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THE RICHMOND PLANET THE VIRGINIA BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION A GRAND SUCCESS. Large Delegation—Fine Specches, A Splendid Collection. The 40th Annual Session of the Virginia Baptist State Convention, held in Staunton last week was one of the grandest of its history. The delegation was very large and represented all parts of Virginia, District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. Peace and harmony reigned throughout the entire session. President R. H. Bowling delivered an admirable annual address. The Convention was welcomed by the Mayor of the city, Rev. Dr. Gregory of the white Baptist Church and Prof. Kenney, of the Public School. These all made timely addresses. The cap-stone was put on when the great pulpit orator Dr. G. B. Howard of Petersburg made the response. It was said that the speech of Dr. Howard was a masterpiece of oratory. The annual sermon was preached by Rev. Bernard Tyrrell, D. D. of Lynchburg. The sermon was eloquent, scholarly and far-reaching by a unanimous vote Dr. Tyrrell was requested to put the sermon in pamphlet form. Two other grand sermons were preached by Rews. S. A. Jordan of Danville and H. H. Harris, D. D. of Newport News. These sermons were up to the one hundred percent mark. Some distinguished visitors were present in the persons of Drs. W. A. Beckham and E. W. D. Isaac. These brethren gave new life and inspiration to the great convention. Drs. W. H. Moses and R. C. Pannell, the able pastors of Staunton with the aid of their good people, took the best of care of the delegation. All the old officers of the Convention were elected by acclamation. Dr. J. C. Jackson of Lynchburg was made statistician in place of Dr. J. C. Garland who had moved to Pennsylvania. "The Board of Trustees of Virginia Seminary held its meeting every day during the Convention. Dr. W. F. Graham was reelected as Chairman by acclamation as were Secty. R. H. Bowling, D. D. and Treasurer A. A. Galvin, D. D. Dr. Holland Powell of Springfield, Ohio, having been proposed by Dr. Graham was elected Financial Secretry of the School and will begin his work the 1st of July. The Trustee Board will meet August 21st in Petersburg to consider the question of the election of a President for Virginia Seminary. The School conferred the degree of D. D. on Revs. T. H. White of Clifton Forge; L. C. Metz of Norfolk and Rev. C. E. of Bedford City. The degree of Master of Arts was conferred upon M. B. H. Peyon of the American Boarded Medical Insurance Company. The Convention raised at this session $3700.00 in cash. All of the teachers were paid up in full and the back debt due Prof Gregory W. Hayes was reduced from $1700.00 to something less than $600.00. The Convention is in an excellent condition and never before have the members shown a stronger determination to carry out the purposes, object and aim, which begun in the hearts of the Negro Baptists of this State twenty-four years ago. Drs. W. Bishop Johnson, George W. Lee, A. C. Tyler, J. Anderson Taylor, W. Wilbanks of Washington, D. C. and Drs. W. W. Brown, R. C. Fox, Toulton of Pennsylvania and many others were on hand to see us. Rev. George Washington of Norfolk was honored with D. D. by Guadalupe College of Texas—one of the greatest Negro Institutions in the world. The Convention will meet next year with the First Baptist Church, Newport News. During the year $7000.00 were raised. This added to the cash raised at the Convention runs the total amount up to 10.700. Will Go in Camp. The Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pythias will hold its annual session Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, July 16, 17 and 18, 1907 at Norfolk, Va. The Uniform Rank will go in camp and all arrangements are being perfected for this purpose. Tents have been ordered and it is estimated that at least 400 Knights can be accommodated in this manner. Friendship Baptist Church. Friendship Baptist Church, 412 North Third Street. Services: Sunday School, 9 o'clock A. M. Services, 11 o'clock A. M. Night Services, 8:30 o'clock P. M. Friends are invited. Dr. R. C. Brown, formerly of Washington, D. C. has opened Dental Parlors in Nickel Savings Bank Building, 29th and Leigh Sts. Take Clay Street Cars to 29th and Leigh Streets. DESIGN FOR REBUILDING OLD "BAGLEY HALL" "TEMPERANCE INDUSTRIAL AND COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE"—CLAREMONT, VIRGINIA. JND.J. SMALLWOOD, PH.D., PREST. W.H.G.WEST, ARCHITECT, RICHMOND, VA. The Fifteenth Annual Closing of the Temperance, Industrial and College Institute at Claremont, Va. Claremont, Va., May 14, '07. The Fifteenth Annual Commencement of the Temperance, Industrial and Collegiate Institute at this place was the grandest and considered the most substantial ending of a successful school year seen here since 1896. Six states were represented among the students, coming from the states of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Massachusetts and Maryland. Miss Mary K. Lovett of Tabb, Va., the daughter of Rev. John Lovett, won the first prize in the Oratorical Conest Monday night. Miss Mary E. Owens of Vulture, N. C. won the first prize for the best written and read essay, (original matter). Miss Ada Travis of Vulture, N. C. and Master James H. Tyler of Newport News, Va. received honorary mention. President Smallwood had for his guest Rev. W. H. Davenport, who preached the Annual Sermon and in the evening of Sunday, May 12, preached a most interesting sermon on Temperance. Mr. John L. Wyatt an old graduate, now a substantial business man in Philadelphia, Penn. made a most eloquent address on Practical Education. The Annual Review of the Bible Class and Study was a most interesting feature of the closing exercises. It is a most praiseworthy work done among the young people of this Institution that the Bible is made the basis of their study and the performance of duty. President Smallwood said, "This has been our hardest school year since 1897, but we have had more grown pupils, ladies and gentlemen, than ever. We have been able to do more real school work than at any time since 1898. Every pupil coming to us unsaved last September and October left School converted to the religion of our blessed Lord. Our School seeks first to get men saved, to build up good moral character, to establish a real racial manhood and a pure womanhood. Our institution does not claim to be doing anything great except it is to train men and women to be useful in this life, to attend to their own affairs, to cultivate race pride and to become a part of this great nation upon useful lines and in daily useful pursuits." This Institution must succeed. It has already accomplished great good for the race since October 12, 1892. 187 souls have been converted to the religion of Jesus Christ; 86 young Negro men have bought and improved North Carolina and Virginia farm lands; 7 are now substantial country and city merchants; 12 ministers; 59 teachers; 2 practicing medicine; 3 lawyers; 8 are trained nurses 1 newspaper editor; 18 carpenters and 3 blacksmiths. Not one has gone to jail—all work. The pupils of this Institution are an honor to the Negro race and the Institution is doing its work as it sees its duty in it. OLD BAGLEY HALL Old Bagley Hall will be ready for occupancy for the Fall Term. The rebuilding will cost $7,500. It is a most beautiful and comfortable buildnigs and will have all of the modern improvements. Prof. Paul P. Watson, formerly of the A. and M. College at Greensboro, N. C. has RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1907. REV. JOHN J. SMALLWOOD, President, T. I. and C. I. full charge of the Mechanical Department. The work done in the Sewing room under the instruction of Miss M. Annette Johnson of Washington, D. C. will compare favorably with any done in any school in the South. The shop work is simply magnificent. Prof. Watson will place on exhibition at Jamestown some valuable work done by the boys. Dr. Smallwood will devote his time this summer in the enlargement of the usefulness of the Institution. THE PURCHASE OF THE OLD BOYCE STOCK FARM. President Smallwood, has succeeded in purchasing the Old Boyce Stock Farm on the Cabin Point Road leading out from the village. Here he purposes to raise pure-blooded stock. The Institution has already four pure blood Jersey Cows, Chester Hogs, and four of the finest horses in this section of the country. Dr. Smallwood had several of his old white schoolmates from Minnesota. Wisconsin and Massachusetts to call upon him. Here is a man, working single-handed for his race, unselfish, bold, courageous, yet attending carefully to his own business and year by year reflects credit upon his race. President Smallwood deserves the help and encouragement of the sympathetic public. There is not a more orderly respectable refined school set found in this Southland. Very Low Rate Excursion Tickets to Richmond, Va., and Return via Southern Railway, Account Confederate Veterans Reunion, May 30 to June 3, 1907. Very low excursion rate tickets will be on sale by the Southern Railway way to the public on May 26 to June 2, 1907 for the above occasion. For particulars inquire of Agents. Mr. Alexander Jones of Norfolk Va. called on us. Information Wanted. Information wanted of Louisa Bruce or her husband, Billy Bruce, by her sister, H. TURNER, 117 E. 84th St., New York City. West Virginia papers please copy. 3t Mr. Miller Gets His License. The stubbornly contested fight of Mr. William Miller for a hotel cafe license to permit him to dispense in toxicating beverages at his palatial hotel on Second and Leigh Streets was ended last Tuesday evening at 4 P. M. Judge S. B. Witt after having Salaried Positions. Are offered men and women with small means to represent us in all the principal cities. Experience unnecessary. For information, enclose stamp. Consolidated Order of Friendship, Roanoke, Virginia. 2mos. Very Low Rate Excursion Tickets to Richmond, Va., and Return via Southern Railway, Account Confederate Veterans Reunion, May 30 to June 3, 1907. Very low excursion rate tickets will be on sale by the Southern Railway to the public on May 26 to June 2, 1907 for the above occasion. For particulars inquire of Agents. Mr. Alexander Jones of Norfolk Va. called on us. Information Wanted. Information wanted of Louisa Bruce or her husband, Billy Bruce, by her sister, H. TURNER, 117 E. 84th St., New York City. West Virginia papers please copy. Mr. Miller Gets His License. The stubbornly contested fight of Mr. William Miller for a hotel cafe license to permit him to dispense intoxicating beverages at his palatial hotel on Second and Leigh Streets was ended last Tuesday evening at 4 P. M. Judge S. B. WILK, after having made a most rigid examination of all the facts and having heard the testimony of the police officers on that beat decided that Mr. Miller was the proper person to have the license and granted the same. Mr. Miller testified to the court that he had expended $28,000 on the place since he opened up about two years ago. He will now close his place at 711 N. 2nd St. and concentrate all of his efforts on his new hotel. THE JIM CROW-GAR AND ITS HANDICAPS. MR. RAY STANNARD BAKER'S NARRATIVE. An Invisible Separation. Progressive Colored Men's Opinion. DR. PENN'S PREDICAMENT. [From American Magazine for May] Montgomery, Ala., about the same time, went one step further and demanded, not separate seats in the same car, but entirely separate cars for whites and blacks. There could be no better visible evidence of the increasing separation of the races, and of the determination of the white man to make the Negro "keep his place," than the evolution of the Jim Crow regulations. I was curious to see how the system worked out in Atlanta. Over the door of each car, I found this sign: "White People Will Seat from Front of Car toward the Back, and Colored People from Rear toward Front." Sure enough, I found the white people in front and the Negroes behind. As the sign indicates, there is no definite line of division between the white seats and the black seats, as in many other Southern cities. This very absence of a clear demarcation is significant of many relationships in the South. The color line is drawn, but neither race knows just where it is. Indeed, it can hardly be definitely drawn in many relationships, because it is constantly changing. This uncertainty is a fertile source of friction and bitterness. The very first time I was on a car in Atlanta, I saw the conductor—all conductors are white—ask a Negro woman to get up and take a seat further back in order to make a place for a white man. I traveled a good deal, but I never saw a white person asked to vacate a back seat to make place for a Negro. I saw cars filled with white people, both front seats and back, and many Negroes standing. At one time, when I was on a car the conductor shouted: "Here, you nigger, get back there," which the Negro, who had taken a seat too far forward, proceeded hastily to do. Of course, I am talking here of conditions as they are in Atlanta. I may find different circumstances in other cities, which I hope to develop when the time comes. No other one point of race contact is so much and so bitterly discussed among the Negroes as the Jim Crow car. I don't know how many Negroes replied to my question: "What caused a cause of friction down here?" with a complaint of their treatment on street cars and in railroad trains. WHY THE NEGRO OBJECTS TO THE JIM CROW CAR. Fundamentally, of course, they object to any separation which gives them inferior accommodations. This point of view,—I am trying to set down every point of view both colored and white, exactly as I find it, is expressed in many ways. "We pay first-class fare," said one of the leading Negroes in Atlanta, "exactly as the white man does, but we don't get first-class service. We don't know when we may be dislodged from our seats to make place for a white man who has paid no more than we have. I say it isn't fair." In answer to this complaint, the white man says: "The Negro is inferior, he must be made to keep his place. Give him a chance and he assumes social equality, and that will lead to an effort at inter-marriage and amalgamation of the races The Anglo-Saxon will never stand for that." One of the first complaints made by the Negroes after the riot, as I showed last month, was of rough and unfair treatment on the street cars. The committee admitted that the Negroes were not always well treated on the cars, and promised to improve conditions. Charles T. Hopkins, a leader in the Civic League and one of the prominent lawyers of the city, told me that he believed the Negroes should be given their definite seats in every car; he said that he personally made it a practice to stand up rather than to take any one of the four back seats, which he considered as belonging to the Negroes. Two other leading men, on a different occasion, told me the same thing. It is, however, a rare practice. One result of the friction over the Jim Crow regulations is that many Negroes ride on the cars as little as possible. One prominent Negro I met said he never entered a car, and that he had many friends who pursued the same policy; he said that Negro street car excursions, familiar a few years ago, had entirely ceased. It is significant of the feeling that one of the features of the Atlanta riot was an attack on the street cars in which all Negroes were driven out of the streets. One Negro woman was pushed through an open window and, after falling into the pavement she was dragged by the car across the sidewalk and thrown through shopwindow. In another case when the mob stopped a car the motorman instead of protecting his passengers went inside and beat down a Negro with his brass control-lever. STORY OF AN ENCOUNTER ON A STREET CAR. I heard innumerable stories from both white people and Negroes of encounters in the street cars. Dr. W. F. Penn, one of the foremost Negro physicians of the city, himself partly white, a graduate of Yale College, told me of one occasion in which he entered a car and found there Mrs. Crogman, wife of the colored president of Clark University. Mrs. Crogman is a mulatto so light of complexion as to be practically undistinguishable from white people. Dr. Penn, who knew her well, sat down beside her and began talking. A white man who occupied a seat in front with his wife turned and said: "Here, you nigger, get out of that (Continued on Eighth Page.) License Held Up. Judge S. B. Witt has held up the license of Mr. Charles Moseley, formerly of Atlanta, Georgia who is doing business at Mr. James Bänen's old place, First and Charity Streets, the residents of the neighborhood have told complaints against it and no doubt will be given a day in court. From Atlantic City, N. J. "The Trarymore Assembly of which Mr. Louis Cook is President, Edw. J. Elam, Vice-President; Samuel Johnson, Sec'ty' of; E. E. Humphries, Treasurer, gave their 11th Annual Concert and Reception at Fitzgerald's Auditorium Hall on Thursday evening, May 9th, which was very largely attended by the most fashionable of the city. It was an evening of real pleasure, the Hall being handsomely decorated with flowers, palms etc. The 20th Century Concert Company of Philadelphia under the leadership of Prof. W.A. Miller rendered a number of choice selections. Reception Committee: Orange Creswell, James Porter, Capt. Andrew T. Paul, Edward Ross, Joseph McIntosh, J. E. Landers, McBullock L. Price. Prof. Thomas' full orchestra furnished music. The floor was under the management of Prof Edw Ross $100.00 Endowment Paid Richmond, Va., May 15, 1907. This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr. Grand Worthy Counsellor of the Grand Court, I. O. of Calanthe, ($100.00) One Hundred Dollars in payment of the death claim of Matilda Coleman, who was a member of Verbena Court, No. 61 of Richmond, Va. Signed—Lucy Bell, By W. F. Denny. Beneficary. PRICE, FIVE CENTS THE OTHER SIDE TEXANS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE. They Believe the Colored Soldiers are Guilty.—Senator Foraker Will Spring a Surprise. HE HAS STARTLING EVIDENCE TO PRODUCE. [Washington Post, May 16, '07.] Direct testimony connecting Negro soldiers with the shooting affray at Brownsville, Texas, on the night of August 13 last was given yesterday in the investigation being conducted by the Senate Committee on Military Affairs. Three witnesses, who had heretofore told their story on the stand in connection with investigations of the affray made by the War Department, and by Assistant Attorney General Purdy at the request of President Roosevelt, were on the stand. They were Mr. and Mrs. George W. Rendall and Jose Martinez. All of them, on the night of the shooting occupied houses on Garrison road, in Brownsville, directly opposite the military post. Ali testified to seeing or hearing soldiers leave the post during the shooting, and Martinez, who was on the stand all the afternoon, testified that he saw the men shooting as they run. Martinez was a clerk in a drug store in Brownsville last August, and for eighteen months before. He speaks very little English, and his testimony was interpreted for the committee by M. E. Beall, Spanish translator for the War Department. LIVED IN FRONT OF BARRACKS The witness lived in a small house directly in front of Company R barracks at the corner of Garrison road and the alley, between Elizabeth and Washington streets, at the point named by other witnesses as the place where Negro solders were said to have scaled the wall to enter the town. Therefore, his testimony is regarded as of the utmost importance. On the night of August 13 Martínez, according to his testimony yesterday arrived home about 11 o'clock A friend named Shanley, with whom he lived, was not home. Martínez sat up reading. At a few minutes before midnight he heard four or five shots, and the reflection from the flashes of the guns, he said, passed over the paper he was reading. He said he got up, put out his light, and closed his door, and then he heard several commands from within the garrison wall, like "Hurry up." and "Jump!" but as they were not spoken in his language, he could not be sure that he heard correctly. After putting out the light, Martínez said he lay down on the floor and he heard men jump over the wall. He could not say that he saw the men climbing over, but he was positive from the sound of jumping and subsequent sounds that they had done so. SAW MEN AS THEY BAN Upon looking out after the men passed, Martinez said he saw four or five men running down the alley, and distinguisht khaki uniforms, but not the face of the reason, he thought, that the faces darker than the clothes the men wore. Martinez was positive that the men had rifles, and he attempted to show the committee the manner in which they carried the guns. This indicated that the butts of the guns were rested against the hips when they were fired. After the men passed down the alley the shooting continued for about fifteen minutes, the witness thought, and he estimated that 150 or 200 shots were fired. The cross-examination Senator For skier brought an admission from the witness that his view of the garrison was not good while he was on the floor and that he was so badly frightened that he may have confused the occurrences of the night. The cross-examination raised some doubt as to just when and under what circumstances Martinez saw the soldiers, and this may have to be cleared up by further questions. The witness was asked to return to the hearing to-day. RENDALL'S EVIDENCE POSITIVE. George W. Rendall, of Brownville the first witness testified that on the night of August 13, when the affray occurred, he saw men, *hom* he de (Continued on Eighth Page.) The Prisoner Of Zenda By... ANTHONY HOPE TWO CHAPTER XIV good people of Kuritania to know of the foregoing talk, for, according to the official reports, I had suffered a grievous and dangerous hurt from an accidental spear thrust received in the course of my sport. I caused the bulletins to be of a very serious character and created great public excitement, whereby three things occurred—first, I gravely offended the medical faculty of Strelsau by refusing to summon to my bedside any of them save a young man, a friend of Fritz's, whom we could trust; secondly, I received word from Marshal Strakenzek that my orders seemed to have no more weight than his and that the Princess Flavia was leaving for Tarkenheim under his unwilling escort (news whereat I strove not be glad and proud), and, thirdly, my brother, the Duke of Strelsau, although too well informed to believe the account of the origin of my sickness, was yet persuaded by the reports and by my seeming inactivity that I was in truth incapable of action and that my life was in some danger. This I learned from the man Johann, whom I was compelled to trust and send back to Zenda, where, by the way, Rupert Hentzau had him soundly flogged for daring to smash the morals of Zenda by staying out all night. This, from Rupert, Johann deeply resented, and the duke's approval of it did more to bind the keeper to my side than all my promises. On Flavin's arrival I cannot dwell. Her joy at finding me up and well instead of on my back and fighting with death makes a picture that even now dances before my eyes till they grow too dim to see it, and her reproaches that I had not trusted even her must excuse the means I took to quiet them. In truth, to have her with me once more was like a taste of heaven to a damned soul, the sweeter for the inevitable doom that was to follow, and I rejoiced in being able to waste two whole days with her. And when I had wasted two days the Duke of Strelsau arranged a hunting party. The stroke was near now, for Sapt and I after anxious consultations had resolved that we must risk a blow, our resolution being clinched by Johann's news that the king grew peaked, pale and ill and that his health was breaking down under his rigorous confinement. Now, a man, be he king or no king, may as well die swiftly and as becomes a gentleman, from bullet or thrust, as rot his life out in a cellar. That thought made prompt action advisable in the interests of the king. From my own point of view it grew more and more necessary, for Strakencz urged on me the need of a speedy marriage, and my own inclinations seconded him with such terrible insistence that I feared for my resolution. I do not believe that I should have done the deed I dreamed of, but I might have come to flight, and my flight would have ruined the cause. It is perhaps as strange a thing as has ever been in the history of a country that the king's brother and the king's personator in a time of profound outward peace near a placid, undisturbed country town, under semblance of anity, should wage a desperate war for the person and life of the king. Yet such was the struggle that began now between Zenda and Tartenheim. When I look back on the time I seem to myself to have been half mad. Sapti has told me that I suffered no interference and listened to no remonstrances, and if ever a king of Kuritania ruled like a despot I was in those days the man. Look where I would, I saw nothing that made life sweet to me, and I took my life in my hand and carried it carelessly, as a man dangles an old glove. At first they strove to guard me, to keep me safe, to persuade me not to expose myself, but when they saw how I was set there grew up among them, whether they knew the truth or not, a feeling that fate ruled the issue and that I must be left to play my game with Michael my own way. Late next night I rose from table, where Flavia had sat by me, and conducted her to the door of her apartments. There I kissed her hand and bade her sleep sound and wake to happy days. Then I changed my clothes and went out. Sapt and Fritz were waiting for me with three men and the horses. Over his saddle Sapt carried a long coll of rope, and both were heavily armed. I had with me a short stout cudgel and a long knife. Making a circuit, we avoided the town and in an hour found ourselves slowly mounting the hill that led to the castle of Zenda. The night was dark and very stormy, gusts of wind and spits of rain caught us as we breasted the incline, and the great trees moaned and sighed. When we came to a thick clump about a quarter of a mile from the castle we bade our three friends hide there with the horses. Sapt had a whistle, and they could rejoin us in a few moments if danger came, but up till now we had met no one. I hoped that Michael was still off his guard, believing me to be safe in bed. However that might be, we gained the top of the hill without accident and found ourselves on the edge of the moat where it sweeps under the road, separating the old castle from it. A tree stood on the edge of the bank, and Sapt silently and diligently set to make fast the rope. I stripped off my boots, took a pull at a flask of brandy, loosened the knife in its sheath and took the cudgel between my teeth. Then I shook hands with my friends, not heeding a last look of entreaty from Fritz, and laid hold of the rope. I was going to have a look at Jacob's ladder. Gently I lowered myself into the water. Though the night were wild, the day had been warm and bright and the water was not cold. I struck out and began to swim round the great walls which frowned above me. I could see only three yards ahead. I had then good hopes of not being seen as I crept along close under the damp, moss grown masonry. There were lights from the new part of the castle on the other side, and now and again I heard laughter and merry shouts. I fancied I recognized young Rupert Hentzau's ringing tones and pictured him fushed with wine. Recalling my thoughts to the business in hand, I rested a moment. If Johann's description were right, I must be near the window now. Very slowly I moved, and out of the darkness ahead loomed a shape. It was the pipe, curving from the window to the water. About two feet of its surface was displayed. It was as big round as two men. I was about to approach it when I saw something else, and my heart stood still. The nose of a boat protruded beyond the pipe on the other side, and, listening intently, I heard a slight shuffle, as of a man shifting his position. Who was the man who guarded Michael's invention? Was he awake or was he sleep? I felt if my knife were ready and trod water. As I did so I found bottom under my feet. The foundations of the castle extended some fifteen inches, making a ledge, and I stood on it, out of water from my armpits upward. Then I crouched and peered through the darkness under the pipe, where, curving, it left a space. There was a man in the boat. A rife by him. I saw the gleam of the barrel. Here was the sentinel! He sat very still. I listened. He breathed heavily, regularly, montonously. By heaven, he slept! Kncelling on the shelf, I drew forward under the pipe till my face was within two feet of his. He was a big man, I saw. It was Max Holf, the brother of Johann. My hand stole to my belt, and I drew out my knife. Of all the deeds of my life I love the least to think of this, and whether it was the act of a man or a traitor I will not ask. I said to myself, "It is war, and the king's life is at stake." And I raised myself from beneath the pipe and stood up by the boat, which lay moored by the ledge. Holding my breath, I marked the spot and raised my arm. The great fellow stirred. He opened his eyes-wide, wilder. He gasped in terror at my face and clutched at his rifle. I struck home. And I heard the chorus of a love song from the opposite bank. Leaving him where he lay, a huddled mass, I turned to "Jacob's Ladder." My time was short. This fellow's turn of watching might be over directly, and relief would come. Leaning over the pipe, I examined it from the point it left the water to the topmost extremity, where it passed, or seemed to pass, through the masonry of the wall. There was no break in it, no chink. Dropping on my knees, I tested the under side. And my breath went quick and fast, for on this lower side, where the pipe should have clung close to the masonry, there was a gleam of light. That light must come from the cell of the king! I set my shoulder against the pipe and exerted my strength. The chink widened a very, very little, and hastily I desisted. I had done enough to show that the pipe was not fixed in the masonry at the lower side. Then I heard a voice—a harsh, grating voice: "Well, sir, if you have had enough of my society I will leave you to repose, but I must fasten the little ornaments first." It was Detchard. I caught the English accent in a moment. "Have you anything to ask, sir, before we part?" The king's voice followed. It was his, though it was faint and hollow, different from the merry tones I had heard in the glades of the forest. "Pray my brother," said the king, "to kill me. I am dying by inches here." "The duke does not desire your death, sire—yet," sneered Detchard. "When he does, behold your path to heaven." The king answered: "So be it. And now, if your orders allow it, pray leave me." "May you dream of paradise," said the ruffian. The light disappeared. I heard the bolts of the door run home. And then I heard the sobs of the king. He was alone, as he thought. Who dares mock at him? I did not venture to speak to him. The risk of some exclamation escaping him in surprise was too great. I dared do nothing that night, and my task now was to get myself away in safety and to carry off the carcass of the dead man. To leave him there would tell too much. Casting loose the boat, I got in. The wind was blowing a gale now, and there was little danger of oars being heard. I rowed swiftly round to where my friends waited. I had just reached the spot when a loud whistle sounded over the moat behind me. "Hello, Max!" I heard shouted. I hailed Sapt in a low tone. The rope came down. I tied it round the corpse and then went up it myself. "Whistle you, too," I whispered, "for our men and haul in the line. No talk now." They hauled up the body. Just as it reached the road three men on horseback swept round from the front of the castle. We saw them; but, being on foot, we escaped their notice. But THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND. VIRGINIA we heard our men coming up with a shout. "The devil, but it's dark!" cried a ringing voice. It was young Rupert. A moment later shots rang out. Our people had met them. I started forward at a run, Sapt and Fritz following me. "Thrust, thrust!" cried Rupert again, and a loud groan following told that he himself was not behind him. "I'm done, Rupert!" cried a voice. "They're three to one. Save yourself!" I ran on, holding my cudgel in my hand. Suddenly a horse came toward me. A man was on it, leaning over the shoulder. "Are you cooked, too, Krafstein?" he cried. There was no answer. I sprang to the horse's head. It was Rupert Hentzau. "At last!" I cried. For we seemed to have him. He had only his sword in his hand. My men were hot upon him. Sapt and Fritz were running up. I had outstripped them, but if they got close enough to fire he must die or surrender. "At last!" I cried. "It's the play actor" cried he, slashing at my cudgel. He cut it clean in two, and, judging discretion better than death, I ducked my head and (I blush to tell) scampered for my life. The devil was in Rupert Hentzau, for he put spurs to his horse, and I, turning to look, saw him ride full gallop to the edge of the moat and leap in, while the shots of our party fell thick round him like hall. With one gleam of moonlight we should have riddled him with balls, but in the darkness he won to the corner of the castle and vanished from our sight. "The deuce take him!" grinned Sapt. "It's a pity," said I, "that he's a villain. Whom have we got?" We had Laumgram and Krafstein. They lay stiff and dead, and, concealment being no longer possible, we fung them, with Max, into the moat and, drawing together in a compact body, rode off down the hill. And in our midst went the bodies of four gallant gentlemen. Thus we traveled home, heavy at heart for the death of 11. 1872 "It's the play actor!" cried he. our friends, sore uneasy concerning the king and cut to the quick that young Rupert had played yet another winning hand with us. For my own part I was vexed and angry that I had killed no man in open fight, but only stabbed a knave in his sleep. And I did not love to hear Rupert call me a play actor. CHAPTER XV. URITANIA is not in England or the quarrel between Duke Michael and myself could not have gone on, with the remarkable incidents which marked it, without more public notice being directed to it. Duels were frequent among all the upper classes, and private quarrels between great men kept the old habit of spreading to their friends and dependents. Nevertheless, after the affray which I have just related such reports began to circulate that I felt it necessary to be on my guard. The death of the gentlemen involved could not be hidden from their relatives. I issued a stern order declaring that duelling had attained unprecedented license (the chancellor drew up the document for me, and very well he did it), and forbidding it save in the gravest cases. I sent a public and stately apology to Michael, and he returned a deferential and courteous reply to me, for our one point of union was—and it underlay all our differences and induced an unwilling harmony between our actions—that we could neither of us afford to throw our cards on the table. He, as well as I, was a "play actor," and, hating one another, we combined to dupe public opinion. Unfortunately, however, the necessity for concealment involved the necessity of delay. The king might die in his prison or even be spirited off somewhere else. It could not be helped. For a little while I was compelled to observe a truce, and my only consolation was that Flavia most warmly approved of my edict against duelling, and when I expressed delight at having won her favor prayed me, if her favor were any motive to me, to prohibit the practice altogether. "Wait till we are married," said I, smiling. Not the least peculiar result of the truce and of the secrecy which dictated it was that the town of Zenda became in the daytime—I would not have trusted far to its protection by night—a sort of neutral zone, where both parties could safely go, and I, riding down one day with Flavia and Sapt, had an encounter with an acquaintance which presented a ludicrous but, was at the same time embarrassing. As I rode along I met a dignified looking person driving in a two horsed carriage. He stopped his horses, got out and approached me, bowing low. I recognized the head of the Strelsaan police. "Your majesty's ordinance as to dueling is receiving our best attention," he assured me. If the best attention involved his presence in Zenda, I resolved at once to dispense with it. "Is that what brings you to Zenda, prefect?" I asked. "Why, no, sire. I am here because I desired to oblige the British ambassador." "What's the British ambassador doing dans cette galerie?" said I carelessly. "A young countryman of his, sire—a man of some position—is missing. His friends have not heard from him for two months, and there is reason to believe that he was last seen in Zenda." Flavia was paying little attention. I dared not look at Sapt. "What reason?" "A friend of his in Paris, a certain M. Featherly, has given us information which makes it possible that he came here, and the officials of the railway recollect his name on some luggage." "What was his name?" "Rassendyll, sire," he answered, and I saw that the name meant nothing to him. But, glancing at Flavia, he lowered his voice as he went on: "It is thought that he may have followed a lady here. Has your majesty heard of a certain Mme de Mauban?" "Why, yes," said I, my eye involuntarily traveling toward the castle. "She arrived in Ruritania about the same time as this Rassendyll." I caught the prefect's glance. He was regarding me with inquiry writ large on his face. "Sapt," said I, "I must speak a word to the prefect. Will you ride on a few paces with the princess?" And I added to the prefect, "Come, sir, what do you mean?" He drew close to me, and I bent in the saddle. "If we were in love with the lady?" he whispered. "Nothing has been heard of him for two months." And this time it was the eye of the prefect which traveled toward the castle. "Yes, the lady is there." I said quietly. "But I don't suppose Mr. Rassendyll-is that the name—is." "The duke," he whispered, "does not like rivals, sire." "You're right there," said I, with all sincerity. "But surely you hint at a very grave charge." He spread his hands out in apology. I whispered in his ear: "This is a grave matter. Go back to Strelsan." "But, sire, if I have a clew here?" "Go back to Strelsan." I repeated. "Tell the ambassador that you have a clew, but that you must be left alone for a week or two. Meanwhile I'll charge myself, with looking into the matter." "The ambassador is very pressing, sire." "You must quiet him. Come, sir; you see that if your suspicions are correct it is an affair in which we must move with caution. We can have no scandal. Mind you return tonight." "Well," asked Flavia. "have you finished your business?" "Most satisfactorily," said I. "Come, shall we turn round? We are almost trenching on my brother's territory." We were, in fact, at the extreme end of the town, just where the hill begins to mount toward the castle. We cast our eyes up, admiring the massive beauty of the old walls, and we saw a cortege winding slowly down the hill. On it came. We could distingush the approaching party now. There came first two mounted servants in black uniforms, relieved only by a silver badge. These were followed by a car drawn by four horses. On it, under a heavy pall, lay a coffin. Behind it rode a man in plain black clothes, carrying his hat in his hand. Sapt uncovered, and we stood waiting. Flavia keeping by me and laying her hand on my arm. "It is one of the gentlemen killed in the quarrel, I expect," she said. I beckoned to a groom. "Ride and ask whom they escort," I ordered. He rode up to the servants, and I saw him pass on to the gentleman who rode behind. "It's Rupert of Hentzau," whispered Sapt. Rupert it was, and directly afterward, waving to the procession to stand still, Rupert trotted up to me. He was in a frock coat, tightly buttoned, and trousers. He wore an aspect of sadness, and he bowed with profound respect. Yet suddenly he smiled, and I smiled, too, for old Sapt's hand lay in his left breast pocket, and Rupert and I both guessed what lay in the hand inside the pocket. "Your majesty asks whom we escort," said Rupert. "It is my dear friend Alder of Lauengram." "Sir," said I, "no one regrets the unfortunate affair more than I. My ordinance, which I mean to have obeyed, is witness to it." "Poor fellow!" said Flavia softly, and I saw Rupert's eyes flash at her, whereat I grew red, for if I had my way Rupert Hentzau should not have defiled her by so much as a glance. Yet he did it and dared to let admiration be seen in his look. "Your majesty's words are gracious," he said. "I grieve for my friend, yet, sire, others must soon lie as he lies now." "It is a thing we all do well to remember, my lord." I rejoined. "Even kings, sire," said Rupert in a moralizing tone, and old Sapt swore softly by my side. "It is true," said I. "How fares my brother, my lord?" "He is better, sire." "I am rejoiced." "He hopes soon to leave for Strelsau, when his health is secured." "There remain one or two small troubles," answered the insolent fellow in the mildest tone in the world. "Express my earnest hope," said Flavla, "that they may soon cease to trouble him." "Your royal highness" wish is humbly my own," said Rupert, with a bold glance that brought a blush to Flavla's I bowed, and Rupert, bowing lower, backed his horse and signed to his party to proceed. With a sudden impulse I rode after him. He turned swiftly, tearing that even in the presence of the dead and before a lady's eyes I mealt mischief. "You fought as a brave man the other night," I said. "Come, you are young, sir. If you will deliver your prisoner alive to me you shall come to no hurt." He looked at me with a mocking smile, but suddenly he rode nearer to me. "I'm unarmed," he said, "and our old Sapt there could pick me off in a minute." "I'm not afraid," said I. "No, curse you!" he answered. "Look here. I made you a proposal from the duke once." "I'll hear nothing from Black Michael," said I. "Then hear one from me." He lowered his voice to a whisper. "Attack the castle boldly. Let Sapt and Tarlenheim lead." "Go on," said I. "Arrange the time with me." "I have such confidence in you, my lord!" "Tut! I'm talking business now. Sapt there and Fritz will fall; Black Michael will fall"— "What!" "Black Michael will fall, like the dog he is; the prisoner, as you call him, will go by Jacob's ladder—sh, you know that? Two men will be left—I, Rupert Hentzau, and you, the king of Ruritania." He paused, and then in a voice that quivered with qarness added: "Isn't that a hand to play?—a throne and son princess! And for me, say a competence and your majesty's gratitude." "Get out of my reach!" said I, and yet in a moment I began to laugh for the very audacity of it. "Would you turn against your master?" I asked. He swore at Michael and said to me in an almost confidential and apparently friendly tone: "He gets in my way, you know. He's a jealous brute! Faith, I nearly stuck a knife into bin last night. He came most curiously mal apropos." My temper was well under control now. I was learning something. "A lady?" I asked negligently. "Aye, and a beauty!" he nodded. "But you've seen her." "Ah! Was it at a tea party, when some of your friends got on the wrong side of the table?" "What can you expect of fools like Detchard and De Gautet?" I wish I'd been there. "And the duke interferes." "Well," said Rupert meditatively, "that's hardly a fair way of putting it, perhaps. I want to interfere." "And she prefers the duke?" "Aye, the silly creature! Ah, well, you think about my plan," and, with a bow, he pricked his horse and trotted after the body of his friend. I went back to Flavia and Sapt, pondering on the strangeness of the man. Wicked men I have known in plenty, but Rupert Hentzau remains unique in my experience. And if there be another anywhere let him be caught and hanged out of hand. So say I. "He's very handsome, isn't he?" said Flavia. Well, of course, she didn't know him as I did, yet I was put out, for I thought his bold glances would have made her angry. But my dear Flavia was a woman, and so—she was not put out. On the contrary, she thought young Rupert was very handsome—as, beyond question, the ruffian was. "And how sad he looked at his friend's death!" said she. "He'll have better reason to be sad at his own," observed Sapt, with a grim smile. As for me, I grew sulky. Unreasonable it was, perhaps, for what better business had I to look at her with love than had even Rupert? And sulky I remained till, as evening fell and we rode up to Tarlenheim, Sapt having fallen behind in case any one should be following us, Flavia, riding close beside me, said softly, with a little half ashamed laugh: "Unless you smile, Rudolf, I cry. Why are you angry?" "It was something that fellow said to me," said I, but I was smiling as we reached the doors and dismounted. "Is it for me?" I asked. "Yes, sire; a boy brought it." I tore it open: Johann carries this for me. I warned you once. In the name of God and if you are a man, rescue me from this den of murderers! A. DE M. I handed it to Sapt, but all that the tough old soul said in reply to this piteous appeal was: "Whose fault brought her there?" Nevertheless, not being faultless myself, I took leave to pity Antoinette de Mauban. CHAPTER XVI A S I had ridden publicly in Zenda and had talked with Rupert Hentzan, of course all pretense of illness was at an end. I marked the effect on the garrison of Zenda. They ceased to be seen abroad, and any of my men who went near the castle reported that the utmost vigilance prevailed there. Touched as I was by Mine, de Mauban's appeal, I seemed as powerless to befriend her as I had proved to help the king. Michael bade me defiance, and, although he, too, had been seen outside the walls, with more disregard for appearances than he had hitherto shown, he did not take the trouble to send any excuse for his failure to wait on the king. Time ran on in inactivity when every moment was pressing, for not only was I faced with the new danger which the stir about my own disappearance brought on me, but great murmurs had arisen in Strelsaun at my continued absence from the city. They had been greater but for the knowledge that Flavia was with me, and for this reason I suffered her to stay, though I hated to have her where danger was and though every day of our present sweet intercourse strained my endurance almost to breaking. As a final blow nothing would content my advisers, Strakenz and the chancellor, who came out from Strelsaun to make, an urgent representation to me, save that I should appoint a day for the public solemnization of my betrothal, a ceremony which in Ruritania is well nigh as binding and great a thing as the marriage itself. And this, with Flavia sitting by me, I was forced to do, setting a date a fortnight ahead and appointing the cathedral in Strelsaun as the place. And this formal act, being published far and wide, caused great joy throughout the kingdom and, was the talk of all tongues, so that I reckoned there were but two men who chafed at it—I mean Black Michael and myself—and but one who did not know of it—that one the man whose name I bore, the king of Ruritania. In truth, I heard something of the way the news was received in the castle, for after an interval of three days the man Johann, greedy for more money, though fearful for his life, again found means to visit us. He had been waiting on the duke when the tidings came. Black Michael's face had grown blacker still, and he had sworn savagely. Nor was he better pleased when Rupert took oath that I meant to do as I said and, turning to Mme. de Mauban, wished her joy on a rival gone. Michael's hand stole toward his sword, said Johann, but not a bit did Rupert care, for he rallied the duke on having made a better king than had reigned for years past in Ruritania. "And," said he, with a meaning bow to his exasperated master, "the devil sends the princess a finer man than heaven had marked out for her. By my soul, he does!" Then Michael harshly bade him hold his tongue and leave them, but Rupert must needs first kiss madame's hand, which he did as though he loved her, while Michael glared at him. This was the lighter side of the fellow's news, but more serious came behind, and it was plain that if time pressed at Tarlenheim it pressed none the less fiercely at Zenda. For the king was very sick. Johann had seen him, and he was wasted and hardly able to move. "There could be no thought of taking another for him now." So alarmed were they that they had sent for a physician from Strelsau, and the physician, having been introduced into the king's cell, had come forth pale and trembling and urgently prayed the duke to let him go back and needle no more in the affair. But the duke would not, and held him there a prisoner, telling him his life was safe if the king lived while the duke desired and died when the duke desired—not otherwise. And, persuaded by the physician, they had allowed Mime, de Maunau to visit the king and give him such attendance as his state needed and as only a woman can give. Yet his life hung in the balance, and I was yet strong and whole and free. Wherefore great gloom reigned at Zenda, and, save when they quarreled, to which they were very prone, they hardly spoke. But the deeper the depression of the rest, young Rupert went about Satan's work with a smile in his eye and a song on his lip, and laughed "fit to burst" (said Johann) because the duke always set Detchard to guard the king when Mime, de Maunau was in the cell—which precaution was, indeed, not unwise in my careful brother. Thus Johann told his tale and seized his crowns. Yet he be sought us to allow him to stay with us in Tarlenheim, and not venture his head again in the lion's den, but we had need of him there, and, although I refused to constrain him, I prevailed on him by increased rewards to go back and to carry tidings to Mime, de Maunau that I was working for her and that, if she could, she should speak one word of comfort to the king, for, while suspense is bad for the sick, yet despair is worse still, and it might be that the king lay dying of mere hopelessness, for I could learn of no definite disease that afflicted him. "And how do they guard the king now?" I asked, remembering that two of the Six were dead and Max Holf also. "Detchard and Bersonin watch by night, Rupert Hentzau and Gautet by day, sir," he answered. "Only two at a time?" "Aye, sir, but the others rest in a room just above and are within sound of a cry or a whistle." "A room just above? I didn't know of that. Is there any communication between it and the room where they watch?" "No, sir. You must go down a few stairs and through the door by the drawbridge, and so to where the king is lodged." "And that door is locked?" "Only the four lords have keys, sir." "I drew nearer to him." "And have they keys of the grating? I asked in a low whisper." "I think, sir, only Detchard and Rupert." "Where does the duke lodge?" "In the chateau on the first floor. His apartments are on the right as you go toward the drawbridge." "And Mme. de Mauban?" "Just opposite on the left. But her door is locked after she has entered." "To keep her in?" "Doubtless, sir." "And the duke, I suppose, has the key?" "Yes. And the drawbridge is drawn back at night, and of that, too, the duke holds the key, so that it cannot be run across the moat without application to him." "And where do you sleep?" "In the entrance hall of the chateau, with five servants." "Armed?" "They have pikes, sir, but no firearms. The duke will not trust them with firearms." Then at last I took the matter boldly in my hands. I had failed once at Jacob's ladder; I should fall again there. I must make the attack from the other side. "I have promised you twenty thousand crowns," said I. "You shall have fifty thousand if you will do what I ask of you tomorrow night. But first, do those servants know who your prisoner is?" "No, sir. They believe him to be some private enemy of the duke's." "And they would not doubt that I am the king?" "How should they?" he asked. "How should they? be asked." "Look to this, then. Tgorrow at 2 in the morning exactly fling open the front door of the chateau. Don't fall by an instant." "Shall you be there, sir?" "Ask no questions. Do what I tell you. Say the ball is close or what you will. That is all I ask of you." "And may I escape by the door, sir, when I have opened it?" "Yes, quick as your legs will carry you. One thing more. Carry this note to madame-oh, it's in French; you can't read it—and charge bar, for the sake of all our lives, not to fall in what it orders." The man was trembling, but I had to trust to what he had of courage and to what he had of honesty. I dared not wait, for I feared that the king would die. When the fellow was gone, I called Sapt and Fritz to me and unfolded the plan that I had formed. Sapt shook his head over it. "Why can't you wait?" he asked. "The king may die." "Michael will be forced to act before that." "Then," said I, "the king may live." "Well, and if he does?" "For a fortnight?" I asked simply. And Sapt bit his mustache. Suddenly Fritz von Tarlenheim laid his hand on my shoulder. "Let us go and make the attempt," sald he. "I mean you to go—don't be afraid," said I. "Aye, but do you stay here and take care of the princess?" A gleam came into old Sapt's eye. "We should have Michael one way or the other then," he chuckled, "whereas if you go and are killed with the king what will become of those of us who are left?" "They will serve Queen Flavia," said I, "and I would to God I could be one of them." A pause followed. Old Sapt broke it by saying sadly, yet with an unmeant drollery that set Fritz and me laughing: "Why didn't old Rudolf III, marry your—great-grandmother, was it?" "Come," said I; "it is the king we are thinking about." "It is true," said Fritz. "Moreover," I went on, "I have been an imposter for the profit of another, but I will not be one for my own, and if the king is not alive and on his throne before the day of betrothal comes I will tell the truth, come what may." "You shall go, lad," said Sant. Here is the plan I had made: A strong party under Sapt's command was to steal up to the door of the chateau. If discovered prematurely, they were to kill anyone who found them with their swords, for I wanted no noise of firing. If all went well, they would be at the door when Johann opened it. They were to rush in and secure the servants if their mere presence and the use of the king's name were not enough. At the same moment—and on this hinged the plan—a woman's cry was to ring out loud and shrill from Antoinette de Mauban's chamber. Again and again she was to cry: "Help, help! Michael, help!" and then to utter the name of young Rupert Heanzt. Then, as we hoped, Michael, in fury, would rush out of his apartments opposite and fall alive into the hands of Sapt. Still the cries would go on. My men would let down the drawbridge, and it would be strange if Rupert, hearing his name thus taken in vain, did not descend from where he slept and seek to cross. De Gautet might or might not come with him. That must be left to chance. And when Rupert set his foot on the drawbridge? There was my part, for I was minded for another swim in the moat; and, lest I should grow weary, I had resolved to take with me a small wooden ladder on which I could rest my arms in the water—and my feet when I left it. I would rear it against the wall just by the bridge, and when the bridge was across I would stealthily creep on to it—and then if Rupert or De Gautet crossed in safety it would be my misfortune, not my fault. They dead, two men only would remain, and for them we must trust to the confusion we had created and to a sudden rush. We should have the keys of the door that led to the all important rooms. Perhaps they would rush out. If they stood by their orders, then the king's life hung on the swiftness with which we could force the outer door, and I thanked God that not Rupert Hentzau watched, but Detchard. For though Detchard was a cool man, relentless and no coward, he had neither the dash nor the recklessness of Rupert. Moreover, he, if any one of them, really loved Black Michael, and it might be that he would leave Bersoniu to guard the king and rush across the bridge to take part in the affray on the other side. So I planned—desperately. And that our enemy might be the better lured to security I gave orders that our residence should be brilliantly lighted from top to bottom, as though we were engaged in revelry, and should so be kept all night, with music playing and people moving to and fro. Strakenzone would be there, and he was to conceal our departure, if he could, from Flavia. And if we came not again by the morning he was to march, openly and in force, to the castle and demand the person of the king. If Black Michael were not there, as I did not think he would be, the marshal would take Flavia with him, as swiftly as he could, to Strelsau and there proclaim Black Michael's treachery and the probable death of the king and rally all that there was honest and true round the banner of the princess. And, to say truth, this was what I thought most likely to happen. For I had great doubts whether either the king or Black Michael or I had more than a day to live. Well, if Black Michael died, and if I, the play actor, slew Rupert Hentzau with my own hand and then died myself, it might be that fate would deal as lightly with Ruritania as could be hoped, notwithstanding that it demanded the life of the king—and to her dealing thus with me I was in no temper to make objection. It was late when we rose from conference, and I betook me to the princess' apartments. She was pensive CONTINUED ON SIXTH PAGE THE PUNKET TRIED TO MAKE PREAGHER DRINK ATHLETIC MISSIONARY EMPHA SIZES HIS REFUSAL OF LIQUOR WITH DARE FISTS. COWBOYS SOUNDLY WHIPPED Two Cattlemen Imbibe Freely, Then Waylay Pastor Much to Their Sorrow—Are Now His Warmest Friends. Hays, S. D.—Confronted by two drunken cowboys, George Carney, known as "Weary," and Fred Temple, alias "Dogle," Rev. John McVey, a muscular missionary and circuit rider, who is working among the settlers and ranchmen in the Bad river country, was forced to thoroughly whip both cow-punchers before he convinced them that he would not drink whisky. The ranchmen for miles around have heard the story and both "Dogie" and "Weary," thoroughly cowed and sobered, are gracefully acknowledging their defeat and are now among the minister's warmest champions. Rev. Mr. McVey is a graduate of an eastern college and a theological institution. When he was in college he played football and was known also as a clever boxer. He was riding to a ranch 20 miles from here to hold a meeting when he encountered Temple and Carney on the trail. The "punchers" had sworn to prevent the minister from holding the meeting and to screw their courage to the sticking point had imbibed freely of boot-legged whisky. They lay in wait for the missionary in the willows of Bull creek, and when he swam his horse through the spring freshet, they rode out across the trail. "Say, Mr. Sky Pilot, have a drink," shouted Temple, presenting a flask. "Thank you. I don't drink and you'd better quit," suggested Rev. Mr. McVey, trying to ride by. The cowboys wheeled their horses across the trail and defied him to proceed. The minister dismounted, Temple following and approaching him, flask in hand. "Yer goin' to drink this booze, parson, if I have to turn it down yer neck," said Temple, as he rushed the clergyman. Rev. Mr. McVey dropped his bridle rein and sidestepping gracefully, uppercut Temple, knocking him sprawling. Dazed, Temple dropped the flask, whereupon, Carney, determined to force the minister to drink, seized it and hurled himself upon the clergy. M. The Parson Was Handy with His Fists. man, who struck him and then clinched, the two rolling over and over in the alkali mud. Skilled in wrestling, Rev. Mr. McVey was soon sitting astride Carney, who had dropped the flask, the minister promptly confiscating it. Temple, having recovered, drew a six-shooter and came to aid his distressed partner. Whether he intended to use it, is not known, but a well-directed kick by McVey sent the weapon spinning a dozen feet away, while Temple danced about with a badly bruised wrist. Carney surrendered and insisted upon shaking hands with the missionary. Temple, still angry, threatened to shoot the minister on sight, but Carney, seizing him by the throat, made him apologize, and forced him to shake hands with McVey. The three then remounted, mud-stained and showing evidence of the combat, and rode together to the meeting. During the meeting Temple rose and told the story. The missionary was cheered and is now the most popular man on the range. Bridge Problems. Wife (handing list of 24 names to husband)—Now, dear, I want you to arrange the tables. You must separate the good players from the bad and those who play high points from those who play low. Husband and wife must not be at the same table, and don't mix the old and young together. Of course, you must have two ladies and two men at each table. By-the-by, don't on any account put the smart people with the dowdy ones." BED IN A COFFIN BOX SLEEPS IN IT OUT OF DOORS AND HAS CURED HIMSELF OF THE WHITE PLAGUE. Minneapolis, Minn. — Minneapolis has a young man who sleeps in a coffin every night and sleeps in it out of doors, no matter how cold the weather may be. The coffin perhaps should be more properly called a coffin box since it has not all the trappings of satin and lace that ordinarily conceal the rude, bare outlines of the casket, but the regulation casket handles and glass cover remain on the box, in which the young man has arranged for himself a couch. A tendency to consumption caused the young man first to consider sleeping out of doors, and in looking about A man is lying in a bed. He is covered with a blanket. The bed is elevated on stilts. There are snowflakes falling from the sky. His Bed Is a Coffin Box. for something suitable for a bed he discovered in a rough coffin box just what he desired. Filled with straw over which a blanket is laid, he declares the bed is ideal, and for a slight protection from the weather he erected over his strange bed an avning, and there whether the temperature be warm or frigid, he states ne has a cozy nest. "The box is better than a cot because it is warmer underneath. A cot would be very cold, but my box filled with straw is just the thing. Of course, any kind of a box would do, but it would be difficult to get one just the right size without ordering it made, and I found in a ready-made coffin exactly what I wanted," said the young man to a reporter of the Minneapolis Tribune. He formerly had consumption, but by eating a dozen raw eggs a day for six months he cured himself. The egg diet was, of course, only a part of the heroic treatment he administered to himself, but he is one of the very few patients who followed a doctor's orders and never failed on the daily practice of consuming a dozen eggs. He is now perfectly well, but from having slept out of doors for months he is now so partial to it that he says he would feel uncomfortable sleeping in the house. He laughs at the idea that it is uncanny, sleeping in a coffin; he says a coffin box is just like any other box except in the association of ideas, and that he never gives the matter a thought. He scorns the suggestion that perhaps he often wakes in the night in an agony of fright at discovering himself in a coffin box and declares he "sleeps like a top." ODD WEDDING FOOLS GOSSIP9. Son Marries Widow. While Father Takes Her Daughter. Snoma, S. D.—A unique wedding at which a man aged 60 married a girl of 20, and his son, aged 38, married her mother, aged 44, was celebrated at the Barrett ranch, south of Snoma, a few days ago. Richard Ellsworth and his son, Keene Ellsworth, lived on a ranch adjoining that on which Mrs. Emma E. Barrett and her daughter, Miss Jennie Barrett, made their home. The elder Ellsworth drove frequently to the Barrett ranch to spend an evening and a Sunday afternoon, and so did his son. It was supposed by most of their neighbors that the father was going there to pay court to Mrs. Barrett and that the son was courting her daughter. The father and son and the mother and daughter did not labor under any such delusion. Richard Ellsworth was courting Miss Barrett and Keene Ellsworth was courting Mrs. Barrett. They decided to have a double wedding and to take a wedding journey together. The parties are well off and stand high in the community. Where Did He Go?. "Pop!" "Yes, my son." "Did Noah have a hired man in the ark?" "Very likely he did, my son." "And did he have to go home to sleep nights?" — Yonkers Statesman. Not Exactly. "Our new neighbor is, I find, a pattern woman." "You mean one of your hidden saints?" "Oh, no; a dressmaker."—Baltimore American. In New York Mrs. A.—What a pretty waitress you have! Lately landed, is she not? Mrs. B.—Why do you think that? Mrs. A.—Because she has never lived with me.—Harper's Weekly. 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When a race is divested of its political rights, one of its most potent means of defense is taken away. We must buy land. If we save our money and secure a competency, we shall be able to meet the vital Industrial conditions that will soon confront us. Colored people in the South can do but little along political lines but those of the North are factors to be reckoned with in the contests now confronting the nation. The flight now being made on Senator J. B. Foraker in Ohio is to be regretted. This "killing off" business has been attempted before. In some instances, it has been successful, but always with disastrous results. The May number of The Voice is beautifully printed and is full of rich and racy articles. The April number was omitted because of financial troubles. One would not think from the appearance of the May number that The Voice had had any troubles. Certainly there has been no curtailment of expenses in giving to the public a high-class periodical. We have received "History of Base Ball" or Sol White's Official Guide by Sol White. It is an interesting and valuable book to all lovers of the American game and gives a complete history of the sport so far as it relates to colored people. It is edited by H. Walter Schlchter of Philadelphia. THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY. When one reads about the acts of lawlessness in some portions of the Southland, together with the utter helplessness of the officers of the law or a disinclination to apprehend and punish the real perpetrators of the crime, he is led to repeat the plaintive but impressive question of the brilliant T. Thomas Fortune of New York, when he asked, "Is the White South civilized?" When it is noticed that some fiends set off a charge of dynamite or some other high explosive between the hours of two and three o'clock Sun- day morning, May 12th, at Ruston, Louisiana, blowing the house to pieces and killing Mr. Samuel Cook and four other colored people sleeping in the front room, the time for the repetition of the question seems to be at hand. Mr. Cook's body was blown 80 feet away and was nothing more than a mass of flesh and bones. It was found lodged in the forks of a tree. The body of a colored woman who was in the house was blown a hundred feet or more in the air, falling through the branches of a high tree and snapping the wires of a telegraph line before it finally struck the ground. Even the body of a young baby was blown into a street nearby and two girls were blown into a fence corner some distance away, where they were found, one still alive. The latter lingered but a short time before she too passed away. The entire town was shaken by the explosion, which partook of the nature of an earth quake. The authorities are endeavoring to ferret out the guilty parties, but this like many other tragedies in this section of the country will be a closed chapter. Those who know dare not tell and those who do not know dare not investigate too closely for fear of a similar fate. We wonder if President Roosevelt whose indignation was so thoroughly aroused over the alleged shooting up of Brownsville, Texas has read this account of flendishness in the sovereign state of Louisiana. He has lectured us concerning crime; what will he have to say relative to this latest phase of savagery in the sister state to Texas? Here is man-murder, woman-murder and baby-murder. It was not done by Negroes and white people were not the victims. Search the records of the Dark Ages and find a more atrocious outrage than this one appears to be. President Roosevelt could "boot" out of the army of the United States colored men confessedly innocent and he could deny to them even the semblance of a hearing, but here he has a case where men, women and children, innocent of any wrong doing have been ushered into eternity without a moment's warning. This occurs too in a state where the Negroes are disfranchised and helpless. They have practically no legal rights that a white man is bound to respect. They must rest their cases with those liberal minded white men of the old school, who will at times hear their pleas and come to their defense. In this case they were not given the opportunity to breathe a prayer or to send up a supplication. The babe in the cradle was not even spared. But President Roosevelt does not seem to stop to consider these things The plea of justification for the Negro, and the petition of mercy seems not to be heard "in his court." One thing we know and it gives every true believer confidence. God has promised to bring all things right in His own time and He has assured us that Eternal Justice will surely exercise itself on the guilty and "set the captive free." There is a wall and a moan now being heard over this sunny land and the prayers of the righteous are ascending to the throne on alm. The terrible outrage will be a closed book, so to speak and the murderers will not be apprehended until the morning of the General Resurrection but it does seem to us that a distinguished statesman of the Roosevelt type should be able to lay aside the mantle of the politician and the garb of a statesman long enough to do simple justice to men, who were once his comrades-in-arms. The siren voice of the temper has led him far enough astray and it is time that he was doing right and do it now. If the recital of this bloody happening in Louisiana does not bring him back to his primitive utterances and re-establish him upon the pedestal of his former greatness, then the case, so far as he is concerned is hopeless. Colored men must protect themselves and they must possess the necessary weapons with which to do it. We are living in a lawless section of the country, surrounded by many envious white elements and the support and encouragement of many of the better class of Southern white men only increases their devilish hate and flendish jealousy. We can at least be brave. Let us look to God and depend on our own weak efforts to stay the tide that has steadily set in against us. Colored men, do not be disheartened. Let us go forward. Let them deny us bread. Let them take from us protection. Let them dynamite our houses. Let them hang us to trees. Let them put us to death on the gallows. Let them burn us at the stake, but let us remember that the persecutions of the present have not surpassed in intensity the brutalities of the past. We have survived the one and we can live through the other. The annihilation of the entire race at one fell swoop can only check our progress. Sounding through the recesses of the past and voicing the words through the pages of the sacred writ comes the language of and write the language of Jehovah, which is equally applicable to us, "Speak unto the children of Israel that they go forward." THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND. VIRGINIA SIXTY FIREMEN WERE OVERCOME New York Fire Conquered After a Desperate Fight. GREAT BRAVERY WAS SHOWN New York, May 15.—Sixty firemen, practically every man in seven fire companies, were overcome by smoke in fighting a fire in the Remington Typewriter building at 225 Broadway. More than a score of the men were taken to hospitals. It was one of the hardest fights New York firemen have had and never was there more bravery shown. The fire was in the sub-basement of the building and for more than two hours the men fought desperately. But for the heroism shown many would have lost their lives. The fire originated in an unexplained way in the sub-basement which was filled with desks packed in excelsior, oil and carbon paper. These throw off great masses of choking smoke, which made it impossible for the men to reach the seat of the fire. By companies the men attempted to descend into the basement, only to be overcome by the smoke and the next detachment was compelled to carry the unconscious men up to the sidewalks. Men, half conscious themselves, groped in the smoke choked cellar by the light of lanterns, found their comrades and struggled with them up the ladders to the sidewalk only to fall swooning, but ready to return to the fight after they had got a breath of fresh air. Splendid services was rendered by the scores of young women employed in the building where the fire was and in nearby offices. These girls, directed by the ambulance surgeons, knelt on the sidewalks and assisted in bringing the unconscious firemen back to life. Janitors' wives in nearby buildings dragged the bedding and mattresses from their beds to the street to make resting places for the sufferers. Priests from nearby churches and fire department chapels added in the work of rescue. Scores of the firemen were overcome time and again, each one rushing back into the building as soon as he recovered consciousness. Nothing could stop them until hospital doctors bundled them into ambulances and hurried them away to the hospitals. Among those in the hospitals several are in a serious condition, although it is thought all will recover. The streams from the hose lines could not reach the fires directly and it was not until the sub-basement was practically full of water that the fire was controlled. Broadway was blocked for hours by a tremendous crowd of onlookers. The loss amounted to not more than $10,000. AN HEIR BORN TO KING ALFONSO Queen Victoria Gives Birth to a Robust Son. Madrid, May 10.—The news that the direct male succession to the throne of Spain had been assured by the birth of a son to Queen Victoria sent a thrill of rejoicing throughout the country, and the happy event is being celebrated from one end of the land to another. Queen Victoria and the child are doing well. The minister of justice, Marquis Figueroa, made out the birth certificate, which was signed by all the prominent personages present. The gathering then broke up. The cabinet drew up and later presented King Alfonso for his signature decrees transferring the title of heir presumptive from Prince Charles of Bourbon to the new-born prince. MAJOR DELMAR SOLD Famous Pacer Bought by New Yorker For $12,000. Cleveland, O., May 15.—At the Fasig-Tipton Blue Ribbon horse sale the four best horses in the Billings' stable, Major Delmar, Blacklock, George G. and Morning Star, brought $43,100. Major Delmar, 1.59%, was sold to W. A. Bradley, of New York, for $12,000. He also purchased George G, 2.05%, for $10,000. Charged With Killing His Father. Etna, N. J., May 14.—Charged with killing his father, Charles Longon, an Italian, aged 16 years, was arrested. Longon told the police that he had quarreled with his father, Joseph Longon, and that, fearing violence, he armed himself with a revolver. His father attempted to take the weapon from him, the boy said, and it was discharged by accident. Joseph Longon was shot in the mouth and instantly killed. Against Reciprocity With Germany. Philadelphia, May 15. — The reciprocity treaty which Germany proposes to the United States was condemned by the National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers in session here. One of the provisions of the treaty is that German hosiery be admitted free of duty. The hosiery men drafted and signed a formal protest to be sent to the state department at Washington. Penna. House Passes Pension Bill. Harrisburg, Pa., May 14. — The Cochran soldiers' pension bill passed the house finally by the vote of 196 to 1. The bill provides pensions of from $5 to $10 a month for Pennsylvania soldiers, sailors and marines of the Civil War, according to the length of service. Oarsman Drowned Philadelphia. May 15. — Charles Hunter Cooley, a member of the Crescent Boat Club of this city, was drowned by the overturning of his shell while rowing on the Schuylkill river. Cooley, who was a deaf mute, came here from Detroit several months ago. He was an all-around athlete and oarsman and was training to participate in the Fourth of July Regatta. BRIDE'S RUSE IS TOO EFFECTIVE NERVOUS, SHE PUTS ON "HUB BY'S" CLOTHES TO SCARE SUPPOSED BURGLAR. MISTAKEN FOR A STRANGER Newly-Married Man, Furiously Jealous, Breaks Into Own Home and Finds His Suspicions Are Unfounded. Middletown, N. Y.—"Dearest," murmured the young husband, clasping his wife in close embrace, "I shall stay away from the club, I swear it. I shall remain at home and protect you." Although newly married, the young husband had rather neglected his bride for the club. He was there last night until very late. But he is not there to-night. For the startling events here related and his soul-sickening suspicions are still very fresh in his mind. At home his wife was reading the newspapers and as it chanced, about the hour that graveyards yawn, she read a vivid account of a murder. She became very nervous and started at the slightest noise; was convinced that a burglar was at the shutter, then that he was pacing to end fro before the house. "He must not know I am alone," she said to herself. "I must make him believe there is a man in the house." Trembling, she quickly put on a suit of her husband's clothes and a hat of his. Although her heart was fluttering she opened the front door and displayed for a moment what she fondly believed was a masculine figure to the lurking burglar. As she turned to go in her husband, returning from the club in the darkness, saw the hat, the coat, and, worst of all, the trousers, then saw the man invade his dovocote. Half mad with sudden jealousy he rushed to the door and hurled himself against it just as his wife within locked it. She shrieked in terror; the murderous burglar was trying to gain entrance by force "Open the door, scoundrel!" hoarsely cried the husband. "Open the door that I may kill you!" "Go away! Go away! shrieked she, forgetting all about the trousers she wore, about her assumed manhood. "Go 'way! I've telephoned for the police—for my husband. He will kill you!" "Let me see—my wife—no, I will not call you wife. You and your—let me in, I tell you!" yelled the husband, and with the force of ten men he threw himself against the door. The lock snapped, the door flew J The Masculine Attired Wife Was Frantic with Fear. open, the wife fainted. He stumbled over her, but, a true man, he would take no advantage of a fallen foe. He touched a button and flooded the hall with light. "Mary!" he shouted, raising her. "Oh, John," she said when she revived: "I thought you were a burglar." "And I thought—but never mind what I thought," he said, and promised to stay home o' nights. Her name is not Mary, nor his John. They are a most popular young married couple, so their sensitive feelings are spared; their names are withheld. To Honor Arctic Explorers 10 Honor Arctic Explorer. A memorial to the aeronaut Salomon August Andree will be unveiled in Stockholm on July 11, the tenth anniversary of Andrees balloon ascent in the effort to reach the North Pole, from which he did not return. The design selected by the Stockholm Geographical society, under whose auspices it will be erected, is the work of Eric Lindberg, of Stockholm, who describes the bas-relief as follows: "In the distance may be seen the airship on its journey, with Sweden in the foreground, represented, by a female figure looking anxiously toward the departing adventurers. An old man also looks with misgiving toward the horizon, but youth, typified by a group of students, shows its confidence in the discoverer by cheering him." Under the sculptured group is a portrait of Andree, and the names of his intrepid companions, Strindberg and Frankel, appear in the short inscription.—Illustrate Zeitung. After the Honeymoon Mother—Why are you weeping, my dear? Daughter—Boo-hoo! George sent me a peck of kisses in his letter. Mother—Then I don't see any cause for tears?" Daughter—Yes, he used to send a bushel, and now I believe that even the peck is to be short weight.—Chicago News. BLACK HAND VENGEANCE Italian Driven From Homes in Newark Was Murdered in Italy Newark, N. J., May 15.—Driven from his home in Newark by fear of the vengeance of the Black Hard, Vincenzo Buffardo escaped to his old home in Italy, only to meet there death in the very form it had been threatened here. Word of his death was received by friends here. Buffardo came to America a number of years ago and amassed a comfortable fortune by conducting a bakery in Brooklyn. Suddenly, without giving any reason, he disappeared from Brooklyn with his wife and later appeared here, where he soon built up a thriving bakery business. In February he received a letter from the Black Haze demanding $2000 on pain of death. His throat would be cut, the letter said, if he did not respond. He turned the letter over to the police. A week later he received an even more threatening letter. A third letter followed soon after and several attempts were made to hold him up on the street, but he always escaped. When a fourth letter arrived, however, Buffalo became thoroughly frightened. He sold out his business, and with all the money he could raise he started on his final run for safety. He went to New York and sailed for his old home, a small village just outside of Genoa, Italy. Three days after he arrived there, the letter says, his body was found in the road outside his house. He had been shot in the back and his throat had been cut, in the manner threatened in the letters hereceived while in Newark. PLANNED TO STEAL $1,000,000 Bank Clerk's Scheme to Escape Proce cution. For Smaller Thieves. New York, May 14—Details of a confession made by William O. Douglas, former loan clerk of the Trust Company of America, are to the effect taht, acting on the advice of a lawyer, he planned to steal $1,000,000 of securities in order to compel the trust company to overlook his minor thefts. Douglas has already pleaded guilty to larceny and is awaiting sentence. According to his confession, he first took small quantities of bonds, and, borrowing money on them, lost it in speculating. When it was evident that he could not retrieve his losses a lawyer was consulted, who advised that the only way out of the dilemma was to steal $1,000,000 worth of securities and turn them over to the lawyer, who might negotiate with the officials of the trust company for their return. Douglas's understanding was that the lawyer expected to get $200,000 from the trust company for the restoration of the securities, which would have been sufficient to cover the amounts Douglas had already borrowed and lost. MARYLAND CROPS BUINED Unseasonably Cold Weather Does Great Damage. Baltimore, May 13.—Most unseasonably cold weather was experienced throughout Maryland, and from many sections of the state come reports of damage to crops, especially to strawberries, tomatoes and early potatoes. While this is particularly true of the western and mountainous sections, reports of frost and damage come also from the eastern shore trucking section. Easton, Talbot county, reports the heaviest while frost in recent years, with considerable damage to strawberries and tomatoes. Cambridge, Salisbury, Ridgely and Denton all report frost, with varying degrees of damage. Ice formed at Flintstone, Westminster and Elliott City, the last named only a few miles from this city. All northern and western sections report damage to tender vegetation. KILLED HIS DAUGHTER Despondent Philadelphia Then Attempted Suicide. Philadelphia, Pa., May 14—Francis M. Schultz, aged 55 years, shot and killed his 5-year-old daughter, Hazel, in Fairmount Park, and then attempted to end his own life by cutting his throat. Schultz, who is a furniture salesman, went into West Park, and, lying down on the grassy slope of Lansdowne Valley, near Horticultural Hall, took his child in his arms. As he held the girl to his side he shot her in the temple. He then gashed his throat with a sharp knife. Persons strolling in the park who were attracted by the pistol shot saw the man gash his throat. When they ran to the scene the little girl was dead. Schultz was taken to a hospital, where he is in a precarious condition. He has suffered with acute heart disease and was made despondent by his incurable illness. WON'T MARRY DIVORCEES New Jersey Episcopal Ministers Put Themselves On Record Trenton, N. J., May 15.—The New Jersey diocesan convention of the Episcopal church held here put itself on record on the subject of divorce by unanimously adopting the following resolution: "Resolved, That inasmuch as it is difficult to determine who the so-called innocent party in a divorce is, this convention expresses the opinion that its clergymen shall not give the benediction of the church to any party divorced for any cause whatsoever." The resolution was introduced by Rev. W. Strother Jones, of this city. Bishop Scarborough presided. The New Jersey diocese of the Episcopal church embraces the southern half of the state. $600,000 FOR CONSUMPTIVES Governor Stuart Signs Bill For Estab lishment of Sanitariums Harrisburg, Pa. May 15.—Governor Stuart signed the bill appropriating $600,000 for the establishment and maintenance of sanitariums for consumptives. The work is to be under the department of health, and the sanitariums may be located in forestry reservations. The governor also signed the Lancaster city school bill repealing the acts of 1850 and 1868. A Hymn for Today GOD IS LOVE By Shr John Bowring GOD is love; his mercy brightens All the path in which we rove; Bliss he wakes and woe he lightens; God is wisdom, God is love. Chance and change are busy ever; Man decays, and ages move. But his mercy waneth never; God is wisdom, God is love. Ev'n the hour that darkest seemeth Will his changeless goodness prove; From the gloom his brightness streameth; God is wisdom, God is love. W. E. COREY WEDS MABELLE GILMAN The ballet hit the watch in Water's pocket almost in direct line with the heart. He fell, either from the force of the ball or from fright, but when he was picked up he was found to be uninjured. The Italian was placed under arrest. A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSEL The Order of United Americans will hold their next convention at Reading, Pa. Mrs. Mary Deemer, a widow, was struck by a train at Lebanon, Pa., and instantly killed. Andrew Carnegie, accompanied by his wife and daughter, sailed for Europe on the steamship Baltic. Captain George Curry, governor of Samar, Phillipine Islands, has been appointed governor of New Mexico. Edmund C. Ross, formerly United States senator from Kansas, whose vote saved Andrew Johnson from impeachment, died at Albuquerque, N. M. Friday, May 10. President Roosevelt has consented to become honorary president of the American School Hygiene Association. President Roosevelt has pardoned Albert M. Green, colored, who was serving a life sentence in Washington for murder. Sheriff W. B. Crowley and Deputy Ward were both shot and seriously wounded at Williamsburg, Ky., by John Shotwell, who they were trying to arrest. Former Assistant Postmaster General William M. Johnson, of Trenton, who was mentioned as the Republican candidate for governor of New Jersey, has withdrawn from the contest. Saturday, May 11. Frisby Gibbs, colored, was hanged at Baltimore, Md., for the murder of Ida Cuff, colored, on October 9 last. William Teal shot and killed James Sherman at Findlay, O., in a quarrel over money. Miss Anna M. Garman, of Trenton, N. J., was awarded $17,000 damages by a Philadelphia jury against the Rapid Transit company for injuries sustained in a street car accident. Captain A. Krech, of the Hamburg American line steamer Graf Waldersee, died on board his ship and his body was brought to New York. Oxford University will confer the degree Bachelor of Letters on Mark Twain, who will sail for England on June 8 to receive the honor. Monday, May 13. Two children of Mrs. Nell Laird were burned to death at East Liverpool, O., when her home was destroyed by fire. A fugitive for some months, Frank H. Jones, defaulting teller of the National Bank at Charlotte, N. C., gave himself up. A memorial to Dr. Horace Henry Hayden, founder of the American Society of Dental Surgeons, is to be erected at Hartford, Conn. Falling rock in the Jermyn mine of the Delaware & Hudson company, at Jermyn, Pa., killed Stephen Seno and Charles Lascowsky, laborers. Fred Follman, employed as a tunnel driver at No. 1 shaft, near Lansford, Pa., fell down an areaway 135 feet and only sustained a badly brushed arm. The warehouses of Moore & Wright, at Milway, near Lancaster, Pa., were destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of $60,000. Miss Phelena Willshire, aged 47 years, dropped dead from heart disease just after she stepped from a trolley car at Glenolden, near Chester, Pa. T. C. Deceenhaelt, Sr., one of the best-known American exporters of cattle and one of the wealthiest men in Kentucky, died at Lexington, aged 70 years. David S. Barry, of the Providence Journal, has been appointed a member of the official board of visitors of the United States naval academy at Annapolis, Md. Wednesday, May 15. There was a heavy fall of snow through Nebraska on Tuesday. W. A. Rittenhouse, a well-known Philadelphia grocer, was struck by a Reading railway train and instantly killed. James Bryce, the British ambassador, will deliver the commencement address at the University of Illinois on June 12. St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Cathedral at Harrisburg, Pa., was dedicated by Archbishop Ryan, over 130 bishops and priests attending. Phillip N. Schuyler, who was a delegate to the Republican national convention in Chicago in 1860 and who voted to nominate Lincoln, died at Bellevue, O., aged 87 years. Killed Herself Before Children. Altoona, Pa., April 23—In the presence of her three small children, Mrs. Margaret Fiske shot herself through the heart at her home in Bellwood. The husband, who is employed as a track hand on the Pennsylvania railroad, attributed the deed to melancholia. Some of the neighbors have raised the suspicion that there may have been foul play. The coroner is investigating the case. G He with earthy caves entwineh Hope and comfort from above; Everywhere his glory shineth: God is wisdom. God is love. W. E. COREY WEDS MABELLE GILMAN Marriage Took Place at Midnight in New York Hotel ONLY A FEW FRIENDS PRESENT New York, May 14—In order to escape the unlucky 13th of the month, William Ellis Corey, president of the United States Steel Corporation, and Mabelle Gliman, the former actress, were not married until after midnight. The ceremony took place in the royal suite at the Hotel Gotham, in the press A. ence of a small party of friends of the contracting parties. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. L. Clark, pastor of the Bushwick Avenue Congregational church, of Brooklyn. The royal suite in the Hotel Gotham is on the third floor on the Fifth avenue side, and consists of eight rooms. The salon and the dining rooms were decorated with hundreds of American beauty roses. The management of the hotel and those in charge of the decorations were given carte blanche, and the wedding is said to have cost $5000. The banquet was one of the most sumptuous ever served in this city. After the supper was over the party, led by Mr. Corey and his bride, passed down the hall between the rows of palms to the double salon, which was decorated to represent a small church. Broad white ribbons attached to small white posts formed an aisle down the centre of the room, on either side of which were the chairs for those invited to witness the ceremony. At the head of the aisle was a small white altar before which was a priedieu covered with white silk, at which the couple knelt during the ceremony. On each side of the altar rose a white column, the two being joined by an arch. The columns and arch were heavily draped with similac, dotted with hundreds of orchids. From the centre of the arch hung a large wedding bell of lilies of the valley. There was no music, and there were no bridesmaids. Miss Gilman being attended only by Miss Frances Erskine Shaw, of London. Mr. Corey was unattended. After the nuptials Mr. Corey and his bride took an automobile and were whirled away to Hoboken, where they boarded the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm II, which sailed for Europe. Mr. and Mrs. Corey will proceed to Paris and will then go to the Chateau Genis, 25 miles from Paris, where the honeymoon will be passed. They expect to remain there until they return to America about the middle of July. Mr. Corey's only gift to his bride was the Chateau Genis. Among the guests at the wedding were: Mrs. Jeannette Gliman, mother of the bride; Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Thomas, of McKeesport, Pa., brother-in-law and sister of the bride; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Peck, of Gloversville, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Alfred A. Corey, father and mother of the groom, of Braddock, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Corey, Jr., of Donore, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Stanley Riggs, of New York, brother-in-law and sister of the groom; Mrs Frances Erskine Shaw, of London; Judge and Mrs. Elbert H. Gary, of New York, and Mr. and Mrs. Alva Dinkey, of Pittsburg. WATCH SAVED HIS LIFE Bullet Alimed at Man's Heart Hit His Timepiece. Scranton, Pa., May 13.—Claude Waters, a railroad engineer, owes his life to a watch which he carried in his vest pocket. Waters, Peter Molehon, an Italian, with a crowd of other people, were watching an amateur base ball game in Little England, a suburb of Scranton, when a row began over a dog which the Italian owned. When the crowd began to press upon Molehon, he drew his revolver and fired point blank at Waters. Thursday, May 9. Friday, May 10. Tuesday, May 14. Wednesday. May 15. eA ANS fi i H fait Ns “tS ayo ‘ee Se, ee 7 Seturday.......May 18, 1907 WOMAN 1S ACCIDENTALLY DIS- COVERED AFTER SUFFERING TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. Paris.—An old woman was found practically buried alive in a wood on the outskirts of Versailles the other day. She is the wife of a ragpicker who lived in a but on the border of the woods. Nobody had seen his wife for the last two years, but a couple of forest guards, while walking through the woods, were startled by hearing a moaning sound, apparently from some dry brushwood almost under thelr feet. Pushing aide the brushwood they saw looking out of a hole in the ground the face of an old woman. : \s a F NEAL te? ANG ‘ee a es WS yi Mey se Me~ - <a ex 204 ae Ay Nothing But Her Head Was Visible ‘They found that she was buried in the hole, the entrance to which was less than two feet square. With some dif- Acuity they dug her out. She was in a terribly emaciated con- dition, and had been lying on a mass of filth in her prison, which was four feet wide, six feet long and two feet deep. The woman, who is 60 years old, had lived buried in this hole for the last 18 months. Her husband brought her food occasionally, and when he left for his day's work covered over the en- ‘trance to the hole. The woman was sent in an ambu- Jance to the Versailles hospital, where she les in a serious condition, The ragpicker has been arrested. Hun- dreds of people have gone to the woods to see the place in which the ‘woman had been entombed for so long. MRS. EDISON CAPTURES SHARK. Lives of Inventor and His Wife En- dangered by Six-Foot Fish. New York.—Friends of Thomas A. Edison in West Orange, N. J., learned of a desperate struggle which the in- ventor and his wife had recently ia Florida with a shark, which the latter had hooked while fishing in a river near Mr. Edison's southern laboratory. Equipped with powerful lines, Mr. and Mrs. Edison had been fishing for tarpon, and the Inventor was dozing when his wife roused him by a shriek. Some fish had been caught on the hook attached to her line and had al- ‘most torn it out of her hands, Mr. Edison sprang to her aid and together they played the fish, but the line was soon exhausted and the two were forced to use thelr utmost strength, Presently the boat began to move un- der the impulse of the tugging on the cord and shortly thereafter the two were being towed rapidly down the river. Spectators said the two struggled desperately to stop the fish. At times the boat was in great danger of being ‘overturned. At length the fish surrendered, and Mr. Edison rowed to shore, while his wife, almost exhausted, clung to her still struggling but conquered prize. Mrs. Edison's brother, who had been watching the fight from shore, killed the fish, a shark almost six feet long. ‘Mr. Edison will have the shark mounted and it will be shipped to his home in West Orange as ocular proot ot Mrs. Edison's ability as a fisher- ‘woman. Information While They Waited, The president of the faculty of a medical] college once addressed a grad- uating class with reference to the ne- cessity of cultivating the quality of patience in their professional, as well as in their domestic relations. ‘The professor said: “Gentiemen, you are about to plunge into ‘the sphere of action.’ No doubt you will, in some degree, follow the example of those who have preceded you. Among other things, you will doubt- Jess marry. Let me intreat you to be ‘kind to your wives. Be patient with them. Endeavor not to fret yourselves under petty domestic trials. If you are going to the (heater, do not per- mit yourself to become excited if your wife is not downstairs in time. Have & treatise on your specialty always with you. Read it while you are wait- ing. _ “And, I assure you, gentlemen,” the professor concluded, with delicate irony, “you'll be astonished at the waat fund of information youl accy- mutate Ta this way”"—Success Maga- aine. i ‘The Point of Harmony. ‘ "Do you experts in trials ever agree on anything?” | “Certainly; on the size of thetr bills."—Baltimore American, FISHY-WISHY FANCIES. Sometimes, when Tam weary, Thave @ curious wish ‘That T were but a tadpole, Or just a jelly-fish. | For te x were a tadpole T'a have no soctat fads; | (Ta spend my time “in swimmtn’ | "With other little tags, t And if I were a jell-fish, | ‘Then all day tong I'd eat My mother'a apple jeitles, | Or other jells as sweet. j But, aht I can't play tadpole, | For Lam twenty-nine— And hopping like a bullfrog To keep myself In tine. And how can I indutse me This jelly-fishy whim? Ym flopping like a flounder To keep me “in the swim." —Robertus Love, in Judge. BREEZY, INDEED. re f . \ if ) | She—I think he’s such a breezy chap. He—He certainly does blow a great dea! about himseid—Brooklyn Eagle. | PTE | “Twas 12 of the night, and the tired ‘man, unable to sleep, was listening to the dog barking after rats on one side, another howling at the moon, on the other side cats fighting and yowllng ‘on a shed near by, and rats squeaking as they scurried to thelr holes. “And these fool nature writers call them our dumb anfmals!” be mut- tered.—Baltimore American. Our Own imitations. Following is a correct imitation of ® syndicate jokesmith: “Say, old man, what do you do for Jokes when you can't think of any to write?” “O, then I just write some jokes that ain't jokes,” replied the joke- smith. P. S.—Imitations lke this, six for a qQuarter.—Milwaukee Sentinel. The Interest in Risks. “People are always willing to listen to a man who wants to make a speech.” “Yes,” answered Senator Sorghum; “it's the sporting instinct of the Amer- fean people, They know he’s taking a chance on saying something he will be sorry for."—Washington Star. _ “Senator,” asked the sweet girl, “do ‘you believe all these stories of graft are true?" | “No. My knowledge of politicians ‘causes me to believe that a very small ‘Percentage of them are fools enough ‘to let as much of thelr grafting be- come known as the newspapers are showing up."—Chicago Record-Herald, | More Appropriate, | Seribbler—Did you read my hog Story in the current issue of Blank’s “Magazine?” _ Dribbles—t read a hog story, but your name wasn't signed to it. " Beribbles—Of course not. 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Parker, 144 W. 26th St. Charles Devan, 141 W. 30th St. W. J. Buckner, 150 W. 58rd St. M. W. Slaughter, $12 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, 200W. 63rd St. M. B. Walker, 309 W. 37th St. J. H. Jarrett, 453-7th Ave. Smith & Miles, 252 W. 41st st. M. B. Wineyglass, 322 W. 89th St. PHILADELPHIA, PA. M. Clay, 1801 Fitewater St. J. H. Gray, 1233 Pime St. Bishop Robinson, 1234 Melon st. E. P. Mackens, 1116 Pine St. James E. Warwick, 254 8. 11th St Mrs. B. Homsher, 1040 Pine St. William Parker, 681 Pine St. Mrs. Lavinia Aldridge, 621 8. 12th. Chas. A. George, 4063 Market St. F. A. Stewart, 1730 Federal Bt. PITTSBURG, Jou. Evans, care Jones & Laughlin. B. K. Thumm,, ae Ave. BOSTON. C. Branum, 657 Shawmut Ave. J. W. White, 832 Tremont St. NORFOLK. VA John Debona, 610 Church st T. B. W. Perry, 2 Jones Place. FIVE CHICAGO, ILL. ‘EB. H. Faulkner, 3104 State St. BROOKLYN, N. ¥., Lee Ricks, 782 Fulton St. - William A. Dabney, 3 Quincy BU woes, faa eee™ L. C, Purrar, 601 Brooks St. 4 | ASTORIA, L. ? Frank R. Wood, 144 Broadway, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. Hursey Bros, 1217 Commerce Ave BRONX BOROUGH, N. Y¥. Be J. H. Barrett, 603-162 St. PLAINFIELD, N. J. Thos. H. Bridges, 614 W. 4th St, | WASHINGTON, D. C. L. H. Singleton, 20th and RB Stm Southwestern Drug Co., 732-24 Street, + W. LAWRENCE, MASS. A. EB. Evans, $82 Essex St. : SPRINGFIELD, MASS. W. H. Brown, 13 Stockbridge @t. COVINGTON, Va. Daniel Braxton, Box 91. 5 NEWPORT News, VA. @. J. Jefferson, 1211-30th st., George T. Hall, 1332-30th St. fe TARBORO, N. C. V. B. Howard. WILMINGTON, N. G. William H. Moere. STAUNTON, VA. Wm. C. Johnston, 111 &. Main #1, LYNCHBURG, VA. Charles Morgan, 702 Taylor ®& HAMPTON, VA. John M. Phillips. O. P. clarke SHEN Una Be H. 8. Cooper, 1895 Coast Bt, JACKSONVILLE, FLA. John H. Johnsaa, 210 Bridge #4, PROVIDENCE, R. L Douglass A. A. P. Agency, ; DEMOPOLIS, ALA. : John W. Anderson. a! MOGWACKER Woe. J. D. Cook, 26 Juneau Ave, => OKLAHOMA CITY, 0. T. Fat =F Fekuimors, up.” * Heary Albert, 203 Rickmon@ 84, THE PULLET The Prisoner Of Zenda. CONTINUED FROM SECOND PAGE that evening, yet when I left her she flung her arms about me and grew for an instant bashfully radiant as she slipped a ring on my finger. I was wearing the king's ring, but I had also on my little finger a plain band of gold engraved with the motto of our family, "Nil Quae Feel." This I took off M. H. H. "Wear that ring even though you wear another when you are queen." and put on her finger and signed to her to let me go. And she, understanding, stood away and watched me with dimmed eyes. "Wear that ring even though you wear another when you are queen," I said. "Whatever else I wear, this I will wear till I die and after," said she as she kissed the ring. TO BE CONTINUED. TO RETAIN FRIENDSHIP. No friendship will last that has not candor for its corner stone. Friendship, like love, is one of the few things in life that money can't buy. No one ever gained a friend by telling of the affairs of those who have been their friends. First of all, it is necessary that you learn your friends' peculiarities and that you respect them. Small decelts, petty lies, will make enemies of friends and will cause more than just the two concerned to be unhappy. Sometimes for reasons they best understand two friends separate to see nothing more of each other. Then comes the trial. If ever you were a friend you will be able to keep quiet as to the weaknesses of your old friends, to remember that confidencees given you when you were close together are to be respected more than ever now. Next never permit yourself to speak or listen to any disagreeable words about them. If you are in doubt as to some speeches they have made, or some action of theirs go to them and ask them what they mean. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. There's always room for several more—at the bottom. Stinginess and thrift are as differ ent as they are similar. He who kisses painted cheeks takes the bitter with the sweet. Unless a man is willing to do something he will amount to nothing. The minute you are nice to some people they want to borrow money from you. One mother-in-law is enough to convince the average man that polygamy is all wrong. A man never tries to belittle other men unless he feels that they are superior to himself. Our pity invariably slops over when we meet an easy-going man who is married to an intellectual woman. A woman always has an interest in her husband's business—even if it is nothing more than a slight curiosity. You can't make a boy believe that one good turn deserves another after he has blistered his hands turning a grindstone.-Chicago Daily News. REMEMBER THESE. It is a grander thing to be nobly remembered than to be nobly born. Scarcely anything seems impossible to the man who can will strongly enough and long enough. The door between us and heaven cannot be open while that between us and our fellowmen is shut. The greatest blessing that ever comes to a human being is the determination to realize that for which the heart longs. The chances are that what you call "hard luck," or "fate," that is against you, is some weakness, some vicious habit, which is counteracting all your efforts and keeping you down. Every man stamps his own value upon the coin of his character in his own mint, and he cannot expect to pass it for mode, and should not be disappointed if people do not take it for more than its face value.—Success. REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. You can forgive a man nearly every- thing except being right in an argument with you. A man feels sort of mad with his wife if she is frivolous and scared of her if she is not. Fasting doesn't seem to be so religious when you have to do it because there is nothing to eat in the house. One of the privileges of being rich is not being afraid to carry an old cotton umbrella that bulges in the middle like a sack of flour. Somehow there is more fun in an old pipe and a pair of slippers your wife won't let you wear except when she is away and don't know it than in dreaming you are floating around in heaven—New York Press. THE GENTLE CYNIC. The chronic kicker at least varies the monotony of life. He who would enjoy fame must not forget to pay the press agent. It can't be much fun for a girl to marry a man who is already bald. Every woman has a subconscious wonder if a halo will be becoming to her. Diplomacy is the graceful art of making others think they know more than we do. WITH THE SAGES. Efforts are always successes.—Bishop Walsham How. To love is to obey; to know how to love is to rule.—Levi. What would you have? Take it—and pay the price.—Goethe. The measure of a man's life is the well-spending of it—not the length.—Plutarch. I will listen to anyone's convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself.—Goethe. If a thing is possible and proper to man, deem it attainable by hee.—Marcus Aurelius. Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.—Goldsmith. Assume in adversity a countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate thy temper.—Livy. Every man is worth just so much as the things are worth about which he bushes himself.—Marcus Aurelius. An able man shows his spirit by gentle words and resolute actions. He is neither hot nor timid.—Chesterfield. It would be better for most of us if we complained less of being misunderstood and took more care that we do not misunderstand other people.—Dr. John Watson. Acquiesce in the present without repining, remember the past with thankfulness, and meet the future hopefully and cheerfully, without fear or suspicion.—Diogenes. No one has as much money as people imagine. Discount your expectations at least 80 per cent. The man who really enjoys fighting is not much good for anything else. When a man is loser you can't console him by telling him how much you won. The more people talk about the proper thing to do the less apt they are to do it. The average woman will use almost any kind of soap if it is recommended to improve the complexion. Probably more men would join the church if some initiatory work were put on when a new member is added. It is said if you do not blow your own horn no one will blow it for you. Well, they certainly will not blow it if you are blowing it. Let three women talk together, and within five minutes one of them will say that she doesn't 'intend to work herself to death for any man."—Atchison (Kan.) Globe. WHAT THEY DO IN THE NAVY. The ship's bell is struck every half-hour to announce the time. The quarter-deck must always be saluted on being approached. Postal orders are sold at face value without poundage being charged. The master-at-arms or chief of police THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND. VIRGINIA HIGHER WAGES TO NEGRO WORKMEN HIGHER WAGES TO NEGRO WORKMEN Secured by This New Union Order—Grows By Leaps and Bounds—Started Five Years Ago with Nothing But a "Principle"—Now Has Over 400 Subordinate Lodges and 36,000 Members. Over 30,000 homes of our people have been filled with joy, because of the Protection of a great and powerful Union Order, which is using its strength and influence to secure better conditions for our people. This is the first and only great Union Order in this country, holding an International Union Charter from the Courts, which gives its full Protection and Benefits to our race. There is no color, race or sex discrimination in this Order. The negro has an equal standing with the white members, and can be elected to hold any office. Every effort is made to advance the condition of the members, by securing equal opportunities to work with other workmen, to learn the trades and to have steady work at high wages and Union hours. The Grand Lodge donates $100.00 for the burial of each deceased member. A fine monthly Journal is published. A Membership Book of the Order is recognized by all Lodges everywhere. Distressed members are assisted. Each member and Subordinate Lodge has the privilege of buying stock in the Order, on low monthly payments, said stock payment $8.00 interest, guaranteed. A Leading Agent AT ONCE is wanted in each locality. AT ONCE form Lodges, sell Buttons, take Journal Subscriptions, sell Stock and act as DISTRICT DEPTY ORGANIZER. This work can be done in spare hours, but many are devoting their whole time and attention to it. Big money is made by good hustlers. Write at once. State name of this paper, and enclose 10 cents for full information and postage. Address THE I. L. U. GRAND LODGE, 34 to 40 Canby Dayton, Dayton, Ohio. is the only man in the ship, not being an officer, allowed to wear a sword. From the minute a ship commissions to the day of paying off, there is always an officer on watch day and night without intermission. Grog is always mixed with three parts water before being served out to the men; warrant officers and petty officers alone receive it undiluted MERE OPINION In addition to being hard, the way of the transgressor is well greased. Most men are able to appreciate the blessings of toil only after they lose their jobs. When a man has nothing to do he finds it very wearisome unless he can persuade somebody to help. There are many people in this world whose actions indicate that they think with their stomachs. The world may owe every man a living, but it is not under any obligation to pay interest on the debt. It is hard for some people to understand that there may be pleasure in anything which doesn't cost more than they can afford to pay. ABOUT YOU. Your bones number 208. Your stomach has four coats. Your brain is seven-eighths water. There are but four bones to your ear. Your lungs contain five quarts of air. Your sense of touch is dullest on your back. She—Grace could get along with her husband if she wanted to. Where there's a will there's a way. He—He husband says where there's a will there's a won't.—Chicago Journal What was the charge against him? "Using profane language in a public place." "Was he acquitted?" "Sure. At the time he used it he had just paid his gas bill."—Milwaukee Sentinel. In Dirty London "It is estimated that London's laundries use more than 150 tons of soap a week," said the Londoner, proudly. "Is that all?" replied the New Yorker. "They can't have many laundries, then?" Yonkers Statesman Reach the Limit "My mother says, Mrs. Easy, she's sorry to ask the trouble—" "Oh, she needn't be. She's borrowed about everything else I've got and she's welcome to that."—Baltimore American. 3 BOTTLES Whiskey FREE Carolina Whiskey will give excellent satisfaction. It is a well aged article and in our estimation, far superior to the decoupons and mix in our irresponsible mail order order CAROLINA WHISKEY to $1.00 per gallon. We will ship it to CAROLINA WHISKEY that we are not afraid of any kind of competition. Our plants cover fourteen acres, making us the largest mail order whiskey house in the world. 3 SAMPLE BOTTLES FREE. Send us $2.05 and we will ship you by express 6 full quarts of Carolina Whiskey and will include in same box, complimentary, a sample bottle of each, "Zulleka," "Gold Band" and Casper's 12 Year Old White Corn. SPECIAL NOTICE! We deliver the above express prepaid anywhere in North Carolina Virginia and West Virginia, but customers living in other states reached by Admiral Southern Express must remit 60¢, extrn. Buyers east of Mississippi River residing on some other express lines must send $3.55 for the 6 quarts and 8 sample bottles and we will prepay express. Remit cash with order and address: Knights of Pythias, This organization is one of the most powerful in the country and its progress has been phenominal. The Grand Lodge of Virginia has jurisdiction over all of the cities and counties in this state. Thirty males are required to organize a new lodge. The benefits paid constitute one of its strongest features, but the principles are greater than anything else. Founded on Friendship, based on Charity and established on Benevolence, the respectable, upright people of the state will find it an order worthy of their heartiest support. It pays an endowment and burial benefit of of $200.00 for all ages. It pays $4.00 per week sick dues. The badge costing 75 cents each is the only absolutely necessary regalia. For information concerning the organization of lodges apply at the main office. The Courts of Calanthe Is the Female Department of the Order. It requires a membership of thirty persons to organize a court. Its members are pledged to exhibit Fidelity, exercise Harmony and prove Love one for the other. It pays an endowment and burial benefit of $150.00. It pays $3.00 per week sick dues. The only expense for regalia is the cost of the badge, 50 cents and a rosette, costing 25 cents for funeral occasions. THE BANDS OF CALANTHE or Children's Department also constitutes a feature and persons cannot do better than to enter the little ones into this mystic circle. The expense is nominal and the benefits all that could be expected. It pays from $1.00 to $1.50 sick dues and death benefits of from $30.09 to $40.00. If you have no Pythian Lodge or Court or Band in your neighborhood, orgrnize one. For all information concerning special rates of membership in the lodges and courts address. LAW AS SHE IS. Lawyer—You say you saw the prisoner, my client, commit the murder? Remember, you are on your oath. How do you know you saw him? Witness—I saw him with my own eyes. "Did you have on your spectacles?" "I never wear spectacles." "You don't. How do you know you don't need them? How do you know you don't see incorrectly? Answer that. Did you ever have your eyes examined?" "Only once. I applied for a position on a railroad and was refused because I could not tell an olive-green zephyr from a sea-green one." "Ah, ha! Gentlemen of the jury, the witness admits that he is color-blind, and yet he has stood up here and perjured his soul to injure my client, when his own testimony shows he can't tell a white man from a negro."—N. Y. Weekly. knigh KNIGHTS OF PYTHAS F.C.B. only absolutely necessary rega apply at the main office. The Court Is the Female Department of the thirty persons to organize a co- Fidelity, exercise Harmony and an endowment and burial bene- dues. The only expense for re- a rosette, costing 25 cents for f THE BANDS OF CALA istributes a feature and persons o circle. The expense is nomine- $1.00 to $1.50 sick dues and de- Lodge or Court or Band in you For all information concerni For all information concer- membership in the lodges and THE LIGHTS OF PROGRESS. Rip Van Winkle, having closed his long-term lease on the Knaaterkill location, clambered rustily down toward the highway that he expected to lead him home. He weeded bits of moss and rubbish from his beard as he tottered along and kept an ancient eye querulously alert for some place where he might obtain an antidote for the dry rot, of which he feared himself to have contracted a severe case. The twilight was deeping when he was gladdened by the distant gleam of lights, that meant to him the village with his cheery tavern. The archaic gentleman, straining his weather-worn system to keep a two-mile schedule, soon encountered a youth, the descendant, not impossibly, of Nicholas Vedder himself. "I pray you, young sir," said the ancient with quavering eagerness, "how far may it be to yonder village?" The youth stared scornfully. "Wha'cha gin' us?" he asked with ready courtesy. Rip pointed his rusty firelock toward the illumination. "I ask if it may still be far to yonder large village, that calls us with its clustering lights." Young Up-To-Date snorted with disdain. "Village? G'wan, you're bug-house!" he cried. "Those lights is nothing but Connie Dugan's new six-cylinder whizzer. Look out there! Gee whiz!" A few moments later, when the situation, the dust, the gravel and a few other trifles had cleared up enough for Mr. Van Winkle to use his aged breath again, his nostrils were filled by an evil stench that, in time, he would learn to recognize as gasoline. —S. R. O'Born in Punk. Poets are born, not made, and so far there doesn't seem to be any remedy for it. carried round the point; alcohol foliag. H F Jonathan FISH, OYSTERS AND PRODUCE. Christianity was carried round the world on a bayonet point; alcohol followed it under the flag. True, a cat may look at a king and get stuck up about it; it takes four aces to give a man the same feeling of elation. NATIONAL DAILYGRAPHS. Talking about taxing bachelors, just watch the cowards take to the woods when it comes to a question of the altar or the halter. Family Friend—Did you find your girl trying to close? Old Man (grimly)—Yes and the fellow to be best. Pythias, N. A., S. A., E. A., A. AND A. organization is one of the most power- has been phenomenal. The Grand over all of the cities and counties in to organize a new lodge. The longest features, but the principles sended on Friendship, based on Chas- the respectable, upright people of their heartiest support. An endowment and burial benefit o- per week sick dues. The badge galla. For information concerning hurts of Calant of the Order. It requires a mem- court. Its members are pledged and prove Love one for the other. benefit of $150.00. It pays $3.00 per regalia is the cost of the badge, 50 funeral occasions. ANTHE or Children's Department cannot do better than to enter the final and the benefits all that could death benefits of from $30.09 to $4 neighborhood, or organize one. using the Children's Department ad is the most powerful in the country and its real. The Grand Lodge of Virginia has juris- and counties in this state. Thirty males new lodge. The benefits paid constitute one of the principles are greater than anything , based on Charity and established on Be- right people of the state will find it an order port. burial benefit of of $200.00 for all ages. It es. The badge costing 75 cents each is the ation concerning the organization of lodges men's Department also con- tains to enter the little ones into this mystic is all that could be expected. It pays from from $30.09 to $40.00. If you have no Pythian organize one. Department address, Mrs. ANNA TAYLOR, W. M. 120 W. H. merning special rates of courts, address United Aid Insur- HOME OFFICE, 312 East Incorporated 1834 under the laws Has written over Three Million business since organization. Over sixty-five thousand Over twenty-five Branch All claims paid to date. Ten Thousand Dollars on Deposit OFFICE Aid Insurance Company, CE, 312 East Broad St., Richmond, Va. under the lawsof Virginia. Capital Stock, $25,000. Over Three Million ($3,000,000-00) Dollars worth of organization. sixty-five thousand policy holders. twenty-five Branches. imps paid to date. Dollars on Deposit with the Treasurer of Virginia. OFFICERS. United Aid Insurance Company. HOME OFFICE, 312 East Broad St, Richmond, Va. Incorporated 1834 under the lawsof Virginia. Capital Stock, $25,000. Has written over Three Million ($3,000,000.00) Dollars worth of business since organization. J. E. Byrd, President. W. W. Lee, 1st Vice President. D. S. Alston, 2nd Vice President. W. J. Spratley, Secty, and Gen'l. Manager. R. L. Clay, Asst. Secretary. R. H. Stokes, Cashier and Treasurer. R. C. Malloy, General Inspector. J. E. Lyrd, W. J. pratley W. W. Bailey, W. C. Carter, P. S. Stokes, F. Reliable men can find employment Address. $150 PER SURE TO GOOD AGENT greatest seller in America to-day. Nothing does the work. Sells at almost every home on the dollar. Write to-day for full parties Address BOARD OF DIRECTORS. pratley W. W. Lee, D. S. 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HAMPTON INSTITUTE Offers a new Undergraduate Course of three years for training practical farmers in modern methods. Young men without money can earn their way. All who have completed the Graduate Course have good positions. Write for circular to PRINCIPAL, HAMPTON INSTITUTE, Hampton, Virginia. ING PAYS When the Farmer combines Scientific Methods with his The Sun and the Soil have no Race Prejudice. BTON INSTITUTE Graduate Course of three years for training practical farmers in young men without money can earn their way. All who have the Course have good positions. Write for circular to NCIPAL, HAMPTON INSTITUTE, Hampton, Virginia. Offers a new Undergraduate Course of three years for training practical farmers in modern methods. Young men without money can earn their way. All who have completed the Graduate Course have good positions. Write for circular to PRINCIPAL, HAMPTON INSTITUTE, Hampton, Virginia. SOME CYNICISMS. A. Parental Kick "Do you think education assists in the accumulation of wealth?" "I am afraid not. I have seen book-makers winning large sums on horses whose names they mispronounced atrociously."—Washington Star. Couldn't Miss That Chance. "If I were in your shoes," said the stout lady, I'd—" "You'd be a living proof that the age of miracles was not yet past," saucily interrupted the pert one."—Chicago Record-Herald. JOHN FOXEL Dealer in General Line of FANCY AND STAPLE GROCERIES NOTIONS, FRESH MEATS, CIGARS, TOBACCO, ICE, WOOD, COAL, &c. 11 S. 4TH ST., RICHMOND, VA BOARDING & LODGING Rates Reasonable. All the Comforts of Home Orders received by letter or telegraph MRS. BOOKER LEFTWICH. PROSEYTRESS 120 N. 17TH St., RICHMOND, VA ALL ORDERS WILL RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION. Long Distance Phone. 752. P 311 N. 4th St., Richmond, Va UNITE, AID INSURANCE CO., 312 E. Broad St., chmond, Va MRS. JOSIE A. GRAHAM Virginia's Most Successful Hair Culturist. ...PARLORS..... 108 E. Leigh St., - Richmond, / ' 'Phone, 1034. views and Correspondence. The largest and most up-to-date Hair Dressing Parlors in Richmond. The very best preparations that can be made for the hair, scalp, face and skin. Graham's Superior Scalp Food for growing hair on bald heads and bare temples, 25cts. per jar. By mail, 35cts. Graham's Superior Orange Flower Skin Fo' for developing and beautifying the skin, 25cts a jar. By mail 35cts. Graham's Superior Velvet Liquid Powder for giving the face a beautiful fair color, 25 cents a bottle. By mail 35cts. Graham's Vegetable Hair Dye the best on market giving a rich natural color, $1.00 per bottle. By mail, $1.25. Mrs. Graham makes a specialty of massaging and beautifying ladies' faces for parties and public gatherings, 35 cents. Mrs. Graham shampoos the head and puts it in a healthy condition, 25 cents. All ladies who attend parties and other social gatherings should have their finger nails manicured and made beautiful, 25 cents. Mrs. Graham's preparations sell at sight. Ladies living in other cities and towns can make good money by selling these preparations. Write for terms to Mrs. J. A. Graham. No. 108 E. Leigh St., Richmond, Va. John H. Braxton REAL ESTATE & LOANS Private Banker and Broker, Loans negotiated on Real Estate, Interest allowed on Deposits, Estates managed, Rent collected and prompt returns Special attention to repairs. Notary With Seal. SMITH'S BUSINESS COLLEGE LYNCHBURG, VA. COURSES: Phonographic, Commercial, Penning English, Electric wiring, Civil Engineering. No Vacation. Instruction Thorough...Positions Secured. Correspondence Solicited. Send 2c for particulars. Address: T. P. SMITH, A. B. President STRAUS' SPECIAL Old Yacht Club. PURE WHISKEY Will Satisfy the lover of the right kind of stimulant. Special prices. We have all grades of good Hydrors, Cigars and Tobacco. Call and see us. ISAAC STRAUS & CO., 422 E. Broad St., S. W. ROBINSON. NO. 23 NORTH 18TH ST. FINE WINES, LIQUORS CIGARS, &c. All Stock Sold as Guaranteed. *PROMPT ATTENTION. Your patronage is respectfully solicited. —Subseribe to the Richmond, Va. PLANET. $1.60 per year. GEORGE O. BROWN. PHOTOGRAPHER, 603 N. 2nd St., Richmond, Va. Fine Photographs. True to Life. High-class service. Latest Improvements in Photograph- to Out-door Work-executed. Reasonable Estimates and Prompt Services. Pictures Enlarged from Old negatives or Photographs. 3-ms THE ECONOMY, FINE CLEANING, DYEING AND REPAIRING CHITMAN M. WHITE, PROPRIETOR. A. Hayes A. Hayes First-class Hacks and Caskets of all descriptions. I have a spare room for bodies when the family have not a suitable place. All country orders are gives special attention. Your attention is called to the new style Oak Caskets. Call and see me and you shall be pleased or kindly. 'Phone: 2778. THE PLANET Saturday.....May 18, 1907. ROAD AND FARM IMPROVEMENT THE DRAGGING OF ROADS. With Very Little Work a Good Roadbed May Be Maintained. Once more we take up our parable and insist on farmers making preparations to make the best possible roads they can out of the material at hand, which is just plain dirt, and the more clay in it the better. Farmers are fooling away the great bulk of their road taxes every year by not using a drag. The road drag may be made out of any light wood—pine, cedar, cottonwood, soft maple, box elder. If a post or log is used it should be seven feet long, about six or eight inches thick, sawed in two lengthwise, the two pieces put split side foremost about three and a half feet apart, held together by pieces of hard wood or steel rods. A log chain should be attached to the front and the team hitched to it in such a way that the drag is drawn at an angle of 45 degrees. The drag should be drawn up one side of the road and down the other when the roads are soft. The ```markdown ``` Before Dragging team used should be the heaviest, slowest-moving team on the farm. The use of this will in the first place smooth the roads down, filling up the holes, taking off the bumps, and dragging a little dirt to the middle of the road. In the second place it will allow the winds to blow over it and the sun to shine on it; and the dragged road will be dry a day or two, and, if it has many ruts in it, sometimes a week, before the undragged will be dry. Do not, however, expect the drag to do any good in sand or in muck, or where there are stones in the road or stumps or much grass, or where the water stands in the ditches on either side. The road drag declares Wallace's Farmer, is the best road maintainer that has ever been discovered, and not only the best, but the cheap- After Dragging and Top-dressing. est. It will not take the place of the grader in making the road in the first place, nor will it take the place of the side ditch which carries off the water, nor will it do in any undrained land. It is not everything in road-making, but for the maintenance of the road after it has once been put in shape it excels every other implement ever yet invented. If farmers don't take hold of this road drag it will not be many years before an attempt will be made to levy on them the expense of making macadamized roads, about three to five thousand dollars per mille, and these macadamized roads will cost more to maintain them than it will to make and maintain a good dirt road with the materials and tools they have on hand. LOW DOWN WAGONS. It Will Prove a Most Handy Wagon on the Farm. I own a low down wagon and will say that it is rightly named by being called a handy wagon, writes a correspondent of Orange Judd Farmer. I would not do without one for twice the price of it If I could not get another one. Of course there is a great difference in different makes, as well as in any other thing. As I own a manure spreader I never use my wagon for that purpose, but I always keep the rock on it. For having, threshing or shredding they cannot be beaten as the pitchers would tell you, for when my wagon comes to the field they all want to pitch for me. As to draft, well, they do draw a little harder in some places. Take a gravel road, the wide tires strike more stones than a narrow tire, and a low wheel is harder to roll over a stone than a high, which any sensible man can see, but in the field I can pull my load easier. The tires on my wagon are four inches wide and I can get over the soft ground better than I ever did before I had it. In short, the handy wagon is all right if you have the right kind, but some of my neighbors have low wheeled wagons which a team of horses can hardly move when not loaded. FEEDING THE SOIL. The Necessity of Putting in That Which the Crops Take Out. In many of the older agricultural regions, the main question to the farmer is that of supplying plant food for the soil. Year after year a field has been called upon to produce the same kind of grain, consequently the soil has lost its productive capacity. This land must now have food or its value will be naught. This food must be stored up in the soil. The farmer thinks he cannot spare the land for clover, but must put it in wheat or corn year after year in order to get a good living from it. So crop rotation does not appeal to him. Other measures must be adopted. Fertilizer of some nature must be used, and he resorts to it to build up his land. A good commercial fertilizer is beneficial to the soil, but nothing is better than farm manure. The fertility of the well-manured land does not pass away with the first crop, but abides for several years. The lasting effects of farm manure on soil was proven at an experiment station in England. Manure was applied to a piece of land once each year for 20 years, then it was discontinued. Over 20 years after the last application, larger crops of barley were secured from this land than from land that had never been manured. The reason many farmers do not get the full benefit of manure is that they allow it to remain in piles about the barn until it deteriorates, or they fail to apply it evenly to the soil. Manure should always be put on the soil before it decomposes, for as it decays it acts upon the mineral particles of the soil and changes them into valuable plant food. Analysis of soil by experts shows that it often contains large quantities of phosphorus, potassium and other elements in inactive forms. When fresh manure is thoroughly mixed with this soil it produces such a change in the mineral elements that they at once become available for plant life. It is said that farm manure does not contain a large amount of total plant food, only about 30 pounds of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium to the ton. Its value then is not so much in what it contains as in its power to operate on the mineral elements in the soil, changing them into available plant material. Experiments have proven that when manure is applied to soil it produces 20 or 30 percent of available plant food. The products thus formed are called humus. When we come to calculate the actual value of manure in dollars and cents, says Farmer's Voice, the result is surprising. Suppose an acre of impoverished land that could produce no more than 20 bushels of corn in a favorable season is treated to five tons of rich manure. If the season is auspicious this acre will now produce 40 bushels of good corn the first year. This increase of 20 bushels, sold at 50 cents, would bring ten dollars per ton. Besides the land has a permanent benefit, and will manifest it from year to year. The manure should always be distributed evenly. Too much in one spot and not enough in another results disastrously. A manure spreader is almost indispensable to the up-to-date farmer. Some farmers get along without them, but it takes a lot of time and patience to properly spread the manure. LIGHT HAY BARN FRAME. Shelter Which Is Strong and Easily Constructed. An Illinois farmer suggests an economical plan for framing a hay barn. If the frame is not too large, 2x4 stuff will answer, but in case of a large barn 2x6 is recommended. If bent is made after manner shown in the illus- Sectional View of Barn. tration, the plan is given by braces placed at either side of the bent. Each bent should be placed in a moderate sized barn about six feet apart. When set up they should be carefully spiked to post and then sided with whatever material is to be used. In a barn of this kind, says Prairie Farmer, it is presumed that the contents rest direct upon ground. If floor is used, it is necessary to make the frame much stronger. A Dry Barnyard. The farm barnyard that has good drainage and keeps dry a good share of the time should certainly be the choring place of a happy farmer. If there is anything that is disagreeable in wet weather it is to have to keep one eye on the path ahead of you when foundering around in the barnyard in order to keep from getting mired. A stone house is not so durable as one of brick. A brick house, well constructed will outlast one built of granite. A foolish man indeed is he who will fire his house to secure light by which to write a sonnet to his mistress' eyebrow. --National Daily. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Everthing! Everthing! IN FURNITURE AND FLOOR COVERINGS SYDNOR & HUNDLEY, INC. Leaders. 709 711 713 EAST BROAD STREET. 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. POLITE ATTENTION..... GIVE ME A CALL. Mme. SYLVIA L. MITCHELL, Proprietress. GHOST STIRS AN OHIO COMMUNITY UNCANNY VISITOR PUMPS WATER AND WORKS AROUND IN THE KITCHEN. TELLS OF BURIED MONEY Spirit Gives Name as Martha Donald and Thus Adds to Mystery—Whole Countryside Flocks to Farm in Preble County. Piqua, O.—Hundreds of people have visited the Heater home in the vicinity three miles east of Sonora in Prebble county within the last few days. During the last few weeks all sorts of ghostly manifestations have taken place here. Since the fact was first made known several weeks ago the whole countryside has been wrought up over the mysterious happenings and various mediums who have been called to investigate have failed to explain the phenomena. Not only by rappings in the house does a spirit give evidence of its presence, but out in the yard the pump handle moves up and down, impelled by some invisible force, while the water flows freely. A sound of thumping is heard as if on a metal washtub; kettles rise from the stove, float about in the air and then return to their places. A number of people have attempted to investigate and the following is the story told by one of these venturesome individuals: "I first asked the invisible visitor how long it had been in the house and to give a rap for each month. It gave eight raps. "How long will you stay here?" I asked. It rapped six times. "Will you tell me your name? If so rap three times." It answered 'Yes. "Now,' I said, 'I will begin at the top of the alphabet and name the letters as I go down and when I come J. H. H. The Cooking Utensils Do Queer Stunts. to the letters of your name, in regular order, rap once. When he came to M the ghost rapped. The investigator then went back to the beginning and when he spoke A it rapped again and so it continued until it spelled the name Martha Donald. This man never knew of a Martha Donald or that anyone of that name had ever lived in that house. He then said to the spirit: "I will ask you some questions. If you answer 'yes' rap three times; if 'no' rap twice. "Are you in trouble?" "No." "Do you wish to tell anything?" "Yes." It then went on and told (by rapping) about some money that had been buried and said that it wanted so much of the money to be Mrs. Heeter's, so much to be given to her boy and the rest to pay for a monument, and if Mrs. Heeter would go out near the barn when she was near the place it would give three raps in the house. It was midnight and the old lady was not asked to go to the barn. It is also claimed that the window panes respond to the summons of the unseen influences and reply with promptness and precision to the questions that are propounded by visitors who are anxious to ascertain whether the wonderful tales that are told are true. It is stated that so pronounced are the manifestations that even the most skeptical go away completely mystified by the inexplicable happenings about the Heeter farm. Magicians, astrologers and others who adhere to the belief that spirits periodically manifest themselves on earth declare that this is the most conclusive evidence of their doctrine that they have ever observed and their fidelity to occultism has grown commensurately stronger. The story has spread broadcast and hundreds of people, have visited the scene until the Heeter family is annoyed to the point of exasperation by the notoriety they have unwittingly attained and the unwelcome attentions that have been thrust upon them. Employed in German Mines. There are 360,000 people employed in the German mines. Molly—How are you going to reform him? Molly—Goodness! Does he need such heroic treatment as that? Of mystic "new-thought" cults I've tried In vain to be a scholar, Only to learn that, "after all." It takes hard work to earn the dollar. —Judge. Yenst—Dinizulu, the Zuly chief, has a graphophone with which he entertains his guests, and also an organ of English build on which he himself performs. Crimsonbeak—No wonder missionaries are getting more scarce. Yonkers Statesman. THE SIMPLIFEID EXISTENCE. Everything is ready-made in this progressive day. The hats and shoes, all that we use, are sold in such a way That all you need to do is walk along and take your click. When some fond youth would send a lass, a captivating line He doesn't waste his mental force; he nails a valentine; And when he fain would leave some small impressions as a wit. He buys a comic post-card and a stamp, and makes a hit. The dealer small need not compute the profits he shall take; The trust will tell him just how much he is allowed to make. The statesman for opinions need no longer rack his brain. He can go straight to headquarters and secure them, brief and plain. So what's the use of sighting in a prosperous time like this. When all is neatly prearranged and cannot go amiss? It's a very simple program, and we point to it with pride. There is not any doubting life is vastly simplified. uniting the separated and bring back the lost one. Traces lost or stolen goods. Unearths hidden treasures. Removes evil influences Crosses, Spells, ill Luck, curses tricks and Conjurations, gives Luck and Success in all you undertake. Cures the Tobacco and Liquor Habits. Allows the Captive to be set Free. He is the only one that will give a Written Guarantee to complete your business or refund your money Are you sick? Do you know what the trouble is with you? Come and Consult Nature's Doctor. Rheumatism, Insomnia, Hysteria and all Diseases cured. Points given on Horse Racing and all Games of Chance. Strange, Wonderful but True are the awe stricken tests given by The Great Austrianian Medium. No matter what alls you, come and see this wonderful man. Rea-ler have you noticed that some people have a hard time to get along, no matter how they toil, while others have success. Many wealthy men and women owe their success to this wonderful man. PROF. D. D. BRUCE, M. D. the only Living Apostle of Science of the Mysteries. $5000 in Gold to any one in the World to compete with him. Possessing more power than any four mediums combined. He will tell you whom you will marry. Will you be happy? He will tell you who your friends and friends. Can you tell you? Don't take a leap in life, but be advised by this wonderful man. Greatest Prophet in existence. No card, trance or hand humbug Greatest Hindoo Medium in the World. He always Successes when others fail. This is the chance of a life time. Don't let it pass you. SO GREAT IS HIS POWER that we can tell you while in a Clairvoyant state, all you wish to know with out a word being spoken. Come, all ye unbelievers, scoffers and jeers; bring all your skepticism with you—he will open your eyes to the private chamber mystery. Come all ye broken hearted wives, all with low spirits and let him lift the burden from your aching and jealous heart. He challenges the World to compete with him is causing a speedy marriage with the one you love: Sunday: 2:30 to 7:30 P. M. N. B. Our consultation Fee is 15 cents. Sittings. $1.00. All letters containing $1.00 will be answer ed in full. Mechanics' Savings Bank OF RICHMOND, VA. on deposit and interest paid on a which remains 60 days and over. Satisfactory Security. Handled Promptly. tats and upwards received on deposit up in the most improved style, having a large hest, electric lights and every modern conven- tion of the public. ing Stocks, Deposits, Loans, etc., apply to the arranged for the special convenience of the work to 4 P. M. Satdays, 9 A. M. to 3 P. . We open again at 5 P. M., remaining open until work. 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For all information concerning Stocks, Deposits, Loans, etc., apply to the Cashier. Banking Hours have been arranged for the special convenience of the working people as follows: 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. Saturdays, 9 A.M. to 3 P. We close Saturday at 3 P.M. and open again at 5 P.M., remaining open until 9 P.M.Call by as you come from work. OFFICERS JOHN MITCHELL, JR., President. H. F. J. THOS. H. WYATT, Cass. BOARD OF DIRECTOR BEV. W. F. GRAHAM, D. D., NO. R CHILD E. R. JEFFERSON H. F. JONATHAN, THOM J. O. FANLEY JNO. E. A. WASHINGTON, R. W. WHITING, WILL A. JOHN MITCHELL, JR. PRES. THOM The J. V. Hawkin's Ident. H. F. JONATHAN, Vice-President S. H. WYATT, cashier. ORD OF DIRECTORS: J., JNO. R CHILES, B. P. VANDERVALL, JONATHAN, THOMAS SMITH, D. J. CHAVER J., JNO. TATLOR. JOHN MITCHELL, JR., President. H. F. JONATHAN, Vice-President THON, H. WYATT, Cashier. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: REV. W. F. GRAHAM, D. D., JNO. R. CHILES, B. P. VANDERVALL, E. R. JEFFERSON H. F. JONATHAN, THOMAS SMITH D. J. CHAVERA J. O. FARLRY, JNO. TAYLOR The J. V. Hawkin's HAIR GROWER & RESTORER The J. V. Hawkin's HAIR GROWER & RESTORER [TRADE MARK REGISTERED.] Has proved to be a fortune to many of the unfortunate, who are to-day delighted with its wonderful results. The merits of this great hair preparation naturally places it in a sphere all of its own, and the glowing terms in which our patrons speak of it reassures us of its satisfactory results. We can welt boast of a large patronage throughout this and other States and also enjoys the commendation of the very best white and colored people in this immediate community. In order to convince the most skeptical readers of the merits and results of the J. V. 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Our preparation is a natural and pure compound, the ingredients of which we would not hesitate to put in print. We will just here remind the public that the United States Government has placed national patent rights on our hair preparation by which it is protected and we are in turn responsible to the government for honest methods and square dealings. It will positively remove Dandruff, Oure Scalp of all impurities, Restore Hair on Olean Temples or Bald Heads, where the roots are not dead. Prices: -25 cts. per box; eight boxes, $2.80 express repaid. The Face Beautifier makes the use of powder entirely unnecessary, and is perfectly harmless. Sale prices; 25, 50cts and $1.00. Money can be sent by Post Office Money Order or Express Money Order A charge of 10cts. extra is imposed on all out of city orders. Address all communications to MME. J. V. HAWKINS, 612 N. First Street, Richmond, Va 'PHONE, 4601. Correspondence strictly confidential. 'Phone, 577. A. D. PR Funeral Director, Embalmer All orders promptly filled at shortnotice by Halls rented for meetings and nice entertainment with all necessary conveniences. Large p hire at reasonable rates and nothing but first- etc. Keeps constantly on hand fine funeral su No. 212 East Leigh S Residence Nest Door OPEN ALL DAY & NIGHT.—M Richmond, Va. . PRICE, Embalmer and Liveryman. at short notice by telegraph or telephone. and nice entertainments. Plenty of room ences. Large planic or band wagons for nothing but first-class carriages, buggies, and fine funeral supplies. 2 East Leigh Street. Residence Next Door. NIGHT.—Man on Duty All Night A. D. PRICE, Funeral Director, Embalmer and Liveryman. All orders promptly filled at short notice by telegraph or telephone. Halls rented for meetings and nice entertainments. Plenty of room with all necessary conveniences. Large picnic or band wagons for hire at reasonable rates and nothing but first-class carriages, buggies, etc. Keeps constantly on hand fine funeral supplies. No. 212 East Leigh Street. Residence Next Door. OPEN ALL DAY & NIGHT.—Man on Duty All Night W. I. JOHNSON, FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER. Office & Warerooms, 207 N. Foushee St: Corner Broad HACKS FOR HIRE: Office by Telephone or Telegraph filled. Wedding, Suppers and Entertainments promptly attended. 686, Residence in Building, New Phone, 14 M. [Portrait of a man in a military uniform, surrounded by a decorative border with a central emblem featuring a shield and a crown.] A. B. C. Office hours: 9 A. M. to 9:30 P. M. Sunday: 2:20 to 7:30 P. M. MAIN OFFICE: 510 S. 8th St., Philadelphia, Pa. Now is the time. Send your advertisement to the PLANET and look pleasant. Capital, $25,000 WILL AM CUSTALO, J. J. CARTER THOMAS M. ORUMP, SRC. 100 SEVEN SOUTHERN RAILWAY TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND. N. B.-Following schedule figures published only as information, and are not guaranteed. 7:30 a.m. daily. Locale for Chase leaves m. d. daily limited. Buffet Pullman to Atlanta. Chattanooga. New Orleans, Memphis, Chattanooga, all the South. Through coach for Chase City, Oxford, Durham and Kale gh. 6:00 p. in. Ex. Sunday, Keysville Local. 11:30 p. m. daily, Limited, Ball 11:30 p. m. daily Limited: Pullman ready at 10:30 p. m. for the all south. 10:30 p. m. for the all north. 4:30 p. m. Except Sunday, No. 16, to West Point, connecting for Baltimore Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays. 4:30 p. m. to 10, Local to West Point Mon- day, Wednesday and Friday. 4:45 a. m. Except Sunday, No. 74, Local to West Point. m. — From Keysville and local stations. 9 15 a. m. No 15. From Baltimore and West Point. 45 a. m. Wednesdays and Fridays. No 9. 5 15 a. m. West Point and local stations. Located. Req Sunday. C. W. WESTBURY. D. P. A. 120 E. Main St. Richmond, Va. C. H. ACKERT. V. P. & Gen. Mr. W. H. TAYLOR. G. P. A. R. F. & P. Richmond, Frederick'sburg, and Poto- Mains Leave Richmond - Northward 7:00 on Daily. Mains Leave Tampa. 7:00 on Daily. Mains Leave Tampa. m., week days, Ela. Ashland accom modation 8:40 a.m. daily, dale at St. Francis 8:40 a. m., daily Byrd st. Through. Locations: 12:00 noon, week days, Byrd st. Through. 4:00 p.m., week days, Byrd st. Fredericks burg accommodation. 6:30 p.m., daily, Main st. Through. 6:30 p.m., week days, Elba. Ashland accom- modation. 8:30 p.m., daily, Byrd st. Through. U.S. Army Arrive Richmond — southward. 6:40 a.m., week days, Elba Ashland accom- modation. 8 a.m., Daily, Byrd street. Through. 8 a.m., Daily, week days, Byrd st. Fredericks burg accommodation. 11:30 a.m., week days, Byrd st. Through. Locations: 12:30 p.m., daily Main st. Through. 2:35 p.m., Daily, Byrd street. Through. 5:40 p.m., week days, Elba Ashland accom- modation. 7:55 p.m., daily, Byrd st. Through. 9:00 p.m., daily, Byrd st. Through. Loca stops. 9:30 p. m. m. daily, Main St. Through. 10:30 p. m. Cloister Sleeping or Pairing Cars on all above trains except train arriving Richmond 11:50 p. m. week days and local accommodations. Time of arrivals and departures and connec tions not guaranteed. W. W. CULP, W. P. TAYLOR Gen'l Sup't Traf. Mgr. C & O ROUTE SCENIC ROUTE TO THE WEST CINCINNATI, INDIANAPOLIS, ST. LOUIS CHICAGO, LOUISVILLE, NASHVILLE, MEMPHIS, 2:15 p. m. and 11:00 p. m. daily. WESTBOUND LOCAL TRAINS. 7:30 a. m. daily and 5:15 p. m. week days. NEWPORT NEWS, NORFOLK AND OLD POINT. m. daily; 5:15 p.m daily. Arrive Main M. ; 3:45 p.M. West M. ; 3:20 A.M. *8:30 A.M. ; 3:45 P.M. West M. From Sasak M. ; 3:50 A.M. ; 11:45 A.M. ; 7:00 P.M. *8:00 P.M. ; 3:50 A.M. West River. ; 8:40 A.M. ; 6:55 P.M. ("Mind." Ex. Sunday). LD DOMINION STEAMSHIP CO. NIGHT LINE FOR NORFOLK Leave Richmond every evening (look Ash Street) at 7 M., stopping at Newport writes "white line" one way. $4.50 round trip, including stateroom $6. each. Street Cars to Steamer's Wharf. YORK. Via Night Line Steamer's Saturday making connection in Norfolk with Man writes "day at 7 M., also Norfolk and Western River at 9 M., Man, and Cheapea & Ohio Ry. at 9 A.M., Man, and P. making connection daily (except Sunday) making connection with Main Line ships at 7 P. Ticket. Lay Litt. Steamer Pocahontas boatloads Monday. Wednesday and Friday at 7 a.m. for Norfolk Porsmouth, Old Point, Newport News, Clam Bay, and a沿线 Winnings, and coming at Old Point for Washings, Baltimore and the North. State rooms reserved for t. all rooms in western Newport cars dir to the wharf. Fare only $1.50 per car. Weight received for above named places all t. all rooms in western North Carolina. IRVIN WEISGEN, Gen'l Mgr E. A. Barber, Jr., Secretary. $400 A. m. NOBOLK LIMITED. Arrives at Petersburg. Hops only at Petersburg. Waverly and Suffolk. 9.0 A.M., CHICAGO EXPRESS Buffet Par Lommelburg to Lynchburg and Roanok Pullman State Roanok to Columbus and Bluefield to Cincinnati to Roanok to Knox ville and Knoxville to Chattanooga and Mem park. 12:10 P. M. Roanok Express for Fam- ville Lynchburg and Roanok. 3300 P M Ocean Shore Limited Arrives Milwaukee. Stops only at Petersburg Waverly and Suffolk. Connects with Steamer to Boston, "providence, New York, Baltimore and Washington. 620 P. M., for Norfolk and all stations east of Petersburg. 9:20 P.M. M. NEW ORLEANS SHORT LINE. Pullen- burg to Roanoke; Lynchburg, Potter's burg to Roanoke; Lynchburg, Potter's Memphis and New Orleans. Cafe Dining Car Memphis and New Orleans. Cafe Dining Car m.2.05 and m.3.50 p. m., from Norfolk 1188 m.3.50 p. m., from Norfolk 1188 East Main Street. W. B. BEVILY BY Jen. Pass, Arg. Div. Pass Arg. For Florida and south, 9:06 A. M, 7:25 and Forks, 9:00 A. M, 3:00 P. M, and 6:20 P. M For N. & W. Ry. West, 12:10 and 9.30 P. M. For Petersburg 9:00 A. M., 12:10, 3:00, 6:20, 9:00 and 11:30 P. M. 5.00 P. M. For Goldsboro and Fayetteville, *3:58 P. M. Trains arrive Richmond daily, 5.10, 8.00 *10.45 and 11.40 A. M., *1.00, 2.00, 6.50, 8.00 8.50 P. M. Except Sunday, *Sunday only.* C. S. CAMPBE$^2$, D. P. A Custalo House, Having remodeled my BAR, and having an up-to-date place, I am prepared to serve my friends and the public at the same old stand. WM. CUSTALO, - Prop. —Bring or send us your JOB WORK; we do it nicely. We do it quickly. ¥ EIGHT as pli — ier peula a & aN > & ee Saturday.......May 18, 1907 SHRINERS DIE IN TRAIN WRECK Thirty s SEVENTEE ADING, PA. Se ee oe COS are comprise the casualties of the wreck at Honda of the Ismaelin special train of New York and Pennsylvania Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, who were return ing home from the annual meeting of the Imperial Council of the Anctent Arabie) Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine at Los Angeles. The train, carrying 145 Shriners and friends from Ismaelia Temple, Buffalo; Rajah Temple, Heading, Pa. and meighboring cities, was rushing north ward 50 miles an hour on the South em Pacific coast line when the locomotive struck a defective switch at the sand-swept seacoast siding of Honda, near the waters of the Pacific écean, along which the railroad runs for 100 miles north of Santa Barbara. The locomotive turned a somersauit into the yielding sands. The cars ewirled through the alr and landed on the fiery mass of wrocked steel. The Goacbes ware. crushed ‘to debris and took fire. ‘The flames were soon ex tinguished by uninjured persons from the two rear coaches. The bodies of 26 victims now le in Santa Barbara and five more are at San Luis Obispo ‘The injured, many of whom are terri- Diy burt, and some of whom may die are in two sanitariums at San Luts Obispo. The Dead. Following Is the list of the dead at Santa Barbara J. Douglass Hipple, potentate Rajab Temple; H. K. Gittelman, A. L. Roth, C. Gilbert Stefte, Mr. ant Mrs. 8.8 Snyder, George Hagenman, W. Benton Stoltz, Harrison Headel, Mrs, William W. Essick, Mise Nora Stoltz, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brumbach, Mrs. EB. Kah ler, Richard Essick, Oliver F. Kaut man and Henry Miller, all of Reading Pa Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Ellengoben, Al Jentown, Pa Mr, and Mr@. Jobn W. Cutler, Ding hamton, N.Y. Mrs. Henry J. Fisher and Miss Cora Young, Cleveland Howard Moyer, Hi on, Pa. A.D. Wazson, Butta Charies S. Henry, Lebanon, Pa. Charles M, Lowing, Pullman conduc tor, Buftal CW. Austin, New York, tourist agent The Injured. Among the injured at San Luls Obispo are Former Mayor Howard A. Hartzell, Easton, Pa, not serious Mrs. Hendel and daughter Helen, Reading, Pa., not serious J. Calvin Hoffeditz, Reading, Pa. left leg fractured, scalp wound, Martin Henry, Shamokin, Pa, scalded. William Boyd, Reading. Pa. seri. ously scalded Mrs. Fred Greenwood, Binghamton N. Y., leg broken. ‘The wreck occurred an hour and 40 minutes after the conclave visitors, forming 3 merry party, had left Santa Barbara, where they had spent all the morning sightseeing. The locomotive in leaving the ralis tore up the track, twisting the huge steel rails into fish hooks. The baggage car half bruled itself in the sand on the right side of the locomotive. It was smashed almost into kindling wood. ‘The dining car, in which were 31 per- sons eating luncheon, leaped into the air and fell directly on the demol- Ashed locomotive. Nearly every per- eon in the dining car was instantly Killed. Scores were scalded by steam escaping from disconnected pipes. The rear coaches rushed on the fivst wreck- age, jamming it on those who might otherwise have escaped. Several, pin- foned in the debris, were roasted alive. A last call for luncheon had just syonded only a few minutes before the disaster. Rajah Temple, of Reading, Pa., oc- cupied the last car on the train, and Rajah Shriners were the last ones to go forward to the dining car. The car was thus filled almost entirely with Reading people when the wreck occurred. An instant after the smash the in- fured jumped from the train to render ‘aid, but they were unable to do much Desides extinguish the fire, and they had to await long hours before relief arrived. Frightened women, peering through the windows of the undamaged sleep- ing cars, fainted when they saw the bodies of thelr friends strewn along the roadside, blood from the wounds staining the sand drifts all about, Men ‘who tolled bard at the task or rescue collapsed. Mrs, John W. Cutler, of Bingham- ‘ton, N. Y., was in the baggage car at ‘the time of the crash to rearrange her trunk. Her body was driven through ‘the floor and the wrecked car had to, ‘be jacked up before the body could be Hageamas, of Reading, Pa., maaan ‘aid of his brother nobies ftar they had dragged him, fatal aris SOS OS PEN a Ievnald: "go belp th rome f Peel ta te ieee e lives of two Woueh pinioned be- sagt Dacron Ws way down te smouldering. splintered wreck, Deabdold, with a hose he had wrenched from a car, spouted water from an ad- focent tank and extinguished the ames, He then reached down and, rfter cutting away the broken timbers that held her feet, took Mrs. William ‘W. Eesick, of Reading, from the ruins Bhe was begging pleously for relief when Desbold reached her. As he lifted her from the wreckage a stream of bolling water poured over her, and ‘the women passengers sought to re- move her outer garments, but fainted = the flesh came off with the cloth- ‘Yes. Mrs. Essick expired a few min- ‘Stes Inter. Deabold was unable longer to endure the harrowing sight. “It was the most horrible sight I ever laid eyes on,” he said. “When- ever I touched her the prints of the fingers remained in the almost fluld flesh.” A. D. Wasson .of Buffalo, was eat- ing at a corner table, within six inches of the hot-water tanks. When the rescuers neared him he yelled encour- egingly. Dragged from the range of the scalding steam, he murmured: “Thank God,” and died. His wife and baby were with him, and they escaped injury. ‘Walter M. Tyson, of Reading, Pa., is {Il at the Potter Hotel, unnerved by his experiences. He faced death many times while dragging from the debris the bodies of friends. He finally col- lapsed under the strain. It was some time after the wreck occurred before a word of it reached ‘the outside world. As soon as one of the uninjured trainmen could make his way to the station word of the wreck was flashed to San Luts Obispo. Immediately special trains were ar- ranged. Physiclans and nurses, gath- ered hurriedly, were quickly on the ‘way to the wreck. ‘Twenty-five bodies lay on the sand Deside the track. The injured, many of them unconscious and dying, were Scattered about on piles of bedding and plush seats, brought from the Pullmans Dr. Ware, of Cincinnati, who was the first physician to reach the scene, told a graphic story of the terrible Scenes that he witnessed, ‘The most pathetic Incident was the death of a bride and groom at almost the same instant, each belfeving that the other still ved. L. N. Ellenbogen and his bride, of Easton, Pa, were members of the excursion party, and were thrown from the coach on opposite sides of the track as {t reeled over on the ground. Both were mortally injured, but retained consciousness and exhibited remarkable bravery. The wife's first thought was for her bus- band, and the husband's first thought was for his wife. “Tell my wife that I am all right.” murmured Ellenbogen to the physi cian. “Give my love, and ict me know how she {s.”" Mrs, Ellenbogen, tn return, sent a Message of love to her husband, with ‘the assurance that she was all right. Before the physician could carry an other message both had passed away. CHANGE IN POSTAL RULES Ten Cents Worth of Stamps Will Be Accepted For Special Delivery. Washington, May 15—No special delivery postage stamps will be need ed after the Ist of next July to insure the Immediate delivery of a letter Pursuant to an act of the last session of congress, Postmaster General Meyer issued an order that on and after July 1 next, If there is attached to any letter or package of mail mat ter 10 cents worth of stamps, of any denomination, with the words “ape celal delivery” written or printed on the envelope or covering, in aduditior to the postage required for ordinary delivery, the article will be handle¢ as if It bore a regulation special de livery stamp. ; PRODUCE QUOTATIONS Ses et ee a en eters Sees ee ee Sel he ee te Principal Markets. PHILADELPHIA — FLOUR firm; winter extras, $2.30@3: Pennsylvania roller, clear. "$3.10@3.30; “city” mills, fancy, $4.69@4.95. RYE FLOUR ‘firm: er barrel, $3.60. WHEAT steady: No. PM pennsylvania red, 85@85tze. CURN steady; No. 2 yellow, local, 88. OATS firm: "No, 2 white: citpped, 48c:; lower grades, 47iac. HAY frm:’ No. 1 timo- thy, large baies, $21.50. PORK steady; family, per barrel, $19.80. BEEF firm: beef hams, per barrel, $19. POULTRY: Live steady; hens, 14e.; old roosters, 10c. Dressed firm; choice fowls, 14%4c.; Old’ roosters, 10¢,) BUTTER steady: extra creaméry, 29¢. EGGS steady: Selected, 19: @ Figs nearby, 8e.: southern, 16@17c. POTATOES firm: er, bushel 38g 58. BALTIMORE—WHEAT firm; No. 2 spot, S8c.; steamer No. 2 spot.’ S0¥gc.3 Southern,” $134 8834¢.” CORN trmer! aixed spot, 5614@56%c.; steamer mix- fd, 62%2@52%c.; southern, 55@58e. QATS cary: nite, No. 2, is@isige.; Nod ATGA7 Hc; No. 4 Moiese! mixed. No 2 abou Ko, a teed Hee No 4 eigGatc. BUTTER arm: (reamery Separator extras, 28c.: held. BQtc; prints. 20@90c.; | Maryland gad Pennsylvania dairy “priats,’ 20g Ze. EGGS steady: fancy Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Vir- glnia, 16%4c.; southern, 1549@ 6c. Live Stock Markets. PITTSBURG, (Union Stocks Yaras) — CATTLE, stendy;, choice: $6.70@5.90; Prime, $5.50@5.70. SH slow; prime wethers, 6.15; culla and common, $2.50@4; lambs, $5@7.65; veal calves, $6.50@7_ HOGS active: re, hearin, (£0.08 © 6: other Frise, pewesties Sucks ste Harbor Master Turned Down. _ Harrisburg, Pa, May! 15—The sen jate judiciary general committee re ported the nomination of James Pol lock, harbor master of Philadelphia with a negative recommendation. Mr. Pollock was appointed by Governor Pennypocker one year ago, and his appointment has been “hold up” by ‘this committee since the opening of ‘the present legislative session. ‘The action of the committee deprives Mr. Pollock of his office, unless the sen ate rejects the report of the commit: tee ont confirms the nomination, ekich Is doubecn! —Don't forget to patronize those who advertise in The PLANET. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMUND, VIRGINIA DIED OF EXPOSURE Coroner's Jury Renders Verdict on Death of Horace Marvin, Jr. Dover, Del, May 14. — The jury which has been Investigating the death of Horace Marvin, Jr, rendered the following verdict: “that Horace N. Marvin, Jr, came to his death from exposure the 4th day of March, 1907." There were fifteen mombers of the coroner's jury. but only 12 of the mem. bers yoted for the exposure verdict ‘The other ti.ss refused to vote. Asitep For Forty Cays. Kansas Ci Mo. May 13.—T. Webster, 60 yours old, who was taken from an eest-Lound train on April 2, unconscions, ad removed to the city hospital, hes slept constantly for 40 days and is stil P ab ais he fs suffering from t Ha. Conferred On Trust P vene, Wathin. x ~ eral Bens: b the prest eutions. 1 : * fir ob iienites ee ee ee (Continued From First Page.) clared to be Negro soldiers, climb over the brick wall from Fort Brown and enter the town. He said also that he saw a group of from three to five men inside the garrison gate and saw the flash of two or three shots fired by men in the group. ‘These men, he sald, moved up the wail on the inside and joined another group of ten or twelve men, and all of them climbed over the wall at the alley between Elizabeth and Wash- ington streets. This is the alley where a number of shells were pick- ed up the following morning. Ren- dall could not tell in which direction the men went after reaching the gar- rison road. Rendall is seventy-three years of age, and is blind in one eye. He lives over the Western Union Tel- egraph Office, on the corner of E- Hzabeth street and Garrison road, a- bout thirty-five feet from the main gate entering the military. Teserva- tion, He said he was awakened by shooting and immediately got up and ‘went to the window and there ob- served the men in the manner de- scribed. While looking out the E- lizabeth street window he sald he| felt the dust and air stirring, and be- lieved it was caused by a bullet pass ing through the room, BULLET HAD ENTERED ROOM Investigation the next day showed that a bullet had entered the aouse underneath the eaves and penetrated five thicknesses of wood, passed through the mosquito netting over the bed Rendall and bis wife had just left, and through the wall on the opposite side of the house. Rendall declared that he had no prejudice against the Negro soldiers. On the contrary, he had been glad when they were ordered to Browns- ville. He was formerly in the navy and served under Perry on his Jap- anese expedition in 1858. On — cross-examination Senator Foraker called attention to Rendall's previous testimony, in which he sald he heard one of the Negro soldiers exclaim, “There he goes,” just as the men were about to get over the wall. Senator Foraker said that the men were at least 150 feet away at that time. He also secured an admission from Rendall that the night was very dark and that there were no lights at the point where he had de- clared that he saw Negro soldiers climb the wall, and that this point was fully 150 feet distant. Rendall said he did not see any men return Yo the barracks, but that he heard a great deal of firing in the town some distance from the garrison. EERE tag te eater ge eT LAST SHOTS INSIDE WALL. In reply to a question, he said he thought he would have seen men re- turning had they done so, as he was in a posjtion commanding a full view of the gate and the wall. The last shots he heard fired inside the Wall were elevated in the air. It is believed these were the shots fired by the sentinel, and they were fired, Rendall said, at about the time the men were climbing the walls leaving the garrison. Senator Foraker examined the witness closely concerning the re- mark alleged to have been made by one of the men as he climbed the wall. Attention was called to the Mitnons! testimony before the elt zen's committee investigated the affray and before the examina- tion conducted by Assistant Attorney General Purdy. ‘The witness was then _ pos: itive that he heard the voice dis- tnetly, but yesterday said that he had only an impression that he heard a man say “There he goes.” He is very hard of hearing and it was wita dificulty that he could understand the questions which were put to him ‘The witness was not clear as to the manner in which the men who climbed the walls were clothed. He said he was positive they were in the United States army uniform, but would not say whether they wore hats or caps or were bareheaded, nor whether they wore leggings or coats. He said he had not testified fully before the citizens’ committee at Brownsville, for the reason that he had a great deal of property there, and feared that if he fixed the blame for the shooting upon Negro sal- diers his property or his life “would not be worth a cent.” Senator For- aker drew from the witness the state ment that the Negro soldiers were the best behaved of any of the men he had seen at Fort Brown in his forty years’ residence there. Mrs. Rendall, wife of George W. Rendall, then took the stand. She testified that she was awake when the firing began and was at the win- dow all of the time that her hus- band was up. She said she saw a few men inside the gargison moving rapidly, but did not see any of them climb the wall. She said the night was very bright and that she saw the flash of only one gan and that she thought it was near Company B vane it the that the was of opinion shot which passed through their Gn all Sther matters she eornaberet all matters she corroborat- ed the testimony given by her pos LEAT TU ED GOOD, RELIABLE COLORED <a Vi E N FOR FACTORY WORK BEST WAGES, STEADY EMPLOYMENT Apply at 1100 E. Cary St. THE JIM CR¢ >AR AND ITS I NDICAPS. seat. What do you mean by sitting down with a white woman?” Dr. Penn replied somewhat an- erily: “It's come to a pretty pass when & colored man cannot sit with a wo- man of his own race in his own part of the car.” ‘The white man turned to his wife and sald: _ “Here take these bundles. I'm going to thrash that nigger.” In half @ minute the car was in an uproar, the two men struggling. Fortunately the conductor and mo- torman were quickly at hand, and Dr. Penn slipped off the ear. Conditions on the railroad trains, while not resulting so often in per- sonal encounters, are also the cause of constant irritation. When I came South, I took particular patus to ob- serve the arrangement of the trains. In some cases Negroes are given en- Ure cars at the front of the train, at other times they occupy the rear end of a combination coach and bag- gage car, which is wsed in the Norta as a smoking compartment. The complaint here is that while the Negro is required to pay first- class fare, he is provided with se- cond-class| accommodations. Well- to-do Negroes who ca: afford to trav el, also ermplain that they are not wermitted to engoco sloeping-car berths. Booker T. Washington us- ually tak.s a compar!ment where he is entirely cut off (rom the waite passengers. Some o'her Negroes do the same thing, althoush they ure often refused even this expensive privilege, Raliroad oficials with whom I talked, and | is important to hear what they soy, said that it Was not only a question of public o- pinton—which was atsolutely op- posed to any fatermingling of the races in the cars—but thut Negro travel in most places was small com- pared with white travel, that the or- dinary Negro was uncléan and eare- less, and that {t was impracetical to furnish them the seme uccommoda- tions, even though i: did come hard jon a few educated Necroes, | They sald that When there was a delegation of Negroes. enough to fill ‘an entire sleeping 2°, they could al- Ways get accomm@iitions. All of which gives a glimpse of the enor- mous difficulties ageompanying the separation of the races in the South. Another interesting point signifi- cant of tendencies came carly to my attention. They haye Just finished at Atlanta one of the finest railroad stations In this country, ‘The ordi- nary depot in the South has two waiting rooms of avout the same size one for whites aud one for Negroes. But when this new station was built the whole front was given up to white people, and the Negroes were assigned # side entrance, and a small walting room. Prominent colored men regarded {t as a new evidence of the crowd- ing out of the Necro, the further at. tempt to give him unequal accommo- dations, to handicap him in his struz- gle for survival. A delegation was sent to the rallroad people to pro- test, but to no purpose.” Iesults further bitterness. (Phere are in the station two lunch rooms, one for whites, one for Necroes. A leading colored man sald to me: “No Negro goes wo the lunch room in the station who can help it. We don't like the way we have been treated.” A NEGRO poycorrT. Of course t is an unusually intelligent ¢ man, and he spoke for his rt; how far the same feeling of ¢ ‘consciousness strong enough rry out such a boycott as this—and ft is exactly like the boycott of a labor union: actuates the masses of ignorant Ne- groes, is a que upon which I hope ‘to get more licht as I proceed I have already heard more than one colored leader complain that Ne- groes do not stand together. And a white planter, whom I met in the hotel, sald a significant thing along this very line “If once the Nezroes got together and saved thelr money, they'd soon own the country, but they can't do it, and they never wilh’ After I had begun to trace the oclor line. I found evidences of it everywhere——literally im every de- partment of life. in the theaters, Negroes never sit downstairs, but the galleries are black with them. Of course, white hotels and restau. rants are entirely red to Negroes with the result that colored people have their own eating and sleep- ing places, most of them. inexpress!- bly dilapidated and unclean. “Sleep ers wanted” is a familar sign in At- lanta, giving notice of places where for a few cents a Negro can find a bed or a mattress on the floor, often in a room where there are’ many other sleepers, sometimes both men and women inthe same room crowd- ed together in a manner both un- sanitary and immoral, No g00d public aceommodations exist for the educated or well-to-do Negro. Indeed, on cannot long Te- main in the South without being impressed with the extreme. difficul- tes which beset the exceptional col- pat man. in slavery time, many Negroes at- tended white churches and heard 00d preaching, and Negro children Were often taught by white women. Now, a Negro is never (or very rarely) seen in a white man's church Once since T have been 4m the South, 1 saw a very old Negro woman— some much-loved sitting down in front oe but that is the only to rule that thas come to my. are not in Great Hair Straightener and Grower Most Wonderful Discovery ever made for curly, kinky and knotty hair. Makes hair grow long, straight, soft and silky; cures dandruff and stops falling hair. Kink-ine acts like magic on the hair. o Kink-ine Is No Experiment. It was discovered by R. Roberts, a famous English chemist, who has made a study of the scalp of colored people for the past 80 years, and who, after much time and experience, has prepared this great [tonic for the colored people. ‘This chemist says that his experience and study have taught him that the scalp of the colored people requires a special treatment and after laboring and testing these many years he has discovered the greatest REMEDY the WORLD has ever known for the HAIR of colored people. 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Besides, my hair has become almost straight and T fully believe by the end of the year I will have the most beautiful head of hair of any colored lady in the world.” SPECIAL OFFER—To prove the quality and superiority of our goods over all others, we will scll one full-stee bottle of Kink-Ine, price 35 cents, ome cake of Kink-ine Soap, the best Shampoo and Toilet Soap tm the world, price 35 ‘sents both for only GO cents, oF mix bottles and six cakes of soap for $2.00. Special offer good only at the following Stores: Oweane & Minar DRwmaefa TARY TT Bf.2. Gs people, who are nothing if not ge- Uigious, have some sixty churches of their own in Atlanta. Of course, the schools are separate, and have been ever since the Civil War. [To be continued.} MORE STOCK—LESS CORN. Method by Which Soil Can Se Kept In Good State of Fertiiity. | Years of experience have taught me that the wise furmer is he who keeps his land up to the highest notch of fer tility, if not by one means, then an: other. ‘There are many different ways {to accomplish this, and the plan for }each man to follow is the one that gives best results, with material at hand, at least expense. | Here in Southwestern Iowa, writes the correspondent of Farmers’ Voice, ft is not necessary to buy fertilizers that are sold in the markets. Most farmers keep at least a few head of stock, and the wise man is he who doubles the number of head of stock and divides his acres of corn. If he will then judiciously and systematical: ly go about building up bis land (sup- posing it has run down), bis income would very soon double. Every man must study his soil, and i he has a knowledse af chemistry 80 much the better; but for the ordi nary farwer, I first recommend seed: so down old worn out land to clover, using plenty of seed, and in three or jfour years plowing the clover under ‘deep and seeding some other part of ‘hls farm to the same. So many farmers have the idea that they must have from 60 to $0 acres | of corn, and perhaps not an acre of "hay or pasture. ‘The corn will aver age say 40 bushels, where if they had [half the number of acres and made it yleld 70 bushels, they would be the | gainers; then seed the balance to hay. | Timothy, clover and alfalfa bring al- “Ways a good price, and If the farmer will keep ozs and cattle enough to feed this crop to, put every ounce of manure on the land where it is most needed every year or two, plowing up & new plece and seeding down, there 4s not the least doubt but that his Dank account will double. Farmers that live on leased land cannot follow this method and move every year, but It is to the interest of both landlord and tenant to stay on the same place as long as possible and also to bring the land up to the highest productiveness. There is no more simple plan to follow for the average farmer than crop rotation. If we see a field of thin soil with the corn stalks no larger than one's finger and show- ing a yleld of no more than 20 bush- els, you will also find on the same farm manure piled around the barn 80 high one can find no room for any: thing else, and one can be sure that farm has never had a load of any kind of fertilizer and the only thing it is sure to have will be a mortgage. Funeral Off: “Corpse” Alive? Millington, Mich.—The burial of Emest Cobb has been postponed in- definitely, and his father says it will not take place until decomposition sets in. Although it is eight days since Cobb “died,” according to the doctors, the body still retains its life like appearance. It was taken from the coffin and tests were made b: physicians. ‘The jaws and eyes were opencd and when released they closed imme diately. Heat was applied to one foc and the flesh blistered like that of a live person. When the body was laid with the head hanging down, the blood could be seen to rush to the ears. A Probiem. “Dad,” began Bobby, “the world Is round, isn’t it?” “So 1 believe, my son,” replied dad. Wall, 458,” continued Bobby, “how ean it come to an end?”—Harper's Weekly. ies é ‘Sour Grapes. “Newed seems to be a proud of his wife,” said the old bachesors “Well,” rejoined the unsuccessful suitor, “he hasn't much to be proud of. She only weighs 90 pounds.”"— ‘Chicago Daily News. itd ee lee 5 Patience—Is her husband still tak- ing soup every day? 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DENNY, Secretary. lh AVAVCL VRE OS VEO CRARNAATS AER RE AgRRSE, An Appeal From Alexandria, La- ‘The colored people of Alexandria, La., appeal to the public to ald them in caring for the Cyclone Sufferers. ‘There are over 200 homeless colored people in want and distress. Any thing in the line of contributions and subscriptions will be thankfully received and distributed among the needy. Send all moneys to PRINCE ASKAZUMA, ‘Treasurer of Cyclone Fund for the colored people. Alexandria, La. To Lacy P. Jasper, Take notice that I shall on the 25 day of May ,1907 at the office of E. M. Roscher, Attorney-at-Law, 1112 E. Main Street, in the city of Rich- mond, Va., between the hours of 9 A. M. and 6 P. M. on that day take the depositions of David W. Dawson, and others to be read in evidence in my behalf fn a certain suit in Equity depending in the Law and Equity Court of the city of Richmond, Va, wherein you are the defendant and I am the plaintiff, and if from any cause, the taking or said depositions be not commenced on that day, or if commenced, be not concluded on that day, the taxing of the same will be adjourned and continued from day te day, or from time to time at the same place, and between the same hours until'the same shall have beer completed. Respectfully, MINNIE JASPER, By Counsel E. M. ROSCHER, pa. ees | Grand Lodge Session Postponed. ‘The annual session of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pyth- jas, N. A., 8. A. EB, A. and A., will be postponed fromthe third ‘Tues- day in May to the third Tuesday In July. A proclamation to this effect will be issued. |, FREE—Send name «nd address for illustrated catalogue of up-to- date novelties. LYNWOOD & CO. 229 E. 75th St. i New York City. Nelson's Hair Dressing can be bought at Jennings and Brown Drug Store, Pittsburg, Pa. “4 VIRGINIA—In the Law and Equity | Court for the City of Richmond, May 8, 1907. Dr. R. B. Jones, who sues on be- half of himself, and such other cred- itors of Arthur Pollard, deceased, who may come in and contribute to the costs of this suit. Plaintiff. vs. |, Alpheus Scott, Administrator of Arthur Pollard, ‘deceased, and the unknown ‘heirs at law and distri- Duties of said Arthur Pollard, de- ceased, whose names and wherea- bouts are unknown, and who are made parties defendant, by the gen- eral description of parties unknown. Defendants. IN CHANCERY. The object of this suit is to take an account of the outstanding debts and demands against the Estate of Arthur Pollard, deceased; also to take an account of the real and per- Sonal estate of which said Arthuy Pollard, deceased, seized and pos. sessed, and to have so much of the real estate of said decedent sold as may be necessary to pay off and dis- charge certain debts and demands chargeable against said decedents es tate, the personality being insuffi. ¢lent for that purpose; and to have @ reasonable and proper fee ascer- tained and paid to the counsel for the plaintit out of the proceeds of sald estate, for instituting and pros- ecuting this suit. And affidavit having been made and filed, that the heirs at law and distributies of said Arthur Pollard, deceased are unknown, and that their names and whereabouts are unknown, and they are made par- ties defendant In this cause by the general description of parties un- known, who are personally interest ed in the subject matter to be dis- posed of in this cause. It is order- ed, that they appear here within fifteen days after due publication of this order and do whatsoever neces- sary to protect their interest in this suit. ‘A Copy—Teste: P. P.WINSTON, Clerk. Cc. F. WHITTLE, pa. —Subseribe now. The PLANET is only $1.50 per year.