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RICHMOND PLANET VOLUME XXIV. NO. 16. THE FIFTH STREET CHURCH TROUBLE. Stopped the Church-meeting—Preaching as Usual. Gilbert K. Pollock, Esq., and John A. Lamb, Esq., attorneys or the dissatisfied elements of the Fifth Street Baptist Church, applied to Judge Grinnan of the Chancery Court of this city and were granted an injunction restraining the Rev. Dr. A. E. Edwards, the pastor from holding a church-meeting last Monday night at which the recent endorsation of the pastor was to be ratified. Rev. Edwards apparent majority at that meeting was $3. Those making the application for the injunction were W. W. Fields, J. W. Anderson, C. L. Taylor, Edinboro Archer, S. P. Brown, William Chiles, and Alexander Jonathan. This will not interfere with the regular church services to-morrow and Rev. Dr. Edwards will preach as usual. The various entertainments scheduled to take place at the church will be given. The court has only interfered with the business meeting. A day will be set to hear argument on the dissolution of the injunction or the granting of the prayer of the complainants. PYTHIANS ENTER DORCHESTER Fine Lodge There—Interesting Ceremonies Dorchester, Va., March 18, '07 Grand Chancellor John Mitchell, Jr. accompanied by Dr. J. Alexander Lewis, acting Grand Medical Register Sirs H. S. Staples, D. D. G. C., A. E. Miller, D. D. G. C. instituted a new logo of Knights of Pythias here last Saturday night, forty-three strong. The initiation was enjoyable. The Grand Chancellor and his friends took supper at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Booker where they met Miss Lula Evans, Miss Lizzie Booker, Miss Gertrude Hairston and Mrs. Alice Harris. After the ceremonies at the hall, refreshments were served at the Church and all heartily enjoyed them selves. The officers of the new body which will be known as Enterprise Lodge are: Chancellor Commander, T. S. Daniels; Master of Work, P. J. Robinson; Vice Chancellor, J. H. Young; Prelate, Samuel Blair; Keeper of Records and Seal, E. N. Daniel; Master of Finance, A. H. Hamilton; Master of Exchequer, Edward McAllley; Master-at-Arms, Roy Bryant; Inner Guard, R. H. Chapman; Outer Guard, J. A. Williams, Trustees: R. S. Tucker, Robert Pendleton, H. R. Etter; Attendants: W. M. Evans, Joseph Carter, B. C. Curtis, Adolphus Tatum. The Knights who assisted were A. Walls, John Agnew, J. H. Davis, P. J. Robinson, B. Watterson, P. J. Cosby, H. S. Staples, Chary Lane, E. W. Ward, N. L. Holladay, Andrew Coleman, J. W. H. Evans, Lum Ray, J. D. Williams, James Medlock, Lewis Terry, J. M. Cooper. This lodge was organized through the efforts of District Deputy Grand Chancellor H. S. Staples of Norton, Va. The Grand Chancellor left yesterday morning for Stonega, Va. where he is to institute another lodge He was greatly pleased with the work here. A NEW LODGE AT INMAN, VA. The Grand Chancellor Initiates at Stonega, Va. Stonega, Va., March 18th, 1907. Inman Star Lodge, Knights of Pythias was instituted here to-day before day by Grand Chancellor John Mitchell, Jr. Dr. J. Alexander Lewis and a team from this place and Norton. The work was done through the efforts of District Deputy A. E. Miller of this place. The lodge will be located at Inman, Va., but all of the candidates, thirty in all, came here to be initiated because they had no suitable hall for the purpose. The following are the officers: Chancellor Commander, J. N. Gaston, Master of Work, William Bradley, Vice Chancellor, Joseph Jenkins, Prelate, Rev. P. H. Robinson; Keeper of Records and Seal, Herod Carmichkle; Master of Finance, P. W. Samuel; Master of Exchequer, William Patterson; Master-at-Arms, John Carmichkle; Inner Guard, King Johnson; Outer Guard, William Dinkins. Trustees: Jordan Bradley, Samuel Ellis, Clint, Bradley, Attendants: John Lewis, Will Hunt, Preston Vaughan, Henry McGee. The Knights who assisted in the work were A. Durham Charley Lane W. I. Roseborough, W. M. Ransom, J. H. Thomas, Henry Snowden, E. W. Ward, R. J. M. Coleman, R. K. Anderson, Squire Higgins, J. W. Williams, Sam Davidson, Bruce Reader, Ed. Smith, Ulysses McMiller, Reese Lewis, William Fenderson, A. E. Miller, N. L. Holliday, A. Walls, D. Dogans, H. S. Staples A fine repast was enjoyed at the Methodist Church. The Grand Chancellor and Dr. Lewis left this morning for Clifton Forge. They spoke highly of the work. A MEXICAN TESTIFIES THAT SHOTS CAME FROM TOWN. Would Drive Negro Soldiers Away. Threats Made at Brownsville. Positive Testimony by White Officers. MUCH FAVORABLE EVIDENCE—THE WAR DEPARTMENT STILL HOUNDING THE TWENTY-FIFTH INFANTRY—EXPERT TESTIMONY AND THE SPRINGFIELD ARSENAL—SECRETARY TAFT ARGUES THE CASE AT A DISTANCE. [Washington Post, March 15, '07.] Expert testimony concerning ammunition and guns will be given before the Senate Committee on Military Affairs within a few days, perhaps to-day. This will include a report of the results of the microscopic examination of the bullets extracted from the walls of houses in Brownsville and the cartridges picked up in the streets there. From these reports it is expected the committee will be able to form an opinion as to whether the bullets found were fired from guns in the hands of Negro soldiers or whether citizens had obtained army ammunition and fired it from rifles of a bullet make. This is regarded as by ear the most important evidence the committee now has in view. Several days ago the Senate Committee returned to the War Department the exhibits of bullets and cartridges sent to the Senate by the President in connection with the investigation made for the President by Assistant Attorney General Purdy of the Department of Justice. of the charge of murder. The Texas Senator said he would reply further to that part of the testimony which cast asperSION upon the respectability and refinement of the people of Brownsville. NEGRO TROOPS NOT WANTED. The first witness in the investigation yesterday was Nelson Huron, a sergeant of Company M, Twenty-sixth Infantry, who said he had conversed with the police and citizens of Brownsville after the publication of the order to send Negro soldiers to Port Brown, and these persons said they did not want Negro troops and if they were sent there, ways would be found to get them out in short time. The witness, repeated a conversation he said he had had with Policeman Fernandez. According to Huron's story, he met Fernandez in front of a saloon, and the policeman said: "I see they are going to send nigger soldiers here." Huron replied that it was true, and the policeman said the people would "I am going to take them downtown and sell them to shoot niggers with." The witness said there were other boys in the party. West gave a bad name to the section of Texas in which Brownsville is situated. He said a strip about fifty miles long seemed to be a "dumping ground" for the lawless element. Senator Culberson was present listening to the proceedings, and immediately took a position back of Senator Foster and directed a rigid cross-examination. The witness finally admitted that he knew very little of the character of the towns in the section named. Rinnel testified concerning conversations he had with citizens, in which they expressed the opinion that Negro soldiers would not be permitted to remain in Brownsville. [Washington Post, March 16, '07.] An eyewitness to many of the incidents connected with the affray of Brownsville said there were other boys in the party. that it came from an alley, about half a block from the reservation between Elizabeth and Washington streets. Another shot was fired almost immediately, and Tomayo quickly extinguished his lantern, for fear of being made a target. He says there followed a fuselade of shots, and the bullets whistled over the barracks as if fired toward the administration building. He thought there was about twenty shots in the fuselade. After the volley he said he got on his cart and drove out between B and C barracks, toward the administration building. The remainder of his story was in relation to the call to arms and the formation of the companies, which he saw incident to the completion of his scavenger work. REMAINED IN BARRACKS. During the time of the firing, Tomayo says he is certain that soldiers did not leave the barracks to enter the town, nor enter the barracks black, and this form of questioning was taken up when Corp. John Rimmel, a cook, of Company M. 25 Infantry, was recalled for cross-amination. During the inquiry Senator Forker sat silent until the question was raised some doubt as to whether the witness was telling the truth concerning his acquaintance with Ferguson, and then the Senator interrupted, saying: "Ferguson went down to Fort Saxon at my expense. I receive an anonymous letter giving me the names of several persons said I have information that might be a value in this inquiry. These persons were said to be at Fort Saxon, and I sent Ferguson down there to talk with them and find out what they knew. If any one suspects that the manner of conduct this examination and the handling of witnesses is not as it should be, I would like to take the stand and make an explanation." CALLED FOR EXHIBITS Wednesday the committee again called for these exhibits, which consist of thirty-three shells and six ball cartridges, and yesterday two letters were received from Secretary Taft. The first said that he had sent the exhibits to the arsenal at Springfield for microscopic examination. In that letter the Secretary estimated that it would require about a week to get the exhibits back with a report. A little later a second letter was received from Secretary Taft as follows: "Further replying to your letter in respect to the cartridge shells, and the results of the microscopic examination in the matter of the Brown's vampire, I beg to say that I am in receipt of a telegram from Springfield saying the examination in regard to the shells at Springfield will be completed to-day, and that I have directed the officer who conducted the examination to bring the shells and ball cartridges with him, together with a final report of his whole investigation. "The report first submitted stated what I believed, and what the officers believed to be correct conclusions, but the investigations had not been as broad in cope as the opportunity offered, and I, therefore, directed a supplemental or final report on the subject, which, together with the report already here, will, I hope, be submitted to you at the hands of the officer making the investigation at your meeting to-morrow, if you desire to hear him and to take the matter up at that time. It is possible that the officer will be delayed in coming from Springfield until Saturday, but I am hopeful that he may reach here to-morrow morning." HOSTILITY TO SOLDIERS The witnesses testifying yesterday were Nelson Huron, a sergeant; Otis C. West, a private and John E. Rinnel, a cook, all of the Twenty-sixth Infantry, which preceded the Negro troops at Fort Brown. Their statements dealt largely with the character of the people of Brownsville and their hostility to soldiers and threats made against Negro soldiers when they should arrive at Fort Brown. Huron testified that government ammunition was bought at a saloon in Brownsville and West testified that Mexican boys picked up ammunition which they said they were going to sell "to shoot niggers with." Senator Warren chairman of the Committee, yesterday received a letter from Senator Culberson contradicting testimony given by Capt. D. W. Kilburn, of the Twenty-sixth Infantry, indicating that life is held cheaply at Brownsville. Capt. Kilburn had testified that Tom Hill killed a Mexican there and was never brought to trial. The denial by Senator Culberson declares that Hill was arrested, indicted and acquitted RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 23RD, 1907 of the charge of murder. The Texas Senator said he would reply further to that part of the testimony which cast asperSION upon the respectability and refinement of the people of Brownsville. NEGRO TROOPS NOT WANTED. The first witness in the investigation yesterday was Nelson Huron, a sergeant of Company M, Twenty-sixth Infantry, who said he had conversed with the police and citizens of Brownsville after the publication of the order to send Negro soldiers to Fort Brown, and these persons said they did not want Negro troops and if they were sent there, ways would be found to get them out in short time. The witness repeated a conversation he said he had had with Policeman Fernandez. According to Huron's story, he met Fernandez in front of a saloon, and the policeman said: "I see they are going to send nigger soldiers here." Huron replied that it was true, and the policeman said the people would not stand for the "niggers," as they had no use for them, and, tapping his revolver, the policeman added: "I want to kill a couple of them when they get here." Huron said he replied that he had served with Negro soldiers and had found them well behaved. He expressed the opinion that if there was trouble the Negroes would not start it, and the policeman repeated: "Well, we don't want them, and if they come, I want to kill a couple of them." POLICEMAN USED REVOLVER Huron instanced a number of cases of trouble between men of his company and the policeman. One assault upon a soldier named Parker was witnessed by Huron. He described it as having occurred in Crixell's saloon. The soldier was drinking and made some remark to a companion, not addressed in any way to the policeman, but the policeman seemed to take offense and struck the soldier over the had with his revolver and then arrested him. Huron said he protested to the policeman, who was under the influence of liquer, and finally the soldier was turned over to Huron, who took him to the pst. The witness explained in detail the process of cleaning the Springfield rifles, and said that after a rifle had been fired it would take fully one-half hour to clean it for inspection. He did not think it possible to clean the rifles in the barracks. Huron thought there were not many withholders who would run the risk of withholding unused cartridges on rifle practice, as to do so would be to violate regulations, and, if discovered, subject them to punishment. That soldiers could sell cartridges at a certain saloon was believed by Huron. At the afternoon session the committee heard Otis C. West, a private of Company I, Twenty-sixth Infantry and John E. Rinnel, a cook, of the Twenty-sixth. West was doing extra duty as a teamster, and when the Twenty-sixth left Brownville, he remained behind as one of the men assigned to clean up the barracks. BANDOLIERS ON PORCHES He testified that he saw uniforms and bandoliers on the back porches of the barracks, and that Mexicans, without hindrance, rummaged through these piles. As he was driving in the gate of the reservation one day he met a Mexican boy about twelve years old, with a hat partially filled with cartridges. West said the boy spoke to him, calling him "dad," and that he then asked the boy what he had in his hat. The boy showed him the cartridges, and when asked where he got them, he pointed toward the barracks. "What are you going to do with them?" West said he asked the boy, and the boy answered: "I am going to take them downtown and sell them to shoot niggers with." The witness said there were other boys in the party. West gave a bad name to the section of Texas in which Brownsville is situated. He said a strip about fifty miles wide and 100 miles long seemed to be a "dumping ground" for the lawless element. Senator Culberson was present listening to the proceedings, and immediately took a position back of Senator Poster and directed a rigid cross-examination. The witness finally admitted that he knew very little of the character of the towns in the section named. Rinnel testified concerning conversions he had with citizens, in which they expressed the opinion that Negro soldiers would not be permitted to remain long in Brownsville. [Washington Post, March 16, 07.] An eyewitness to many of the incidents connected with the affray at Brownsville, Tex., was put on the stand yesterday by Senator Foraker and before he concluded he had been cross-examined by nearly every member of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs, which is conducting an investigation of the alleged "shooting up" of Brownsville by members of the Twenty-fifth Infantry. He was Macias G. Tomayo, a Mexican carpenter of Brownsville, who also had the contract for the scavenger work at Fort Brown. He was working between the barracks and the wall separating the town from the reservation when the shooting began, and was in a position to have seen soldiers leave the barracks and enter the town and return to the barracks if they had done so. Claiming to be entirely disinterested and having no acquaintance with the Negro soldiers his evidence was the best defense of the Negroes yet given in the pending investigation. FORAKER PAID THE EXPENSES Another interesting development of the day's proceedings was a statement by Senator Foraker that he paid out of his own pocket the expenses attached to sending a man South to interview prospective witnesses. This disclosure came early in the day as the result of a protest by him against certain cross-examination of witnesses. Three former members of the 26th Infantry testified to hearing threats against Negro soldiers when they should be brought there to take the place of white soldiers. The report from the Springfield arsenal where the War Department had made microscopic tests of shells picked up in Brownsville streets and bullets found in the walls of houses there, now awaits the disposition of the committee. The officer who made the examinations of the exhibits arrived in Washington yesterday and conferred with Secretary Taft and Gen. Crozier, chief of ordnance. Later, accompanied by these high officials of the War Department, he laid his report before President Roosevelt. He may be called to-day by the committee. POLICE WEAR KHAKI Maclas Tomayo is an intelligent-appearing Mexican. He is not much more than five feet tall and very dark. He testified that he is under the average height, and that most of the citizens of Brownsville are larger and the police will average about six feet. He said that it would be difficult at night to tell them from Negroes. All of the policemen wore khaki clothing, and many of the citizens also wore khaki said the witness, it being a practice for some citizens to buy and wear cast-off army uniforms. When the shooting began on the night of August 13 Tomayo was working in the rear of B barracks be said, and the first shot caused him to straighten up and listen. He said that it came from an alley, about half a block from the reservation between Elizabeth and Washington streets. Another shot was fired almost immediately, and Tomayo quickly extinguished his lantern, for fear of being made a target. He says there followed a fusilade of shots, and the bullets whistled over the barracks as if fired toward the administration building. He thought there was about twenty shots in the fusilade. After the volley he said he got on his cart and drove out between B and C barracks, toward the administration building. The result of his story was in relation to the two arms and the formation of the companies, which he saw incident to the completion of his scavenger work. REMAINED IN BARRACKS During the time of the firing, Tomayo says he is certain that soldiers did not leave the barracks to enter the town, nor enter the barracks from the town; but, on cross-examination, he would not say that if would have been impossible for soldiers to have hidden along the wall in the rear of the out-houses and wood sheds. He was absolutely certain though, that soldiers could not have fired from the barracks into the town without his seeing the flashes of the guns and hearing the reports of them. On these points he was closely cross-questioned by Senators Warner Frazier, Foster and Overman, but he could not be shaken. He volunteered the statement that when he was examined by Assistant Attorney General Purdy and Maj. Blocksom, that Mr. Purdy tried to get him to say that the first shot was fired from within the barracks, and that he became scared and jumped on his cart and drove away. He said that Mr. Purdy got him confused and he answered "yes" once when he meant "no," and that Mr. Purdy then told him to wait until he got his stenographer. When the question was again put, said Tomayo, he understood it and answered that the first shot came from the alley, as he had before stared. When Senator Foraker insisted upon bringing out this testimony, Senator Warner protested, but the Ohio Senator declared that he purposed to have made a part of the record the character of the examinations of witnesses at former investigations, where no chance for cross-examination was given. FIRING MADE GREAT NOISE Tomayo, replying to questions by Senator Warner, sald that he did not hear the sentry fire his rifle in calling the guard nor did he hear any persons from outside the wall challenging the soldiers to come out, as then testified by a number of former Nero soldiers. He sald, however, that the ring in the town made a great deal noise, as also did his cart when he drove. That Senator Foraker is gathering evidence at his own expense in defense of the former Negro soldiers was disclosed in a sharp clash between members of the committee. Senators Overman, Foster and Warner had plied a number of witnesses with questions as to whom they had talked with before coming to Washington to testify. These witnesses said they had been interviewed by a man named Ferguson as to what they knew concerning the Brownsville affair, and the Senators named then displayed an active interest in Ferguson's mission and as to whether he was a white man or a Negro. The witnesses seemed to be in doubt, and none was willing to swear to his race, and all of the witnesses disclaimed knowledge as to Ferguson's connection with the investigation. WHITE OR BLACK Again and again witnesses were asked if Ferguson was white or black, and this form of questioning was taken up when Corp. John I Rimmel, a cook, of Company M. 25th Infantry, was recalled for cross-examination. During the inquiry Senator Foraker sat silent until the question seemed to raise some doubt as to whether the witness was telling the truth concerning his acquaintance with Ferguson, and then the Senator interrupted, saying: "Ferguson went down to Fort Sam Houston at my expense. I received an anonymous letter giving the names of several persons said to have information that might be of value in this inquiry. These persons were said to be at Fort Sam Houston, and I sent Ferguson down there to talk with them and find out what they knew. If any one suspects that the manner of conducting this examination and the handling of witnesses is not as it should be, I would like to take the stand and make an explanation." NO CRITICISM TO OFFER Senators Warner, Overman, and Foster hastened to assure Senator Foraker that they had no criticism to offer of the course he had pursued, and explanation was made that since it had been indicated that the Constitution League had secured affidavits from men, which the same men denied upon being put on the stand, the examination here was to determine whether Ferguson was a representative of that league. Assurance was given by Senator Foraker that Ferguson had no connection with the Constitution League and Senator Overman asked, laughingly: "Well, is he a nigger or a white man?" "I don't know. I think he is a mulatto," replied Senator Foraker. He then withdrew the remark for the reason, he said, that he was in doubt and did not want to give offense. The Senator then explained that he had been assigned by the committee to conduct the direct examination of the witnesses, and that he had not sought the appointment. "I insisted that former Gov. Black of New York, who was engaged by the Constitution League to defend these Negro soldiers should conduct the examination." added Mr. Foraker. "You did not want him and that is the way I came to be designated. As to Ferguson, I want understood now for all time that I employed him myself and I did it at my own expense." SENATORS EXCHANGE COMPLI MENTS. The incident was passed over after an exchange of compliments between Senator Foraker and the several Senators taking the opposite side of the case. Rimmell's testimony and that of Frank Fisher, also a cook of Company M, was to the effect that they had frequently heard citizens of Brownville make remarks derogatory to the Negro soldiers after the order was issued to send them to Fort Brown. Former Private William J. Rappe of Company M, Twenty-sixth Infantry, gave amusing testimony concerning his experiences in Brownville. He said he had gambled with the police and had been arrested by them after having beaten them at roulette. A companion of his, the witness said, beat a policeman at roulette and the policeman then beat him over the head with a six-shooter and took him to jail. Rappe testified at length concerning the hearing of threats made by citizens that the Negro soldiers would be run out of town and as to the alleged bad character of the city of Brownville. [Washington Post, March 19, '07.] Four rifles from Company B, Twenty-fifth Infantry, were used in the Brownville affray, if the ordnance department of the army can substan tate reports sent to the Senate Com- PRICE, FIVE CENTS mittee on Military Affairs yesterday concerning the microscopic examinations of the thirty-three shells picked up in the streets of the town on the morning following the shooting. All of the rifles in the possession of the battalion at Fort Brown on the night of August 13th were sent to the Springfield Arsenal and two shots were fired from each. The shells used were then compared with those picked up at Brownsville and the officers making the tests reported that it was demonstrated beyond dispute that four guns of Co. CONTINUED ON EIGHTH PAGE. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. A New Lodge at Clifton Forge. Clifton Forge, Va., March 20, '07. The Knights here were active last night when Grand Chancellor John Mitchell, Jr., organized High Rock Lodge Knights of Pythias, Dr. J. Alexander Lewis, acting Grand Medical Register examined the candidates. Grand Chancellor Mitchell installed the following officers: Chancellor Commander, H. L. Payne; Master of Work, Marshall Taylor; Vice Chancellor, Wellington Ligin; Prelate, Rev. E. B. Payne; Keeper of Records and Seal, John Tyler; Mister of Finance, Elbridge Hatcher; Master of Exchequer, J. H. Cook; Master-at-Arms, Joseph Jones Inner Guard, James Moore; Outer Guard, Alphonso Cooper. Trustees: J. W. Washington, L. W. Hill, J. S. Cash, Attendants; Thos. Poindexter, J. A. Smith, David Bates James Lipscomb. The following Knights assisted: Sirs W. S. Thomas, W. T. Branch, E. F. Scott, S. M. Turner, S. N. Moore H. M. Duval, W. D. Haskins, Thomas Cosby, Claytor Brown and John Gillam. This lodge was to the credit of District Deputy Grand Chancellor E. F. Scott. Grand Chancellor Mitchell and Dr. Lewis were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Scott and their attractive daughter. Supper was served and they heartily enjoyed the courtesies. They left this morning for Richmond after having been with us just five hours. ROBINSON—Mr. Jeter Robinson died at his residence 17 E. Canal St. Feb. 28th, 1907 in his 83d year. He was a man of strict integrity and was employed by the Packet Co. on the James River Canal as captain on the supply boat. For 23 years he was watchman for the C. and O. R. R. Co. He was a consistent member of Ebenezer Baptist Church. He leaves one brother, five children, to mourn their loss. A faithful father has passed to his reward in the great Beyond. Salaried Positions Are offered men and women with small means to represent us in all the principal cities. Experience unnecessary. For information, enclose stamp. Consolidated Order of Friendship Ronnoke, Virginia. Prof. R. Lee Hemmings Gone Prof. R. Lee Hemmings, the founder and head of the Hemmings' Training School died last Monday in Lynchburg, Va. Funeral took place Wednesday. He was a great support in his work to the Virginia Seminary, a staunch friend to Prof. G. W. Hayes. A good man is gone. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Goodwyn of Bluefield, W. Va. called on us. Mrs. Mary M. Davenport, Charlottesville, Va. is the guest of Mrs. Anna Lewis. Miss Willie Bailey of Doudron, Va. is visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Jones of Manchester, Va. Nelson's Hair Dressing can be bought at Jennings and Brown Drug Store, Pittsburg, Pa. Mr. Joseph L. Booker of Philadelphia, Pa. arrived in the city last Thursday morning. He is looking the picture of health. Miss Izetta Bass has returned home much improved after having undergone medical treatment in Washington, D. C. Watch for this date, Tuesday, April 2nd, 1907. The Grand Union Quartette Contest will be repeated at the Second Baptist Church. Admission 10 cents. The Fifth Baptist Church had a great time last Sunday at communion service. They raised $53.00. Revival started under favorable auspices. --- —~——- TH E—~ Masquerader By KATHERINE CECIL THURSTON, Author of “The Circle,” Etc. Beosaiune Seon. Aah ke [Marner ‘cones tnace Two CHAPTER XxIv }HB letter through which the blow fell was not voluminous. It was written on cheap paper in a disguised hand, and the gontents covered only half a page. Loder read it slowly, meotatly articu: lating every word; ‘then he laid it down, and as be did he caught Eve's yes raised in concern. Again he saw something of bis own feelings reflected fm her face, and the shock braced him. He picked up the letter, tearing It into strips. “L must go out.” he said slowly. “I must go now—at once.” His voice was hand. Eve's surprised, concerned eyes still searched his, “Now—at once?” she re- Peated. “Now—witbout breakfast?” “I'm not hungry." He rose from his seat and, carrying the slips of paper across the room, dropped them into the fire. He did tt not so much from cau. tion as from an imperative wish to do something, to move, If only acrose the room. Eve's glance followed him. “Is tt bad news?” she asked anxiously. It was unlike her to be insistent, but she was moved to the impulse by the pecu- Narity of the moment. “No,” be said shortly. “It's—busl ness. This was written yesterday; 1 should have got it last night” Her eyes widened. “But nobody does business at § in the morning”— she be an in astonishment, then she sudden. ly broke off Without apology or farewell Loder had left the fireplace and walked out of the room. He passed through the hall burried ly, picking up a hat as be went, and. he q ae f Bs | J Ne ‘ BRS) Pa" ry nee FE LS SBT ag |= E/ a Gt FT eS & KC = =a tS Loder wood shocked and epltbound i reaching the pavement outside, he went straight forward until Grosvenor square was left behind, then he ran. At the risk of reputation, at the loss of dig nity, he ran untii he saw a cab. Hail tng It, he sprang inside. and as the cabman whipped up and the horse re sponded to the call he realized for th first time the full significance of wh: had occurred Realization, like the need for ction eave to him slowly, but whoa it cans It was with terr He « not awear ax ue lk puck i ls seat mechauieaily wat he sireau Of men on their way (o busiaess, the Belated cars of green produce blocking the way between the Strand and Cov ent Garden. Ie had no use for oaths: Bis ferlings lay deeper than mere words. But his mouth was sternly #et and his eyes looked cold. Outside the law courts he dismissed his cab and walked forward to Cilf ford's inn. As he passed through the familiar entrance @ chill fell on him In the clear. early light it seemed more than ever a place of dead hopes, dead enterprises, dead ambitions. In the eoward march of life it had been for gotten. The very air had a breath of unfuldtiment He crossed the court rapidly, but his mouth set itself afresh ax he passed through the doorway of his own house and crossed the bare hall As he mounted the well known statr he recelved his first indication of life fm the appearance of a cat from the second floor rooms, At sight of him the animal came forward, rubbed demon stratively against his legs and with at. fectionate persistence followed him up stairs. Outside bis door he paused. On the ground stood the usual morning can of milk—evidence that Chilcote was not yet awake or that, like himself, he had Ro appetite for breakfast. He smiled fronically as the idea struck him, ba Mt was a milo that stiffened rather than relaxed his lips, ‘Then be drew ‘out the duplicate key he always carried and, Inserting it quietly, opened the door. A close, unpleasant smell greet ed him as he entered the smal! passage that divided the bed and sitting rooms =a smell of whisky mingling with the odor of stale smoke. With a quick gesture he pushed open the bedroow door. Then on the threshold he paused. © look of contempt and repulsion pass tng over his face. In his first glance he scarcely grasp ‘ed the details of the scene, for the balt drawn curtains kept the light dim, but ‘as his eyes grew accustomed to the ob ‘curity he gathered their significance. ‘The room had a sleepless, Jaded air the room that under bis ows occupation wo a almost monastic se- out. On one corner of the table « carafe of water and a whisky decanter Feated one against the other, as !f for support, and at the other end an over turned tumbter lay in a pool of Nquid ‘The whole effect was sickly and nause. ating. His giance turned involuntarily to the bed and there halted. ‘On the hard, narrow mattress, from which the sheets and blankets had fall- en in a disontered heap, lay Chilcote. He was fully dressed tn a shabby tweed suit of Loder's: his collar was pen, his lip and chin unshaven; one band was limply grasping the pillow, while the other hung out over the side of the bed fils face, pale, almost earthy in bue, might have been a mask save for the slight convulsive spasms that crossed It from time to thme and corresponded with the faint, shivering starts that passed at Intervals over his whole body. To complete his repeltent appearance, a lock of hair bad fallen loose and lay black and damp across his forehead Loder stood for 2 space shocked and spellbound by the sight. Even in the ghastly disarray the likeness—the ex- traordinary. sinister likeness that had Decome the plvot upon which he bim- | self revolved—struck him lke a blow. The man who lay there was himself. bound to bim by some subtle, Inexplic able tle of simflarity. As the den touched hiro be turned aside and step- ped quickly to the dressing table There, with unnecessary energy, he flung back the curtains and threw the window wide ‘Then again he tured toward the bed. He hed one dominant Impulse, to waken Chileote, te be tree of the reprlkive, Inert preseuce that chilled bim with #0 personal a horror. Leaning over the bed. he caught the shonlier nearest to him and shook tt | If was not the moment for niceties. } and bis gesture was rove At bis first touch Chitcote made. ne | response—his brain, dalled hy Indub gence In his vice. had become a lag gard In conveying seusations—but at last, as the pressure on bis shoulder Increase, his nervous system seemed suddenly to Jar Into consciousness. A long shudder shook bim; he half ifted himself and then dropped back upon “the pillow. “Oh! he exclaimed tn a trembling breath. “Oh!" ‘The sound seemed drawn from him by compulsion, Its uncanny tone chilled Loder anew. “Wake up, man!” he said suddenly. “Wake up! It's Loder." Again the other shuddered; then he turned quickly and nervously, “Lo- der?” he said doubtfully “Loder?” Then his face changed. “Good God,” he exclaimed, “what a relief! ‘The words were so Intense. #0 spon- taneous and unexpected that Loder took a step back. Chileote laughed discordantly and lifted 2 shaky hand to protect his eyes from the light. “It's—it's all right, Loder! It’s all right! Ite only that I—that I had a Deastly dream. But, for heaven's sake, shut that window!” He shivered tn- “voluntarily and pushed the lock of damp hair from his forehead with a | Weak touch of his old Irritability. In silence Loder moved back to the window and shut It. He was affected more than he would own even to bim- self by the obvious change in Chilcote. He bad seen him moody, restless, nery- ously excited, but never before had he seen him entirely demoralized. With a dull feeling of Impotence and disgust he stood by the closed window, looking unseeingly at the roofs of the opposite houses: But Chilcote had followed his move- ments restlessly, and now as be watch- ed him a flicker of excitement crossed his face. “God, Loder,” be said again, “"twas & relief to see you! I dreamed I was in hell—a horrible hell, worse than the one they preach about.” He laughed to reassure himself, but his voice shoot pitiably. Loder, who had come to fight, stood ‘silent and inert. / “It was horrible—beastly,” Chileote went on. “There was no fire and brim- stone, but there was something worse. ‘It was a great ironic scheme of pun ishment by which every man was chained to his own vice—by which the thing be had gone to pieces over, In- stead of being denied him, was made compulsory. You can’t imagine it." He shivered nervously and his voice rose “Fancy being satiated beyond the lim it of satiety, being driven and dogged by the thing you had run after all an Ufer" He paused excitedly, and in the pause Loder found resolution. He shu his ears to the panic in Chilcote’s voles, he closed his consciousness to the sight of his shaken face. With a surge of de termination he rallied his theories. Aft er all, he had himself and bis own in terests to claiis his thought. At the mo ment Chilcote was a wreck, with no de sire toward rehabilitation, but there Was no guarantee that in an bour or two he might not have reguined con. trol over himself and with it the incli nation that bad prompted his letter ot the day before. No; he bad filmself tc Jook to. ‘The survival of the fittest war the true, the only principle. Chileote had had intellect, education, opportu nity, and Chilcote bad deliberately. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. ‘The other put up his band and his arm, Mls Gagers trembled and Jerk ed. “I say, Loder,” he said suddenly “‘T've had such « beastly night—m} nerves, you know"— With a quick, involuntary disgust Loder drew back. “Don't you thin we might sbove that aside?" he asked But Chileote’s’ gare bad wandereo from bis face and strayed to the dress ing table; there it moved feverishly from one object to another. “Loder.” be exclaimed, “do you see —can you see if there's a tube of tad Jeids on the mantelshelf or on the dressing table?” He lifted himself hervously on bis elbow, and his eyes wandered uneasily about the room. “J Thad a beastly night; my nerves are horribly Jarred, and 1 thought—1 think”— “He stopped. ‘With his increasing consciousness his nervous collapse became more marked. At the first moment of waking the re- Uef of an unexpected presence had sur- mounted everything else, but now, as fone by one his faculties stirred, his wretched condition became patent. With a new sense of perturbation Loder made his next attack. “Chiteote,” he began sternly. But again Chilcote caught bis arm, plucking at the coat sleeve, “Where is It?” he said. “Where is the tube of tabloide—the sedntive? I'm—I'm oblig- ed to take somet..ng when my nerves £0 wrong.” In bis weakness and ner- Yous tremor he forgot that Loder was the sharer of bis secret. Even in his extremity his fear of detection clung to him Imply—the les that had be- come second nature slipped from him without effort. Then suddenly a fresh panic seized Lim, his fingers tightened spasmodically, his eyes ceased to rove about the room and settied on his companion’s face. “Can you see it, Loder?” he cried. “I can't; the light's in my eyes. Can you see it? Can you see the tube?” He lifted himeelt higher, an agony of apprehension in his face. Loder pushed him back upon the pillow. He was striving hard to keep his own mind cool, to steer bis own course straight through the chaos that confronted him, *Chilcote.” he began ouce more, “you sent for me last night, and I came the first thing this morn. ing to tell you"— But there he stopped short. With an excitement that lent him strength, Chilcote pushed aside bis hands. “God,” he sald suddenly, “aup- Pose ‘twas lost—suppose ‘twas gone!" ‘The imaginary possibility gripped him, He sat up, his face livid, drops of perspiration showing on his forebead, his whole shattered aystem trembling before bis thousht, At the sight Loder set his lips, “The tube is on the mantelshelf,” he sald in a cold, abrupt voice. A groan of relief fell from Chileote, and the muscles of his face relaxed. For a moment be lay back with closed eyes, then the desire that tortured him stirred afresh. He lifted his eyelids and looked at his companion. “Hand It to me,” be said quickly. “Give It to me. Give it to me, Loder, quick as you can! There's a glass on the table and some whisky and water. ‘The tablolds dissolve, you know"— In his hew excitement he held out his hand, But Loder stayed motionless. He had come to Sight, to demand, to plead, if need be, for the one hour for which he bad lived—the hour that was to satisfy all labor, all endeavor, all am- bition. With dozged persistence he made one more essay. ‘“Chileote, you wrote last night to re- call me" Once again he paused, checked by a new lnterruption. Sit. ting up azain, Chilcote struck out sud- denly with bis left hand In a rush of his old Irritability, “D—n you!” he cried suddenly. “What are you talking about? Look at me! Get me the stuff. I tell you it's imperative” In his excitement his breath failed, and he coughed. At the effort his whole frame was shaken, Loder walked to the dressing table, then back to the bed. A deep agita- ton was at work in his mind. Again Chilcote's lips parted. “Lo der,” he sald falntly—“Loder, 1 must— I must have It. It's imperative” Once ‘more he attempted to lift himself, but ‘the effort was futile. | ‘Again Loder turned away. | “Loder"— With a flerce gesture the other turn- ed on him. “Good heavens, man!” he began. Then unacrountably his voice changed. The suggestion that bad been hovering in his mind took sud- den and definite shape. “AM right!" he said in a lower voice. “All right! Stay as you are.” He crossed to where the empty tum- Dler stood and hastily mixed the whis- key and water, then crossing to the mantelpiece where lay the small glass tube containing the tightly packed | a | —— se | oh det | ET ee he » a: i Lat 3 Eo Me ay Tee is Lz BA NT UE 2 nN iy. & as <BR = ‘He dropped the five tablotds one after | ‘another into the glass more Seward the bei “Liaw many? he iS ) ‘Cileoteitued his head. His face was pitiubly drawn, but the feverish brigts- | ness hi hit eyes ha increased. “Five,” be said . “Five. Do you hear, | Loder” “Five?” Lnvoluntarily Loder lowered the hand that held the tube. From pre- vious confidences of Chileote’s he knew the amount of morphia contained tn each taloid and realized that five tab- lolds, if not ‘an absolutely dangerous ‘Was at least “an excessive dose, even for one accustomed to the drug. For a ‘Moment his resolution failed, Then the dominant noe of his nature—the un- conscions, fundamental egotism on “which his character was based—assert- ed itself beyond’ denixt. It might be Feprebensible. it might even be criml- nal to accede to such a request made by @ man fn such a condition of body and mind; yet the laws of the universe demanded self assertion—prompted ev ery human mind to desire, to grasp and to hold. With a perception swifter than any he had experienced lie realized the certain respite to be gained by yielding to his impulse. He looked at Chiicote with his bagga~1, anxious expression, his eager, restless ey@s, and a vision of himself followed sharp upon his glance. A vision of the untiring labor of the Past ten dass, of the slowly kindling ambition, of the supremacy all but gained. Then, as the picture completed itself, he lifted bls hand witu an ab- Fupt movement and dropped the five tabloids one after another into the glass. CHAPTER Xxy. any direction, it was not in Loder's nature to wish It re traced. Tils face was set, but set with determination, when he closed the outer door of his own rooms and passed quietly down the stairs and out into the silent court. ‘The thought of Chiicote, hix pitiable condition, bis sor. id environments, were things that re. quired a tirm will to drive into the background of the linagination, but a Whole Inferno of such visions’ would not have daunted Loder on that morn: Ing as, unobserved by any eyes, he lett the little courty h its grass, its trees, its pavemient—ail so distastefully familiar—and passed down the Strand toward Life and ction As he walkel his steps Increased in speed and vigor. Now, for the first time, he fully a ated the great mental stral that he hud tmdersone tp the past ten days—the unnatural ten sion; the suppressed but perpetual sense of tmp I; the conse. quently high jcessure at which work and even existence had been carried on, And as he hurried forward the natural reaction to this state of things came upon him tn @ flood of security and con fidence-—a strong realization of the tem Porary respite and freclom for which no price wonld have seemed too high. ‘The moment for which he bad uncon: sclously lived ever since Chilcote’s frat memorable proposition was within reach at last, safeguarded by his own activa, The walk from Clifford's inn to Grosvenor square was long enough to ispel any excitement that bis Inter. vlew bad aroused, and long before the well known house came into view he felt sufficiently braced mentally and physically to seek Eve in the morning Foom, where he {nstinctively felt she Would still be waiting for him. ‘Tous he encountered and overpassed the obstacle that had so nearly threat ened ruin, and, with the singteness of purpose that always distinguished him, he was able, once having passed tt, to Aismiss it altogether from bis mind. From the moment of his return to Chit cote’s house no misgiving as to his own action, no shadow of doubt, rose to trouble his mind, His feelings on the matter were quite simple, He had in oniinately desired a certaln opportunt: ty. One factor bad arisen to debar that opportunity, and he, clalming the right of strength, had set the barrier aside. In the simplleity of the reasoning tay Its power to convince, and were a tonic needed to brace him for his task he was provided with one in the master- fal sense of a difficulty set at naught. For the man who bas fought and con- quered one obstacle feels strong to vanquish « score. It was on this day, at the reassem- biing of parliament, that Fraide's great Diow was to be struck. In the ten days since the affair of the caravans had been reported from Persia public feeling had run high, and It was upon the pivot of this Incident that Loder’s attack was to turn, for, as Lakeley was fond of remarking, “In the scales of Public opinton one dead Englishman has more weight than the whole east- ern question.” It had been arranged that, following the customary proce- dure, Loder was to rise after questions at the morning sitting and ask leave to move the adjournment of the house on @ definite matter of urgent public tm- portance, upon which—leave having been granted by the rising of forty members in bis support—the way was to lie open for bis definite attack at the evening sitting. And it was with @ mind attuned to this plan of action that he retired to the study imme- diately he had breakfasted and settled to final revision of bis speech before an early party conference should com- pel him to feave the house. But here again circumstances were destined to change his programme. Scarcely had he sorted hig notes and drawn his chatr to Chilcote’s desk than Renwick enter- ed the room with the same air of im- portant haste that he had shown on a Previous occasion. “A letter from Mr. Fraide, sir. But there's no answer.” he sald, with un- ‘Usual brevity. Loder waited till be had left the Foom; then be tore the letter open. He read: My Dear Chiloote—~Lakeley is the re- ctpient of special and very vital news from Meshed—unofficial, but none the Jom alarming: Acts of) Russian agures. So be seniaabidperecine ape Til peoiee that Rees © consulate i treated Pending a Bie ‘of this, 1 would sunrest ‘that you an open = on the sub- fect of speech. adopting an ‘even an unprepared — atti- tate yea may, find your hand ratertally strengthened. T "By opinion fore Taga ‘wo meet, up a ‘ on tts . The ‘that his thought ee wenn ah Peiack nee meaning of Fraide’s message Sat neglectful of his notes, his elbows resting on the desk, bis face between his hands, stirred by the suggestion that: here might fe a grettae opparts nity than any be had anticipated. Still moved by this new suggestion, he attended the party conclave that Fralde had convened and afterward tunched with and accompanied bls leaise fo the house: “ney spoke. racy Mttle as they drove to Westminster, for each was engrossed by bis own thoughts. Only once did Fraide allude to the incident that was paramount In doth their minds. Then, turning to Loder with a smile of encouragement, he laid his Gogers for an instant on his arm. “Chileote,” be had said, “when the time comes, remember you have all my confidence.” Looking back upon that day, Loder often wondered at the calmness with which he bore the uncertainty. ‘To sit apparently unmoved and watt without emotion for news that might change the whole tenor of one’s action would have tried the stolciam of the most expertenced: to the novice It was well nigh unendurable. And it was under these conditions and fighting against these odds that he sat through the long afternoon in Chilcote's place, obeying the dictates of his chief. But if the day was fraught with difficulties for him it was fraught with duliness and disappointment for others, for the un- dercurrent of interest that had stirred at the Easter adjournment and risen with added force on this first day of the new session was gradually but surely threatened with extinction as hour after hour passed bringing no suggestion of the battle that had on every side been tacitly expected. Slowly and unmistakably speculation and dissatisfaction crept Into the at- mosphere of the house as moment suc- ceeded moment and the opposition nade no sign. Was Fraide shirking the attack or was he playing a waiting game? Again and again the question arose, filling the air with a passing flicker of interest, but each time ft ‘sprang up only to die down again as the ontinary business of the day drag- ged itself ont, Gradually, as the afternoon wore on, Gaylight began to fade. Loder, sitting rigidly in Chilcote’a place, watched with suppreswed inquiry the faces of the men who entered through the con stantly swinging doors, but not one face, so eaxerly scanned, carried the message for which he waited. Monot onowsly and mechanfelly the thme Passed. ‘The government, adopting neutral attitude, carefully skirted ail dangerous subjects, while the oppost tlon, acting under Fraide’s suggestion, assisted rather than hindered the pro. gramme of postponement, For the mo- ment the eagerly anticipated reassem- bling threatened dismal failure, and it was: with a universal movement of | weariness and relief that at Inst the honse rose to dine, But there are no possibilities so elas- tle as those of polities, At half past 7 the house rose In a spirit of boredom and disappointment, and at 8 o'clock the lobbies, the dining room, the entire space of the vast building, was stirred Into activity by the arrival of a single telegraphic messaze. The new development for which Fraide had waited came indeed, but It came with a force be had little antici: pated. With a thrill of awe and con- sternation men heard and repeated the astounding news that, while personal- ly exercising his authority ou behalf of British traders, Sir William Brice- Field, consul general at Meshed, had been fired at by a Russian officer and Instantly killed. The interval Immediately following the receipt of this news was too con- fused Yor detailed remembrance. Two fdeas made themselves slowly felt—a deep horror that such an event could obtrude itself upon our high elviliza- tion and a strong personal dismay that So honored, distinguished and esteem- ed a representative as Sir William Brice-Field could have been allowed to meet death in so terrible a mauner. It was in the consciousness of this feeling, the consciousness that in his own person be might volce not only the feelings of his party, but those of the whole country, that Loder rose an hour later to make his long delayed attack. He stood silent for a moment, as he had done on an earlier occasion, but this time his motive was different. Roused beyond any feeling of self con- sciousness, he waited as by right for the fuil attention of the house; then quietly, but with self possessed firm- ness, he moved the motion for adjourn- ment. Like a match to a train of powder the words set flame to the excitement that had smoldered for weeks, and in an atmosphere of stirring activity, a Scene of such tense and vital concen- tration as the house has rarely wit- nessed, he found inspiration for his great acnievement, * To give Loder’s speech tn mere words would be little short of futile. The gift of oratory Is too illusive, too much ‘a matter of eve and voice and individ- Pen ee cree) ca: eee pointed out that the mews which had Just reached England was not ¢o much an appalling fact as 2 sinister warning to those in whose keeping lay the safety of the country’s interests. Lastly, with & fine touch of eloquence, be paid trib: ute to the steadfast fidelity of such men 4s Sir William Brice-Field. who, what: ever political complications arise at home, pursue their duty unswervingly en the outposts of the empire. At his Inst words there was sllence— the silence that marks a genuine effect —then all at once, with vehement, {m- pressive force, the storm of enthusiasm broke its bounds. It was one of those stupendous bursts of feeling that no etiquette, no decorum, Is powerful enough to qoell. As he re- sumed bis seat, very pale, but exalted ag men are exalted only once or twice Ina lifetime, it rose about him—clamor- ovs, spontaneous, undeniable. Near at hand were the faces of his party, exclt- ed and triumphant; across the bouse were the faces of Sefborough and his ministry, uncomfortable and disturbed. | ‘The tumult swelled, then fell ax2y, ‘and in the partial lull that followed Fraide leaned over the back of hls seat. ‘His quiet, dignified expression was un- altered, but his eyes were Intensely bright. /*Chiicote," he whispered, “I don't con gratulate you or myself.’ I congratu. late the country on possessing a great man!" | The remaining features of the de- bate followed quickly one upon the other. The electric atmosphere of the house possessed a strong incentive power. Immediately Loder’s ovation had subsided, the undersecretary for foreign affairs rose and in a careful 4nd nonincriminating reply defended the attitude of the government. Next came Fraide, who, in one of his Tare und polished ‘speeches, touched with much feeling upon his personal grief at the news reported from Persia and made emphatic Indorsement of Lo- der's words. Following Fraide came one or two Aissentient Liberals, and then Sefbor- ough himself closed the debate. His speech was masterly and fluent; but, though any disquietude he may have felt was well disguised under a tone of Feassuring ease, the attempt to reba- bilitate his position—alrendy weakened in more than one direction—was a task beyond bis strength. Amid extraordinary excitement. the division followed, and with tt a govern- ment defeat It was not until half an hour after the votes had been taken that Loder, freed at last from persistent congrat- lations, found opportunity to look for Eve. In aceordance with a promise made that morning, he was to find her waiting outside the ladies’ gallery at the close of the debate. Disengacing himself from the group of men who had surrounded and fol lowed him down the lobby, he discard el the lift and ran up the narrow stair case. Reaching the landing, he went forward hurriedly. ‘Then with a certain abrupt movement he paused. In the doorway leading to the gallery Eve was waiting for him. ‘The place was not brightly lizbted. and she was stand ing in the shadow, but It needed only glance to assure his recognition. He comld almost have seen in the dark that night. so vivid were his perceptions He took a step toward her, then again he stoppel. In a second glance he real aed that her eyes were bright with tears, and it was with the strangest sensation he had ever experienced that the knowjedxe tlashed upon him. Here also he hid struck the same note—the long coveted note of supremacy. Tt had rung out full and clear as he stood in Chilote’s place dominating the house; It had besieged him clamorously as he passed nlong the lobbies amid a sea of friendly hauds and voices; now in the quiet of the deserted gallery it came home to him with deeper meaning from the eyes of Chilcote’s wife. Without « tought he put out bis hands and caught hers, “1 couldn't get away.” he sald, “I'm afraid I'm very late,” With a smile that scattered her tears, | Eve looked up. “Are you?” she sald, laughing a little. “I don't know what the time is. I scarcely know whether It's night or day.” Still holding one of her hands, he drew her down the stairs, but as they reached the last step she released her fugers. “In the carriage.” she said, with an- other little laugh of nervous happiness. At the foot of the stairs they were surrounded. Men whose faces Loder barely knew crowded about him. The Intoxication of excitement was still io the air—the instinct that a new force had made itself felt, a new epoch been entered upon, stirred prophetically in every mind, Passing through the enthusiastic con. course of men, they came unexpected ly upon Fraide and Lady Sarah sur rounded by a group of friends. ‘The old statesman came forward instantly and, taking Loder’s arm, walked with him to Chilcote’s waiting brougham. He said little as they slowly made their way to the carriage, but the pres- sure of his fingers was tense and an tnwonted color showed in his face, When Wve and Loder bad token thet Whetie she <elifed Tt oF'ap whether she to draw It nearer or strove to ward It off, its coming had been In- ‘evitable. She opened her eyes sudden. ly and looked out {nto the darkness, the ‘darkness throbbing with muititudes of lives, all waiting, all desiring fulftt- ‘ment. She was no longer lonely, no jonger aloof She was kin with all this ‘pitiful, admirable, sinning, loving ba- Sanity, Again tears of pride and bap- pines filled ber eyes. Then suddenly ‘the thing she had waited for came to. pass. Loder leaned close to her. She was conscious of his nearer presence, of his. strong, masterful personality, With 9 thrill that caught her breath she felt his arm about her shoulder and heard the sound of bis voice. “Eve.” he sald, "I love you. Do you understand? 1 love you," and, drawing her close to bim, he bent and kissed’ ber. With Loder, to do was to do fully. When he gave, be gave generously: when be swept aside a barrier, he left no stone standing. He had been slow to recognize his capacities, slower still to recoguize his feelings. But now that the knowledge came he received it openly. In this matter of newly com- prehended love he gave no thought to either past or future, That they ioved and were alone was all he knew or questioned. She was as much Ere— the one woman—as though they were together in the primeval garden, and in that spirit he claimed her. He neither spoke nor behaved ex. travarantly tn that great moment of comprehension, He acted quietly, wit the completenese of purpose that be gave to everything Te bad found 2 new capacity within bimeelf, and he was strong enough to dread no weak ness In dispinying it Holding her close to him, he repeated bis declaration again and again, as though repetition ratified it, He found ho need to question her feeling for him he had divined It In a flash of inspira- tion as she stood waiting in the door. way of the gallery, but his own sur render was 9 different matter. As the carriage paxsed around the cor ner of Whitehall and dipped into. the- fi apeibial!?, 4 4 he a & i ag a ENA Yo le ; Cae y a y bat es Ri = : Wis, > / <\ mye ~ mips what la eta ee | traffic of Piccadilly he bent down again until ber soft bair brushed bis tace, and | the warm personal contact, the allgbt. | fresh smell of violets 20 suggestive of [deeded dar Eve,” he said vehemently, “do you understand? Do you know that I bave loved you alwaye—from the very first?” As he sald it he bent stilt nearer, kissing her lips, her forehead, | ber bair. At the same momeut the horses slackened speed and then stopped, ar- rested by one of the temporary blocks that so often oceur Ip the trate of Ple cadilly circus Loder, preoccupied by bis own feei- Ings, scarcely noticed the halt, but Eve drew away from him, laughing. “You mustn't," she said softly. “Look!” ‘The carriage had stopped beside one of the small islands that intersect the place A group of pedestrians were /crowded upon It, under the light of the electrie jamp—wayfarers who, like | themselves, were awaiting a passage. Loder took a cursory glance at them, then turned back to Eve | “What are they, after all, but men and women?" he said. “They'd under. stand—every one of them.” He laugh- ed in his turn. Nevertheless be with. drew bis arm. Her feminine thought for conventionalities appealed to. him It was an acknowledgment of depend. ancy. For awhile they sat sflent, the light of the street lamp fickering through the glass of the window, the tum ef Voices and traffic coming to them in a continuous rise and fall of sound. At first the position was tnteresting, but as the seconds followed each other it became irksome. Loder, watching the varying expressions of Eve's face, grew impatient of the delay, grew sud- denly eager to be aloue again in the fragrant carknesa. Impelled by the desire, he leaned forward and opened the window. “Let's Gud the meaning of this,” he said. “Is there nobody to regulate the trafic?” As be spoke he balf rose and leaned out of the window. There was @ touch of imperious annoyance in his manoer. Fresh from the realization of power, there was something irk- Some In this commonplace check to bis desires. “Isn't tt possible to get out of this?” Eve beard bim call to the coachman. Then she heard no more. He had teaned ovt of the carriage with the intention of looking onward toward the cause of the deiny. In- stead, by that magnetic attraction that in front of bim at the group of people waiting on the little isiand—at one man who leaned against the lamp post in an sttitade of apathy—a man with ‘@ pallid, unshaven face and lusteriess espe ‘who wore @ cap drawn low over | Been i tan man, ca the man ‘Saw and returned his glance. For a CONTINUED ON SIXTH PAGE. --- --- THE PLANET SATURDAY...MARCH 23RD, '07 OLD FASHION BACK OLD FASHION BACK MANNISH TURN-DOWN COLLAR RESTORED TO FAVOR. Once More a Conspicuous Feature of Feminine Neckwear—In Many Ways an Improvement on Predecessor. With the rehabilitation of the Tailor: Made Girl the mannish turn-over collar of linen has become a conspicuous feature of fashionable neckwear. You remember that we sported these Eyelet Pattern for Heavy or Sheer Linen. Eyelet Pattern for Heavy or Sheer Linen. collars some three of four years ago, but they were banished when the little Dutch necked frocks came in. Women at that time who possessed scrawny necks encircled by yellow collar lines said some very unpleasant things about the tall, stiff collars which had done the mischief. Time, however, is a great pacifier, and most women to-day have so far forgotten their past grievance that they have appropriated the mannish collar as of old. The present turn-down collar is a great improvement upon its predecessor. It is not made as heavily as before, being only three ply, and the linen is of a fine, lightweight quality. The new turn-over collar is just like a man's collar, save that it is less heavy and embroidered in the corners, and for a distance along the sides, or is hemstitched. There are two buttonholes in front and one in back. Many of the better grade ones are hand embroidered. These collars range in price from 25 cents to two dollars, according to the quality of the linen and handwork employed. Their decoration consists of a variety of finger work, real and imitation, such as Medeira or French convent work, or of the St. Gall order: Grapes of Padded Embroidery with Eyelet Border. others have Teneriffe stitching in round or square design, and in drawn thread patterns. We show an example of the stiff turn-over collar, a combination of blind or padded embroidery and eyelet work. With this is worn a four-in-hand. Another collar is designed with grapes; these are heavily padded and thrown into relief by the open-work edge. Some of the newest Parisian fancies in these stiff turn-over collars show floral patterns in one or more colors. Wee violets, forget-me-nots, lilies of the valley, besides other small neat posies are so treated. Bronze Green Popular The shades of bronze green bid fair to hold their prestige better than the reds, and are considered particularly chic. Several extremely smart street costumes in this color are made of a fine novelty, cloth, showing inch-wide stripes in one-tone effect. Almond green, too, is well liked, and the soft reseda shades are still modish. A reseda marquisette illustrates the liking for sheer stuffs of dark or neutral tone made up over white, and is a most practical and delightful little frock, with its clever embroidery of soft narrow reseda silk ribbon and its ribbon girdle and crossing ribbons over the white net and lace front. Waving the Hair. Use this curling fluid when doing up your hair for the night: Dry salts of tartar (carbonate of potash), one dram; cochineal (powdered) half dram; liquor of ammonia, essence of rose, one dram each; glycerin, one quarter ounce; rectified spirits, one and one-half ounces; distilled water, 18 ounces. Let the mixture digest with frequent stirring for a week and then filter. Moisten the hair with the lotion when dressing. The effect will occur as the hair dries. Fancy Coats Will Be Popular Fancy coats of all descriptions are going to be tremendously popular not only in the summer, but in the early spring, and if the few models shown thus early are any criterion, they deserve all the praise given to them. One of these is of a soft, glossy English cloth, resembling broadcloth, except for its extremely light weight. IT WILL PAY YOU 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), BAT- ATH 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 and there is a loose jacket cut on Empire lines in back, that is with the half-length coat and high waist-line, cut bolero effect in front, two-pointed tabs with the coat sloping from the arm-sides diagonally away from the hips. FOR TWO PLEASANT PARTIES. Mother Goose Is One and "Poverty Breakfasts" Another. Send out invitations decorated with Mother Goose characters. When the guests arrive give them a bit of paper on which is written the name of a jingle from this ever popular book. When the hostess calls these titles one by one, the holder must repeat the rhyme at once, or in the space of two minutes. Failing to do so entails the paying of a forfeit. To the one who responds the first award a goose quill pen, and to the one who falls entirely give a child's copy of Mother Goose. The following menu may be served for refreshment. Ornament the table with a huge pie, on which 24 toy birds are seated around the edge; have a ribbon leading to each plate, with a snapping cracker attached to the end inside the pie. The guests are to guess what is to be served them from this Mother Goose bill of fare: Shared by the walrus and carpenter (Oysters). A king's dish (Bird pie, individual chicken pies). A queen's lunch (Bread and honey). Taffy's spoils (Beef sandwiches). The golden eggs (Eggs hard boiled). What the baker made (Rolls). Sample of the pieman's ware (Tiny pies). Jack-a-Dandy's delight (Plum cake). What the ships brought (Apples and comfits). I wonder how many readers of the department are aware of the fact that Mary Goose, the original "Mother Goose," is buried in a Boston cemetery? She was not a myth, but a reality once upon a time. For Lent. A coterie of ten ladies, who are accustomed to entertaining on quite an elaborate scale, are giving a series of Lenten affairs which they call "poverty breakfasts." Each hostess keeps an itemized account of what the meal costs, and then subtracts it from the sum she would ordinarily have paid. The difference she puts into a box marked "Charity." Shirt-waist suits are worn, and the "breakfast" is served at 12 o'clock, thus giving a long afternoon for sewing, which in this instance is making outfielder nightgowns for a child's hospital. The garments are exceedingly dainty, as one lady insists upon finishing the neck and sleeves with feather-stitching or lace. This little circle is having what they call a "scrap party" once a week, held in the evening. The men are asked to come and bring all their cast-off neckties; the ladies bring bits of silk—even samples are available. The pieces are sorted into plies, neatly tied with skeins of embroidery silk, and are sent to old ladies in homes and institutions—to "shut-ins" and invalids, who gladly receive these contributions to their silk quilts. Some of these bundles are sent to remote regions in the south, where industrial schools have been established. A cup of something hot is served and the party breaks up at ten o'clock, for early hours are a part of the Lenten regime. Wouldn't suit the Furniture. Do—No wonder you are sick. Open your blinds and let the sunshine into your room. Fair Patient—Mercy! It wouldn't harmonize with this expensive furniture. Sunshine is disgustingly cheap. -N. Y. Weekly. In the Car. I saw her in the car to-day. And she was sweet and passing fair; She denged just once to look my way When we were in the car to-day- I recognized her. That. I say, Is why I, too, was passing fare. And she was sweet to-day. And she was sweet and passing fair. -Milwaukee, Sentimental. MRS. JOSIE A. GRAHAM Virginia's Most Successful Hair Culturist. ...PARLORS..... 108 E. Leigh St., - Richmond, / 'Phone, 1034. Private Parlors, Confidential Inter- ```markdown ``` views and Correspondence. The largest and most up-to-date Hair Dressing Parlors in Richmond. The very best preparations that can be made for the hair, scalp, face and skin. Graham's Superior Scalp Food for growing hair on bald heads and bare temples, 25cts. per jar. By mail, 35cts. Graham's Superior Orange Flower Skin Fo ' for developing and beautifying the skin, 25cts a jar. By mail 35cts. Graham's Superior Velvet Liquid Powder for giving the face a beautiful fair color, 25 cents a bottle. By mail 35cts. Graham's Vegetable Hair Dye the best on market giving a rich natural color, $1.00 per bottle. By mail, $1.25. Mrs. Graham makes a specialty of massaging and beautifying ladies' faces for parties and public gatherings, 35 cents. Mrs. Graham shampoos the head and puts it in a healthy condition, 25 cents. All ladies who attend parties and other social gatherings should have their finger nails manicured and made beautiful, 25 cents. Mrs. Graham's preparations sell at sight. Ladies living in other cities and towns can make good money by selling their preparations. Write for terms to Mrs. J. A. Graham, No. 108 E. Leigh St., Richmond, Va. To interest yourself in promoting the CIRCULATION of the RICHMOND PLANET. 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. FURNISH THE PHOTOGRAPH TAIN PEN, GOLD POINT; ONE BREAST-PIN, GOLD FILL; EN LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS CLOCK, ONE DOZEN NAPKIN DOZEN TOWELS, ONE CHOCO PAIR VASES, ONE PAIR KID HAM, ONE TURKEY. FOR TEN NEW SUBSO OR THEIR EQUIVALENT, WE WILL SEND PICTURES, ONE ONLY, OF PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT, DR. BOOKER T. 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"Poetic Justice, with her lifted scale That a Negro charged with criminal assault upon a white female, should be tried in the city of Danville, State of Virginia and escape not only the gallows, but be permitted not guilty and be permitted to leave that community alive is one of the wonders of the twentieth century and has called forth the poetic quotation which graces the commencement of this article. The case is a remarkable one and to the spirit of fair-play, inherent in the better class of white Virginians is due the fact that two colored men are alive and well to-day. The facts are as follows: Miss Gladys Shelton, aged eighteen years and daughter of Mr. B. R. Shelton of Amherst county, Virginia alleged that she had been criminally assaulted by a colored man or rather as they state it by a Negro during the absence of her parents. The assault was alleged to have taken place during the day at about 3 o'clock. The white girl has broken the record by identifying two colored men as being her assailant. She said that she believed the Negro who assaulted her was Peter Hutson. He was arrested and with Herbert Stepteo who was suspected by the authorities and was also held by the authorities. This white girl did not at first identify Hutson, but later that he was the man. The authorities had, however, such a clear case of an alibi for Hutson; that is, proof that when the crime was alleged to have been committed that he was somewhere else, that they did not press the case against him. The grand jury did not find a true bill against him, but a true bill was found against the other colored man, Herbert Stepteo. The preliminary examination at Amherst Court House necessitated the use of state troops, so wrought up were the citizens of the county over the outrage. The law requires that where troops are necessary at a trial a change of venue must be granted; that is the prisoner must be tried at some other place in the state. Judge A. M. Alken was the presiding Judge at Amherst C. H., acting in the place of the jurist who was sick. He transferred the case to his own district at Danville. While he is one of the ablest and most fair minded jurists in the state, this transfer was regarded as ominous. Danville's reputation in all matters affecting the Negro is known through out the country and that Steptoe had a chance for his life was not for a moment believed by any. one at a distance, at all conversant with the surrounding circumstances. The prisoner was represented by Attorney William Beasley of Lynchburg. Although this country white girl had alleged that but one colored man had criminally assaulted her and although she had identified Peter Hutson as the man who committed the crime, and although he had been released and Herbert Steptoe arrested, she glibly swore that Herbert Steptoe was the man who criminally assaulted her. By this time the white folks had become disgusted. Even the jurors seemed to tire of the job, for if Peter Hutson had established the fact by reputable witnesses that he was some where else at the time the crime was committed, Herbert Steptoe had proven that he was not there by evidence too conclusive and convincing to admit of a moment's doubt. As a result the jury brought in a verdict of "not guilty" and the distinguished presiding judge not only declared that the verdict of the jury was in accordance with the evidence, but he commended them for their action. He declared that it should prove satisfactory to the people of Virginia. Steptoe accounted for every moment of his time that day, and so conclusive was his recital and so well corroborated was it in every particular, that white men assisted in smuggling him out of Danville in order that he might not be the victim of the prejudiced Negro-haters who would deem it necessary to rid the state of a Negro charged with a heinous offense, be he guilty or innocent. The motive of this white girl is past finding out unless it was to shield some person in whom she had confided her confidence. She goes back to her Amherst home discredited, and thoughtful white men have a practical demonstration of the embarrassing position in which the average colored man may be placed. One thing we know is that the verdict of that jury will go far towards restoring the confidence of the colored people in the white men of Virginia. Despite the vaporings of men of the Mr. Thomas Dixon, Senator B. R. Tillman and Gov. Jas. K. Vardaman stripe, the day is breaking and the bond of union is being strengthened in all places where the blatant demagogues of either race are trying to weaken its strength and sever its strands. Lynch-law must go! "Right is right, as God is God, And Right the day will win. To doubt would be disloyalty; To falter would be sin." THAW LASHED EVELYN NESBIT Beat Her With Whip Because She Defended White. THE TRIAL NEARING AN END New York, March 20.—By prolonging his cross-examination of one of the seven alienists introduced by the defense to testify that Harry K. Thaw was insane when he shot and killed Stanford White, District Attorney Jerome made it impossible for the defense to finally close its case Tuesday. When adjournment was taken there was pending only the matter of the admission of a letter written by Thaw to J. Dennison Lyon, a Pittsburg banker, which Mr. Delmas said would help to fix the young man's state of mind before the roof garden tragedy, and the likelihood that Evelyn Nesbit Thaw would be called briefly to combat the testimony of Abraham Hummel. District Attorney Jerome hinted that an important witness for the prosecution might reach the city. The chances are, however, that a half day's session will be sufficient to conclude all the testimony that is to be offered by either side. An adjournment then will be taken until Thursday morning, when Mr. Delmas will begin his summing up speech. He will have all of Thursday to himself, and Mr. Jerome will reply on Friday. Justice Fitzgerald may charge the jury that evening or he may for the first time hold court on Saturday in order to conclude the case before the week ends. With the exception of the last few minutes of the session, the entire day was given over to expert testimony. Mr. Jerome occupied all of the morning session with his cross-examination of Dr. Smith Ely Jelliffe, who said he believed that Thaw had been insane for more than two years and a half preceding the homicide. Drs. Charles W. Pilgrim, Minas Gregory, Charles G. Wagner and Britton D. Evans answered the prosecution's hypothetical question for Mr. Delmas and gave it as their opinion that Thaw's reason was so defective when he killed Stanford White that he did not know that the act was wrong. The case for the people was finally closed by the introduction of the much discussed Hummel affidavit, which, with the consent of the defense, was read in full to the jury. The affidavit proved a surprise only in the alleged severity of the assaults Harry K. Thaw is said to have made upon Evelyn Nesbitt during their trip through Europe in 1903, when, according to the testimony of Abraham Hummel, Miss Nesbitt would not sign statements which Thaw had prepared accusing Stanford White of having drugged and ruined her. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA In this affidavit Miss Nesbit charged Thaw with having attacked her with a cowhide whip while they were stopping at an old castle in the Austrian Tyrol and lashing her bare skin until she became faint from the pain and swooned. He repeated the attack he next day, according to the affidavit, and afterward in Paris he beat her at half hour intervals throughout one entire day, leaving off only when she would faint away and could no longer understand what was happening. Miss Nesbit is alleged to have sworn in the affidavit that she was in daily fear for her life and that Thaw acted as a demented person during some of the assaults. The affidavit was in some ways a direct contradiction of Hummel's recent testimony upon the stand. In order that the defense might not prevent him from telling the story of the making of the affidavit he stated positively that he was not acting as Miss Nesbit's attorney when he drew up the document; that he was acting solely in the interest of Stanford White and that no legal action was contemplated in behalf of the young woman who is now Harry Thaw's wife. There was considerable surprise consequently when Mr. Jerome read the opening words of the affidavit, which were: "Supreme Court, County of New York: "Evelyn Nesbit, plaintiff, against Harry Kendall Thaw, defendant." When Mr. Delmas began the introduction of testimony in sur-rebuttal he introduced first of all the record in the trial and conviction of Hummel on the charge of conspiracy. He started to read the entire record, but had not reached the remarks of Mr. Jerome made at the sentencing of Hummel and which Mr. Delmas wanted to present to the jury, when Mr. Jerome said he would admit the entire record without objection. Mr. Delmas then said he would save the district attorney's reference to Hummel for the defense's summing up. Next Mr. Delmas put upon the stand three policemen who saw Thaw the night of the tragedy or early in the morning after and they all declared that he either looked or acted irrationally. To two of them he complained of hearing young girls' voices. The witnesses admitted on cross examination that there were seven women of the street in the station house the right Thaw, was there and that they were making considerable noise, but could not be heard from Thaw's cell. Missouri to Knock Out Bucket Shops. Jefferson City, Mo., March 16.—The house passed a bill making the operation of a bucket shop a felony. The maximum punishment for violation is from two to five years in the penitentiary. The bill now goes to Governor Folk. NOT THE MARVIN BOY Lad Found In Erie Is Son of Fredonia, N. Y., Woman. Erie, Pa., March 20.—The Associated Press was informed that the kidnapped son of Dr. Horace N. Marvin, of Kitts Hammock, Del, was not in this city or vicinity. It was stated that all the clues had been thoroughly investigated without success. The most promising clue proved to be the presence in this city of a woman from Fredonia, N. Y., accompanied by a young son who closely resembles the description of young Marvin. This clue was discovered by Attorney A. P. Howard, who was positive during the last two days that he could produce the missing boy, but not before Dr. Marvin came to Erie from Delaware. It developed that the woman had separated recently from her husband and came here pending proceedings for a divorce. District Attorney W. Pitt Gifford, of Erie county, called upon Attorney Howard and demanded that Howard produce the boy. A conference was arranged and Mayor Liebel, District Attorney Gifford, Assistant District Attorney Carroll, Chief of Police Wagner and several detectives, representing private agencies, accompanied by Attorney Howard, went to the home of Mrs. Bell, 2124 Myrtle street, at which place Attorney Howard insisted the Marvin lad was located. The lad was readily produced and the resemblance to the description of young Marvin was instantly apparent. Chief of Police Wagner at once placed every one in the house under arrest and it was not until after Dr. Bell, an Erie physician, stated positively that he had treated the boy in Erie before Horace Marvin was kidnapped, that the officials realized a mistake had been made. It then developed that the boy was the one from Fredonia, N. Y. The officials immediately dispersed and the search for Horace Marvin in Erie ceased. ROCKEFELLER MAKES HIS WILL New York, March 18.—The Herald says that, according to a member of John D. Rockefeller, Jr.'s Bible class, and who is also a personal friend of John D. Rockefeller and in a position to know of his affairs, the latter proposes soon to make a princely gift to the city of New York. It will amount to at least $50,000,000. It will be partly charitable and partly educational. The Herald adds: "This man informed a reporter that when Mr. Rockefeller was conferring with his son at Lakewood, N. J., a fortnight ago, the meeting was not for the purpose of discussing any immediate gift, but was on the subject of Mr. Rockefeller's will, which document the oil king was then completing with the aid of his son and his lawyers. It was said that this document will astonish the world when it is made public. It will donate no less than $250,000,000 for charitable and educational purposes, and it will be so bestowed that the benefit therefrom will almost be perpetual. "In his will, the Herald's informant states, Mr. Rockefeller has provided these three things—bequests for religious purposes, though not of large sums; liberal bequests for educational, and what are described as princely bequests for charitable purposes. It is said that there is scarcely a man, woman or child that will not benefit in some way by these prospective donations." CONTRACTOR MADE HUGE PROFITS Got $90,748 For. $2060 Rostrums in Pennsylvania Capitol. PUTTY COMPOSITION WOODWORK Harrisburg, Pa., March 20. — The capitol investigating committee resumed its inquiry into the cost of the new state capitol. The testimony showed that John H. Sanderson & Company, of Philadelphia, contractors for furnishing the capitol, was paid by the state $0,748.40 for the rostrums in the senate and house caucus rooms. The sub-contractors for this work testified that he was paid $2060 by Sanderson for these rostrums. The testimony of the same sub-contractor showed that Sanderson's profit on the finished woodwork in 14 other rooms in the building amounted to $126,645.60. Murray Gibson, who was an unsuccessful bidder against Sanderson for the contract for decorating and painting the building, testified that there was a difference of $1.991½ a foot in favor of the state in his bid and that of Sanderson, and that if the state had accepted his bid the state would have saved more than $600,000 on this item alone, and he (Gibson) would have made a nice profit. None of the witnesses who were asked about the "per foot" and the "per pound" rule under which Sanderson was paid for the capitol furnishings ever heard of this rule until it was employed in the furnishing of the new capitol. The testimony showed that there were also large profits in the contracts for the parquetry flooring and the thermostats in the building. John F. Wilt. of Philadelphia, subcontractor for finished woodwork in the building, was the first witness. He furnished for Payne & Company the doors, picture rail, chair rail and the wainscoting and woodwork in various rooms to the amount of $154,200 and some extras. He also did some work for Sanderson, including the rostrums for the senate and house caucus rooms, amounting to $2060, and the supreme court room rostrum for $2596. Mr. Wilt said he had an understanding with Architect Huston that a great deal of the finished woodwork which he furnished should be "putty composition." It was an imitation of mahogany and cost 50 per cent, less than mahogany. "How would you estimate this work by the 'per foot' rule?" asked Senator Fisher, chairman of the commission. "Oh, I don't know anything about that. I never heard of it before." James Cameron, auditor for the capitol investigating commission, was called to show the cost to the state of the rostrums in the senate and house caucus rooms. He produced the itemized accounts of Sanderson, which showed that he was paid $90,748.40 for these two rostrums, a profit to the contractor of $88,688.80. Mr. Cameron was then asked by Mr. Scarlet to say what the designed woodwork in 14 other rooms of the capitol cast the state. These rooms, Mr. Wilt testified, were finished by his firm for Sanderson for $28,724. Mr. Cameron testified that the cost to the state for this work was $155,69.60, a profit to Sanderson of $126,645.80. Robert Scott, of Philadelphia, who furnished the thermostats to Sanderson for the capitol, testified that he was paid $18,685 for the specially designed thermostatic installation in the building. "How many thermostats were installed in the building?" asked Mr. Scarlet. "Two hundred and seventy-three." The state paid Sanderson $59,408 for the thermostats. Kennedy Duff, of the Johnson Service company, of Narberth, sub-contractor under Scott & company for thermostats, testified that his company was paid $6000 for their work, making a total cost of the installation $24,386.80. "Are 363 thermostats necessary in this building?" asked Senator Fisher. "Yes, sir; in some rooms it was necessary to put in four." Mr. Cameron was called, and said that Sanderson charged for 673 thermostats, showing the disposition of 417 thermostats in the building. BLAMES THE PRESIDENT Railroad President Says He Is Responsible For Wall Street Panic. Los Angeles, March 19.—In an interview in an afternoon paper President E. P. Ripley, of the Santa Fe, who is now at Santa Barbara, is quoted as saying that President Roosevelt is responsible for the present uncertain conditions in Wall street and attributes the recent semi-panic to "brush fire which the president started." Mr. Ripley said that because of the anti-railroad sentiment in the country the Santa Fe system was prepared to begin a policy of strict conservatism in expenditures and that many contemplated improvements in the company's property would have to await more favorable conditions. Six Dead In Virginia Mine Bristol, Va., March 18. — Advices from Tacoma, Va., are that six persons are positively known to have lost their lives in the explosion which wrecked the coal mine of Bruce & Bond, near that place, Saturday. Owing to the mass of slate blocking the entrance to one portion of the mine that portion has not yet been reached by the rescuers, and it is the impression at Tacoma that as many as six other miners may be entombed. In the Old Parlor He was desperate. "Give me a kiss," he hissed, "or, by the rings of Saturn, I shall turn on the gas." The beautiful girl was appalled. "Oh, don't do that, George!" she faltered. "Please don't!" "Then what should I do? Remember, I am a desperate man." "Why—why, turn down the gas."— Chicago Dally News An Animal Story For Little Folks The Wolves and the Cougar Once there were two wolves who had a chicken tree, in which fowls were very fond of roosting. One day when they went down to the chicken tree to get each of them a bird they heard a snarly-snarly sound and found feathers all around the tree, while every bird for a mile around was either eaten or scared away. "Who has been robbing our chicken tree?" cried the wolf brothers together. "Your chicken tree? Your chicken tree? Your chicken tree?" snarled the cougar, who lay, gorged full, at the bottom of the tree. "Who gave you this chicken tree? Who gave you anything? Who are you, anyhow?" The wolf brothers made haste to say that nobody had given them the chicken tree, that nobody had given them anything and that they weren't any body and didn't count anyhow, but their hearts were hot and sore while they said it. As they were scuttling away they met Bruin, the bear. And when he heard their story he told them of a trap which the hunters had set for the cougars down by the brookside. "Lead him there," said Bruin, "and you may have your revenge, also you may have as many chicken trees as you can find." So the wolves went trembling back and told the cougar that they had found a much finer chicken tree for him. When they came to the spot where Bruin had told them the trap was they stepped aside and said they could not walk ahead of so great a person, that he must lead the way and let them follow. Snap weat the trap on the old cougar's foot. "There," said the eldest wolf brother, "that will teach you not to insult people after you have robbed them."—Worcester Post. The Bengal tiger and the clown in the show had a lively dispute one day as to which of the two was superior. "Pooch!" said the tiger. "There is not the slightest doubt about it. Look at my great strength. Why, with one blow from my paw I could crush out your puny life. You poor little weakling, I pity you. Your voice is weak, your arms are weak. What chance would you have in a contest with me? You wouldn't hold out for a moment." "Very well said," replied the clown "but I carry something in my little think box that can match all your brute strength." "What do you mean?" growled the tiger. "I mean," said the clown dryly, "that if you had what I've got and you lack Vav you wouldn't have walked into that trap in the jungle." At this the tiger began to roar with rage until the cage shook. But the clown seized his little whip and dealt him blow after blow through the bars. The tiger tore madly from end to end of his cage in a frenzy of angue. He threw himself with all his strength against the iron bars, but the clown smiled and whipped him still. "You villain!" roared the tiger. "If I could only get at you"— "Ah, that's exactly it!" smiled the clown. "You can't, my friend, and so I win." "What do you mean?" said the tiger. "That brains, which put up those bars to keep you in, are worth all your brute strength. That's all."—Detroit Journal. How to Prepare a Food How to Prepare a Fomentation. How many people wring out a fomentation quite wrongly. The right way is as follows: Place a towel across a hand basin, with the ends hanging over. Put on this a double piece of flannel and fold the towel over from the sides. Then pour on boiling water and wring by the ends. Take the flannel out, give it a shake and apply lightly at once. A Poem for Today By Robert Southey THACKERAY, the novelist, says of Robert Southey, *post aurate of England* (born 1774; died 1845): "An English worthy, doing his duty for fifty noble years of labor, day by day storing up learning, day by day working for scant wages, most charitable out of his small means, bravely faithful to the calling which he had chosen, refusing to turn from his path for popular praise or prince's favor—I mean Robert Southey." - Twas evening, and the frozen streets Were cheerless to behold. - And we were wrapped and coated well, And yet we were a-cold. - We met an old bareheaded man; His locks were thin and white. - I asked him what he did abroad In that cold winter's night. - The cold was keen indeed, he said, But at home no fire had he. - And therefore he had come abroad To ask for charity. - We met a young barefooted child, And she begged loud and bold. - I asked her what she did abroad When the wind it blew so cold. - She said her father was at home, And he lay sick abed. - And therefore was it she was sent Abroad to beg for bread. CURE FOR TIGHT DOORS. How to Teach Them and Dresser Drawers That Stick Fast. "Patrons come to me every day and say that the drawers of dressers and other furniture stick fast and cannot be opened or shut without great difficulty," said the "complaint man" in a downtown furniture store to a reporter of the New York Mall. "This is a trouble with much furniture, especially that which is new, and is especially common in the spring. "What do we do in such cases? We simply tell the customers to wet the surface or a bar of common laundry soap and rub it firmly over the parts of the wood that stick. This makes the surface smooth and slippery, and in nearly all cases the drawer will slide easily, especially after it has been opened and shut a few times. "This also is valuable with doors, which in new flats are likely to settle or are apt to scrape at the top as the building settles. Just use soap on them and save the trouble of calling in a carpenter, who will plane the varnish off. "China cabinet doors, with curved glass, cause us a lot of trouble, but most of the tightness can be remedied by the use of soap and a few applications of sandpaper." The furniture man gave another "helpful hint." "If mission furniture, with the dull finish, loses its smooth surface and characteristic waxy appearance," he said, "do not despair and send it to the renovator. Take a pound cake of common floor wax and rub it over the surface until the finish is restored. If you have no floor wax use beeswax, and if you prefer something made especially for the purpose you can buy liquid preparations, one of which will remove the old finish, leaving the table top or other object ready for the application of the other substance, which will duplicate the original finish." How to Have a Clean Kitchen How to Have a Clean Kitchen. If tiles are out of the question for a kitchen, it remains to get the next best thing. Oil paint is the only available wall covering for a kitchen and should be finished with a coat of enamel says the Boston Traveler. The kitchen walls will require washing quite as much and almost as frequently as the floor. White tiles make the finest possible covering, not only be cause they show dirt, but because they can be easily cleaned. This requirement must be met with any other substitute, and this, to a considerable extent, is given in a very good way by oil paint finished with enamel. Some kitchen designers have recommended several successive coats of oil mixed with varnish, a method that is said to give excellent results and doubtless does so. It gives the walls a somewhat dark tone, while with paint a lighter shade may be used. Whatever color is selected it should not be chosen because it conceals dirt. No room accumulates dust and dirt as rapidly as the kitchen, partly because in the summer the windows are generally open all day, admitting clouds of outside dust; partly because of the unavoidable dust from the range and partly because more or less dirt is produced in cooking operations. The housekeeper who imagines her kitchen clean because she sees no dirt on her walls is a most sadly deluded person. If the walls are so dark as to show no dirt, one may be assured the dirt is there, and it is likely to remain there until it becomes so offensive that a complete renovation of the room is necessary. In the treatment of contusions where there is extensive discoloration of the skin if olive oil be freely applied without rubbing the discoloration will quickly disappear. Absorbent cotton may be soaked in the oil and applied. If the skin is broken a little boric acid should be applied over the abrasion. A black eye thus treated can be reused normal in a few hours, especially if the oil be applied warm. How to Polish Patent Leather. The best thing for polishing patent leather shoes is the French harness polish sold by saddlers. Rub it thinly on the leather and then polish it shoes with a soft, woolly cloth. The treatment not only produces a go polish, but it prevents the leather from cracking. "AND where pa The "Come How to Treat Bruises the novelist, says of Robert Southey, England (born 1774; died 1845): "An doing his duty for fifty noble years day storing up learning, day by day it wages, most charitable out of his vely faithful to the calling which he ing to turn from his path for popular favor—I mean Robert Southey." We saw a woman sitting down Upon a stone to rest; She had a baby at her back And another at her breast. I asked her why she loitered there When the night wind was so chill. She turned her head and bade the child That screamed behind be still, Then told her that her husband served, A soldier far away, And therefore to her parish she Was begging back her way. We met a girl. Her dress was loose, And sunken was her eye. Who with a wanton hollow voice Addressed the passerbys. I asked her what there was in guilt That could her heart sillure To shame, disease and late remorse; She answered she was poor. I turned to the rich man then, For silently stood he. "You asked me why the poor com- plain And these have answered thee." 18 DEAD IN FLAMES AND FLOOD Terrified By Factory Fire, Scores Leap Into the Water. Wheeling, W. Va., March 18. — Eighteen persons are known to have lost their lives in the early morning fire that occurred at the plant of the Warwick Pottery company, which is located in the flooded district. Because of the water surrounding the burning district it was impossible for the fire apparatus to reach the scene. The firemen pressed into service all the boats that could be secured and carried the lines of hose to the burning building by this means. They did heroic work and not only fought the fire but assisted in rescuing many persons. Had the drowned persons remained in their homes none of them would have met death. The buildings occupied by the unfortunate victims were not touched by the flames. The explosion that started the fire. The explosion that started the people living in the vicinity. No sooner had the report of the explosion occurred than people commenced leaping from the windows into the water. Not all of those who met death were drowned by jumping into the water. Five of them were drowned by the upsetting of a boat that was carrying them to a place of safety. HURLED 30 FEET BY TRAIN Freight Struck Carriage and Two Persons Were Probably Fatally Hurt. Pottsville, Pa., March 20.—A south bound P. & R. freight train ran down a carriage containing three officials of the Schuylkill Haven Gas company at Conners Crossing, three miles south of here and probably fatally injured two of them. The injured are: James Bowen, Schuylkill Haven, believed to be suffering with a broken back; Charles Kline, of Cressona, badly cut about the entire body, head and legs, and William Krommes, of Cressona, both legs broken and believed to be internally injured. The trains were passing near the crossing at the same time and the carriage drove on t. the tracks just as the one train passed and the other one reached the crossing. The carriage was broken to splinters and the horse killed. They were hurled a distance of 30 feet. MINERS MAY STRIKE Discharge of Three Men Will Throw Nearly 3000 Idle. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., March 20. — On Friday last three men employed at No. 2 colliery, operated by the Kingston Coal company, were discharged. On Saturday the United Mine Workers of that company sent a committee to headquarters asking that the men be taken back. No answer was given to them and a mass meeting was held which represented 1500 of their employees. They decided to call a general strike at all the collieries operated by this particular company unless the men were reinstated. If the order is given to lay down their tools it will affect nearly 3000 miners, laborers and slate pickers. The only men who will be allowed to remain at their posts will be the engineers, firemen, pump runners and fan runners. A BRUTAL MURDER Husband Tore Body of Wife's Paramour to Pieces, With a Pick. hour to Pieces with a Pick. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., March 18.—John Boshus, aged 30, a Russian, was brutally murdered at Brockside, a suburb of this city, by Petro Komleck, aged 33, a Pole. Komleck came home about midnight and found Boshus with Mrs. Komleck. The enraged husband secured his mining pick and literally tore Boshus to pieces with the pick. When life was extinct he dragged the body to Mill Creek nearby, and threw it into the stream. The murder was not discovered until the body of Boshus was found by the crew of a trolley car. In the meantime the murderer had escaped. KILLED BY CANNED PEACHES Two Boys Dead and Mother Dying From Ptomalea Polening Richmond, Va., March 18.—As a result of ptomaine poisoning, caused by eating canned peaches, Melvin Ives, 13 years old, and Leonard Ives, 7 years old, sons of Mr. and Mrs. W. Ives, of Hampton, Va., are dead, and their mother is believed to be dying. The mother and boys were stricken last Wednesday. THE PLANET SATURDAY...MARCH 23RD, '07 QUALITY OF TACT QUALITY OF TACT REALLY LITTLE MORE THAN COMMON POLITENESS. Simply Means Avoiding Saying Things That Will Hurt a Friend—Pitfalls for the Oversympathetic Person to Avoid. Tact is a quality that is a good bit of a misnomer! There's a species of lying that is often called tact. "Do you really like this hat? Mme, Cerise sent it home nearly a week ago, and I have been trying it on in every possible angle, and have almost made up my mind that it is not my style. Do you like me in it? Tell me frankly." "My dear, it is perfectly ducky on you! The prettiest hat I have ever seen you wear." And then, as we three part at the corner Lady Tactful says: "My dear, she looks a perfect pig in that hat! But, after all the nice things she said about my new furs, I couldn't tell her so, could I?" And I said "No." What else could I say? There's a long distance from her method and that of the horrid creature who prides herself on her "frankness" and who in the expressing of it rides rough-shod over the most sensitive souls, and who would have said: "You're a sight in that hat. I thought so that day you wore it at Maude's luncheon." She doesn't mean to be horrid, and the effect upon that unfortunate hat would have been excellent, for it would have been sent back to Mme. Cerise instanter and done over, though its poor owner would never have forgotten how awfully she, doubtless, looked at Maude's luncheon. Some other person who had achieved the happy mean—I suppose I mean myself; we're all inclined to think we have a corner on tact—would have found a tiny fault, and after that had been recognized found a dozen others that in total had the effect of happily packing up the hat in its tissue coverings en route to its maker. But the result would have been no inward tears nor unhappy feelings of dis trustfulness toward the fibbing friend or toward the frank one, writes Margaret Chilton. Politeness goes a long way toward smoothing the path of long friendships, and women have a tendency to too great intimacies, during the course of which small politenesses are laid aside as "unnecessary." They never are. The frank person so rarely is hurt herself by equal sledge-hammer blows that she thinks the sensitive person is merely lacking in courage in facing truths. And the sensitive one thinks her blunt friend lacking in delicacy of character, which probably isn't so at all. Tact is only common politeness! Avoid saying the one thing that's going to hurt that particular friend; presumably you know her well enough to know what does hurt. It means avoiding discussing scandals or even small shortcomings of the other's loved friends or relatives. One mostly doesn't adore one's relatives for some unexplained reason that we nevertheless recognize; but, in spite of that, we usually like to do all the "slanging" of them ourselves. And the role of confidante on this particular subject has its own especial pitfalls for the over-sympathetic one who hasn't learned the first principles of tact. The truly tactful person is mostly polite to elderly people, but doesn't do it as though the poor dears were actually antique, but as though she naturally had a courtesy toward a woman older than herself. She doesn't bubble over with sweetness to the one shabbily dressed woman at a bridge afternoon, but quietly includes her as part of them all. She talks to the shy man as though she found him especially interesting, and does most of the talking herself till she is ready to conquer his difidence, and, above all, she doesn't comment to others of her minibrations. Politeness, golden rule and a few other long-taught maxims nicely cover the question of tact. A woman of tact is one whose love for humanity is second only in her life's devotion, and whose watchword is unselfishness in thought and action with regard to others. 1820 The little girl standing on the right has a frock of tan cashmere, trimmed with black velvet ribbons, with square lace medallions cut in half and used as revers on the waist and trimming on the skirt. The boy on the floor wears a suit of blue and white at end channel with the stripes on the yoke, cuffs and belt running in a crossway direction. The girl has a pretty dress of gray light weight cheviot, trimmed with bands of bright plaid with a frill of ecru lace falling across the front. SMART AND ARTISTIC COATS. Suggestions of Spring Models Are Most Pleasing. The Directoire coats, as designed for this next season, are wonderfully artistic in conception, but depend largely upon the figure and pose of their wearer to make them as smart as they are intended to be. One just arrived from the other side shows a dull blue silk with bolero blouse front. This bolero is gathered closely at the waltestline, so that the front is drawn around to the sides, and from there falls in two deep plaits to the knees. The back is plaited in similar manner, caught in at the high waistline with a green gold buckle, the plats escaping in folds, which terminate in a single point some two or three inches lower than the sides. The sleeves are short, reaching only to the elbow, and formed of box plaits, caught two inches from the bottom, and left to flare. There is a rever collar, pointed in the back; the coat is edged with chenille ball fringe, and is altogether wonderfully smart, and typical of modes to come. Made of contrasting materials, these bolero jackets, and particularly those with the skirts, are be popular, fashioned of all-over embroidered linen, worn with one of the pretty simple skirts. Another suggestion for spring models is the Restoration, or one-piece effect, which partakes of some of the characteristics of both Directoire and Empire. In it the waistline is just below the bust, and is always defined either by a belt or some arrangement which clearly stimulates one, as tucks, straight rows of braid, or a bias fold. From underneath this hangs a long, straight skirt, gathered to give it fulness, and quite plain, as is the whole costume, except for a broad band of flat embroidery down either side of the skirt. The model shows the new shoulder treatment, the sleeve cap being a continuation of the upper part of the waist, and cut without a seam. The long shoulder is well defined in one way or another in all the advance designs that have been shown, and most of the models are given the short, or three-quarter sleeve, even in tailored effects. To accompany the sloping shoulders and blousing fronts, we are to have the postilion back. That does not mean that it is to be used only with the blouse coat, for, on the contrary, quite a feature will be made of cut-a-way coats and boleros, which swing loose in front, in connection with this postilion back. SLEEVES IN MANY STYLES Are Being Shown of Every Sort and Description. Sleeves of every sort and description are the ultra fad of the season. There are short sleeves, of heavy thick materials, short fur sleeves, short sleeves so sheer they may be seen through, and demi ones of middle weight fabrics. The long sleeve is equally modish. Shoulder pieces, such as shown in the illustration of No. 1, are decidedly popular. This model is for an evening gown. The sleeve proper is a mass of tiny full frills, and is surmounted with the fabric which forms the gown. The frills are of some delicate material, such as chiffon, mousseline de sole or lace. The cap is strapped with velvet and lace finishes the corsage about the low-cut neck. This lace is laid over the shoulder cap. Bands of embroidery are effective on long sleeves of dressy coats, as shown by the model No. 2. These bands may be carried on into the cuff, which is also a feature of the season's trimming. Modes in Coats. The feature of the season's little coat is that it is short and the favorite pattern is that of the pony coat. This is hip-length and is rather loose. It buttons down the front with big cut steel buttons or with buttons of smoked pearl, and the back is semi-fitting. The seal coats of this description are exquisite and those who like a little brown fur coat, easy to slip off and on, cannot do better than invest in one of these little garments, the price of which ranges around $100. French women delight in wearing the lighter shades of mink with a black dress. One very handsome French woman, visiting in Washington, wore a light brown mink coat with a gown of black satin and a picture hat of black with spreading plumes. There was a tiny bit of pink embroidery upon the collar and cuffs of the coat, and her muff was lined with pink. Old mink collarettes can be brought out and worn as new, now, and if badly out of repair, they can be taken to a furrier who will manage to make out of the little new short fur Eton coats. A tiny fur Eton can be worn all winter with a heavy cloth suit and it is a good idea to have something of this kind to wear when one makes fashionable calls. A Reduced Price. Prospective Bridegroom—How much will you charge to marry us? Minister—Twenty-five dollars. "All right. By the way, sir. En of a." 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We make a specialty of Society printing and work for Insurance Companies, such as Financial jealous nature." Would you mind not kissing the bride?" "Very well, sir. The charge in that case will only be five dollars."—Life. A Polite Term for It. "Papa, what does hades mean?" "It's the polite word for hell, my son" "And, papa, is there any polite word for heaven?"—Judge. NEGRO'S BRUTAL CRIME Assaults Woman and Murders Her Baby When Refused Money. Cartersville, Ga., March 20. — Mrs. James Tolbert, wife of former Mayor Tolbert, of Fairmont, was brutally assaulted and her 2-month-old child was murdered by a negro at their home. The negro, who approached the house when Mrs. Tolbert was alone with her child, demanded $50. Being refused, he said he must have the money or her life. Then began a struggle, during which he followed her from room to room, until she escaped and ran to her husband's store, some distance away. When she returned with a party the baby was found with its head nearly severed from its body and the negro was missing. A posse immediately started in pursuit. A negro suspect was located near Cartersville, and his capture is believed certain within a short time. Philadelphia, March 19.—Rear Admiral Benjamin F. Tilley, commandant at League island navy yard, died after a brief illness of double pneumonia. Admiral Tilley was made commandant at the navy yard on February 23, having been assigned to succeed Rear Admiral Craig, who was retired. Admiral Tilley then ranked as captain, having been commander of the Iowa. Two days after he was assigned to the station at the navy yard he was elevated to the admiralty. He was at one time governor of Tetuana, in the Samoan Islands, and was also in charge of the coaling station at Pago-Pago. He is survived by a widow, daughter and son. Indicted For Conspiracy. Indicted For Conspiracy. Baltimore, March 20.—Olin Bryan, former city solicitor, and Walter A. Mason, a national bank examiner, were indicted by the grand jury on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the Munich Reinsurance company of $49,950. At the time of the alleged conspiracy, March 30, 1906, Mr. Bryan was president and Mr. Mason was treasurer of the United Surety company, of this city. It is alleged that by misrepresentations, Mr. Bryan and Mr. Mason induced the Munich company to invest the amount named in the capital stock of the surety company. How to Drive a Well. In many sections of the country where there is a gravelly substratum the obtaining of water is a comparatively simple matter by means of $n$ driven well, says Farming. The method of driving a well is as follows: A section of pipe (a convenient size being inch and a quarter) is fitted with a point of Cards, Policies, both straight life and benevolent, Physician's Certificates, Sick Cards, Application blanks, Agents Report Sheets, Rate Cards, etc. ION WORK arter-Sheets, Half and Whole Placards, Society Cards, Min- ing Stationery. WE AN ELSE WHICH WE WILL Stock Roo LATEST STYLE BOND, FI AS SMALL AS A DODGER. Sheet Poster A FRONT DOOR. OUR PRESENT CORP OF EMPLOYE IS WITHIN EASY REACH OF ired and has no objectionable f enter without embarrassment o 2213. WHICH WE WILL SHOW ANY ONE DESIRING TO SEE THEM. OUR PRESENT CORP OF EMPLOYEES ARE COMPETENT AND QUICK-WORKING. OUR OFFICE IS WITHIN EASY REACH OF THE PUBLIC, BEING WITHIN FIFTY YARDS OF BROAD ST. 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When order send postal or express money order, and write your name and address plainly to The Ozonized Ox Marrow Co. (None genuine without my signature) Charles Ford Press 153 E. KINZIE ST., CHICAGO, ILL. Agents wanted everywhere. iron. This pipe is bored full of holes which are covered with a brass gauze. The point is driven into the ground by a sledge hammer, and five foot sections of galvanized iron pipe are joined to it as it is driven into the ground. Frequent tests are made with a pitcher pump to discover when water has been reached. This method of obtaining water is not altogether satisfactory, because from the very nature of things the work has to be done blindly, and very often one is obliged to give up entirely after having driven twenty or thirty feet of pipe through quicksand from which no water can be obtained. WORKING FOR TAFT Friends Say He Will Get Ohio Nom nation. For Presidency. Washington, March 19.—That William Howard Taft, of Ohio, will go before the next Republican national convention as a candidate for the presidential nomination, with many, if not all, of the 46 delegates from his own state of Ohio behind him, is regarded here as a pretty safe political wager. Senator Foraker, it is declared, will not be a candidate for first honors next year, and it is said that his support will be thrown to Mr. Taft. With Ohio solidly behind him, the administration favorable to his candidacy and approved by conservatives who look askance upon some of the Roosevelt policies, the friends of Mr. Taft believe that he looms up head and shoulders above all others whose names have been mentioned as likely candidates. WORK OF AL OUR AIM is to please our patrons and to give them the best service at the lowest prices, consistent with satisfactory work. LEGANT I SHOW ANY ONE DESIRING Embrace ONE WRITING—FLAT AND EMPLOYEES ARE COMPETENT AND QUALIFIED IN THE PUBLIC, BEING WITHIN FLEET features, the most or annoyance. FOR FURT JOL EASTER DAY. Fifth Sunday, March 31, 1907. REMEMBER ME ON EASTER SUNDAY. The FOREIGN MISSION BOARD of the National Baptist Convention Is Issuing 150,000 Programs For their 11th Annual Rally. Any Church, Sunday School or Society may have all they wish free by writing Rev. L. G. Jordan, 726 W. Walnut Street, Louisville, Ky. Drs. Bouye and Prowd, Brethren Cheek, Buchanan, Murff and other workers are looking to the rally for means to carry on their work in heathen and pagan lands. "Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel" is the command of the Christ whom we profess to love. Indeed we must "GO, let GO or help GO" if we would meet God in peace. The Latest Closing Prices In the Principal Markets. PHILADELPHIA — FLOUR firm; winter extras, $2.70@2.90; Pennsylvania roller, clear, $2.95@3.15; city mills, fancy, $4.60@4.65; RYE FLOUR firm; per barrel, $3.65; WHEAT firm; No. 2 pennsylvania roller, yellow, local, 54c; OATS steady; No. 2 white, clipped, 49c; lower grades, 47c, HAY steady; No. 1 moothy, large bales, $21; PORK steady; family, per barrel, $19.50, BEEF firm; No. 2 pennsylvania roller, yellow, local, 54c; Live steady; heats, 15@16c; old roosters, 10c. Dressed steady; choice fowls, 14%c; old roosters, 10c. BUTTER steady; extra creamy, 32c. EGGS steady; selected, 20@22c; nearby, 18c; potATOES steady; 55@8c, per bushel BALTIMORE—WHEAT quiet; No. 2 spot, 77% @77%; steamer No. 2 spot, 72% @72%; southern, 72% @75%; CORN firm; spot, 49% @49%; steamer mixed, 47% @47%; southern, 48@ 49%; OATS easy; white, No. 2, 49%. No. 3, 47% @48%; No. 4, 46% @47%; No. 4, 45% @47%; No. 4, 45% @48%; No. 4, 45% @48%; BUTTER firm; creamy separator extras, 31c; prints, 31@32c. 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As he dropped into his seat Eve glanced at him anxiously. "John," she said, "has anything happened? You look ill." He turned to her and tried to smile. "It's nothing," he said. "Nothing to worry about." He spoke quickly, but his voice had suddenly become flat. All the command, all the domination, had dropped away from it. Eve bent close to him, her face lighting up with anxious tenderness. "It was the excitement," she said, "the strain of tonight." He looked at her, but he made no attempt to press the fingers that clasped his own. "Yes," he said slowly. "Yes. It was the excitement of tonight—and the reaction." TO BE CONTINUED: An Animal Story For Little Folks THE MOOSE WHO TRIED TO PLEASE EVERYBODY There was once a young moose who was brought up far away from his kind. When his horns began to sprout he went about among all his playmates asking them what they thought of the new venture. The bear told him that it was perfectly ridiculous to have hard things growing out of your forehead HIR FOUND OUT WHAT HIS HORNS WERE MADE SO STRONG FOR. that way. "I've never had anything of the sort," said Bruin, "and look at me —4 am the king of the forest, and when I roar everybody obeys." The moose calf shambled home to his mother and told her he thought he would go out of the antler business at once. "Gump!" grunted Old Lady Moose. "You let those horns alone. You'll be glad enough when they grow out." By and by the horns began to show big scoopy surfaces, different from anything the moose had ever seen, for he was brought up away from other moose. He asked the deer what they thought about such horns as his, and they told him it was a great mistake, his horns should come in prongs like theirs; they advised him to get some one to break them apart or file them down. "Gump!" said Old Lady Moose. "Your horns are made thus so as to scoop off the snow, that you may graze in the winter." When he came a little later and wanted his horns taken off entirely because some of the creatures thought them too big, she told him she was going to take him to the moose grazing ground in the spring and then he would find what his horns were for. When they went to the moose grazing ground they met any number of young moose, who concluded that they would try a fight with the new moose that had come. Then, oh, then, he found out just what his horns were made so big and strong for. And when he had whipped all the other moose he and his mother lived there in peace and comfort.—Worcester Post. How to Make Cloth Waterproof. Take of powdered alum and sugar of lead each half an ounce and stir them into a gallon of rain water, and when the mixture is clear pour off the upper liquid. Immerse the cloth for twenty-four hours, then dry and press it. The cloth will be uninjured in color and texture and will stand any amount of rain to which you are likely to be exposed. How to Believe Neuralgia Here is a simple method of curing facial neuralgia, says the Kansas City Star. If the neuralgia is in the right side of the face, the left hand should be placed in a basin of water as hot as can be borne. Or, if the neuralgia is in the left side of the face, then the right hand should be placed in the hot water. It is asserted that in this way relief may be obtained in less than five minutes. The explanation is that the two nerves which have the greatest number of tactile nerve endings are the fifth and the median nerve. As the fibers of these two nerves cross any impulse conveyed to the left hand will affect the right side of the face, or, if applied to the right hand, will affect the left side of the face. This is on account of the crossing of the cords. TRIES TO ELOPE WITH TWIN GIRLS NEW YORK YOUTH BECOMES IN VOLVED IN UNFORTUNATE ROMANCE. But Other Loved Him Too. So Both Met Him and Insisted on Marriage—Ends Trouble By Decamping. Albany, N. Y.-To few men has come this romantic experience—closing with twin sisters. And that is just what Merle Alken, of Binghamton, did. Very fortunately for him, he discovered his mistake in time. Very wisely, too, he fled to New York to escape the wrath of the two indignant beauties to whom he had been paying court, utterly careless of which one finally accepted his hand. To this day young Mr. Alken couldn't tell whether it was Mima or Minna Naylor with whom he was so madly in love. The girls were 18 and twins, alike as two peas in a pod, equally pretty and chic and altogether attractive. Of course, the sisters were immensely fond of each other, as twins usually are. But that was before young Alken A man carrying a briefcase runs through a train station. He Made His Escape. came to Binghamton. He was from Massachusetts and he seemed to have a bit more polish than the Binghamton boys. And when he met the pretty Naylor twins he was snitten immediately. Their invitation to call was accepted promptly. And then the trouble began. The twins for the first time in all their 18 years quarreled while they were prinking up to receive young Mr. Alken on his first call. "He asked me if he could call," insisted Mima. "That's not so," retorted Minna. "He asked me, and, anyway, if he didn't, he meant to." "He didn't!" snapped Mima. At first the attentions of the young man were made the family joke. He was so impartial with his bunches of violets and his boxes of bonbons that nobody guessed he was really in love. For how could any well-balanced young man be in love with two pretty girls at one and the same time? But it was no longer a joke when Minna spoke out very plainly about Mima right at the table. "You went down town and waited for him to-day," she burst out to the astonishment of the whole family. "He meant to meet me. You know you did. And you made Merle think that you were I when he met you." Mima was furious. For weeks she and her sister hardly spoke. But young Mr. Alken kept on calling and it was a case surely of— How happy could I be with either Were Father dear charmer away. But open rupture came when Minna resolved to outwit her sister and enjoy the society of their common wooer by herself alone. She telephoned to young Mr. Alken and asked him to take her to the matinee next day. He was only too glad and he was then told to write a formal note of invitation that she might show it to her mother. But wise little Minna told Alken that it was Mima on the phone and Mima got the invitation, overjoyed at having won out over her sister, whose little plot she never suspected. Then clever Minna telephoned to young Mr. Alken that she couldn't go and asked him to call instead. The young man said he would. "I'm going to the matinee announced Mima, with just a little note of triumph in her voice, "I am to meet Merle down town." "I hope you have a nice time," said her sister. But no Mr. Aliken appeared at the meeting place. Instead he was calling at the house on the clever Minna. When Mima got home, indignant at having waited so long in vain, she discovered her sister's little game and there was war at once. Then Mr. and Mrs. Naylor interfered and told young Aliken that he would have to stop seeing their daughters. "All right," said he. But the sisters wouldn't stand for that. Each one thought that the other was meeting him on the sly. And each was determined not to be beaten. The result was that both met him at least once a week away from their home. Now comes the strangest part of all. Young Aliken was really in love and proposed to Minna to elope. She agreed. The he met Mima and, speaking about their plans without thinking it was the other sister, gave the whole thing away. THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND. VIRGINIA And Milna, determined to win the good looking fellow anyway, made up her mind to do the eloping, instead of revenging herself upon Minna by telling their parents. Minna, and her bridegroom had planned to go to Albany, get married there and hurry on to New York for their honeymoon there. Mima changed this and sent word to their common fliance to meet her on a train between Troy and Albany. Each of the twins thought she had captured the quarry. Both boarded the same train for Albany. Neither saw the other. At Troy young Mr. Alken came on board to seek out his bride-to-be. Each sister saw him and waited with thrills of expectancy and hope—to say nothing of a tiny little bit of triumph. The would-be bridegroom found Minna first. There they sat in the car holding hands and fretting that the train wasn't fast enough to take them to a clergyman and make them one. And then came Mima. But young Alken took matters in his own hands while the two sisters were upbraiding each other. He excused himself for a moment when the train slowed down, snatched his suitcase, leaped from the platform and disappeared. GIRL IN MALE ATTIRE WORKS AS A BELLBOY GIRL IN MALE ATTIRE WORKS AS A BELLBOY SEX IS FINALLY DISCOVERED, BUT SHE LEAVES WITHOUT Beaumont, Tex.-Masquerading as a man and working as a bellboy in the Oakes hotel since December 17, the sex of an unknown young woman was discovered the other day. She left the city without revealing her identity or giving any one her history. The young woman appeared at the Y. M. C. A. and asked to be assisted in her search for employment. To the secretary she appeared to be a young man 25 years old. Her story of misfortune and charming manner elicited the sympathy of the secretary. He obtained a position for her in the hotel as bellboy. She told him she was originally from New York, gave her name as Perry Martin, said she had been ill in New Orleans, and was only recently discharged from the hospital. Her sex was never suspected. She went to the theater with young men and became popular with many people. She often spoke of her affection for a young woman in New York, and said she was engaged to marry her. The other day the manager found his bellboy without a coat and noted that the contour was not masculine. Charged with masquerading in false attire, the young woman burst into tears and confessed her sex. She said OFFICE He Ordered Her from the Hotel. she had been compelled by force of circumstances to don man's apparel, and pleaded to be retained. She volunteered no statement as to her past life and career. The manager of the hotel not allowing her to remain in his employ, she left for Houston. The Well-Knit College Chap Ethel's big sister has an ardent admirer who is a college athlete, a big, broad-shouldered chap. Ethel overheard her sister say that he was well knit. The next evening, when the young man called, Ethel went into the parlor to entertain him. "Do you know what sister says about you?" demanded Ethel. "No. Something nice, I hope," said the young man. "Oh, yes; it's very nice," replied Ethel. "She says you are beautifully crocheted."—Judge. The czarina of Russia, who is renowned for her beautiful jewels and extensive wardrobe, has one of the handsomest sable coats in the world. In United States coin it is valued at from $250,000 to $400,000. The queen of Norway also has a magnificent sable coat which, although not as valuable as that of the czarina, is worth a small fortune, being valued at between $150,000 and $200,000. A Mere Supposition. "Are we getting crazy?" asks the London Mall. We don't know, but you probably are taking everything your friends recommend for grip—Chicago Record-Herald. His Fame. "Does Bilkins make any special claim to distinction?" "I should say so. Why, that man is one of the 1,876 chief engineers that had charge of the Panama canal." —Milwaukee Sentinel. Leadership. "A man who is able to see which way the crowd is going and follows with loud whoops in that direction."—Chicago Record-Herald. 3 BOTTLES Whiskey FREE Knights of Pythias, This organization is one of the most powerful in the country and its progress has been phenominal. The Grand Lodge of Virginia has jurisdiction over all of the cities and counties in this state. Thirty males are required to organize a new lodge. The benefits paid constitute one of its strongest features, but the principles are greater than anything else. Founded on Friendship, based on Charity and established on Benevolence, the respectable, upright people of the state will find it an order worthy of their heartiest support. It pays an endowment and burial benefit of of $200.00 for all ages. It pays $4.00 per week sick dues. The badge costing 75 cents each is the only absolutely necessary regalia. For information concerning the organization of lodges apply at the main office. The Courts of Calanthe Is the Female Department of the Order. It requires a membership of thirty persons to organize a court. Its members are pledged to exhibit Fidelity, exercise Harmony and prove Love one for the other. It pays an endowment and burial benefit of $150.00. It pays $300 per week sick dues. The only expense for regalia is the cost of the badge, 50 cents and a rosette, costing 25 cents for funeral occasions. THE BANDS OF CALANTHE or Children's Department also con- stitutes a feature and persons cannot do better than to enter the little ones into this mystic circle. The expense is nominal and the benefits all that could be expected. It pays from $1.00 to $1.50 sick dues and death benefits of from $30.09 to $40.00. If you have noPythian Lodge or Court or Band in your neighborhood, orgrnize one. For all information concerning the Children's Department address. For all information concerning special rates of membership in the lodges and courts, address "There is one odd thing about wildcat speculations." "What is that?" "That men pursue them with such dogged determination." — Baltimore American Strictly Business. "Do you guarantee that there are no broken hearts in this matrimonial bureau?" "Oh, no; but then, we always allow for breakages." - Baltimore American. "I want to open an account with your house." "Yes, sir, but won't you first shut the door?"—Baltimore American. "Yes; wouldn't even look at a house that hadn't a swell front."—Baltimore American. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAAS F.C.B. pays $4.00 only absolutely necessary regard apply at the main office. The Court Is the Female Department of the thirty persons to organize a court Fidelity, exercise Harmony and an endowment and burial benefits. The only expense for rea rosette, costing 25 cents for five THE BANDS OF CALADE institutes a feature and persons of circle. The expense is nomine $1.00 to $1.50 sick dues and de Lodge or Court or Band in your For all information concerni For all information concern membership in the lodges and All Quit Use of Tobacco. Atlantic City, N. J.—Following a spirited revival in Port Republic, a thriving hamlet on the mainland, every man and boy in the place has sworn off the use of tobacco. Miss Amanda Blake, proprietress of the general store in the village, made a bonfire of her entire stock of pipes, tobacco, cigars and cigarettes, and John H. Johnson, a 70-year-old war veteran, is lying sick at his home after eschewing his lifelong pipe habit, declaring he will die rather than again award victory to his narcotic enemy. Port Republic citizens have always borne a name for general rectitude and morality, but like other country residents have looked on their tobacco as a harmless evil. They were awakened to the error of their ways by a visiting evangelist who declared that "Hades is full of smokers and chewers." A Contented Child Fond Mother—How do you like your new governess, Johnny? Johnny—Oh. I like her ever so much. "I'm so glad my little boy has a nice teacher at last." "Oh, he's awful nice. She says she don't care whether I learn anything or not, so long as pop pays her salary." —N. Y. Weekly. The Impossible. Luther Burbank looked worried. "What's the trouble?" they asked. The wizard knitted his brow. "I've been trying to produce a graft- less politician, but it's no use." Saying which, he grafted a water- melon onto a pumpkin—Milwaukee Sentinel. GARS, TOBACCO, ICE, WOOD, COAL, &c. 11 S. 41TH ST., RICHMOND, VA. hts of Pyth ythias, A. powerful in the country and its Lodge of Virginia has jurisdiction in this state. Thirty males the benefits paid constitute one s are greater than anything charity and established on Be- of the state will find it an order t of of $200.00 for all ages. It age costing 75 cents each is the ing the organization of lodges ment also con- he little ones into this mystic uld be expected. It pays from $40.00. If you have noPythian address, TAYLOR, W. M., Hill St., Richmond, Va. N MITCHELL, JR., 311 N. 4th St., Richmond, Va. Insurance Company, Last Broad St., Richmond, Va. Law of Virginia. Capital Stock, $25,000 ton ($3,000,000-00) Dollars worth of and policy holders. Rates. Visit with the Treasurer of Virginia. OFFICERS. Ad. President. Ope, 1st Vice President. Ope, 2nd Vice President. Statley, Sect'y, and Gen'l Manager. Y. Asst. 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Just stand about ten paces, and if I can't clip off every lock in 12 shots, I'll set up the licker."—Chicago Daily News. Why He Suspected It "So," the editor remarked, looking up over his spectacles at the young man who had applied for the job of writing the paper's funny paragraphs, "you think you are a humorist, do you?" "Yes, sir." "Why?" "Well, I always refer to him as 'Bill' Shakespeare."—Chicago Record-Herald N. A., S. A., E. A., A. AND A. Mansion Established 1899. Phone 4160. JOHN FOXEL Dealer in General Line of FANCY AND STAPLE GROCERIES NOTIONS, FRESH MEATS, CI GARS, TOBACCO, JON BOARDING & LODGING Rates Reasonable. All the Comforts of Home Orders received by letter or telegraph MRS. BOOKER LEFTWICH. PROPRIETRESS, 816 N. 2nd St., Richmond, Va RICHMOND MEDICAL COLLEGE 406 E. Baker Street Chartered June 14, 1905. Co-educational. The only Colored College in Virginia for a thorough course in Medicine, Denistry and Pharmacy. Session: 1905-1906 begins Oct. 2, 1905. 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And yonder thru the stately pines I see a line of gray: Alight upon the eager blade and on the polished gun; What memories steal back from where rolls on the Rapidan. Where are the gallant thousands who wont surging thru the pieces? That grass that soars. Some sleep to-day beneath the grass that hide our battle lines; And our cannon seem to echo in the deadly thickets where We met the gray-clad tiger in his dark and gloomy lair; But we never stop a moment where the foe was to be met With a rain of leaden missiles and the eager bayonet; We plunged into the Wilderness and met them man to man. And our battle cry was "Forward!" for Ulysses led the van. With him to lead us onward not a bugle blew retreat; We left our gallant comrades where the pines and cedars meet. On to terrible Cold Harbor, on to Petersburg so grim. Prest the phalanxes of Freedom thru the shadows cold and dim. We knew we had a leader who a soldier was and man. And victory journeyed with us for Ulyssse led the van. To-day I see the old blue blouse, the old slouched hat he wore; I see that grim yet kindly face we'll see on earth no more; And when he rode adown the lines, so silent, cool and grim, The boys who bore the muskets would have freely died for him; We knew that where he led us he was not afraid to go. Our other friend was ever turned toward the sullen foe. We never tried to question him nor It was down at Appomattox where our flags at last were furled. And the old Potomac army stood the pride of all the world. And our grim and silent captain said unto the boys in gray: Deep in the haunted Wilderness with blade and buyonet: And again we turned our faces toward the rushing Rapidan. Where with a mighty army brave Ulysses led the van. Our ranks are growing thinner and the roses soon will blow. Above the last brave boy in blue who met the eager foe; One by one the old commanders whom he name Have camped beyond the river on the camping grounds of fame. May we meet in that bright country where earth's sorrows find surcause. In the rest eternal and upon the plains of peace. And as comrades, the transfigured, may we march there man to man. As we marched beneath our banner when [Judgment] came, "We shall not be ashamed." — T. C. Harbaugh, in National Tribute. AN OLD BREASTWORKS. Remains of Defenses of Massachusetts Coast Town Still to Be Seen. During the war of 1812, when the British warships were bombarding the towns on the Massachusetts coast, the residents along the Vineyard sound shore hastily threw up breastworks. At different points where it was believed that the enemy would attempt to land these fortifications were constructed and behind them the natives remained in hiding, ready to give up their lives in defense of their homes. Only one is left and that is on Naunshon island, near Tampauln cove. This old breastwork is in a remarkable state of preservation. It is said that one of the British ships had intended to land a crew on Naushon for the purpose of obtaining a supply of fresh meat, the island at that time being stocked with sheep and cattle. In order to divert the attention of the residents of the nearby towns who had rushed to the forfications on Naushon when the British warship was sighted sailing into Vineyard sound the ship bore in close to shore off Falmouth and began to bombard that place. This it was believed would cause the Falmouthites to return to their homes. But none of the small company left the breastworks. The attempt to land was abandoned. That many saliformes, when in port at Tarpaulin cove, have visited the old breastwork is evidenced by the names that have been carved on the trees that are now growing in the vicinity. Residents of Naushon say that a few years ago there were traces of other breastworks north of Tarpaulin cove and also at the French watering place, so-called, south of Tarpaulin cove. Time has obliterated them, however, and the one shown in the illustration is the only one on the island that shows the nature of the fortifications behind which the men of nearly 100 years ago took their stand, determined to defend with their lives any attack made by the hostile British. Nearly all the volunteers who threw ap the fortifications on Naushon island were residents of Falmouth, and in that town there are a number of old guns, several of which it is stated were mounted on Naushon. He Didn't Suffer. "Say," said the dentist, "have you got that sign for me painted yet?" "No," replied the sign painter. "Lemme see, it was to be "Teeth Extracted Without Pain," wasn't it?" "Well—er—suppose you make it: I Extract Teeth Without Pain." THE PAYMASTER'S TRAIN. Mosby's Guerilla Were Driven Off After a Hard Fight. There are almost as many versions of a battle as there are soldiers engaged in the conflict. Each sees from a different angle; each encounters different dangers and experiences; each is able to add some detail which goes to make up the complete story of the conflict. How true this was of the civil war, and how through the years since then stories have been told and the discussion of the details of different battles has continued. Recently J. W. Munson, one of Mosby's raiders, told in Munsey's Magazine of the capture early in October, 1864, by Col. Mosby and his men, of $170,000 from paymasters of the federal army between Harper's ferry and Martinburg. Robert Welch, a veteran of the One Hundred and Sending Shot Into Mosby's Cavalry. Sixty-fifth. New York regiment, who was in that engagement, quotes another version of the incident from his diary written at the time. He says: "Oct. 25, started from Martinsburg with large train with many paymasters and money in ambulances to pay off troops. While resting near Bunker hill for dinner, Mosby attacked us with a large force of cavalry, some 400. The men were soon in line, the One Hundred and Thirty-third to the right of the road, the One Hundred and Sixty-fifth to the left, and then ordered to deploy as skirmishers on double quick. The movement was quickly made. In the meantime Col. Currie had massed the train in close order and as soon as deployed the order 'Forward, March!' was given. The men sprung to the work, lively firing commenced; soon two pieces of artillery passed quickly to the front and unlimbered, sending shot into Mosby's cavalry. This the enemy did not expect, and cleared out to the left in a piece of timber. It seems from what we learned afterwards that they knew a large amount of money. In charge of six paymasters, was going to the front in this train to pay off the army. Mosby expected to capture it, but did not count on our having a reconstructed battery along. We did not know it ourselves, and its appearance was a surprise to us as well. Mosby's men did make a dash down the road and captured some men in the advance. Col. Currie handled everything well. Arrived at Winchester late at night." In answer to a letter written by Mr. Welch to Mr. Munson calling his attention to this fact, the latter replied: "I remember the affair of October 25, '64, very well, for we captured Gen. Duffle that day in sight of your men. When we attacked your cavalry guard they fell back on your infantry, and I suppose Currie had orders to protect that money or die in the attempt, for he stuck to the wagons and drove us off. You were too much for us. If we had known there were greenbacks in the train I don't know but what the boys might have put up a better fight, for they used to take all sorts of risks for sutlers' trains or greenbacks. I remember as well as if it were yesterday my feelings when your first shell came bursting near us. I knew then we were up against a hard proposition, and I was afraid you would recapture General Duffle. When we first saw his wagon we thought it was a sutler and chased him almost into your lines. There are full reports of it all in the war records—J. W. Munson." So we see how the accounts of the civil war are still being amended and corrected, and that as long as there remains an old veteran to talk there will be new light thrown upon the incidents of the great struggle. Logical English. I paused to talk to a fishmonger. "Fishmonger," said I, pleasantly, "why do you fishmong?" "And have you been fishmonging long?" I asked further. "Yes," was the reply. "I have fishmong for seven years come Michaelmas." "You are a worthy fishmonger," I responded. "and I'm sure you always mong the best of fish."—Life. Cornwallis hesitated to surrender until he had made the proper terms. Calling the Father of this country aside, he put the case plainly. 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Mr. Bettinson heard "strange noises," and, anxious to ascertain their cause, climbed up through a trap door under the slanting roof, and while rummaging about among the beams found the parchment under a piece of loose wood. At first Mr. Bettinson thought it was a will, owing to its phraseology and the references to "last will and testament," with the mention of valuable "goods and chattails." But experts who have seen it declare it to be the ancient grant of probate by the Archbishop of Canterbury, once attached to the will of John Cave. When the tidings of this discovery spread, two women—Miss Morris and Mrs. Russell—living in the village of Thorney, were much interested, for they had often told of their supernatural experiences in the very house. "I know I could not be mistaken," Miss Morris said, "and now that I have heard of the discovery of this document I am sure what I saw was really a ghost. "When the Fullards—Mrs. Fullard was a granddaughter of John Cave—were living I often stayed at the house, but I slept in the 'ghost chamber' only once. "I went to bed early, but I could not go to sleep, and I remember well it was a moonlight night, with everything as cicar as day. Then, as midnight chinmed, I turned in the great bed in fear, for I felt there was some terrible thing in the room. I had locked the bedroom door, and I told myself nobody could possibly be there, and then I boldly turned to look. "It is a wonder I did not die of fright, for there, by my bedside, stood the form of an old woman, nearly 80, very thin and gray. And, what seemed to me most terrible, she had only one tooth, which projected. She had on her head a lace-filled cap, such as old women wear, and she wore a garment of red chintz—old fashioned, large-patterned cretonne. "When I first saw her she held her thin hands clasped low down, as though in grief, but as I watched she raised her right hand and pointed at the ceiling. Then I put my head under the clothes, and when I dared to look again she was gone. "I could not sleep, and next morning I told my hostess I was ill, and could not stop, and I was driven straight home. Others, I have heard, can tell of uncanny noises at night—the sound of corn being shaken in a sleeve by old John Cave himself." A similar story was told by Mrs. Russell: "I went to the house," she said, "as a dressmaker to make costumes for the Misses Fullard. As there were many guests, I was asked if I had any objection to sleeping in what I now know to have been the 'ghost chamber.' I lay awake until, at the first stroke of 12, I heard heavy footsteps on the stairs. "Then I felt it near, I heard it rattle at the door, and I felt it near me. There was a sound of something being shaken, and I shrieked. I am sure my visitor was neither animal nor human. It was a being from another world. I never tried to sleep there again. I had never believed in ghosts, but I cannot explain my experience by any other theory." Mr. Bettinson, however, is no believer in ghosts. "I certainly heard noises and wallings," he said, "but I think they were only rats and mice, and bad-tempered, disturbed owls. "When I went up to look I did not expect to find a parchment, for no ghosts have ever come to tell me their troubles." The document, which is dated "thirteenth of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven," has lost the heavy seals which should be attached. As a family document and a record of the time when the probate was in the hands of the primate, it is of great interest. But the mystery of its hiding and the spectral woman in chinxt will probably never be solved. FURNITURE. 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Loc for Charlotte. atlanta and Birmingham. New York M-mahis. Chattanooga and all the through coach for Chase City, Oxford. Durham. 6:00 p.m.-i.m.-sunday. Keyville Local. 11:30 p.m.-Daily. Latest. fullman read at 9:30 p.m. for all to South. LINE 4:20 p.m. Except Sunday. 16. to West Point, connect for Baltimore Mondays. Wednesday yas and Fridays. 4:20 p.m. Except Sunday to West Point Monday. Wednesday and Friday. 4:45 a.m. Except Sunday. No. 74. Local to West Point. JOURNAL ARRIVES and local stations. 9.15 a.m. No 15. From Baltimore and West Point. 10. a.m. Wednesdays and Fridays No. 9. 5.15 p.m. No 18. From Point and local local stations. Except Sunday. C. W. WESTBURY, D. 'A. A. 800 E. Main St., Bedford, Va. C. H. ACKERT, 800 E. Main St., Bedford, Va. V. P. & Gen. Mgr., Pass. Traf. Mgr' Washington, D. C. R. F. & P. Richmond, Frederickburg, and Poto- Cars. 7 a.m. on Daily, Main St. Through, all Pullman Cars. 7 a.m. on, Except Monday, Broad. 8:40 a. m., daily Byrd st. 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