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THE RICHMOND PLANET EDITOR MITCHELL AS AN AMERICAN BANKER His Experiences in the North. Gov. Claude A. Swanson's Blunder. SECRETARY BRANCH SACRIFICED—PICTURESQUE SCENE IN ATLANTIC CITY—PRESIDENT INGALL'S GREAT EFFORT—A WORD ABOUT THE CAKE-WALK VOLUME XXIV, NUMBER 44. EDITOR AN AM His Experi Claude SECRETARY BRANCH INGALL No part of our trip was more appreciated than was the banquet at Fitzgerald's Auditorium. The reception resolved itself into a speech from us. The Marlborough—Blenheim Hotel in which the headquarters of the American Bankers Association were held is unquestionably one of the finest hostelries in the United States. We learned that until last year, all of the waiters were colored. THE WAITERS STRUCK. It seems that the colored waiters struck for higher wages just as the guest were about to sit down to dinner. The advance was granted some say, but white waitresses were secured for the Marborough wing of the hotel and white waiters for the Blenheim side. The result was that with the help of the bellmen and the floor servants, the hotel is now upon a white basis. THE ROLLING CHAIR One unique feature of the board walk here is the rolling chair feature on the board walk. These chairs are made either of rattan or bamboo, mounted on rubber tired wheels and hold either one or two people at a time on the order of invalid chairs. A man or woman are apparently in a "baby carriage" with a stalwart white or colored man pushing them along. The charge is so much per hour. 1300 bankers and their families took advantage of this unique feature of the parade. THE SAND MODELS Out on the beach or rather near the board walk, may be seen the models in the sand. All kinds of designs appear there. The features of Lincoln, Mark Twain, with other designs such as cast up by the sea, lions etc. were to be seen. Mr. John B. Harris' son is quite expert at this kind of business. LIFE GUARDS THERE TOO We learn too that the life guards are employed by the city. They wear red coats and white caps. One is stationed at Mr. George Wall's place and his service had been discontinued, the Monday of the week the Association met. Mr. Wall's place is patronized by colored people from all over the country and he is a veteran in the business. THE WAY THEY DO IT. An illustration as to how white people accomplish things was shown by the way the bridge connecting the Marlborough Hotel and the Blenheim Hotel together was shown. It is against the law to build any such obstruction across the streets. A bill is of no effect without the enactment succeeded in having the enactment clause of the American Bankers Association the bridges were built, after which it was reinserted. THE SURPRISE SUBSIDED After we had been in the meeting of the American Bankers Association two days, we no longer noticed the expression of downright surprise manifested. The body was engaged in considering the currency question and to the most complicated of all questions, and to notice the different views on the part of men who are presumed to be posted on such matters. MANY PEOPLE FROM VIRGINIA On nearly every street one comes in contact with people from Virginia. The political situation is looked after and the expression of opinion from some of the colored people relative to the conditions prevailing is distressing. Yet there are many colored men here progressing. Mr. John C. Thomas is an expert funeral director and embalmer. He led the class in New York, and made the highest average before the American Embal- ming Association, and he proudly wears the button of that organization A PROGRESSIVE PHYSICIAN. Dr. Le Roy Morris, is not only praticing medicine, but has a fine pharmacy on New York Avenue. It is up to-date. We met his attractive Madame there. He purchased the place and resides there. Mr. W. R. Page, is an active real estate agent. His office attracts attention, and he is a frequent visitor. Dr. Fayerman, formerly of Petersburg died the week before our arrival. A VIRGINIA PREACHER A well known character in this community is Rev. J. W. Henderson pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church, who hails from Buckingham, and Cumberland counties, Va., where he taught school for many years. He tells an interesting story. He has a large church on the corner. He organized with 7 members and he is now at the head of a prosperous congregation, in a building which cost $10,000. The debt has been reduced to $4,000 and all incidental expenses paid. We visited his home and study. We met Rev. S. N. Vass, and his Madame. He was lecturing at the Shiloh Baptist Church, both were looking the pictures of health. Miss Josie Crump, and Miss Leola Peterson, of Richmond were here. The contest between Col. James R. Branch, formerly of Richmond, but now of New York, and Mr. Farnsworth, of Detroit Michigan for the position of secretary of the American Bankers Association, became very exciting. This official is elected by the Executive Council, and in the preliminary bout Mr. Farnsworth secured the support of 9 of the 10 new members elected. VIRGINIA'S INFLUENCE EXERTED That Virginia was interested was evident for Mr. John P. Branch, the "father" of banking in Virginia, was on the ground. He is president of the Merchants Nation! Bank of Richmond city. Gov. Claude A. Swanson delivered an address Wednesday, and in it declared that he had been invited to deliver the address by Secretary Branch. He paid a high tribute to him, announcing that he had known him from boyhood. GOV SWANSON'S BLUNDER This was all right, but he did not stop there. He went on to state that the South was progressing. He told of its achievements, and then proceeded to eulogize Jeff. Davis, and Abraham Lincoln, naming them as the greatest statesmen that ever lived. Not content with this eulogy in the presence of an audience more than one half Yankee, he proceeded to condemn the Negro, alleging that the North had submitted the South to untold indignities by giving the Negro the right of suffrage. He declared that the people of the South had eliminated the Negro, and that they would hold him to his allotted place. SACRIFICED UPON THE ALTAR Gov. Swanson spoke, as one member characterized it four times too long and he should have left the Negro out of his remarks. When the session adjourned there was hardly a man who did not feel that if Gov. Swanson had not slaughtered Col. Branch, he had at least emphasized his defeat. The ill-advised utterances were the subject of comment in the convention hall, on the board-walk and in the hotels. MANY MEMBERS DISAPPROVED. Members of the Association spoke to us, who had not before seen fit to give us a hand of welcome. The cry was raised that the South wants everything. With the elevation of (Continued on Eighth Page.) RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1907 BANQUETED IN NEW JERSEY President Mitchell Honored—Finan Questions Discussed. Atlantic City, N. J. Sept. 26, 1907.—Mr. John Mitchell, Jr. President of the Mechanics Saving's Bank of Richmond, Va., who is attending the American Bankers Association here was tendered a grand reception at Fitzgerald's Auditorium last night. A carriage was sent to Hotel Ridley, where he is stopping, and Alpha Co., Uniform Rank, constituted an escort being authorized so to do by Brigadier General A. F. Davidson. It was 9 o'clock when the distinguished guest and Col. George H Wall, and Mr. John C. Thomas left the hotel. ON TO THE BANQUET HALL Reaching the auditorium, the entire party was ushered to the rostrum. The scene was one never to be forgotten. The hall was decorated with streamers of variegated colors, Col. George H. Walls was the Master of Ceremonies and presided with an ease and grace that came from long service, while Dr. S. Le Roy Morris, the chairman of the Committee of Arrangements introduced the guest of the evening. He paid a glowing tribute to the Virginian. THE ADDRESS DELIVERED Amidst a welcome greeting Banker Mitchell proceeded to relate his experiences as an active member of the American Banker's Association, and from the time he began to the time he concluded he held the rapt attention of the audience. Laughter followed the anecdote, and applause the sound advice given. He then took up the financial side of the question and applied the rules to each person's business and employment, showing how improvements can be made and finance accumulated: He spoke for an hour and was rapturously applauded. THE MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY Down stairs in Fitzgerald's Dining rooms a banquet was tendered. Mirrors are on either side of this convenient place and it has been well arranged for the purpose, some of the leading citizens were present including Grand Chancellor David Campbell. The repast was heartily enjoyed and the shell made no secret of the fact that he appreciated this surprising manifestation of approval on the part of the citizens of New Jersey. BLUNT EXPRESSION "Some people are feeling like kicking themselves for not being out last night, and hearing what Mr. Mitchell had to say" was the way that an enthusiastic listener put it this morning. The committee of arrangements was as follows; Gen. A. F. Davidson, George H. Shackelford, George H. Conway, T. S. Boone, W. A. Reide, Thomas Jackson, Stan. R. Williams, Dr. P. L. Hawkins, Dr. S. Lo Roy Morris, Col. George H. Walls, David Campbell, J. N. Dowling, Thomas Coles, Capt. A. T. Paul, John C. Smallwood, John C. Thomas, B. G. Fitzgarald, C. R. Page, Charles, D. Lipscomb, C. C. Johnson, I. H. Nutter, C. C. Lewis, and Robert A. Jackson, George H. Emory. WANTED—Energetic young ladies to handle Hair-Vim, the best hair grower. No money required Write to-day. COLUMBIA CHEM ICAL CO., Newport News, Va. WANTED—Young woman, bright and intelligent, to clerk in Meat Market. Board and room furnished with society people. State wages wanted, age, etc. Address E. L. K., Box 102, South Boston, MA. At the Ebenezer Baptist Church on last Friday evening at 3:30 o'clock, the last tribute of respect was paid to the mortal remains of Miss Eleanora B. Smith, the beloved daughter of Harrison Smith. The deceased was a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church about three years and also the Sunday School, which she attended regularly. Rev. W. H. Stokes, Ph.D. preached an impressive sermon from Lake 8:52, "And all wept, and bewailed her; bue he said. Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth." Following were the pall-bearers—Honorine J. Joseph C. Mitchell, Thomas Stutley, Landen Walker, Percy Farrar. Active, George Brown, Rutherford Sampson, Samuel Calloway, Christopher Williams, George Jackson, William Jackson. Resolutions of condolence were read from Emerald Council, I. O. of St. Luke of which she was Secretary and from the Sunday School class of which she was a member. The funeral designs were profuse and beautiful. She leaves a father and broth A Card of Thanks. We wish to return our sincere thanks to the many friends of Miss Eleanora B. Smith for their very valuable service rendered during her sickness and death. HARRISON SMITH. EDWARD H. SMITH. DO YOU KNOW THIS MAN? $100.00 For His Capture. Complexion, light brown; height, about 5ft., 7 inches; weight, about 167 pounds; eyes dark brown; hair black and curly; general appearance, one of neatness; bearing, very dignified, clean shaven and seems to be about 28 years of age. Was last seen entering I. J. Miller's clothing store, 528 E. Broad Street, Richmond, Va., where he bought one of those nobby suits for $12.50. Sa, have you been to Miller's our unpainted colored cloetter and inspect his new wardrobe? All Opening of all the latest styles, Hats, Clothing, Hats Shoes, and Gent's Furnishings? Go to see him, we are sure that he can satisfy your wants. "A word to the wise is sufficient." $8,000 Will be Paid to Colored Heirs $8,000 awaits relatives who can prove they are the next kin and heirs-at-law of Henry Washington, colored, a body guard in 1860-5 of Ex-Governor Richard Yates of Illinois. For information, address J. C. ROBERTSON, Attorney-at-Law, True Reformers Building, 604-608 N. 2nd Street, Richmond, Va. Mr. Taylor Gone. Mr. Ernest R. Taylor of this city who was drowned in Baltimore was buried here Tuesday 24th ult. Rev. Dr. Pinkney prescheduled the funeral. Young Mr. Taylor met his death in the swimming pool of the Baltimore colored club. He was connected with the "Smart Set" Opera Co. He leaves a wife, Lillian Fleck Taylor mother, father, two brothers and a host of relatives and friends. WANTED—Educated colored woman as matron and instructor of Music and Sewing. Also competent colored girl as Stenographer and Typewriter and colored carpenter to instruct in Carpentry and Building. Apply to PROF. W. M. BOLEY, President Lowry Institute, Mayesville, S. C. 4t. A WHITE GIRL'S PREDICAMENT. Charged Negro with Criminally Assaulting Her. THE WOUNDED ESCORT DECLARES HER BROTHER SHOT HIM—SENSATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS IN WASHINGTON—POLICE AUTHORITIES ACTIVE. [Washington Post, Oct. 1, 1907.] Having they believe, disposed of the theory that Miss Amelia Weiss was attacked by a Negro, the Virginia authorities last night procured the arrest of Charles Weiss, a baker of 1123 Four-and-a-half Street southwest, a brother of the girl. He is being held at the First Precinct station and will be surrendered to the Virginia authorities this morning. The arrest of Weiss, who stoutly declares his innocence, is the result of the assertion of John W. Mullen, who was shot and seriously wounded at the time Miss Weiss says she was dragged into the woods, near Rock Hill, Rosslyn, Va., and made to submit to the most brutal treatment. Mullen's statement that it was a white man and not a colored one, who, after clubbing him almost into insensibility, fired two shots into his body and left him for dead, and that he believes his assailant was a relative of the girl, caused the police and the Virginia authorities to seek a motive beyond the girl's unsupported story that a colored man attacked her. Notice! All furniture stored at A. Hayes, 727 N. 2d St. six mos. will be sold at Public Auction within 10 days unless storage bill is paid. Marriage Announcement. Mrs. Eliza F. Walton announces the marriage of her daughter, Madolin, to Mr. James E. Hunter, Wednesday, September 25, 1907 in New York City. Killed By Lightning. Buckingham C. H., Va., Sept. 22, '07 On Wednesday, September 18, '07 Mr. Ned Brown was struck by lightning and instantly killed. The funeral services were conducted from the Mt. Olive-Baptist Church of which he was a member by Rev. S. West Friday evening, Sept. 20th, 3 o'clock. worth about fifteen thousand dollars nineteen months ago was about to be sold. They called Dr. W. F. Graham, who had so faithfully served the Fifth Street Baptist Church for fifteen years, and under his leadership $2200.00 have been paid upon the mortgage debt. They now owe $3500.00. Last Sunday Rev. Thomas W. Smith preached two eloquent sermons morning and night. Dr. W. F. Graham preached a special sermon at 3:30 to the Planet Auxiliary, No. 1, K. of P., ladies. They were accompanied by the First Battalion Uniform Rank, K. of P., Major Wm. A. Robinson, commanding and Adj. B. H. Peyton. Planet Company, under command of Capt. Jackson, Eureka under Capt. Moore, Blooming Lily under Capt. Gwathney made a grand showing. Dr. Graham preached from the text, Mark 14:6, "Let her alone." Subject: The Unhindered Woman. The occasion was a grand one and the ladies made a beautiful showing. Collection of the day for coal was $40.18. Dr. Graham preached the 20th An- WEISS IS ARRESTED Charles Weiss, the man under arrest, is the only member of the family, who the authorities say, has not accounted for his movements on Sunday at the assault. After his arrest last night by Lieut. Hollinberger and Policeman Lester and Walter, of the Fourth precinct, at his home, Weiss was taken to the central office and there questioned by Lieut. Peck. Weiss tells the following story of his movements on Sunday and following the assault. I was at my home in Virginia at 10 o'clock Sunday morning and remained there until after dinner, leaving about 2:30 o'clock. At that time my sister Amelia had not gone out. After I left I came straight to my house in the city, where I loafed around until evening, and on Monday morning I went to work at 316 Second Street northeast, where I am employed. "A' o'clock this evening I returned to the house, to find my wife with a newspaper, from which she read the first page. I had of the assault. I intended to go immediately to my home in Virginia, but I remembered that it was late, and that it was dangerous for any one to go through the woods near 'Dead Man's Hollow' after dark. I then went to bed, where I remained until awakened by the policemen who arrested me. "I own no pistol and never owned one. I have never met this young man Mullen, although I knew he was going with my sister. I bore him no ill will." SAYS HE WILL TRY WEISS "I propose to bring Charles Weiss brother of Amelia Weiss, to trial on the charge of shooting John W. Mullen," declared Crandall Mackey, Commonwealth Attorney for Alexandra County, last night after he requested the local authorities to arrest the brother. "I think that the matter has developed sufficiently to warrant the arrest of Weiss for I have learned of circumstances concerning the case from people, both in this town and in the city, that place the shooting of young Mullen in an entirely different light from the story told by the girl. "I believe that he is the man we want. I arrived at this conclusion late to-night, after having investigated the case all day and after having talked with both brothers of the injured man." GIRL'S STORY DOUBTED Knowledge that conflicting assertions were made yesterday by the principals of the affair relative to the color of Mullen's assailant, together with the fact that Caton Herron, colored, arrested yesterday at Miss Weiss' request, afterward proved an alibi satisfactory to the police (Continued on Fourth Page.) Notice! All furniture stored at A. Hayes, 727 N. 2d St. six mos. will be sold at Public Auction within 10 days unless storage bill is paid. Marriage Announcement. Mrs. Eliza F. Walton announces the marriage of her daughter, Madolin, to Mr. James E. Hunter, to Mr. September 25, 1907 in New York City, Killed By Lightning. Buckingham C. H., Va., Sept. 22, '07 On Wednesday, September 18, '07 Mr. Ned Brown was struck by light- ning and instantly killed. The fun- eral services were conducted from the Mt. Olive-Baptist Church of which he was a member by Rev. S. West Friday evening, Sept. 20th, 3 o'clock. He leaves a wife and four child- children to mourn their loss. He was a member of Dillwyn Lodge. No. 107 K. of P. and was buried with honors of the same. Rev. Atkins in Pittsburg. Rev. Dr. Atkins, the pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church of Charlottesville, Va. has returned to the city after an absence of ten days to Pittsburgh, Pa. where he was engaged to deliver a series of lectures at the Mt. Ararat Baptist Church. He made many friends for education. The brethren invited him to preach the annual sermon to the B. Y. P. U. of the city and county of Allegheny and the ladies had him to preach the Thanksgiving Sermon to the Ruth's. Each sermon was pronounced able and scholarly. W. J. CARTER, D. D. —Mrs. Lucy M. J. Williams who has been visiting Capt. and Mrs. John G. Smith has returned to her home 1015-21st Street, Washington, D. C. after a pleasant stay of three weeks in our city. A Parlor Social At the residence of Capt. and Mrs. John G. Smith, 1301 E. Leigh Street on the evening of Sept. 17th there was given a Parlor Social in the honor of Mrs. Lucy M. J. Williams of Washington, D. C. Games and dancing were indulged until twelve midnight, after which the guests retired to the dining; room where a feast was spread with all the delicacies of the season. Those present were: Mrs. Lucy M. J. Williams, Washington, D. C., Mrs. Zimora J. Wood, Mrs. Susan Howard, Mrs. Gray Harris, Mrs. Madoline Dabney, Mr. and Mrs. John Brown, Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Lewis, Misses Lucy Deane, Louise Nelson, Daisy Walker, Indianapolis, Ind.; Nannie Jones, Maggie Cooper, Fannie Jackson, Lillian Moore, Messrs, Walter Jones, E. T. Sulley, Luke Hughes, Willie Fitzgerald, John T. Cooper George Sherman Emmet Howard, A Bassett, Drs. Slas Shackelford and A. J. Grier. A Great Day at the Fifth Baptist Church. The success of the Fifth Baptist Church under the leadership of Dr. W. F. Graham has been remarkable. The membership has increased largely, the congregations crowd the church both morning and night and the regular collections give general satisfaction. They are now preparing for a thousand dollar rally the third and fourth Sundays in November. It is believed that they will succeed. It will be remembered that this beautiful church property PRICE, FIVE CENTS. GIRL'S MENT. with Crim= ng Her. SHOT HIM—SENSATIONAL AUTHORITIES ACTIVE. worth about fifteen thousand dollars nineteen months ago was about to be sold. They called Dr. W. F. Graham, who had so faithfully served the Fifth Street Baptist Church for fifteen years, and under his leadership $2200.00 have been paid upon the mortgage debt. They now owe $3500.00. Last Sunday Rev. Thomas W. Smith preached two eleoquent sermons morning and night. Dr. W. F. Graham preached a special sermon at 3:30 to the Planet Auxiliary, No. 1, K. of P., ladies. They were accompanied by the First Battalion Uniform Rank, K. of P., Major Wm. A. Robinson, commanding and Adj. B. H. Peyton. Planet Company, under command of Capt. Jackson, Eureka under Capt. Moore, Blooming Lily under Capt. Gwathme made a grand showing. Dr. Graham preached ed from the text, Mark 14:6, "Let her alone." Subject: The Unhindered Woman. The occasion was a grand one and the ladies made a beautiful showing. Collection of the day for coal was $40.18. Dr. Graham preached the 20th Anniversary sermon of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church at 11:30 A. M. On the 3rd Sunday of this month he will preach the 25th Anniversary of the Second Baptist Church, Manches ter, Dr. D. W. Davis, Pastor, on the 2nd Sunday in December he will preach the 21st anniversary of Dr. C. T. Walker, Augusta, Ga. HICKS—William B., the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Hickss, died at their residence 24 W. Jackson Street, September 29, at 12 o'clock. Interment in Evergreen Cemetery. —Dr. J. R. Griffin, Jr. has returned to the city from his northern trip and opened up his office at 2809 M. St. He has been quite successful in passing the Board and taking the first prize away from Shaw. COLORED BANKER TO BE GIVEN RECEPTION. President of Richmond Bank to be Honored by Prominent Residents To-Night. (Atlantic City, N. J. Review, September 25, 1907.) John Mitchell, Jr., colored banker of Richmond, Va., who is president of the Mechanics' Bank of that city is here in attendance upon the session of the American Bankers' Association, will be tendered a public reception tonight by prominent colored citizens at Fitzgerald's Auditorium, North Kentucky avenue. The reception will begin at 8:30 o'clock. Arrangements for the function were made last night. The reception committee includes the following well known residents: A. F. Davidson, George H. Shackelford, George H. Conway, T. S. Boone, W. A. Reide, Thomas Jackson, Stan. R. Williams, Dr. P. L. Hawkins, Dr. S. LeRoy Morris, George H. Walls, David Campbell, J. W. Dowling, Thomas Coles, Captain A. T. Paul, John C. Smallwood, John C. Thomas, B. G. Fitzgerald, C. R. Page, Charles D. Lipscomb, C. C. Johnson, I. H. Nutter, C. C. Lewis and Robert A. Jackson. BROWN —Died at her residence, 2816 P Street, Wednesday, October 2, 1907 at 10:15 P. M., MRS. ELIZABETH BROWN, the beloved wife of Benjamin F. Brown, Sr., after a lingering illness. She leaves six children, namely; Benjamin F., Joseph D., John H. and Mrs. Annie C. Tenecky of New York and Thomas Burtin of British Aroon of mond. Funeral this Saturday from Fourth Baptist Church at 3 o'clock P. M. —Subscribe to The PLANET. The CASTLE of LIES BY ARTHUR HENRY VESEY BY ARTHUR HENRY VESEY My feet touched the narrow ledge. I was safe. But Willoughby? Brave Willoughby? I tried to call to him. No sound came from my lips. I was too exhausted. The last atom of strength was spent. For the moment I was paralyzed—body and mind. I could only lean helpless against the mountainside, gasping for breath. And almost immediately Willoughby's voice came, quite cheerfully, quite steadily: "All right? Bully for you. Look out, here's the rope. Now if I have decent luck. Be ready to bear a hand." Again I tried to cry out, to warn him. If he would wait five minutes, three minutes, one minute, I might be myself again. Still no sound came from my frozen lips. The rope fluttered over the overhang. It struck the icy ledge of the jutting rock to which I clung. Then slowly it fell over until it swayed loosely in the wind, still suspended from my body. I did not attempt to draw it in. I was too exhausted for an exertion so slight as that. It swayed gently to and fro, and it seemed to me that presently an unseen force would grasp it and pull me headlong to destruction to the glacier below. In the meanwhile Willoughby was started. Now I dared not cry out. I could only look up and wait, still struggling fiercely for my breath. But if I had been too exhausted to warn him, to unfasten that rope from my waist, how was I to give him the assistance he would surely need presently? A stone fell, and then another, as he fought for a foethold. I could hear him breathing deeply, though as yet I could not see him. I stood rigid, looking upward, a prey to such fears, to such terrors as no man can imagine. Now he came slowly into sight, his feet feeling with infinite caution. The difficulties of the descent were appalling. Even for me, supported by the rope held by Willoughby from above, they had been all but impossible. Wit J. loughby was no amateur; but without assistance—no, I could not hope to save him. It must be death for us both. But, and this was the agonising thought, when the crisis came, would the awful stimulus release my imprisoned will? Or would horror still hold me? And still he came. I could almost touch him now. He was actually near me—and then, what I had feared, what I had known, must happen, did happen. His feet lost their foothold. He was hanging by his arms over the ragged, blue-green glacier that yawned to receive him a thousand feet below. A moment he struggled frantically. Then he hung absolutely still. "Can you reach me?" he panted. "Brace yourself and reach me if you can. But be quick." I did not move. I was not afraid to die with him, though the world has refused to believe me. I did not move because I could not. Horror for the moment bereft me of my very reason to think and act. My will was frozen. My brain was numb. Then the nightmare passed. Suddenly I was calm. I took in a deep breath. I braced myself against the grim cliff for the shock as he should fall into my outstretched arms. But at that instant Willoughby quietly loosened his hold—even while I gathered all my poor strength for that last fight; and before he perished he cried one word, without passion, without despair: "Coward!" His body brushed my own as it fell. I heard it strike brutally the glacier below. Then there was stillness. The stillness was awful—and a solitude still more awful—vast, savage, and frozen, and always the whiteness of the eternal snows. And then darkness came. Hours later guildes found me still lying there. I saw them scrambling toward me. I gazed at them stupidly, indifferently. When they called I did not answer. They bore me back to the Alpine village we had left the day before. There were black nights of delirium. And in my delirium I cried: "I might have saved him. I am a murderer. He died cursing me as a coward." And so they judged me. When I was convalescent and crawled into the sunshine again, it was too late to make excuses even if I wished. People had already passed sentence. "Coward!" "Coward!" He was dead, and I lived. COPYRIGHT, 1905, by DAYLIGHT & COMMAND No one spokes to me. I was tooked at askance. If any pitied, it was a pity tempered with scorn. More than once Brave a kodak was snapped in my face. I was a curiosity. I was a coward. The Beacon Light: To return to America, to work; to forget if possible—that was the feverish impulse that dominated me now. And yet I lingered a week at Grindelwald. It was Quixotic, perhaps, but at least I refused to run away. If it was not a pleasant week. If I walked up the village street the guides, loading about at the corners, nudged each other and indulged in brutal jests at my expense. In their stupid, if honest, eyes I had committed the unpardonable sin. I had failed a fellow-climber at a moment of peril. They delighted to buttonhole the tourists—to make me still more notorious by reciting to them the story of my disgrace. I was completely ostracized. No one took the trouble of asking if the blame were wholly my own. I was labeled the coward. That was the end of it. But when I had lived through the intermingle seven days, each marked with an insult, I packed my things, vaguely hopeful after all. I was going home. I was going to America, and America is a long distance from Grindelwald. It was unlikely, I tried to persuade myself, that the story and the kodaks would follow me there. But if so, at least my fellow-townsmen would give me the benefit of the doubt. For once there had been a fire and a panic in the theater, and I had been lucky enough to help a little. So, if the story reached them, they would listen before they condemned. When my luggage was placed on the roof of the onnibus, and I was already seated inside, the proprietor of the hotel, who had hitherto held himself discreetly soof, designed to wish me good-by. "Adleu, Mr. Haddon. It will not give you pleasure to remember my hotel, I am afraid," he said with a mournful diffidence. "That would be too much to expect," I answered, cynically amused at his embarrassment. He hesitated a moment, one foot on the steps of the omnibus. "Mr. Haddon, may I say that I have sympathy for you? Do not let the little accidenta spoil your life. None of us are always brave. And certainly there is a courage of the spirit as well as of the body. The world condemns hastily, but it will doubt its verdict if you refuse to accept it. And you go now." "To America," I replied grimly, "where at present there is no verdict." "But not at once." "Why not?" I asked in surprise. "It is your affair of course, monsieur, but at least!"—he was seeking a pretentious expression of sympathy, but he ended lamely—"but at least do not let this simple affair spoil your digestion." "Perhaps I shall linger a day or two at Lucerne." I said good-sadlyly. "Ah, yes," he nodded in approval. "monsleur will retreat slowly." And so I came to Lucerne instead of sailing immediately to America as I had intended. It was not exactly bravado that sent me there to meet the scorn and sneers of those who may have heard of my disgrace. It was the sympathy of the little innkeeper. When I arrived, Lucerne was en fete. The Schwelzerhof was crowded. But in the restaurant I was not recognized. I began to hope that I might not be. In the writing-room, however, a London weekly advertised to the world the story of my disgrace; and one of those cursed kodaks adorned the first page. It was only a question of hours before I should be known. I walked out on the terrace for coffee, profoundly discouraged. The terrace, screened by bay-trees and cedars from the broad road that run along the lake, swarmed with the people who came to Switzerland, not to see but to be seen. They were chattering in every tongue in Europe. I stood in full view of everyone until a waiter beckoned to me; for there were few tables unoccupied. From the railway station to the Hotel Nationale the quay was ablaze with the flare of multicolored lights. Placed in screenlike receptacles at intervals against the facades of the great hotels, the white monotony of outline was transformed into a fairy fabric of blue and green and red. The black masses of the people at the windows and balconies, eager to see the procession of the lake, were thrown into garish relief. Beneath the double rows of chestnut trees flowed a bolsterous stream of Swiss peasants, arm in arm, shouting and singing as they marched, and a more sedate crowd of townsfolk and curious tourists. The lake was a conventional scene of gaudy brilliance. A procession of floats was passing as I took my seat, each float distinctive of some incident of Swiss life or of Swiss history and glory. I looked out on this stereotyped scene of gayety with a resolute show of interest. I was determined not to let the incident of the photograph run my digestion, as the little inkeeper had said. Perhaps it was my morbid fancy, but already I though people were regarding me curiously. And then I was sure I heard my name spoken by a woman. I refused to look around. I smoked my cigar deliberately, looking out toward the lake. Suddenly from the Rigi mountain, far off on the left, a dot of light pierced the black gloom. Another and another quivered, until there was a THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA double row of them burning some distance down the mountainside. Then on the right, on austere giant Pilatus, its shaggy head crowned with stars, other lights blazed. And then, very far off, in up the silence of the snows, one solitary beacon light shone like a star, steadily and alone. This little light comforted me, though it glowed from the very region of the tragedy. I liked to think it an emblem of hope. Out of the gloom and despair it burned steadily. It gave me a sort of courage. My elbow was jogged, and not with deference. "Pardon, but this seat is reserved." It was a waiter who spoke, and he was insolent. But I answered quietly: "I was given this place by another waiter. There was no placard on the table nor were the chairs turned up. Why do you say it is reserved?" As I asked this question I glanced over my shoulder to see for whom the man was demanding my place. On the steps leading to the terrace from the dining-room stood two ladies. One of them was a handsome, distinguished woman well passed middle age, and saying that of her, one has said everything. Of the other, one might say everything, and yet feel that one had said nothing. It was not the air of proud distinction that arrested my gaze, for she shared that quality with the other. It was not that she was merely young and beautiful. Other women are young and beautiful. It was rather that there breathed from the quiet presence of this woman a noble serenity and calm that is as adorable as it is rare. The assured, direct look of her eyes was truth itself. She had not seen me. She looked beyond the lake—at the solitary little beacon light that had comforted me only a moment ago. I gave up my seat at once, of course. I walked slowly to the end of the terrace, and took a less desirable place. I refused to allow myself to be interested in these people. And yet I was strangely interested in them. It was as if I were waiting. When my elbow was again touched, I felt no surprise. It was the waiter who had spoken to me a moment before. "Pardon—the ladies who took your seat—" I turned abruptly. The younger of the two women had risen. She stood at the table, leaning forward slightly, her expression at once startled and eager. To my astonishment she was smiling at me radiantly, a smile of charming surprise and welcome. But as I stared at her stupidity, the smile was succeeded by an expression of dismay. She addressed the elder woman in an agitated whisper. Her lips were parted in sheer wonder. Wonder held me spellbound as well as they. I turned vaguely to the waiter. He had already left my side, summoned imperiously, no doubt, by the ladies who had certainly mistaken me for another. I had half risen. Now I seated myself again, and every nerve tingled with excitement. The adventure was not yet end; I was aure of it. And I welcomed the diversion, even though pain and humiliation were to be its price. I had come to Lucerne on a momentary impulse, so I thought. What if fate had guided that impulse? For the third time the waiter spoke to me. I looked up at him calmly; I had known he would come. "The ladies wish to speak to monsieur, if monsieur is at liberty." The summons had come, as I knew that it would. I drew in a deep breath. My heart was beating fast, though outwardly I was calm enough. I turned; I advanced toward them. CHAPTER III The One Woman. I scanned each face intently as I approached them. There was a high delicate color on the cheeks of the elder woman. She was frowning slightly. I could not be sure whether curiosity or annoyance was the dominant note of her bearing. But presently I saw that it was rather resentment and thinly veiled contempt. During the past week scorn and contempt had flashed from too many eyes that I should misinterpret that look. They knew, then, the story of my disgrace. That fact would explain the expression of contempt; but why this strange resentment, this indignation? The younger woman, the daughter, for the likeness was unmistakable, sat motionless as I approached. The attitude was significant of a feeling more hostile and deeper than that which agitated the mother. It was the mother who spoke, not without evident reluctance; "Is it true that you are Mr. Haddon—Mr. Ernest Haddon? "It is true," I replied quietly. "Then you were with Mr. Lawrence Willoughby when the tragedy occurred?" she continued in a deep, even voice. "Yes, madam." "I am Mrs. Brett. -This is my daughter, Miss Brett." Again I bowed gravely. The girl made a slight inclination, but her eyes still gazed intently at the little beacon light that still burned on the mountain. I heard the name at first with an idle curiosity. Then vaguely I repeated it to myself. I had heard it before. I awoke startled memories. I vainly tried to place these people who were compelling themselves to speak to me with so evident a reluctance and hesitation. "I am sure I have heard, only later—" "Perhaps," assented Mrs. Brett bitterly, "it was Mr. Willoughby himself—" "Mother!" The daughter touched the mother's arm appealingly. "Yes," I said in a low voice, "I remember now." "Then, sir," and the question rose to a crescendo of restrained feeling, "when we were informed only a moment ago that you were Mr Haddon, you will understand why we have sent for you?" "Yes, madam, I understand. You wish to hear from my lips—the lips of the survivor—of the tragedy?" Willoughby had loved the daughter. A "I Wish to Hear Everything." When death had faced us together, he had spoken of her. At such a time one opens one's heart, even to a stranger. And he had told me of his heart's desire; he had told me of his despair that she had not returned his love. At least not openly. But now, when it was too late, perhaps she realized that she had loved him after all. If that were so, with what abhorrence must she regard me. And if I were to tell her everything—that he had died reproaching me for cowardice— Yes, pain and humiliation were indeed to be the price of this meeting. Yet outwardly I maintained a stoic calm. I knew there must be no excuses for myself. Whether this woman had loved him or not, at least his memory must be sacred to her. The man who was dead had paid the last penalty of presumption and folly. But that must not be hinted at; it was my weakness and cowardice that I must emphasize. "Helena," Mrs. Brett turned to her daughter, "would you prefer that Mr. Haddon speak to you alone?" "Yes, mother. I should prefer that." "I shall wait for you, Helena, in the writing room. Good evening, Mr. Haddon." As she left me I again caught the look of wonder, a resentful wonder, a curiosity that was even harsh and stern. I seated myself opposite the woman I had unconsciously wronged. For the first time she looked at me, and I saw with relief that neither pain nor anguish lurked in her clear eyes. There was no outraged love nor tenderness. Nor was there pity for herself or for me. But even so, it seemed to me pathetic that a woman should be so strong. "I wish to hear everything. Begin, please, with your first meeting with Mr. Willoughby. Tell me all—to the last moment." "I shall not spare either yourself or myself." I am ashamed. CHAPTER IV The Coward. "Did you know Mr. Willoughby intimately? Were you at Oxford with him? I think I do not remember his speaking of you." She spoke slowly, with a certain aloofness. A desire to be just strung along with a manifest dislike—a dislike that was evidently not lessened because of my studied calm. Perhaps she thought a fervent expression of penitence more fitting. But instinctively I knew that an hysterical repentance would increase her contempt for me. I preferred her hatred to that. And so I told my story absolutely without feeding. "I met him for the first time the night before his death." "Indeed!" Her voice trembled with anger. She was indignant that he should have discussed his love with an utter stranger. "It was not until we had both given up hope that he mentioned you, Miss Brett." I said with some sternness. "But surely his death was the result of a quite unexpected accident?" The newspapers gave one that impression," she exclaimed suspiciously. The words and the look accused me of falsehood. "The accident came only after we were both utterly exhausted by the sufferings of a night spent on the mountain paths." "And were the newspapers correct in saying that you were not an experienced mountain climber? And did Mr. Willoughby know that?" "Yes, I am simply a tourist. This is the first time I have been in Europe. I came to Switzerland as thousands of others come—to see the mountains from an hotel plaza or a railway train. To me, to as most tourists, the Alps were simply a gigantic panorama to be viewed complaisantly, as one looks at Niagara Falls. To climb them never occurred to me until I met Mr. Willoughby. "I was making the usual circular tour, Interlaken, Scheidegg, Lauterbrunnen, Grindelwald. Mr. Willoughby happened to sit next to me at the table d'hote at the Bear hotel. He was an athlete; Switzerland to him was simply an immense playground; he spoke of the trophies he had won at Queen's fields in the same breath as his exploits in scaling a mountain top. At first I listened to him with indifference; his enthusiasm amused me—nothing more. I had supposed that people climbed mountains simply for the view; because on the summit one could see a little farther than if one were merely on the mountain-side. But as he talked I began to understand. It was a game—a conflict—a battle if you wish—in which one plitted one's strength and wit in a hand-to-hand fight with nature. "Gradually his enthusiasm aroused mine. I was weared of sight-sneering; the horde of tourists disgusted me. Before we had finished our cigars I longed to pluck my first edelweiss; to play this new game myself. I hinted vaguely at dangers, but my companion laughed at them. I was presumptuous enough to think that where he led I might follow." "The usual mistake of the tourist, I believe," commented Miss Brett, cold- IV. "And you begged that you might go with him on his next climb?" "At least I was willing enough to do so when he suggested that. He was planning to make the Stralegg Pass. I confess that the word 'pass' did not sound especially formidable, for he declared that guides were not at all necessary. So I agreed to make the ascent with him. I did not realize that mountain climbing, more than any other sport, required arduous training. "The next morning at 11 o'clock we started from Grindelwald. We were provided with the customary paraphernalia of the Alpine climber; but our climb to the Schwarzegg Club Hut, at the Upper ice-fall, where we were to spend the night, might have been made with walking sticks instead of alpenstocks. It was for the most part a simple path over glassy slopes on the eastern side of the Lower Grindelwald Glacier—a bypath winding along the cliffs. "We were aroused the next mornings before it was light, and I was rather relieved when two guides, who were waiting at the but for a party expected that day, shook their heads at the weather, and warned us that it would not be safe to attempt the pass alone. My companion laughed at their fears. The heavens were quite clear; the stars shone faintly; the moon was waning; there was no hint of wind or storm. He assured me that the protests of the guides was a clumsy attempt to frighten us into engaging their services. They were waiting for us; it was the usual trick. I accepted his explanation as plausible enough. I was unwilling to disappoint him now that we had started; but for the first time I felt some misleading. "I shall not weary you with the description of our climb. The ascent was steep and trying in places, over ice and rock. In about four hours we reached the Zasenberg Chalets and the Central Ice-fall. A still scramble of an hour brought us to the frozen snow of a plateau. Here our path seemed to me less clear, but my companion advanced with confidence. I felt the altitude now distressing; I had qualms of mountain sickness. Still I struggled after him, until we came to the base of a precipitous wall of ice. We had passed over the last of the glaciers; we had reached the summit. "I supposed now that the worst was over. But the descent was by far the most difficult and dangerous part of our day's work. Every step had to be taken with extreme care. We were roped, of course; and I annoyed Mr. Willoughby by being compelled to halt repeatedly. The fact is, I was frightfully exhausted, though I struggled after him as doggedly as I could. "At last the descent became less hazardous. I believe that we should have arrived at Grimsel safely had we continued our way in a direct line and with the care that had characterized our first movements. But my companion attempted more and more difficult feats of climbing. As a rule I did not follow him. But presently a mountain lodge obstructed our path. Two courses were open to us: we could make a long but safe detour around it, or we could scale it. My companion decided upon the latter course. I again fastened the rope about my waist and followed him." "Do you wish me to infer that the boyish confidence of Mr. Willoughby led to the tragedy?" Helena asked in a passionless voice. "I wish you to infer nothing." "But you place the blame, at least tactily, on one who is dead and cannot defend himself," she insisted angrily. "I am sorry you should think so. I am trying to give you the facts quite simply—the absolute truth." "I do not wish to wrong you," she said in a low voice. "I wish to be just to you, Mr. Haddon." "Just when I realized that we were in danger I hardly know. Or perhaps I should be more honest if I said that I cannot tell just when I began to feel afraid. We had climbed cautiously and slowly around the ledge. Mr. Willoughby was in the lead. Suddenly, as we rounded this shoulder, a flake of snow touched my cheek. "Clinging to the face of the rock, I looked down. The ice slopes were turning yellow in the cold early evening light. But far below they were hidden by mists, which even as we looked seemed to gather volume and to roll onward and upward, threatening to engulf us. The sky was laden. As we made the ledge a gust of wind almost swept us from our foothold. The snow fell more thickly; it came, it seemed, from every quarter in an instant. "We had made the ledge in safety, but even as we looked about us the mist enveloped us. It was impossible to see more than a few yards ahead. Still we struggled on slowly and mechanically. Rocks, which in ordinary circumstances would have seemed quite easy, suddenly appalled us; for we were unable to see where to put hand or foot. "Even to my inexperienced eyes we were in a terrible predicament. Willoughby, however, was cheerful and confident. If he had misgivings he kept them to himself. I followed him blindly. "Suddenly to our complete dismay the descent was cut off by a precepice, the rocks on either side falling almost sheer to the glacier beneath. Further attempt was useless that night. Even Willoughby acknowledged that. There was nothing for it but to bivouac for the night, and trust for better luck on the morrow. "It is impossible for me to describe for you the sufferings of that terrible night. We gathered such stones as we could find on the narrow mountain ledge, and placed them as a protection against the biting wind. We consumed the last morsel of food. We had already drunk our tea. We huddled close to each other for warmth. We shivered, not for moments, but for 15 minutes at a time. Every now and then we chafed each other's hands to prevent their being frost-bitten. But the greatest suffering was caused by our efforts to fight off the deadly numbness and drowsiness." "Did you give up all hope then?" asked Helena, shuddering. "I am sure that Willowby did not." His courage and heroism were unfailing. Until the cold had exhausted us we attempted to wile away the hours by relating to each other incidents of our past life. It was natural that our talk should become increasingly intimate. Death stared us in the face. At such an hour as that one forgets that one is speaking to a stranger. It was then that Mr. Willoughby told me of you. "I understand," said Helena in a voice that was strangely gentle. For the first time there were tears in her eyes. "At half past two the snow ceased falling. The sky cleared. The stars shone out one by one in a blackened sky. It was now, I think, for the first time I felt our utter helplessness. The terror of the mountains, the awful loneliness, the stillness, the sense of utter isolation—all overwhelmed me. The ghostly whiteness of the mountain peaks shone out against the dark sky. The moon shed an unearthly radiance over all. Shadowy and unreal, a phantom host, mountain after mountain stretched as far as one could see. And our helplessness was made the more pitiable because at our feet we could see the lights of the village. "The sun rose at last. But I was terribly exhausted with the cold, the night's vigil, and fatigue. Three times we attempted to resume our descent, and three times my exhaustion paralyzed every effort. I wish to make no excuses, and yet—" I paused. I looked at her wistfully, I saw no pity or sympathy in her eyes. She came from a race of soldiers. They, too, had suffered and died, and their honor had been stainless. Why should she make any allowance for my suffering and weakness? When all is said, weakness to her meant cowardice. She forgot, as the world had forgotten, that it is not so difficult to be brave when the danger is a familiar one. She looked at me quite unmoved. "The rocks," I continued, "were covered with snow and were ice-glazed. Willoughby was anxious now. And yet it was impossible to linger; no one would dream of looking for us on this side of the mountain. So that presently when the sun rose higher and we were partially warm, I stumbled painfully and slowly after my companion. "For a time I followed him mechanically in perfect silence. Suddenly he came to a pause. He told me very quietly that we were lost. He pointed as a proof of that to the overhanging ledge around which we had climbed the evening before. I am nearly at the end of my story, Miss Brett." Again she shuddered, and we both looked at the little beacon light fillering very faintly now. About us the people laughed and talked; the orchestra was playing a Strauss waltz. "Do not spare me, please," whispered Helena. "To retrace our steps was impossible. Just around the mountain-side we knew that we should find ourselves in comparative safety. But to climb down the overhanging precipice had been appallingly difficult the day before. Now, exhausted in mind and body, the rocks slippery with snow and ice, it seemed impossible—for me, at least. And yet it is I who am alive to tell you how desperate that chance was. "Generous to the last, he insisted that I go first. The rope was fastened about my waist; I climbed down the overhanging cliff, supported by the rope held by my companion above." "I reached the ledge. I was safe. But I had put forth the last of my strength. I could only stand there, fighting for my breath. Almost immediately Willoughby flung down the rope and warned me that he was coming, and that I should be ready to give him what assistance I could. I tried to speak—to implore him to delay the descent for a few moments; my voice seemed a mere whisper. Probably he did not bear me. Or he dared not delay lest he should lose his own nerve; for he must have known that the chances were wholly against him. "Not even for you can I linger over the details of these last awful moments. He had almost accomplished the impossible. He was just above me. I could have reached up and clasped his body. And then what I had feared, what I had known would happen, did happen. His feet slipped. He was hanging by his arms. He called to me in a strong and steady voice to come to his aid. I did not. At least, until it was too late. He hung there one frightful instant, and then—" Helena clasped her hands convulsively. "And so the end came," she murmured. "And he died without one word?" I hesitated. "It is my right to know." She looked at me with burning eyes. "'Coward!'" I whispered. CHAPTER V A Life for a Life. A long silence fell between us. I looked where the little beacon light had flickered feebly a few moments before. it had gone out. With an effort, I sought the face of the girl who sat opposite me. She had judged. I knew that. She looked at me as if I were a being apart, of another world. By my own confession I had shut myself out of her world. The man who had loved her loyally had died as the strong people of her race had died. That proud fact supported her. For her I existed no longer. She gathered her skirts about her. She inclined her head slightly. She was going out of my life. She had uttered no spoken reproach. But her look, her every movement, echoed the verdict of the man who was dead. I pushed back my chair. Thank Heaven, the ordeal was over; that was my first thought. Then I hesitated. Suddenly I longed to make this woman understand. When others had pointed the finger of scorn I had refused to be crushed, because I believed their censure unjust. I had grown almost indifferent as to whether people despised me or Hot. But this was the first woman to whom I had spoken since the tragedy. Had she loved Willoughby, it would have been hopeless to expect any sympathy from her. She would have felt toward me a lifelong hatred. But she did not love Willoughby. It was merely a sense of duty that had urged her to seek from me my story. Perhaps she wished to tell it to his bereaved parents. It was to be a sort of separation owed to the memory of the man who had loved her. She had judged me without emotion, without passion. She had spoken no words of reproach or anger. She was leaving me in silence. But I knew that the silence of this woman would haunt me as no spoken word of bitterness ever could. It was a silence that would irritate and madden with the coming years. It was hopeless to make her understand, to expect one word of sympathy. But at least she should speak, though it were in anger. I leaned toward her; there was a certain pride in my humility. "Like the others, you think I have forfeited the right to one word of sympathy." "More than all the others, I should think," she answered calmly, without hesitation. "Yes," I said, wearily, "you have placed a placard on my back, as they used to put a high paper cap on the boys in school. On the cap the schoolmasters used to write the word 'Dune'; on the placard you have written the word 'Coward'. And yet I am not quite a coward. Do you refuse to see that I am simply one of those men whose fate it has been to be tried to the uttermost? Forgive me; I am appealing to your sympathy after all. You resent that. It is quite natural. It was a moment of weakness." Again I pushed back my chair. She regarded me half curiously. Perhaps she noticed I was haggard and pale. Perhaps in spite of herself, she was a little sorry for me. "Oh, I suppose," she said, very gently, "that there is something to be said in the defense of everyone. By and by I may feel less bitter toward you, Mr. Haddon. I shall remember that you did not spare yourself—that you might not have told me"—her voice fell to a whisper—"everything." "Thank you for saying so much. If there were any reparation I would make it. You should know that." "Reparation!" Her eyes flashed. "How can you speak of reparation?" "And is there no atonement possible, even for the most wretched?" She looked down at me almost sternly, for she had risen at the question. Then, as if a thin veil had been drawn from her face, I saw the gentle pity of womanhood reflected there. A strange sweetness came into her voice as she spoke slowly, almost unwillingly. It was a mystical message of comfort she was bringing to me. She was suggesting a way of hope after all. "Because of you a life has been lost to the world. I leave out the personal loss to myself. Because of your weakness, to call it by the most charitable name, the world is the poorer for one strong soul." "Yes," I said, humbly, "yes." "But if," she spoke more eagerly, "If through you a life were saved for the world—if it were to be a life for a life—" A moment I stared at her, uncomprehending. She had suggested a way of escape so romantic that to one living in this twentieth century it may seem absurd. But the very audacity of the suggestion appealed to me. "Yes," I cried, passionately, "I understand. It is to be a life for a life! In some way, no matter how, I am to save a life for the life that has been lost through me." "At least that should restore your self-respect," she assented almost coldly. She wished me to understand that whatever I might or might not do was no concern of hers. But I was not to be discouraged. "And if I am so fortunate as to accomplish this"—I held her eyes steadily—"will you, I should say rather, will the world, your world, remember that? Shall I then stand on the same plane as other men in your respect?" "I vouch nothing for the world, and certainly not," she added, haughtily, "for myself." I felt an emotion that was very near that of triumph. It is extraordinary how in the most sacred of moments the passion to conquer, to subdue, obtrudes itself. Henceforth, whether this woman would have it so or not, there was a bond between us. She had suggested a way of escape! I accepted it with passionate gratitude. I swore to myself, as I stood before her, that I would not rest until I had accomplished the sacred task she had set me. I answered with a boldness that surprised even myself: "From this day my one object in life shall be to make the reparation you have suggested. But when that is done you will know it." I saw her hand tremble as she lightly touched her hair. It was not so much embarrassment that brought the slow blush to her cheek as anger. She turned from me without a word. I watched her disappear with a strange exultation. TO BE CONTINUED London Police Graft In an investigation of police graft in London it has been discovered that many persons not drunk at all have been arrested on that charge for the purpose of blackmail. The Needle's Eye "Well," said the man who had been knocked into the mud. "if there is, anyway, one comfort. If a camel can't get through it, then an automobile can't!"—Puck. Hours of Deepest Sleep. The period of deepest sleep varies from three to five o'clock. An hour or two after going to bed you sleep very soundly; then your slumber grows gradually lighter, and it is easy enough to waken you at one or two o'clock. But when four o'clock comes you are in such a state of somnolence that it would take a great deal to rouse you. 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Sw serted, hi tate has nettled the Negro question by “‘eettling” the Negro, it seem: that the person doing the “settlin; should be the last one to say any- thing about it and the person set- tled should be past that stage of volubility, where his voice may be heard in the land. Gov. Swanson inadvertently gave voice fo one assertion which is an axiom, “Nothing is ever settled un- til it is settled right.” When the Governor spoke of hold ing the Negro to his allotted place, he ‘set himself up to check growth. Those of us who have drawn inspira- tion from the educational institutions of the Southland will hardly consent to any arbitrary barring of our pro- gress along any of the pathways that Jead to the well-spring of good citi- zenship. If we accept the statements of the Governor in his opening remarks, we may be able to account for bis many erratic utterances. It seems that his family physician has not only un- derstood him in the past, but has “sized him up” for the present. Is there @ person who can fall to real- ize and appreciate the force of these Quaint utterances, which the Govern- Or quoted before he launched out in bis diatribe against an humble and helpless people? Here is what he said: “T have no time to prepare speech es recently, for the Jamestown Expo- sition has kept me so busy deliver- ing addresses to various organiza- tions of all kinds that I have had Yery little-time for anything else. Indeed, a short time ago, I went to my doctor—a very frank, candid old physician—and asked ‘him if my Musmenens_ sddremes were not thier me a thorough examination and ‘afd ‘Your speeches haven’t injured, your nervous system, but your many fll- base Torro to your reputa- tion.’ I ‘this will] acer be apctee coma to be so. commented upon go0d friend and candid ae te Doctor.” ‘Well, this was another just such an occasion and is in the nature of an apelogy made before the breach of etiquette has been committed. If Gov. Swanson did not contribute to Secretary Branch’s defeat, he most assuredly emphasized it. It would be well for him to have his speeches written and edited. He is a pleasing orator, but his indiscre- tion in debate would wreck the chan- ces of uny candidate whose cause he espoused in a close contest. President Ingalls remarks, while Probably not so intended were evi- dently a rebuke, and applied direct- ly to all that Gov, Swanson was un- kind enotigh to say. He contemn- @4 the arraying of class against class and he specifically —de- nounced race prejudice declaring that it should have no place in the financial jurisprudence of the coun- try The daily press edited this out of his remarks, but we heard the ut- terances. It is evident that a bet- ter day is coming. Men seeking political preferment can no longer secure It by nteans of the road that leads over the legal rights of the Negro. Gov. Vardaman found this out in Mississippt and the distinguished Governor of Virginia would do well to profit by his example, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND THE NEGRO. President Roosevelt has started on another trip to the Southland and it is now evident that much of his summer vacation hus been devoted to preparing addresses to be deliv ered at the many places that he will vist upon this most spectacular ex- cursion.. It is evident that this dis tinguished gentleman {s filled with pent-up energy and that be Mkes to The embarrassing Negro question was inadvertently forced upon him at Keokuk, lowa last Tuesday when a Negro plasterer, whose name Is not even givea in the Associated Press Aispatches, presented him with a gold-headed cane, assuring the dis- tinguished visitor that the Negro fidence in his administration and his determination to treat the black race with fair We are pleased, the Negroes of that section, It 4 tative Negro In the entire State could have been found to make the pro- entation speech It seems to speak badly for that oratorical ¢ tw ‘ 1 d poor Judsmer The President overlooked aN of this, however, and strictly adhered to the well-known rule, “never te look a gift In the mouth.” He The incident seemed to touch the President. He grasped the yea! hand and held it tightly while he mado reply, saying that he pted the present with great ure and adding that in dealing with the black man, as in dealing with the white, he followed what he believed to be the only sane principle that of treating every man accord ing to his mertis as an individual, re Kardless of race.” yelt is abont to return to tis firat| love—the basic principle which in- splred him long before he reached | the presidential office? Let us hope | so. In his speech delivered at St. Louis, Mo., October 24, 1907, he| sald: PS belleve that the uation has the jwhole governmental power over in- terstate commerce and the widest lseretion in dealing with that sub- Ject: of course, under the express limits prescribed in the Constitution for the exercise of ali powers, such “due process of law” shall not be denied.”” President Roosevelt admits then that the exercising of all powers: must be within the limits prescribed by the Constitution of the United States. These limite are bounded by the emphatic declarations of “‘due process of law.”* | Companies B, C, and D of the ‘Twenty-fitth Infantry were dismiss- ed from the army of the United States by an executive order, counter signed by Hon. William H. Taft as Secretary of War. Not only was a trial denied, but every effort was made by the administration to deny to these men a hearing in the Sen- jate of the United States. ‘Talking is one thing and doing is another. ‘Platitudes upon this all important question, Mr. President, jwill not do. Gold-beaded canes and by plasterers instead of by ‘Will not restore lost conft- A wrong has been consum- A stroke of the pen by the| head of this nation will do Justice {mnocent men of the wrongfully i rf deeds at: to do righ isa Bmp aN a Ape THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. A White Girls Predicament. (Continued From First Page.) ‘created doubt in tne minds of the Commonwealth foe Ab gen Palmer, and the local Assertions made by the wounded ‘man uphold the police theory that no colored man figured in the affair. “Do you believe that your assail- ‘ant was a white man and not a Ne- gro?” Mullen was asked, as he lay on his cot =e Georgetown Uni- versity Hospit yesterday. Propped up in his bed, he nodded his head in the affirmative. “Do you suspect any one in par- ticular who mifght have had a motive for such an act?” Again the wounded man signified that he did. “Do you believe that it was a rel- ative of the girl?” “I do,” Mullen replied, speaking with great dificulty. “And I be- lieve I know which one.” {Washington Post, Oct. 2nd, 1907.) Lying upon what may be his death bed, John William Mullen last night positively identified Charles Weiss, a brother of his fiancee, Miss Ameila Weiss, as the man who shot and seriously injured him Sunday afternoon In “Dead Man’s Hollow,” near Rosslyn. Miss Weiss alleged that it was a colored man who did the shooting and that he subsequent ly made an attack upon her. Weiss was taken last night from his cell in the First Precinct Station to the Georgetown Hospital. Com- monwealth Attorney Crandall Mac- key, Sheriff Palmer and several clvil fang witnessed the Identification dozen in number, were all ushered into the ward where Mullen was con- fined. At the same time Weiss was [brought in. Mr, Mackey asked the |wounded man ff he could pick out ‘his assailant, He leaned over on his pillow and pointed to Weiss, who was ‘standing half obscured In the crowd and. exclaimed “He looks like the man who shot me. Yes; he fs the mun. J am pos itive, yes, positive, He Is." Wrist ‘face turned pale. ‘There was silence for a moment, and all the while Mullon’s eyes reated Bxedly upon the man he bad accused WEISS SPEAKS TO MULLEN Mr. Mackey then commanded Weiss to speak to. Mullen. Weiss advanced to the side of the cot and grasped the wounded man's hand This Is the first time I ever saw you. 1 am innocent,” Wels said Now, if you have any doubt, ay #0 In the presence of these people and relleve me of blame. You're on your death bed now, and for God's ke Wo not condemn me for some- thing I have not tone.” : itlye, “You shot me, and you know t.” Mulien answered quickly. Mul- Jen, although weakened and suffer- ing great pain, was cool and collect- 1 Mr, Mackey a few minutes Inter was closeted with Weiss, and obtain cd from him a statement regarding an nlibl. After procuring this, Mr Mackey again talked with Mullen, who insisted that he had made no mistake. He told. Mr. Muckey that bing him and when he held the re: volver axainst hfs face before firing it fato his mouth. Mullen says that after he had been beaten almost in- to tnsensibility the girl remarked You have beaten him enough. Now for God's sake lot bim alone.” WILL MAKE INQUIRY TO-DAY A thorough Investigation will be made early this morning by Mr. Mack §¥ and the police regarding Wels’ Tiovements Sunday afternoon. Mean while, Mr. Mackey has determined to make no effort to remove the pris oner to Alexandria County. He be- Hayes he will be safe here, ant, In fact. the county Jail Is now’ crowded to tis capacity. “His ulibt will have to be a mighty good one.” sald Mr. Mackey last night. “Mullen fs so positive that it leaves little room for doubt. He is now in a critical condition, and though his pulse and temperature are favorable, he may die at any time. I don’t think Weiss will ‘Te- sist belng transferred to the county if we elect to take him there. This all depends upon my investigation to-day. The case seems less mys- terious than it was twenty-four hours ago,” Weiss was removed to the Seventh Precinct Station and placed fp a cell. Last night it was stated at The sta- tion that the accused man would re- sist any effort to remove him to Al- exandria. Weiss after being identified by Mullen talked freely, Lig Med oe he said was in corroboration of what he had previously related regarding his whereabouts on the day of the shooting. He stoutly maintains hig innocence, and says he is prepared to establish an alibi with several re- putable persons as witnesses. MISS WEISS A VISITOR. ‘Miss Weiss visited Mullen about 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon in the hoon sesterday afternoon in the Miss Weiss visited Mullen about 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon in the hospital, and was allowed to remain with him a few minutes. Mullen’s condition ts very eritieal, in the view of the attending physicians, and any ‘untoward exeltement will aggravate ‘his condition, When she left the hospital, the girl showed signs of weeping "My brother is not guilty of this crime. It is a Negro and he ought to be lynched,” asserted Miss Weiss in an interview with a Post reporter who informed her last night that her suitor had identified her broth er ns the guilty man. “John had no chance to see what the man looked lke anyhow,” she continued. “He was shot to the ground and fell upon bis face. The man, who was a Negro, had a dark cap ‘pulled over his forehead. He held me a prisoner for half an hour, and I ought to know what he looked lke more than anybody. I talked! with John yesterday, and he told me it was a white man, hut he is wrong. I don’t think he knew what he yas saving when he said Charlie shooting.” a tk Su thas | INCREASED JAIL SENTENCE. - Rev. Tartt's Troubles.—Bitter Con- —— troversy—Bail Given. a. Pl } VA., Oct. 1.—Bix me ment in the city jail for the | . El Tartt, pues oe the Harrison Strget Baptist ureh, col- ores ‘Was the punishment fixed by the jury in the Hustings Court this afternoon In tke trial of the appeal of the colored preacher from the sehtence in Mayor Jones’ Court of $25 fine and thirty days im jail, for assaulting and threatening with a Bistol John Henry Mason, colored, a clerk in the employ of T. C. John- son, @ colored lawyer, in whose of- fice on Oak Street the alleged as- sault occurred about five weeks ago. The prisoner was admitted to bail by Judge Mullen in the sum of $500 this afternoon, several colored men going on his. bond The Judge fixed Saturday, Octo- ber Sth, as the date to hear argu- ment on the motion for a new trial, made by Tartt's counsel, who are State Senator Charles T. “Lassiter and Mr. Paul Petit THE CHURCH TROUBLE. pp vocause of Tartt's prominence in the big conrrecational quarrel that has split the liarrison Street Church and is still undecided, especial in- terest is taken in the result of his trial on a criminal charge, and the courtroom to-dey was packed with people, white and colored. Mason, the victim of Tartt's alleged assault, was the first witness for the prose- cution, which was conducted by Com monwealth’s Attorney R. H. Mann. eH practically repeated his story in the first trial of Tartt’s attack and threats. Counsel for the de fense object) to the testimony of Needham Huilsins, colored, as to see ing Rey. Tari: near the scene of the alleged assault on the day that it Is sald to have occurred and the court ruled that ‘hn evidence could be used only fn rebuttal. The defen isnt attempted to prove an alibi at the first trial, and two of bis witnesse: are now awaiting trial on a charge perjury. The colored lawyer, T. C. Johnson, testified as to what the principals In the affair had told him, and several witnesses vouched for Mason's good character. The defetise calicd no witnesses $100.00 Endowment Paid. Martintsilie. Va, Sept. 27, 107. ‘This is to certify that 1 have re- celved from John Mitchell, Jr. Grand Worhy Counsellor of the Grand Cour’ of Virginia, I. 0. of Ca- lanthe, (3190.00) One Hundred Dollars in payment of the death- claim of Kuh Martin, who was a member of Jupiter Court, No. 80 of Martinsville. Va. Signed—Dallas Martin, Beneficiary. Witnesses: Mary L. Carter. Stgiora E. Griggs, Vins A. Flood. V. 2} Earley, District Deputy —+— 0; —___ $100.00 Endowment Patd. Newport News, Va., Sept. 27, ‘07, This 's to cortity that 1 have re: colved from John Mitchell, Jr. Grand Worthy Counsellor of | ‘the Grand Court of Virzinia, 1. 0, of Ca- lanthe, ($100.00) One Hundred Dollars ia payment of the death- elatm of Fath Hill, who was a mem- ber of Pride of the East Court, No. 56 of Newport News, Va, Signed—H. W. Terrell, Administrator. Witness Diartha H. Slaughter, W. C. ©. H. Robinson, W. ‘Inr. J. & Byrd, W. Cc. Lille D. Byrd, Deputy. $150.00 Endowment Paid. Danvile, Va., Sept. 25, 1907. ‘This |. to certify that T have re. celved fom John Mitchell, Jr. Grand Chancellor of the | Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pyth. fas, N. A. SA. B, A. A, and A. ($150.0) One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the death. claim of John Dandridge, who was & memir of Moravian Lodge, No. 13, Danville, Va. her Sicned—Pokey X Dandridge. mark Beneficiary. Witness = Geo. W. Rison See. B. ©. Wm. J. Simon, K. of R. & 8. W. J. Hubbard, C. c. : W. A. Milner, 'D. D. G. Cc. ————0;____ $150.00 Endowment Paid. Portsmouth, Va., Sept. 25, '07 This i> to certify that I have re- ceived from Johu Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of the ‘Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pyth- fas, NA, 8 A,, B, A. As and A (3150.00) One Hundred and Fitty Dollars ia payment of the death. claim of William Bramley, who was & mem}«r of Jonathan Lodge, No. 20 of Portsmouth, Va. ed Amanita Lee Brumley. Beneficiary. Witne Lew N, Colthrop. his James X Foster. mark \. Brumley. —— ap National Aspect of the New York Primary Fight—Brownsvitle Question the Issue, A sizvifieant feature of the Pri- mary ficht im New York City, Sep- tember 24th, on which date the Re- Publican ‘Prieaatica "were held, was fhe outcome of the contest fn the irteenth Assembly District, district bag the largest number of colored voters in it of any Assembly district in the State. The only issue Involved was whether or not Mr. Qn. christ Stewart, who represented district last year in the County Com mittee, and as its representative in- troduced the resolution in the Re- publican County Committee asking President Roosevelt to rescind his %. ‘the a ie the 25th because of the x Nad Tarsoas We sane the m before Secretary Taft, Fesuited in President Roose. cablegram to Mr. Stewart, pacity Seoueed pobtio: ovtsioe tm New State, should be returned ‘the County Committee. ‘The Brownsville case was made ithe direct issue. Letters were sent out by the Republican organization of the Wistrict, which Mr. Stewart's friends control, asking that Mr. Stewart be returned in order to be in position to further the fight on Dehalf of the discharged soldiers. Placards were posted all over the district, with the heading, “Shall the black battalion be restored to the ar- my? If so, vote for Gilehrist Stew- fart.” A letter was sent to.all of the colored voters reviewing the Brownsville case in detail and ask- ing them t6 sustain Stewart In his ght. On the other hand, the County ma chine in charge of Congressman Par- sons, who is Chairman of the Repub- lican County Committee, represent- ing President Roosevelt, took per- sonal charge of the fight In behalf of their candidate, and the entire in- fluence of the Republican County Or- ganization, the federal patronage, and every federal office holder, white and colored were against his elec- tion. Copies of Senator Foraker's speech at Wilberforce were spread broad- cast in the district, thereby bringing in the subsidary issue as to whether or not Mr. Stewart would be return- ed to aid Senator Foraker. The vote was overwhelmingly In favor of Mr. Stewart, his forces carrying every colored election district by ma Jorities of from 3 to 30 to 1. . The Kepublican Party leadets of New York County are deeply pus- zled over the defeat of the machine. In an interview with the Evening Telegram of New York City, Mr Stewart said, “I do not regard this 48 @ personal victory by any means. It is merely indicative of the feeling of the thousands of colored voters of New York, who are representing the ‘thousands "in the other states North, who will have something to say in the next election, that this question touches them very deeply: and if it is possible by thelr votes to do 80, they intend to see that justice Is ren dered to these brave defenders of the nation’s honor and its flag, which have .een so outrageously treated “The decision was rendered in this istrict, against the active work of the most powerful influences, that the black Wattalion goes. back to the my, I am free to confess that I 2 surprised myself at the manner which the rank and file of the olored ecorning money con-| erations and special pleading of the subsidized office holders, rallied to the polls, and almost unanimous- ly cast their votes In my favor, Out! Of the colored votes of 2,000 enroll- ea, only 69 colored men voted the opposition tieket. I shall carry on this fight throughout the northern erever the colored yoters have anything to say, until the party Feyresentatives are placed unequivo rters of my race.” ill WARSHIPS IN FIERCE GALE. Micutennnt Purse Killed by Hume Wave om the Minots. BOSTON, Oct, 2—The battleship I Unois came into the Charlestown navy yard from target practice off Rarasta- ble with the body of Lientenaut John H. Furse of Savannah, who died from injuries received in a storm, R. D. Bottcher of Ulster Heights, N. HL, a bontswain's mate, was also ser ously hart, and another petty officer, A. Peterson, © boatswain's mate, was hurt. Lieutenant Furse’s liver was ruptur ed, and he almost Immediately became unconsclous and suffered no pein. He died at 4 o'clock In the morning. Bott. cher was transferred from the Illinois to the naval hospital fn Chelsea, and it ts said that his injuries, Including a badly fractured skull, may prove fa- tal Peterson was said tobe in no danger, rs ‘Phe Minols was about twelve mites off Barnstable harbor, riding the storm. Roth anchors were out, and an extra anchor watch was on. ‘The gale was exceptionally severe, the wind Dlowing at seventy to eighty miles an hour, Lieutenant Furse was an officer of the deck and was doing his regular rounds when a wave more mountiin- ous than any of the others that had been continually slinging themselves against the battleship reared over the bow. ‘The lookout shouted a warning, and all sought handhold or shelter. Lieutenant Furse, Bottcher and Peter. son were caught up in the rush of wa- ter, and with tremendous foree the three men were thrown against the forward hatch. The battleship Itself was hardly jarred under the blow of the great wave and sustained no dam- aah A JEKYLL-HYDE LIFE. Dr, Samuel Rolin Skips and Fertetee Hix Bait Bona. NEW ROCHELLE, N. ¥., Oct. 2— His counsel believes that “Dr.” Sam. uel Bolin, the man who was regarded here as a well to do physician and druggist and who was arrested yester- dayon the charge of attempted bur- glary, has gone away with the inten- tion of not returning. His ball bond of $1,000, on which he was released, has been forfeited by Justice Vanoken because he did not appear in court, and it is believed that he has left New Rochelle. His wife says that he tried to commit suicide twice during the night and that instead of being a phy- siclan retired in good circumstances, #8 the folks of this place who received him into society have believed, he was working as a bartender in a saloon on One Hundred and Forty-ninth street, New York. Mrs. Bolin, who is a very little wo- man of a pronounced Russian type, was at her home almost overcome by the fact of her husband's absence, Later Mrs. Bolin, too, left town after she had been so upset by the curiosity of some of the neighbors. ‘The records of the ‘Trenton peniten- Wary show that in November, 1908, ‘Samuel Bolin was arrested in New acta FREE With a year’s subscrip- tion to the (Name of Your Paper) and The 2 = Philadelphia Press The razor is made from the best Sheffield Steel, hardened and tempered thermometrically and guaranteed. | ls Particular Merit is its Shaving Quality j $3.50 BUYS ] og ° e | The Philadelphia Press ‘ 1 ONE YEAR daily, regular price $3.00 : FremontRazor 0's) 9. 5S $300 Your Favorite Home Newspaper $1.50 ; Value c.. °°. B6i50 ; ! ALL FOR i | $3.50 Cash i Mailed immediately upon receipt of your A subscription, ; i j : ——————— t | Order To-day—Now! | ark, N. J., with several other men charged with the burglary of $3,000 Worth of silks from the establishment of David Klein, He was tried, con- victed and sentenced to serve two and [a half years in the Trenton peniten- tinry, | WASHINGTON, Oct 2.—A distin. ‘sulshed party of Episcopalians visited the tomb of Washington as the guests of the regents of the Mount ‘Vernon association. ‘The trip was made sepa- rately. One party, including the bishop of London, Bishop Gibson of Virginia, Bishop Jacobs of St. Alban, England: Bishop Montgomery, Father Waggett of London and Iishop Satterlee of Washington, went from this elty in an xutomoblle, while J. Plerpont Morgan, Bishop and Mrs. Doane of New York and others traveled in @ private elec- itrle car. | A Poser For Swarthmore, PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 2—The tac- alty of Swarthmore college was as- tounded when the will of Miss Anna T. Jeanes, which left $1,000,000 to the college, was admitted to probate, showing the bequest was made on the condition that Swarthmore discontinue all participation in intercollegiate sports. ‘The will of Miss Jeanes mado It clear that if Swarthmore 1s to con- tinue its intercollegiate football it will have to give up the $1,000,000 bequest. The will disposes of property valued ‘lat $5,000,000,. A SECRET MARRIAGE. Senator Thomas C. Piatt Sued For Divorce. NEW YORK, Oct. 2—Though every effort was made to keep the proceed ings secret Miss Mae Wood's suit for Absolute divorce from United States Senator Thomas ©. Platt camé up in the supreme court here. Miss Wood, who is a handsome blond, has been schoolteacher, lawyet and stenographer, and it was through Senator Platt’s influence that she got & position as government stenographer in the postofiice department, at Wash- ington. She declares that Senator Platt mar ried her at the Fifth Avenue hotel on Nov. 1, 1901, and that the aged sena- tor’s later marriage to Lillian 'T. Jane- ‘Way nearly two years afterward was null and void. She says the ceremony that bound her to the former boss was perform- @@ by an Episcopal priest, the Rev. Eéward W. Rice, in suit 158 of the famous hostelry, J. V. Jones, one of Platt’s employees, being the witness. “There were urgent reasons why Piatt wanted our marriage kept se- eret,” she said. “Platt was old when I met him, but be was an eloquent ‘Wooer. He seemed genuinely fond of me, and I belleve now that he Toved me until he met Mrs, Janeway. She came between us, and soon after he met her I realized that his love for me had grown cold. I feit, however, that as I was Senator Piatt’s wife I was bound to come out on top.” THE SECRET OUT. England Won International Tennis Match at the White House. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.—The Episco- pal bishops and other churchmen who have been in Washington for several days attending the convention of the International Brotherhood of St. An- drew and laying of the cornerstone of the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul left here gn a special train for Rich- mond, Va., to participate in the trien- nial convention of the Episcopal church. ‘The bishop of London held an impromptu reception at the railroad station. He admitted for the first time who won a tennis match at the White House Friday between himself and President Roosevelt. “I suppose you will not tell who won that tennis match?" he was asked, iacertninly 1 will,” he answered. “T aia.” J. Pierpont Morgan of New York, who will take a prominent part In the Episcopal convention, arrived at the station a quarter of an hour ahead of time. He did not wait with the crowd of clergy and laymen, but went imme- diately to the practically empty train. CHARGED WITH GRAFT. Four oston Officats and Two Sena- tors Indicted. BOSTON, Oct. 2—In the belief that the statute passed by the legislature of 1908 forbiiding the soliciting of po- sitions in public service corporations by public officials has been violated the Suffolk county grand jury has indicted two state senators, two members of the legislature and two aldermen of this city. ‘Those indicted are Senator B. J. Bromberg, West Roxbury; Senator 8. J. McLeod, Cambridge; Representative D. J. McDonald, Charlestown; former Representative F. J. Dethro, Alderman James M. Curley and Alderman John B. Baldwin of Boston. It is charged that these men solicited Positions from the New England Tele- phone and Telegraph company. All of the men bat Bromberg pleaded not guilty when arraigned and were re- leased on $1,000 ball. ———__ Jamestown Director General Quits. NORFOLK, Va. Oct. 1.-J. M. Barr, director general of the Jamestown Ex- position ‘company, who recently re- signed that office, i a letter made public finally declines to withdraw bis resignation. iss i TAG PLANET Secretary of War Received With Honors Due a King. Roosevelt and the Emperor Cheered by Tokyo Banqueters as Token of Amity Between the Two Countries. TOKYO, Oct. 2.—Secretary of War Taft was received in audience by the emperor of Japan with all the honor and ceremony usually bestowed on the ruler of an empire. The emperor sent a message of good will to America and its president, showing, as his majesty said, to the world Japan's friendly feeling toward the United States. Mr. Taft said it gave him great pleasure to bring a message of good will from President Roosevelt. The secretary said he felt that the fact that the Japanese emperor had for the second time honored him with an invitation to an audience was due to his majesty's well known friendship for America. Secretary Taft roused the wildest enthusiasm and loud cheers when during his speech at the banquet given in his honor by the municipality of Tokyo and chamber of commerce he declared that war between the United States and Japan would "be a crime against modern civilization and as wicked as it would be insane." He added that neither people desired it and that both governments would do their utmost to guard against such an awful catastrophe. The secretary spoke with intense earnestness, his speech being the result of careful deliberation and preparation. The banquet took place in the assembly room of the Imperial hotel, Viscount Shibusawa presiding, and was attended by many prominent officials and leading business men of Tokyo. Viscount Shibusawa in welcoming Mr. Taft payed a glowing tribute to the greatness of the nation which the secretary represented, the friendliness which the United States had always displayed for Japan and the influence which America exerted throughout the world. After the dinner the assembly room presented a remarkable scene, every one congratulating every one else on what was considered a complete removal of the cloud that had arisen between Japan and the United States and the silencing of the sensationalists. In speaking of war Mr. Taft said he did not hold that war is entirely unjustifiable when international grievances cannot otherwise be redressed. "But war is hell," he said, "and only a great cause, which cannot be settled by diplomacy, justifies it." After an uneventful voyage across the Pacific from Seattle, which port she left Sept. 13, the Minnesota stole up Tokyo bay and anchored at the Yokohama quarantine station. Among those who were received by Secretary Taft on board the Minnesota were a number of the leading journalists of Japan. Replying to a felicitous speech of welcome, Secretary Taft said, referring to the matter of racial prejudice, that it was only necessary to refer his questioners to the message of President Roosevelt on this subject. The secretary said he came as the secretary of peace, not as the secretary of war. The secretary was then asked if the United States intended to sell the Philippine Islands. To this Mr. Taft replied that America had no intention of selling, adding that he had no mission in Japan except to bear friendly greetings to and visit old friends on his way to Manila. Continuing, the secretary outlined his proposed trip around the world and spoke of his plans for the future government of the Philippines. Czar Disgraces Kaulbars ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 2.—General Kaulbars, governor general of Odessa, has been dismissed from his post. He commanded the First Manchurian, army during the latter part of the Japanese war and was held responsible by General Kuropatkin for the loss of the battle of Mukden. General Kaulbars was also accused of secretly encouraging the Black Hundred in its attack on the Jews, although he continually promised the Jews his protection. He Wax Sarely Crazy. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.—Because he said he was afraid of being kissed Thomas H. Gardner, forty-two years old, of Baltimore, has been sent to the Government Hospital For the Insane, Gardner, the police say, had been stopping persons on the street and demanding that they let him alone. "These people want to kiss me, and I won't stand for it," he said. Active Worker at Ninety-7 Active Worker at Ninety-six, BECKET, Mass., Sept. 30. Michael McNerney celebrated his ninety-sixth birthday here by digging two acres of potatoes. Annually for seventy-five years he has mowed six tons of hay with an old fashioned scythe. "I'll live to be a hundred, sure, and maybe more," said McNerney. Root at City of Mexico. CITY OF MEXICO. Oct. 1.—Secretary Root has arrived here and will remain one week as the guest of the Mexican government. After that he will make short visits to many parts of Mexico, leaving for home about Oct. 15. and will reach Washington Oct. 20. Roosevelt's Triumphant Voyage Down Mississippi. MEETS MANY STATE GOVERNORS. President Seathes Rich Grafters, Drawing Illustrations From Fall of Roman Empire—Its Luxurious Evil Caused Ruin. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 2.—President Roosevelt arrived here this morning on the steamer Mississippi. He was accompanied by Governor Frantz of Oklahoma and Seth Bullock of the Black Hills. The chief cause of the president's trip is the movement for a deep waterway down the Mississippi river to the gulf of Mexico. The reception of the president all along the river was cordial in the extreme. He is in excellent spirits. President Roosevelt after meeting at Keokuk, Ia., the governors of Iowa, Florida, Louisiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, both Dakotas, Oregon, Wyoming and Illinois spoke at Rand park before a large assembly. The president said in part: "During the last few years we of the United States have been forced to consider very seriously certain economic problems. We have made a beginning in the attempt to deal with the relations of the national government—that is, with the relations of the people of the country—to the huge and wealthy corporations, controlled for the most part by a few very rich men, which are engaged in interstate business, especially the great railway corporations. You know my views on this matter. You know that I believe that the national government in the interests of the people should assume much the same supervision and control over the management of the interstate common carriers that it now exercises over the national banks. You know furthermore that I believe that this supervision and control should be exercised in a spirit of rigid fairness toward the corporations, exacting justice from them on behalf of the people, but giving them justice in return. "Recently I have been reading the work of the eminent Italian scholar Ferrero on the history of the Roman republic when the life of the Roman state had become that of a complex and luxurious industrial civilization. I am happy to say that the differences between that civilization and our own are more striking than the resemblances, and there is no warrant for our being drawn into any pessimistic comparison between the two civilizations. But there is every reason why we should study carefully the past in order to draw from it lessons for use in the present. One of the most striking features of the years which saw the downfall of the Roman republic was the fact that the political life of Rome became split between two camps, one containing the rich who wished to exploit the poor and the other the poor who wished to plunder the rich. Naturally under such circumstances the public man who was for the moment successful tended to be either a violent reactionary or a violent demagogue. Any such condition of political life is as hopelessly unhealthy now as it was then. I believe so implicitly in the future of our people because I believe that the average American citizen will no more tolerate government by a mob than he will tolerate government by a plutocracy; that he desires to see justice done to and justice exacted from rich man and poor man allike. We are not trying to favor any man at the expense of his fellows. We are trying to shape things so that as far as possible each man shall have a fair chance in life—so that he shall have so far as by law this can be accomplished the chance to show the stuff that there is in him. "We have no intention of trying to work for the impossible and undesirable end of giving to the lazy, the thriftless, the weak and the vicious the reward that belongs to and in the long run can only come to the hardworking, the thrifty, the resolute and the honest. But we do wish to see that the necessary struggle $m$ life shall be carried on under genuinely democratic conditions; that, so far as human action can safely provide it, there shall be an approximately fair start; that there shall be no oppression of the weak and that no man shall be permitted to acquire or to use a vast fortune by methods or in ways that are tortuous and dishonest. "Therefore we need wise laws, and we need to have them resolutely administered. We can get such laws and such administration only if the people are alive to their interests. The other day I listened to an admirable sermon by Bishop Johnston of western Texas. His theme was that the vital element in judging any man should be his conduct and neither his position nor his pretensions and, furthermore, that freedom could only stay with a people which has the habit of self mastery. As he said, the price of liberty is not only eternal vigilance, but eternal virtue and, I may add, eternal common sense. Each man here knows that he himself has been able to use his freedom to advantage only provided that he could master himself, that he could control his own passions and direct his own faculties. Each of you fathers and mothers here knows that if your sons are to do well in the world they must know how to master themselves. Every man must have a master. If he is not his own master, then somebody else will be. This is just as true of public life as of private life. TOLEDO, O., Sept. 30.-The strike of railway clerks is growing. About 400 men are now out. Dr. Stiger Falls Dead. HACKETTSTOWN, N. J., Oct. 2.—Dr. Henry Stiger of 813 West Twenty-eighth street, New York city, died suddenly at the home of H. W. Hunt at Schooleys Mountain of apoplexy. He was in attendance on Mrs. Hunt and had gone out into the garden for relaxation, when he fell dead. Dr. Stiger was seventy-four years of age. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA JOB DEPARTMENT EXCURSION We print Handbills, Quarter-Sheet posters, Tags, Tickets, Placard duties, Visiting Cards, Mourning Stations WE HAVE Our St. OF THE LATE WE CAN PRINT A BILL AS SMALL A Three-Sheet AS LARGE AS A FRO Our street-entrance is retired and fastidious lady being able to enter w EXCURSION WORK OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS We print Handbills, Quarter-Sheets, Half and Whole Sheet posters, Tags, Tickets, Placards, Society Cards, Minutes, Visiting Cards, Mourning Stationery. OUR AIM is to please our patrons and to give them the best service at the lowest prices, consistent with satisfactory work. We furnish "cuts" when desired and we will arrange to complete special work in our line. When in need of any work in our line, call and see us and estimates will be furnished. OF THE LATEST STYLE BOND, FINE WRITING—FLAT AND LINEN PAPER, ENVELOPES, ETC. Our street-entrance is retired and has no objectionable features, the most fastidious lady being able to enter without embarrassment or annoyance. LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE, 2213. FORD'S HAIR POMADE Formerly known as "OZONIZED OX MARROW" The Ozonized Ox Marrow Co. (None genuine without my signature) Charles Ford Co. 153 E. KINZIE ST. CHICAGO, ILL. Agents wanted everywhere. It is thoroughly equipped to do all kinds of printing on short notice. We make a specialty of Society printing and work for Insurance Companies, such as Financial Recommends Coney Island For Zone WASHINGTON, Sept. 30. — Miss Beek, sent by Secretary Taft to investigate the condition of Panama canal employees, has reported that a Coney island ought to be established for their amusement. Korean Club Destroyed by Fire. SEOUL, Oct. 2. — A fire here has destroyed a number of the largest buildings in the city, including the Korean club. It is reported that cholera is increasing throughout Korea. Jane Loot Alaska Village Japs Loot Alaska Village. SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 30.—Captain Munro of the steamer Cascie has reported to the United States consul at Vancouver the alleged pillaging of the Alaskan village on Litak bay, on southwest Kadak island, by the crew of a Japanese sealing schooner operating in Bering sea. Kipling and Wife Go West. MONREAL, Oct. 1.—Rudyard Kipling, accompanied by his wife, left here by the Transcontinental express for the Pacific coast. They will visit Winnipeg, Vancouver and Victoria. The trip will extend over three weeks. Countess of Warwick Is Popular. NEW YORK, Sept. 30.—The Countess of Warwick has arrived here, and during the morning she received at the Hotel Webster more than 200 telegrams and letters inviting her to various social affairs. SO STRAIGHTEN KINNY or CURLY a style desired consistent with its length. We are known as "OZONIZED OX MARROW" for the only use prescribed, known to us that the only use prescribed, known to us that shown above. Its use makes the most stru- bble and easy to handle. Its hair is pliable and easy to combed. Its hair may be obtained from one treatment; it is used for use of FOAM, made removes and uses of FOAM, made removes and orates the scalp, stops the hair from fail- ing and nourishes the roots, gives it new life and vigor. Being elegantly shaped and cledd, gentleman and children. 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All we ask is for you to give it a trial and we feel confident the result will be so satisfactory that you will recommend it to your friends. Be sure and get the genuine and refuse weak and inferior substitutes. For sale at all Drug Stores. NORFOLK, VA., U. S. A. If your dealer does not keep it, send will send you a bottle by return mail. for particulars. dealer does not keep it, send his name and a bottle by return mail. Agents wa Dall If your dealer does not keep it, send his name and 20 cents in silver and we will buy out a bottle by return mail. Agents wanted everywhere. Write for particular details. JURGEN'S SON Before making your purchase you would do well to call at the most reliable furniture house in the city and see the fine line of REFRIGERATONS, MATTINGS, OIL-CLOTHS And in fact everything that is needed in house furnishings. RUGS AND CARPETS Of every description; also the latest designs in ROCKERS and special CHAIRS. 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We furnish "cuts" when de- complete special work in our l in our line, call and see us and T LINE OF S DESIRING TO SEE THEM. braces a full CLAT AND LINEN PAPER, ENVELO WE HAVE ONE OF THE OF WOOD Of Any Job Printing E NT AND QUICK-WORKING. OUR OFFICE WITHIN FIFTY YARDS OF BROAD ST. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, AP John Mitch 311 N. 4th St. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, APPLY TO John Mitchell, Jr. John Mitchell, Jr. Special Attention Given to Balls, Suppers, Installations and Smok ers at the Shortest Notice. Your Patronage Solicited. Refreshment Cars and Boat Privile es Handled in Season. Address all communications to ELAM L. BANKS, 511 N. 3d St Residence: 1312 N. 26th St. --- Daily to Baltimore. Railway. WE HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST ASSORTMENTS OF WOOD-TYPE Of Any Job Printing Establishment in the city. 311 N. 4th St.. Richmond. Va. SEABOARD SOUTHOBOUND TRAIN. SCHED- ULED TO LEAVE RICHMOND DAILY. 9:10 A. M. — Local to Norlina, Raleigh, Charlotte, Wilmington, 2:20 P. M. — Sleepers and coaches, Savannah, Jacksonville and Florida points, 9:50 P. M. — Sleepers and coaches Atlanta, Birmingham, Memphis, Savannah, Jacksonville and Southwest, NORTHBOUND TRAINS SCHED- ULED TO ARRIVE RICHMOND 6:45 A. M., 5:10 P. M., 5:45 P. M. H. S. LEARD, D. P. A. JOSHUA BANKS & SONS EVERY FACILITY CONSISTENT WITH FINE CATERING. BLACKWELL & BRO. Practical House and Sign Painters, Graining and General Contractors. .....ALL, WORK GUARANTEED..... Cards, Letters or Orders. "...Give us a trial, you will never regret it." Address, Cor. Price and Jackson Sts. RICHMOND, VA. PLANET DEPOTS NEW YORK CITY W. H. Warrington, 71 W. 99th St. W. H. White, 323 Columbus Ave. R. Plummer, 100 W. 134th St. Standard News Co., 131 W. 53d St J. Welch, 134 W. 134th St. Rev. A. L. McKee, 52 E. 132d St F. Green, 302 W. 40th St. W. H. Jones, 249 W. 35th St. W. B. Bee, 1 W. 134th St Clarence Bush, 851 Morris Ave., Bronx-Borough. J. H. Parker, 144 W. 26th St Charles Devan, 1.1 W. 30th St W. J. 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Robt Lee Greenwood, 142 Myrtle Ave ASBURY PARK, N. J. Geo W. Moody, 1129 Springwood Ave A. Haynes, 1103 Springwood Ave. ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA. W. A. Fleming. BURLINGTON, N. J. Joseph Anderson, 120 E Delaware ave WICHITA FAILS, MEX. F. L. Lindsey, Box 72. MEMPHIS, TENN. Standard? News Company. THE PLANET SATURDAY...OCTOBER 5. 1907 WIT' AND WIT'OUT. Ten bluffs don't equal one make good. We throw flowers at the dead; mud at the living. The girl of matchless beauty is never matchless. Girls with dimples do not always make the best laughter. When a youth starts to sow his wild oats it's time for the father to start threshing. Honesty is the best policy — only when you pay promptly the premiums of hard work. There is no flair on earth equal to the man who preends that he doesn't mind being bowledg or red haired. The millionaire tells us how to get rich—but it is a fake trail to lead us away from his own private hunting grounds. It is true that a good woman may lift a man from the gutter, but it is usually better to ask a policeman to do so. When a crowd of women have absolutely nothing to talk about, then start in by saying anything about everybody. Down in our hearts we are all rather pleased to see the other fellow get it in the neck—which explains the popularity of the comic supplements. —Judge. OPTIMISMS. Our happiest moments are when we forget self in useful effort. Through the desire and effort to express, we will reach the highest good, or paradise. Man has always fallen upward, and when he has kicked the ball it has always been toward the goal. The wise man is ready to relinquish anything and everything, confident that something better is in store. Happy is the child born into a family where there is a competition of ideas, and the recurring theme is truth. Mankind is moving toward the light, and such is our faith now in the divine intelligence that we do not believe that in our hearts were planted aspirations and desires that are to work our undoing—Elbert Hubbard in Lippincott's. HERALD BLASTS Some men would rather "lose out" than "win out." The world likes its apologists, but hates its friends. A Pharisee has never yet had power to deliver a publican. God ne'er dooms to waste the strength He deigns to impart. In the human heart are buried vast longings that are eternal. He who would follow Christ must go with Him into strange and untried paths. I must live pure, speak true, right wrong, follow the King—else where-fore born? Christ is more than the climax of humanity. He is the Saviour of men by way of the cross—Home Herald. MEDITATIONS OF A SPINSTER. There is no more uninspiring thing in the world than a relative. Self-control is that admirable trait which prevents you from having lots of fun. It's astonishing what comfort some people get worrying over their neighbors who live beyond their incomes. When a man gets up to give his seat to a pretty girl and a fat, enraged lady slides into it, it is a sign he is going to kick himself good and hard, while the other passengers grim. A girl always says "don't" when she is kissed, not because she wants to say it or because she means it or for any reason whatever, except that she knows her mother would expect her to put up some such bluff to prove she has the right kind of bringing up. PROVERBS. Ask thy purse what thou shouldst buy. Beauty is potent, but money is more potent. He that serves everybody is paid by nobody. He that beareth a torch shadoweth himself to give light to others. If the piggard should once taste the sweetness of giving he'd give it all away. He hath made good progress in a business who hath thought well of it beforehand. SENTENCE SERMONS. There is no loyalty without love. To defer a right determination is to make a wrong one. The acid of envy eats out all happiness from the heart. You cannot get high moral tone out of loose muscular wires. If you do not know how to let up you do not know how to live. You can do little for humanity without the saving salt of humor. Every time you depend on a bracer you knock out your own underpinning. When we confess to our own faults usually we are thinking of our neighbor's. Many a man thinks he is a great force because he creates so much friction. The man who borrows trouble is little better than the one who makes it. If you are afraid of being misunderstood you are not likely to do much worth understanding.—Chicago Tribune. THE SLOPPY SOPHIST. The commuter's sentence is never commuted for good behavior. The inspiration of our best literature is: "I need the money." When the worst comes to the worst, it's best to make the best of it. A man who worships a woman has a religion that kills all his desire ever to become a free thinker. The thing that causes dread to spring is not spring poems, but the quilps printed about them. Some men point out the silvery lining in a cloud; then they borrow your umbrella before the rain starts. If a wife makes her husband jealous—the divorce court; if she lacks the power to make him jealous—ditto! It's wrong to say society makes a woman docile. When in decokelete gowns they don't try to conceal much. A philosopher is the bee who furlishes the humming, while the other bees are hustling too hard to interpolate music. A girl realises that this is the last call for proposals—unless the June marriage is to be rushed with Indecorous husbate—Judge. PROVERBS AND PHRASES Victory changes oft her side.— Homer. Self-conquest is the greatest of victories.—Plato. Prudence is the charlotteer of all virtue.—Latin. Quackery has no friend like gullibility.—Italian. Hope in the Lord, but exert yourself.—Russian. He who makes himself nothing is nothing.—German. It is no easy matter to bear prosperity decently.—French. Promising is not giving, but serves to content fools.—Portuguese. If thou respect the law, thou wilt not be terrified by the law.—Menander. The more a man denies himself, the more he will receive from heaven.—Horace. We rarely find that the same soil produces delicacies and hewes.—Herodotus. By far the most valuable possession of all to all men for life is skill.—Hipparchus. RANDOM SHOTS It isn't fair to judge a woman's aims oy what she hits. Some are proud of their past—prob- ably because it is past. When a wise man falls in love he gives his brain a vacation. You may lead any woman to talk but you may not make her think. Love not only makes the world go round but it also makes men go broke. A man never becomes a tax dodger unless his income exceeds his outgo. People are always in the right— when they are on your side of the controversy. PROVERBS FROM THE HINDUS. Happiness consists in the absence of anxiety. Truth, contentment, patience and THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. mercy Belong to great minds. Little things should not be despised; many straws united will bind an elephant. It can never be safe to unite with an enemy; water, though heated, will soon extinguish fire. He who removes another from danger and he who removes terror from the mind are the greatest of friends. A gift bestowed with kind expressions, knowledge without pride united with clemency are rare but excellent. He who seeks the company of the wise shall himself become wise; even glass inserted in gold partakes of its color. The truly great are calm in danger, merciful in prosperity, eloquent in the assembly, courageous in war and anxious for fame. Courage is tried in war, integrity in the payment of debt and interest, the faithfulness of a wife in poverty and friendship in distress. He who in your presence speaks kindly, but in your absence seeks to injure, must be rejected, like a bowl of poison covered with milk. Every one looking downward becomes impressed with the idea of his own greatness, but looking upward feels his own littleness. WITH THE SAGES. Riches are not essential to gain honor.—Smiles. It is the mind that ennobles, not the blood.—Vega. Time loosely spent will not again be won.—Green. On high estates high heaps of care attend.—Webster. Do each day's duty as if it were the last.—Knox-Little. Be rich in patience if thou in goods be poor.—Dunbar. Patience is the wisest recipe for success.—W. S. Royston. From labor health, from health contentment springs.—Beattle. Speak truly, and thy word shall be as fruitful seed.—Dr. Bonar. A simple life, lived greatly, is what the world needs.—L.L. D. Bevan. Time is the only thing of which it is a virtue to be covetous.—Seneca. To endure calamities with patience is the mark of a valiant mind.—Clicero. The secret of all success is to know how to deny yourself.—Mrs. Olliphant. He that labors is tempted by one devil; he that is idle by a thousand.—Ariosto. The true perfection of a man is to find out his own imperfections.—St. Augustine. SAYS THE OWL Honesty is the best pald-up policy. Anything that is almost right is wrong. It's well to remember that it's a mistake to forget a favor. A confidence man has very little confidence in other people. You can't dodge the worst by sitting down and hoping for the best. The man who lives in the past carries his headlight on the wrong end. If a woman is willing to let a man talk it is because she has nothing to tell. Anyway, the weather hasn't inspired much poetry of the beautiful spring brand. There seems to be more charitableness connected with the brotherhood of man than there is with the sisterhood of woman. REFLECTION OF A BACHELOR. A conscience is something to worry you for fear you are going to get caught. The rich would get terribly poor if there weren't so many poor people to make money for them. A woman is afraid if she had on clothes out of fashion at her funeral they wouldn't let her into heaven. The wife with theories that won't work tries to make a man happy; the successful one makes him comfortable. A man thinks he is mighty generous to his wife to make her an allowance and then not give it to her so she can think she is saving money.—N. Y. Press. Of a million girl babies born 871- 266 are alive at 12 months. Of the boys 30,000 fewer live through the first year. Temptations for the Idle Plea for Religion. Religion should be the rule of life, not a casual incident to it.—Beaconsfield. Knights of Pythias, This organization is one of the most powerful in the country and its progress has been phenomenal. 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. 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, orgnize one. For all information concerning the Children's Department address For all information concerning special rates of membership in the lodges and courts, address KNIGHTS OF PYTHAS F.C.B. only absolutely necessary regu- 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 m a rosette, costing 25 cents for r THE BANDS OF CALA stitutes a feature and persons a circle. The expense is nonin- $1.00 to $1.50 sick dues and d Lodge or Court or Band in you For all information concern For all information conce- membership in the lodges and IT WAS HIS WIFE. The conductor was inclined to seek for sympathy. "Do you see that woman on the left hand side of the car, up near the front?" he asked the thin man on the back platform. "Yes, I see her." "The one with the dizzy hat?" "Yes." "Well, I think she's tryn' to beat me out of a fare. When I went in to collect she never looked around, an' I ain't quite sure that she didn't pay me before—although I'm almost positive about it. She looks to me like a woman whob he glad to stir up a fuss. I can pick 'em out as far as I can see 'em. You never spot a woman with a face like that who isn't ready to bluff her way anywhere. I wish to thunder I knew whether she had paid her fare or not." "I wouldn't worry about it any more," said the thin man. "I paid the lady's fare some time ago—she's my wife." "I don't like a man who throws a kiss." "No; he should deliver it in person, I suppose."—Chicago Journal. Curious. Isn't it a funny thing— Doesn't it seem out of place— That a match should have a head When it hasn't got a face? Isn't it a little strange, After everything is said, That a watch should have a face When it hasn't got a head? —Perrine Lambert, in Judge. Her Intention: "I know that, mama, and I intend to quit having anything to do with him just as soon as the other half is gone." -Chicago Record-Herald Unusual. "John," said Mrs. Spenders, "Two got lots of things I want to talk to you about." "Glad to hear it," snapped her husband; "usually you want to talk to me about lots of things that you haven't got." Mirror of Friendship As a patent conceit destroyer there is nothing more effectual than the contemplation of ourselves through the medium of the eyes of a friend.—London Throne. Algerians Are Good Markamen Many tales are told by travelers of the wonderful skill of the Algerians in handling rifles. The native Algerians would rank with our expert rifle shooters. Mean Fling at Woman. Women always go back to their first word unless they have meanwhile forgotten it. Translated for Transatlantic Tales from Filegende Blatter. True Brotherly Love Brotherly love and charity do not consist so much in what you give as to how little you take from your fellow man.—Emerson. en's Department also conan to enter the little ones into this mystic all that could be expected. It pays from $30.09 to $40.00. If you have noPythian orgnize one. Department address, MRS. ANNA TAYLOR, W. M. 120 W. ning special rates of courts, address $150 PER SURE TO GOOD AGENT greatest seller in America to-day. Noth does the work. Sells at almost every ho on the dollar. Write to-day for full part Address PER MONTH GOOD AGENTS handling the world's greatest of HAIR TONICS. Absolutely the sea to-day. Nothing else like it. No long talk. My plan at almost every home over and over again. 87 clear profit -o-day for full particulars, with real chance of a lifetime. address $150 PER MONTH HAIR TONICS. Absolutely the greatest seller in America to-day. Nothing else like it. No long talk. My plan does the work. Sells at almost every home over and over again. 87 clear profit on the dollar. Write to-day for full particulars, with real chance of a lifetime. Address J. F. CLARK, CONWAY, ARK. "Now that I am no longer married," said the woman, taking the precaution to knock three times on wood, "I never have inflammatory rheumatism. When I was married the last time I had it twice. I don't know why." "I suppose you know," said the Englishman, "that you might call that inflammatory room-mat artist! Haw, haw! Joke!" in wood, "I never humitatism. When last time I had it hygee." "I suppose the Englishman, that infamma- aw, haw! Joke!" Dealer in General Line of FANCY AND STAPLE GROCERIES, NOTIONS, FRESH MEATS, CI- GARS, TOBACCO, ICE, WOOD, COAL, &c. 11 S. 4TH ST., RICHMOND, VA. Wheels. Oils have been of a British firm The best gear wheels have been shown by the test of a British firm to be those made from a high grade Manila paper. They are formed in 1,000-ton hydraulic presses, are stronger and more elastic than centron, lighter than rawhide, noiseless, almost frictionless, and work without vibration. Fine Monument to Empress. The white marble monument to Empress Elizabeth of Austria, in Vienna, is by Hans Bitterlich, sculptor, and Fritz Ohmann, architect. The figure of the empress is shown seated in the center of a hemicycle. A pool of water in front reflects the statue and its background of shrubbery. Inventors balk at no obstacles. One of these agents of progress has devised a plan for inducing women on leaving street cars to step off forward instead of backward. If this invention works the discovery of the secret of perpetual motion will seem less hopeless. If this invention of the secret of seem less hope ALL ORDERS WILL RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION. Long Distance Phone. 759. - If you have been watching the papers you may have notice, that a German concern is going to manufacture lead pennails of potatoes. Now, what a person not in the secret wants to know is this—will the whittlings be Saratoga chips or German style? Husband (sighing)—She gave me her hand yesterday, and promised that she would try to control her temper, and to-day she threw me downstairs! "Frailty, thy name is woman!" Translated for Transeatlantic Tales for Filigende Bianter Civilization is built up by the appetite of humanity for luxuries. The extravagance of a man's wife is often one of the reasons why the man worked hard and built up a huge business and a huge fortune.—Irish Homestead. A first class game like golf surely does not require to be bolstered up by constant competitions for silver and electroplated articles of hideous design and doubtful utility.—Golf Illustrated. "A man dat's allus questionin' people's veracity," said Uncle Eben, "may have a great and abidin' reverence foh de truth an' den agin he may be one o' dese folks dat jes' naturally likes trouble." To a question, "What is a woman?" the Turk answers, "a prisoner;" the Albanian, "a slave;" the Servian, "a servant;" the Bulgarian, "a companion;" the Greek, "a queen." "I wish they wouldn't leave reading wills until after the funeral." "How so?" "One would know so much better what flowers to send."—lippincott's. --- And No Policeman Near Best Gear Wheels Fine Monument to Empress A Darina Inventor A. Reasonable Query A Miatakan Quotation Driven to Succeed Pot Hunting Golf Says Little Eben Various Ideas of Women WILL Power: ```markdown ``` 311 N. 4th St., Richmond, Va. Established 1899. JOHN FOXEL. BOARDING & LODGING Rates Reasonable. All the Comforts of Home Orders received by letter or telegraph MRS. BOOKER LEFTWICH. PROPRIETRESS, 816 N. 2nd St., Richmond, Va H F Jonathan FISH, OYSTERS; AND PRODUCE. 126 N. 17TH St., RICHMOND, VA The Camphor Habit. A growing evil reported by Dr. Aba Sztankay among the Slovaks of Upper Hungary is the habitual use of camphor internally. For 14 years he has persistently questioned buyers of the drug, and he concludes that at least 25 per cent of the large and increasing amount sold is used by the camphor editors. An increase in epilepsy seems to be a result of this indulgence. Time's Changer No doubt it is still an unsatisfactory world that mars the roadside with tawdry advertisements of drugs and food; but less than two centuries ago, remember, the place of these boards was taken by gibbets and crow-pecked, tattered corpses swinging in the wind, and the heads of dead gentlemen rotted in the rain on Temple Bar. The Grand Magazine. Comparing Notes. "My teacher's name is Brown," said the first little girl. "My teacher's name," replied the other little girl, "is Davis, but I don't know what color it So They Say. The woman who says she doesn't believe it when you tell her she is beautiful merely wants you to make your statement more emphatic. On Pilgrimage to Mecca. The largest caravan of pilgrims for Mecca starts from Constantinople and generally comprises about 40,000 persons. The Prolific Rabbit The Prolific Rabbit. In some countries the rabbit produces seven families in the course of a year. Not Worth the Cost. Do not seek glory; nothing is so expensive as glory—Sydney Smith. Virginia's Most Successful Hair Culturist. ....PARLORS..... 108 E. Leigh St. - Richmond, / 'Phone, 1034. Private Parlors, Confidential Inter- views and Correspondence. The largest and most up-to-date Hair Dressing Parlors in Richmond. The very best preparations that can be made for the hair, scalp, face 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 beauti- fying the skin, 25cts a jar. By mail 35cts. Graham's Superior Velvet Liquid Powder for giving the face a bea- tiful 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 speciality of massaging and beautifying ladies' faces for parries 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. 'Phone 2048 REAL ESTATE & LOANS Private Banker and Broker, Loans negotiated on Real Estate, Interest allowed on Deposits, Estates managed, Rent collected and prompt returns Special attention to repairs. Notary With Seal Established 1892 LYNCHBURG, VA. COURSES: Phonographic, Commercial, Penning English, Electric wiring, Civil Engineering. No Vacation. Instruction Thorough...Positions Sec cured. Correspondence Sollicited: Send 2c for particulars. Address: T. P. SMITH, A. B. President STRAUS'S SPECIAL Old Yacht Club. PURE WHISKEY Will Satisfy the lover of the right kind of stimulant. Special prices. We have all grades of good liquors, Cigars and Tobacco. Call and see us. ISAAC STRAUS & CO., 422 E. Broad St., Richmond, Virginia. S. W. ROBINSON. NO. 23 NORTH 18TH ST. DEALER IN FINE WINES, LIQUORS, CIGARS, &c. All Stock Sold as Guaranteed. *PROMPT ATTENTION. Your patronage is respectfully solicited. —Subscribe to the Richmond, Va. PLANET. $1.50 per year. GEORGE O. BROWN. PHOTOGRAPHER, 603 N. 2nd St., Richmond, Va. Fine Photographs. True to Life. High-class service. Latest improvements in Photograph- ic Outdoor Photography. Estimates and Prompt Service. Pictures Enlarged from Old negatives or Photographs. $-ms THE ECONOMY 303-5 North Third St. FINE TAILORING. CLEANING, DYEING AND REPAIRING CHITMAN M. WHITE, PROPRIETOR. A. Hayes First-class Hacks and Caskets of all descriptions. I have a spare room for bodies when the family have not a suitable place. All country orders are given special attention. Your special attention is called to the new style Oak Caskete. Call and see me and you shall be waited on cindly. 'Phone, 2778. we give to you the first installment of a new Serial entitled Castle of Lies By Arthur Henry Vesey Author of "The Clock and the Key" We have told you that it would be good, and you will not be disappointed. You will find a growing interest at the end of every installment, and when the story is complete you will be glad that you read it. The opening ```markdown ``` FANCY WORK THAT WILL BE GUILE VACATION PERIOD. Any Material, from Linen to Brocade, Suitable for the Work-Makes a Very Pretty and Useful Affair. Whilst making preparations for vacation one must not forget to have ready a piece of needlework as an occupation for wet days, says a correspondent. I would suggest that a very pretty and useful piece of work would be an embroidered news paper rack. The materials are not costly, and the work is not bulky, so it could be carried about without any difficulty. Any pretty material, from linen to brocade, is perfectly suitable for the purpose, the choice being regulated by the ```markdown ``` purse and taste of the worker. The back of the rack should consist of a strong piece of cardboard, about 20 inches long by 12 wide. This must be neatly covered with the material chosen, which it would be useless to embroider, as the work would be completely hidden when the papers were put in. The front, however, can be just as beautifully and elaborately embroidered as the worker pleases. When finished the work is mounted on a piece of cardboard similar to the back, but rather shorter, and sharply rounded off on one side. The two pieces are then sewn together, and the joining concealed by a thick cord sewn all around. A smart bow of ribbon at the top, by which to hang the pocket, and a similar bow at the side, would fitly finish a very pretty and useful affair. SWEEPING AND DUSTING. A recent medical convention in England has not considered it beneath professional dignity to give housekeepers and maids some general directions when it comes to housecleaning. Unhygienic ways of sweeping and dusting are unquestionably responsible for many different illnesses, for germs are in dust and dirt. To prevent making a great dust in sweeping use moist sawdust on bare floors. When the room is carpeted, molsten a newspaper and tear it into small scraps and scatter upon the carpet when you begin sweeping. As you sweep brush the papers along by the broom; they will catch most of the dust and hold it fast, just as the sawdust does on bare floors. In dusting a room do not use a feather duster, because this does not remove the dust from the room, but only brushes it into the air. Use soft, dry cloths to dust with, and shake them frequently out of the window, or use slightly moistened cloths and rinse them out in water when you have finished. Cause of Wrinkles A person may have hair nearly or quite white, but if the skin is fair and smooth they will look prematurely gray. You do not hear of people being prematurely wrinkled, although many are, yet they are spoken of as looking old. Many young people have a disagreeable habit of scowling and frowning, and as they grow older the creases formed will become fixed. Profound meditation, deep study, worry, and anxiety all cause wrinkles in the upper part of the face. Of course we know a face without any lines would be expressionless, but there is little danger of any effort on our part erasing too many. The skin in youth not only is firm but elastic. Hence the momentary expressions, even if frequently repeated, disappear. In later years the elasticity is lost, and expressions oft repeated form permanent folds in the skin. The Single Flower in the Corsage. It is to be hoped the bouquet de corsage will not soon become demode, says a writer in Vogue. It is such a perfect finish to one's costume and adds a becoming that is impossible to achieve by any other means. It is no longer, however, literally a bouquet, but some choice single flower of great beauty, as a rose, an orchid or lily, that is considered chic. The great art lies in making a faultless choice. Lingerie Belt Is Artistic A late arrival from Paris is a belt of borderie Anglaise that fastens with a plain linen buckle. That these are smart and of original aspect there can be no denying, and they promise a dalty waist finish to simple lawn shirts and linen or serge skirts. Hand-embroidered linen again is a notable fancy, this affording ample scope for ingenious individual treatment. The politician, like the doctor, should be obliged to take an oath never to give up hope till the last minute.—St. Petersburg Retch. Short Lived Coffee Blossoms. Coffee plantations in bloom are snow white, and exhale a delicious odor, but the blossoms die in a day. Primogeniture Too many of the people who are trying to establish the brotherhood of man want to be the older brothers. Cure for Headache For a dull heavy headache over the brows and accompanied by languor, chilliness and a feeling of general discomfort, with distaste for food, try a dose of iodide of potassium. Dissolve two grains of iodide of potassium in half a wineglassful of water, this being slipped so that the whole quantity may be consumed in about ten minutes. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA IDEAS FOR THE HOSTESS. A Mother Goose Luncheon. A Mother Goose Luncheon. Every once in awhile the request comes for a "Mother Goose" entertainment, and this affair described below is quite out of the ordinary. In the invitations, which had quaint little pen and ink sketches on them of "Mother Goose" in peaked hat and broom, evidently quite ready to "sweep the cobwebs down from the sky," the guests were requested to wear something to indicate a character in the dear old book of nursery rhymes. The table centerpiece was an enormous "ple" with a ribbon radiating to each plate, where it was attached to a funny little white lambkin. On the place cards most realistic spiders of Japanese manufacture were fastened by a drop of glue. Each guest was called upon to recite the rhyme she represented when she was correctly guessed. This was the occasion of much merriment. When the dessert course was brought in, the hostess asked all to pull their ribbons, and out of the "pie" came all sorts of birds. They were found at the favor counter and elicited much favorable comment. "There is no telling what can be found until you begin to look," said the indefatigable hostess, who was ever on the alert for something new. The souvenirs were a joy to the gucats, being small Japanese teapots, bearing a card on which was written: "Polly, put the kettle on, and we'll all take tea." A copy of "Mother Goose for Grown Folks" was the prize to the person who correctly guessed the most characters. For a Shower Will Mme. Merri kindly suggest some kind of a shower for a September bride, other than a "Kitchen" affair, as that has been provided, and greatly oblige an interested reader of the valuable department which is of much assistance. If the young couple are going to housekeeping why not have a "Canned Goods Shower"? Ask each guest to bring a jar, glass or tin or something for the new housekeeper's emergency closet. If there is any special recipe to go with the goods so much the more interesting, and there is scarcely a housekeeper who hasn't some favorite rule for jelly, pickles or marmalades. For a Lawn Party. Will you please tell us how to entertain some girl friends about the age of 14, at a lawn party, the hours being from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Something in the way of amusements for the evening which will be simple but amusing. We thought of having Japanese lanterns to decorate the lawn. TWO CURIOUS GIRLS. Decorate abundantly with lanterns; the refreshments may be served at small tables on the lawn, porch or in the dining-room as is most convenient. There should be music, stringed instruments if possible, as it adds much to the occasion and dancing is always the best amusement. If you can have the grounds sufficiently lighted and it is a nice moonlight night, croquet is a good game; have a match, with prizes for the winners. Archery is also good, and tennis. Charming Gown Designed from This Popular Material. At no time out of fashion, foulard is tremendously popular this summer, and one sees many charming gowns 1 made from it. Our model is especially good for this material. Use a white ring dotted brown foulard and trim the foot of the skirt with two bands of brown velvet ribbon. This same decoration is used on the jumper blouse, to border the square neck and kimono sleeves. The chemisette and undersleeves are embroidered batiste. Late Styles in Shoes. Among the becoming shoes which are among late arrivals are a number very pretty for the open-work arrangement over the instep. This open work makes a dainty summer shoe and is very dressy. One three-buttoned slipper has the buttons right down the center of the instep straps. Another shoe is cut with large diamond flaps to accommodate the little buttonholes. The colonial type is in open work and always finished with silver buckles. Imagination in Business Emotion and imagination are sisters and most of the great business successes have been founded in the first place on imagination, writes a sage in Black and White. Calculation, energy, hustling, hard-headedness may carry out the scheme which is to make money, but it is nearly always imagination which makes the scheme. 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. ENVY "He is a lucky dog," you say Of him who now can rest; Who whiles away the summer day— Contentment in his breast. Who owns a cottage by the lake, And there beneath a tree. Is able now his rest to take— A lucky dog is he. While you are tolling in the heat Of noon-day sun, he lies. Upon the grass, so cool and sweet, And looks into the skies. You envy him, and wish that you, Like him, could sit and rest. The lucky dog with naught to do, Who only knows the best. But envy is a vicious jade. Who leads us far astray: For discontent is her trade, Though to easy seems her way, She does not weep on the strife, The endless toll and can. That he who knows this peaceful life Endured while climbing there. She does not show to us that he Whom "lucky dog," you call. And now is care and trouse free; Has drunk his share of gall. She does not show the weary days nights he told alone; Nons of the angush, she displays, Thus "lucky dog," has known. My boy, as on through life you go, Brush envy from your way. The ease that other men may know, Can well he yours some day. You too, may rest in later years, The man who will have learned The man, who will appear, His resting time has earned. --Detroit Free Press. Time Works Changes. The visitor, strolling down street with his host, asked with some concern, "Has anything happened between you and the other people in this town of yours?" "Not a thing. Why do you ask?" "Whon I was here a year ago you called every man by his first name, stopped and chatted with them, and seemed to be friendly with everybody; but now you pass them with a nod or a brief greeting." "But you forget that last year I was a candidate for office."—Judge. Full of Knots The lanky tramp removed his tattered hat and displayed his intellectual brow. "Ah, lady," he confided. "I have brains to burn. There is nothing I like better than to tackle knotty problems." The busy housewife reached for the ax. "Indeed!" she said. "Well, go down to the wood pile. You will find that last load the most knotty problem you ever tackled during your career."—Chicago Daily News. Counting 'Em By the Acre Yeast—Bombay claims the greatest density of population in the world, having 760 persons an acre in certain areas. Crimsonbeak—I should say that 760 persons an acre sounds very much as if they were counting 'em in the cemeteries!—Yonkers Statesman. TOO SERIOUS. "How is it, Batch, that you have never thought seriously of getting married?" "You are mistaken. I have always thought of it so seriously that I am still a bachelor!"—Chicago Journal. SCENIC ROUTE TO THE WEST ROUTE TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND, MAIN STREET STATION, EASTBOUND. 6:00 A. M. Fast daily trains to Newport A. M. News, Old Point, Norfolk and 4:00 P. M. Exposition. All trains carry Pull- mans or Furler cars. A. M. M. Daily Locals to Newport P. M. M. News. WESTBOUND—MAIN LINE. 10:00 A. M. Daily-Charleston, Columbus and Toledo. Pullman Sleepers to Toledo via Gauley and Ohio Central Daily. 2:00 P. M. Louisville, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis. 11:00 P. M. Pullman Sleepers. 7:25 A. M. Week Days-Clifton Forge. Daily-Charlestonville. 5:15 P. M. Week Days-Local to Orange. JAMES RIVER LINE. 10:20 A. M. Daily-Lynchburg, Lexington, Va., and Gilton Forge. 5:15 P. M. Week Days-To Lynchburg, Sleep- er Natural Bridge and Clifton Lorge. TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND. From the East:-9:10 A. M.; 9:20 A. M.; 11:40 A. M.; 12:00 A. M.; 12:30 P. M. Main Line West:-5:30 A. M.; 7:30 A. M. *8:20 A. M.; 4:15 P. M.; 7:45 P. M. Main Line East:-8:40 A. M.; 7:30 P. M. Only exact day, R. F & P Richmond, Freder Icksbarg, and Pote TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND-NORTHWARD 12:01 Noon—Week Days—Bryd St. Through. 12:30—Week Days. Elba, Ashland Ac- communication. 4:00 P. M.—Week Days—Bryd Street. Wash- ington Accommulation. 6:45 P. M.—Sunday only—Elba. Washington Accommulation. 6:30 P. M.—Week Days—Elba. Ashland Accomm- ulation. 4:45 P. M.—Daily—Main Street. Through. 8:20 P. M.—Daily—Bryd Street. Through. TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND—SOUTHWARD. 6:30 A. M.—Week Days—Elba. Ashland Accomm- lation. 7:50 A. M.—Daily—Bryd Street. Through. 8:55 A. M.—Week Days—Bryd Street. Wash- ton Accommulation. 10:35 A. M.—Sunday—Elba. Washington Accommulation. 10:40 A. M.—Week Days—Elba. Ashland Accomm- lation. 12:20 P. M.—Daily—Main Street. Through. 2:45 P. M.—Daily—Bryd Street. Through. 3:45 P. M.—Week Days. Main Street through. Exposition Special. 7:15 P. M.—Daily—Bryd Street. Through. 9:00 P. M.—Daily St. Through. Local 9:15 P. M.—Daily—Main Street. Through. NOTE—Pulliam Sleeping or Parlor Cars on all trains, except local accommodations. All trains to and from Bryd Street Station stop at Elba. tions not guaranteed. C. W. CILLE Genl. Sup. W. P. TAYLOR. Traffic Mgr. N & W NORFOLK & WESTERN. ONLY ALL RAIL LINE TO NORFOLK. Leave Byrd Station, Richmond. In effect July 14, 1907. FOR NORFOLK-7-25 P. M. daily; 6:00 A.M. 8:00 A.M. M and 3:00 P.M. Except Sunday; 8:10 A.M. M and 9:00 P.M. Sunday only. FOR LYXCHURCH, THURSDAY SOUTH WEST-9:00 A.M. Except Sunday; 8:10 A.M. Sunday only; 12:10 P.M. M and 9:00 P.M. daily. A.R.U.NHURDEN From Norfolk; 11:35 A.M. 6:50 P.M. and 9:40 P.M. Except Sunday; 11:15 A.M. and 9:45 P.M. Sunday. Pall Mall, Norfolk. Graham Parlor and Sleeping Cars. Cafe Dining Cars. W. R. BRYVIL ATLANTIC COAST LINE TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND DAILY For Florida and South: 3:15 A. M. 7:25 P. M. For Norfolk: 8:00 A. M. *9:00 A. M. *3:00 P. M. and 6:00 P. M. For N. and W. By. West: ***8:10 and *0:00** A. M. and 0:00 P. M. For Peterborough A. M. and 12:10 *2:00*; *2:32 P. M. and 6:00*; *9:00 P. M. and 7:25* and 11:20 P. M. For Goldbordo and Payettesville: ***3:28 P. M.** Trains arrive Richmond daily: 6:25; 7:40 A. M. Trains arrive Richmond daily: 1:27; 2:05 *6:50*; 8:00; 8:50 and 10:40 P. M. *Except Sunday.* ***Sunday only.*** Time of arrival and departures and connections not guaranteed. Too Much for Her Mrs. Neighbors—Are you able to understand your new cook's broken English. Mrs. Hemer—Oh, yes; but I can't understand why she breaks so much china—Chicago Daily News. The Day After Teacher—Now, children, remember the text, "Eat, drink, and be merry, for to-morrow you die." Pupil—Please, teacher, in our family we don't. We all take castor oil next day. Everthing! FITURE AND COVERINGS unitting the separated and bring back the lost one. Traces lost or stolen goods. Unearths hidden treasures. Removes evil influences Crosses, Spells, Ill Luck, cures tricks and Conjurations, gives Luck and Success in all you undertake. Cures the Tobacco and Liquor Habits. Allows the Capitave to be set Free. Will be the only one that will give a Written Guarantee to complete your business and fund your money Are you sick? Do you know what the trouble is with you? Come and Consult Nature's Doctor. PROF. D. D. BRUCE, M. D. 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 texts by The Great Australian Medium No matter what asks you, come and see this wonderful man. Reader have you noticed that some people have a hard time to get along, no matter how they toll, while others have success. Many wealthy men and women owe their success to this wonderful man. 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 medians combined. No card, trance or hand humbug. Greatest Hindoo Medium in the World. He always Succeeds when others fail. This is the chance of a life time. Don't let it pass you. Office 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 in causing a speedy marriage with the one you love: Office hours: 9 A. M. to 9:30 P. M. Sunday: 2:30 to 7:30 P. M. Sunday, 2:30 to 7:30 P. M. N. N. consultation Fee is 50 cents. Sittings, $1.00. All letters containing $1.00 will be answered in full. Mechanics' Savings Bank OF RICHMOND, VA. 511 NORTH THIRD STREET. on deposit and which remains Satisfactory S Handled Pro- sists and upward up in the most in- hest, electric light modification of the pu- nishing Stocks, Depos- arranged for the spat of 4 P. M. Satur- open again at 5 P. work. in deposit and interest paid on a which remains 60 days and over. Satisfactory Security. Handled Promptly. bits 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., Saturdays, 9 A. M. to 3 P. . We can again at 5 P. M., remaining open until 7 work. Money received on deposit and amounts above $1.00 which remains 60 Money Loaned on Satisfactory Sec Business Accounts Handled Prom Amounts of ten cents and upward This establishment is fitted up in the most im- white vault, burler, proof steel chest, electric light lence for safety and the accommodation of the pub. For all information concerning Stocks, Deposit Gashier. Ranking Hours have been arranged for the spee- people as follows: 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. Saturday close Saturday at 3 P. M. and open again at 5 P. P. M. Call by as you come from work. Money received on deposit and interest paid on amounts above $1.00 which remains 60 days and over. Money Loaned on Satisfactory Security. Business Accounts Handled Promptly. Amounts of ten cents and upwards received on deposit This establishment is fitted up in the most improved style, having a large white vault, burlar-proof chest, electric lights and every modern convenience for safety and the accommodation of the public. For all information concerning Stocks, Deposits, Loans, etc., apply to the Cashier. Banking Hours have been arranged for the special convenience of the work people as follows: 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. Saturdays, 9 A.M. to 3 P.M. We close Saturday at 3 P.M. and open again at 5 P.M., remaining open until 7 P.M. Call by as you come from work. OFFICERS: JOHN MITCHELL, JR., President. H. F. THOS. H. WYATT, Cas BOARD OF DIRECTOR REV. W. F. GRAHAM, D. D. JNO. R CHILD K. R. JEFFERSON H. F. JONATHAN, THON K. A. WASHINGTON, R. W. WHITING, WIL JOHN MITCHELL, JR. PRES. THOM The J. V. Hawkin's Ident, H. F. S. W. B, WYATT, H. F. RD OF DIRECT ), JEO. R. CH NONATHAN, THE TRO Ident. H. P. JONATHAN, Vice-President. S. H. WYATT, Cashier. RD OF DIRECTORS: JNO. R. CHILES, B.P. VANDERVALL, JONATHAN, THOMAS SMITH, D. J. CHAVEKS, JNO. TAYLOR JOHN MITCHELL, JR., President, H. F. JONATHAN, Vice-President THOS. H. WYATT, Cashier, 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 it speaks of it reassures us of its satisfactory results. It is a coast of a large patronage throughout this country. State and also enjoys the commendation of the very 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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Address all communications to ass of its genuine c miss a miracul or any impound, the ingre ill just here remain in national patent ri in turn responsibl sandruff, Cure Soe r on Clean Templ e are not dead, sex, eight boxes, $2. e use of powder e city harmless. So office Money Ord a charge of 10ct city orders cations to less of its genuine qualities. We do not desire the magi miracula or anything unreasonable. Our prepapound, the ingredients of which we would not ill just remind the public that the United national patent rights on our hair preparation by in turn responsible to the government for honors. undruff, Cure Scalp among the many bearing witness of its genuine qualities. We do not desire the correspondence of those expecting a miracle or anything unreasonable. Our preparation is a natural and pure compound, the ingredients of which we would not hesitate to pat in print. We will just here remind the public that the United States Government has placed national patent rights on our hair preparation by which it is protected and we are in turn responsible to the government for honest methods and square dealings. It will positively remove Dandruff, Cure Soap of all impurities, Restore Hair on Clean Temples or Bald Heads, where the roots are not dead. PRICES:—25 cts. per box; eight boxes, $2.80 express prepaid. The Face Beautifier makes the use of powder entirely unnecessary, and is perfectly harmless. Sale prices; 25, 50cts and $1.00. Money can be sent by Post Office Money Order or Express Money Order. A charge of 10cts. extra is imposed on all out of city orders. Address all communications to MME. J. V. HAWKINS, 612 N. First Street, Richmond, Va PHONE, 4601. Correspondence strictly confidential. 'Phone, 577. A. D. 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Powers of Kentucky, to the presidency went out all hope of Col. James R. Branch's re-election when Gov. Swanson's speech was thrown into the equation and he went down under a vote of nearly two to one. PRESIDENT INGALL'S REBUKE This defeat was further accelerated by the able grand and practical address of President M. E. Ingalls of Cincinnati, O. himself a Democrat. He took an entirely different tack in discussing the financial questions. He discountenanced all efforts to array class against class, and in his concluding remarks declared that there should be no race prejudice. FINANCIERS CONSEVATIVE This sentiment was applauded to the echo, and its effect was noticed throughout the Association. It demonstrated that the financiers were dealing with delicate conditions and that appeals to race prejudice would not be heeded on the floor of that organization. DOWN AT THE INLET We went down to the Inlet on Thursday and enjoyed a clambake dinner. Everything was furnished free to the bankers. Mr Brightwell, and Mr. Cary Trueheart, who were employed there looked after our needs. We ate to such an extent that we felt that we never would wish for another meal as long as we live. ON THE BOUNDING WAVES The deep sea going yachts, the property of the New York Yacht Club were at the wharves to take the visitors out and we tumbled into one of them it is indeed pleasant sailing and with about as little motion as may be had on the boat, although to the man on land, they at times to be about to "turp turtle." A CHANGE IN BANK NOTES A proposition was submitted to the Association to request the Secretary of the Treasury to adopt different colors for different denominations of national currency, in order that the bank-teller may tell at a glance whether a note is a $1, $2 or $5 bill, etc. The provision to authorize the temporary issuance of $200,000,000 in asset currency was approved after a most interesting but captious debate. CONGRESSMAN FOWLER'S SPEECH. The speech of Congressman Fowler was a feature and both he and his antagonist Mr. Frame, displayed a knowledge of the financial systems in vogue in the various countries of the old world, that was indeed a revelation to a novice. We met Mr. S. H. Vick of Wilson, N. C. His brother owns a pharmacy, Hotel Ridley is a first class place for our people. The service and charges are satisfactory. We met Dr. E. D. Scott of Washington, He formerly lived in Richmond. THOSE FAMOUS GOLE LINKS We had heard so much talk about the golf links of the aristocratic Country Club that we decided to go down there. We found that they covered about 300 acres, and they are wonderfully made. They have a steam grass cutter. A white man sits up on top a small machine like a locomotive and rides all over the ground, cutting the grass. The machine evidently takes up all of the grass that it cuts, for the lawns are smooth and even after he passes over them. THE FIRST COLORED VISITOR. White and colored boys act as cadets. We were told that we were the first Negro that had ever been permitted to enter the gates of that Club as its guest, or on a basis of equality. The step-son of Mr. A. C. Brown is employed there. He was pleased to see us and asked for another one of our cards as the one he had been given, was then in the hands of the steward. ON THE STEEL PIER. A concert was given to the American Bankers Association, Friday night, Sept. 27th. on the Steel Pier. Away out with the angry waves lapping and dashing beneath a magnificent Concert Hall has been built. It seats from 3000 to 5000 people, it would seem. High class music was rendered. We entered this brilliantly lighted place. A sea of white faces was on either side. Few bankers had arrived and down the centre on the main floor where seats had been assigned, we walked and sat down. NO QUESTIONS ASKED. . . The white ushers offered no objection either by word or suggestion. The mistic emblem of the American Bankers Association, the button on the lapel of our coat protected us. It was the "open sesame" to all of the festivities. We lost ourselves, so to speak in thought until we were aroused by ladies' voices on the seats in the rear. They were chatting away in a dialect that we took to be German. A PALATIAL HALL The exercises ended, we went to the Concert Hall where a high-class cakewalk was scheduled to take place. The concert hall was packed standing room was at a premium. The white orchestra soon filed in and with the handclapping came a beginning of the entertainment. THE CAKE-WALK. A colored man attired in a white suit, wearing a delapidated beaver appeared and announced that the performers would walk for three prizes. There would be no judges, but the three couples receiving the loudest applause would win the first prize and so on. Then came the colored girls attired in short skirts, something on the order of ballet dancers, while the men wore ragtime costumes. PECULIAR ANTICS Each one had a card on his arm, indicating the State from which he hailed. New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia were represented. Then followed the cake-walk. Some came up frog like he slided others walked hard-skirted in fashion who money thrown thikled on the floor. One was designated to pick up the coin while the performances proceeded. THE WINNING COUPLES Pennsylvania came first, Virginia second and New York third. We could not join in the amusing features with the zest that we had hoped to do. Some of the movements executed were difficult, but they represented the other side of the Negro's life from which we were vainly striving to get away, by educational and industrial pursuits. It is well to state that the "professor" in charge succeeded in pleasing the wealthy white people immensely and won the approving smile of the bosses, who had employed him to "do the job." THAT DRAMATIC RECITAL The dramatic entertainment of Damon and Pythias on Young's Pier Wednesday night, Sept. 25th was indeed a grand affair. It was given under the auspices of the Staff of Knights of Pythias and Gen. A. F. Davidson and his corp of officers were much in evidence. Col. George H. Wall was also active. The stage scenery was not suited to the occasion and the seating capacity was not sufficient to accommodate the large number of people that crowded the place. AMATEUR TALENT We had been given a special seat in one of the boxes and we had a view of the stage. E. E. Jones in the character of Damon was fine. His open manly, upright carriage suited the part he had taken. C. Duane Tilghman in the character of Bunne was thoroughly at home. Both as a soldier and love he was at his best and was clearly the vorite. The expressions of love, hate and vengeance were well-nigh perfect. WHITE FOLKS DIDN'T HEAR THEM. Mr. Alphonso Johnston was well suited to the character of Dionysius. The other actors were good, but the two specified were clearly superior and won generous applause from the audience. We regretted that the American Bankers' Association did not have the opportunity to see talent of this kind displayed in conjunction with the high class cake-walk. FAREWELL TO ATLANTIC CITY We left Atlantic City, Saturday morning, 28th ult. for Philadelphia. Rev. John W. Henderson, D. D. had a team there to take us to th epot and we thanked him. Before leaving us he told us the story of the illness of a well-to-do colored lady from Chicago, who was taken ill at one of the hostelries in Atlantic City, being paralyzed Her son who resided in New York came on to look after her and sent for Rev. Dr. Henderson to pray for her. He sent up one of those devout, soul-stirring appeals and an improvement was noted. The sot told the Rev. Dr. that his mother's heart was in church work. He pressed a note in his hand and told him good night. A BIG FEE When Rev. Dr. Henderson looked at the money on getting home, he found that the son had given him a five dollar bill. He thought he had made a mistake. It worried him and he went back and asked him about it. The son said that he had made no mistake. He was so much pleased that he had gladly made the donation. The lady continued to improve, and was removed to Chicago. The son returned to New York and a short time was himself a corpse. The mother it is said is not yet aware that he has preceded her to the other shore. IN PHILADELPHIA We reached Philadelphia at 9:05 and we were soon at the office of the Philadelphia Tribune. Mr. C. J. Perry was not there and we went to the headquarters of the G. U. O. of Odd Fellows. They were busy, the secretary not being there we passed on to the A. M. E. Church Publishing House. The secretary was busily engaged. It being Saturday and he having just gotten in from a trip West, he was counting money. There was a large pile of it before him. The concern has a Simplex type-setting machine and it is rendering good service Rev. Dr. H. T. Johnson, they explained was at Pittsburgh, Pa. THE ODD FELLOWS HEADQUARTERS. We went to the office of the Odd Fellows Journal and held high carnival with the foreman and the compositors. Editor J. C. Asbury was absent. Next door was swinging the sign with the name of John B. Har- MILLER'S HOTEL W.M.MILLER. PROPRIETOR WITHIN ONE BLOCK OF STREET CAR LINES THAT TAKE YOU TO ALL PARTS OF THE CITY TERMS REASONABLE SECOND AND LEIGH STS. RICHMOND, VA. Hat Repairing. Silk, Stiff and Soft Felt Hats Cleaned. Blocked 25cts. and 50cts. Binding. Bands, Sweat Leathers, also Soft Hats made to order. AMERICAN HATTERS. ARD UNIVERSITY POOL OF MEDICINE 1867 1907 P. THIRKIELD, D. D. ROBERT REYBURN, M. D. ident. Dean. Antieth Annual Session will begin October 1, 1907 eight months. YEAR'S GRADED COURSE IN MEDICINE. YEAR'S GRADED COURSE IN DENTAL SURGERY. YEAR'S GRADED COURSE IN PHARMACY. FIVE-YEAR COURSE IN MEDICINE IS OFFERED. as of forty-five instructors. Well equipped laborato- n Freedmen's Hospital just completed at a cost of unexcelled clinical facilities. and Session of the Post-Graduate School and Poly- vin May 18, 1908 and continue six weeks for Medical weeks for Dental Course. pool is connected with a Great University of seven De- te thousand students and over one hundred professors. other information or catalogue, write HOWARD UNIVERSITY REV. WILBUR P. THIRKIELD, D. D. ROBERT REYBURN, M. D. President. Dean. The Fortieth Annual Session will begin October 1, 1907 and continue eight months. FOUR YEAR'S GRADED COURSE IN MEDICINE. THREE YEAR'S GRADED COURSE IN DENTAL SURGERY. THREE YEAR'S GRADED COURSE IN PHARMACY. AN OPTIONAL FIVE-YEAR COURSE IN MEDICINE IS OFFERED. Full corps of forty-five instructors. Well equipped laboratories. The New Freedmen's Hospital just completed at a cost of $500,000 offers unexcelled clinical facilities. The Second Session of the Post-Graduate School and Polyclinic will begin May 18, 1908 and continue six weeks for Medical Course and four weeks for Dental Course. This School is connected with a Great University of seven Departments; one thousand students and over one hundred professors. For further information or catalogue, write F. J. SHADD, M. D., Secty., 901 R. St. DINWIDDIE AGRICULTURE SCHOOL INCORPORA ADVANCED AND B in the Enlish Branch ariculture and Domest Next Session begins Octo information, address, DIE AGRICULTURAL & INDUSTRIAL OOL INCORPORATED, Dinwiddie, Va. ENCED AND ELEMENTARY COURSES The English Branches. Special courses in Ag- gulture and Domestic Science. 12 Instructors. Session begins October 1st. For circulars and address, DINWIDDIE AGRICULTURAL & INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL INCORPORATED. Dinwiddie, Va. ADVANCED AND ELEMENTARY COURSES in the Enlish Branches. Special courses in Agriculture and Domestic Science. 12 Instructors. Next Session begins October 1st. For circulars and information, address. ward University Howard University SCHOOL OF LAW. FOUNDED 1867. OPPOSITE JUDICIARY SQUARE. REV. WILBUR P. THIRKIELD, D. D., LL. D., President. BENJAMIN F. LEICHTON, L. Regular Annual Session will begin October 1st, 1967. O Years. School Open to all, without regard to Race, Sex, or C tion, $25.00. For further information, write or apply to JAMES F. BUNDY, Sec. Office in Law School Build 420 Fifth St., North-west, Washington FOUNDED 1867. OPPOSITE JUDICIARY SQUARE, P. THIRKIELD, D. D., LL. D., President. BENJAMIN F. LEIGHTON, LL. D., Dean. Annual Session will begin October 1st, 1907. Course Three Ol open to all, without regard to Race, Sex, or Creed. Tui- For further information, write or apply to BENJAMIN F. LIEBPTON, LL. D., Dean, Regular Annual Session will be October 9, 2017. Course Three Years. School Open to all, without race, Sex, or Creed. Tuition, $25.00. For further information, write or apply to JAMES F. BUNDY, Secretary, Office in Law School Building, 420 Fifth St. North, west, Washington, D.C. ris. We knew of him and we walked in. His son came and carried our card to his father. It was not long before we were in his company. His residence is at 415 S. 11th St. and he has a building that seemed to have an endless number of rooms. It is a veritable hotel. While talking to him a man came in to rent the basement. THE CHINAMAN'S RING. On the street-floor is a Chinaman, whose summer garb and home-made ironing machine were a curiosity. Mr. Harris plunged into a conversation with him, during the course of which the Chinaman exhibited a ring, which a customer had left with him and which the Chinaman declared was worth $85. Mr. John B. Harris offered him fifteen cents for it and the celestial vigorously nodded his head in the negative. At that rate Mr. Harris was not willing to trust him for even one month's rent with that ring as the security. Banquet Given Negro Banker (Atlantic City, N. J. Evening Union, Sept. 26, 1967.) High tribute was paid Hon. John Mitchell, Jr., of Richmond, a colored banker, at Fitzgerald's Auditorium last night when a large assemblage of colored citizens attended a reception given in his honor. Dr. LeRoy Morris made an interesting address lauding the guest of honor and urging all Negroes to emulate his example. Dr. Hawkins, also made an address. Mr. Mitchell, who is attending the sessions of the American Bankers Association, is president of the Mechanics Saving Bank, of Richmond He is also Grand Chancellor of the Colored Knights of Pythias, of Virginia, and editor of the Richmond Planet." He made a lengthy address on questions of finance after which a banquet was served. "The Castle of Lies" begins in this issue. It is full of romance and will be appreciated by the readers of The PLANET. Subscribe to The Richmond PLANET. $1.50 per year. ```markdown ``` THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 404 E. Marshall St. Washington. D. C. J. M. COLSON, Supt. Dinwiddle, Va. FOUNDED 186 Notice! Mr. O. H. Murray, formerly in charge of The Richmond office of the Metropolitan Mercantile and Realty Company, has been transferred to the Delaware District. Rev. T. A. Carter has been appointed State Agent for Virginia, with headquarters at 210 East Broad Street, Richmond All payments on stock and bonds, must be made to him, and all agents in Virginia must report to Rev. T. A. Carter. (signed) L. C. COLLINS, Secretary. Nelson, S. Hair Dressing can be be bought Jennings and Brown Drug Store, Pittsburgh. Special Excursions Via Southern Railway for Occasions Indicated Below. Richmond, Va.—Virginia State Fair and Horse Show. Tickets on sale October 4-12 inclusive. Richmond, Va.—Triennial General Convention Protestant Episcopal Church. Tickets on sale Sept. 29th, October 5th. Atlanta, Ga.—National Association of Cotton Manufacturers. Tickets on sale October 5-9th, inclusive. Firmingham, Ala.—International Leagues Less Clubs. Tickets on sale October 19th and 20th. Tickets for the above occasions will be sold at the low rate, open to the public. For details inquire of nearest Southern Railway Agent, or C. W. WESTBURY, District Passenger Agent. Do You Know Them. I desire to know the address of one Neil (or Neal) Henderson also Pollie (nee) Henderson. Their mother belonged to Rob Fearly (or Fairly) all of Richmond forty years ago. Their sister, Hannah Henderson, (now Neil) is very anxious to locate her people. She left Richmond when a child. Address all communications to KINK·NE Great Hair Straightener and Grower Most Wonderful Discovery ever made for curly, kinky and knotty hair. 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Your MR 1228 Vine St., Kansas City, Del Rio, Texas. OSLINE 50 cents per bottle, 3 bottles for $1.25. SHAMPOO makes the hair clean, soft, pliable and glossy; stops the haze the scalp, opens the pores and starts a healthy circulation of blood and all moth patches from the face and restoring the skin to a condition. This can be done in one week. Does not irritate or make it irritated to agitata. 500 agents warrant in once. S, VENOL COMPANY, $104 State Street, Chicago. WINSTON'S HEADQUARTER Pice-Cream & Refreshment CREAM FURNISHED IN EVERY MANY QUANTITY. SPECIAL PRICES AND THE RETAIL TRADE. nics and Sunday Sale furnished at short notice. All goods strictly in compliance with the pure food. N. WINSTON Brook Ave. 'Phone, PROBLEM SOLVING INSTITUTE YOUR HOME MEANS TO SOLVE THE NEGRO HEN BUYING, HEN SELLING, HEN RENTING PROPERTY calls LEE'S REAL ESTATE & INVESTMENT REALTY IN ALL OF ITS BRANCHES North Second Street, Richmond, Telephone, 4854. VER, President. W. F. DENN VENOL SHAMPOO makes the hair clean, oil, soluble and glossy; stops the hair from breaking off; cleans the scalp, opens the pores and starts a healthy circulation of blood in the scalp that at once invigorates the roots of the hair; cureds disease and restores perfect health to the scalp. Price 50 cents per jar or 3 jars for $1.25. FACERIES is a compound that is unsurpassed for bleaching the skin, removing blackheads, liver spots and all moth patches from the face and restoring the skin to a clear, transparent complexion. This can be done in one week. Does not irritate or make the skin sore. Price 50 cents per jar or 3 jars for $1.25. We will send one bottle of each for $1.25. FREE circulars sent on application. Special terms to agents. 500 agents wanted at once. Address, VENOL COMPANY, 3104 State Street, Chicago, Illinois WINSTON'S HEADQUARTERS WINSTON'S HEADQUARTERS For Ice-Cream & Refreshments ICE-CREAM FURNISHED IN EVERY STYLE AND IN ANY QUANTITY. SPECIAL PRICES TO DEALERS AND THE RETAIL TRADE. Picnics and Sunday Schools Furnished at short notice. 587 Brook Ave. 'Phone, 2253. A PROBLEM SOLVING INSTITUTION. TO OWN YOUR HOME MEANS TO SOLVE THE NEGRO PROBLEM. WHEN BUYING, WHEN SELLING, HEN RENTING PROPERTY call on the PEOPLE'S REAL ESTATE & INVESTMENT Co REALTY IN ALL OF ITS BRANCHES. 707 North Second Street, Richmond, Virginia. Telephone, 4854. J. J. CARTER, President. W. F. DENNY, Secretary. A REVELATION. The Book of Seven Seals by Lucinda Young, who in the year of 1830 laid on her bed twenty-four wonders, and visions, was commanded by God wizard, wonders she saw into a book. Tails book tells also about a seven years Agents Wanted. AGENTS WANTED everywhere to sell Ruby Dressine, the greatest ten cent preparation for the hair on the market. Sells like hot-cakes. Everybody buys. Big money made. Address. Sample postpaid 16 cents. KIRKLEY SPECIALTY MFG. CO., 313 W. Madison Street, Baltimore, Maryland. We are sending out sample copies. We shall be glad to have your name on our regular subscription list. --- THE VENOI C.D. The VENOI CD. I have filled out order, Please send me one dozen bottles of Online at once, as many of my friends are out and have more, so please send this order more, so please send this order at once. bottle, 3 bottles $1.25. plastic, palatable and glossy; stops the hair from breaking starts a healthy circulation of blood in the scalp that has disease and restores perfect health to the scalp. 奶 or 3 jars for $1.25. for bleaching the skin, removing blackheads, face and reasoning the skin to a clear, transparent crack. Does not irritate or make the skin sore. 奶 or 3 jars for $1.25. 104 State Street, Chicago, Illinois when you write. HEADQUARTERS & Refreshments SHED IN EVERY STYLE. SPECIAL PRICES TO AIL TRADE. Sunday Schools short notice. pliance with the pure food laws. INSTON, Phone, 2253 ING INSTITUTION. O SOLVE THE NEGRO PROBLEM. 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