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THE RICHMOND PLANET VOLUME XXIV, NO. 17. EDITOR MITCHELL'S TRAVELS POCAHONTAS AND THE SOUTH-WEST VISITED.—AN INTERESTING ACCOUNT. FIRED ON A PRISONER. We left Richmond Friday night, 15th inst. at 9:30 P. M. for Pocahontas, Norton and Stonega, Va. Dr. J. Alexander Lewis left at 5:15 and was to join us at Lynchburg. On the train we men Rev. P. F. Morris, D. D. en route to his home at Lynchburg. We discussed current topics, arguing from our respective standpoints until both of us were tired out and fell asleep. AT A STANDSTILL IN LYNCHBURG It was nearly 3 o'clock Saturday morning when we awoke and found that the train was at a standstill in the railroad yards at Lynchburg, blocked by long freight trains going in opposite directions. We walked up to the station and found Dr. Lewis is there in company with Mr. W. J. Wells. Dr. Morris bid us good morning and went home. A PECULIAR CHARGE When we left for Bluefield, the train was one hour late. Dr. Lewis related a thrilling experience. It seems that a railroad detective had arrested a colored man, whom he alleged was making an effort to uncouple cars. He was taking him to Lynchburg for safe keeping. The colored man was not handcuffed, the man he from handcuffing, piled, he came to the conclusion to "run for liberty" and he made a break for the door. A CRY FOR HELP. The detective tried to stop him, and as the prisoner was carrying him off the rapidly moving train with him, he called for help, at the same time threatening to shoot. Suddenly there were two loud reports from the revolver. The colored man dismounted from the train and detective announced to the passengers and train crew that he had shot him, being forced so to do. THE CRACK OF A REVOLVER Dr. Lewis was awakened by the yells for help and the firing of the revolver, but only sank deeper in the cushions of that passenger coach and listened with interest to the hurried explanation of that white railroad detective. The train had gone so far ill that he was unable to see the extent of the injury of the color, ed man who had made such a daring attempt to regain his liberty. JOHNSON'S INVESTMENT CO. Reaching Bluefield, we changed for Pocahontas, Mr. D. C. Johnson, the well-known merchant and promoter was not expecting us until Monday, but his Madame made hurried preparations to receive us. At Johnson and Pettit's establishment we met Lawyer Gardner of Bramwell, West Virginia, who had just secured a charter for the Johnson Investment Company. It is capitalized at $10, 000 and it has purchased a tract of land adjacent to Pocahontas for $6, 500 and divided it up into town lots selling the same for from $75 to $300 each. A LAND SPECULATION. Mr. Johnson sees a fortune in this scheme and he has a persuasive way of making others see it the same way. The Pythian Castle here is admirably handled and it pays well in the investment. It is needless to say that Mr. Johnson is the leading spirit in this investment. In his establishment behind the colony we saw some four revolvers, all which emphasized the dangerous characters doing business during the troubled times of pay day. A WOMAN THE VICTIM. "A woman was shot here last night through the chest," said he "by a man who got away. She had her child in her arms at the time. The bullet passed clean through her. She's up there. She had a bad time last night. She split some blood, but she is better this morning. As the EASTER GREETINGS Holy Women At The Tomb FROM A PAINTING BY BOUGUEREAU bullet went through her, she may get over it." I advised her friend to get a doctor for her. A FRIGHTENED BABY We enjoyed a repast at Mr. and Mrs. Johnson's residence. Refreshments had been served before, but Dr. Lewis and Attorney Gardner smiled at each other again as they exchanged the compliments of the season. We had thrown ourselves down on a sofa for a short rest as we laughed and joked with the inmates of the Johnson household. There was a short, quick squall and to our amazement a baby sat up rubbing its eyes and alarming the neighbor borrhood. We did not know it was there and neither did its father, but the mother soon came in short order to relieve Mr. D. C. Johnson of a most embarrassing situation as he vainly endeavored to bring silence in his own household. THE GAME OF CRACK-A-LOO. We left Pocahontas at 1:10 P. M. after meeting many friends at Pocahontas. Mr. Johnson and Mr. Gardner went with us to Blue Stone Junction, where nearly an hour was whiled away. We were introduced to many of the white citizens. A group of white men had gathered in a circle and money was being tossed up in a game of crack-a-loo. It was simply the man's getting all of the five cent pieces he tossed his up so that it came nearer to the parallel cracks than any of the other players. MONEY EXCHANGED HANDS The number grew large and the colored brothers' eyes sparkled as they watched the progress of the game, but we'd better stop here. The train came finally. We'll remark, however that for quick work and protracted amusement, the crap game is badly handicapped in this section of the country. We were soon at Graham, Va., where another wait of an hour drew upon our patience. We were soon being whirled down the Clinch Valley Road. A MINE EXPLOSION We left at nearly four o'clock. It was late in the afternoon when an enquiry was made concerning an explosion at Tom's Creek. It was ascertained that it occurred Saturday morning, 16th inst at Green Ore, a few miles from Tom's Creek. Six bodies had been taken out; five white and one colored. SIX COFFINS FOR VICTIMS. As we were leaving Tom's Creek, six combs were put aboard. They presented a grim, if not ghastly appearance in the night time. The long yellow boxes in which they were encased we plainly visible to us all. A few more minutes and the train stopped. Lights flared in the roadway and beamed from the cottages on the mountain side. There was no sign of revelry, but all was in mourning. The six coffins were carefully taken from the train and plied one upon the other. A COLORED MAN'S STORY The signal was given and we were away again. "Yes, I am just from Green Ore," said a colored man, "I did not work last night and the night before. I heard that there was an explosion in the mine, and as my step-father worked there, I telephoned over there but could get but little satisfaction. No one was in the office that day. I met a white gentleman and he told me that my step father had crawled out on his 'aands and knees. A NARROW ESCAPE I thought it best to go up and see and I came up this afternoon on the up-train. I found that my stepfather did get out on all fours with only a slight injury to one of his hands. He said that he would make one more trip into the mine and that we would get the giant tools. We were on the way to the accident again, where we met Messrs. H. S. Staples, A. E. Miller and others. WANTED—A colored family, a father and son to work on a farm near Richmond on the Seven Pines where hands are also desired. Address —Subscribe to The PLANET. PRICE. FIVE CENTS. DEATHS Asleep in Jesus. MILLER—Mr. Charles H. Robinson, who was called to this city eight weeks ago on account of the serious illness of his mother, is in the city to pay his last respect to his mother, Mary Miller, who died Monday, March 25h, 1907 at 9:30 o'clock. Funeral was held Wednesday at Second Baptist Church of which she was a member for twenty-eight years messages and elegrams of condolence are received in sections of the country expressing sympathy in this hour of bereavement. Gone But Not Forgotten Ellerson, Va., March 23, 1907. The funeral service of Aljournal Taylor who was killed at Hunstletts Station on the C. and O. R. R in Hanover County, Va., March 16th was held in Pleasant Grove Baptist Church March 19th. He is survived by his father and mother, Ezekiel and Rosa Taylor, four brothers and three sisters and a host of relatives and friends to mourn their loss. Aljournal was a bright and intelligent young man and was well liked by all who knew him. He was seventeen years of age and a member of Rose Bud Council, I. O. of St. Luke. He was buried in Zion Cemetery. The funeral service was conducted by Rev. Fountain, pastor of church, A. D. Price, officiated. "A precious one from us is gone, A voice we loved is still. A place is vacant in our home That never can be filled." WALTER SMITH. His brother. SUTTON—Our beloved father, Samuel W. Sutton left us and joined the throng of the great beyond, Wed. March 13th, 1907 at 6:30 A.M. He was sick quite a short time and whenever he was asked how it was with him, he would answer smilingly, "All is well. I am only waiting on the Lord Should he come at midnight or dawn I shall be with Him." He was a kind husband and a loving father, beloved and respected by his people, both white and colored. The community loses one of its best citizens, for in all of his walks in life he ever showed kindness, courtesy and honesty. He was a christian, true to his God and faithful in the discharge of his duties. He was a gentleman, take him as you will. His like you shall not look upon again. None knew him but to love him, named him but to praise him. His last words were, "Behold! the Light has come and I shall now be in Paradise." "Father, thou art gone to rest, We will not weep for thee. For thou art now, where oft on earth Thy spirit longed to be. Thou art gone to rest, Thy toils and cares are o'er, And sorrow, pain and suffering now Shall ne'er distress the more. Thou art gone to rest, And this shall be our prayer. That when we reach our journey's end, Thy glory may we share." His children. SAMUEL J. SUTTON MARY L. SUTTON. In Memoriam. In sad but loving memory of my dear mother, Luvinia Price, who departed this life Saturday, March 24, 1906. "Sleep on, dear Mother, Thine earthly cares are done; Jesus has come and borne thee home Beyond this stormy blast. There with the glorified spirits to reign Through the bright ages above, Free from all sorrow, all sickness and pain, Resting in Heavenly Love. Dear Mother, we'll weep no more, Your sufferings are past; The mansion that's prepared for you You've reached at last." Her daughter, EMILY TARTTE. Notice! There will be a Grand Union Quar tette Contest at Second Baptist Ch. Tuesday, April 2, 1907 under auspices of Helping Hand Club. Admission Ten Cents. Mrs. Ada Lewis, President; Mrs. Sallie Fox, Treasurer; Mrs. Fannie James, Secretary. —Nelson's Hair Dressing can be bought at Jenings and Brown Drug Store, Pittsburg, Pa. ~— THE——~ Masquerader By KATHERINE CECIL THURSTON, Author of “The Circle,” Etc. Goneshamn: bead Abeneiny Masaeta eescherk rwo CHAPTER XXVL LJ tween Grosvenor square and Clifford's inn. He left Chilcote’s house hastily—with a haste tat only ap ur- Bent Motive could have driven him to adopt. His steps were quick and un- fren as be traversed the intervening streets; bis shoulders lacked their de cisive pose, and his pale face was marked with shadows beneath the ‘eyes—shadows that bore witness to the sleepless night spent in pacing Chii- cote’s vast and lonely room. By the curious effect of circumstances the Ikeness between the two men had never been more significantly marked than on that morning of April 19, When Loder walked along the pave- ments crowded with early workers and brisk with insistent news venders already alive to the value of last night's political erisis. ‘The irony of this last element In the day's concerns came to him fully when one newsboy, more energetic than his fellows, thrust a paper in front of him, “Sensation in the ‘ouse, sir! Speech by Mr. Chileote! Government defeat!” For a moment Loder stopped and his face reddened. The tide of emotions still ran strong. His band went tn- stinctively to his pocket; then bis lips Set. He shook his head and walked on. With the same hard expression about his mouth, he turned into Clifford's inn, passed through his own doorway ‘and mounted the stairs. This time there was no milk cam on the threshold of bis rooms and the door Fielded to his pressure without the need of a key. With a strange sensa- tion of reluctance he walked into the Rarrow passage and paused, uncertain which room to enter rst. As be stood hesitating a voice from the sitting room settled the question. “Who's there?” it called trritably. “What do you want?” Without further ceremony the tn: truder pushed the door open aad en tered the room. As he did so he drew & quick breath—whether of disappoint ment or relief it was impossible to say. Whether he had hoped for or dreaded ft, Chileote was conscious ‘As Loder entered he was sitting by the cheerless grate, the ashes of yes. terday’s fire showing charred and dreary where the sun touched them. His back was to the light, and about bis shoulders was an old plaid rug Behind him oa the table stood a cup. @ teapot aod the can of milk; farth’r Off a kettle was set to boil upon a tiny spirit stove. Ih all strong situations we are more oF less commonplace, Loder’s first re mark as be glanced round the disor dered room seemed strangely inet ficient. “Where's Robins?" he asked In a brusque voice. His mind teemed with Dig considerations, yet this was his first {nvoluutary question Chilcote had started at the entrance of his visitor: now he sat starin: at him. bis bands holding the arms of bis chair. “Where's Robins?" Loder asked again “I don't know. She— I— We di not hit it off. She's gone—went yes terday.” He shirered and drew th rug about him. *Chileote"— Loder began sternly Then he paused. There wes sometlln tm the other's look and attitade th arrested him. A chine of expres Passed over his own face. He tym About, with xo abeunt gesture, pen Of his cont and teemw it on a er then, er tern th plice, be began to rake the ashes from the grate Withia a Cow minutes he bad a fire erackling where the bed of dead cin ders bad been, and, having finished the task, he rose siowly from his knees, wiped his hands and crossed to the ta- ble. Ou the small spirit stove the ket- Me had boiled, and the cover was lift- ing and falling with a tinkling sound, Blowing out the flame, Loder picked Qp the teapot and, with hands that Were evidently accustomed to the task, set about making the tea. During the whole operation he never spoke, though ali the while he was fully conscious of Chilcote’s puzzled gaze, The tea ready. be poured it into the cup and carried it across the room. “Drink this!” he said laconically. “The Gre will be up presently.” Chilcote extended « cold and shaky band. “You see”— he began. But Loder checked kim almost sav- agely. “I do—as weil as though I had followed you from Piccadilly last night. ‘You've been hunging about, God knows where, till the smail hours of the morn- tng; then you've come back—slunk ck, starving for your infernal poison and shivering with cold, You've set- tled the frst part of the business, but the cold has still to be reckoned with. Drink the tea. I've something to say to you." He mastered bis vebemence and, walking to the window, stood looking down into the court. His eyes Were blank, his face hard; his ears heard nothing but the faint sound of Chilcote’s swallowing, the click of the ‘cup against his teeth. For a time that seemed interminable ‘he stood motionless; then, when he Judged the tea finished, ‘he turned @owly. Chilcote had drawn closer to @ropped from one shoulder and hung @own lndicrousty; his band caught the back of the chair for support; his un- shaven face looked absurd and repul- sive In Its sudden expression of scared Inquiry. Leder involuntarily turned away “1 mean it" he said slowly. “It's over; we've come to the end.” “But why?" Chilcote articulated blankly. “Why? Why?” In his confu- ‘sion he conld think of no better word. “Because I throw it up. My side of the bargain's off” Again Chilcote’s lips parted stammer- ingly. The apathy caused by physical exbaustion and his recently administer- ed drug was passing from him; the hopelessiy shattered condition of mind and boy was showing through it lke & skeleton through a thin covering of flesh. “But why?" be said again. “Why?” Still Loder avoided the frightened surprise of his eyes. “Because I with draw.” he answered doggedly. ‘Then suddenly Chilcote's tongue was loosened. “Loder,” he ered excitedly, “you can't do it! Great heavens, man, You can’t do it!” To reassure himself he laughed—a painfully thin echo of bis Old sarcastic laugh. “If it's a matter Of greater opportunity,” he began, “of more mones” But Later turned upon him “Be quiet!” be said so menacttigty that the other stopped. ‘Then by an ef. fort he couquered himself “It's not a matter of woney, Chiicote:” he sald quietly. “It's a matter of necessity.” He brought the word ont with ditt culty. Chiteote gtanest up. “Necessity?” he Fepeated. “Hon? Why? The reiteration roused Loder, “Be. cause there was a grout scene in the house fast wigat" be besan hurriedly “Because when you x9 back you'll tind that Seforonz’ Law sinestied up ove the nssnes: 1 of Si m Brice Fleid at Mested and that you hav made your mark in a biz speech, and hecause”— Abruptly be <topped. The thing he had come to say—the thing be had meant to say-—would not be sid. Either his toague or his resolution fall ed him, and for the instant he stood | as silent and almost as iit at ease as this companion. Theu all at once in | spiration came to bim, In the sugzes | tion of a welluizh forgotten argument | by which be might Influence Chileote | and save his own self respect. “It's all “It has run itself out.” And in a dosen | nentences he sketched the story of Lil !ilan Astrupp, her past relations with j himself, her present suspicions, Tt was | Rot what he had meant to says It was | aot what he hod come to way, but It aerved the purpose—it saved him bu miliation, Chitcote Listened to the last word, Then. as the other finished, he dropped heavens, man.” he sald, “why didn't { you tell me? Why didn’t you warn me, | Instead of Alling my mind with your political position? Your political po- sition!” He laughed unsteadily. The Jong spells of indulzence that had weakened hls already malmed faculties showed in the langh, In the sudden breaking of his voice “You must do something. Later!” he added nervously, checking bis amusement. “You must do something!” Loder looked down at him, “No,” he sid decisively. “It’s your tar now. It's you who've got to do something.” Chiteote’s fee turned a shade grayer. “L can’t,” he said below his breath, “Can't? Ob. yes, you can. We can all do—anything. It's not too tate; there's Just sutticient time. Chileote,” he added suddenly, “ton't you see that the thing has been madness all along— has been like playing with the most In- fernal explosives? You may thank whatever you have faith in that no- body has beea smashed up! You are going back. Do you understand me? You are going back—now, today, be- fore it's too late.” ‘There was a great change in Loder; his strong, lpper- turbable face was stirred; he was moved in both voice and manner. ‘The after thine he repeated his Injune- tion, reasoning, expostulating, tnsist- ing. It almost seemed that he fought vome strenuous invisible force rather Wan the shattered man before him. Chilcote moved nervously in bis seat, It was the first real clash of personali- tles. He felt it—recognized it by tn- Stinct. The sense of domination bad fallen on him; he knew himself im- Potent in the other's hands. What- ever he might attempt in moments of Solitude Le possessed no voice in pres euce of this invinelble second self. For awhile he struggled—be did not Gght, he strucgled to resist—then, lift- ing his eyes, he met Loder’s. “And what will you do?” he said weakly. Loder returned his questioning gaze, but almost Immediately be turned aside. “1?” he said. “Oh, I shall leave London.” UT Loder did not leave London, and the hour of 2 on the day following his dismissal of Chileote found him again in bis sitting room He sat ut the center table surrounded by @ cloud of smoke; a pipe was be- tween his lips and .the morning's newspapers lay In a heap beside his elbow. To the student of humanity his attitude was Intensely interesting. It was the attitude of a man tram- meled by the knowledge of bis strength. Before him as he sat smok- ing stretched a future of absolute nothingness, and toward this blank fo- ture one portion of his censciousness— ® struggling aud as yet scarcely sen- tient portion—pushed bim fnevitably; THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. While anotner—a rtgorous, persistent, human portion—cried to bim ‘Se actual, so clamorous, was ingly since the moment of his elation that at last iu physical response to it be pushed back his chair. “It's too late,” he said aloud. “I'm e fool. It's too late.” ‘Then abruptly, astonishingly, as though in direct response to his spoken thought, the door opened and Chilcote ‘walked into the room. Slowly Loder rose and stared at him. ‘The feeling be acknowledged to him- self was anger, but below the anger a very different sensation ran rlotowsly strong. And it was in time to this sec- ond feeling. this sudden, lawless Joy, {that Lis pulsos beat as he turned a cold face on the intruder. “Well?” he said sternly. But Chilcote was impervious to atern- ness. He was mentally shaken and dis- tressed, though outwardly trreproacha- bie, even to the violets in the lapet of his coat—the violets that for a week Past had been brought each morning to the door of Loder's rooms by Bre’s maid. For one second, as Loder’s eyes Tested on the flowers, a sting of ungov- ernable jealousy shot through him; then as suddenly It died away, super- seded by another feeting—a feeling of mew, spontaneous joy. Worn by Chil- cote or by himself, the flowers were a symbol! “Well?” be said again in a gentler voice, Chileote had walked to the table and laid down bis hat. His face was white and the muscles of his lips twitched nervously as he drew off his glotes. “Thank heaven, you're bere!* he said shortly. “Give me something to drink.” In silence Loder brought out the whisky and set ft on the table; then In- stinctively he turned aside. A's plainly as though he saw the action he men- tally figured Chilcote's furtive glance, the furtive movement of his fingers to his waistcoat pocket, the hasty drop. Ping of the tublolds into the glass. For an instant the sense of his tnett counlvance came to bim sharply; the next, he flung it from him. The hu- man, inner voice was whispering {ts old watchword. ‘The stroug man has no time to waste over his weaker brother! When he heard Chiteote lay down his tumbler he looked back again, “Well, what is It?" he sald. “What have you come for?" He strove resolutely. te Keep his voice severe but. try as he might, he could not quite subdue the eager force that lay behind his words, Once az on the night of thetr second Int ze. life had become a Phoenix, ri fresh existence even While he sifted ite ashes, “Well? he said one ‘ Chilcote had set down hie tase. te was nervously passing ble handker chief across tia lips. ‘There was aoine- thing In the gottre that attracted Lo- der. Lookins at him more attentively, ho saw what his own footings and the other's conventional dress had blinded him to—the almost. piteous pante and excitement In his visitor's eyes, “Something's gone wrong!” he said, with sbrupt intuition, Chileote started. “Yes—no—that te yes,” he stammered. | “Somethins's gone wrong.” he repeat j ed, “and you've come to tell me.” |, The tone un 1 Chileote. He sud- denly dropped Into a chair, “Itt wasn't my fault?” he began, “It have bad a horrible time! Loder's lips tightenet. “Year he sald, “yes, Lunderstand.” The other glanced hp with a gleam of bis old suspicion. “'Twas all my nerves, Loder 1 “Of course. Yes, of course.” To @er’s intermption was curt Chiteate eyed him donbifally, Then Fecollection took the place of doubt. and a change passed over his expres sion. “It wasn't my fault.” be began hastily. “On my soul, it wasn't! It was Crapham's beastly fault for show: {ng her into the morning room". Loder kept silent, Ils curiosity had flared lato sudden fife at the other's Words, but he feared to break the ahat- tered train of thought even by a word. In the silence Chileote moved un. easily. “You sev,” he went on at last, {when T was here with you I-1 felt fwtrong. I-T"— Hie stopped. “Yes, yes, When you were here with the you felt strong.” “Yes, that’s it While | was here I felt 1 could do the thing. But when I fwent home—when I went up to my rooms"— Again he paused, passing his handkerchief across bis forehead. “When you went up to your rooms?" Loder strove bard to keep his control. “To my room?— Ob, I—-1 forget about that. I forget about the night"— | He hesitated coufusedly. “Al I re- member Is the coming down to break- fast next moraing—this morning— at 12 o’clock”— Loder turned to the table and poured himself out some whisky. “Yes,” be acquiesced In a very quiet voice. At the word Chilcote rose from bis seat. His disquietude was very evi- dent. “Ob, there was breakfast on the table when I came downstairs—break- fast, with flowers and a horrible, daz- ‘TFselt plain. ‘The writing of the mes. sage seemed to steady me; the mere forming + quieted my mind. 1 was ‘when I got up from the bureau and pressed the bell"— “the bell?" “Yes. I rang for a servant. 1 had to seud the wire myself, so I bad to get a cab.” Lin voice rose to irrita. bility. “I pressed the bell several times, but the thing hed gone wrong; 'twouldn’t work. At last I gave it up and went Into the corridor to call some one.” | “Well?” In the intense suspense of the moment the word escaped Loder. “Gh, I went out of the roam, but ‘there at the door. before I could call anybody, I knocked up against that idiot Greening. He was looking for me —for you, rather—about some beastly ‘Wark affair. I tried to explain that I wasn't in x state for business. 1 tried te shake him off. but be was worse than Blessington! At last, to be rid of the fellow, 1 went with him to the study” — “But the telegram?” Loder began. ‘Then again he checked himself. “Yes— yes—I understand,” he added quietly. “Lm getting to the telegram! 1 wish you wouldn't Jar me with sudden ques- tions. I wasn’t In the study more than & minute more than five or six min utes"— His voice became confused, the strain of the connected recital was tell ing upon him. With nervous baste he made a rusb for the end of his story. “I wasn't more than seven or eight . oo ae Pc, =o\sme ere | ee Me *G- minutes in the then, as T came downstairs Cr met me in the Ball. He told me that Lillian Astrupp that he had shown her into the morn: Ing. room “The morning room?" Loder sudden. ly stepped back from the table. “The morning room? With your telegram lying on the bur Hie sudden specch and movement startled Chilcote, ‘The blood rushed to “Don't do that, Loder!” he erled. “II can't bear it!" With an immense effort Loder con trolied himself. “Sorry,” he sald. “Go on! “Pm golng on. I tell yon I'm going on! I got n horrid shock when Crap. bam told me. Your story came clatter Ing through my mind. T knew Lillian had come to sce you. I knew there was going to be a scene’ “But the telegram! The telegram? Chileote paid no heed to the Interrup- tion. He was following bls own train of ideas. “I knew she had come to sve you. I knew there was going to be @ scene. When I got to the morning room my haud was shaking so that I could scarcely turn the handle; then, as the door opened, I could have ctied out with relict, Eve was there as well!” “Bye? “Yes. I don’t think I was ever s0 glad to see her in my life.” He laughed almost hysterically. “I was quite civil to her, and she was—quite sweet to me”— Again he laughed. Loder’s lips tightened “You see, it saved the situation. Even if Liillan wanted to be nasty, she couldn't while Eve was there. We talked for about ten minutes. We ‘Were quite an amiable trio. Then Lil- Nan told me why she'd called. She Wanted me to make a fourth in a theater party at the Arcadian tonight, and 1—1 was so pleased and so relieved that I said yes!" He paused and laughed acain unsteadily. In his tense anxiety Loder ground his heel into the floor. “Go on!” he said fercely, “Go on!” “Don't!” Chileote exclaimed. “I'm going on—I'm going on.” He passed bis handkerchief across his lips. “We talked for ten minutes or so, and then Lillian left. I went with her to the ‘ball door, but Crapham was there too —so I was still safe. She laughed and chatted and seemed in high spirits as We crossed the ball, and she was still suniling ay sbe waved to me from her metor, But then, Loder—then, as I stood in the hall, it all came to me suddenly. I remembered that Lillian must have been alone in the morning room before Eve found her! 1 remem- bered the telegram! I ran back to the room, meaning to question Eve as to how long Lillian had been alone, but she had Jeft the room. I ran to the bureau—but the telegram wasn't there!” “Gone?” “Yes, goue. That's why I've come straight here.” For a momient they confronted each other. ‘Then, moved by a sudden im- Dulse, Loder pushed Chilcote aside And crossed the room. An instant lat- er the opeuing and shutting of doors, the hasty pniling out of drawers and moving of -boxes came from the bed- Feom. Chilcote, Shaken and nervous, stood for a minate where bis companion had left him. At last, impelied by curlos- Aty, he too en the narrow passage and entered the second room. ‘The fil ght streamed in through the open window; the keen spring alr Meals baad of maar on the window sill a Themsei¥es. In the middle of tlie room stood Loder. His coat was off, and round him oa chairs and floor lay an array of waistcoats, gloves and ties. For a space Chilcote stood tn the door- way staring at him, then his lips part- ed and he took a step forward. “Loder,” he said anxiously, “Loder, what are you going to do?” Loder turned. His shoulders were ‘stiff, his face alight with energy. “I'm going back.” he said, “to unravel the tangle you have made.” CHAPTER XXVIII SE eee eS rea eee Le nt Peg eee ee solved theinselves into one question: “What use had Liltlan made of those ‘solitary moments? Without deviation, Loder's mind turned toward one answer Lillian was not the woman (to lose an opportunity, whether the space at ber command was loug or short. So convinced was he that, reaching Trafalgar square, be stopped and hailed a bansom. “Cadogan gardens!" he culled. “No, ae ‘The moments seemed very few be- fore the cab drew up beside the curb and he caught his second glimpse of ‘the enameled door with ita silver St- tings. Instantly he pressed the bell the door was opened by Lillian’s discreet. deferential manservant. “Is Lady Astrupp at home?” he asked. | The man looked thoughtful. “Her ladyship Iunched at home, sir”"— he be. gan cautiously But Loder interrupted him. “Ask her to see me,” he said tnconicalty, The servant expcessed no. surprise His only comment was to throw the door wide. “If you'll wait in the white room, sir,” he said, “1° inform her ladyship.” Chiteote was evidently a frequent and @ favored visitor. In this manner Loder for the second time entered the house so unfamiliar and yet so familiar in all that it sug gested. Eutering the drawing room, he had leisure to look about bim. It was & beautiful room, large and lofty. Lux. Ury was evident on every hand, but it was not the luxury that pails or of fends. Each object was graceful and Possessed} its own Intrinsic value. The Atmosphere was too effeminate to ap- Peal to him, but he acknowledged the taste nnd artistic delicacy It conveyed Almost at the moment of acknowledg: tent the door opened to admit Lillian. “I thought it would be you,” she said ealgmaticaity, Loder came forward. “You expected me?" he said guardedly, A sudden sonviction filled him that it was not the evidence of her eyes, but comething at once snbtler and more definite that Prompted her recogaition of him. She suilied. “Why should I expect you? Oo the contrary, I'm walting to know why you're here?” He was sileut for an instant, Then he answered in her own light tone. “As far as that goes,” he said, “let's make it my duty call—having dined with you. ['m an old fashioned per- son.” For a full second she surveyed him amusediy. ‘Then at lust she spoke. “My dear Jack”—sbe laid particular Stress on the name-—“I never imagined you punctilious. I should have thought bohemian would bave been more the word.” Loder felt disconcerted and annoyed. Either, like himself, she was fishing for {Information or she was deliberately playing with him. In hls perplexity he glanced across the room toward the fireplace. Lillian saw the look. “Won't you sit down?” she said, indicating the couch. “I promise not to make you smoke. I shan't even ask you to take off your gloves!” Loder made no movement. His mind Was unpleasantly upset. It was nearly @ fortnight since he had seen Lilllan, ‘and in the interval her attitude had changed, and the change puzzled him, It might mean the philosophy of a wo- man who, knowing herself without ade- quate weapons. withdraws from a com- bat that has proved fruitless, or it might imply the merely catlike desire ‘to toy with a certainty. He looked quickly at the delicate face, the green eyes somewhat obliquely set, the unre- able mouth, and Instantly he inclined to the latter theory. The conviction ‘that she possessed the telegram filled him suddenty, and with It came the de- sire to put his belief to the test—to know beyond question whether her smiling unconcern meant malice or mere entertainment, “When you first came Into the room.” he said quietly, “you sald ‘I thought it would be you. Why did you say that? Again she smited—the smile that | might be malicious or might be merely amused. “Oh,” she answered at last, “I only meant that thouch T hud been told Jack Chilcote wanted me. it wasn't ‘Jack Chileote 1 expected to see!” After her statement there was a pause, Loder’s position was difficult. Instinctively convinced that. strong in the possession of her proof, she was en- Joying his tantalized discomfort, he yet craved the actual evidence that should ‘set his suspicions to rest. Acting upon the desire, he made a new beginning. “De you know why I came?” he asked. Lillian looked up tnnocently. “It's so hard to be certain of anything in this world,” sbe said. “But one is always at Hberty to guess.” . Again he was perplexed. Her attl- tate was not quite the attitade of one who controls eee ry Be looked at her with a ‘scrutiny. Women for him had always spelled the incomprehensible, He was at his best, fied’ geen ae ae ee ‘direct. Lillian was buttoning ber glove. She did not raise her head as he spoke, but her fingers paused in their task. | For “@second she remained motionless; the ‘she looked up slowly. “Ob,” she said sweetly, “so I was right in my guess? You did come to find out whether 1 sat in the morning room with my hands ix my lap oF ‘Wandered about In search of entertain. ment?" Loder colored with annoyance and apprehension. Every look, every tone, of Lillian’s was distasteful to him. No microscope could have revealed her more fully to him than did bis own eyesight. But it was not the moment for personal antipathies; there were other interests than his own at stake. With new resolution he returned her glance, “Then I must still ask my first ques- tion, Why did you say, ‘I thought It would be you?” His gaze was direct— #0 direct that It disconcerted her. She laughed a little uneasily. “Because I knew."* “How did you know” “Because"— she began; then again she laughed. “Because,” she added quickly, a8 if moved by h fresh tm- pulse, “Jack Chileote made It very ob- vious to any one who was in his morn- ing room at 12 o'clock today that It would be you and not he who would be found filling his place this after- noon. It's all very well to talk about honor, but when one walks tmto an empty room and sees a telegram as long as a letter open on a bureau"— But her sentence was never finished. Loder had heard what ke came to bear. Any confession she might have to offer was of no moment In his eyes, “My dear girl.” he broke In brusque- ly, “don't trouble. 1 should make a most unsatisfactory father confessor.” He spoke quickly. His color was still high, but not of annoyance. His sus. pense was transformed Into unpleasant certainty, but the exchange left him sure~ of himself. His perplexity had dropped to a quiet sense of self re- Nance. His paramount desire was for solitude in which to prepare for the task that lay before him—the most con- Kenlal task the world possessed—the unraveling of Chilcote's taugled skeins. Looking into Lilllan's eyes, he smiled. “Goodby.” he said, holding out his hand. “I think we've finished—for to. day." She slowly extended her fingers Her expression and attitude were slightly puzzled — a puzziement that was either spontaneous or sinzularly Well assumed. As their hunds touched the stalled aval “\Vill you drop in at the Arcadian to- night?” she asked. “It's the drama- tized version of “Other Men's Shoes! The temptation to make you see It was too Irresistivle—as you know There was a pause while she waited for his answer, her head inclined te one side, ber green eyes gleaming, Loder, conscious of her regard, bes!- tated for a mouent. Thea his face cleared. “Richt!” be said slowly. “The Arcadian tonight! CUAPTER XNXIX. OPEIS frame of mind as he left Cadosan gardens was pe cular. Once more he was liy- mg in the preseut—the force ful, exhilarating present, and the knowledze braced him. | Upon one point his mind was satistied. Lillian Astrupp had found the telegram, and it remained to him to render her find Valucless. How he proposed to do this, how be proposedito come out trl umphant In face of such a situation, Was a matter that as yet was shape. less in his mind; nevertheless the dan. ger, the sense of limpending conflict, had a savor of life after the Inaction of the day and night Just passed. Chil cote in his weakness and his entangle ment bad turned to him, and he in his strength and capacity bad responded | to the appeal His step was rm and his bearing as sured as he turned into Grosvenor Square and walked toward the familiar house. ous and tenacious as any vice. For one )moment on the night of his great “speech as he leaned out of Chilcote’s carriage and met Chilcote’s eyes Loder had seen himself and under the shock of revelation had taken decisive action But in the hours subsequent to that action the plausible, Inner voice had whispered unceasingly, soothing bis wounded self esteem, rebuilding stone by stone the temple of his egotism, un- til at last when Chilcote, panic stricken at his own action, bad burst Into his ‘Tooms ready to plead or to coerce he had found no need for elther coercion or entreaty. By a power more subtle and effective than any at his command Loder had been prepared for his com- ing—unconsciously ready with an ac- quiescence before his appeal had been made. It was the fruit of this prepara- ton, the inevitable outcome of it, that strengthened his step and steadied his hand as he mounted the steps and opened the hall door of Chilcote’s house ‘on that eventful afternoon, ‘The dignity, the air of quiet solidity, impressed him as It never failed to do, as he crossed the large hall and ascend. ed the stairs—the same stairs that be “had passed down almost as an outcast not so many hours before. He was fill- ed with the sense of things regained. Belief in his own star lifted him, as it had done n hundred times before in these same surroundings, | He quickened his steps as the sensa- tion came to him. Then, reaching the head of the stairs, he turned directly toward Eve's sitting room and, gaining the door, knocked. ‘The strength of his eagerness, the quick beating of his ‘pulse as he waited for'a response, sur- ‘Prised him. He had told himself many times that his passion, however strong, woull never again conquer as it had done two nights ago, and the fact that he had come thus candidly to Eve's room was to his mind a proof that temptation could be dared. Neverthe. jess there was something disconcerting &@ strong man in this merely physical Perturbation, and when Eve's voice ‘came to him, giving permission to en- ter, be paused for an instant to steady Be ‘opened the door and walked see om hats en a & Phage ertnpe fleeilefery fire glowed warmly ae He ‘noted these things tefing himself that 2 man shoul! always be alertly seus'ble of his surroundings. ‘Then all et once the nice balancing of everstbing one circumstance that ‘Bve was standing in the window, ber back to the light. her face toward him. ‘With bis pulses beating faster and am unsteady sensation In his brain, he mov- ed forward, bolding out his hand. “Bre"— he said below bis breath, But Eve remained motionless, As be ame Into the room xhe bad glanced at bim—a glance of quick. searching ques- tion, theu with equal suddenness she had averted her eyes. As he drew close to ber now she remained immerable. “Eve"— be said again, “I wanted to see you—I wanted to explain about yes- terday and about this morning.” He paused, suddenly disturbed. ‘The full remembrance of the scene in the brougham bad surged up at sight of her—had risen a flerce, unquenchable recollection. “Eve"— he began again im a new, abrupt tone. And then it was that Eve showed herself in a fresh light. From his ea- trance into the room she had stayed motionless, save for her first glance of acute Inquiry, but now her demeanor changed. For almost the first time in Loder’s knowledge of her the vitality and force that he had vaguely appre- hended below her quiet, sereze exte- rior sprang up like a flame within whose radius things are illnminated. With a quick gesture, she turned to- wand him, her warm color deepening. her eyes suddenly alight. “T understond.” she sald—“T under- stand. Don't try to explain. Can't You see that it's enough to—to see you a3 you are” Loder was surprised, Remembering their last pessionate scene and the damper Chilcote’s subsequent presence must Inevitably have cast upon it, he had expected to be doubtfully recei ved but the reality of the reception left Kim bewildered. Eve's manner was not that of the IM used wife, Ite vehe- mence, Its note of desire and daprecia. tion, were more suggestive of his own ardent seizing of the present as distin. guished from past or future. With an Odd sense of confusion he turned to her afresh “Then Iam forgiven?" he said. And unconsciously us he moved nearer he tonched her arin, At bls touch she started. AM the ylelding sweetness, all the submission, Tut had marked Ler two nights ago was gone. In its place she wits pos kessed by a curious excitement that stirred while it perplexed Lover, moved by the sensation, took awother step forward. “Then T am fargiven?” he cepeated more softly. Her face was averted as he spoke, but he felt her arm quiver, and when at last she lifted her head thelr eyes met. Neither spoke, but In an instant Loder’s arms were around her. For a long silent space they stood holding exch other closely. “hen, with @ sharp movement, Eve fread herself. Her color was still high, her eyes still peculiarly bright, but the bunch of vlo- lets she had worn in ber belt had fallen to the ground. “John,” she sald quickly, but on the word ber breath caught. With a touch of nervousness she stooped to pick up the lowers. Loder noticed both voice and gesture, “What Is it?" he sald. “What were you going to say?” But she made no answer. For a sec- ond longer she searched for the violets, then ax he bent to assist her she stood up quickly and laughed—a short, em- darrassed laugh, “How absurd and nervous Tam! she exclaimed. “Like n schoolgirl instead ery eee a if <i “a r { = ” ae ‘dates | _ shen 1 am forgiven?” he said. ofa woman of twenty-four. You must help me to be sensible.” Her cheeks still burned, her manner was still ex- cited, like one who holds an emotion or an impulse at bay, Loder looked at her uncertainly. “Kve"— he began afresh with bis odd, characteristic perseverance, but she Instantly checked him. ‘There was a ‘finality, a faint suggestion of fear, in her protest. “Don't!” she said. “Don't! I dou’t want explanations. I want to—to en- Joy the moment without having things analyzed or smoothed away. Can’t you understand? Can't you see that I'm Wwonderfuily, terribly happy to—to have you—as you are!” Again her voice broke—a break that might have been a laugh or a sob, The sound was an emotional crisis, as such a sound invariably is. It ar- Tested and steadied her. For a mo- ‘Meat she stood absolutely still, then with something very closely resembling ‘her old repose of manter she stooped again and quietly picked up the flow- ers still lying at her feet. “Now,” she sald quietly, “I must aay what I've wanted to say all along. How does it feel to be « great man?” kere manner was controlled, she looked at bim evenly and directly; save for the faint vibration In her voice there ‘was nothing to indiccte the tumult of moment ago. But Loder was stil! uncertain. He CONTINUED O8 SEXTE Ragu. or et St kh. ane a0 cae “gies heron A: ANY * q NY Be A NE SATURDAY,..... MARCH 90, 1907 OF DAYS OF SHAME NOURSE HOUSE REMINDS NEW ENGLANDERS. dis Did Structure Rebecca Nourse Wes Arre Gitek ana: tar Hendsd "st Galen te Tube’ ot ‘There is not in all New England a house having sadder associations than those that cluster around the old Re- becca Nourse house in Danvers, Mass. 20 miles from Boston. One cannot read any extended account of the terrible witehcraft days in Massachusetts with- ‘out finding some account of Rebecca Nourse, who was taken from this house to die because she was supposed to be a witch. The Nourse house is one of the old- ‘est houses in New England. The exact date of its erection fs not known, but it is believed that it was buflt as early ‘as the year 1635. ‘The builder was a man named Hishop, and he sold it to Francis Nourse. Rebecca Nourse was the wife of Francis Nonrse, She was arrested in this house on the charge of being a witch on March 23, 1692. Of course, the poor woman protested her innocence, but this did not keep the Justice before whom she was tried in the nearby town of Salem from com- mitting her to the Salem jail. This Jail is still standing and Is now a part ‘of the residence of Abner Goodell of Salem, Poor Rebecca Nourse remained a prisoner in the Salem jail, with others Accused of witcheraft, until April 1, when she and her unfortunate com- pantons were taken to Boston for trial. ‘The jury brought in a verdict of not guilty, but the witchcraft delusion was ‘at fever heat at that time, and a vio- Tent protest was made against the ver- dict of the jury. The mob in and out ef the court room became so violent ‘and made such threats that the Jury withdrew and soon returned with a verdict of guilty. Rebecca Nourse was then taken dack to jafl, and on July 3 following Nis Sr -*] a: ie 8 Be Se i > ae gy SS Pwensi= B--6 U ceeeicones Bigs "the Rakecch Hobres House. she was led in chains down the aisle of the First Church of Salem, and was solemnly excommunicated from the church of which she had been a faith ful member. On July 19 she was led ‘out to Gallows hill, in Sz’em, and hang. ed as a witch, amid the hootings and ‘execrations of the crowd that had as. sembled to witness the ased and infirm woman die for c-imes it was Imposst. ble that she or any one else could have committed. Hundreds of thousands of strangers have visited the ol Nourse house, but At was not wuidii the year 1885 that any. thing was done to place a permanent ‘mark on the spot, Then the Nourse Monument association erected a mon: ument to the memory of Rebecca Nourse on the old homestead, and now the Danvers Historical society pro- poses to buy the old house to use as a ‘home for the society, The house stands a short distance from Salem's Witch hill. It was on ‘this hill that cight supposed witches were executed at one time, and the Rev. Nicholas Noyes said, as the poor ‘creatures hung in the air: “What a sad thing it ts to see cight frebrands of hell hanging there!” ‘The Rev. Nicholas seems to have enjoyed the spectacle, and when he Uwitied one of the women with being a witch she turred on him and said, with ‘pardonable fury: “You are a Har! [am no more a witch than you are a wizard; and if ‘you take my life away God will give you blood to drink!” SQUIRREL AS A PET. Little Animal Once a Great Favorite with the Ladies. | In the olden time, the squirrel was a reat favorite as a pet with ladies, and collars of gold or silver with chains of the same material held the Mttle fellows in bondage. We present our readers with an illustration said i £2 : z LEE SESS 4 A Si iN 2) : A Medieval Pot. ee ee THE RICHNOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. THREE Woven al the beginning of the fifieeith century, and which shows us a lady costumed as the fashion of the day de- manded, toying with her pet, which 4s secured with a chain and collar, each of which the tapestry indicates to be of cold. 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Dr. Houde was one of the quickest witt d men I ever had the pleasure of mevtng. At anything that necess:tat ed a quick mind to do the right thing at the right time, he was a master, as truly benoflied his trade, and how, as in the following will be shown, bis perception lapsed to such an extent, I would be unable to explain. Being a country doctor, the horse had ever been his means for making Ba tae foe po se BA toe sae ne FSS Ea Beers Er eas Sus Rate < | ee 43 Nb ye nau AEE te Sp SN VL r; ertZo)y 7 ay \ oa Nie | ff) Y “ah ce 4S] Tha Acta Waele Ohek. calls, and not until the season just past had he been induced to see the advantages of the automobile. With much persuasion he purchased one, and, although it was a light runabout, with one gear lever only and the usuai throttle and spark levers, his timidity aid not leave him, and for at least two weeks after his venture he had a chauffeur ride around with him. Some how he could not adapt himself to the machine, and when he made a call of Any distance he used his horse. One afternoon he took me out Into the country for a pleasure trip—I rode with him occasionally—and, although he was cautious, our pace was very good Indeed. We decided to return home asd were winding through the treelined road, when suddenly, with. sat any warning whatever, # team with two ladies loomed up before us Everything depended on the doctor stopping and quickly, too: but. bor rors! I gave him a startled glance, ex. Hecting to see him shut off the gaso- Une and pull back the high-gear lever. What I did see yas the doctor, his feot braced against the dashboard, a. krasping the wheel for dear life and— “Whoa! Whoa!” he was yelling. Not & move toward stopping! The horse in front of us shied just in time to es: cape the rush of the machine. For us —enough to say a friendly bowlder finally held us up at the side of the road.—Boston Herald. TREE HAS BURST TOMB. Would Almost Seem That Nature Re sented Dead Man's Orders. There {s a tomb in the cemetery a Hanover which is a striking instra tlon of the frony of nature. Upon tt are the graven words: “This tomt must never be opened,” dictated by the person whose body it contains As if to mock at the futility of human desires, & maple tree has grown uj between the stones of the tomb, its | 2 ANNE ”/ NN Bae NG J * She 2h gale es FA eG W y ee 4) |e gL = <! es 72 a fio eae Ae ly eg ag / REQUISITE NUMBER IS OBTAINED, W! FORWARD THE PRESENT INDICATED. 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A noted M.D. was once jatled For & trick with the scalpel that failed From his pracilee debarred, He took it quite hard— “I'm all out of patients,” he wailed. —Juane, How He Won. “Did you ever hear how Murdock and his wife met?” her “She had stooped in the street to pick up @ foriorn-looking cnt, and tt dug its claws into her fingers. She screamed, and Murdock, who happen- ed to be passing, rushed to her, put ‘his lips to the wound and sucked the poison out. From that there sprang “up between them a friendship which ripened into love.” “Um. Then it may be said that he “ton by @ scratch.”-—Chicago Record. FOUR THE PENET Published every Saturday by JOHN MITCHELL JR., at 311 North 4th Street, Richmond Va. IOHN MITCHELL, JR, - EDITOR All communications intended for publication should be sent so as to reach me by Wednesday. 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Entered at the Post-Office at Richmond, Va. second-class matter SATURDAY, ... MARCH 30, 1907 We return thanks to William Francis Drewry, M. D. Superintendent of the Central State Hospital of Virginia at Petersburg for a copy of his very able report for the year ending September 30th, 1906. He admittedly is one of the ablest alienists in this state and the institution ranks at the head of the list of institutions of this character. We regret to learn of the loss to the Jenkins Reformatory at Ladson. This is an annex of the Jenkins Orphanage at Charleston, S. C. The fire took place on the morning of March 14th, 1907. Assistance is needed at once. THE COLORED SOLDIERS The exoneration of Major Chas. W. Penrose of the Twenty-fifth Infantry by the military tribunal assembled at San Antonio, Texas, to try him, and the subsequent declaration that the court was of the opinion that members of that organization "shot up" the town of Brownsville, Texas, is in keeping with the previous attitude of the War Department at Washington. The court-martial of the officers of this battalion was an after thought. That they were in no wise responsible for the trouble, any sane man knows and that it has not been conclusively established that colored soldiers were involved in the escapade is equally as evident. The information that developed the fact at Washington that not only had government ammunition been sold to junk dealers in Brownsville, but government rifles as well. This then disposes of President Roosevelt's "unanswerable" argument that the "shooting up" must have been done by the soldiers, because bullets from cartridges used by the United States Army were found on the ground and in the houses. The expert testimony of the government experts at the Springfield Armory has been discounted from the start. The rifle in question had not been fired and the soldier who had the rifle was one of the first to muster in at roll call. The investigation has done much good in that it has given to the country the colored soldiers side of the controversy. We have held all along that the fact that any of them were not guilty of firing on the town sounded the death-knell of the alleged justice of President Roosevelt's most remarkable order. These colored men may not be reinstated today or tomorrow or next year, but they will finally be rein- stated and all of the rights denied to them by the distinguished occupant of the White House, will be granted by some one of his successors in office. LUNACY BOARD FOR HARRY THAW Justice Fitzgerald Names a Commission to Examine Him. HARD BLOW FOR THE DEFENSE New York, March 27.—Harry K. Thaw may never again face the jury empaneld more than nine weeks ago to try him on the charge of murder in the first degree. Justice Fitzgerald unexpectedly handed down a decision ordering a commission in lynacy to inquire into the present state of mind of Stanford White's slayer. The decision of the three disinterested men named to conduct the inquiry will guide the future action of the court as to ordering Thaw to an asylum for the insane or directing that the indefinitely interrupted trial for his life shall proceed. Justice Fitzgerald announced the appointment of the commission privately in his chambers. Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw was there with the lawyers, and it became her task to break the news to her husband in the Tombs. Tearful when she left the judges' room, the young woman who has been such a conspicuous figure in the trial from the first to last, was smiling and cheerful when Thaw was brought from his cell to the hospital ward of the prison to meet her. Thaw accepted the court's decision philosophically, and once more declared he had no doubt the commission would declare him a sane man. The Commission. The personnel of the commission named by Justice Fitzgerald lends a new distinction to this already notable case. The men who will determine Thaw's mental capacity are: Morgan J. O'Brien, a former justice of the appellate division of the supreme court. Peter B. Olney, former district attorney of New York county, and a lawyer of high legal attainments. Dr. Leopold Putzel, a practicing physician and an authority on mental disorders. The Thaw jury reported before Judge Fitzgerald and were excused indefinitely. No date has been fixed for the first meeting of the commission. Justice Fitzgerald said it would rest with the commission as to whether or not its hearings shall be public. In the last case of this sort in this jurisdiction—the inquiry into the mental condition of Josefina Terranova, who killed her aunt and uncle—the commission's inquiry was conducted behind closed doors. The girl was declared sane and subsequently was acquitted by the jury. Thaw Will Aid Commission. Thaw Will Aid Commission. The Thaw lunacy commission will be attended by District Attorney Jerome. The lawyers for the defending will also be present, and the commission may direct and compel the attendance of any witnesses it may desire. It is probable that Thaw will be asked first of all to submit to a rigid physical examination. Having undergone several of these since his incarceration, he is somewhat nervous on this subject, but it was said by his counsel that he would do everything in his power to aid the commission with its work, and that he hoped for an early opinion as to his sanity. Thaw's lawyers and the defendant himself were downcast when they were first made acquainted with Justice Fitzgerald's decision, but all were manifestly pleased when the later announcement as to the personnel of the committee of inquiry was made. Mr Delmas, in particular, declared that Justice Fitzgerald could hardly have selected a more generally satisfactory commission—and one whose decision would command more confidence and respect. District Attorney Jerome seemed pleased with the result of the dramatic appeal he made last week to the conscience of the court, asking an interruption of the trial on the ground that the defendant was in such a mental state that he could not intelligently confer with and advise his counsel, and did not understand the nature of the proceedings against him. Impartial Inquiry Necessary. Justice Fitzgerald summoned all the lawyers for the defendant and District Attorney Jerome before him in chambers. Josiah and Edward Thaw brothers of the defendant, and Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw, his wife, were telephoned to by the attorneys, and quickly appeared at the courthouse. In an announcing his decision to appoint a commission, Justice Fitzgerald read a written memorandum which he had prepared from the minutes of the court. He based his decision on the conflict of affidavits as presented by the opposing sides, saying they were too diametrically at odds to permit of a decision other than in favor of an impartial inquiry. Messrs. Hartridge and O'Reilly went with Mrs. Evelyn Thaw to the Tombs and there in the hospital ward they met the prisoner. This ward had been placed at their disposal because of the crowd in the usual consultation room. The brothers of the defendant did not go to the Tombs, but hurried up town with the news of the commission to their mother and sisters who were waiting in their apartments. Thaw had divined the result of the conference with Justice Fitzgerald, and was not in the least surprised. "It is all right, dearie," he said to his wife. "I am not afraid of a commission. I am a sane man now; just as sane as the judge himself, and I am sure that say fair-minded commission will so detain me." The law under which the commission was appointed provides that the commissioners must take oatmeal as referees; they must be attended by the district attorney and counsel for the defendant and may compel the THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA attendance of witnesses. The statute then proceeds: "When the commissioners have concluded their examination they must forthwith report the facts to the court with their opinion thereon. If the commission find the defendant insane, the trial or judgment must be suspended until he becomes sane, and the court, if it deem his discharge dangerous to the public peace or safety, must order that he be, in the meantime, committed by the sheriff to a state lunatic asylum, and upon his becoming sane, he be re-delivered by the superintendent of the asylum to the sheriff. "When received into an asylum he must be detained there until he becomes sane. Then the superintendent must give written notice of the fact to a judge of the supreme court of the district in which the asylum is situated. The judge must require the sheriff without delay to bring the defendant from the asylum and place him in the proper custody until he be brought to trial, judgment or execution, as the case may be, or be legally discharged." While the law simply prescribes any state asylum, it is generally the custom to send all persons charged with crime to the asylum at Mattecawan for the criminal insane. FORAKER OPPOSES TAFT Enters Contest For Ohio Delegates For Presidential Nominations. Washington, March 27.—That Senator Foraker does not concede that Secretary Taft will be Ohio's choice for the presidential nomination next year is made plain by a statement issued by the senator. Senator Foraker says that he "does not want any political honors from the people of Ohio without their hearty approval," and he suggests that the proper way to determine who is the choice of the people to head the Republican national ticket and to represent the state in the United States senate is for the Republican state executive committee to authorize a primary election to choose delegates to the state convention, which will be called upon to determine these questions. The announcement of State Superintendent of Insurance Arthur I. Vorys that he will support Secretary Taft for the presidential nomination led Senator Foraker, it is believed, to issue the statement outlining his position. The senator declares that he is willing to go before the people on his record, and that he has "nothing to conceal from his constituents." Mr. Foraker does not say that he will be a candidate to succeed President Roosevelt, but it is generally understood among his friends in Washington that at a later date he will formally announce his candidacy, and that if primary election is called in Ohio he will enter into the fight to secure the endorsement of his own state. HEADLESS MYSTERY SOLVED Mission Clear's Surnbury, Pa., Murder and Implicates Husband. Sunbury, Pa., March 26—The mystery surrounding the finding of the headless body of a man sewed in a bag which was picked up in the Susquehanna river near Georgetown on Saturday, may be cleared up by the reported confession of a Mrs. Koomes, near Wilkes Barre. According to the story which the authorities here have received, Michael Kropaskle was murdered on March 15. The body was hidden in the Koomes cellar until Sunday, March 17, when it was put in a bag and thrown into a creek which empties into the Susquehanna river. The body found in the bag at Georgetown in a general way answers the description of that of Kropaskle Mrs. Koomes is alleged to have implicated her husband in the murder. CHARLES P. NEILL RESIGNS Umpire to Anthracite Conciliation Board Tenders Resignation Board Tenders Resignation Scranton, Pa. March 27.—Charles P. Neill, United States commissioner of labor, who was appointed umpire by Judge Gray, of the United States circuit court, to adjust grievances on which the anthracite conciliation board should be deadlocked, tendered his resignation to the board. The resignation will take effect with the clearing up of all grievances now in hand, which probably will be at the next meeting of the board at Wilkes-Barre, April 8. MANY INJURED IN PANIC Gas Explosion Wrecks a Moving Picture Show. Greenfield, Ind., March 26.—Twenty-four persons were injured, some seriously, and a two-story building, occupied by a five-cent theatre, with moving pictures, were wrecked by an explosion of natural gas used to heat the building. About 200 persons were in the theatre at the time of the explosion, and in the panic that followed men, women and children rushed for the doors, trampling on one another. Believe Boy Was Murdered Detroit, Mich., March 27. After deciding that little 6-year-old Fred McKenna, whose body was found in a trench in a partially completed garage on Kirby avenue, near Woodward, three miles from his home on State street, met death accidentally, the police changed their opinion, and now declare that the boy was murdered. Blood was found on the ground near the trench, the boy's cap found with the body in the trench is blood-stained, and his playmates near his home tell of a mysterious man who, on Sunday afternoon, when the lad disappeared, had been following them around, and was seen talking to Fred. Find Woman Drowned In Ditch York, Pa., March 25. — Searchers found the body of Mrs. Adam Rebling, 68 years old, who disappeared from her home in Hanover, this county, on Tuesday. It was partly submerged in the mud and water at the bottom of a ditch on a farm about two miles from her home. The finding of the body was followed by wild rumors of murder, but $75 in water-soaked bills fished from the ditch dispelled this suspicion. The woman is believed to have wandered off in a fit of aberration. HUGE PROFITS ON DECORATIVE WORK Pennsylvania Paid $789,473 For Work That Cost $174,962. SAYS SANDERSON HAD A PULL Harrisburg, Pa., March 27. — The painting and decorating contract of the new capitol was the subject of inquiry by the capitol investigating commission. David MacGregor, of Philadelphia, testified he was paid $174,962 for decorative work by John H. Sanderson & Company, of Philadelphia, for which the state paid Sanderson $789,473.16. John P. Gohl, of Harrisburg, testified he would be willing to duplicate for $130 the decorating in the room in which the commission is holding its executive session and for which Sanderson was paid $1139.04 by the state. Mr. Gohl also said he would be willing to duplicate for $3200 the decorative work in the senate caucus room, for which Sanderson was paid $11,225.50, and for $3800 the decorative work in the house caucus room, for which Sanderson was paid $9450. Several witnesses testified it was impossible to bid intelligently on the capitol furnishings schedule, and that they declined to bid because Architect Joseph M. Huston refused to give them any information or furnish them with blue prints, drawings or specifications. George W. Shaw, a Philadelphia bronze manufacturer, said he wanted to bid for electrical fixtures, and that after several conversations with Sanderson he was told by the architect that the contract was likely to go to Sanderson. He also said Huston afterward told him that Sanderson wanted to "bog all the contracts," and that the architect could do nothing for him with Sanderson. Huston spoke of Sanderson to Shaw as the man with the pull. Before the contracts were let Huston said he thought it was going Sanderson's way. "He has been a bidder up there at Harrisburg for years." Huston remarked to Shaw. "He has got all that has ever been given out. I guess ne will get this, too." James Brannen, of Philadephia, a member of the firm of Brannen & Horne, which Shaw represented in his negotiations with Huston and Sanderson, said it was impossible to furnish mercurial gold finished chandeliers, such as Sanderson was paid for, and that if he had been given the contract he would have expected to supply the models, for which the state paid Sanderson $137,000. He never heard of buying furniture by the "per foot" rule. Mr. Brannen estimated the cost of all the electrical chandlers and brackets in the senate caucus room, where the commission is holding its hearings, at $6525. James Cameron, auditor for the commission, testified that the state paid Sanderson $23,576.85 for the electrical fixtures in this room. Edward W. Bureau, of Philadelphia, testified that his firm was a prospective bidder for the bronze work, and he had gone to Huston's office for information. He could get no satisfaction, and finally gave up in disgust and did not bid. He was convinced by Huston's action that the architect had some one else for the contract and that it would do the witness no good to bid. LOCAL OPTION BILL LOST Pennsylvania House Declines to Place It On the Calendar. Harrisburg, Pa., March 26. — The house of representatives by a vote of 96 ayes to 89 noes declined to place the Craven local option bill on the calendar, less than a constitutional majority of 104 voting in the affirmative. Mr. Craven, of Washington, called up the resolution offered last Friday to place the bill on the calendar, not withstanding the negative report of the law and order committee. He said church members of the state demand such a bill and that the time has come for the Republican party to "stop, lock and listen." Mr. Schad, of Allegheny, chairman of the law and order committee, said the bill had been negatived only after careful consideration and hearings of both sides. ASKS INTERVENTION Salvador Requests Mexico to End Central American War Mexico City, March 27.—Mexico has been asked to intervene in the present troubles in Central America by the republic of Salvador. Dr. Baltazar Estupilhan, the minister to Mexico from that country, had a long conference with President Diaz, and at its conclusion sent a dispatch to Ambassador Creel at Washington. The contents of the message were not made public, but it was thought that the ambassador was instructed to say to the United States that Mexico was ready to join the northern republic in demanding that hostilitis cease. Big Fire at Minersville, Pa Pottsville, Pa., March 25. — Fire of unknown origin destroyed the brewery of the Union Brewing Company and the tenement houses of Thomas Wigmore, William Jones, George Reese and W. K. Shissler, at Minersville, entailing a loss of $100,000. The firemen were sent to the scene of the blaze. The loss is partly covered by insurance. Was Chicago's First White Child. Chicago, March 26. — Alexander Beaulen, said to be the first white child born in Chicago, died after a long illness. Beaulen was born in Fort Dearborn on January 28, 1822. CUT OFF BOY'S HEAD Negress Says She Was Commanded By Neighbor to Commit Dead. Richmond, Va., March 26. - Matilda Wilson, a negress, of Pittsburgh county, took a tobacco knife and severed the head of a 14-year-old negro boy from his body. She claims she was commanded by neighbors to commit the deed. WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED Thursday, March 21. The New Hampshire senate passed a bill forbidding state officials from using free passes on the railroads. Mrs. Russell Sage has donated $150,000 to the American Seaman's Friend Society in New York for a sailors' home. Mrs. Catherine Russell, 70 years old, died in Philadelphia of burns received by her dress taking fire from the kitchen range. Edward Howell, one of the most influential negroes in Southern Mississippi, and president of a bank at Hattiesburg, was shot and killed by an unknown person. Rev. Henry W. Cleveland, who served in President Davis' secret service, and a relative of former President Grover Cleveland, died in Louisville, Ky., aged 71 years. Friday, March 22. Miss Ida A. Cooper, a society leader of Norwalk, O., committed suicide while dependant. The New Mexico legislature passed a bill prohibiting gambling in the territory after January 1, 1908. W. H. Martin, a prominent business man of Detroit, was drowned at San Diego, Cal., while surf bathing. Charles G. Irwin, former clerk of the court of Columbus, O., was convicted of embezzlement and fined $450 and sent to jail for one year. Saturday, March 23. Peter Goode, after making a full confession, was hanged at Luray, Va., for the murder of his sweetheart. Four men were blown to atoms by an explosion of powder in the Northern Pacific railroad tunnel near Lombar, Mont. Arthur Bean killed his wife with an axe at North Baltimore, O., and then committed suicide by shooting himself with a rifle. L. D. Harrington was found guilty at Delhi, N. J., of attempting to wreck a train and was sentenced to six years in state prison. A total of 199 lives and 54 ships were sacrificed to the storms and the treacherous coasts of New England during the winter just ended. Captain J. P. Merrell, of the navy, has been promoted to the rank of rear admiral. Frightened, she said, by the ghost of her niece, Mrs. Daniel Clauer dropped dead at Springfield, O. The Salvation Army Anti-Suicide Bureau in Chicago claims to have saved 27 persons in three weeks. A Nortokl & Western freight went into a creek near Lucasville, O., the trestle having been undermined by floods, and two trainmen were crushed to death. Clayton Farmer, of Lancaster county, Pa., sold his crop of five acres of tobacco for $1779.92, realizing $355.98 per acre, and twice the value of the land. Tuesday, March 26 Governor Stuart has designated April 5 and 19 as Arbor Days in Pennsylvania. John J. Dolan, a retired merchant, committed suicide in a Boston hotel by cutting his throat. Edwin B. Haskell, one of the proprietors of the Boston Hearth, died suddenly of angina pectoris. Sixteen cases of smallpox have been discovered at Lawrence, Mass., and a general vaccination has been ordered. Dartmouth College, at Hanover, N. H., will have a new gymnasium as a result of a $300,000 bequest to Thomas P. Salter, of New York. Wednesday, March 27. The home of George Castle, a Chicago theatrical manager, was robbed of jewelry valued at $9000. Harry Horton, convicted of bigamy at Bordentown, N. J., was sentenced to state prison for one year. The comptroller of the currency has issued a call for the condition of national banks at the close of business Friday, March 22. Brigadier General Alfred A. Woodhull, U. S. A., retired, who has been the Princeton University lecturer on personal hygiene, has resigned. While suffering from a severe attack of asthma, Mrs. Eliza Pendleberry, aged 81 years, attempted suicide in her home in Philadelphia by plunging a knife into her neck. PRODUCE QUOTATIONS PHILADELPHIA — FLOUR firm; winter extrals, $2.70@16; Pennsylvania roller, clear, $2.95@3.15; city mills fancy, $4.50@4.60. RYE FLOUR firm; Pennsylvania, red, $7 @ 77%; Pennsylvania, red, $7 @ 77%; CORN firm; No 2 yellow, local, $5c; OATS steady; No 2 white, clipped, $4c; lower steady, $4c; HAY steady; No 1 time-to-break family, per barrel, $19.50; family, per barrel, $19.50; BEEF beef hams, per barrel, $19. Poultry: Live steady; hens, $16½@17c; old roosters, 11c. Dressed steady; choice fowls, old roosters, 11c. BUTTER steady; extra money, 23c. EGGS steady; selected, 20@22c; 17½c; southern, 16@17c. POTATOes steady; 55@8c. per bushel. BALTIMORE-WHEAT weak; No. 9, western spot, 78% @ 78%4c; steamer No. spot, 73% @ 73%4c; southern, 73% @ 73%4c; carrier QR quiet; spot, 51% @ 51%4c; southern, @ 49%4c; southern, 49% @ 50%4c; OATS white, No. 2, 49%4c; No. 3, 48%48c; no. 4, 46% @ 47c; mixed, No. 2, 471% @ 48c; No. 3, 46% @ 47c; No. 4, 45% @ 46c. BUTTER firm; creamy separator extras, 31c; held, 24@25c; prints, 31@23c; Maryland and Penn prints, 29@21c; EGGS steady; Maryland, Maryland,sylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia, 17c; southern, 15@16c; per dozen Live Stock Markets. PITTSBURG (Union Stock Yards)— CATTLE slow; choice, $5.60@.85; prime, $5.40@.5.60. SHEEP steady; prime wethers, $6.20@.6.50; culls and calves, $3.4@; lambs, $6.83@.3; veal calves, $8.50@.9. HOGS slow and lower; prime heavies, $6.50; mediums, Yorkers and pigs, $6.40; roughs, $5.60. Playful Cat Caused Death of Two Playful Cat Caused Death of Two. New York, March 25.—Mrs. Dora Greenberg, 60 years old, and her nephew, Harry W. Greenberg, 25 years old, were found dead in their apartments in Brooklyn, where they had been asphyxiated by gas. A pet cat, which was found dead in the kitchen, had apparently in play disconnected a rubber tube through which gas was carried to a gas stove. GIRL TOOK POISON IN SCHOOLROOM Sought Death Before Classmates Because Mother Scolded Her. NO KOPE FOR HER RECOVERY Philadelphia, March 23—Scarling her classmates almost to the verge of panic. Anna Dragnetti, a 15-year-old pupil in the Jackson public school, 12th and Federal streets, swallowed the contents of a one-count bottle of atrophine, and is now in St. Agnes' hospital, where the physicians say there is practically no hope that she can recover. The girl's action was a deliberate atatempt at suicide, which, the police declare, came as a sequel to a quarrel with her mother at the Dragnetti home, 128 Ellsworth street. Anna, they declare, had been out during the evening and did not return to her home until not long before midnight. Her mother was awaiting her arrival and upbraided her. A lively argument ensued, during which, it is alleged, Mrs. Dragnetti expressed her feelings strongly against the company in which her daughter had passed the evening. Anna went to bed after the reprimand, and when school time came she left the house as usual, and with no outward sign that her mother's words had left any sting. She had gone, however, to a closet in the house wherein Mrs. Dragnetti kept a little stock of medicines, abstracting therefrom the vial of atrophine, which she knew to be a deadly poison, it having been used some two or three years ago by her mother as an eye lotion. Concealing the bottle in her dress the girl joined her schoolmates and gave no hint of her purpose as she took her seat in the classroom. The session was nearly at an end when Anna was seen to take the tiny bottle from its hiding place, and lift it to her lips. Her teacher and schoolmates saw the action simultaneously. Confusion reigned in the classroom as the pupils screamed in terror on sat aghast at the fast-paling face of their comrade, who remained upright at her desk in a stupor. Her teacher hurriedly left the room, and ran to a telephone, calling up the police station, apprising them of what had taken place. The patrol wagon went to the schoolhouse on a gallop, and the girl, still unconscious, was hurried to St Agnes' hospital at breakneck speed. Her teacher made the ride with her, supporting the head of her pupil, who seemed to be fast sleeping to death. The other pupils, still greatly excited, were quieted by the principal, and as soon as some semblance of order had been restored, the little ones were dismissed from further attendance. At the hospital every effort was made to revive the unconscious child, and the only hope held out by the doctors is that the atrophine, which is one of the dearest forms of poison known, has lost some of its potency from the long period during which it was kept in the Dragnetti house. KIDNAPPER CAUGHT WITH VICTIM Stole 9-YearOld Boy and Kept Him a Prisoner For a Week. Danville, Va., March 25. — James Childress, a young man, was arrested here on the charge of kidnapping and detaining through violence Clarence Jarrett, aged 9 years, the son of Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Jarrett, of this city, who mysteriously disappeared from his home last Monday morning. The little boy disappeared after starting for school, and since that time it is alleged he has been in the custody of Childress. Childress was leading the boy along a side street when arrested. COAL PRICES FOR APRIL FIXED An Grades of Anthracite. Philadelphia, March 27.—The Reading April circular has been issued. The price for prepared sizes is $4.50 for New York harbor, the same as 1905. Last year, on account of the strike, no circular was issued, and prices were unchanged on April 1. Small sizes at tide are: Pea, $3; buckwheat, $2.50; rice, $1.75, which is an advance of 5 to 10 cents per ton. The line circular is changed for prepared sizes and small sizes are the same as in the autumn. Cut Her Throat After Kissing Children Allentown, Pa., March 27.—Kissing her five little children good night, Mrs. Michael Koval, of Hokendanqua, five miles north of Allentown, entered her own bedroom and slashed her throat with a razor. The children summoned neighbors, and a physician who responded sewed her trachea. She is now practically out of danger. She the woman is believed to be temporarily aberrated. Boy Kidnapped For Ransom Boy Kidnapped For Ransom. Salonika, European Turkey, March 25.—Robert Abbott, the son of a well-to-do British subject, was kidnapped from his father's garden, which is in the immediate vicinity of the British consulate general. It is believed the deed was done with a view to securing a ransom. The authorities are acting energetically. Dying Woman Shot Husband. Cleveland, O., March 27.—Mrs. Lillian Avery, who shot her husband Sunday evening while she was slowly dying of malignant cancer, caused by her husband striking her while the couple lived in Chicago, according to her statement, died. Her husband is at a hospital in a precarious condition. Mrs. Avery died praying for his recovery. NO ARREST IN MARVIN CASE Detectives Are Going Slow, As They Fear a Lynching Dover, Del., March 25.—The corps of detectives investigating the Marvin kidnapping case has been increased by the arrival of some Philadelphia detectives. They returned from their new line of investigation without making any arrests. The rumor that some local men were implicated in the conspiracy attracted a crowd to the farm house. The detectives are going to renew the local investigation and are proceeding slowly in order to preclude a mistake, as the feeling runs so high that a lynching might result from the first arrest. Some detectives are not satisfied with the theory that the child has been abducted, but believe the boy wandered away and fell into one of the many streams in this vicinity in which there is tide water. All these which there is tide water. All these streams empty into Delaware bay. The postal order issued by President Roosevelt to the 20,000 postmasters has had the effect of decreasing the Marvin mail from almost a pouch full to a dozen, these principally from business friends of the doctor. CHILD AIDED SUICIDE Six-Year Old Girl Attached Rubber Hone to Gas Jet For Fathers. Hose to Gas Jet For Father. New York, March 26.—With the innocent aid of his little 6-year-old daughter Violet, Theodore Schmidt, a painter, who was partially paralyzed, committed suicide with illuminating gas in his home in East 138th street. Mrs. Schmidt left the child at home to care for her husband, and during her absence Schmidt instructed the child to bring a piece of rubber hose from the kitchen, attach it to a gas jet, wind the other end around his neck and place it in his mouth. He then told her to turn on the gas and go out to play. The child did as directed, and when Mrs. Schmidt returned her husband was dead. The little girl told her mother her unsuspecting part in the tragedy. POISON IN TAINTED HASH One Dead and 75 In Serious Condition at Soldiers' Home In Leavenworth. Leavenworth, Kan., March 25.—One death resulted among the 900 old soldiers at the National Soldiers' Home here, who were poisoned by eating tainted meat hash. The victim was William J. Cook, aged 64 years, a member of the 14th Missouri cavalry. He leaves a widow at Mexico, Mo. About 75 of the veterans are still in a serious condition, but it is not thought any of these will die. The majority of the others made ill have recovered. A report that some of those affected were missing was emphatically denied at the home. The government physician stated that only those who were already suffering of disabilities and were in a weekened condition were seriously affected. HANGED HER DAUGHTER Insane Woman Declared She Sent Little Girl to Heaven Akron, Ohio, March 27. During the absence of other members of her family, Mrs. James R. Hemphill strangled her daughter, Helen, aged 9 years, by hanging her with a rope. She then secreted the body in a box. When her husband returned from work he found the house locked, and after getting inside he discovered Mrs. Hemphill in the act of hanging herself to a bedpost. After he cut her down, she declared that she had sent the little girl to heaven, where she thought she also ought to go. The woman had shown no signs of insanity previously. WRECKED YACHT FOUND Three Millville, N. J., Men Believed to Have Been Drowned. Millville, N. J., March 26. — The yacht Star, which legged Anglesea on Sunday for this place, was found floating on the Dead Man's Shoals, in Maurive River Cove, bottom up, and it is feared that three men who left Anglesea in her have been drowned. The sails of the yacht were set and reeed when she was picked up. Near the boat was found a hat. The men who were in the yacht were John Cheesman, George Garrison and Rufus Garton. No word has been received from them. The boat was towed to Port Norris. An Animal Story For Little Polks "What an insignificant little thing you are" exclaimed the big turkey gobler as he strutted past puny chick who was taking its morning meal in the barnyard. "I am so very thankful that I am not such a babe as you." "I am glad you are pleased with yourself," answered the little chick. "Pleased with myself! Why, certainly I am, and why shouldn't I be?" ex- MOTHER GOOSE TALK WAS TAKING ITS MORNING MEAL. claimed the big gobbler. "Look at me handsome and graceful, and large and fat. When I pass the turkey hens all gaze at me in admiration and the other gobblers look on in jealousy." "But it doesn't always benefit you to be large and fat and handsome," said the little chick. "Oh, yes, it does!" replied the gobbler. "Here comes the farmer now. We will see what he says." Just then the farmer came along. "My, my! What a magnificent gobbler!" he cried. "I shall kill him tonight for dinner tomorrow." And he did.--Atlanta Constitution. THE PLANET GREAT RALLY IN LYNCHBURG. $1230.92 Lifted.—The Diamond Hill Baptist Church Makes a Remarkable Showing.—Rev. Dr. Bernard Tyrrrell's Effort—Congregation Jubilant. Lynchburg, Va., Mch. 25, 1907. Dear Mr. Editor: Our Church has registered another great success in raising money and I feel that my co-laborers are too zealous and faithful for me to keep silent on this matter. As a newspaper writer I am a silent man, but when so remarkable a thing has happened as has happened with us but yesterday I believe silence should be broken, that is, when something has been done, let a man say so loudly. NEVER SUCH UNANIMITY Though I have been privileged to lead this congregation many a time until they have scored their ten thousands in rallies, yet I have never seen such unanimity of spirit through out the rally period. There has been rivalry but in no bad spirit. All, the oldest and the youngest, even the sisters and the maids have evinced the sweetest spirit. Son has vied with the father, the daughter with the mother, if he is placed in the finest spirit of true worship. Every department of the Church has stirred its best energies and responded to the earnest and oft-repeated call of the pastor. THE BANDS IN EVIDENCE Captains of bands have started their own congregation at their untiring effort, bringing in reports of amounts ranging in the forties, fifties, sixties, seventies, and eighties, the oldest captain in the van reporting in the eighties, viz., Deacon Nelson Hubbard. The Sunday School, with Deacon Alexander Smith, as Supt. reported $56 and the B. Y. P. U. with Mrs. Caroline Roberts as President reported $46. THE KNIGHTS THERE TOO Sunday was also gala day with the Pythians in our midst. At $ 3 P. M. they assembled in our beautiful auditorium and after brief memorial services in honor of their beloved dead they listened to the annual sermon delivered by pastor Tyrrrell. They lifted a collection of about $15. They seemed well pleased with the services and especially with the sermon in which the preacher had much to say about the Pythians from a historical standpoint and from the viewpoint of their principles and virtues. THE CLOSE OF THE DAY We closed the days work in a combined spiritual and financial jubilation as was evidenced when some of the captains reached the highest amounts in jovial rivalry the audience rose to its feet and sang, "Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow," giving also the chautauga sa lutes. The two Sunday's collections aggregated $1230.92. We feel like marching on to Easter. Sincerely yours, REV. BERNARD TYRRELL Pastor Diamond Hill Baptist Uchrch. MANCHESTER PYTHIANS A Grand Showing—Excellent Programme. On Sunday, March 24th, at 3:30 P. M. the Third Baptist Church of Swanshores, Rev. R. Beecher Taylor, pastor, was packed to overflowing the occasion being the Anniversary exercises of the Knights of Pythias and Courts of Calanthe. At 2 o'clock Manchester Lodge, No. 11 and Independent Lodge, No. 75, assembled at their Castle and were soon on the march to the Church where they were entertained by the following programme: Music by the Choir; Prayer by Sir Rufus Beard; Essay, Miss Roberta Jackson; Solo, Mr. John Ross; Cornet Duet, Sir Benjamin Smith and Mat. Foster; Quartette Sjirs J. E. Height, Henry Harris, E. J. Cunningham and Mr. S. Alexander; Recitation, Miss Lena Wrote The welcome address was delivered by Rev. R. Beecher Taylor, Rev. W. R. Ashburn, D. D., pastor of Zion Baptist Church, preached the anniversary sermon. His discourse was a powerful one, full of logic and force, and no doubt took deep root in the hearts of his hearers as he poured out the beautiful truths which embodied the subject: "The strong must bear the infirmities of the weak." Sister Anna Taylor, D. D. G. W. C. was present and also spoke. Rev. Dr. D. Webster Davis was present and delivered a fervent prayer. Mr. James E. Height was Master of Ceremonies. It was voiced by all that the Knights made a grand showing, fully two hundred members being in line as they marched down Hull Street, headed by the drummers of Manches ter band, Sir J. T. Thompson, Page Luther Dabney, and Mr. Arthur Mossy. The Courts assembled at the church and marched in with the Knights. The entire arrangements were unadjusted of D. D. W. G. C. Robert Jackson Bostock at North Side Skating Rink. Director Frank C. Bostock of the Bostock Wild Animal Arena, here has decided to give a wild animal exhibition in the North Side Skating Rink, exclusively for colored folks. There will be two performances daily 2:30 and 8 o'clock P. M., when the world's most famous wild animal trainers, men and women will be seen in their startling acts of hand- for your name, post-office address, and nearest address office and phone number. If you have a haircut or pencil watch, and we will send the watch to your phone, we will call you at 718-255-1234 if it satisfies you, after a careful examination, pay the extempore fee, and send your resume, but if it doesn't please you return it to us at our website. Only your organization will be invited in the front case of the event. Your organization will be invited to attend the offer to attend the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP CEREMONY NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP CEREMONY Department 772, Chicago. Mr. Bostock decided on this plan of placing a show convenient to the colored folks as better than giving them a day in the Wild Animal Arena. The exhibition given in the Rink will in every way be of as high class and moral tone as that given in the Wild Animal Arena. Since he has helped so many white charitable organizations, Mr. Bostock will try while in the Skating Rink to give for some of the most prominent colors of organizations, which have done so much for the benefit of their race here. →Rev. A. Ferguson of Fulton remains very sick at his home. At the Fifth Baptist. Tomorrow will be Missionary Day at the Fifth Bishkari Church Dr. W. F. Graham, pastor and special efforts will be made to raise a goodly sum for christian work. Rev. Prof. Barco will preach in the morning and the pastor at night. A special programme will be rendered at the afternoon service. All friends to missions are invited to help the church out. A great revival is in progress at the above church and many souls are being converted. Rev. W. W. Wines, Jr. is giving great aid in these meetings. The sermons are powerful, pointed and convincing. $150.00 Endowment Paid. Portsmouth, Va., March 15th, '07 This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia Knights of Pythias, N. A., S. A., E., A., A, and A. ($150.00) One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the death-claim of Otelloh V. Ash who was a member of Jonathan Lodge, No. 20, of Portsmouth, Va. Signed—Carrie B. Ash, Administratrix. Witnesses: James T. Wright, P. C. Levi C. Brown, M. of E. VIRGINIA—In the Law and Equity Court for the City of Richmond, this 5th day of March, 1907. Isabella Hill Plaintiff. vs. Andrew Hill Defendant. IN CHANCERY. The object of this suit is to obtain a Divorce, a Vinculo Matrimonilif from the defendant. And an adlawf it having been made and filed that due diligence has been used by and on behalf of the plaintiff to ascertain what country or corporation the defendant, Andrew Hill is, without effect and that she does not know his whereabouts, it is ordered that said defendant, Andrew Hill, appear here within fifteen days after the due publication of this order and do what is necessary to protect his interest herein. To Andrew Hill: You'll take notice that I shall on the 2nd day of May, 1907 at the office of Phil B. Shields, room numbered 60, Chamber of Commerce Building, situated at S. W. corner of Main and 9th Sts., city of Richmond, Virginia between the hours of nine o'clock A. M. and six o'clock P. M. of that day and proceed to take the depositions of witnesses to be read as evidence in my behalf in a certain suit in Chancery depending in the Law and Equity Court for the city of Richmond, Virginia, wherein you are defendant and I am plaintiff and, if, for any cause the taking of the said depositions be not commenced on that day or if commenced be not concluded on that day, the taking of the same will be adjourned and continued from day to day or from time to time at the same place and between the same hours until the same shall have been completed. ISABELLA HILL, By Counsel. J. HENRY CRUTCHFIELD, pq, Office: 1211½ E. Broad St., Richmond, Va. SEABOARD SOUTHBOUND TRAINS SCHEDULED TO LEAVE RICHMOND DAILY. 9:10 A. M.—Local to Norlina, Raleigh, Charlotte, Wilmington, 2:20 P. M.—Sleepers and coaches, Savannah, Jacksonville and Florida points, 9:43 P. M.—Solid Pullman train to St. Augustine, 10:50 P. M.—Sleepers and coaches, Atlanta, Birmingham, Memphis, Savannah, Jacksonville and Southwest. NORTHBOUND TRAINS SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE RICHMOND DAILY. 6:30 A. M., 6:52 A. M., 5:10 P. M., 5:55 P. M. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA JOB DEPARTMENT QUARTER-SHEETS, HALF and Whole PLACARDS, SOCIETY CARDS, MINING STATIONERY. is to please give them the lowest with satisfies VE AN ELEGANT WHICH WE WILL SHOW AN STOCK ROOM THE LATEST STYLE BOND, FINE WRITING AS SMALL AS A DODGER. Sheet Poster A FRONT DOOR. OUR PRESENT CORP OF EMPLOYEES ARE IS WITHIN EASY REACH OF THE PUBLIC tired and has no objectionable features, the center without embarrassment or annoyance 2213. FORD'S HAIR POMADE Formerly known as "OZONIZED OX MARROW" EAST Fifth Sunda EXCURSION WORK OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS WE HAVE AN ELEGANT LINE OF SAMPLES WHICH WE WILL SHOW ANY ONE DESIRING TO SEE THEM. Our Stock Room Embraces a Full Line OF THE LATEST STYLE BOND, FINE WRITING—FLAT AND LINEN PAPER, ENVELOPES, ETC. WE CAN PRINT A BILL AS SMALL AS A DODGER. A Three-Sheet Poster AS LARGE AS A FRONT DOOR. WE HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST ASSORTMENTS OF WOOD-TYPE Our street-entrance is retired and has no objectionable features, the most fastidious lady being able to enter without embarrassment or annoyance. The Ozonized Ox Marrow Co. (None genuine without my signature) Charles Ford Past 153 E. KINZIE ST., CHICAGO, ILL. Agents wanted everywhere. and Equity Court of the City of Richmond, Va, wherein you are the defendant and I am the plaintiff. If from any cause the taking of the said depositions be not commenced on that day, or if commenced be not concluded on that day, the taking of the same will be adjourned and continued from day to day or from time to time at the same place and between the same hours until the same shall be completed. Do You Want The Christi stitute is pli plant and pro it has l accommodations have be Two young The requisite this trade, an accl --- It is thoroughly equipped to do all kinds of printing on short notice. We make a specialty of Society printing and work for Insurance Companies, such as Financial EXCURSION We print Handbills, Quarter-Sheet posters, Tags, Tickets, Placard utes, Visiting Cards, Mourning Stations WE HAVE Our St OF THE LATE WE CAN PRINT A BILL AS SMALL A Three-Sheet AS LARGE AS A FRO OUR IS W Our street-entrance is retired and fastidious lady being able to enter w LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE, 2213. VIRGINIA: In the Law and Equity Court for the city of Richmond this 20th day of March, 1907. IN CHANCERY The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce, a Vinculo, Matrimonii, from the defendant and an affidavit having been made and filed that the defendant, Josephine Doyle is a non-resident of the State of Virginia, it is ordered that she appear here within fifteen days after the due publication of this or der and to what is necessary to protect her interest herein. A Copy—Teste: P. P. WINSTON, Clerk. To Josephine Doyle: You'll take notice that I shall on the 16th day of May, 1907 at the office of Phil B. Shield's room No. 60 Chamber of Commerce Building, sited S. W. corner of Main and 9th Streets in the city of Richmond, Va between the hours of 9 o'clock A. M and 6 o'clock P. M. of that day proceed to take the depositions of Witnesses to be read as evidence in my behalf in a certain suit in chancery depending in the Law and Equity Court for the city of Richmond, Va., wherein you are defendant and I am plaintiff, and if from any cause the taking of the said depositions be not commenced on that day, or if commenced be not concluded on that day the taking of the same will be adjourned and continued from day to day or from time to time until the same shall have been completed. FRANK DOYLE. Bounseul. J. HENRY CHRYSELD, pq. Office: 1211% E Head St. Richmond, Virginia. VIRGINIA—In the Law and Equity Court of Richmond, Va., Feb. 26, 1907. Parker Ellett Plaintiff. vs. Mary E. Ellett Defendant. IN CHANCERY. The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce, a vinculo matrimonii by the plaintiff from the defendant. An affidavit having been made and filed that the defendant is a non-resident of the State of Virginia it is ordered that she appear here within fifteen days after due publication of this order and do whatsoever is necessary to protect her interest herein. A Copy—Teste: P. P. WINSTON, Clerk. To Mary E. Ellett, Take notice: You are hereby notified that I shall on Thursday, May 30th, 1907, at the law office of Wm. M. Turpin, Room No. 11, Shafer's Building, Corner of 10th and Main Streets, in the City of Richmond, Va. between the hours of 10 o'clock A. M. and 6 o'clock P. M. on that day proceed to take the departures of Douglas Ellett and others to be read as evidence in my behalf in a certain suit in Equity, depending in the Law Cards, Policies, both straight life and benevolent, Physician's Certificates, Sick Cards, Application blanks, Agents Report Sheets, Rate Cards, etc. WORK OF ALL OUR AIM is to please our patrons and to give them the best service at the lowest prices, consistent with satisfactory work. LEGANT DAY SHOW ANY ONE DESIRING from Embraced LINE WRITING—FLAT AND LOYEES ARE COMPETENT AND QUI THE PUBLIC, BEING WITHIN F features, the most or annoyance. FOR FUR Jol EASTER DAY. Fifth Sunday, March 31, 1907. 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. 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. Bouey 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. Do You Want An Education? Then Read This. The Christiansburg Industrial Institute is planning to enlarge its plant and provide for more students than it has heretofore been able to accommodate. The following additions have been provided for: Two young men to learn printing. The requisites necessary to take up this trade, are a fair knowledge of english, especially spelling and punctuation. Your letter must be in your own hand writing. Four young men to learn carpentry. Must be pretty well advanced in arithmetic. Excellent chance to right persons. State how far you have gone in arithmetic. Six young men who have had some experience in farm work. Those who have had experience in milking cows preferable. Must know how to plow both single and double teams. Four young women willing to do house work and laundering for an education. Special inducement to those having had experience in cooking. Two young women who understand canning and preserving fruit A special offer will be made for these No money will be necessary in any of these cases, all that is required is that persons applying must have good moral character and are willing to work. Address Subscribe to The PLANET. Only $1.50 per year in advance. ```markdown ``` PARKER ELLETT, C. F. WHITTLE. ng. "You Will Miss the Colored Soldiers. Have you seen the picture of our Colored Soldiers Storming San Juan Hill? It is a beauty! All ready for framing. With a War History of the Negro printed at the bottom. This picture is given free of charge with every copy of the greatest Negro soldier song, "You Will Miss the Colored Soldiers." No loyal colored persons will be without this magnificent tribute to their race Send 25cts. to DABNEY PUBLISHING CO. 420 McAllister Street, Cincinnati, O. WANTED—Graduate in Pharmacy as clerk. Good opportunity for right person. For particulars ad dress PANNELL BROS.. Staunton, Va. We print Wedding Invitations, and High Class Stationery for Balls, Parties, Picnics and all entertainments of a social nature. We print Church Envel ALL DESCR ons and to service at consistent work. We furnish "cuts" when de- complete special work in our in our line, call and see us an T LINE OF S DESIRING TO SEE THEM. braces a full AT AND LINEN PAPER, ENVELO WE HAVE ONE OF THE OF WOO Of Any Job Printing E NT AND QUICK-WORKING. OUR OFFICE WITHIN FIFTY YARDS OF BROAD ST. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, AP John Mitch 311 N. 4th St. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, APPLY TO John Mitchell, Jr., CATERERS EVERY FACILITY CONSISTENT WITH FINE CATERING. Special Attention Given to Balls Suppers, Installations and Smok ers at the Shortest Notice. Your Patronage Solicited. Refreshment Cars and Boat Privileg es Handled in Season. Address all communications to ELAM L. BANKS, 511 N. 3d St Residence: 1312 N. 26th St. e for these sary in any required is must have are will- Principal 4t. ANET. advance. Jos. Evana, care Jones & Laughlin. E. K. Thumm., 1402 Wylie Ave. BOSTON. MASS. C. Branum, 657 Shawmut Ave. J. W. White, 832 Tremont St. NORFOLK VA John Debona, 610 Church St. T. E. W. Perry, 2 Jones Place. CHICAGO, ILL. E. H. Faulkner, 8104 State St. O REMEMBER ME ON EASTER SUNDAY. E. A. LONG, Acting Principal Cambria, Va. We furnish "cuts" when desired and we will arrange to complete special work in our line. When in need of any work in our line, call and see us and estimates will be furnished. WE HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST ASSORTMENTS OF WOOD-TYPE Of Any Job Printing Establishment in the city. 311 N, 4th St., Richmond Va. Who They Were. Mrs. Winks (at dinner in great hotel)—Who are those men at that table In the corner? Mr. Winks—Don't know. What are they talking about? "Baseball, horse races, prize fights, and so on. "Oh, they are probably city officials."—N. Y. Wrekly. JOSHUA BANKS & SONS BLACKWELL & BRO. ONE OF THE LEADING PAINTERS Practical House and Sign Painters, Graining and General Contractors. .....ALL WORK GUARANTEED..... Cards, Letters or Orders. ...Give us a trial, you will never regret it.... Address, Cor. Price and Jackson Sts. RICHMOND, VA. PLANET DEPOTS NEW YORK CITY. P. Ritzhelman, 7 N. 134th St. Green and Bailey, 249 E. 127th St. J. H. Parker, 144 W. 26th St. Charles Devan, 11 W. 30th St. J. W. Buckner, 150 W. 53rd St. M. W. Slaughter, 312 W. 40th St. W. W. Johnson, 247 W. 47th St. E. H. Mitchell, 152 W. 27th St. Turner R. Robinson, 12-6th Ave. E. A. Williams, 200 W. 63rd St. M. B. Walker, 309 W. 37th St. J. H. Jarrett, 452-7th Ave. Smith & Miles, 232 W. 41st St. M. B. Wineglass, 322 W. 59th ST. PHILADELPHIA, PA. M. Clay, 1801 Fitzwater St. J. H. Gray, 1233 Pine St. Bishop Robinson, 1234 Melon St. E. P. Mackens, 1116 Pine St. James E. Warwick, 254 S. 11th St. Mrs. E. Homshur, 1040 Pine St. William Parker, 631 Pine St. Mrs. Lavinia Aldridge, 521 S. 12th. Chas. A. George, 4063 Market St. F. A. Stewart, 1730 Federal St. PITTSBURG, PA. E. H. Faulkner, 3104 State St. FIVE opes, Note and Letter Paper Bill-heads, Monthly Statements, Business Cards, Financial and Order Books, Circulars, Check-books, Pamphlets. SCRIPTIONS issued and we will arrange to line. When in need of any work estimates will be furnished. SAMPLES Line PES, ETC. LARGEST ASSORTMENTS OD-TYPE establishment in the city. PLY TO nell, Jr., Richmond Va. BROOKLYN, N. Y. Lee Ricks, 782 Fulton St. William A Dabney, 3 Quincy St. William Pope, 174 Myrtle Ave. CHARLESTON, W. VA. L. C. Farrar, 601 Brooks St. ASTORIA, L. I. Frank R. Wood, 144 Broadway, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. Hursey Bros., 1217 Commerce Ave. BRONX BOROUGH, N. Y. J. H. Barrett, 603-162d St. PLAINFIELD, N. J. Thes. H. Bridges, 614 W. 4th St. WASHINGTON, D. C. L. H. Singleton, 20th and E St. Southwestern Drug Co. 732-2d Street, 1 W. LAWRENCE, MASS. A. E. Evans, 382 Essex St. SPRINGFIELD, MASS. W. H. Brown, 13 Stockbridge St. COVINGTON, VA. Daniel Braxton, Box 91. NEWPORT NEWS, VA. E. J. Jefferson, 1211-30th St. George T. Hall, 1332-30th St. TARPORO, N. C. V. E. Howard. WILMINGTON, N. C. William H. Moore. STAUNTON, VA. Wm. C. Johnston, 111 E. Main St. LYNCHBURG, VA. Charles Morgan, 702 Taylor St. HAMPTON, VA. John M. Phillips. DANVILLE, VA. O. P. Clark, 233 N. Union St. PORTSMOUTH, VA. H. S. Cooper, 1332 County St. JACKSONVILLE, FLA. John H. Johnson, 210 Bridge St. PROVIDENCE, R. L. Douglass A. A. P. Agency, DEMOPOLIS, ALA. John W. Anderson. MILWAUKEE, WIS. J. D. Cook, 26 Juneau Ave. OKLAHOMA CITY, O. P. E. P. Feagan. BALTIMORE, MD. Henry Albert, 268 Richmond St. ```markdown ``` SIX AG Ae-AttGN 4 yy THE MASQUERADERS. . “HAIL THE CHIEF!” SALUTE OF FIREBOAT CREW TO DIGNIZIED NoBoDY. Rather Mean Trick Played on Man Over Impressed with His Own Importarce —Tesk cere Must ete cca ce, A former chief engineer of the vol- unteer fire department in the ttle town of Hinsdale, N. H, who is well known throushost New Ensland for Big great dignity. rat manners and small steture, took a pleasure trip to New York some time since with a friend who was not locking in a sense of humor. ‘They decided to Inspect the fireboats in the harbor, those pow. erful engines which can throw an ava- Janche ef water, compared to which the old handinh, the eagine of the Hinsdale departs eat. could throw but @ drop to a backet The chiefs friend managed to slip & word to one of the officers about the chiefs apereciation of himself and his position When, therefore, the Visitlug party boarded the firetug they found the crew lined up in double row. An officer inquired about the personality of their leader, and back came the reply: “Chief of the Hins- dale fire department.” Instantly every hand came to the salute, and as one voice the crew repeated: “All hall the chief!” * With perfect gravity the chief board- ed the boat, taking the ceremony as his just due while behind him — bis companions’ faces were wreathed in smiles. and ax he passed along the Une the crew might be seen doubling Up as thoukh taken with cramps. This same chief will be remembered for an incident which occurred a few years later. Hix unpopularity came to a climax at the spring town ae “AM Hail the Chief!™ meeting, and whereas ne bad received his office of chief engineer year after year by acclamation, and had indeed served the town well, this year there were votes printed and it was decided to vote by ballot Teh town clerk was elected by a motion from the floor instructing the moderator to cast one ballot for the chosen candidate. Then followed bal- loting for chief engineer, which result- ed in a new man having 177 to the former chief's 1. ‘ Following this a wag stepped up to the ex-chief and said: “How's this, chief; here the town clerk has one vote and is elected, while you have ‘one vote and are not elected?” But for the timely interference of friends a lively fight would have en- sued. ‘Seman Penhetéen. A man who lives in Manhattan has hit upon an unusual scheme whereby he always carries his writing pen with him. He has been letting the nail of bis forefinger grow for more than a year, until now it fs nearly an ino long and it is cut and shaped like the nib of a goose quill pen. Whea- ever he wishes to use pen and ink he dips bis finger into the ink and serib- bles along at a very rapid rate. Writing in this way was not as easy as it looked. With no long bolder to give the band balance and with an en- tirely different position of the hand and fugers to master, this human penholder found that it required some practice and skill to do as well with his novel instrument as with the or- inary one. Water From Pennsylvania Mines. Over 500,000,000 gallons of water are pumped out of the anthracite coal aaines of Pennsylvania every day ip ‘Ihe year. The éxact average for 1993 } was 633,000,000 gallons a day, Nearly 1,000 powerful engines, delivering from mine bottom to surface 500,000 gallons of water a minute, are re- quired. Mines may be shut down and coal production suspended; but the water flows on forever. According to the Iron Age. the cost of removing It ts one of the important ttems of ex. pense that maké up the price of an- Uhracite Soldier's Gold Watch. A soldier of the First regiment of artillery named Jules Corneloup was, says the Paris Figaro, leaving the sta- tion of the Metropolitan at the Avenue de Suffren when a passer-by sald: “Look out, you're golng to lose your wateh.” . He looked down and found a mag- nificent gold watch hanging by a chain to a button of his doiman. It had ev. dently been caught tn the crowd and remained hanging to the button, GIRL NOT THE ATTRACTION, Young Man Claimed Other Reason for Reguiar Calls. On this occasioa. when shown tnto plies in egecrebes epee an mean tate cals | Geanria HAI eck wick Pate di fe SAPS me rs ap J St Eee BNA Be 23! oN i sd ea! Pe Sat ‘ un ) oy “ag | Ph) dee, SON Ue | Se Her Father Appeared and Said:. “A Goan te “Yes, sir.” ‘ “You have been coming here two evenings a week for the last three or four months.” “Yes, sir. Yes, I have beep coming here two evenings a week.” “And our friends are beginning to put two and two together.” “Yes, wir.” “I mean by that that they think it time I asked your intentions toward Luettie.” “My intentions!” exclalmed Harold in surprise. “Yes, sir If you are in love with my daughter and wish to marry tole ; “Miss Lucille ix an admirable young lady, sir, but I must say that I had no Antentions, as you call them. [ might have later on, hut ap to the present time I have simply thought of her as a most charming young lady.” “Then let me ask why you have called so regularly > “Why, to play poker with yoll, sir. Some evenings 1 have never even caught sight of your daughter. It was your suexestion the first tlme I called that we play poker, and we have kept it up ever stnee, and 1am about $50 ‘out of pocket." “Oh, I see," observed the father after a moment, and he led -the way Into the library And proceeded toggent the young man out of another week's salary. SOAP INSIDE THE SPONGE. Massachusetts Woman Invents Really Valuable Combination. A Massachusetts woman has com- bined the uses af a sponge and a cake of soap in & novel manner, She does Away With the usual method of soap- ing the sponse and then applying it to the skin or the object that is to be cleaned. Instead she employs a rab- ber sponge, in the center of which ts a chamber or cavity. — @ In this chamber she places a cake of Soap, the latter being inserted through & passageway leading from the cham- ber to the outer surface of the sponge. Fini eae fe x are ; Seto W rs tes ungahe oP fede Rats Yee ae GG Se Ves heh ibe sca fis heey oe gay. Se 5, Pacts / ih Soe xt [pom ht Seer ee ees BONN | Shee PO st Sa Bos”. ‘es 3 ase Beier Sab trek eee ARE re emer gore ena Beane RENO ees Soap in Center of Sponge. ‘Within the passage is a fastening de vice to hold the sponge Intact after the soap has been placed in the cavity. It will be obvious that there is no necessity of rubbing soap over the sponge to secure soapsuds, as the soap within the cavity will insure a contin- uous supply, the suds working to the outside of the sponge through the pores. Besides being useful as a toilet sponge, the device would also be found advantageous for ail cleaning pur- ea . Romance in a Banana. A Handsworth (Eng.) servant girl had a singular romance urising out of & love letter which she found inside a banana. When preparing a banana for the table she noticed a bird’s»quill projecting, and inside was a letter Written in the smallest characters, but THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND. VIRGINIA. leginie. ‘The writer enclosed his address and stated that he was engaged upon the Jamaica plantation. His life was very lonely and he desired a mate to share his loveliness. The girl decided to an- swer the letter, and two months later received a further reply repeating the offer of marriage. Correspondence continued for about a year. Both were looking forward to marriage, when, unfortunately for the Jamaica planter, a former soldier lover of the young lady appeared on the scene and the wedding with the old sweetheart has now boex Oxed. PROFITABLE DIPLOMACY. “Doctor,” said the lady, add-essing the strusgling young oculist, “there Is something the matter with my eye. 1 wish you would give me a thorough examination.” After she bad undergone the vart- ous tests she turned anxiously to the Specialist and asked him what he had discovered. “I find that you are amicted with a ¥ery common ailment,” he reptied. “In fact, nearly all people have it when the get along about your—" ‘Then he suddenly paused and pulk ed himself together, after which he continued: “As I was aboat to say, nearly everybody has it in a greater or less degree, uccording to the cireum stances. ‘The trouble is in the optic nerves. I can easily remedy it with Klasses. There was a time, you know, when the wearing of glasses was sup Posed to indicate age, but that fool- ish notion has been wholly cleared away. As a matter of fact, 50 per cent. of our school children really ought to be wearing glasses “Oh, doctor, do you believe it as bad As that? Please give me your prescrip: tion as soon as it is convenient, and | shall take pleasure in recommending yon to all my friends. That tdioti= doctor across the ball tried to make me believe that my trouble was due to my years. Really, | nev—* “Surely, madam. he must have been Jesting. No ocullst who knew the least thing about his business could make such an absurd mistake.” “Before I go let me hand you my check. 1 will sign it fn biank, and you may fill It out as you think proper. Good-by. I'm so glad you were recom. mended to me."—Chicazo Record-Her- ald. In a Quandary. “You are serving pure food now, aren't you?” Thus spoke the regular eustomer. “Why do you think so?” asked the proprietor of the restaurant. “Because you have raised your prices.” “Huh!” exclaimed the proprietor, “That's not— ‘Then he stopped precipttately. He couldn't answer the question either way without making a damag: ing admission. So he merely shrugged bis shoul: ders and passed on.—Chicago Daily News. No Stops. “Hear about old Gottrich and his new sundial?” asked the man with the pink spats. “No. Did he get a sundial for that sunken garden?” asked the man with the red ears. “Yes; and he and his electrician conceal an arch light in a balcony Above the sundial so it would work at night and on cloudy days.”—Judge. iT a dinks—Have you ever noticed what spiteful things women will say of one another? Binks (married)—Yes, and I never could understand why they are afraid to make digs at a woman except be- hind her back, and yet they will ip out anything they please to a man.— N. ¥: Weekly. A Hint. A widow, in hulf-mourning, Doth by that sign confess ‘That she is bait a mind. to-Nay It's up to You to Kuen Puck. DIVIDED UP. a Wi SIG — MOOS | | 1! Pera Wn ~ Ja An) eet = // —\\ aia a / \Ge \ ea SEA 'Z Yon ee) inte Res es] , » en ic: val ; ui) ry ieeg a> as ies BS eae ey eB Lise Pes | Ea isa Jaa’) acsaite Dolly Sweetface—I've been taken cut sleigh riding 23 times this win- ter. Her Practical Father (meditatively) —Twenty-three times—#230, if cent! My dear, do you really think you are worth all that expenditure? Dolly Sweetface—Oh, it wasn't much for each one, you know! There were 23 of them.—Cincinnati Enquirer. ie, Okina. “How are you getting long with your new cook?" “We got along fine with the one we had yesterday. The one we had this morning left, and we haven't had a chance to get acquainted with the one that came this afternoon. Reassured. “Have you ever shot a man? ‘asked the tenderfoot. “No,” replied Arizona Al, “I've al- ways ot mine allve."—Chicago Record- Herald. } a Ohi FREE fri, U Whiskey ANN seam = 82.95 it Pa [hee hanes ane Teme ee| VOOM MUnGON Sooo nee | } Ta wy nee CASPER co., ma Roanoke, a Rnights of Pythi nights of Pythias, N. A.,S.A,E. A., A. AND A. —_——S ee o> This organization is one of the most powerful in the country and it: OM © rogreis ine bien pleaaiaal STi Lodge of Virginia has juris [y G\_ diction over all of the cities and counties in this state. Thirty male: Yt Mo)_ 6} 2e tequired to organize a new lodge. The benefits paid constitate onc water of its strongest features, but the principles are greater than anything we PP] , <!e- Founded on Friendship, based on Charity and established con Be ikeh J nevolence, the respectable, upright people of the state will find it an orde RLY worthy of their heartiest support. ee” It pays an endowment and burial benefit of of $200.00 for all ages. I = pays $4.00 per weck sick dues. The badge costing 75 cents each is the only absolutely necessary regalla, For information concerning the orgauzaition of lodges apply at the main office. Phe @ourts om@alanthe nw aace Is the Female Department of the Order. It requires a membership of thirty pers sus to organize a court. Itsmempers are pledged to exhibit Fidelity, exercise Harmony and prove Love one for the other. It pays an endowment and burial benefit of $150.00. It pays $3.00 per week eink dues. The only expense for regalia is the cost of the badge, 50 cents and arosette, costing 25 cents for funeral occasions, THE BANDS OF CALANTHE or Children’s Department also con- stitutes a featureand 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 asPything Lodge or Court or Band in your neighborhood, orgrnize one. For all information concerning the Children’s Department address, Mrs. Anna Taytor, W. M., 120 W. Hill St., Richmond, Va. For all information concerning special rates of | JOHN MITCHELL, JR., membership in the lodges and courts, address arr N. 4th St, Richmond, Va Old English Custom. ‘The young commoners of Malmes. bury, Wiltshire, Enzland, who are en- titled to an allotment of the common land left them by King Athelstan for services readered by thelr ancestors in fighting the Danes received their ‘grant according to centiriesold tradk tion recently. Each commoner was taken by the steward of the common and to his allotment and there dug @ hole and placed’a shilling in it. The steward struck each man on the back three times, saying, before he picked up the shilling: “I give this to thee as freely as King Athelstan gave it to me and hope a loving brother thou wilt be.” Very Particular. “I want my dauchter to receive only the properest kind of a educa- tion,” said old Porkfoht. “so when it comes to grammar, don't let her know anything about the common nouns.”—Baltimore American, A WARTIME LETTER. In Which the Capture of Vicksburg Is Graphicatly Described. Uncle Monroe Bishop, they call him Row, but the dim, far-off distance con’ tained no thought of such an honor for him when he was a lively boy In Company E, Third Mlinols cavalry. He is now one of the respected resi: dents of Ridgeway, ML, and he re- cently unearthed an old letter to his parents from near Vicksburg 44 years ago, and recently published In the Na- tional Tribune. It reads: “Camp Big Black River Bridge, Miss., July 4, 1863—Dear Parents: I have good news (@'tell you. We have captured Vicksburg and all the rebels that was in it; there were about 40,000 of them and about 50,000 stand of arms and 603 pieces of artiliery—all captured by us. They were a hard- Woking set, and it was the ‘sight’ I ever saw or expect to see. You bet- ter believe the boys are in good spirits, but few left. Jobnaton ts not far from here and General Sherman is after them. Guess we'll go, to, as we have marching orders. If General Grant starts us after them we'll ron them to old Brady or catch them, for General Osterhaus’ division is ike a troupe of greyhounds. We have the best army in the United States. It don't know what fear is, You better believe this 4th of July will long be remembered by General Grant's boys. I went down to the city. It's the best fortified place possible. It now ap pears that their troops rejoice as much as weno ear the | Texas Rangers. Will you particulars next letter. Your son, “3. M. Bishop.” United Hid Insurance Company, HOME OFFICE, 312 East Broad St, Richmond, Va. Incorporated 1894 ander the lawsof Virginia. Capital Stock, $25,000 Has written over Three Million ($3,000,000-00) Dollars worth a business since organization. Over sixty-five thousand policy holders Over twenty-five Branches. All claims paid to date. Ten Thousand Dollars on Deposit with the ‘Treasurer et Virginia OFFICERS. J. DB. Byrd, President. W. W. Lee, ist Vice President. D. - an 2nd Vice President. W. J. Spratley, Sect'y. and Gen'l. Manager. R. L. Clay, Asst. Secretary. R. H. Stokes, Cashier and Treasurer. R. C. Malloy, General Inspector. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. J. B. byrd, w. 2 pratley W. W. Lee, D. 8. Alston, FR. L. Clay, ¥ Bailey, W. C. Carter, P. S.Brown, C. H. Jones, R. HL Stokes, F. E. Puryear. Reliable men can find employment as solicitors and agents, Address, UNITE, aD INSURANCE co., 312 B. Broaa ‘St, ~ chmond, Ve THE PEOPLE’S REAL ESTATE AND INVESTMENT COMPANY. — WHY NOT CALL ON US? When renting, \_ When buying, Z — When lending money, —_ When borrowing money, ‘When you want am estate managed z ast call Phone 4854. . J. CARTER, President. — r ‘W. F. DENNY, Secretary. Ro. 717 §. Ona Be. | GEORGE 0. BROWN, PHOTOGRAPHER, GUS N, 2nd St, Richmond, Va. rece tk nS etal ek ne es Sed enh ie a desis re poco ieee erence te) THE ECONOMY, — eee 303—5 North Third St. SEIN EY CLEANING. BeateG Ait Sean CHITMAN M. WHITE, PRaPREOK, Established 1899. "Phone 4160. . JOHN FOXEL, Dealer in General Line of FANCY AND STAPLE GROCERIES, NOTIONS, FRESH MEATS, CI- GARS, TOBACCO, ICE, WOOD, COAL, &. 118. 47H 8T., RICHMOND, VA BOARDING & LODGING Rates Reasonable. All the Comforts, & ortome oe Orders reosived by letter or telogrape MRS. BOOKER LEPT WICH. PROPRIETRRSS, 816 N. 2nd St, Richmond, Ve RICHMOND MEDICAL COLLEGE 408 BR. Baker Sercet, RICHMOND, ‘VIRGINIA Chartered June 14, 1905. Co-ed- ucational. The only Colored Col lege in Virginia for a thorough course in Medicine, Denistry and Pharmacy. Session: 1905-1906 be zins Oct. 2, 1908, For further information, write, J. ALEX. LEWIS, M. D., Secretary 9-23-3mos. H F Jonathan FISH. 9¥3F22%3 AND PRODUCE. | one 120 N. 17TH &e., RICHMOND, vs ALL ORDERS WILL RECEI¥y PROMPT ATTENTION. long Distance Phone. 758. MRS. JOSIE A. GRAHAM, ones Most Success: ful Hair Culturist. 108 E. Leigh St., = Richmond, "Phone, 1034. Private Parlors, Confidential Inter- 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 aad skin. Graham's Superior Sealp Food for growing hair on bald heads and bare temples, 25cts. per jar. By mall, 35ets. Graham's Superlor Orange Flower Skin Fo * for developing and beauti fying the skin, 25ets a jar. By mail Shets. Graham's Superior Velvet Liquid Powder for giving the face a beau- tiful fair color, 25 cents a bottle. By mail g5cts 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 gatier- ings, 35 cents Mrs. Graham siampoos the head and pnts it in a Realthy condition, 25 cents AML ladles who attend parties and other social gatherings should have their finger nails manicured and made deastiful, 25 cents Mrs. Graham's preparations sell at sight. Ladies tlving in other cl- ties and towns can make good mon- ey by selling these preparations Write for terms to Mra. J. A. Graz ham, No. 108 E. Letgh St. Rien mond, Va ierepa! 2048 wa W tote s VP John H. Braxton REAL ESTATE & LOANS Private Banker and Broker, Loans nemotinted on Real Betato Interest allowed on Deposita, ‘Extates managed, Rent collected and prompt retarn Special attention to repaire, Notary With Sea! Established 1892. . SMITHS BUSINESS CCLLEG LYNCHBURG, va. COURSES: Phonographic, Commercial, Penning Unglish, Electric wiring, Civil Engineering. No Vacation. Instruction Thorough... “Positions Se cured. Correspondence Solicited Send 2c for particulars, Address: T.P. SMITH, A. Te President | STRAUS’ SPECIAL | SERAUSESPECIAL Old Yacht Club, WU Satiaty Gie sover of the right Kind of stimulant. Special prices. We lave all grades of good quore: Cigars and Tobacco, Call and noe oe ISAAC STRAUS & CO., 422 E. Broad St., Richmond, Virginia, S. W. ROBINSON, NO. 23 NORTH I8TH ST. Deane a FINE WINES, LIQUORS. CIGARS, &c. S@-Alll Stock Sold as Guaranteed.-we PROMPT ATTENTION Your patronage is respecttully solicited. Subscribe to the Richmond, Va PLANET. $1.80 or ee seeoreecesencoersecceres: jones het te oe BEFORE MAKING ~> ————$—$—$—$—$—$—$—$—$— JcSermice: ee the city and see the fine a Refrigerators, Blattings, Oil-Gloths, R And Soe that is neca (| RUGS_AND CARPETS | Ot every eeeription lea the las. ‘ext designs in ‘and spss Basi ears ‘free te Nis ; g} 00. G. durgen’s Son Ga@r-botwoon sin andbth Street” sesenbocasanessectensateereresenebnes: A. Hayes OFFICE AND WARE-ROOMS, 727 North Second Street. ' RESIDENCE, 725.N, and St, First-class Hacks and Caskets of all de Ie rben ihe talib o's sib iWealled tothe urine ee Pontes Cll gad ose me and yor shall be, wetted "Phone, #778. THE PLANET SATURDAY....MARCH 30, 1907 ALL COIFFURES HIGH LOW-DRESSED HEAD NOW THING OF THE PAST. Some of the Modes Are Trying and Not Altogether Pretty—Sketches of Ornaments That Are The low-dressed head is a thing of the past. Every fashionable coiffure is high, and there is a great vogue in hair ornaments. All sorts of pretty things are requisitioned for the decoration of the hair, back-combs playing an important part in the scheme of adornment, while such trifles as high bows of spangled and pailletted net and lace, butterflies of velvet and sequins, semi-wreaths of flowers and foliage, knots of roses, wipes of tulle, and plumes of various kinds are more or less worn. According to present fashions the hair is drawn up high from the nape of the neck, fixed midway with an ornamental comb, and arranged in various fancy ways on the top of the head, the decree being that the dressing shall be forward for the winter season. The hair in front is either thrown well over the forehead or drawn straight up from the brow in a series of puff-curls, the collure shelving off sharply at the back, in a way that, it must be admitted, is sometimes very trying, and far from pretty. The really artistic coiffure is so arranged that it forms a sort of frame to the face; but the ultra-smart are prone to lose sight of the artistic element in their mode of coiffure, thinking only of the importance of illustrating the last word in hair-dressing fashions. Nothing could be uglier than some of the modes of coiffure that are reckoned as "smart" where the hair is dragged up to the top of the head in a way that is at once hard, ungrateful, and unbecoming. Quite a new ornament Crown Hand Band Butterfly Hair Bow is the tira of lace, which may be seen sketched in the accompanying group. It is generally mounted on a rolled bandeau of gold tissue or net, and is suitable for the middle-aged woman. Sketched also is the new hair ornament, consisting of a drapery of gold tissue with a full-blown pink velvet rose at the right side and bunches of gold grapes and vine leaves at the left. The combination of color in the real article is truly lovely. Another ornament in the group is a little cap of embroidered velvet—pale blue worked with pearls and gold thread—with knots of black or blue satin ribbons at each side. This little head-dress is copied in black moire and in fur for matinee wear at theaters. Beneath it will be seen a sweeping paradise plume, this, in black or amber, forming a picturesque accompaniment to an Empire toilette. The remaining sketches show a couple of hair ornaments of pallleted net and a Spanish back-comb of carved tortoise shell.—Montreal Erard. JACKETS OF THE SEASON: Garment Made Up in Particularly Effective Manner. Many jackets this year are made up so as to look very like dress waists, but they open down the center in the regular way and underneath is worn the fine lingerie or silk bodice. One model was exceedingly pretty in a tan, or, rather, light brown broadcloth. This jacket was made with a wide fitted yoke cut rather in the shape of a sailor collar, and this was bordered with a double row of soutache braid. Below the yoke the cloth was laid in six box plaits, that is, three on each side of the center plait, and these, opening out, allowed the material to blouse slightly over the wide stitched cloth belt. Below the belt was a short shaped hip piece. There was a small round collar of hand embroidered silk, through which was run black taffeta ribbon, which, tied in a four-in-hand bow, fell half way to the belt. The cuffs at the elbows were embroidered, with taffeta ribbon run through in the same way as on the collar. In the Mode. The checked velvetseens make delightful walking suits. Underskirts of Bastiste and chint silk are in season again. Some of the novelty suitings are spotted with big chenille dots. Trim your black net waist with ribbon velvet in the Greek key pattern." Very beautiful old-fashioned brocades are shown for evening gowns for older women. High girdies of silk elastic with handsome buckles are worn with Mandarin sleeves, having no seam at all on the shoulder, but all joints under the arm, are seen on a few bodies. FOR THEATER OR EVENING. Elaborately Trimmed Waist of Embroidered Batiste. Dainty theater or evening waist of embroidered batiste elaborately trimmed with open-work insertion. B rosettes of embroidery and valen-cleanen lace. On the front of the blouse is a ruffle of lace headed by a band of insertion. The bretelles are of the material ornamented with loops of ribbon and buttons. The sleeves are covered with lace ruffles and finished with cuffs of the open-work embroidery and lace insertion. DON'T BUNGLE THE FOOT. Comfort and Health Depend on Proper Covering for the Feet. It is not unusual to see a beautiful toilette spoiled by coarse and ill-shaped shoes, which destroy all the charming harmony of the entire costume. The necessity of being well shod, of having a neat foot and a good gait has been recognized ever since people began to wear coverings for their feet. The shoemaker's art to-day consists in concealing undue length of foot or undue size without in any way confining the foot or causing the least discomfort. There is nothing in worse taste than to try to make the foot small out of proportion to the size of the person it must support. Ridiculous pinching of the foot does not make it beautiful, and high heels, especially under a good-sized foot, only tend to make the foot look larger. The woman who sees her own foot only from the arch does not know how ridiculous the high heel makes her look. Put a pair of high heeled shoes on a table with the heels toward you and then put alongside of them a pair of shoes with sensible, safe, comfortable heels, and it won't take you long to see that the beauty of the French heel is not what it is cracked up to be. The high heel distorts the foot, throws the whole body out of position, spoils the gait and is generally dangerous. Vests and Stockings 1. Old vests are useful for making children's petticoat-bodices, but they will require to be buttonholed round the edge. 2. The small pieces can be made into bags to put in the medicine chest, to be filled with hot salt, camomile flowers, etc., in cases of illness; or for any of the purposes for which fannel would be useful. 3. The best of the stocking legs can be tacked into the dress sleeves for the winter. 4. All the scraps of vests, blankets and the feet of stockings can be cut up small, and they make the most beautifully soft, cushions, superior even to feathers, says Woman's Life. Should the owner not require these articles, they would always form acceptable gifts at winter time to those poorer than ourselves. Tramp Balls. Calico parties, which flourished a few years back, are being superseded by tramp balls. If you have a capacious barn for your ball so much the better; if not, clear your rooms of all their pretty trappings, or, if you have rugs, take them up, leaving the floors bare. Festoon the walls with hay and bring in boxes, nail keeps and rough benches for seats. Tell all your guests to come as hoboes, organ grinders and mendicants of various kinds. Serve a Dutch lunch and offer a prize for the most effective costume. The more old-fashioned country reels and dances that are introduced into the programme the better. Linen Collars. Embroidered linen collars, the high turned down style, are extremely smart, and are worn with all kinds of waistls. They are finished in front, and the favorite finish is the tulle bow or rosette fastened with a bar pin of diamonds or pearls. One style has buttonholes through which are put link cuff buttons, or a velvet ribbon that is tied in a stiff bow. A hemstitched edge, a narrow line of hand embroidery, or some small design in embroidery just at the corner, is the current fashion. Embroidered Waists and Belts. The woman who embroideres no longer confines her efforts to lawn and linen, but is dividing her attention with silk, cashmere, etc., for blouses. Such materials worked in East Indian effects with soft pastel shades are the latest cry for waistls and belts. So Do Widows. "Why do you think marriage has a tendency to drive men insane?" "Wildowers 'always' remarry." — Houston Post THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Everthing! Everthing! IN FURNITURE AND FLOOR COVERINGS SYDNOR & HUNDLEY, INC. Leaders. The People's Restaurant. 750 North 3rd St., Richmond, Va MEALS at All Hours—Hot or Cold. Board by Day, Week or Month. SOFT DRINKS. MIGHT HAVE BEEN WORSE. "Poor Nipsley! It was a terrible blow to him." "Nipsley? I haven't heard about it. What's the matter?" "It was very sudden. He's all broken up. I saw him yesterday, and he told me he didn't know how he could get along without her. To tell you the truth, I wouldn't have believed before it happened that he'd have taken it so hard. He hasn't been able to attend to business or to—" "Say, for heaven's sake! why don't you tell a fellow about it? What's the old boy's trouble?" "His wife's dead." "Oh, Lord! I thought from the way you spoke that somebody must have come along and hired his typewriter girl away from him!"—Judge. CHIMNEY SWALLOWS. --- Doting Father—Phat's the mather, Mickey? Little Mike—The teacher guv Johnny Smart a reward-a-merit picture' card fur knowin' his lessons, and Old didn't get none—boo-hoo!" Doting Father—Niver moind, Mickey.ey. Cwid wem to the sthore wndles an' show me phat koind av a card it was an' Oll' buy ye a noiler wan. N. Y. Weekly. REGULAR BLOCK SYSTEM "So th' missus objects to Billy, th' milkman, callin' on yez durin' workin' hours?" interrogated the cook. "Yes," replied the pretty laudress, "but ut's little Ol care for her objec tions. Oi how me own proivate signals to Billy." "Indade!" "Yis; listen. When Ol go out on th' roof awn th' missus is about Oi hang out a red skirt, awn that manes 'Danger; kape away!'" "How clever!" "Thin, whin she is about to go out soon Oi hang out a grane skirt. Thot manes 'Come slow and cautious.'" "Yez are a genius." "Awn thin thin th' missus is out awn th' track is clear Oi hang out a white skirt awn Billy rades from around th' corner, 'Come ut once. All's well!"—Chicago Daily News. Mr. Jefferson (sister's bean)—Does your sister's hair curl naturally? Tommy (aged six)—No; she just naturally curls it. — Baltimore American. A Type He strives to regulate the land With constant brawl and blcker. Some say he's a reformer, and Some say he's just a kicker. -Washington Star. Would Have Tickled Him. "Why don't you clean that snow off the pavement?" demanded the irate housewife. "I don't believe you want to work." "Dat's where you do me an injustice, mum," replied Sandy Pikes, with a yawn. "I remember de time when I pined for de sight of a snow shovel." "And when was that, pray?" "When I was down in Florida, mum."—Chicago Daily News. Couldn't Understand It "I see stocks have been going down recently." "Yes. I can't understand it." "Can't understand it? The matter is perfectly plain. They were too high. The bulls had pushed them up to a point far beyond what their actual values represented." "I know that, but I hadn't bought it up there." - Chicago Record-Herald Cynical. "Permit me to ask you, madam," said the lawyer, who was a friend of the family, "your real reason for wanting a divorce from your husband." "He isn't the man I thought I was marrying," explained the fair caller. "My dear madam," rejoined the lawyer, "the application of that principle would break up every home in the country."—Chicago Tribune. No Danger "I am afraid I have been indiscreet. I have been praising Mrs. Writeup's book highly to that man over there talking to her, and if he repeats what I said she'll think it flattery for my own ends." "Don't worry. He won't repeat anything flattering to her. That's her husband."—Baltimore American. His Preference The great medium made a few mysterious movements with her hands in front of the cabinet. "What spirit would you care to see now?" she asked. "If it's all the same to you," replied the spectator with the red nose, "make it a little spirits of frumenti." —Milwaukee Sentinel. In the Sick Room Pearl—I am awfully jealous of that pretty trained nurse. I wish they had engaged a homely one to attend George. Ruby—But she is only taking his pulse. 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TEXANS HAD GOVERNMENT CARTRIDGES—THE PLAN TO GET RID OF NEGRO INFANTRY MEN EIGHT [Washington Post, March 20, '07.] The report of the experts of the Springfield Arsenal, who submitted their finding to Secretary Taft tending to prove beyond any possible doubt that the bullets picked up in the streets of Brownsville during the affair of August 13 last were fired from guns known to be in possession of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, is to be attacked by Senator Foraker. Yesterday the Senator sought to introduce documentary testimony to this end before the Senate investigating committee, but on objection the matter went over to another day. Senator Foraker notified the committee that he expected to show that these were in error, and his declaration was made with such assurance that members of the committee were convinced that the Ohio Senator, at least, had no doubt as to the importance of the evidence. The matter that Senator Foraker sought to put into the record was the evidence of Lleut Lawrason, of the 25th Infantry, before the court-martial which is trying Maj. Penrose, Curdy before the Senate Committee SEEKS TO DISCREDIT REPORT. The purpose of Senator Foraker in including the testimony of Lieut. Lawrason was to discredit the report of Lieut. Hawkins, who made the microscopic inspection of the shells and bullets picked up in Brownsville after the shooting, and also the guns of the battalion of the Twenty-fifth Infantry at Fort Brown. Lieut. Hawkins report showed that a number of the shells examined had been fired from two of the guns of Company B, which were of the reserve equipment. The strong sheet in charge of the quartermaster sergeant of the company, Sergt. McCurdy. Lleut. Lawrason testified before the court-martial that directly after the shooting he had gone with the quartermaster sergeant to a store-room and found the strong chest with the guns intact, and the chest covered with several iron cots and other company property. The guns were in the same condition they had been in when shipped from Fort Niobara. The statement of Sergt. Mc Curdy before the Senate Committee was practically to the same effect. If, therefore, Senator Foraker can prove that the reserve guns were in the strong chest and had not been removed, this evidence will have a strong tendency, it is argued, toward disproving the report of Lleut. Hawkins that two of the guns used in shooting up the town were taken from Company B's storehouse. It is probable that Lleut. Lawrason will be examined upon this subject when he appears before the committee. CLASH BETWEEN SENATORS When Senator Overman remarked to Mr. Foraker that he was trying to prove the Negroes innocent, Mr. Foraker replied: "I don't wonder that you think so, as nothing has been shown to the contrary. And you will try to show that they were guilty." Senator Overman said all he wanted was the facts, and Mr. Foraker suggested that that, too, was precisely what he wanted and nothing more. None of Senator Foraker's expected witnesses had arrived when the committee met yesterday, and an adjournment of the Brownville investigation was taken until to-day. Chairman Wurren had put in the record another telegram of denial in relation to the alleged confession of D. C. Gray, at Galveston, Tex., that Negro soldiers shot up the town. The telegram was one that had been sent by Recruiting Officer Chamberlain to Brig. Gen. McCaskey, of the Department of Texas. The committee will either take a recess next Saturday to await the coming of all the officers of the 25th Infantry who were at Brownsville, or at that time fix a date for its prospective visit to Brownsville. [Washington Post, March 26, '07.] That soldiers invariably were able to secure extra cartridges and sometimes had extra rifles as well, was asserted yesterday by Wm. Ryan, Corporal in Co. K, Twenty-sixth Infantry in the Brownsville investigation before the Senate Committee on Military Affairs. Ryan was at Brownsville prior to the coming of the Negro soldiers of the Twenty-fifth Infantry. He was serving as the artificer under the quartermaster sergeant, at whose orders, he said, he sold 1,000 rounds of government ammunition to a junk dealer in Brownsville. Under the same man's orders he said that he defaced the numbers on six Krag-Jorgensen rifles, which had been secured in the Philippines, with fourteen others, as surplus guns. The defacing was done, and the guns held out at the time the order was issued for the surrender of all the Krag type of rifles. He claimed that he did not know what had become of these guns. In reply to a number of questions, he declared that he did not fear that he had done wrong in allying in the sale of government property. SURPLUS OF RIFLES Three soldiers of the Twenty-sixth Infantry, who were at Brownsville, testified that the Twenty-sixth had a large surplus of both Krag-Jorgensen and Springfield ammunition at Fort Brown, and that there was a demand for it among citizens. All of these soldiers testified that there was very little difficulty experienced by soldiers who desired to get extra ammunition, and they told of the various ways in which it could be done. They also testified that the soldiers left extra clothing at the barracks when they departed for Fort Sam Houston, in July, 1906. Private Joseph J. Barnett, of Company K, who was left behind to clean up the barracks testified that the saw Mexicans leaving the barracks with arms full of clothing or other things they picked up. He said he saw 500 or 600 rounds of ammunition in the barracks. Corn. William L. The artifice of Company K. Twenty-sixth Infantry, testified that he served at Fort Brown under the orders of Quartermaster Sergt. Cheesman, and that they had between 5000 and 7000 rounds of extra ammunition. GOT $10 FOR AMMUNITION On the orders of Cheesman, Corp. Ryan says he delivered 1,000 rounds to H. M. Fields, a junk dealer in Browniesville and received $10 in return. He said he also delivered to Corp. Means, company clerk, 200 rounds of ammunition upon the writen order of Lieut. Parker, the company commander. It was said this ammunition was for United States Commissioner Creager. Ryan testified also that the quartermaster sergeant of Company K had six surplus Krag-Jorgensen guns which were retained by Cheesman when the company Krags were ex- changed for Springfield rifles. Ryan said Cheesman ordered him to re- turn numbers from the guns so that they were not identified. After the departure of Company K, Ryan said he found two of the guns, and said he had no idea what be- comes of the other four. He said the Tex- as Rangers used what is called the Krag carbine, and this fires the army Krag ammunition. DID NOT THINK IT WRONG The cross examination of Ryan was taken up at the afternoon session. In detailing the transaction in reference to the sale of cartridges to Fields, the Brownville junk dealer, the witness said he had taken the cartridges, which were in the original government package, and had placed the box inside a kerosene box. He insisted, in reply to questions by Senator Warner, that he had no idea why this precaution was taken by Sergt. Cheesman, and neither did he consider that he was doing any wrong. Senator Foraker then asked the witness if he meant that he had done no wrong in assisting at the sale of government ammunition, and Ran replied that he had proceeded upon the orders of his superior officer. "If my superior officer should tell me to jump in the river," he said, "I would do it, but, of course, I do not say that I would not swim out again." The extra guns which were in the possession of Company K, the witness said, were obtained in some manner while the company was in the Philippines, and that originally there had been twenty in the lot. He thought that Capt. Kilburn, the company commander, had given some say that one had been sold by Chemmar and that Capt. Kilburn still has one. He said he could not say what had become of the others. TAYLOR'S GUN CLEAN Thomas Taylor formerly of Company B, Twenty-fifth Infantry, one of the men whose gun is included in the list said to have been used in the shooting affray at Brownsville, according to the expert examination of shells picked up in the streets there, was the next witness. Taylor said that his gun was inspected on the morning following the shooting and that it was found to be clean. Before that time he said that his gun had not been fired since the company left Fort Niobrara, and he concurred in the conclusion of Senator Foraker, as evidenced by questions, that if the shells picked up had been fired from his gun, they must have been fired at Niobrara and then taken to Brownsville. He expressed the opinion that if his gun had been used in the shooting up of the town it could not have been cleaned in the dark so as to have passed inspection the next morning. The examination of Taylor had not been completed when an adjournment was taken for the day. The committee yesterday received from the Acting Secretary of War, a copy of a telegram from Brig. Gen McCaskey, commanding the Depart- ment of Texas, concerning the Maj. Pernos count marital. The telegram said that Pernos was exonerated, but that the court found that the "shooting up" of Brownsville was done by men of the Twenty-fifth Infantry. The following is the text of the telegram: "Maj. Gen. Ainsworth: "MaJ. Penrose was exonerated by the court-martial, but the court found that the shooting in Brownsville was done by the men of the 25th Infantry. Finding approved by me. "McCA5KEY, Commander." [Washington Post, March 27, '07.] The Brownsville hearing yesterday THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA before the Senate Committee was enlisted by another clash between Senator Foraker, who is working up the case in behalf of the discharged soldiers, and Senator Warner, of Misouri, to whom appears to have been assigned the duty of prosecutor. Private Taylor, of Company B, one of the men whose rifle, according to the expert examination of bullets at the arsenal, was disclosed to be one of those from which bullets picked up in the streets of Brownville had been fired, was under cross examination by Senator Warner. The witness had declared he had been in the town but once, but Son. Warner, pressing his nquiry relative to the soldiers frequenting the saloon kept by a former colored soldier, referred to this witness as if he had been there "frequently." This irritated Senator Foraker, who interrupted to say it was not fair to the witness to assert he had frequently gone there, when his testimony was directly the reverse of that statement. "Two or three times that remark has been made," retorted Senator Barack Obama with much warmth. "and I will not subdue such remarks unless they are justified." FORAKER'S POINT SUSTAINED The stenographer's notes sustained the point made by Senator Foraker, who then added that he would leave his statement in the record. Mr. Warner replied, still warmly, that the Senator's remark might stay there if he wished it to. Senator Foraker insisted that the question put to the witness made his interruption necessary, and he said he had endeavored to make the interruption in such a way that the Senator from Missouri would have no cause to feel aggrieved. He knew, of course, that the Senator from Missouri would not knowingly put words into the mouth of the witness. Mrs. Parsons, wife of Representative Parsons, of New York, whose recent book on trial marriages created such a sensation, was an interested spectator at yesterday's hearing. Although several white officers of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, who have just concluded their attendance at the Penrose Court Martial, at San Antonio, reported to the committee yesterday the examination of former Negro soldiers was continued. The examination of Thomas Taylor, formerly of Company B, was resumed when the committee met. AMONG FIRST TO FALL IN Notwithstanding the expert examination shows, as reported to the committee, that his was one of the guns used in shooting up Brownsville, Taylor testified he was one of the first to fall in line when the call to arms was sounded during the shooting. He asserted also that Joseph L. Wilson, another former member of Company B, whose gun was affected by the report of the experts who examined the shells, fell in line about the same time. Taylor was not sure he had his own gun, as the call to arms created confusion in the barracks, but he said he secured his own gun the next morning and attended inspection with it. He testified that he never had extra ammunition and saw none at the barracks when the Negro troops arrived at Fort Brown. When asked concerning the issue of extra ammunition to soldiers when they desired to go hunting, Taylor said he never had secured any, because he always took one of the three shotguns which belonged to his company. This was the first admission since the investigation was begun that the company had shotguns in its possession. The witness said these guns were kept in the storehouse. THINKS HE HAD OWN GUN The next witness was Joseph L. Wilson, also formerly of B. whose gun is supposed to have been used in the affray, according to the examination of shells at the Springfield Arsenal. He testified that on the night of the shooting he got his rifle from the rack soon after the call to arms was sounded and that he was almost certain he had his own gun, because he had secured his Sergt. Jackson stood near with a laiter and he had taken the rifle from the place in the rack set aside for his use. He also told of the "shooting up," expressing the opinion that the firing was from outside the walls toward the barracks, and declared he could hear the whistling of the bullets. It was so marked, he averred, that when the call came he and other members of the company had dressed sitting up on the floor or crouched down as much as possible while one man dodged behind the chimney to escape the bullets. He acknowledged, however, that he was unable afterward to find the marks of any bullets on the outside of the barracks. ONLY HEARD SINGLE SHOT Spottswood W. Taliaferro, sergeant major of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, during the time it was at Fort Brown said that on the night of the shooting he was asleep in the administration building and was awakened by a single shot, which he thought came from the town outside the garrison wall. He said he put on part of his clothes and ran out of the building to find Mal. Penrose and heard some one near the garrison gate say, three times, in a deep voice: "I want all of you." The witness said he was greatly excited, but he ran to Maj. Penrose's quarters and then to the barracks, where he found the major and reported to him. He secured a gun and went back to his post at the administration building. Some amusement was created by Tallafero when he told of the confusion and excitement He said he heard the scavenger's voice, and he heard the parade ground, and mistook the sound for the approach of artillery. Examination of the witnesses had not been concluded when adjournment was taken for the day. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS Two Able Sermons—Rev. Dr. Stokes at Sixth Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Rev. Dr. Peyton at the Ebenezer Baptist Church.—Both Edifices Packed. The Knights of Pythias of this city observed the anniversary exercises last Sunday afternoon at 2 P. M. at the Sixth Mt. Zion Baptist Church. It was packed to its utmost capacity. Owing to the large membership two services had to be held within two hours of each other in order to accommodate the crowd. The First Battalion, under command of Maj. Wm. A. Robinson, Lieut B. H. Peyton, Adjutant was at the Pythian Castle prempty and ready to move. The following companies reported: Eureka Co. No. 1 Capt. Isaac Moore commanding; Planet Co. No. 8, Capt. Adolphus Jackson, commanding; Blooming Lily Co. No. 11, Captain V. M. Gwaltney, commanding; Pythian Cadet Co. No. 1, Capt. Roscoe C. Mitchell, commanding. THE OPENING ODE The Pythiaian Cadet Fife and Drum Corps made a fine showing also and gave evidences of rapid improvement. The church was reached before 2 o'clock and the services commenced promptly on time. The opening ode, "God Bless our Knightly Band" was sung by the Knights; the theatrical were led and prayer offered by Rew L. Morton; Eva G. Davis rendered "A Brave Boy" in a most pathetic manner. It was very interesting and impressive. INTERESTING EXERCISES The anniversary germon was admirably delivered by Rev. W. H. Stokes, Ph. D. His text was appropriate and his manner of handling the subject admirable. He made a marked impression upon the congregation. At the conclusion of his forceful discourse, Grand Chancellor John Mitchell, Jr., spoke on "The Order and Its Work." A collection of $25.00 was lifted and the benediction was announced. Music was furnished by the 6th Mt. Zion Bapt. Church Choir, Mr. W. H. Woodson, leader and Mr. Andrew L. Woolfork, organist. Votes of thanks were tendered all who had assisted in the exercises. THE KNIGHTS PLEASED The Knights were no more delighted with the sermon of Rev. Stokes than were the court sisters with Rev. Peyton. The Uniform Rank marched to the Ebenezer Baptist Church immediately after the exercises at the Sixth Mt. Zion Baptist Church. Brigadier General John Mitchell, Jr. was accompanied by Gen. W. Gold, Col. John R. Chiles, Clerk of Staff, Col. W. Wenny Stokes, Col. S. Nelson and Col. Thomas Smith, Capt. Thomas H. Wyatt, Adjutant, and Capt. W. Henry Jones were also in line. AT THE EBENEZER The Ebenezer Baptist Church was packed. The Opening Ode was sung by the members. The Scriptures were read, after which Rev. L. Morris offered prayer. Miss Eva G. Davis read with telling effect the selection, "Alone With My Conscience," Rev. R. V. Peyton then preached the anniversary sermon to the Courts. He was entirely original and he kept his subject within the bounds of the most humble of his listeners. He created unbounded amusement at his quaint references and at times the members were outspoken in their appreciation. THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE At the conclusion Grand Worthy Counsellor John Mitchell, Jr. spoke on "The Courts and Their Mission." A collection of $25.49 was lifted and the ladies were jubilant. Thanks were voted to all who participated. The music was furnished by the Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir, Mr. W. H. Trent, leader, Miss Nannie B. Jones, organist. The committee of arrangements was Sir George W. Dauphart-Sligo O. M. Steward, W. Capt. Willis Wyatt, Capt. John G. Smith, Sir E. W. R. Glenn, Mrs. Anna Taylor, Miss M. L. Chiles, Mrs. Salie Foxel, Mrs. Mildred Johnson, and Mrs. Lucy Cross. ORGANIZATIONS RALLY. The rostrum at both places was decorated with palms and flowers The folders used were of the most expensive kind being embossed in ```markdown ``` BY ANTHONY HOPE ILLUSTRATED BY HEYER Here is the original rom been the talk of two co birth to the whole race have been so popular, m so. We have at last see Prisoner of Zenda" whi Here is the original romance, the one which has been the talk of two continents and which gave birth to the whole race of Zenda novels which have been so popular, many of them deservedly so. 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The lodges that defrayed the expense of the exercises were Richmond Lodge, No. 1, Virginia Lodge, No. 6, Old Dominion Lodge, No. 8, Blooming Mily Lodge, No. 15, Samson Lodge, No. 16, Myrtle Lodge, No. 17, Planet Lodge, No. 23, Ulysse Lodge, No. 24, Royal Lodge, No. 24, Maceo Lodge, No. 35, Fulton Lodge, No. 42, Christian Hope Lodge, No. 43, Venus Lodge, No. 46, North Star Lodge, No. 52, Invincible Lodge, No. 65, Valley Lodge, No. 73, Capital Lodge, No. 81, White Rose Lodge, No. 87, Ben Hur Lodge, No. 96, American Lodge, No. 98, Dunbar Lodge, No. 110, Crispus Attucks Lodge, No. 117, Courts: Pure Gold, Court, No. 59, Old Dominion Court, No. 14, Anna's Eureka Court, No. 18, Planet Court, No. 137, Blooming Lily Court, No. 142, Martha's Court, No. 138, Excelsior Court, No. 117, Violet Court, No. 152, Richmond Court, No. 169, Unity Court, No. 132, Cordelia's Court, No. 194, Elizabeth Court, No. 210, Golden Link Court, No. 223, Josephine Court, No. 228, Narcissus Court, No. 229, Julia's Court, No. 235, Mildred's Court, No. 242, Fulton Court, No. 244, America Court, No. 43, Venus Court, No. 47, Sylvester Court, No. 54, Verbena Court, No. 61, Silver Star Court, No. 65, North Star Court, No. 73, Valley Court, No. 84, Ivy Leaf Court, No. 85, Olivet Court, No. 88, Heliotropal Court, No. 91, Union Court, No. 100, Mignonette Court, No. 102, Wisteria Court, No. 106, Mount Olivet Court, No. 109, Maceo Court, No. 222. 0 KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS Pythian Celebration at Centralia. Kingsland Lodge, No. 126 had their annual outing at the First Baptist Church Centralia, last Sunday. The day dawned bright, warm and indeed delightful, which added much to the occasion and members of the Order. Kingsland Lodge, though young made a showing which was much credit to themselves and the great order of Knights all over the country. The usual programme was carried out, with short speeches from the brethren and singing by the choir of the church, led by Mr. James Rose. Mr. James Williams of Petersburg, Va., supported on the origin of the order, prosperity and the great help it was doing along the line of charity. After this, Rev Wm. Thomas, the pastor, who had been selected to preach on this occasion, for scripture lesson, 1Kings, 7th chapter. He selected as a text, Acts 18:3. "And because he was of the same craft he abode with them," using as a subject "Mutual Partnership." The Reverend paid a glowing tribute to the Order by saying it was one of the strongest in the world today. He then took up the subject and showed that man could not live by himself, but by mutual partnership we could help, strengthen and so prepare ourselves to carry out the great duties of life. He showed how it was to be carried out. The pillars upon which it rests. The power associated with it when properly carried out and concluded with an appeal to the brethren and sisters to live up to their agreements. The sermon was enjoyed by all present and a vote of thanks extended to the pastor. JOHN BRUMNE, C. C. WM. WHITE, M. at A. —Mr. W. L. Young of File, P. O. Va. was in the city and called on us Friends are invited to attend a Donkey Party at the St. Luke Hall, Mon. April 11, given by the Independent Mechanic Star, No. 4. Admission 15cts. There will be five prizes given away. Rev. Thos. D. Atkins, B. D., Th. 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RESOURCES Loans and Discounts ..... 35,329.74 Overdrafts ..... 3208.15 Stocks, bonds & mortgages. 2709.36 Other Real Estate ..... 84816.46 Furniture and Fixtures ..... 2160.62 Exchang's for clear-lg house ..... 442.14 Due from Nat. Banks ..... 21132.12 Specie, nickels and cents ..... 414.31 Paper Currency ..... 1366.00 All other items of resources ..... 2532.95 Total ..... $124111.85 Capital stock paid in ..... 24139.32 Surgius fund ..... 6250.00 J. F. CLARK, CONWAY, ARK. INSTON headquarters For - CREAM REFRESHMENTS I FURNISHED IN EVERY QUANTITY. SPECIAL PRICE THE RETAIL TRADE. & Sunday Sch hed at Short No ly in Compliance with the Pure Food Law INSTON Ave. 'Phone, K C. BOSTO PRESENTS A ANIMAL SH H SIDE SKATING RING Ored Folks, beginning Saturday Master Week with TWO PERF AILY at 2:30 and 8 o'clock P. M. 25 Cents. CHILDREN, 10 & nics & Sunday Schools TON'S Parters For REAM FRESHMENTS. SHED IN EVERY STYLE . SPECIAL PRICES TO DETAIL TRADE. 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