without honor; but when all of the men were sent adrift to day, and the remainder will be discharged in similar fashion unless Washington calls a halt. THREAT TO SOLDIERS Gen. Garlington's examination of the men was simple. He said: "I am a Southerner; I know your race; I can read you. All Negroes are bumptious; you men have committed an outrage. Tell me the names of the criminals or all of you will be turnedadrift." The persons examined were old soldiers, with years of battle and service to their account, and they were unable to give the Inspector General what he sought; they did not know who par-ticipated in the riot; they had no means of knowing. Bad feeling existed between the town and garrison, as it had for years; the town made no bones of its desire to drive out the Negro garrison to get rid of by hook or car. It also helped him in one of the zealous Negro-haters Brownsville is Tate, a United States customs officer, who ha- been bitterly complained of by army officers and who the committee charges, has insulted and assaulted Negroes many times. So far the President has not punished this man. NO SOLDIERS ABSENT According to facts elicited by the investigation of the committee, the riot took place under the walls of the garrison, and when the bullets of the street fusilade made Fort Brown dangerous, a general alarm called the troops to roll call and to arms, arousing officers and men out of their sleep. The roll call showed that all the men in the three companies were present and properly accounted for; the gun racks were intact. The townsmen made the accusation that Negro soldiers started the riot, killed one man, a bartender, and wounded a police officer, and they shrilly demanded that the soldiers be arrested and be turned over to them. Investigation shows that no soldiers were absent improperly; that the name, time, and place of burial of the alleged dead man cannot be ascertained, and the wounded officer is still too modest to reveal himself. AGENTS PROVOCATEURS The committee declares that it looks as if Brownsville had resorted to agents provocateurs to effect the removal of the Negroes, and was successful. Brownsville insisted that the Negroes should be punished. The names of twelve men were selected by McDonald, of the Rangers, on some plan evolved by him. They were arrested and placed in the guard house to await the action of the grand jury. The grand jury met within a month; it could find no case against the men, since there was no evidence whatever, and the cases were dismissed. Whether it be before the President or a Congressional committee, the Constitutional League is resolved to appear with counsel and evidence to secure a reversal of the President's decision. The league will show the President: 1. That no soldier was connected with the Brownsville riot, and that no evidence exists to show such connection. 2. That the report of Gen. Garlington and his recommendation, as well as his conduct of the investigation, ought to be made the subject of a court of inquiry or court-martial ACCUSES TEXANS. 3. That the whole affair appears to be a miserable outgrowth of the race hatred and mob violence of the people of Brownsville. 4. That in discharging and dishonoring these three companies of soldiers, the President has made a mistake, which every principle of honor and justice requires should be remedied. The league is still prosecuting its inquiries, and will examine the 25 men discharged this morning and take their affidavits. Not a single case of drunkenness or disorder has occurred among the hundred men so far discharged. The police officials of El Reno speak highly of the sobriety and balance of the men. Tuesday, the New York afternoon papers contained a telegram from the President to Gilchrist Stewart, of that city representing the Constitution League, in which the President said he would revoke the order "under no circumstances," nor "for one moment consider suspending it on a simple allegation that there are new facts, until these facts are laid before me." Tuesday afternoon a conference was held at the War Department between the Secretary and its chief assistants, and Mr. Loeb, Secretary to the President. At its conclusion Secretary Taft was the only one present who talked, and he only made the statement: "I can't discuss the case until tomorrow." BEFORE HE HE'RD FROM PRES IDENT. Yesterday morning early, before 10 o'clock, an official statement was given out reviewing briefly the action of the Secretary and his reasons therefor, and announcing that after he had learned that "the President had fully and exhaustively considered the argument against the order of the persons who now applied for a re-hearing," he, the Secretary, had on Tuesday directed that the proceedings for discharge be continued without delay. Yesterday morning some time after the foregoing announcement was issued, another official statement was made public that a telegram had been received from the President at 10 o'clock, after the previous statement, was given out, in which the President "declines to suspend the discharge unless there are new facts of such importance as to warrant cabling him." This seems to be the chronology of events as officially set forth at the War Department. There is regret in some quarters that, after having undertaken to correct what many evidently think was an act of injustice to members of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, who were not present at the time of the trouble, Secretary Taft did not stand pat until directed by the President to withdraw his order of suspension Some of the sting of the affair, however, has been removed by Secretary Taft's statement that the members of the three companies who were on furlough at the time of the Brownsville affair, and three members who are to be tried by counsel will not be mustered out. CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY LIKE LY. No one doubts that a Congressional investigation will be the final outcome of "the affair at Brownsville." There are too many members of Congress with a considerable RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, DE EMBER 1, 1906 Negro constituency to withstand the demand that will go out for an inveitation, to hesitate, no matter what the attitude of the department or the administration may be. There is not a member of these three companies, who can show his probable innocence of wrong-doing, but will have a champion on the floor who will introduce and fight for the passage of bills correcting the military record of these men. The legality of the dismissal of an entire battalion of men, without court-martial or other proceedings, but solely on the order of the President, is sure to be attacked in Congress and it is not certain that the champion of these dishonorably discharged troops will all be found from the Northern States. The records of these discharged colored soldiers are to terms of service and rewards ior gallantry area. More than twenty-four years, 1. More than twenty years, 1. More than fifteen years, 8. More than ten years, 16. More than five years, 97. Less than five years, 44. Medal of honor men, 6. Certificates of merit, 13. SHIELDING PENROSE The official reports are said by military men familiar with this case to indicate a disposition to shield Maj. Penrose, in command of these troops at Brownsville. Some people characterize this portion of the report as a "whitewash." The officers in command at Brownsville have been criticised for not immediately mustering their men and locating the absentees and the guns that could not be accounted for. On this point the report of the Inspector General says: "The commanding officer and his associates, when the alarm was sounded and they heard the firing, assumed that it came from the city of Brownsville; and that the guns were in the hands of the civilians; in other words that the garrison was being fired into from the outside by civilians. It does not appear to have occurred to any of them that certain enlisted men of the Twenty-fifth Infantry had possession of their arms, and were committing the crime of firing into the houses and upon the citizens of Brownsville, until the Mayor of the city came to the garrison and informed the commanding officer, Maj. Penrose, that one man had been killed and another wounded by his soldiers." Secretary Taft said yesterday that nothing will be done in the way of a further investigation of the conduct of the officers. LATEST FROM THE PRESIDENT The official statement issued yesterday based upon the message from the President was as follows: "A telegram was received from the President at 11 o'clock to-day after the previous statement was given out at the War Department, in which he declines to suspend the discharge unless there are new facts of such importance as to warrant cabling him. He states that the action was taken after due deliberation and that the only matter to which he can pay heed is the presentation of facts showing the official reports to be in whole or in part untrue, or clearly exculpating some individual. If any such facts later appear he can act as he deems advisable, but thus far nothing has been introduced to warrant the suspension of the order, and he directs that it be executed." The previous statement referred to was this explanatory announcement of the Secretary: "In the matter of the order discharging the enlisted men of three companies of the Twenty-fifth Infantry issued by the President, application was presented to the Secretary of War by a number of persons of standing asking for a rehearing by the President on the ground on which the action was taken. The Secretary telegraphed the President of the application and delayed the proceedings of the discharge until the President could indicate his wishes. The Secretary was meantime called out of town. No answer was received from the President. The Secretary, on his return, did not feel justified in further delaying the execution of the order of discharge, especially in view of the fact that the Secretary then learned that the President had fully and exhaustively considered the argument against the order of the persons who now applied for a re-hearing. Accordingly the Secretary directed yesterday (Tuesday) that the proceedings for discharge be continued without delay." COURSE AT THE WHITE HOUSE It was authoritatively stated that the matter of the dismissal of the troops has not been brought to the attention of the President by the White House officials since he left Washington more than ten days ago. None of the protests which have been filed against the carrying out of the action has been received at the White House, but have gone to the War Department. The investigation of the conduct of the troops of Companies B. C, and D, as reported upon by Maj. Blocksom, Inspector general's department; Lieut. Col. Lovering, 4th Infantry, acting inspector general, and Brig. Gen. Garlington, inspector general of the army was made public at the War Department yesterday in a volume entitled "The Aftray at Brownsville, Tex." The reports disclose that as early as October 4, the President had determined to dismiss without honor all of the men of the three companies in the event of their failure to reveal the facts concerning the Brownsville riot. This decision is revealed in a letter of instruction which Acting Secretary Oliver of the War Department, sent to Inspector General Garlington, directing him to make an investigation. In this letter Acting Secretary Oliver says: "The President authorizes you to make known to those concerned the orders given by him in this case, namely, if the guilty parties cannot be discovered, the President approves the recommendation that the whole three companies implicated in this atrocious outrage should be dismissed and the men forever barred-dismissed and the men forever debarred from re-enlisting in the army or navy of the United States." This recommendation was originally made not by Inspector Gen. Garlington, who has been charged by the President's critics as having been influenced by his race prejudices, because he is a Southern man, but by Maj. Blockson, who made the first investigation. The recommendation, however, was subsequently occurred in by Gen. Garlington. CAUSES THAT LED TO BIOT In reciting the causes which led to the riot at Brownsville, Maj. Blocksom says that the soldiers heard they were not going to Camp Mabrey, because Texas troops had threatened to use ball cartridges in the maneuvers. The people did not desire colored troops there, and the soldiers of the Twenty-fifth were not allowed to drink with the white people at the principal bars in the town. He also recites the incident of two white women being insulted on the street by colored soldiers and the indignity by a colored soldier, who seized a Mrs. Evans by the hair and threw her violently to the ground. This incident, occurring on August 12th, inflamed and infuriated the citizens. The cancelling of passes and the sending out of patrols which followed. Maj. Blocksom says, probably increased the resentment of the soldiers against the people of Brownsville. Continuing. Maj. Blocksom described the raid on the town in detail. In conclusion, he says that many of the old soldiers of the battalion who had nothing to do with the raid must know something tangible as to the identify of the criminals, and that if they do not disclose their knowledge they should be made to suffer with others more guilty, as far as the law will permit. In his summary of the reports made by the other officers and of his own effort to discover the guilty soldiers, Brig. Gen. Garlington declares that every means of getting evidence concerning the shooting of three companies were talked with individually on different occasions he says, and the dire consequences of their failure to give up the guilty soldiers were pointed out. All the soldiers avoided questions and even refused to discuss the events at Brownsville which were known to have enraged the Negroes before the riot. ARGUMENTS IN VAIN "The secretive nature of the race where crimes are charged to members of their color, is well known." Gen. Garlington says, "Under such circumstances self-protection, or self-interest is the only lever by which the casket of their minds can be pried open. Acting upon this principle, the history and record of the regiment to watch they belong, the part played by these 1 soldiers in this record, were pointed out and enlarged upon. The odium and dissecrace to the battalion and its individual members by this crime were indicated. The future effect upon the individuals and upon the battalion as a whole was referred to; and, finally, the concern of the President of the United States in the matter, his desire and the desire of the War Department to separate the innocent from the guilty, were explained, but without effect." In view of the circumstances and the apparent concerted action on the part of the men not to reveal any knowledge of the affair Gen. Garlington recommended their discharge without honor. He says: "They appear to stand together in a determination to resist the detection of the guilty; therefore, they should stand togather when the penalty falls." It is the intention of the War Department to begin at once recruiting so that the three companies may be filled as soon as possible. As the officers of these companies will be without commands in the meantime it is not improbable that they will be used for recruiting duty. It is said to be likely that some of the men discharged under the President's order may be permitted to re-enlist upon the presentation to the President of satisfactory evidence that they were not implicated in the riot and that they do not know the names of the men concerned in the affair. The case of each man, however, will have to be taken on its merits, and such action will be had as the President soes fit in the premises. Col. William L. Pitcher, of the Twenty-seventh Infantry, has sent from Cuba to the War Department a denial of the interview attributed to him, in which, it was charged, he criticised the action of the War Department for sending a squadron of colored cavalry to Fort Sheridan, where the Twenty-seventh was stationed. This will probably end the inquiry, which was begun at the direction of President Roosevelt, to ascertain the truth of the alleged statement. The words imputed to Col. Pitcher were: "I The Negro troops would never have been quartered at Fort Sheridan without protest if I was to remain in command here. I never lined them, and the farther away from me they are kent, the better it pleases me. For the life of me cannot see why the United States should have the soldiers out of them. Certainly there are fine white young men in this country to make soldiers of without recruiting from such a source." NOT CORRECTLY QUOTED In his denial, Col. Pitcher says: "I am not correctly quoted in the clipping. "At all times I not only refrained from giving out anything for publication on this subject, but said to one or more newspaper representatives that the colored soldiers were United States troops, and were ordered to Fort Sheridan by the War Department, and that I had absolutely no comment to make and I made none." On the same day the order was made for dismissing three companies of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, colored, the President directed the War Department to procure a report on the alleged interview with Col. Pitcher who with his restitution, had departed for Cuba. Through Secretary Loeb, the President sent the following letter to the War Department. "The President directs that an immediate report be called from Col. Pitcher to know whether or not he is correctly quoted in the unclosed clipping; and if he is correctly quoted, the President directs that proceedings he taken against him for such punishment as can be inflicted. The President thinks that such conduct is but little better than that of the offending Negro troops themselves." The last sentence refers to the conduct of the Negro troops at Brownville. REGARD INCIDENT AS CLOSED The matter of the discharge of the three companies of the Twenty-fifth Infantry is regarded at the War Department as a closed incident. No bulletins or statements were issued yesterday, and the sub- fect is not permitted to intrude itself further on the attention of officials. When the President returns to Washington he may revive the subject by giving individual members of these companies an opportunity to prove themselves innocent and re-enlist, but until that is done the department will remain silent. Official reports from Fort Reno show that the men are being mustered out at the rate of about 25 a day, and that the entire battalion will be out of the service by the week. Protests continue to reach the Department and officials there are convinced that a Congressional inquiry is certain to be ordered soon after Congress convenes. GENERAL PARTICIPATION Foreign Nations and States Will Take Part in the Jamestown Exposition in 1907. It is impossible to estimate the value of tangible results that will accrue to States, Municipalities, and foreign countries following participation in the Jamestown Ter-Centennial at Norfolk, Va. in 1967. Many reasons and advantages combine to make this statement a patent fact, when the importance of the celebration, its geographical location and its unique character is remembered. A slight conception of the favor with which the Exposition has met may be formed, when it is pointed out that more than four-fifths of the available exhibit space has been applied for, seven months before the opening date. The applicants represent every line of foreign manufacturers and producers who will that a similar opportunity for improving commerce and trade conditions generally throughout the United States, European and South American countries has never before been offered. The plan of combining murphel-pal exhibits with manufactures of cities has struck a popular chord. Commercial organizations are exerting ecorts in this direction that promise to result in many cities being represented along this line. It has been satisfactorily shown that the Jamestown Exposition will have an attendance never before equalled, with the possible exception of the Great World's Fairs, and the adven tages of displaying the varied resources, raw materials, manufactured products, and exploiting inducements to capital seeking investment will bring results that could never be accomplished through any other business channel. In response to President Roosevelt's invitation to participate these nations in acceptance and will represented either by warships, detachments of troops, or civil delegations, while some will make industrial and technical exhibits: Great Britain, Germany, Russia, Italy, France, Belgium, Mexico, Venezuela, Denmark, Japan, Costa Rica, Argentine Republic, Chile, Guatemala, Switzerland, Haitl. 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An Old Saint Gone to Her Reward = Fe 2 A Story eof Manhattan By BURTON E. STEVENSON Author of *The Molladey Case” Cipscieke: 1964; .b5° Renee Balt and Sah Two CHAPTER XxTrx. again all the details of the tragedy, but we got rid of him after awhile and went in to dinner. Then we started toward the jail for a final talk with Drysdale. Another jailer had come on duty. but he made no diffienlty about admitting us. “Well? asked the prisoner, as soon an we were alone. “Oh.” sald Godfrey, regarding bim with a good humored smile, “you won't be electrocuted thls time—though 1 must say you deserve It!” “What.” cried Drysdale, coloring suddenly. “ou don't believe”— “That you killed Graham? Oh, no; bat you've made an unmitigated ass of yourself, my friend. Did you have! @ pleasant time Monday night kicking your heels by the hour together out at the pergola?” Drysdale flushed again, but this time tt was with anger. “Oh, so she told you, did she?" he asked between his (eeth. “I dare say you bad a good laugh together over ier” “Jack,” sald Godfrey calmly, “I pro- test you are becoming more and more asinine! Hrven't you sense enongh to see that that note—by the way, how was it delivered to sou?” “I found it on my dressing table when I came back from New York Monday evening. What are you driv- ing at, Godfrey? If you've discovered anything, for God's sake, tell me straight out!” “I've discovered an unusually large consignment of bumble ple awaiting Jour consumption, You don't deserre @ magnificent girl like that, Jack; 1 swear you don't. Do you remember Your last words to ber? “Yes,” answered Drysdale, with a sudden flushing of the cheeks, “And abe deserved them, She got me out of the house and spent the evening with Tremaine. It was an indirect way of telling me that she was tired of me. T'd suspected it before.” Godfrey looked at him pityingly, “Really, Jack.” he sald, “I'm half inclined to think the coroner's right fm bis theory, after all.” “What is his theory?” “He thinks you're crazy.” Drysdale laughed a little, mirthiess laugh. “Perhaps he's right,” he sald. “You'll be sure of It in a few min- utes. It's inconceivable that any man in bis right mind should suspect a girl like Miss Croydon of such a thing.” Drysdale turned to him with eyes Bright with emotion. “See here, Jim," he said, “you've had your fun; you've tormented me long enoagh. Do you mean that Mias Croy- on didn't write the uote?” “I mean just that.” “Thea who did Y* “Tremaine!” ‘The word brought Drysdale to his feet luke a thunder clap. “Do you mean,” he demanded, grip- ping his hanvs tight behind him, “that! Tremaine ote the note and placed it in my room in order to get me out of the house?” “I do.” “And that Miss Croydon knew noth- ing about it?" “Not a thing. She was waiting for you in the house. She thought you'd deliberately broken an appointment you'd made with her.” Drysdale ground his teeth together and struck himself a savage blow in the chest. “Good God,” he groaned. “What a fool! What a perfect, muckle headed fool!” “Go on,” laughed Godfrey. “Do it again—sackeloth and ashes; you de- serve it all.” “Deserve it! Do you think she'll, ever forgive me? “I shouldn't if I were in her place,” Godfrey assured him. “I'd think my- self well rid of you. I shouldn't want: to marry an idiot.” 7 ‘Drysdale cursed dismally to himself. “Still,” Godfrey added, “there's no accounting for the whims of women— there's no telling what they'll do. May- be, after this, you'll come nearer appre: | ciating her as she deserves.” | “Appreciating her!" “You don’t seem to have any curios: Ity as to how we're golng to snve that Precious neck of yours,” Godfrey ob- served, “Oh, damn my neck! What do 1 care? Godfrey, I've got to see her right away. I've got to get down on my knees—craw! in the dust"— “That's it!" nodded Godfrey approv- ingly. “You've caught the Idea. You ‘ought to feel like an lnsect—a particu- larly small one. But I hardly belleve ‘the jailer wiil release you on your own recognizance. Maybe tomorrow, after the inquest, if everything goes well” — j “Oh, tomorrow be hanged! I've got to see her right away, Jim! Isn't there any way?” ‘He was pacing furiously up and down the cell, biting his nails, tearing bis hair. Could Tremaine have seen him then he might have modified bis esti- mate of him, | “There's no way,” said Godfrey, “un- we te ocearie folly—helto, ‘who's that?” eee And she? I turned a ttle giddy as I looked at her, at the shining eyes, at the quivering. smoiling lips Godfrey had sprung Instantly te bis ak 4 \\A I Hy iN | 1) [ik /| [ IS (VA (AS feacN es se laG “Come, Lester,” he suid, in a votes very gentle, as the jailer opened the cell door, “we must cateh our train we've business in New York.” Perhaps it was only my fancy thai his step was not wholly steady as be went before me down the corridor. CHAPTER xxx WGI we were well under way did TL open my mind to Godfrey; then I spoke with what I deemed « necessary frankness, “My dear Godfrey,” I began, “K've watched you all day, smelling bottles, examlulng seratebes, trying to read falut ink marks on a blotter, puzzling over a broken cane and doing various other eccentric things from which you seemed to draw conclusions utterly: tn. visible to me. T've heart you assure both Drysdale and Miss Croydon that the former will be cleared of suspicion at tomorrow's Inquest und that the real culprit will be pointed out. You'll panlon me if I confess to some curl osity as to how all this ts to be ac complished.” “Did you see her face as she came through that door, Lester?” he asked staring absently at the seat in front of us. “I tell you, it warmed the heart of even an old reprobate like me! And to think that we did it!” he added. “To think that we did it! “You did it,” I corrected. “I was In the chorus today—you had the cen ter of the stage.” But you don't mind, Lester? 1 couldn't ke!» it, you know." “Of course sou couldn't—that's where you belong. But uow that the cur. tain's down and we're alone togetber with plenty of time to talk, 1 like to understand” “And you shall—down to the minutest detail. Let's see—this is the smoker, isn't It? Wel:, suppose we light up- I can think more clearly when Tm smoking.” “All right; fire away,” T said, as soon as the cigars were going. “Well,” began Godfrey, “as T pointed out to you this morning, for good and sufficient reasons, 1 started out in this fuvestization with the assumption of ‘Tremaine’s guilt.” “Of course,” 1 observed, “you know it fs the daty of every fury to start out with exactly the contrary assump: tion.” “Certainly, I know that, but a de tective has to work with some definite end in view or he never gets anywhere In other words, a detective, after care. fully studying the details of any crime, must form a theory concerning it and must work along that theory. As soon as he discovers any fact that fails to ‘ft with his theory he must modify it or form another, and he must keep op doing this until he finds the theory which agrees with all the facts—not all but one or two, but with every one A good many detectives fall Into the mistake of being satisfied with the theory which fits most of the facts—a serious error, for the right theory must, of course, inevitably ft them all. ‘That's the scientific method and the only safe one. When a detective hits upon @ theory which fits all the known facts he's got as much right to assume it's true as an astronomer bas or a physicist, who builds up the universe in just the same way.” “But that's a difficult thing to do,” I remarked, “to find a theory that fits all the facts.” “Exceedingly difficult sometimes,” Assented my companion, “because the facts often appear to be entirely con- tradictory. Really, facts are never con- tradictory—truth is always truth—the trouble is we can't always tell what is fact and what is fiction. The hardest part of a detective’s work ts to sift ‘the wheat from the chaff—to get at the meaty, essential facts. “Well, as you know, I started out with the theory of Tremaine’s guilt. More than that, I was merally certain ‘that he was guilty, knowing what 1 Anew of the man. And first of all (was evident to me that no y ‘88 careful gs he is would run the risk THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. committing 2 on the ont: side with young Graham sleeping on a cot a few fect away. I de. ace this hottie. Great ot > He uncorked it and held tt under my ‘nose. “Chloroform!” I said. “Precisely.” And he corked It care- fully and returned it to his pocket. “The boy's story helped me to arrive at it, He bad been awakened by that Violent thunder clap, but for the first moment he had found himself unable. to move—dizzy, as he explained it.” “But bow did you know where to look for it?” T asked. “Well, I knew that no experienced criminal would keep about him any such important evidence as a bottle that had contained chloroform. The odor clings to It for a lopg time. I committed the mistake at first of sup- posing that be had hidden it Im the boathouse. I should have known bet. ter. Naturally he would throw ft into the bay. There was a single chance against me. If he had thrown it tn uncorked it would probably have sunk. That was « point he didn’t think of, and by just that much he fell below Perfection. I think he probably ad- ministered the chloroform by pouring it upon one corner of the sheet and throwing it over young Graham's face. No doubt the odor would have been pereeptibie next morning had any one thought to look fer it. There was only one point In the whole case,” he added thoughtfully, “that was utterly at va Fiance with my theors—and It worried me badly for a time.” “What was that?’ I asked. “That was the story the jailer told us—that Miss Croydon believed Drys dale guilty. But you have seen how naturally that was explained. 1 knew then, in that instant, that T was on the right track—that nothing could defeut me. But let us go back to the begin- alng—and Id like you to point out any flaws you see in the story.” “Very well,” I said and settled back in the seat to listen, “Tremaine had two very powerful motives for the commission of this crime,” began Godfrey. “He needed money and could take no more from Miss Crosdon, siuce he was. trying seriously to win ber affections. He was determined to get Drysdale out of the way under circumstances as discred- table as possible, confident that in that case he would bimself win Miss Crosdon. Which,” he added in a thoughtful aside, “from what you've told me of him, T don't think at all im- posaltle.* “Not in the least,” I agreed. “I be eve ‘Tremaine could win any woman be really set bis heart on.” “At any rate, he learns of Drysdale’s Jealousy and of Miss Croydon’s prom- ise to explain things. He sees that at any hazard he must prevent that ex- planation. Monday morning be comes to town with Delroy, and the latter tells him that be intends giving the necklace the salt water treatment. You'll remember it was Tremaine who originally proposed ibis, though he could scarcely at that time have fore seen what would come of It.” “Mere chance,” | nodded, “Well, Tremaine takes the early train back to Edgemere and lays his plans. He writes the note"— “But you really baven’t any evidence that he did.” 1 objected. For answer Godfrey took from his pocket the blotter he had found tn ‘Tremaine's room. “I told you that these letters aren't in Tremaloe's band,” be sald, “but If you'll compare them with the note you'll see how nearly they resemble Miss Croydon's. Again, they are only capital B's, G's and I's, which are the only capitals used in the note, That's pretty good circumstantial evidence. ‘Tremaine, of course, burned the plece of paper he practiced on, but he didn't think to burn this blotter. It was only the freshest line at the bottom of the paper that lect these marks.” “Fut did Tremaine have a sample of Miss Croydon's writing?” “There's no reason to think he didn't have, but if be dida’t be could no doubt have found plenty of samples among Drysdate’s things. He's prob: ably gu adept at forgery as well as at most other branches of crime.” “All right. Go ahead,” I said. *Tremaine writes the vote and leaves it in Drysdale’s room,” continued God- fre. “Then be opens the trunk and Secures the revolver. Perhaps he knew the revolver was there and perhaps he didn't, If he hadn't found it he'd prob: ably bave taken something else belong. ing to Drysdale for a weapon. “Having secured the revolver, he re turns to his room by way of the bat cons, What passed in the early part of the evening you already know Drysdale goes to keep the rendezvous at the pergola, starting early, because the house with Tremaine in it has be come unbearable to him. He stops for a chat with Graham, which the latter's son overhears, and then goes on to the pergola, which Is quite at the other end of the grounds from the boathouse. ene ies eee eee ie ea a aes have satisfaction when be safely into the boat 9” He paused for a. moment to think Ct, to tame A vere. So ee “Weil,” he nt at last, “be secures the necklace, throws away ‘the bottle and probably gues down to the water's edge to wash his hands.” “Did be take the necklace with him to the house?” T asked. “No,” said. Godfrey decidedly. “There was no reason whatever for him to run that risk. He had doubt- less picked out a safe biding piace for it in the afternoon. The necklace once deposited there, be burries back io the house. climbs up to the balcony and re-enters bis ‘He assures himself ‘that there: blood stains on him ‘anywhere, then he moves bis table “near the window and sits down & walt for Drysdale’s return. “As soon as be hears him enter his room be gathers up the letters which he bad, of course, written during the afternoon and goes downstairs. An¢ it Is here that he makes bis most seri. ous mistake. He fancles, perhaps, that he Is to have only the country police tc deal with—only your Heffelbowers— that he mustgclinch the nail. that he cannot make the ovidence against his yictim too strong. So when he places his letters in the bag on the ball rack he also tears\of the top button of Drysdale’s raincoat. “Ee returns to the hall, telks with Delroy; the storm comes up, and young Graham rushes in. They run down to the pier, kneel beside the body, try to discover signs of life—and Tremaine adroitly shuts the button within the dead man’s hand. That, my dear Les. ter, Is, T fancy, the whole story.” -_ T'smoked on for & moment in silence, ‘turning it over in my mind with a certain sense of disappointment. “It may be true,” Lsaid, “It seems to bold together, but, after all, there isu't & bit of positive evidence in it. How fre we to convince a jury that Tre. maine really did all these things?” Godfrey blew a great smoke rlug out over the seat in front of us, “I agree,” he said, “that we haven't ns yet any direct evidence against ‘Tremaine. It may be that this whole | wtructure will fall to pleces about my Iba y ’ ATA Ae yee Wf me bo ee ee “After all, there ten't a bit of postttee evidence tn it” ears, but I don’t believe It. I believe within an hour we'll be {n possession of the one plece of positive, indisputa- bie evidence that will outweigh all the rest.” “What ts that?” I asked. He turned to me with that bright light in his eyes that I had seen there once or twice before, “The necklace,” he answered, CHAPTER XXXL TTP necklace! Of course the fret] “But, then,” I objected aft SEES cr « moment, “if your theo- Ty's correct we're going right away from the ‘klace. You said that Tre- maine hint hidden It at Bdgemere.” “Yes, but he's uo such fool as to come away and leave It hidden there. He's not the man to make the mistake Miss Crosson made—to conceal a thing in a place where he can't get It again Without exciting suspicion, No, no; he took the uccklace with bim to New York. He ran no risk In doing that. Everything bad happened just as he hoped it would. ‘There was absolutely no suspicion against him.” “He may have bidden it somewhere else in the meantime,” I observed. “Yes, be may have done that,” ad- mitted Goltrey, “und yet why should he? He has uo reason to believe that any such suspicion attaches to him, He'll naturally wish to keep the pearls by him until he has a chance to sell them, one by one. He can't do that yet. He'll probably arrange a trip to Hurope to get rid of them. If the neck- lace is concealed at ail it's concealed Somewhere in his rooms. And If it's there we'll fad tt!” “Long Isiand City!" yelled the guard, slamming open the door. “Change for New York!” We took the Thirty-fourth street ferry and ten minutes later were tn a cab hurrying downtown. “We'll get Simmonds first,” said God- frey. “I've a sort of reciprocity treaty with him. Besides, we've got to have An officer to make the arrest, Here we are.” He jumped out, paid the driver and bastened up the steps, I after him. As we entered the room I saw that a clock registered half past 10. “Helio, Simmonds,” said Godfrey to & grizzled. stockily built man who had sprong to bis feet as we entered. “All alone?” “Yes, The other boys have turned nv “That's good. I've got something biz for yor.” } Simmonds’ face flushed with sudden emotion. = | “Really” bp tammered. “Have yo eT te ae ee aes fy many a Gay. But remember out agreement—yours the glory, mine the scoop. Not a word of this to anybody before daybreak.” “Of course not; of course not,” as ‘serted Simmonds. robbing bis hands togetber eaxeriy. “What Is it?” “You've read about that murder and robbery st the Delroy place near Baby. lon?" “Yes, certainly. They've got the mur- @erer to jal! down there.” “No, they haven't,” retorted Godfrey sharply. “We're going to have him in Jail bere inside of twenty minutes.” Simmonds’ eyes began to glisten. “That would ve a big thing,” be said. “Are you sure of the man?" “Dead sure. But see here, Sim mons, 1 haven't time to tell you the whole story now; only I assure you, om my word, that T've evidence ngaine: the man which will convict him of one murder and perhops of two. Is that enough?” _ Se, CR SRS Seen, SES. he opened a drawer from which he took @ pistol and a pair of handcuffs. “All right,” be added, turning back to us. “That's good. Better have a lantern, too, though.” “Think so?” He took down a little dark lantern, lighted it, tested It and put It in bis pocket. “Now I'm ready, Have we far to ror" “Oh, no; just ucross the street.” Simmonds started with astonish- ment. “You don't mean the Marathon?” be said “Just that” “Hut who Is It we're going after?” “A feliow named Tremaine.” “Tremaine!” Simmonds’ face grew Dlanker and blauker. “Why, 1 know him. He's been tn here to see me. He doesn't seem at all the kind of fellow who wold’ “So ho!” erled Godfrey. “It was you who told him about the elipplogs?* Simmonds colored to the eyes. “Who told you that?” he starmered, “No matter: It didn't do any harm; played right into our bands, in fact. But you didn't show your usual per- spicacity there, Simmonds. ‘That fel- low is the most remarkable scoundrel T've ever ran across, Perhaps it's just as well I never met him, or he'd have hypnotized me too, Come along.” Higgins was Just shutting the inner doors “Do you know whether or not Mr. Tremaine ts in bis rooms?” asked God- frey. “Yes, sir; he went up about an hour ase “You have a key to his door?” “Yes, «ir. “We want you to go up with us and ‘open the door.” “Oh, come!” protested Higgins, “That's going It pretty strong. What's Mr. Tremaine done?" “No matter. There's uo use holding off, Higgins? Simmonds here can place you under arrest and force you to go." “Well, see here,” sald Higgins, turn- ing a little pale, “if you break in on him like that there’s apt to be some bullets fyin’ around. He's hotheaded, he Is. I wish you'd excuse me. Here's the key. Why cau't you open the door yourself?" “That'll do,” assented Godfrey and took the key. We weat softly up the stairs and down the dimly lighted corridor to ‘Tremaine’s door. We could see by the transom that the room was dark. “I want to surprive him,” whispered Godfrey, “If he has two or three min: utes’ warning he may be able to get rid of some evidence. He's probably in bed, and we must get to the bed room door without his hearing us. How does the bedroom door lie, Les- ter, with reference to this one?” “Straight ahead,” I answered hoarse. ly. “AM right,” said Godfrey. And he threw back the bolt and opened the door. The room was in absolute darkness save for the dim stream of light from the hall, We entered cautiously, God frey in the lead. “Haye your lantern ready, Sim: monds,” he whispered. And I caught the odor of heated metal as Simmonds ‘obeyed the order. ‘Two, three, four steps we advanced, fecling our way; then I beard a star- tled ery from Godfrey; an instant’s pause. “Quick, Simmonds, quick!” he cried in a stifed voice, “The lantern!” Instantly a brilliant band of light shot across the room, wavered, wag- ged to and fro, then settled upon God- ‘rey bending above some shapeless ob- Ject on the floor. > “What is it?” 1 cried, running to him, shivering with horror. “It's Tremaine.” And be knelt on the floor and stripped back the cloth- Ing from the breast. “He's dead,” he added after a moment. “Dead? But why? How?" He was in pajamas—t can see them yet—striped blue and white. ‘Then I beard Godfrey's voice again, “My God!” he was saying, with an accent of utter horror. “My God! Bring the light closer, Simmonds!” T looked down too. The face was in bright relief now—but was it Tremaine? Could it be Tremaine, that staring. istorted thing, with wide open mouth? ‘Then my eyes fell on the band, clasped across the breast. “What is it?" D asked again fnarticu lately, frozen with dread. “What bas happened 7” I saw Godfrey stand erect with a sudden movement of loathing. “It's tie ferdelauce!” he said hoarsely, “He's been bitten by 1 And it’s still loose in the room some where!” CHAPTER XXXIL. (ST q)T strikes « chill through me med horror of that instant. The eke fer-delance—death in a few heartbeats, and such adeath! A death that melts a man Into ao abomination! For a moment none of us dared move scarcely dared breathe, and 1 saw the band of light from Simmonds" lantern waving uncertalnly across the floor. the walls, the ceiling—evidently poor Simmonds did not understand the ex act nature of the danger, but only that IR A i Rie a a a ee) ae is Sie erie tee ‘and shold probably have done it had : ae ads. give me your lantern.” } Godfrey, with an adrolrable calm: ness. “Lester, ee He threw a broad of light upon the carpet and, keeping carefully with- Im this path, approached the door, felt for the electric button and switched on the lights. ‘Half blinded for an Instant, we stood ataring at each other, at the foor. “For God's sake!” gaxped Simmonds, mopping the sweat from bis face. “What is it?” “it's a snake,” said Godfrey tersely, “the deadliest in the world. If you Gout believe me look yonder!" And he Pointed to the huddied mass on the floor. I did not look; I was afraid to; t had @lready seen too much. I was grateful when Godfrey jerked down a curtain end threw it over the body Then he gave Simmonds the lantern and closed the door, which we had left open when we entered. “Now,” be continued sharply, “there's Bo use in giving way to our nerves. We're in no danger. but that snake is bid around here somewhere and the “first thing for us to do Is to find tt Were there two suakes, Lester? No." t answered, ag articulately as 1 could, “I think not. I never saw but Paes | “I thought you said Cecily took that one with ber So she did—wait: 1 didnt see tt. She had a cover over the cage” Godfrey's face paied suddenly. “Good God!” he 1surmured, A giddiness seized tie, I clutched at 4 chair for support. It had been no acetdent. She had left Fe-Fe bebind to avenge ber—and what a vengeance! She bad not laugh- ed and forgotten! ‘Then In a flash T understood that last strange scene—the change In Cecily ax she stood watching us from the deck of the receding boat, the pressing agalust the rall, the frantic effort to shout a message to ‘Tremalne. She bad relented, she did not wish to kill him, she loved him yet! But of that warning he had caught only a single word. “The bed!" L cried. “The bedr* “Right!” agreed Godfrey .incisively, and walked to the bedroom door. In an Jnstant the Inner room was ablaze With light. He armed himself with one of Tremaine’s canes, and together We approached the bed “Ready, now,” he said, and with a sudden movement stripped back the covers. But there was nothing under them, “The pillow, perhaps." he said, and turned it over. There was a quick movement, a soft hissing, a vielous head raised Itself, two eyes of orange fire glared at us. T heard the swish of Godfrey's cane, and the head fell. Fe-Fe would work ho more evil And then as I looked more closely at the colls I perceived something else there —something bright, Iridescent glowins Godfrey lifted the mangled body with the end of bis cane and threw it Into the mkddie of the bed. ‘Then he bent over and picked up-—the necklace. | “I was sure we should find It here,” he said. “But look at Jt, Isn't it beau | utul? It was more than that—It was su- perb; not dead white now, but warm, full of life Was it the salt bath, oF was it that the cloud had been remor- ‘ell Manibiniasteiains -ecminudte cant aN S IM | Ra EA j\/2 x IK oe “I heard the swish of Godfrey's cane.” I looked at it there seemed to be something unearthly tn its beauty. It seemed to be rejoicing. “The snake bit him probably,” add- ed Godfrey thoughtfully, “as he thrust the necklace under the pillow. It was @ fitting punishment.” “It was greater. than he deserved,” 1 protested boarsely. ‘He was not the man to meet a death Itke that.” “A man! He was a vampire!” said Godfrey sternly. “He lived on the lives of others. “Don't let your seutl mentailsm blind you, Lester.” “Ob. you didn’t know bim!” I cried. A hot resentment of fate was sweep- ing over me. 1 reelized that, down al the bottom of my heart, I had never really believed fn Tremaine’s guilt | Even now | bardly befleved in it. | Godfrey turned to Simmonds, whe stood contemplating the scene with ‘Staring eyes. bis lantern still open i “his band. | “It’s bard Juck, Simmonds,” he said “You're not going to get the glory after all. But who could have fore seen 4 thing like this?” Simmonds opened bis mouth an¢ shut it again without uttering « sound “You'd better notify the coroner,’ continued Godfrey, “and, I suppose, te be strictly vegular, I'll have to tart this necklace over to you for the night Guard st ‘Simmonds. It’s word Sete Se eens “What!” stammered Simmonds, “Is Mt the—the—the"— "Yes, it’s the Delroy necklace. You'll have to go with us to Babylon In the ‘morning to attend the inquest. I fan- cy there'll be something of a sensation when we produce the necklace there— eb, Lester?” And he laughed a grim little Jaugh of anticipatory triumph. Then be glanced at his waten. ‘t must be going.” be said. “I've Bot to fire this story down to the of- fice’ What a scoop it will be! Tilt tomorrow, gentlemen.” I heard bis footsteps die out along the bais: then a cudden horror of the place seized me, a deadly loathing, and 1 groped my way blindly from the room THE END. aieceetines Glee dtaeninmine There are some very funny stories toid avout the derivations of words since people ure likely to twist their janguage into strange forms. Thus, the pope is even today called by the name “pontifex.” which boys in the Latin class all know ts taken by him from the title of the old Koman priests, Now “pontifex” means bridge builder, and it is true that the Roman priests in the early days of the republic were in charge of bridges, but probably it should be “pomptifex,” meaning “mak- er of ceremonies.” Many of you have wondered what the priest bid to do with bridge building, and this litte change of “nt” t\ “mp” makes the whole matter clear. An astonishing derivation is that of the word “stranger,” which we are told comes from the Greek word ex, or out of. Absurd as this seems, it ix easy to understand, Ex means out, from or away, the same word as the Latin ex; hence comes extra, Then comes the Latin extraneus, which means outside. The old French word, from this, estrange, means an outsider, but estrange gave us the word etranger by dropping the s and stranger by dropping the e, After this serious example we shall not be surprised at the old joke that derived the town name “Middletown,” from “Moses,” by dropping the “iddle- town" and adding “oses.”"—St. Nich- olas. Witen: Gaineds akties: eee ‘The human soul is so made that green is one of its most delectable aesthetic experiences. The color 1s not exciting, like red, nor stimulating, like yellow, nor exalting and inspiring. like Dive: It fs simply soothing, aatistying, reviving, delicious. It is the human color. If there be planets on whose surface green is a color as rare as is biue on ours, our race would speedily langutsh and die out there. But I speak, of course, of the perfect green, the green of English lawns. 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Try marriage, and if the prospect is not bright for permanency break it off in the absence of offspring, and you will suffer no great degree of public condemnation. If the experiment proves successful, the bonds may be continued for an indefinite period. This rather striking view of matrilony is taken by Mrs. Elsie Clews Parsons, wife of Representative Herbert Parsons, chairman of the Republican county committee, and daughter of Henry Clews, banker, in a book entitled "The Family," says the New York Herald. No more radical declaration from the pen of an author relating to matrilony has been published. Mrs. Parsons favors the abolition of all laws preventing recurrence of matrimonial ventures and believes that remarriage should be encouraged. One of the most pointed paragraphs in the coming book reads: "It would, therefore, seem well from this point of view to encourage early trial marriages, the relation to be entered into with a view to permanency, but with the privilege of breaking it if proved unsuccessful and, in the absence of offspring, without suffering any great degree of public condemnation." Mrs. Parsons is a doctor of philosophy and lectured for several years on sociology in Barnard college. Her book is really a lecture to elementary students in sociology and is intended to enlighten those who pursue a study of sociological problems. It is a fearless treatise of a question at which the author believes timorous dilettanti will look askance, but she recommends the idea nevertheless to home reading circles which are attended by young women of college age. "The dogma that marriage is an unquestionable sacrament," the author declares, "and the dictum that it is merely a survival of a past form of property holding are both shams." She further states: "If individualism and altruism are to be reconciled in the view that child bearing and rearing are the most important of all social services the desirability of change in many social relations in and out of the family will have to be frankly faced and, if necessary, new adaptations must be welcomed. Might it not be well to embody in marriage licenses data about the personal health and character of the bride and groom, likewise a certificate of the bride's previous training in child care? "Such a record would be a partial proof of the matrimonial eligibility or noneligibility of the license holder. A favorable record would entitle the holder to a place upon the matrimonial white list. In all civilizations divorce is increasing. A large majority of divorces are obtained by women. Legal causes for divorce tend to multiply." Mrs. Parsous, intending "The Family" as a text book for students in colleges, declares that "inquiry, preaching, and, for that matter, contempt breeding knowledge are dangerous debriaching up possible outlets for a stream of progressive and inspiring moral theory." Mrs. Parsons believes that successful child rearing is an important service to society. After showing that men and women bent upon marriage in the past gave no thought to society's welfare the author says that she perceives a changing tendency in modern times. "There are signs already," she announces, "of the spread of the idea that the individual is bound to consider the effects upon society of his or her marriage. Individuals tainted by epilepsy, insanity, inebriity, deaf-mutism, etc., are thought by many to be morally guilty if they marry. "There is a growing realization of the cost to the state of reproduction by its diseased or vicious subjects and a growing inclination to prevent these classes from reproducing themselves "If the biological knowledge of the future throws more light upon the present day mysteries of heredity—demonstrating the disastrous results of the making of those handicapped by minor as well as by more fragrant taints or lacks—the social obligations in marriage will be held more and more considerable. The social demand for the possession of progressive traits, physical, moral and mental, as well as lack of disease on the part of child bearers and begetters, will exert more and more pressure upon the individual. Eugenics, as Professor Galton suggests, will become a religious dogma. "The relation between married persons should be that best fitting them for their task of parenthood. It should be one allowing for a full development of their natures, for all their capabilities should be taxed in their roll of parenthood. It is unfortunate that in the emancipation of woman agitation of the past half century the reformers failed to emphasize the social as adequately as the individual need of change. "Duration of marriage in the lifetim* of the married persons seems, to *e* great extent, to be dependent upon its form. Where monogamy prevails it is often accompanied by forms of promiscuity or by readily obtained divorce. Polygamy satisfies, to a certain extent, the desire for variety to which translency of relationship is often due. "In this connection Sir John Lubbock makes an enlightening distinction between lax and brittle marriage. Where an enduring form of marriage is prescribed marriage tends to be lax -i.e., polygamous or accomplished by promiscuity. Where separation is more or less optional it tends to be brittle. "Incidentally let us note here, in illustration of the brittle marriage, so called time and trial marriages. In time marriages a contract for marriage for a stated time is made. The time may be for a fixed number of days daring the week (part time marriage)—this is a lax rather than a brittle arrangement—or for a stated continuous period. (Term marriage, hand fasting.) At the end of the stated period the relation may or may not be made permanent. * * * Trial marriage is a variety of time marriage, it being distinctly agreed that the relationship may be dissolved at any time." Besides advocating radical departures in the manner of contracting matrimonial bonds, Mrs. Parsons pleads for greater facility in severing them. Provision should be made by law for those couples who separate because of the expiration of a time or trial marriage. To this end is favored the abolition of all laws forbidding the remarriage of divorced persons or those who have parted by mutual agreement. The voice of popular protest has been quickly aroused against the doctrine of trial marriage as set forth in Mrs. Herbert Parsons' book, "The Family." Here and there only a voice was raised in favor of trial marriage as being a solution of the divorce problem. The Rev. Morgan Dix, rector of Trinity church, in New York, was outspoken against trial marriage. He called it "abominable" and "an imposition on civilized society." "The doctrines set forth by Mrs. Parsons," he said, "are simply outrageous. This idea, if carried out, would place civilized men and women in the same position as animals, contracting for a short time and separating at will to form new alliances and leaving the children to be nobody's children and to be cared for by the state. This would be barbarism. It reverts back of man to the beast. "The proposition to reduce the number of children and keep down the progeny of married couples is also most offensive and is a menace to morality and the stability of society. I consider Mrs. Parsons' theories outrageous and will attack them with all the force in me." The Rev. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst of New York said he felt very much alarmed because a woman of education and social position should have taken it upon herself to assist in knocking down the bars that are falling fast enough as it is. "The family is the foundation of all our social, religious and political institutions," said Dr. Parkhurst. "The home is the unit. Anything which tends to disintegrate the home, which tends to break the vital bonds of marriage, is wholly bad. If you shake a foundation stone, you may not bring about the collapse of the building, but many cracks will appear in the walls. "As to Mrs. Parsons' views on the remarriage of divorced persons, I can say I am partly in sympathy with her. I believe that where a woman has been divorced from an erring husband she should not be punished by being forced to remain single. But further than that I cannot go. "The modern stage, the modern novel and other indications of the popular thought show there are many persons who are awaiting an excuse to break the conventions that society has found necessary to impose. Anything that will countenance or appear to countenance a rupture of these conventions is bound to be selzed upon by some of these persons to their undoing. Such a book as Mrs. Parsons has written, coming from an authoritative source, is likely to become an instrument of evil in the manner I have indicated." "That the ideas set forth in 'The Family,' by Mrs. Elsie Clews Parsons, are acceptable to the members of the women's clubs of New York or other cities of the United States must be set aside as false," said Mrs. Dore Lyon, honorary president of the City Federation of Women's Clubs. "So far from that being the case, it is true that the entire club world has striven to build up the status of woman throughout the country, and this idea would mean the tearing down of all we have accomplished in that direction. The woman, in clubs, married or single, realizes, as perhaps few others do, the inherent necessity of the sacredness of the marriage tie and has fought for it and will go on fighting for it. What is this idea save an advocacy of the most unbridled license? It is not only immoral, but almost indecent, to say nothing of being widely impracticable." Mrs. Josefa Osborn of New York said: "Trial marriages would probably result in no more separations than we have now, and if such separation could be effected quietly and without public scandal I believe it would be a very good thing for society." Rev. R. Heber Newton of New York said: "The recommendation of trial marriage is the kind of suggestion that may be expected from a person of academic mind who knows little of real life. It is a suggestion that cannot be entertained for a moment by one who knows the world as it is. It would be the legalization of libertinism. We should have an unholy estate of matrimony, limited. The standing of the authoress alone makes the suggestion worthy of comment. In itself it deserves none." When hunting for trouble kick somebody's also retriever. Don't try to be the biggest fool in the world. Competition is too great. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA J. H. H. THE TI DUK DEVIL CA By HARRIS Author of "The Black In the story Mr. Dickson pic THE TITLE IS DUKE OF DEVIL-MAY- CARE By HARRIS DICKSON Author of "The Black Wolf's Breed," Etc. In the story Mr. Dickson pictures vividly the life of the southern plantation and the southern cities. He carries his readers with him from the Mississippi river steamer to the plantation homes, to Vicksburg, to New Orleans; from scenes of the most ardent wooing to the most exciting adventure. It is the kind of a story all will read and enjoy. We ask every one of our readers to read this exceptional story. It Will Begin in Our Next Issue. WIDOW MAKES TRIP FILLED WITH PERIL Attacked by Wolves, Escapes Drowning and Sinks to Armpits in a Bog. Carver, Ont.—To determine the accuracy of the particulars furnished her of the death of W. K. Hemstreet, a Chicago sportsman, while on a fishing expedition, 150 miles north of here, Mrs. Margaret Hemstreet, the young widow, made a journey to the scene of the accident. On the trip to the interior there were few incidents to vary the monotony, but the return journey was fraught with accident and excitement. Camp had been made one night in a rocky ravine, and close to a stream, when one of the guides was aroused at 11 o'clock by the cry of a wolf. The call was presently answered by another and another, until a whole pack appeared to be sweeping down upon the camp. There was just time A She Swung Herself Into a Low-Limbed Spruce. to awaken the party when a yearling deer leaped across the brook, dashed by the tent and disappeared in the forest. The next instant the pursuing wolves came to a stand directly in front of the camp. For a moment they hesitated, and then they rushed upon the campers in a wild, furious, howling avalanche. Everyone quickly sought a tree, the guides cutting loose with their repeating rifles while backing into the timber and covering their charges. The guides feared that in this strait Mrs. Hemstreet might lose her nerve, but she was admittedly much cooler than her uncle and assisted him before she swung herself into a low-limbed spruce. The party was kept treed until sunup, when the wolves withdrew, after killing the ponies, tearing the tent to ribbons and devouring all the edibles except some canned goods. The following day one of the canoes which had been picked up 13 days out on the return trip sprang a leak crossing a lake, and had it not been for the young woman's presence of mind would have sunk. She was sitting in the prow when she heard the guide utter an exclamation, and turned to see water entering through a A Romance of the South A Romance of the South We have arranged to give our readers an unusual literary treat in the way of a new serial story; one that is filled with heart interest in every line; a pretty southern romance with all the ardor of the wooing of a southern gentleman and the constancy of a southern girl. TITLE IS E OF -MAY- RE S DICKSON Book Wolf's Breed," Etc. ictures vividly the life of the ```markdown ``` There was no time to close the abrasion with pitch and bark, but Mrs. Hemstreet was equal to the emergency. She placed a bare hand over the leak, pressed down with all her might, and although the water was so cold that her arm was soon numb to the shoulder, she prevented further leakage until the guide had paddled a mile and a half to land. Mrs. Hemstreet nearly lost her life by sinking to her armpits in a bog, where she was held for hours before discovered. She had gone out hunting alone. REMARKABLE HEN PLAYS PIANO. Learns to Operate Instrument by Watching Girl. Elkton, Md.—In a poultry yard near here is a hen that is considered to be a freak. She can play the piano. It all happened when the hen flew into the parlor of the farmhouse and landed on the ivory keys of the instrument which, of course, gave forth a few discordant notes. At first the chicken was greatly astonished, but in a little while she grew accustomed to the sounds and liked the effect." It then became a common thing for the hen to perch on the window while the daughter of the house was taking her lessons and intently listen to the music. By and by the fowl tried a few notes herself and finally, to the surprise of all, she run the scale. That settled it. The hen, called Bache, started out on an artistic career, and to say that she has succeeded puts it mildly. She is really wonderful. In the heavier compositions she is a failure, but in the lighter works, and especially in sprightly alrs, she surpasses. Her range, of course, must be limited by the width of her claws, but even this handicap is partly overcome by the clever use of her wings in jumping from one octave to another. Bishop Knew Human Nature It is told of Bishop Aylmer that when he observed his congregation inattentive, he would repeat some verses of the Hebrew Bible, at which the people naturally stared with astonishment. He then addressed them on the folly of eagerly listening to what they did not understand, while they neglected instruction which was readily comprehended. "See here, Mr. Popper, I've told you 'no' for the last time," said the fair maid, severely. "Hurrah!" ejaculated the persistent suitor. "Have you any books on fishing?" asked the man, entering the book store. "Why, yes," replied the wise clerk; "here's a very good work called 'The Lliars' Companion!'"—Yonkers Statesman "Where are you going, my pretty maid?" "I'm goin a-fishing, kind sir," she said. "May I go with you, my pretty maid?" "I don't fish with clams, kind sir," she said. "Chicago, Tetune" hole. The Last No. Yet Once Again. 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Its members are pledged to exhibit Fidelity, exercise Harmony and prove Love one for the other. It pays an endowment and burial benefit of $150.00. It pays $3.00 per week sick dues. The only expense for regalia is the cost of the badge, 50 cents and a rosette, costing 25 cents for funeral occasions. THE BANDS OF CALANTHE or Children's Department also constitutes a feature and persons cannot do better than to enter the little ones into this mystic circle. The expense is nominal and the benefits all that could be expected. It pays from $1.00 to $1.50 sick dues and death benefits of from $30.09 to $40.00. If you have no Pythian Lodge or Court or Band in your neighborhood, orgruize one. For all information concerning special rates of membership in the lodges and courts, address Eucalyptus cigars which leave clean taste in mouth. Rocking chair for baldheaded man with swinging tassels to keep off flies. Device whereby wife may lower key from window to belated husband below. 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My own is white, too, lying beside it, But there's a trace of horn In the inner pain—work's mark. Dost see He hurt me. At hearing of the hundred guises My busy hand has worn? Here is for jewelling and gloving, Innocent of all price; Mine has the strength of striving in it— While on it it weighs twice. In the world's affairs, for gentle color And unspoiled energies. —Mildred L. McNeal Sweeney, in Success Magazine. STRAUS' SPECIAL Old Yacht Club, PURE WHISKEY Will Satisfy the lover of the right kind of stimulant. Special prices. We have all grades of good liquors, Cigars and Tobacco. Call and see us. ISAAC STRAUS & CO., 422 E. Broad St., Richmond, Virginia. GEORGE O. BROWN, Fine Photographs. True to Life. High-class service. Latest Improvements in Photographs to Outdoor Work executed. Reasonable Rate from Old photographs or Photographs. 3-mm Department address, Mrs. ANNA TAYLOR, W. M.. 120 W. Hill St., Richmond, Va. s of JOHN MITCHELL, JR.. 311 N. 4th St., Richmond, Va. 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THE PEOPLE'S REAL ESTATE AND A woman may be a votary even if she can't vote. The man never disappointed in love may yet regret it. No man's hunger is satisfied by eating his own words. If most men were soldiers, they'd wear fatigue uniforms. A diamond is ornamental, but a building stone does more good. Whiskey and love don't mix, but they are seldom convinced of it until after marriage. Many a man puts up a bluff, only to fall over it. Silence is sometimes golden, and sometimes ironical. It's all right to aim high, but don't stub your toe doing it. Too many people mistake polite applause for an encore. If you would always be sure of an audience, abuse somebody. Death never stops to consider that a man may be too busy to die. Speaking of office holders, few die and all are too patriotic to resign. The married man always has a profound respect for his wife's husband. Having no money, a fellow doesn't have to bother about saving any of it. The average man feels that nature intended him for a better job than he got. SOME GEORGIA SENTIMENTS. When the worst comes it's comforting to think it isn't waiting for us two miles up the road. Be like the lightning, get there quick, and do the work, and leave the thunder to growl about it. ots of P N.A.S.A.E.A.A.AND A. Organization is one of the most powerful has been phenomenal. The Grand Court all of the cities and counties is intended to organize a new lodge. The longest features, but the principles are based on Friendship, based on Charity, the respectable, upright people of their heartiest support. An endowment and burial benefit of $20 per week sick dues. The badge of gallia. For information concerning Courts of Calantia. In the Order. It requires a member court. Its members are pledged and prove Love one for the other. Benefit of $150.00. It pays $3.00 per regalia the cost of the badge, 50 funeral occasions. 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COMMUNICATIONS.—When writing to us to renew your subscription or to discontinue your report, you should give your name and address in full information we cannot find your name on our books. CHANGE OF ADDRESS.—In order to change the address of a subscriber, we must be sent the former as well as the present address. Entered at the Post-Office at Richmond, Va. second-class matter. The reports from Brownsville show that the white citizens there were angels and the Negro soldiers dovils incarnate. A "round robin" is a document that it is impossible to tell who signs signed in a circle in such a manner first and it conceals the identity of the leaders of the movement in the event that an attempt was made to punish them for sentiments contained in the document. It was alleged that Col. Theodore Roosevelt, while in Cuba, with his brother officers became dissatisfied and signed a "round robin" containing sentiments which if rigidly construed would have caused the leaders to have been court-martialed. If we mistake not, Gen. Shafter now deceased took no official notice of it and the matter ended there. The question is, if he approved of such a method of shielding the leaders in this movement, why should he be so radical and merciless in dealing with the leaders of the outrage at Brownsville, Texas? The absurdity of the present "Jim Crow" car law is well illustrated by the following telegraphic dispatch: Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 25.—Chief of Police Chambers, of Merion, near here, declares that next time he goes South to bring a colored prisoner back he will walk with him all the way. The chief went to Richmond last week to bring back George and Maria Clark, colored, arrested for stealing. All went well until he attempted to board the train when the white passengers objected in front facing his prisoners into the regular coach. He then turned to the Jim Crow car, but the Negroes there objected to the chief himself entering. A big Negro came to his assistance and persuaded the rest of the colored passengers to allow Jim to ride with them. The conductor suggested that the chief and his prisoners ride in the baggage car but he declared he had paid for a first-class passage and intended to get it. Race prejudice has always been a handicap to every country practicing it. America is not an exception and there are many sheriffs who feel as does Chief of Police Chambers of Merion, Pa. TILLMAN RAPS PRESIDENT. The Richmond, Va. Times-Dispatch publishes a communication in its issue of November 28th, from a colored man, signing himself "H." sustaining and approving the dismissal of a whole battalion of colored troops, confessedly innocent and barring them forever from hold ing public office or re-enlisting in the army because a few of them are allege to have shot up the town of Brownsville. It seems to us that the name should have been signed, for this colored man is really a curiosity. His kind are as scarcе about here as are sora after the first frost. The white man's law has always opposed the punishment of the innocent for the guilty. Even Senator B. R. Tillman in his most interesting harangue at Chicago, Ill. last Tuesday night is quoted as follows: "In conclusion, Senator Tillman said: "Now, as a general illustration of the injustice that is sometimes done, President Roosevelt discharged three companies of colored soldiers without a court-martial, and in doing this he punished innocent men for the crime of a few. In doing this he transcended the authority of the law, and he ought not to have done it."' So it seems that while we have lost the Negro "H", we have gained the white man Tillman. If this notated South Carolina Senator has been frank enough to admit these truths and throw the weight of his influence on the side of right, we can afford to lose the much-appreciated support of a southern publication that has at times been as fair to us as it is unfair towards us in this most interesting discussion. WILL HE DO IT? President Roosevelt may have no racist prejudice himself, but he is now surrounded by a coterie of busy bodies, who are furnishing him with a full supply of the virus that brings about a most malignant attack of Negro-phobia. After noting the attitude of President Roosevelt on the question of Negro troops, we feel like saying, "Let Ephraim alone; he is joined to his idols." The Washington, D. C. Post in its issue of Tuesday, November 27th, 1906 says: The subject above all others which interests the public at this time, so far as the President is concerned, is the decision he will finally make in the discharge of the colored troops of the Twenty-afth Infantry. Rarely has any notion by the Chief Executive attracted and held such widespread attention. The reason for it is found, of course, in the question that lies behind the mere Executive attitude toward colored soldiers—the deeper question as to whether the President will have the courage to rescind his order if upon further inquiry he discovers that injustice has been done. The public is unable to pass judgment upon the order dismissing the troops, for the reason that it is in possession of all the facts in the case. But, proceeding with the facts at hand, the public has assumed, rightly or wrongly, that the moral courage of the President is about to be put to the test. Did he exceed his authority when he ordered that the soldiers should be "forever" debarred from employment under the government. Do the facts show that the order was given hastily and that it works injustice to innocent men? If so, will the President rescind the order? These questions are being asked throughout the length and breadth of the Union. The Post has stated the whole case "in a nut-shell." Regardless of the result of the investigation, the answer must be in the affirmative. If we grant every contention made by the War Department and the citizens of Brownsville, Texas so far as the facts are concerned, it must be admitted by all fair-minded people that neither the President of the United States nor the Congress of the United States has the power to punish either a civilian or a soldier for an alleged criminal offense without due process of law. It is now and has always been repugnant to free institutions in all civilized governments to punish the innocent with the guilty. English jurisprudence stands pre-eminent in this respect and the basic principle of it is that "better ninety-nine guilty men should escape than that one innocent man should be punished." Coupled with this is the foundation stone of all legal procedure as handed down by Blackstone with the cordial approval of the world's greatest jurists who have "gone on before.: "Every man is presumed innocent, until he is proven guilty." He cannot therefore be proven legally guilty until he has been convicted by due process of law. These are the facts confronting the War Department and one of the greatest leaders the world has ever known. If the latter can rise to the dignity of the occasion and meet the issue as stated by the Washington Post, it will demonstrate that he has indeed the true elements of the statesman for, he "who conquereth himself is greater than he who taketh a city." SENATOR TILLMAN'S VAPOR INGS. Senator B. R. Tillman of South Carolina is being paid by certain northern organizations to abuse the Negro and he is doing it. He is reported to afford as much amusement to the average white man as does a clown in a circus. He does not frighten Republican politicians THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND. VIRGINIA any more, but he puts the Democrat lie ones on the defensive. He was scheduled to speak in Chicago and as a result the colored people protested. While not so effective as was the effort in Philadelphia against Mr. Thomas Dixon, Jr.'s "Clansman," nevertheless, it has caused Mayor Dunne, who was scheduled to preside at the meeting to decline the "honor." The lecture is to be given for the benefit of a hospital and the indications are that it will have a tendency to benefit it both financially and in the matter of an increase in patients unless the police are unusually active. Senator Tillman was asked to change his subject, but he indignantly declined to do so. He spoke at South Haven, Michigan last Saturday night and some of his choice quotations with reference to a race of people, whose best friend, he claims to be as follows: "He started out with an attack on the colored race in the South, and kept it up for an hour and a half, incidentally taking the Republican party to task as being responsible in a measure for the race question. Referring to the Negroes in the South he said most of them were by nature liars, and all would steal." With some of his associates being openly charged with being liars and dozens of others guilty of embezzling from several thousand to several millions of dollars the effrontery of Senator Tillman's remarks is evident and his statements to say the least interesting. It reminds us of a story told on a man, who after hearing a snake story, announced that he knew it to be a lie for the reason that, "he was something of a liar himself." It should not be forgotten that the Negroes of the country have been under the white man's instructions for over 250 years and the greater part of this instruction has been given by men of the Tillman stripe. If they are thieves and liars, they have learned the lessons well and it cannot be much to the credit of their instructors for them to go around the country telling everybody about it. But are all Negroes liars and thieves, because some of them lie and steal a little any more than all white men (including Senator Tillman), are liars and thieves because some of them lie and steal a great deal? The question answers itself. He continued: "The younger element of Negroes are being taught that they are equal to the white man and have equal rights, and are at this time endeavoring to get these rights, led by Booker T. Washington, a half breed, who is seeking a political position,' he continued." The younger Negroes are taught that man in his primitive state under exactly the same environment, and hemmed about by exactly the same conditions is the equal of any other man. This is the basic principle of this republic, engrafted as it is in the Declaration of Independence and unquestioned in the average republic. If it is a mistake, criticise Thomas Jefferson, whose democracy Senator Tillman and his party profess to emulate and follow. It may be that Dr. Booker T. Washington is seeking political office, and if he is, he is one of the most remarkable characters now before the American public. He has a life-time job paying him a comfortable salary and he has been guaranteed against want by that Prince of philanthropists," Andrew Carnegie. This brings us back to our story previously told and If Senator Tillman is correctly quoted he might have added to his concluding sentence concerning Dr. Washington, "and I am something of a liar myself." But we will not say this, Senator Tillman was talking for money, and he was certainly mistaken with reference to the distinguished presiding genius of Tuskegee Institute at Tuskegee, Alabama. Senator Tillman may not have told the whole truth when he said: "History has no record of Negro rule. The situation is grave and calls for wisdom and all manner of statesmanship." The self-evident part of the matter is that men of the Senator's calibre and disposition have neither the wisdom nor the statesmanship to deal with such a question or to handle such a problem. In such cases they would do well to leave the entire subject alone and refer its discussion to men abier and more far seeing than they seem to be. Then comes a statement as to Senator Tillman's beliefs, just as though they amounted to anything. He said: "If we had our say the Negro could never vote. I believe that God made the white man out of better clay than that which the Negro was made from, and so long as the whites have made the progress they have in the thousand years we don't need another race to help us at this time." He continued: "In some of the States the Negro holds the vote in control. In West Virginia, the wealthy mine owners have imported enough colored men to give a Republican majority, while in Delaware, Gas Addicks has done the same thing. In Chicago the Republicans needed the Negro vote to elect their whole ticket, so a Nigger was nominated for judge and elected and then they counted him out." Granting that they did, it emphasizes the fact that white men of the Tillman stripe steal with as much facility in Illinois as they do in South Carolina and we do not see that it is anything to their credit in either of the states specified. He continued: "In South Carolina, the Republicans are rotten. Those who go to national conventions when there is a fight on, come back well heeled with money, while post office positions are sold, and the State is as bad as a province in Russia." A buzzard is best able to tell about carrion and on this account, we presume that Senator Tillman is right with reference to the Republican Party in his own state. One thing we know and that is that at one time it was sound and if he and his Ku Klux Klans have amputated all of the sound flesh with the shot gun, the hang-man's noose and the burning stake, it does not become him to read essays upon the reeking carcass that they have left behind. There have been charges though from: men of his own party that the political machine with which he affiliates is as nauseating and as corrupt as any of those included in his northern condemnation. In all of this discussion, we can afford to be fair. Politics is politics and it has its handicaps and its disgusting characteristics as much in some portions of the North as it has in all portions of the South. The Senator said: "Republicanism means Negro equality, while the Democratic party means that the white man is supreme. That is why we Southerners are all Democrats. We admit that low white men of the South do marry Negro women, but I am not able to find the marriage of a single white woman to a Negro man." Hon. William J. Bryan does not give any such definition of Democracy as that enunciated by Senator Tillman and he is high authority up on that subject. Ex-President Cleveland does not give such a definition of Democracy and he is high authority upon that subject. Mayor Mc Clellan of New York does not give such a definition of Democracy and he is high authority upon that subject; and Hon. W. Randolph Hearst of New York does not give such a definition of Democracy and he is high authority upon that subject. With the pace Senator Tillman is making, it will soon be in order for him to have "a little hell of his own." Senator Tillman admits that low white men marry Negro women, but is gloomily silent with reference to the high white ones who live clandestinely with them. He states that he has been unable to find the marriage of a single white woman to a Negro man. There was one in the Virginia penitentiary. All of the others, like a crow take their provisions with them and "strike a bee line for the North." If they did not do this, they would spend their honeymoon either in heaven or in the penitentiary. Senator Tillman declared that the question of voting will in the long run be settled by the shot gun. He might have remarked that the country will then be in the throes of a revolution and that the Negro will not then be the bone of contention. White men against white, men, labor against capital, socialism against the plutocracy, anarchy against the people and not the annihilation of a weaker race by a strong er one as this sion of a debased stock hopes. But why worry about Senator Tillman? The undertaker is waiting to embalm him and the grave years to be opened to receive him. All ages have had their amusing characters, who lived in their day and time and who died and were forgotten. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S PRE DICAMENT. It is difficult for a person at all conversant with the law to understand President Roosevelt's position and motives in dismissing from the United States army Companies B, C and D of the Twenty-fifth Infantry. It is even more embarrassing to his admirers to explain how he can make his actions conform to his platitudes on "a square deal." When it is remembered that the offense charged was not committed by the companies as such, but by individual members of some of them, even if the allegations are believed, his positior is all the more indefensible. It would not have been any more unreasonable than would have been the action of a Texas mob in taking any ten or twelve of these men and hanging them in a spirit of retaliation for the alleged injury to the citizens of Brownsville. The truly remarkable part of this discreditable business is President Roosevelt's open declaration that he will presume that all of the members of the battalion were guilty until they prove themselves innocent. For fear that some of our readers have not followed closely the trend of events, we shall prove our case, so to speak. Here is the exact language used by the President in dismissing the colored troops from the service. "In making this recommendation, I recognize the fact that a number of men, who have no direct knowledge as to the identity of the men of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, who actually fired the shots on the night of the 13th of August, 1906 will incur this extreme penalty." This language will follow President Roosevelt to his grave and it will also prove the mill-stone about the neck of the War Department that will sooner or later sink the present managers of it into oblivion. We do not know of any greater penalty that President Roosevelt and the War Department could have visited upon these confessedly innocent men of the Twenty-fifth Infantry. They did the worst they could and the presumption is that hail either of them the power they would have ordered the whole battalion shot to death or they would have condemned the members of it to life imprisonment If Mr. Roosevelt will consult his Attorney General, he will soon find out that it is not the business of either a citizen or a soldier to prove himself innocent of an alleged offense. It is the business of his accusers to prove him guilty. He will find also that no man can be compelled to confess to the commission of an offense and that he cannot be compelled to be a witness against himself. Yet, because he has the power, this is exactly what President Roosevelt is attempting to do. It will be seen that no matter how helmous may be the offense, it will not in any measure mitigate or justify the sentence in the cases of the men whom he declares to be innocent. This action of President Roosevelt and the War Department is on a plane with the brutal atrocities of the Middle Ages, when whole cities were punished for the alleged offenses of the guilty. The offense of these distinguished gentlemen does not stop there for they peremptorially refused to grant even a stay for a re-hearing and they bid the executioner to go ahead with his job and suavely announced that although the victims were innocent, arguments in their cases would be heard after the sentence had been carried out. We have often heard lawyers joke about an attorney who submitted a motion for a new trial of his client on the ground of "after-discovered evidence" ten days after his client had been hanged, but we never had such a practical demonstration of it as is afforded by this remarkable exhibition by the distinguished occupant of the White House. There is another phase of this situation which has been no doubt lost sight of by some. White troops are reported to have been ordered from San Antonio, Texas, armed with ball cartridges to shoot down the disarmed members of Companies B, C and D. of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, provided the slightest excuse for so doing should arise in the premises. The telegraphic dispatches tell the story though that the colored troops were well behaved. They were well-behaved on the night of the 13th of August for they were found in their barracks and every rifle was reported to be in its place. The commander states that the impression at the time prevailed that the firing was by the inhabitants of the town of Brownsville and that an attack was about to be made on the fort. While it is a fact that the lips of these soldiers concerned in this escape must be sealed for their own protection, no one who knows a Texan is going to believe that in a "gun-play," all of the firing was on one side or that only soldiers were to blame. And yet in the face of all of this President Roosevelt, the "archangel" of a "square deal," being on earth what the Angel Gabriel is sup posed to be in heaven, so far as right, truth and justice are concerned in reply to an application for a stay coolly cables by way of one of his subordinates: ***he declines to suspend the discharge unless there are new facts of such importance as to warrant cabling him. He states that the action was taken after due deliberation and that the only matter to which he can pay heed is the presentation of facts showing the official reports to be in whole or in part untrue, or clearly excupulating some individual. If any such facts later appear he can act as he deems advisable, but thus far nothing has been introduced to warrant the suspension of the order, and he directs that it be executed." These words accredited to President Roosevelt or cabled by his authority will tend to discredit him in the eyes of the civilized world. His own Secretary of War, William H. Taft, being a jurist had already suspended the order upon the application made to him by influential citizens of this republic—he had postponed the "execution," so to speak and yet President Roosevelt directs that the punishment be proceeded with and he would hear argument "one week after the prisoner had been hanged." Was there ever a more absurd position for a Chief Executive of a nation to oc A CHANCE FOR THE COLORED PEOPLE!! TO ARISE IN ALL PARTS OF AMERICA. Archbishop JUSTU Who is Now Forming and Creating a Members of the Negro Race for the Helpless WILL ADDRESS THE COLOR From 2111 W. Columbia BEGINNING NOV. 6 If any man or woman of the this great hero of the race, knowledge and understanding a whole life time, for he is f Archbishop has made ample seven hundred thousand (700,000 of the whole Negro Race to be u syndicate, and every one who bring some money with them, a never before come to the colored offered them to take advantage seized upon by each and every or 50 cents each. Each address will appear en of Life Magazine; copies of it REV. SAM MOSES REDMON, Agent. P. S. All members of the Negro race are cate. Any who will, can get thorough Company in the October number of the cents, or if 25 cents is sent to the Home Cia Ave., Philadelphia, Pa., one of the C exchange for 25 cents. The receivers of vocate the contents of the Bonds, or act a for a term of five years. This is a good young women of the Negro race, who s five years employment at a good salary. Archbishop JUSTUS J. EVANS, D. G. Who is Now Forming and Creating a Pure, Godly Syndicate out of True Members of the Negro Race for the Purpose of Delivering the Helpless from Evil WILL ADDRESS THE COLORED PEOPLE OF AMERICA. If any man or woman of the Negro Race misses hearing this great hero of the race, they will miss a fortune of knowledge and understanding which is hard to gain in a whole life time, for he is full of sound wisdom. And the Archbishop has made ample provision and room for over seven hundred thousand (700,000) of the best men and women of the whole Negro Race to be united together in this great syndicate, and every, one who comes to hear him should bring some money with them, as such opportunities as have never before come to the colored people in America, will be offered them to take advantage of at that time, which can be seized upon by each and every person present for at least 25 or 50 cents each. Each address will appear each week in the True Light of Life Magazine; copies of it can be had for 10 cents each. REV. SAMUEL HORMAN, Secretary. MOSES REDMON, Agent. P. S. All members of the Negro race are invited to take stock in this great Syndicate. Any who will, can get thorough understanding of the basis of the great Company in the October number of the True Light of Life Magazine for to cents, or if 25 cents is sent to the Home Office of the Syndicate, No. 2111 Columbia Ave., Philadelphia, Pa., one of the Company's Trust Bonds will be sent in exchange for 25 cents. The receivers of a copy of the Bonds are at liberty to advocate the contents of the Bonds, or act as agents for them, or for the Company for a term of five years. This is a good chance for energetic young men and young women of the Negro race, who send and get a copy of the Bonds to get five years employment at a good salary. Trustworthy agents wanted everywhere. We call your attention again to the fact that Prés. Roosevelt and the War Department have jointly punished not only troops confessedly innocent but also 3 companies confessedly innocent. This action on his part could only have been taken where the companies had committed offenses while under orders and under direct command of their officers. There was no mutiny. It is conceded that out of over two hundred men, every one of them were in their barracks with the exception of eight or ten of them and there is no evidence so far as the records of the companies and the records of the battalion show that even these men were absent for they were present at roll-call and their rifles showed no signs of having been fired. We know the power of the President. We know too that in a contention with the colored soldiers on the one side and the War Department on the other that justice may be denied them, but all battles were not won in a day and all demands for fair-play have not been secured in a year. But we do know that God reigns and that above even Theodore Roosevelt there is an unseen power that guides and directs the affairs of men. The battle scarred veterans who faced Spanish bullets at El Caney and who braved the horrors of San Juan will find white friends throughout this country, both North and South, who will make an appeal for them. We regret that some of the older men have gone on before for we verily believe that in this crucial period now confronting their black comrades in arms, the shrill voice of General Joe Wheeler of Georgia and the musical utterances of General Fitzhugh Lee of Virginia would have been heard in their behalf were not their forms now lying cold and stiff in death. They were nature's gentlemen and nowhere during all of their careers have we any evidence of where they ever wronged a soldier or murdered a citizen. Col. Theodore Roosevelt sees things in a different light but even now it seems to us that we have a recollection of his having signed, what is facetiously called a "round robin" while in Cuba, protesting against the action of his superior officers and this mode and method of protest was to shield and protect the leaders of the movement from punishment. Would Theodore Roosevelt, the soldier have "peached" on his brother officers, had he been commanded so to do? Would he have betrayed them, if he had been threatened with dismissal from the service without honor? If he would not, why should he have expected of others, that which he would not do himself? If he did not sign this "round robin," let him say so. If he did sign it, let him square his actions then with his performances now. Colored men, it is all in God's hands, "His will be done, not ours." "But right shall conquer at the last, As round and round we run, And ever the wrong is proved to be wrong, And ever is justice done." We must continue to agitate. It will do good eventually even if it seems to do harm now. THOMPSON—Mrs. Kate Thompson who was bor in Fredericksburg, Va., died Nov. 24th, 1906 in Henrico Co. Va., Age 97 years. She leaves three children; two sons and one daughter: Henry E. White of New York, Logan White of Richmond, Mrs. Irena Starkes of New Jersey. Funeral took place at New Bridge Church, Henrico Co., Va., Nov. 27th, 1906 at 1 o'clock. Rev. John Fauntleroy officiated. New York papers please conv. JUS J. EVANS, D. G. A Pure, Godly Syndicate out of True for the Purpose of Delivering from Evil LLED PEOPLE OF AMERICA. Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 8th to 26th, 1906 Negro Race misses hearing they will miss a fortune of ing which is hard to gain in full of sound wisdom. And the provision and room for over oo) of the best men and women united together in this great comes to hear him should as such opportunities as have people in America, will be of at that time, which can be person present for at least 25 each week in the True Light can be had for 10 cents each. MUEL HORMAN, Secretary. invited to take stock in this great Syndi- understanding of the basis of the great True Light of Life Magazine for 10 office of the Syndicate, No. 2111 Colum- Company's Trust Bonds will be sent in a copy of the Bonds are at liberty to ad- agents for them, or for the Company chance for energetic young men and send and get a copy of the Bonds to get Trustworthy agents wanted everywhere. Humor and Philosophy By DUNCAN M. SMITH PERT PARAGRAPHS. A confidence man has what might be called a good working knowledge. An almless individual is often as injurious to the public weal as a woman throwing brickbats at a hen is to the scenery. People who live in flats have to keep the skeleton under the bed for lack of closet room. If you feel that you have to apologize, apologize for the mistake of the person that made it necessary to do so. Some people act as if they think that they ought to be applauded for simply drawing their breath. A switch in time often saves ninety-nine unpleasantnesses. Speak gently to the hired girl lest hunger be your lot. A good cook has a multitude of friends. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth or a man's religion in the pocketbook. Vanity is a shield that turns many a well meant shaft. With the Majority. It's nothing less than colly To be so wise, they say. But few of us, my masters. Are troubled much that way. We think if we are able The smallest words to spell And keep out of the foolish house We're doing pretty well. We have been told that wisdom is crying in the street. She must be cold and hungry And shy of things to eat. For meanwhile folly dances Around the festive board And feeds upon the very best The market can afford. You'll own its touchy business To know too much sometimes About the boss' failings And possibly his crimes. The way to keep him happy And make him happy Is to be dull and innocent And deaf and dumb and blind. There may be satisfaction For little Johnny Wise To have the tables And carry off the prize, But is he quite as happy As those who honors miss And show by their demeanor There may be satisfaction "Money makes the mare go." "Not this time." "What do you mean?" "It is what kept her from going." Civing Him the Worst of It. "I gave the lie to Jones this morning." "You don't seem to understand. I simply handed him the editorial page of tue Daily Blackguard." What She Expected. "What became of that pessimistic girl you used to go with?" "I married her." "Ah, then, her worst fears were realized." THE PLANET SATURDAY.....DEC. 1ST, 1906. MORGAN'S ART TEMPLE Features of the Financier's Costly Private Museum. TO HOLD PRICELESS TREASURES Collection of Mr. Morgan Said to Be Worth More Than $20,000,000—Rare Books, Rags and Tapestries Gathered From Ends of Earth—Wonders of the Museum. The finishing touch to the interior of J. Pierpont Morgan's private museum of art was given recently by the laying of $300,000 worth of oriental carpets in the various rooms, says the New York World. Although the artisans have ended their task, there is much to be done before the museum will be the remarkable thesaurus of art that its owner has designed. When its purpose is realized it will be the most costly and artistically valuable private assemblage in the world of rare books, paintings of the old and modern masters and antique manuscripts, tapestries and Scriptures. It is estimated by a friend familiar with Mr. Morgan's acquisitions during the last decade that his collection is worth more than $20,000,000. But many of these objects of art are still in the countries of Europe where they were purchased, and there they remain until the tariff laws are shaped more to Mr. Morgan's view. Meantime men are busy gathering from places within the duty lines the treasures that are to be stored in his museum valuits, bung upon its walls or set upon its pedestals. The building, which is a model of classic beauty, stands in East Thirty-sixth street, New York, a few yards across a lawn from the conservatory of Mr. Morgan's home, which is at the corner of Madison avenue. From his home to the museum Mr. Morgan is able to go in stormy weather without breathing the outer air. This is accomplished by an underground passage that leads from a staircase in the conservatory to the valuits that contain art treasures garnered from the ends of the earth. The vaults, made of steel, are in the basement, which extends the entire length of the building. The ceiling, arched with masonry, is of good height, and the great apartment, gloomy enough in a dim light, can be made cheerful as day by electric illumination. Here are stored portable objects too rare and of value too great to be left in the large open chambers overhead. They are kept within the closed vaults except when their owner wishes to have them brought out for the view of himself or friends. There is an original manuscript of the Persian poet Omar Khayyam. On shelves in one vault are parchments covered with the light, flowing strokes that denote the oldest Greek manuscripts. Several of them are earlier than the Christian era. There are Latin manuscripts of the various periods—Roman antique, Merovingian, Lombardian, Carlovian and Gothic, with its artificially pointed characters. A massive door swings, the lights are flashed, and the visitor beholds illuminated manuscripts that represent a fortune, Egyptian paper or screeds in the Byzantine styles. In other vaults are English or French parchments, with their delicate tints of blue and green; in still others, ancient writings of Italy and Spain, with initial letters that depict animals and flowers in bright colors and gold. One of the rarest manuscripts of the collection is Chinese. It is a thousand years old. There is no binding. Each sheet is detached. The writing is upon blue paper. The characters are white On some of the shelves stand weird figures carved in ivory, plain for the most part, but here and there one that is known to the Greek antiquarian as chryselephantine work. This is ivory overlaid with plates of gold. All along the walls the vanuats are ranged. On one side there are priceless treasures of paint and canvass, works of the old masters. Some of these are to be hung, but most of them will remain in their gloomy stronghold, to receive the light only when some favored eye would see. The main floor, the one entered from the street, as the great bronze doors open, has but one chamber on its east side. This is the library. It is stocked already with rare volumes, but there are thousands more to come from over seas, when the tariff is adjusted. At present the shelves, which are of bronze, rise only to a height of six feet on all sides of the room. It is Mr. Morgan's plan to increase the shelf capacity as the influx of books demands. All the volumes are behind glass. A Gobelin tapestry that cost $75,000 decorates one wall above the book shelves, and where the walls are not covered they show a delicate buff. The ceilings are of beautiful simplicity in blue and green. At the end of the foyer there is a room devoted to books that by collectors are regarded as some of the greatest prizes in the world. They are rarer and in other respects more valuable than those in the main library. Many books here are said to be worth as much as if each page were a ten dollar bill, and they have three, sometimes five hundred pages. Across the foyer, westward from the main library, a door opens to the red Foom. This is Mr. Morgan's sanctum. It derives its name from the walls, which are covered with embossed red satin. A portrait of Mr. Morgan's father hangs over a huge open fireplace. The room is furnished with antique chairs and tables set upon a Chinese carpet that cost $45,000. Humor and Philosophy By DUNCAN M. SMITH PERT PARAGRAPHS. A cheerful view of life is mightily promoted by a good digestion and something to digest. Most men propose because they somehow feel that it is expected of them. There are figures and figures, as any woman can explain in a jiffy. HURRY UP OR JILL GET MOTHER TO HELP When a nagging wife drives her husband to drink, he is usually a nag that is very willing to be driven. Here is the difference: Though pleasure is often work, work is just work. Some imaginations are so strong that the possessors have to wear ballast in their shoes to keep imagination from soaring off the earth with them. Superstition comes in to help bolster up the structure when common sense gives out. It is easy enough to originate a good idea, but the trouble comes in when you try to get thick headed people to indorse it. It costs two sets of nerves and all the money that a man and woman can find to raise a family. Reform seems to be needed everywhere except in our own intimate vicinity. A true patriot is a man who represses his genius and doesn't try to save his country. Playing With Fire. If you feel that an injustice Has been done you, brother, dear, Do not jump into a lawsuit, But the law does not make that clear Though you may not for the trouble Be in any way to blame Just remember you are biting At the other fellow's game. Though the lawyer may be anxious To induce you to begin, Telling you in his opinion It's a clinch that you will win, Think about it good and plenty Ere you hand him out a fee; The expenses may be greater Than the full amount would be. Lawsuits and the funny business Where the constable is strong Are constructed for the lawyers— That's the way they get along. Solemnly they may assure you They will pay your money back, But you'll find it hard to You are holding but the sack. When you fall out with a neighbor Whose account or weight is short It is well to count one hundred Ere you drag him into court. Better hand him out a twenty. If you're bound some cash to spend, Than to sink it in a lawsuit. "Twill be cheaper in the end. Obvious. "How can you swear so?" said she. He glared at her. "It isn't how can I. It is how in the can I help swearing?" Rough on the Blind. There is a movement on foot to prevent the blind from marrying the blind. 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Enough Said. WE HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST ASSORTMENTS OF WOOD-TYPE Of Any Job Printing Establishment in the city. 311 N. 4th St., Richmond, Va. We print Church Envel- Phone, 1589. Residence. No. 911-32d 84 ROBT. W. WILLIAMS, FUNERAL. DIRECTOR & EMBALMER. NO. 5019 P. STREET, BETWEEN 30TH AND 318T STREETS. RICHMOND, VA. Special attention given to all business entrusted to me. Carriages for funerals, receptions and marriages at all hours. Satisfaction guaranteed to all. A. Hayes First-class Hacks and Caskets of all descriptions. I have a spare room for bodies when the family have not a suitable place. All country orders are given special attention. Your special attention is called to the new style Oak Caskets Call and see me and you shall be watter or kindly. 'Phone, 2778. Custalo House, 702 East Broad Street. Having remodeled my BAR, and having an up-to-date place, I am prepared to serve my friends and the public at the same old stand. CHOICE WINES, LIQUORS & CIGARS. FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT, MEALS AT ALL HOURS. New Phone 1261. WM. CUSTALO. - Prop. S. W. ROBINSON. NO. 23 NORTH 18TH ST. FINE WINES, LIQUORS CIGARS, &c. All Stock Sold as Guaranteed. PROMPT ATTENTION. Your patronage is respectfully solicited JOHN M. HIGGINS, DEALER IN CHOICE GROCERIES, WINES LIQUORS, AND CIGARS. PURE GOODS, FULL VALUE FOR THE MONEY. opes, Note and Letter Paper Bill-heads, Monthly Statements, Business Cards, Financial and Order Books, Circulars, Check-books, Pamphlets. SCRIPTIONS sired and we will arrange to line. When in need of any work estimates will be furnished. SAMPLES Line TYPES, ETC. LARGEST ASSORTMENTS OD-TYPE Establishment in the city. APPLY TO nell, Jr., ., Richmond, Va. Phone 2048 112 W. Leigh S John H. Braxton REAL ESTATE & LOANS Private Banker and Broker, Loans negotiated on Real Estate, Interest allowed on Deposits, Estates managed, Rent collected and prompt returns Special attention to repairs. Notary With Seal. Established 1892. 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BEFORE MAKING Your purchase you would do well to call at the most reliable furniture house in the city and see the fine line of Refrigerators, Mattings, Oil-Cloths, And in fact everything that is needed in house furnishings. Of every description; also the latest designs in ROCKERS and special OHAIRS. Our goods are the best for the price and the price is very low. C. G. Jurgen's Son 411 EAST BROAD ST., between 4th and 5th Street ```markdown ``` IT WILL PAY YOU To interest yourself in promot ing the CIRCULATION of the RICHMOND PLANET. ```markdown ``` THE PLANET THE FAIRY One Which Will Accommodate Ten to Twelve Cows. The farm barn here shown is intended to accommodate ten or twelve dairy cows together with the horses necessary for a moderate sized farm. In size it is 44 feet long by 34 feet Barn and Ground Plan. wide. The main floor is 12 feet wide and the height of posts 18 feet, permitting loads of hay to be driven in. A basement about six feet in depth can be utilized to store the manure and to provide shelter for hogs. The frame can be made of eight inch square hemlock timbers, the floor of three inch planks. This style of building should be suitable for many parts where the number of live stock is limited. THE CALF. Most Rigid Selection Should Be Made in Adding to Herd. The most rigid selection, according to dairy standards, should be made among the calves as they come into profit, those being retained which will raise the average performance of the herd. When it is necessary to introduce a new sire, he should be of the same type and personal qualities already determined upon as the ideal for the herd. Constant records should be kept of the work of every individual animal, in order that reasonable treatment may insure the greatest profit, and this is only possible when the owner is personally familiar with the characteristics and performance of every cow. Personal comfort, cleanliness, light, air, exercise and water, are as necessary as feed. Frequent examinations should be made by a competent inspector to make sure of the health of the herd, and any animals found suffering from infectious or contagious diseases should be immediately removed to hospital stalls for proper care. With such reasonable treatment a pure bred herd will prove itself the best investment that the intelligent farmer can make, and will be a source of constant satisfaction and pride. TO HOLD A GATE OPEN. Brace Which Can Be Swung Out of the Way When Not in Use. The illustration shows a very handy method which I invented to hold a swing gate open at any width, writes a correspondent of Orange Judd Farmer. Most gates are hung so they swing upward a little in opening, to clear snow, grass, etc. They swing shut of their own accord, hence something to hold the gate open at any place while driving through or letting out stock is a necessity. swing gate open at any width, writes a correspondent of Orange Judd Farmer. Most gates are hung so they swing upward a little in opening, to clear snow, grass, etc. They swing shut of their own accord, hence something to hold the gate open at any place while driving through or letting out stock is a necessity. To meet this need I devised the brace shown herewith. It is simply a piece of wood 1x2 inches and a little longer than half the height of the gate. One end is fastened by a spike passed through it and driven into the edge of the vertical board at the end of the gate, or it may be put on with a hinge. The dotted lines show its position when not in use, it being swung upward and snapped beneath a spring nailed to the top of the gate. Dairy Facts. Don't overdo the milking tube act. The hand-separator business has steadily increased during the past ten years. It is impossible for a cow to be two opposite things, a dairy cow of the highest type and a beef animal of the greatest possible value. The control of moisture in butter is not possible without the control of churning temperatures. Ice and thermometers are necessary for the making of butter under proper conditions. The New South Wales Farmer and Settier tells of a New Zealand farmer who holds the record as a milker. For a considerable time he and his wife BORS AND INTEREST THEM IN THE PLANET. WE WILL HELP YOU TO OBTAIN A PREMIUM. COLORED INFANTRY IN RESCUE OF ROUGH RIDERS AT SAN JUAN HILL, JULY 2, 1898, SIZE 20X28 AND 20X24 INCHES, ADMIRAL DEWEY'S GREAT NAVAL BATTLE OFF CAVITE IN MANILA BAY, MAY 1ST, 1898, NAVAL BATTLE, DESTRUCTION OF ADMIRAL CERVERA'S SPANISH FLEET OFF SANTIAGO DE CUBA, JULY 3RD, 1898, SIZE 22X28 INCHES; LAND BATTLE, CAPTURE OF EL CANEY, EL PASO AND FORTIFICATIONS OF SANTIAGO, JULY FIRST AND SECOND. 1898, SIZE 22X28 AND 22X27 INCHES. WE WILL SEND YOU ONE OF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING BATTLES OF THE CIVIL WAR ON THE SAME TERMS. THE PICTURES LIKE THE OTHER BATTLES ARE FINISHED IN COLORS. THEY ARE 22X28 INCHES AND RETAIL AT ONE DOLLAR EACH. WE WILL FURNISH FRAMES FOR ANY OF THESE FINE CHROMOS FOR 2 DOLLARS & 50CTS. EACH ADDITIONAL. BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG, BATTLE OF SHILOH, BATTLE OF FIVE FORKS, VA., BATTLE OF ATLANTA, GA., BATTLE OF SPOTTSYLVANIA, VA., BATTLE OF VICKSBURG, MISS., BATTLE OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, TENN., BATTLE BETWEEN THE MONITOR AND THE MERRIMAC, BATTLE OF BULL RUN, VA., BATTLE OF CHANCELLORSVILLE, BATTLE OF THE BIG HORN, (CUSTER'S LAST CHARGE) STORMING OF FORT WAGNER, S. C., (COLORED TROOPS IN THIS FIGHT), BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS, LA., CAPTURE AND DEATH OF SITTING BULL, THE GREAT INDIAN CHIEFTAIN; FORT PILLOW MASSACRE, FALL OF PETERSBURG, VA., BATTLE OF WINCHESTER, VA., BATTLE OF OLUSTEE, FLA. WE WILL SEND FAMILY RECORD, SIZE 22 BY 28. WHICH CONTAINS SPACE FOR PHOTOGRAPHS OF PARENTS AND TEN CHILDREN. WE WILL SEND SOLDIERS WAR RECORD (CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE IN UNITED STATES ARMY.) FOR ONE YEAR EACH, OR THEIR EQUIVALENT, WE WILL SEND YOU A COPY OF UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, THE MOST INTENSELY INTERESTING BOOK IN THE COUNTRY. WE WILL SEND YOU A GOLD-PLATED BROOCH WITH YOUR PICTURE THEREIN, YOU TO milked 72 cows night and morning, without keeping any hired help, their family consisting of one small child. We are told that the farmer and his wife were healthy and robust--watch they need be—and the specimens of humanity ... SCIENCE OF MILKING CLEAN. What Prof. J. L. Hills, of Vermont Experiment Station, Has to Say. It is well known that the average milker gets less milk than he who does a thorough job, that incomplete milking means not only direct but indirect loss, not only an immediate lessening of the fat yield, but tends toward drying the cow. A Danish scientist has recently developed a special system of udder manipulation, a sort of massage of the mammary gland, as it were, which it is claimed augments the flow. The Hegelund method, as it is called, involves three manipulations, each thrice repeated or until no more milk is obtained. First, the pressure of the quarter on each side against each other thrice repeated, followed by removal of the milk; second, the pressure of the glands together on each side, the fore quarter being first manipulated and then the hindquarters, followed by removal of the milk, and third, the fore quarters are pressed between hand and body, the hands holding the teats loosely, then the hind quarters also, followed by milking. Trials of the scheme made at the Wisconsin and New York stations afforded a daily average increase per cow of a pound of milk and two ounces of butter. The after milk was very rich in fat, teating above ten per cent. This after milking takes not to exceed five minutes' time, often only two or three minutes. The two ounces of butter may be held at a low estimate to be worth two cents. This would be a fair pay for five minutes' work, 24 cents an hour, and the skim milk thrown in. Not only is more milk and butter made, but the secretion is stimulated and the lactation period prolonged. It may be remarked, however, that the difference in milk and butter yields between this method and careful stripping are not great. This Danish method emphasizes more perhaps than has hitherto been done, the actual and potential losses due to incomplete milking. COMPOSITION OF MILK Preportion of Solids to the Water Content. A given quality of milk is said to 81% Water Total Solids Sugar Fat Cotton Ash And Aluminum Solids in Milk Compared. contain 87 per cent water, and 13 per cent total solids. The latter is divided into sugar, 4.80 per cent; fat, four per cent; caseln and albumin, 3.5 per cent, and ash, seven per cent. The diagram as worked out by the Hatch station shows the comparative relations of the various chemical factors. Feeding Timothy Hay For 100 years or more it has been the practice to feed Timothy hay to cows giving milk, the impression being that timothy hay is the best kind of hay in the world for such a purpose. The fact is that timothy hay is a very poor kind of feed for dairy cows unless some protein element is fed with it. Shorts and bran are both good to supplement timothy hay, as they are rich in protein. Any meal that comes from a leguminous plant is rich in nitrogen, which is the base of protein. Such meals as those from peas, soy beans and cow peas will balance timothy hay profitably. Alfalfa hay can be fed with timothy hay to advantage, these two being of a nature to balance each other. Carbonated Milk. Carbonic acid gas may yet prove to be a valuable preservative. It is well known that neither insects nor vegetables will live where this gas is very abundant. It is argued that if the air in the pails can be filled with this gas, all the germs in milk will be rendered harmless. Some experiments are under way to demonstrate the truth of this theory. Fresh milk was treated with carbon-dioxide gas under pressure of 60 to 70 pounds, and the milk kept sweet for from ten days to two weeks at a temperature of 60 to 70 degrees. Details of the experiment are not yet obtainable. An Easy Way to Get Rid of Stumps. A method of getting rid of stumps which has been highly recommended and which to be effective should be done now is as follows: Bore a hole one or two inches in diameter and about 18 inches deep into the center of the stump. Then put into this hole one or two ounces of saltpeter. Fill the hole with water and plug it up. In the spring take out the plug, pour in about one-half gallon of kerosene oil and light it. The stump will smolder away to the very extremities of the roots, leaving nothing but the ashes.—Farming. Dairy Barns Need Improving Dairy barns need improving. The dairy barns in some localities are not generally of first class construction, and many of them could be improved. In some of the barns more windows are being placed, but these are not so numerous as they should be. As yet cement is little used in the construction of dairy stables. The old barns that are being repaired are not being remodeled according to modern ideas. The most objectionable feature in the barns in many localities are lack of light, lack of modern stanchions and lack of cleanliness It's a good thing that we are never satisfied; if we were, we'd quit sawing wood and surprise the world. IN ORDER TO FURTHER INCREASE OUR STEADILY GROWING CIRCULATION WE WILL OFF WE WILL SEND YOU THE PLANET AND THE ST LOUIS, MISSOURI, SEMI-WEEKLY GLOBE DEMOCRAT, ONE OF THE LEADING REPUBLICAN JOURNALS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR $2.25 PER YEAR FOR BOTH. WE WILL SEND YOU THE PLANET AND THE COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE FOR $2.25 PER YEAR FOR BOTH. WE WILL SEND YOU THE PLANET AND McCLURE'S MAGAZINE FOR $2.25 PER YEAR FOR BOTH. OR THEIR EQUIVALENT, WE WILL SEND PICTURES, ONE ONLY, OF PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT, DR. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, BATTLE OF SANTIAGO, LAND BATTLE OF QUASIMAS NEAR SANTIAGO, JUNE 24, 1898, SHOWING THE NINTH AND TENTH COLORED CAVALRY IN SUPPORT OF ROUGH RIDERS, SIZE 20X28 AND 20X24 INCHES, LAND BATTLE AND CHARGE OF THE 24TH & 25TH READ THE GREAT INDUCEMENTS OFFERED BY THE PLANET THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA IF YOU WILL TALK WITH YOUR NEIGH- ```markdown ``` FOR TWO YEARLY SUBSCRIBERS FOR FIVE NEW SUBSCRIBERS REQUISITE NUMBER IS OBTAINED, WE WILL FORWARD THE PRESENT INDICATED. A PERSON WHO TRIES TO GET FORTY SUBSCRIBERS AND GETS TIRED MAY INDICATE HIS WISH AND WE WILL SEND THE PRESENT FOR THE NUMBER HE HAS SECURED OVER FIVE. THE NUMBER WILL BE FOR NOT LESS THAN FIVE NOR MORE THAN TEN AND NOT LESS THAN TEN NOR MORE THAN TWENTY AND NOT LESS THAN TWENTY NOR MORE THAN FORTY, TO DETERMINE THE PRIZE TO WHICH THE WORKER IS ENTITLED. IF ANYTHING IS DESIRED NOT SPECIFIED IN THIS LIST, WRITE US ABOUT IT AND WE WILL TELL YOU IN WHAT CLASS IT BE LONGS. ADDRESS ALL ORDERS TO JOHN MITCHELL, JR., 311 North Fourth Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. A man is sitting in a chair. A woman is standing next to him. DIDLY GROW LANET EKLY READING UNITED H. T AND R $2.25 T AND YEAR ND PIC THEO- WASH- D BAT- JUNE 24, H COL- GH RI- LAND & 25TH ```markdown ``` REQUISIT FORWAR SHOULD YOU DESIRE ANY COLORED JOURNAL IN THE UNITED STATES, WE WILL SEND IT TO YOU IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PLANET AT A GREATLY REDUCED RATE FOR BOTH. 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. FOR FORTY YEARLY SUBSCRIBERS OR EQUIVALENT, WE WILL GIVE ONE SEWING MACHINE, ONE DIAMOND RING, ONE GOLD WATCH, ONE PAIR FINE GOLD EARRINGS, ONE MUSIC BOX, ONE PHONOGRAPH, ONE READY MADE DRESS, ONE SUIT OF GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHES, ONE GOLD-HEADED CANE, ONE GOLD-HEADED UMBRELLA, ONE CHINA SET, ONE DOZEN SILVER-PLATED KNIVES AND FORKS, ONE HAT-RACK, ONE SILK DRESS, ONE WEEK'S TRIP TO THE SEASHORE, RAILROAD FARE AND HOTEL BILL PAID, FOR ANY RICHMOND WORKER. THESE OFFERS MAY BE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF BY SENDING ONE OR TWO SUBSCRIBER'S NAMES AT A TIME. WE WILL KEEP A RECORD OF THEM; AS SOON AS THE FOR TEN NEW SUBSCRIBERS ```markdown ``` THE PLANET SATURDAY.....DEC. 1ST. 1906 ROAD AND FARM IMPROVEMENT One That Can Easily Be Made Out of Materials Lying About. I have used a jack such as shown in the sketch below for a number of years. For the bottom piece, a, take two strips $2\frac{1}{2}$ feet long, one inch thick, and $1\frac{1}{2}$ inches wide. Place the upright b, which is $2\frac{1}{2}$ feet long, one A Stout Jack. foot from the end of a and brace it securely. The upright c is three feet long, placed six inches away from b and notched at the upper end for the bolt through the lever d. For the lever use a piece of thin timber 2x3 inches thick and four feet long. To use this jack, says Farm and Home, place the short end of the lever under the axle, press down upon the handle until the wheel is raised, then pull the brace c over until a notch holds down the lever. THE FARM WORKSHOP A Valuable Adjunct to the Work of the Farm. The first consideration should be the building. This may be some shed or outbuilding already standing on the farm, or a lean-to may be built to the barn, smokehouse or buggy house, for a few dollars. In case it should be necessary all the tools except the forge could be kept in the barn, and this could be covered with a few boards far enough from the barn to insure safety from fire. If a new building is to be constructed or an old one remodeled, I should say a room 12x14 feet with dirt or cement floor, double doors in one end, a window of two sashes placed horizontally in one side, and a regular perpendicular window in the opposite side, would constitute a convenient and well-lighted workshop, writes a farmer in Orange Judd Farmer. This will prove every way ample. A work bench 2x10 feet made of 2x12 inch lumber for the top and 1x12 front board with 2x6 legs, should be set under the horizontal window. The bench should be equipped with a good steel-jawed visse, attached near one end. A bench drill should be screwed on near the other end. I like to have drawers and shelves under a part of the bench, to the right when facing it. Four drawers 18 inches wide and six inches deep, one above the other, and a set of shelves two feet deep and a foot apart next to the drawers, would make safe and convenient receptacles for tools and material. Some of the drawers should be divided into compartments to accommodate small tools, bolts, screws, etc. The shelves could be used for rods, heavy bolts and scraps. Convenient receptacles for chisels are leather loops tacked to the wall above the bench. The saw, square, drawshave, etc., may be hung on nails. If only a few tools can be procured they should be of good quality. I would begin with a 26-inch No. 8 hand saw, a steel-faced claw hammer, steel square, set of bits and ratchet brace, three chisels from $1.1% inch down, and a drawshave. One could get along fairly well with these which would not cost more than $5. The tools that could be added to this list and are really necessary to do a good job of woodwork are, a set of planes—jack plane, smoothing plane and block plane—spirit level, spoke shave, oilstone and grindstone. This will run the cost up to about $10. This could yet be added to as means would permit or circumstance demand. Timely Notes English farmers are compelled by law to dip their sheep. Good roads economize time and force in travel and transportation of products. Barley, of all grains, appears to be the best for infants' food or for invalids. Barley water has no irritating properties. There are 68,000,000 acres of swamp lands in the country. Take the water out of a few acres of your own swamp and see what drainage means. Good roads mean profit; bad roads mean loss. Good roads possess a money value as surely and certainly as does any desirable commodity. The greatest battle the farmer has is against weeds, yet weeds are a good friend to the farmer, for they protect the places that would otherwise be bare. The Massachusetts Asparagus Growers' association are working to find or produce rust-resistant varieties. They already find that, some plants are naturally more resistant than oth- Red clover can stand wet feet better than alfalfa. While clover will make a fair growth where the water level is barely three feet below the surface, alfalfa should have five feet at least before striking water. WATER AND EARTH ROADS Perfect Drainage Needed to Keep Roadbed in Good Condition. Without water it would be possible to build earth roads and keep them in repair at small expense. In humid localities the presence of water makes it very difficult to keep any kind of an earth road intact. Unless the drainage is perfect, the earth road will be constantly needing repairs, and some of these repairs will have to be very extensive ones. Prof. Ira Baker, of the University of Illinois, has made a close study of earth roads for a good many years. He expresses the belief that every country road should have its drainage assisted by drain tile laid in one of the ditches to a depth of three or four feet below the surface. If the tile can be placed on each side of a road, it will doubtless prove even more effective than if laid on one side of a road. The latter course will, however, generally prove effective if the road is constructed with that arrangement in view. It would be better if the tile could be get a fair flow of water the grade the cost of placing tile there is so great that it is better to use the side ditches. The professor says that to placed in the middle of the road, but should not be less than one inch in 50 feet. The cost of putting in five-inch tile varies from $200 to $250 per mile, including material. Whether or not tile is used, side ditches are necessary. This needs to be said because some people hold the opinion that where tile is used side ditches are not necessary and that the road can be flat. This kind of a road will not do in a rainy country. The ditches, however, need not be deep, but should be broad. This will give a gentler flow to the water. If the ditches are broad rather than deep it will be possible to have an easy slope toward the road. This will prevent serious accidents from vehicles getting into the ditches. Such arrangement will often save loaded wagons from being broken. At every little distance along the side ditches, outlets should be provided, says the Farmers' Review, so that the water will not have to be carried for long distances in the side ditches. If the water cannot quickly get out of the side ditch its volume must increase the further it goes, and deep channels will be quickly out in the bottoms and sides of the ditches. This means damage to the road from erosions and caving-in. The crown of the road should be sufficiently hard to insure the rapid running off of the water into the side ditches. If it can sink into the crown of the road it will soften it to such an extent that it can be cut up by wheels. To keep the road in good condition, it is necessary to keep the crown as impervious to water as possible. For keeping the surfaces of earth roads in good condition, Prof. Parker recommends dragging by means of a railroad rail, heavy timber or rail log. REMOVING BROKEN SECTIONS. How the Mower Blade Can Be Made Ready for New Teeth. If you wish to remove old broken sections from a mower or blender blade, quickly and easily, place the bar on dome metal case as indicated in the sketch and strike the broken The Way It Is Done. section a sharp blow with a hammer. Be careful to hit the section squerely and not the bar. A blow properly delivered, declares Prairie Farmer, will remove the sections and then the rivets may be punched out. Scarcity of Farm Laborers Society of Farm Laborers. Reports from different parts of the country say that farm laborers are very scarce. This must continue to be the case, for the good farm laborers are those that have had experience in farming. More and more the farmer must turn to machinery for the supplying of the lack that comes with the scarcity of farm laborers. This drives to the vicinity of the cities and large towns such industries as growing sugar beets and raisins, onion sets, both of which require much hard work. From some sections come reports that the farmer is doing what work he can do himself and letting the rest go. This is never profitable. It accounts for the fields of corn and other products that are seen to be overgrown with weeds. Grain Farming and Fertility Soil fertility is being taken from the farms three times as fast by grain farming as by stock farming. This is an argument against grain farming, but it is not a strong argument. Even grain farming can be carried on that it will not exhaust the land. If the straw is put back on the land much of the potassium will be returned to the soil, and the price of phosphorus is not high enough to make keeping up the supply a burden. Rotating with legumes will help out on the nitrogen. The up-to-date girl doesn't faint when accosted by a footpad; she feints and lands him one. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA AWFUL CRUELTIES CHARGED TO KING RULER OF ANNAM ACCUSED OF CANNIBALISM. KILLS AND EATS A WIFF Paris—Mail advices from Indonesia bring another and more revolting story of the doings of King Thanh-Thal of Annam, showing that he went to the extent of cannibalism. After killing one of his wives he caused the body to be cooked and served up for dinner, forcing the members of his court to eat it under pain of death. Some of the king's wives were bound and burned with boiling oil and subjected to other cruelties, while naked women were thrown into the cages of wild beasts, where they were devoured before the king. One of his pastimes is, it is affirmed, to drive enormous pins into their shoulders and thighs and then to hang them up to the ceiling by means of ropes attached to these pins. Finally the French authorities stepped in and made a prisoner of Thanh-Thai, who had been adjudged insane by Dr. Dumas of the French colonial staff. The "royal guard" has been disbanded, the palace has been placed under the protection of 150 native soldiers and the terror-striken inmates of the palace have been rescued from further suffering. The majority of the latter were women, who bore the marks of revolting tortures. Some of them were terribly mutilated, their faces being slashed and their tongues cut out, while others had been suspended by pincers attached to the fleshy parts of their legs to increase their agony. Thanh-Thai, king of Annam, or Cochin-China, who has recently been guilty of such terrible atrocities, has caused trouble before. Several years ago, owing to the scandal caused by his barbarous torture of several of his personal attendants, the French resident, at the head of the gendarmer, entered the palace to save the lives of the attendants and restore order. In August last the king was seized with homicidal mania, ordered seven of his wives to be executed and looked on while they were tortured to death. A few days later the king shot down a prince who was 70 years old, a member of the council of the royal family and the last surviving son of King Minh Mang. When the French resident remonstrated with Thanh-Thai the king declined to permit him to enter the palace. King Thanh-Thai wanted to visit Paris, as the king of Cambodia did recently, but the French press protested that he ought never be allowed to enter France. The king's atrocities were discussed at a meeting of the French cabinet, when the minister of the colonies explained the condition of affairs at the court of An- H. The King Inflicted Atrocious Cruelties on His Wives. nam and the measures contemplated in order to prevent any further outbreaks on the king's part. The newspapers of Indo-China have been expressing horror at Thaah-Thai's cruelty and have appealed to France to dethrone him and recall Prince Namughi, who is an exile in Algeria. The latter married a French woman. Annam is a kingdom of southeastern Asia and since 1884 a French protectorate and virtually a division of French Indo-China. It extends from Tonkin on the north to French Cochin-China on the south and from Siam and Cambodia on the west to the sea on the east. The area of the protectorate is about 52,000 square miles and the population in 1901 was about 6,200,000, of whom 4,000 were Chinese and 250 Europeans. In religion the Annamese are chiefly Buddhists, but there are several hundred thousand Roman Catholics. Emily Soldene, who was the queen of opera bourne in the early 70s in the United States as well as in Europe, is to have a beautiful at the Palace theater, London. Need of Haste. Mrs. Lakeside—rushing into a Chicago court—Where's the judge, quick? Bystander—Right here. What's wrong? "I just ran away from my husband, and he's after me, not three squares behind. I want to divorce him for desertion before he gets here."—N. Y. Weekly. BITS OF CURRENT VERSE. Your face is ever with me I see it in the mist That rises on the moorland I Where we used to keep our tryst. In the red roof Where our castles used to be— Oh, my lover of Giengariff, I am missing you, achee! Through the patter of the raindrops On the tatch at evenfall, I hear a saddened moaning Like the eerie banshee call, "Tis your voice forever signing? At the wailing lea; "I am waiting for you, ahanna, Come, follow me, achee! In the dusky glow of peatfire I can see you, misty stand; I can see your ehanging, And the beckon of your hand, On the border of the shadows You are waiting but for me— Or I am coming fast to meet you, For I am missing you, achee— Eisle Casselge, in the Reef The Brave Old Way The Brave Old Way. I say risk all for one warm kiss; I say twice better risk the fall. Like Rome's sword, contemplate all. And boldly climb to deadly bliss. I like that savage, Sabine way; What mighty minstrels came of it! Their songs are ringing to this day. The bravest ever sung or writ. The bravest ever contended all. Of Portia, Desdemona, yea. The old true loves are living yet; And we, we love, we weep, we sigh In love with loves that will not die. Then take her, lover, sword in hand, Hot-blooded and red-handed; chap Her sudden, stormy, tall and grand, And lift her in your iron grasp And kiss her, kiss her till she cries For sweet, happy, king pain. Aye, kiss her till she seening dawn; Aye, kiss her till she dies, then. Why, kiss her back to life again! -Joaquin Miller. A Thought of Farewell. If you should leave me, kissing me good-night. And I should know that last kiss meant good-by. I would not give the world my grief—nor sigh My sorrow in its loveliness and light; But I would say: "Somewhere the day dawns bright. Yeah! beautiful God's morning draweth wigh. Where rarer rainbows span the stormless sky. And God's own smile hath made the darkness white"". And some day-dreaming far above earth's gloom. Where God's roses never know the rue. Feeling so lonely in earth's light and bloom. Through the black gates of death I'll come to you! —Atlanta, Constitution A City Mood. They say the city is a joyous place, So full of gayety and life and song; One loves to be a part of the great throne; To feel its nervous passion for the race. To meet its men of action face to face. No day or hour in it, they say, seems like long. In infinite variety the strong. Tense minutes pass like hunters to the chase. And this is well for them who love the strife; But give me for my home the countryside. A quiet river and the changing sky. And, all unasking of the "where" or "why." There, set me drift my uneventful life. Like home toy vessel on the ebbing tide. -N. Y. Sun. Over the Hills and Far Away. Over the Hills and Far Away. Since those we love and those we hate. With all things mean and all things great. Pass in a desperate disarray Over the hills and far away. t must be, dear, that late or soon. Out of the ken of the watching moon, We shall abscond with Yesterday Over the hills and far away. What does it matter? As I deem, We shall but follow as brave a dream As ever smiles a wanton May Over the hills and far away. We shall remember, and, in pride, Fare forth fulfilled and satisfied Into the land of Ever-and-Aye. Over the hills and far away. —W. E. Henley. "Hey, Bill, Your Mother Wants You!" There's a cry which youth enrages. There's a cry which grief assuages, 'Tis the slogan of the ages. "Hey, Bill, your mother wants you!" When the ball game you are leading, On a home run quickly speeding. Comes the cry, demanding heeding: "Hey, Bill, your mother wants you." When the world, without forewarning, May reject you, spurring, scorning. Let this fact turn night to morning: "Hey, Bill, your mother wants you." Thus you till till leaves are falling. Till your pleasures turn to palling; Earth, who cradled, then is calling: "Hey, Bill, your mother wants you!" -M.Clandburgh, in N. Y. Times. Sweet Day. So Cool. Sweet day, so sweet to bright. The bridal of the earth and sky. Sweet dews shall weep thy fall to-night- For thou must die. Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave. Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye. Thy root is ever in the grave— A box where sweets compacted lie; My music shows you have your closes— And all must die. Only a sweet and virtuous soul. Like season'd timber, never gives, But when the whole world turns to coal, Then chiefly lives. -George Herbert. A Fancy. I've never heard the cuckoo claim, With sweet, unext peristence. His wandering love by tender name, Save in the far, far distance. I've never watched on any tree The little, hotest wooer, Nor know I where the haunts may be Of that unseen Cuckooer. So now I half believe the thing Is mythical and airy. A voice without a covering, A spirit or a fairy: A whisper from the quiet ways, A sound o'er silence stealing— A lonely note of love and praise A lonely heart concealing. -Paul Mulligan. Like a Gun Like a Gun. "I want to get an alarm clock," said the customer. "Here's one of silver plate for ten dollars," said the clerk. "Too high." "Well here's one made of nickel for five dollars." "Too high yet." "Here's one made of gun metal for two dollars." "Gun metal? That sounds all right. I want it for my 12-year-old boy, and if it sounds anything like a gun when it goes off in the morning I guess it's what I want." -Yonkers Statesman. AND SHE HAD REACHED IT. Ella—If war were declared and I were a man I'd enlist. Stella—You couldn't, dear; there's an age limit—Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. "You would like to be a humorist eh?" "You won't do; you'd never dare to write a mother-in-law joke."—Houston Post. Rivals. Gunnor—Why are those shing acting Mechanics' Savings Bank OF R 511 NORT OF RICHMOND, VA. 511 NORTH THIRD STREET. Capital, $25,000. on deposit and interest paid on which remains 60 days and over Satisfactory Security. Handled Promptly. tats and upwards received on deposits up in the most improved style, having a large chest, electric lights and every modern conven- tion of the public. ing Stocks, Deposits, Loans, etc., apply to the arranged for the special convenience of the work up to 4 P. M. Saturdays, 9 A. M. to 3 P. Open again at 5 P. M., remaining open until work. on deposit and interest paid on which remains 60 days and over Satisfactory Security. Handled Promptly. stats and upwards received on deposito up in the most improved style, having a larg hest, electric lights and every modern conven odation of the public. ing Stocks, Deposits, Loans, etc., apply to the arranged for the special convenience of the work to 4 P. M., Saturdays, 9 A. M. to 3 P. W open again at 5 P. M., remaining open until work. Money received on deposit and amounts above $1.00 which remains Money Loaned on Satisfactory S Business Accounts Handled Pro Amounts of ten cents and upward This establishment is fitted up in the most it white vanit, burlar-proof steel chest, electric light lighture for safety and the accommodation of the pu For all information concerning Stocks, Depo Cashier. Banking Hours have been arranged for the s ing people as follows: 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. Satur close Saturday at 3 P.M. and open again at 5 P. P. M. Call by as you come from work. Money received on deposit and interest paid on amounts above $1.00 which remains 60 days and over Money Loaned on Satisfactory Security. Business Accounts Handled Promptly. Amounts of ten cents and upwards received on deposite This establishment is fitted up in the most improved style, having a large white vault, burlar-proof steel chest, electric lights and every modern convenience for safety and the accommodation of the public. For all information concerning Stocks, Deposits, Loans, etc., apply to the Oashier. Banking Hours have been arranged for the special convenience of the working people as follows: 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. Saturdays, 9 A. M. to 3 P. M. W close Saturday at 3 P. M. and open again at 5 P. M., remaining open until P M. Call by as you come from work. OFFICERS JOHN MITCHELL, JR., President. H. K THON, H. WYATT, C BOARD OF DIRECT REV. W. F. GRAHAM, D. D., JNO. R. CH E. R. JEFFERSON H. F. JONATHAN, TH J. O. FARLEY. ident. H, F H, W, WYATT, H, WYATT DRIE OF DIRECT J, JNO, R CH NONATHAN, THE THE Ident. H. F. JONATHAN, Vice-President S. H. WYATT, Cashier. ORD OF DIRECTORS: J. JNO. R. CHILES. B. P. VANDERVALL. JONATHAN. THOMAS SMITH D. J. CHAVER J. JNO. TAYLOR. JOHN MITCHELL, JR., President. H. F. JONATHAN, Vice-President THOS. H. WYATT, cashier. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: REV. W. F. GRAHAM, D. D., JNO. R. CHILES B. P. VANDERVALL, E. R. JEFFERSON H. F. JONATHAN, THOMAS SMITH D. J. CHAVERE J. O. FARLEY, JN. TAYLOR E. A. WASHINGTON, R. W. WHITING, WILLIAM JOHN MITOHELL, JR. PERS. W. I. JOHN FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND OFFICE & WARROOMS, 207 N. FOURTH HACKS FOR H Phones by Telephone or Telegraph papers and Entertainments pro- Office Phone, 686, Residence in Bus The J. V. Hawkin's JOHN VECTOR^AN 207 N. Fou- KES FOR H or Telegraph tainments pro- idence in Bu- fawkin's JOHNSON, LECTOR AND EMBALMER. 207 N. Foushee St. Corner Broad BKS FOR HIRE: or Telegraph filled. Wedding, Sup tainments promptly attended. Evidence in Building, New Phone, Hawkin's HAIR GROWER & RESTORER W. I. JOHNSON FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER Office & Warrooms, 207 N. Foushee St. Corner Broad HACKS FOR HIRE: by Telephone or Telegraph filled. Wedding, Supports and Entertainments promptly attended. Phone, 686, Residence in Building, New Phone, 14 The J. V. Hawkin's HAIR GROWER & RESTORER [TRADE MARK REGISTERED.] Has proved to be a fortune to many of the unfortunate, who are to-day delighted with its wonderful results. The merits of this great hair preparation naturally places it in a sphere all of its own, and the glowing terms in which our patrons speak of it reassures us of its satisfactory results. We can well boast of a large patronage throughout this and other States and also enjoys the commendation of the very best white and colored people in this immediate community. In order to convince the most skeptical readers of the merits and results of the J. V. Hawkin's Hair Grower and Restorer, we will from time to time produce in print the photographs of those giving us permission to do so, who have used our preparation. among the many bearing witness of its genuine correspondence of those expecting a miracle or a anation is a natural and pure compound, the ingre- hesite to put in print. We will just here remi- tates Government has placed national patent ri- which it is protected and we are in turn respe- est methods and square dealings. It will positively remove Dandruff, Cure Soil of all impurities, Restore Hair on Clean Tempu- r or Bald Heads, where the roots are not dead. PRICES: 25 cts. per box (local orders) 35 out city; eight boxes, 2.80 express prepaid. The Face Beautifier makes the use of powder einly unnecessary, and is perfectly harmless. Spiros: 25 cts. Money can be sent by Post Office Money Ord or Express Money Order. A charge of 100c extra is imposed on all out of city orders. Address all communications to MME. J. V. HAWKINS, ass of its genuine o bring a miracle or any compound, the ingre ill just will here remi in international patent ri in turn respons druff, Gure Scen on Clean Templa are not dead. local orders) 35 o ss prepaid. use of powder e tirly harmless. Sa Office Money Orde A charge of 100c ity orders. nations to WKINS, assess of its genuine qualities. We do not desire its miracula or anything unreasonable. Our prepapound, the ingredients of which we would not ill just here remind the public that the United national patent rights on our hair preparation by in turn responsible to the government for honors. among the many bearing witness of its genuine qualities. We do not desire the correspondence of those expecting a miracul or anything unreasonable. Our preparation is a natural and pure compound, the ingredients of which we would not hesitate to put in print. We will just here remind the public that the United States Government has placed national patent rights on our hair preparation by which it is protected and we are in turn responsible to the government for honest methods and square dealings. It will positively remove Dandruff, Cure Scalp of all impurities, Restore Hair on Clean Temples or Bald Temples, where the roots are not dead. PRICES = 22.95 GBP, BEFORE TAXES, 25.85 GBP PRICES: -25 cts. per box (local orders) 35 cts. out city; eight boxes, $2.80 expire prepaid. The Face Beautifier makes the use of powder entirely unnecessary, and is perfectly harmless. Sale prices; 25, 50cts and $1.00. Money can be sent by Post Office Money Order or Express Money Order A charge of 10cts, extra is imposed on all out of city orders. PRICE, Embalmer and Liveryman. It short notice by telegraph or telephone and nice entertainments. Plenty of room spaces. Large picnic or band wagons for nothing but first-class carriages, buggies and fine funeral supplies. 2 East Leigh Street. Residence Next Door. NIGHT.—Man on Duty All Night A. D. PRICE. All orders promptly filled at short notice by telegraph or telephone Halls rented for meetings and nice entertainments. Plenty of room with all necessary conveniences. Large pisnic or band wagons for hire at reasonable rates and nothing but first-class carriages, buggies etc. Keeps constantly on hand fine funeral supplies. No. 212 East Leigh Street. Residence Next Door. OPEN ALL DAY & NIGHT.—Man on Duty All Night "Yes, sir." "Married?" "Yes, sir." "Got a mother-in-law?" "Yes, sir." [Portrait of a man in a military uniform, seated in a chair, with a sword in his hand.] A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. J. K. L. M. N. O. P. Q. R. S. T. U. V. W. X. Y. Z. so queerly out there in the bay? Guyer—I don't know. They are sister ships, though. Gunner—Well, that accounts for it. Guyer—Accounts for what? Gunner—Why, I bet they are flirting with that big man-o-war over there—Chicago Daily News. Shortz—I say, old man, I owe you five, don't .? Sprowtz—Yes, so you do. Shortz—Yes, so you do. Shortz—Have you got change for a quid? Sprowtz—Yes, rather. Shortz—Well, lead me another 'arf dollar then. "Do you think women control their tongues better than men?" "Sure. I never yet saw a man who could control a woman's tongue."—Milwaukee Seventh. Capital, $25,000 WILL AM CUSTALO, J. J. GARTEN THOMAS M. CRUMP, SEC. 1 Richmond, Va SEVEN SOUTHERN RAILW Y N. B.—Following schedule figures published on us as information, and are not guaranteed. or on us as information. 12:30 p.—Daily. Limited. Bt. Albany. Haltsa and Birmingham. New Orleans. Haltsa and Birmingham. The South. Through coach for Chicago and Oxford. Durham and Haltsa. Sunday. Daykeyville Local. 11:30 p.—Daily. Limited. Tullahs read: 9:30 p.—for all to South. Haltsa. 4 45 a.m. Except Sunday, No. 74. Local to West Point 10 45 a. r. and No. 9, 515 p. m. No 73. From West 1 oint and local stations. No 15 and No 16 stop Quinton, Tunatalla. White House and Lester Manor. C. J. WESTMAN. 920 E. Main St. Ritchmond Va. B SPENCER. S H. HARDWICK. General Manager. Pass Traf M'g'r. W. HATLAYER. W. HATLAYER, D. C. SCENIC ROUTE TO THE WEST CINCINNATI, INDIANAPOLIS, ST. LOUIS CHICAGO, LOUISVILLE, NASHVILLE, MEMPHIS, 2:15 p. m. and 11:00 p. m. daily. WESTBOUND LOCAL TRAINS. 7:30 a. m. daily and 5:15 p. m. week days. NEWPORT NEWS, NORFOLK AND OLD POINT. 9 a. m. and 4 p. m. daily. Local For Newport News, 27 10:30 a m daily; 5:15 p m daily. **A** Main Line from West; "3.30 A M; "8:30 A M** From East; "10:30 A M; "11:15 A M; "7:0 A M; "10:30 A M; "11:15 A M; "7:0 A M; "4:0 A M; "P M (Daily; "Ex. Sunday) LD DOMINION STEAMMH LA MARSHIP U. U. NIGHT LINE FOR NORFOLK (foot Leave Richmond over Ash Street) at 7 F. M. stopping Newport on route. Fare, $2.00 one way, round trip in lading stateroom beeh, meals 50c. each FOR NEW YORK Via Night Line Steamers (except Saturday night connection in Norfolk with Main Line ships, staying day at P 7 M., also Norfolk and Western Railway, at P 7 M., and Chesterpeice & Ohio R. at 9 A. M. making connection daily (except Sunday) at making connection daily (except sailings at 7 P. M. Tickets, 88 E. Main Line River Bay Lins, Steamer Poorhill leaves Monday Wednesday and Friday to visit for Norfolk Portsmouth, Old Point, Newport, and conn mone and James River landings, and conn or Waington, Baltimore, Baltimore and the North State Mountains, reserved for t night at moderate prices. Cars direc to the wharf. Fare only $1.50 and neight received for above named places and all states, Virginia and North Cali onia. IKVIN WEB JR, Secretary E. A. Barber, Jr., Secretary SEABOARD Schedule Effective, May 27, 1906. Short Line to the principal Cities of the South and Southwest, Florida, Cuba and Mexico. SOUTHBOUND TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND DAILY 9 30 p.m. Local for Norlina, Durham, Raleigh Hamlet, Wilmington and Charlotte. 2 20 p.m. Train with through sleeper and coaches to Jacksonville, Jacksonville and Florida points, through south-west, Birmingham, making fastest time to destination south-west. 10 00 p.m. Through Pullman, Columbia, Savannah, Jacksonville and Florida points, also connection with Florida System, making immediate come to south-western points. Northbound Train to Richmond Daily 6 10 A.M. M. 4 5 P.M. 5 3 P.M H. S. LEANDER W. M. TAYLOR, C. T.A. 800 East Main street, Richmond, Va. Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Pote mac Railroad. Trains Leave Richmond. Trains Leave Richmond — Northward. 5 20 a.m. m., daily. Byrd St. Through. 6 20 a.m m., daily. Main St. Through. 6 20 a.m. m., week days. Elba. Ashland ac- mulation. 8 40 a.m. m., daily. Byrd st. Through Lakeview. 12 00 a.m. week days. Byrd st. Through 4 00 p.m. week days. Byrd st. Frederick bog accommodation. 6 30 p.m. m., daily. Main St. Through. 6 30 p.m. m., week days. Elba. Ashland ac- mulation. 8:30 p. m., daily, Byrd st. Through. Trans航 Richmond—Southward. 6:40 a. m., week days, Elba Ashland acco- modation. 6:40 a. m., week days, Byrd st. Frederick- burg accommodation. 8:35 a. m., daily, Byrd st. Through. 8:35 a. m., week days, Byrd st. Through. Local stops. 1:33 p. m., daily Main st. Through. 1:33 p. m., week days, Elba Ashland acco- modation. 7:15 p. m., daily, Byrd st. Through. 9:00 p. m., daily, Byrd st. Through. Loc- stops. 9:50 p. m., daily, Main st. Through NOTE—Pullman Sleeping or Parlor Cars or all trains except train arriving Rich mond 1:15 a. m., week days and local accom- modations. Time of arrivals and departures and con- dition guarantees. D. W. DUKE G. GULP, W. P. TAYLOR Asst. t to Pres. G. Guilp' s Guilp' Traf. Mgr. Norfolk and Western R. R. LEAVE RICHMOND (DAILY), BYRNE STREET STATION. NOROLK LIMITED. Arrives at Norfolk II. 300 miles only at Petersburg Waverley and Suffolk. 9.00 A.M. CHICAGO EXPRESS Buffet Par for Lincolnburg to Lynchburg and Roanok Pulman Lake to Columbus and Columbus and Bluffside to Cincinnati to Knoxville and Knoxville to Chattanooga and Mom 12.10 P. M Roanoke Express for Fo-mville Lynchburg and Roanoke Roanoke and Roanoke 3:00 P.M. Norfolk Airlines Limited Arrives Norfolk 5:20 P.M. Stops only at Petersburg Waverly and Suffolk Connects with Steamer Waverly and Science, New York, Saltpeter and Washington. 6.20 P. M., for Norfolk and all stations east of Petersburg. 9:20 P.M. M. NEW OKLAHOMA SHORT LINE. Pull-in bus from Memphis to lonehaw, Kentucky, burgers to Roanoke, Missouri, Memphis and New Orleans. Cafe Dining On Transit from the west. 7:35 a.m. 2:05 p.m. 2:05 p.m. 5:05 p.m. Office Ng88 388 East Main Street C. H. BOSLEY Jen. Peas. Agn. T. H. ATLANTIC COAST LINE EFFECTIVE MAY 27TH. For Florida and -outh, 9:05 A. M., 7:25 and For Norfolk, 9:04 A. M., 3:00 P. M. and 6:20 P. For N. & W. Ry. West, 12:10 and 2.20 P. M. For Petersburg, 9:00 A. M., 12:10, 3.00, 6.20, 9:00 and 11:20 P. M. For Goldsboro and Fayetteville, "8:58 P. M. Trains arrive Richmond daily, 8:10, "8:38 "8:38 and 11:40 A. M., "1:00, 2.00, 6.00 and 8.50 P. *Recept Sunday, "Sunday only, C. S. CAMPBEL, D. P. A EIGHT HE PLANET SATURDAY... DEC. 1ST. 1906 ROYAL LOVER'S GIFT ROYAL LOVER'S GIFT ANNE BOLEYN'S CLOCK PRE SERVED AT WINDSOR CASTLE. Just as It was When, Three Centuries Ago, the Fickle Monarch Gave It to the Captivator of His Fancy. In the private apartments at Windsor castle may be seen, standing on a marble pedestal the clock that Henry VIII. gave to the ill-fated Anne Boleyn on the occasion of their marriage—the bridegroom's gift to the bride. To-day the little clock looks in no way remarkable and would be passed unnoticed by anyone not knowing its history, for few would imagine that it was the treasured wedding present of a queen; but at the time it was given, before a third of the sixteenth century had run its course, it was a gift to be envied, for watches and clocks were seldom ever seen in the palaces of kings; and such a beauty as this, decorated with gold, and of wonderful mechanism, was indeed a rarity. We can therefore easily imagine the store that in those early days of regal love and splendor Anne Boleyn set upon this clock, and how carefully she kept it. The value and beauty of it are perhaps best understood when one recollects that, even after the downfall of its owner and the subsequent rise of her several successors, the little clock still kept its place in Windsor castle. Other per- 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Queen Anne Boleyn's Clock. personal gifts and treasures came and went, but this survived until at last it has passed into the hands of the above any other timepiece in her possession, although she is the happy owner of some of the most unique specimens of clocks and watches in the world. The clock still keeps perfect time, and, as Harrison Alnsworth sald of it: "This love-token of enduring affection remains the same after three centuries after it was given the object of Henry's eternal love was sacrificed on the scaffold. The clock still goes! It should have stopped forever when Anne Boleyn died." EMETIC SAVES A HOTEL. Causes Bulldog to "Cough Up" Miss ing Diamond Ring. While Mrs. George L. Hemingway, a well-known society woman of Waterbury, Conn., who is at the Granite Bay hotel, Short Beach, was playing with her thoroughbred bulldog she lost a solitaire diamond ring valued at $200. A search of the premises failing to reveal the missing gem John Speh, the hotel proprietor, declared that the dog had swallowed it. Mrs. Hemingway laughed at the idea, but Speh pleaded that the dog might be killed, offering to pay a round sum for the animal rather than have his caravansary rest under saupclon. Mrs. Hemingway refused. "Well, then," said Speh, "make the pup cough up." And he sent for a physician. When the doctor arrived he found Speh standing guard over the dog, which was promptly given an emetic. The result was all that could be desired, and the missing ring was recovered. Witchcraft Still Believed in. Having lost a large number of cattle during the last year, and believing a neighbor, thought by some of the superstitious to be a witch, was causing him bad luck, Joseph Gottshalk, a prosperous Mahanoy Valley, Pa, farmer, recently signed a contract with a woman to give him protection for one year. The woman is alleged to possess the power of witchcraft. 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Being too ill to undress, he laid down, resigned to his fate. Thinking a hot poulice would alleviate her husband's sufferings, Mrs. Claidman unbuttoned his vest and a bumblebee flew out. TAKES PLACE OF ICE. Peculiar Method of Cooling Water in Nicaragua. When a native woman of one of the broiling hot little villages of interior Nicaragua wants to cool some water she sets about it in a way little calculated to cool herself. The average native woman looks frail and listless, but there is no suspicion of listlessness about her process of water cooling. She fills a half-gallon earthware jar about two-thirds full. The jar is made of baked clay, and not being glazed is partially porous, so that it soon becomes molist on the outside. By means of two leather strap firmly attached to the neck of the jar the woman causes the same to rotate swiftly in the air. The mouth is wide open, but centrifugal action keeps the water from flying out. The endurance exhibited by the woman is marvelous. When the operator thinks the water is sufficiently cooled she stops the movement by a dexterous twist of her wrist, and hands the jar to the man who has been waiting to quench his thirst. Usually he takes a mouthful, gulps it down and growls, "Moocha calora," which is a native patato for "wretchedly hot," and she patiently resumes her work of describing pinwheels. It is said by this process tepid water can be reduced to the temperature of a cool mountain spring. WEATHER VANE IS DOUBLE. New Construction Shows Wind's Direction With Greater Accuracy. Weather of wind vanes are of very many different patterns, and some are much more sensitive to gentle airs than others, and are consequently more accurate in indicating the exact direction of soft or of strong winds. 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Frog as a Barometer A curious barometer used in Germany and Switzerland consists of a jar of water with a frog and little stepladder in it. When the frog comes out of the water and sits on the steps it is said to infallibly foretell rain. You are not likely to do much in this world until you learn to do without much. The effect of true consecration always is to cut cleaner the lines of square dealing. Mr. Steward's Congratulations. Richmond, Va., Nov. 17, '06. Mr. John Mitchell, Jr. My Dear Sr: I have not had the pleasure of meeting you since your return from St. Louis. Of course I have read in the PLANET and elsewhere, with great interest all that have come to my notice in regard to you in connection with the Bankers' Association. Allow me to tender you my hearty congratulations upon your successful debut in the role of a banker. As a friend and as one of your old teachers in the public schools of this city, I have watched your career with interest from the time you taught school in or near Frederickburg and wrote letters for publication in the old Virginia Star of which I was the Editor, to the present time, and I feel proud of the record you have made as a man and as a citizen of this renowned old commonwealth. Many, or at least, several of my old pupils, male and female have been successful and have distinguished themselves but I know of some who have excelled you. Accept my best wishes untram meed success in the future. FLIPPEN—Died Nov. 14th, 1906 at her late residence No. 126% Chaffin St., Mrs. Susan Flippen. Her funeral took place at Fifth Baptist Church Sunday, Nov. 18th, at 1 o'clock P. M. Rev. Dr. Graham officiated. Mrs. Flippen had been a watch care member for several years, but was a member of New Hope Baptist Church, Cumberland Co., Va. for about 40 years. She was also a member of the Good Samaritans and Love and Charity. These societies paid tributes of respect to her fine Christian character. She was a peaceful Christian lady beloved and respected. She leaves two children, Mr. E. Flippen and Mrs. Charles Lewis and a host of relatives and friends to mourn their loss, but sweet be her rest.) VIRGINIA—In the Circuit Court of the County of Goochland. Winnie Franklin, vs William Franklin. IN CHANCERY The object of this suit is to obtain an absolute divorce from the defendant by the plaintiff, on the grounds of desertion and abandonment. And an affidavit having been made and filed that the defendant is not a resident of the State of Wisconsin there is ordered that he do appear here when fifteen days (15) after publication of this notice to protect his interest in this suit. A copy Tese; MOSES T. MONTEIRO, Clerk. E. M. Virossi, pg. To William Franklin: Take notice that I shall, on the 26th day of December, 1906 at the office of E. M. 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