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THE RICHMOND PLANET IN SOUTH-SIDE OLD VIRGINIA. As Editor Mitchell Views It. The Fakirs Harvest. HORSES ON THE RACE TRACK—THE EMPORIA FAIR—LOADED DICE AS AN ASSET—MR. LEWIS'VENTURE. VOLUME XXIV, NUMBER 482 IN SOUTH-S As Editor A The Fa HORSES ON THE RA DICE AS AN We left Richmond Thursday, Oct. 24th at 8:15 A. M. for Emporia, Va. Th With us were Dr. E. R. Jefferson, tab Dr. J. Alexander Lewis, Mr. Albert pile Smith and Mr. J. J. Carter. Just One previous to leaving we saw Messrs. not Smith and Lewis hurrying just three ter minutes of the train-time. The call had to them that it was 8:12 started then, any on a run which was heartily en- joyed by us when we informed them afterwards that the train was three- quarters of an hour late. The laugh was on them. SAD NEWS FOR THE GOOD TIMERS. There were "long faces" however when Capt. John G. Smith announced that owing to a 'phone message received from Mr. S. S. Baker, who couldn't go himself, the order for commissary had been disregarded and he came empty-handed. There was a look of blank dismay on the countenance of Dr. Lewis but Dr. Jefferson tenderly held on to his own overcoat. Mr. Albert Smith "got busy" and hurriedly left the Byrd St. Station with Dr. Jefferson following. THE PETERSBURG CONTINGENT It was 9 o'clock when we crossed the bridge. At Petersburg, Maj. D. B. Cornish came aboard followed by McKinley Company. Capt. Lowry and Leutenant Washington were with them in their new uniforms. What followed cannot be published here. They were enroute to the Emporia Fair. As the train neared Emporia, the stations were filled with people anxious to see the fair. TWO TOWNS IN ONE For the first time we landed at this well known place and we were greeted by friends, who met us for the first time. We walked over to Belfield, the town across the river. It is all one practically, however. The white marshalls had lined themselves up and the parade was soon formed. About fifty white men wearing blue sashes were on horse back. The band was in two carriages driven by colored men and led the procession. Then came vehicles. There was no discrimination on account of race color or sex. A white farmer and his family and a colored farmer and his family mixed in was the sight. CLOUDS OF DUST The dust was a feature of this town. Young girls and old ones had gray hair and a close examination alone disclosed the fact that it was dust that was the cause of this strange appearance. "Dinner will be served at the fair," was the announcement. We went in that direction, with the dust flying. Just as we passed a corner, a member of the party remarked that the dispensary was down there. INSPECTING THE DISPENSARY Simply as a matter of information we went to the door and saw bottles of whiskey being sold by the county authorities. It was said that not more than one pint was sold to any one person. The opponents of the dispensary argued that while a man could buy a five cent drink and not get drunk, when he got a bottle he felt it to be his bounden duty to keep drinking until he emptied it. The result was that drunken men were often seen around the dispensary. UNWILLING TO LEAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD It was some time before we succeeded in getting some of our party from the neighborhood. They wanted ed to continue the inspection. We met Mr. John O. Lewis of Richmond The clouds of dust had converted him into a white country man. He was slow to talk, but we found out that he had entered his horse here in the races which would take place that afternoon. THE COUNTY FAIR. Reaching the gates of the fair, we were required to pay an admission fee of 50 cents. On the inside were fakirs of every description. The fortune telling palmist was there. The man with the dice and the table with a display of money, piled up. The man with the rings. One had canes to be secured. A another had money in dollars, quarters, dimes and nickels. All you had was the ring over any one of them and you could have them for the asking. MR. JOHN O. LEWIS' VENTURE Dr. Lewis' eves glittered while Capt. John G. Smith's glance told that he seemed to know a good thing when he saw it. We walked and finally got them to do the same thing. We landed in the stable of Mr. John O. Lewis. His racer was in one side and we on the other. The jockey's bed was there and on this we rested our wearied limbs while the members of our party told jokes of doubtful truthfulness and the horse medicine of Mr. Lewis was carefully examined. A LESSON IN COTTON We saw Mr. Lewis get up. He was well "caked" with raw cotton in which he had sat while entertaining his visitors. It required much brushing to make him presentable. We left for dinner and took ours at 35 cents a head standing up at one of the lunch counters run by the colored contingent. Just behind us on a couple of boxes stood a dark-satinned colored brother discoursing upon the virtue of his horse condition Powders. We did not see a bottle sold while we were near there. THE GAMBLER'S CHANCE We then went to see the Fair, but could not get Dr. Lewis and Dr. Jefferson and Capt. John G. Smith and Mr. Albert Smith away from that dice thrower with his tempting pile of silver. "All right gentlemen, shake them up. 25 cents a throw." A "chuckle-headed" colored brother about as dark as an "ace of spades," so to speak put up his money. The dice was thrown and he was told that he had won. He raked in the $10. "All that for 25 cents?" he asked. "It belongs to you," was the response. He took it and played again. UP AGAINST LOADED DICE Again he won and was well-night dancing a horn-pipe. This attracted a sight-seer. It was too much for him. Another one followed. In vain they were warned that this seemingly innocent-looking colored man was in the employ of the sharppers. Their 25 cents were down. One of them made the throw. The money pot was to which they called a "jack-pot." It took fifty cents now for a chance to rake in all of the money on the board. THE WHITE CONFEDERATE A white man was playing. He raised it to $70.00, but before the other players would come in, they must show that they, too had $70.00 to "make good," should they lose. One of them fell back, while the other player's pocket book was out. He had only $3.00. He appealed to his friend for a loan, but the other player had a blind stare. He was A Glorious Time at the Fifth Street Baptist Church. Last Sunday was the final Rally Day for the $1,000 asked for by the officers. It was indeed one of the greatest rallies in the history of the church. Rev. Bushell preached an able sermon at 11:15 o'clock to a large congregation. At 3:00 P. M. Rev. W. F. Graham, D. D. conducted communion services. The church was crowded and every one was highly lifted up. Indeed the spirit of God moved upon the people and the young and old were seen to give vent to their feelings. At 8 P. M. notwithstanding the downpour of rain, the church was well filled. Rev. G. B. Howard, D. D. of Petersburg preached. It was a masterpiece. Indeed Rev. Howard is one of the greatest pulpit orators of the Day. It was seen that union and work RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1907. pervaded every one and when the clerk, Brother James H. Chiles announced that $1061.61 had been raised the people shouted and cried for joy. Too much praise cannot be given to the clubs and their faithful workers for they far exceeded all expectations. The following is the order as the amounts reported and these will be augmented by next Sunday: Macedonia, Mrs. Callie D. Brown, President . . . $283.93 Rally Club, Mrs. Mary E. Page, President . . . 200.43 Usher's Club, Mr. John A. Moss, President . . . 105.55 Helping Hand Club, Mrs. Emma Taylor, President . . . 68.25 Deacon's Club, Mr. Edward Roman, President . . . 65.05 Little David Club, Mrs. Addle Lemas, President . . . 55.10 Choir, Miss Luberta Walker, President . . . 50.25 Felixinger Club, Mrs. Mary Johnson, President . . . 37.55 Union Club, Rev. Thomas H. Smith, President . . . 17.25 Volunteers, Miss Alice Robinson, President . . . 10.45 General Collections . . . 167.20 Grand total . . . $1061.01 The Lord is with His people. Dr. Johnson Appeals Washington, D. C., Oct. 28, '97. To Pastors of Churches and Moderators of Associations and Conventions—Dear Brethren: The Bureau of the Census is taking a Census of Negro Baptists. Cards have been sent to the Churches all over the country. Not one half of Negro Churches have answered. We are about to lose the best opportunity we have ever had to get at our real number and worth. The Census closes December 1st. We beg of you brethren sit down and send us the card. If you have none I will gladly forward all you want. Don't delay longer. The indifference or neglect of many Churches is disgusting us, with those in authority. Let me hear from you at once. Yours for the denomination, W. BISHOP JOHNSON. Good Position Offered Him. Among the young colored men of this age who are making rapid progress in the intellectual world is Mr. George W. Blackwell of Manchester, Va. He has been asked to accept the position at Clarke's University, Atlanta, Ga. as Professor of Dairy Bacteriology. This offer places him in an influential position, and will establish him as one of the leaders in the State of Georgia. It is not known whether he will accept the offer, as he had already contemplated entering the Law Department of Howard University the beginning of next week. Do You Know Them? I would like to know the whereabouts of some of my people or to locate Captain John Ritter. My father James Somers of Richmond, Va. was a soldier under Captain John Ritter, and was killed while in the army. My mother died when I was three years old. I had one sister and when I last saw her I was about seven years old. I was placed in the Home at Philadelphia by our guardian, Mrs. Ritter and she kept my sister. Address all information to MRS. LUCY PONSLEY, Media, Del. Co., Pa. 3t Dr. Henderson Here. Rev. John W. Henderson, D. D. pastor of the Shiloh Baptist Church of Atlantic City, N. J. is on his vacation of two months and spent several days in Virginia. He has visited Lynchburg, Cumberland county and left last Thursday for the Jamestown Exposition. He was looking well. PYTHIANS ENTER EMPORIA A New Lodge There—Fine Initiation. The Grand Chancellor Spends a Day There—The Emporia Fair. Emporia, Va., Oct. 25, 1907. The first lodge of Knights of Pythias was organized here last night by Grand Chancellor John Mitchell, Jr. He arrived here yesterday morning at about 12 o'clock and was met by a committee and the club wearing ribbons on the lapels of their coats. Mr. J. J. Avent was chairman and Mr. Edward Hall Secretary. The other visitors were Dr. E. R. Jefferson, Grand Medical Register, Sir J. J. Carter, Sir Albert Smith, Capt John G. Smith and Dr. J. Alexander Lewis, McKinley Co., U.R., K. of P. came on the same train under command of Capt. Lowry and accompanied by Major D. B. Cornish. The visitors spent the day at the fair here. The initiation took place at 7 o'clock. Thirty-one candidates learned of the beauties of Pythianism. One of them ran away and it was a late hour before he was brought back and came forth smiling with the rest. The Grand Chancellor installed the following officers of Emporia Lodge, No. 137: Chancellor Commander, A. B. Batte; Vice Chancellor, Miles Walls; Master of Work, J. J. Avent; Prelate, Madison Howell; Keeper of Records and Soal, D. E. Bell; Master of Finance, Edward Hall; Master of Exchequer, W. H. Weaver; Master at Arms, Charley Johnson; Inner Guard, Joseph Howell; Outer Guard, William James. Trustees: Armstead Wall, J. W. Moore, William M. Eills. Attendants: George Harrison, E. L. J. Brown, Augustus Pelham, Edward Cook. A repast was served and all heartily enjoyed themselves. The visitors left for Richmond at 4:30 o'clock this morning. Mrs. Binga Goes to Her Reward This community was shocked to learn of the death of Rebecca, beloved wife of Rev. A. Binga, D. D. of Manchester, Va. She had been an invalid for a long time, still her death Saturday, October 26, 1907 at ten minutes to 12 o'clock came as a surprise. Her funeral took place Monday, October 28th, 2 P. M. at the First Baptist Church. Rev. J. E. Jones, D. D. delivered an able funeral discourse. He was assisted by Rev. W. T. Johnson, D. D. The floral designs were numerous and costly. A large crowd thronged the office despite the insecurity and the expressions of sympathy throughout the multitude were universal. Mrs. Binga is the mother of Mrs. Ida Atkins, wife of the well known Dr. William E. Atkins, the physician and surgeon of Hampton, Va. —Misses Nannie and Alma Morris returned to Manchester last Tuesday evening from Harper's Ferry, W. Va. —Messrs. Antonio P. and James H. Clark, Jr. called at the office of The PLANET this week. They were called to city to the funeral of their father, Mr. James H. Clark, Sr. and left Tuesday night enroute for their present homes in Burlington, N. J. —Major William H. Pollard, formerly of Richmond, but now of New York, who was injured in a train wreck last May is able to be out again. Stars Again Appear in Day-Light On October 13, 1907, the Grand United Order of the Rising Sons and Daughters of the Star of Bethlehem again made another one of their bright appearances. Early in the morning the members of the Order could be seen going to their regular meeting-place at 1217 N. 32nd St., where they were met with conveyances to take them to the Antioch Hall where all the local Lodges meet in a body. They held their Twelfth Anniversary services at half past twelve o'clock. The meeting was called to order by Ed. Fitzgerald, Master of Ceremonies. The annual report was then read by the Secretary, C. J. Holloway. The report showed that the Order was in a prosperous condition and was continuing on the increase both financially and in membership. There were many addresses made by the officers of the various lodges, Ed. Fitzgerald of the No. 1, Master of Ceremonies; Mrs. Eliza Dudley of the No. 1, President; Mr. John Scott, President of the No. 2; Mrs. Virginia Bailey, President of the No. 6. Rev. Turner, who was the orator of the day took charge of the meeting and preached their anniversary sermon. Subject: The Three God Heads. He held the congregation spellbound for about one hour. A death claim of $40.00 was paid to Mr. Alex. Johnson for the death of his wife, who was a member of the No. 6 Division. Mr. Fennell Speaks Ponds, Ala., Oct. 21, 1907. Dear Editor: Please permit me to say that the Washington Association has met and adjourned according to previous arrangement. Her object in view was to build a High School. There were forty ministers more or less here. Ministers need training in viewing her men they were too far away from each other. They were disunited in every respect and narrow minded. A man who was not a minister or a delegate couldn't hold a position there. During the four day's session it was not interesting at all. Not a resolution passed or an essay read at all. The ministers in talking would tell what and how ignorant they would art in their past lives, but never told how they should overcome such. I will say that the ministers and leadersChristianly, are not as pure as they were twenty years ago. They are not for the conversion of souls of men, they are for a name and fame and the almighty dollar. For to build and support a school they need to be liberal-minded men, they need social training. The amount collected was $1.12 and the disbursements were taken from that. There was not a well trained speaker before the Association during the time. All of our Christian leaders are making a vast failure on the account of pride. You cannot be too proud and be a servant of God. I say that the God of Heaven shall grow up a people that will take possession of the Vineyard and carry the work on to perfection, regardless of what the older ministers say. God is not pleased at the performance that is made now-a-day. "Thou shalt have no other God before me." Again, I want to say to the many readers that we speak about the many dangerous institutions, and much is said about them. The nations have gone to work to hinder the progress of many. But there is one that they do not try to hinder and that is those hop-on-hop-off or inferior houses that are located in the cities and towns. If such houses were destroyed our girls and our boys wouldn't be misled, and so many wouldn't go astray as they do. Just to see our bright faced girls and boys into so much idleness. It makes me think that they have not got the right training at home. The parents want their children to be orators of the day and don't say anything to them about the virtuous ways at all. Yours, A. A. FENNELL Ponds, Ala. P. S.—We enjoyed at the Association much chicken, pork, ham and so on. The people were kind and broad hearted. The table was strenuous with good things such as turkey, duck and goose. All kinds of vehicles, road carts, ox-carts, horse carts and I suppose that there were dog carts there too. We enjoyed all of this at the table, out doors; and we enjoyed those carts outdoors, hauling the girls over the plains. At Rest. CLARK—JAMES H. CLARK, who departed this life October 1, 1907 after a lingering illness was buried from Ebeneze Baptist Church, Monday, Oct. 21, 1907 at 3 P. M. He was one of its distinguished members and also a member of the choir for a number of years. The Rev. W. H. Stokes, pastor, preached a soul-stirring sermon and was assisted by Rev. S. C. Burrell, Secretary of the Y. M. C. A. Madame Fanny Payne Walker by request of the deceased rendered his favorite, "When Peace Like a River" reaching the hearts of her listeners. Mr. Clark was followed to the tomb by Social Lodge, A. F. and A. M., of which he was one of its oldest members. Floral designs were many and beautiful. Rest from your labors! We shall meet you. His sons. ANTONIO P. & JAS. H. CLARK, JR. Look? Prof. D. Webster Davis, a speaker of national fame, will deliver his latest lecture, subject: "Grumblers" at the Virginia Union University, Friday night, November 15, 1907 at 8 o'clock. The lecture will be supplemented with solos by Messrs. W. A. Johnson and J. D. Bushell, quartettes and the University Orchestra. The Young Men's Christian Association under whose auspices the exercises will be given, solicits your presence. Don't forget the date! Admission 10 cents. J. A. BRINKLEY, Pres. J. S. HOLOMAN, Sec. —Subscribe to The PLANET. Only $1.50 per year. MUNDAY HELD FOR MURDER Coroner's Jury-Finds Him Guilty of Having Killed Lewis Harris, Accused Claims That He Acted in Self-Defense. The coroner's jury, which met in the office of the chief of police this morning to hold an inquest in the case of Jack Munday, charged with the murder of Lewis Harris Saturday afternoon, in Reservoir park, brought in a verdict that Harris met his death at the hands of Munday. He was seen back to jail and will have been seen to to-morrow at morning. He has engaged as counsel Hiram Smith, who was present at the inquest. The evidence taken by the coro, nor showed that Munday went to the Reservoir Saturday afternoon, arriving there about half past two o'clock. He went to the park with the intention of taking his small brother home. A crowd of little negroes, a mongh who was Harris, and the younger Munday, were gathering chestnuts from a tree back of the rathskeller and when little Munday was ordered home a division of the chestnuts was made. Harris, being the largest of the boys, he was eighteen years old, divided the chestnuts. Little Munday claimed that the division was not fair and he and his brother began to fight the rest of the crowd. The two parties came to gether and Harris and Jack Munday climbed. They broke apart and Munday claims Harris reached into his hip pocket for a pistol when he cut his opponent with a big bladed hunting knife. He walked around on the grille for ten minutes holding a sword and after falling he stoned. He died twenty minutes after being cut. When the ambulance arrived he was dead. After cutting Harris's throat Monday ran north from the Reservoir through Shield's woods nearly to the river. He turned east from this point and came into town at Clark's spring, from which place he went home. Officers Thurman, Smallwood and Krouse took the case in hand and after learning the details of the crime went to Munday's house, where he was caught at eight o'clock about to leave. His mother was kissing him good-bye when Officer Krouse came into the house and covered the two with his revolver, Munday made no resistance, but came with the officers peaceably. When the station house was reached the officers began to question Mun day and he confessed to the killing, saying that he acted in self-defense and would have been killed himself had he not cut Harris. He seemed to be perfectly confident that he was in no danger and slept soundly during the night. This morning he rattled the bars of his cell and told an officer that he had some cigarettes in his coat pocket and asked that they be brought to him. His testimony before the coroner was clear and calm and without a falter. —Richmond, Va. News Leader, October 28, 1907. A Discordant Voice. It is unpleasantly anomalous that sometimes while secular newspapers do their best to establish and maintain peace and good feeling publications representing religious bodies apparently labor diligently for discord. Possibly these conditions may be explained by the fact that secular newspapers, dealing with all kinds and conditions of people and with the affairs of the world at large, naturally broaden and ripen; whereas, publications recognized as organs of special denominations tend to think in narrow circles and to consider all things from restricted points of view and so gradually contract and become acrid, acid and quarrelsome. The Baptist "Rligious" Herald, of this city, in its current issue undertakes apparently to rebuke The News Leader for the conservative position it took regarding the entertainment of Bishop Ferguson, of Africa, a Negro, by Bishop Potter, of New York, near the close of the convention of the Protestant Episcopal church in America in this city. It goes on to remark that The News Leader had no censure for Bishop Potter and that the Times-Dispatch ignored the incident. It adds the suggestion that if a prominent white Baptist clergyman had entertained at his own table here a prominent Negro Baptist clergyman the positions of the two newspapers might have been different. Evidently the general conceptions and purposes of the Herald and the News Leader differ widely. Our consistent and unremitting effort has been to repress and restrain dissension. We have labored to unite the people of the South of Virginia, of Richmond, of all creeds, classes and denominations, to make them feel that whatever our differences in religious belief, forms of worship, in worldly station, in wealth and circum stances and birthplaces and politics, all of us are Americans, all of us are equally interested in the advancement of our country, State and community, in the happiness of our PRICE. FIVE. CENTS fellow man in the establishment of brotherhood, in trying to help to do God's will. As the purposes of the Herald seem to be entirely opposite we do not know that anything is to be gained by discussion with it of this special matter or of any other. —Richmond, Va. News Leader, Oct. 28, 1907. Dr. Smallwood's Works. Claremont, Va., Sept. 30, 07. Editor of The PLANET: The Temperance, Industrial and Collegiate Institute opened upon its sixteenth year's work Friday, Sept. 27th, with the largest number of new pupils in the history of the Institution. President Smallwood is one man upon whom the country is sure to turn its eye ere long with almost crushing discouragement. He has gone on from year to year in spite of discouragements and terrible embarrassments. Every room in Old Sanger Hall is occupied. Old Bagley Hall is nearing completion and it is one of the best and most substantial school buildings in all of our Southland. It has not cost the Negro race a dollar, except the good health, life and energy of President Smallwood, his time and pure unselfishness. Two of the best farms on the James River, the finest horses and best harness, and the best cows and hogs are found upon the Old Claremont Wharf Tract, where stands Old Bagley Hall, as now rebuilt at an expense of $7,500, Sawyer Hall and the barns. Dr. Smallwood is undoubtedly one of the boldest speakers of the very boldest upon the race question in our educational circle. Yet he makes friends with the Southern and Northern white people alike. The Negro race has as much to feel proud of in the exhibition of real pluck, manhood and ability in the great and public benefactor, J. J. Smallwood as any one of our race. Not a more orderly, God-fearing, polite and-better set is found in this Southland. CHAVERS—ADAMS The marriage of Miss Dolly Adams to Mr. D. J. Chavers will take place Tuesday, Nov. 5, 1907 at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. John Ewell, 1203% A. First Street at Noon, reception, in their residence, 616 St. Peter Street, Nov. 1907 from 6 to 10. Friends invited. William Custalo Estate Richmond, Va., Oct. 24, 1907. All persons owing the estate of the late William Custalo will please call and settle their accounts at once. All creditors, having accounts against the estate will file attested bills at my office. JOHN MITCHELL, JR., Administrator of Wm. Custalo's Estate. 311 N. Fourth Street. Richmond, Va. If Eliza Pryor will leave her address or call at 15 E. Marshall St., she will hear good news. Calloway's Fall and Winter Greetings H. Thomas Calloway, the famous Chicago haberdasher man who is popular with Texas up-to-date dressers, is mailing his customers and friends the following: "With greetings to our customers and friends, we announce that our line of domestic and imported fabrics for overcoats, suits, trousers and fancy vests for men and man-tailored skirts for ladies is now complete, and we cordially invite you to call and inspect this elegant assortment of over 600 different designs. If not convenient for you to call, drop us a postal card, stating what you want, (name color of goods and price you wish to pay.) and we will send you absolutely free a large assortment of samples with our very low prices on each, self-measuring order blank, etc. "Hoping for your health and prosperity and awaiting your reply, we are earnest yours, "H. THOS. CALLOWAY, Tallor, 3636 Dearborn St, Chicago, Ill." Stockholders' Meeting. The Fifth Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of Richmond Hospital Association will be held Thursday, December 5, 1907 at Richmond Hospital, 406 E. Baker St., at 8 o'clock P. M. DR. R. F. TANCIL, Pres. DR. D. A. FERGUSON, Sec. The CASTLE of LIES So Locke, as well as Forbes, had traced us to Alterhoffen! Was their arrival here, so soon after ourselves, merely a coincidence? Or could they have traveled together? Locke had certainly given me to understand that he had never seen Sir Mortimer or his mother and sister. Nor had I reason to suppose that he knew the king's messenger—at least two days ago. If it were true that he had met none of these people previous to my leaving Lucerne, if it were true that he did not know them even now—what could have brought Locke hither? One of three things might have happened: Locke may have been keeping a vigilant watch on the movements of the Countess Sarahoff. Captain Forbes might have traced us here yesterday and have joined forces with Locke. Or Locke may have been watching me, rather than Madame de Varlier, and have posted after me, rather than after herself and her companion. It required little imagination to reason out the affair. Two days ago he had seen me conversing on apparently intimate terms with the Countess Sarahoff, a notorious adventures. He came to my hotel to warn me against her; I had received his warnings lightly enough. That very evening I dined with the woman; I took the boat for Vitzanu, if not in her company, in the company of Dr. Starva, whom he must have often seen with her at Lucerena. The knowledge of these facts would bring him to the scene at Vitzanu. And then? The most startling discoveries might be his. Say that he had actually traced me as far as Vitznau. He would have made inquiries yesterday for Ernest Haddon. From whom else could he make these inquiries but the concierge? And he would learn—what? The mysterious secret that it was not really Ernest Haddon who had come to the hotel, but Sir Mortimer Brett, passing under the name of Ernest Haddon. Yes; the concierge would tell him the truth, according to his lights. An old newspaper man like Locke would be satisfied with no vague evasions. If Locke, then, had made certain that I had entered the hotel the evening before, that I had occupied the suite of Sir Mortimer Brett, the truth would flash on him. He would then be forced to one or two conclusions: either that I was a great fool to be so gulleless a victim, or that I was a much more cunning rogue than he had thought. But the note I had found so strangely on my pillow had given no inkling of his suspicions, if he had any. That was to be expected. If Sir Mortimer, or rather myself, failed to keep the appointment, he would draw his own conclusions. And having drawn them, what would be his course of action? He would storm the chateau for the truth. If, as seemed most likely, he had joined forces with Captain Forbes, he would realize the need of immediate action. What with interviews between myself and Madame de Varnier, Locke, and Forbes, the day promised to be exciting. There might, I thought with infinite dread, be yet another interview. For if Forbes and Locke had succeeded in tracing us to Alterhoffen why should not Helena Brett and her mother? I looked at my watch. I had slept soundly, lulled to sleep by the temptuous little stream below. It was now ton o'clock. The sun was shining brightly into my room. I could see the mountains rosy-hued in the morning light. My door was rapped gently, then pushed open. The servant who had ushered me to my chamber entered with coffee. There was none so likely to have brought the note as he. I was tempted to test the suspicion. It might be convenient to avail myself of his services, if my suspicion were true. But I decided to make no allusion to it. For the present I had no need of the man, and if he were ignorant of the existence of the note I should risk much by making him the wiser. "I am anxious to see Madame de Varnier," I said, raising myself on my elbow to pour out my coffee. "Is she up yet?" "Madam never rises until after her second breakfast," replied the man. "But Dr. Starva has asked me to say that he is at your Excellency's disposal." "He is very good," I yawned, and dismissed him. Now that Madame de Varnier was not to be seen for the present, I wished I might have slept longer. It was too late to keep the doubtful appointment with Locke, even had I wished. But I did not wish to keep it. First of all must come Madame de Varnier's story. Afterwards, events must shape their course as they would. But it was impossible to sleep again; the glare of the light was unendurable. The noise of the river Aare seemed to rise in a steady crescendo. I dressed leisurely, for I was determined not to leave the chateau until I had seen Madame de Varnier. And yet I had no desire for the company of Dr. Starva. I looked about for a book or magazine to beguile the hours before luncheon. Half a dozen awaited my perusal, most of them yellow-backed French novels. One book, however, was in English. "The Foreign Office List and Diplomatic and Consular Handbook." I read curiously. I turned to Sir Mortimer Brett. "Sir Mortimer Brett, K.G.M.G.; C.B.; M.A., All Souls College, Oxford, 1873. Competitive examination and clerk of F. O., May 31, 1850. 3d Sec. Mad., 1883. Precis Writer to the late Marquis of Salisbury, Sec. State for Foreign Affairs, 1886. Transferred St. Petersburg, 2d Sec., 1886. Allowance for knowledge of Russian, May, 1887. Charge d'affaires, Jan., 1888. Transferred Constantinople. Allowance for Turkish granted. Consul General, 1902." I read the list of Sir Mortimer's honors with a strange catching of the breath. His progress in his profession had been extraordinary. That he was a zealous and ambitious diplomat was proven by the one fact that twice his salary had been increased because he had mastered two of the most difficult languages in the world. That fact also proved that he owed his promotion not so much to influence at Court as to his own determination. He was a student as well as a diplomat. It gave me a distinct shock that such a man should be so weak as to succumb to the beauty of a clever adventuress to the beauty of a clever adventures Again I read at random: "The flag to be used by His Majesty's Diplomatic Servants, whether on shore or embarked on boats or other vessels, is the Union, with the Royal Arms in the center thereof, surrounded by a green garland—" My eyes skipped down the page. The uniform of the consul general was fully described. The cocked hat was to be without binding—the fan or back part eleven inches, the cockade plain bullion-gold tassels, edging of black ostrich feather—I skipped that, too. I was not interested in millinery. But presently my eye wandered to this paragraph. I began to read it not without uneasiness: "Official Act of Parliament to prevent a Disclosure of Documents and Information: Any person found guilty of a breach of official trust; of purloining or obtaining under false pretenses papers of State, and found guilty of the same, shall be convicted of high treason. Any person interfering with His Majesty's Diplomatic T. W. She Looked About Vaguely, Then Toward the Chateau Walls. Servants in their official business, either by the giving of false information, the assuming of any of their prerogatives or rights—" I have never learned the awful fate of a person guilty of these misdemeanors. The book slipped from my hand. Above the clamor of the stream below I had heard a faint shout. Twice it was repeated. Alarmed, I went to the window and looked down. At first I thought some one had fallen into the river. But the shout had not come from below. I could be sure of this, because on the opposite side of the Aare was a narrow esplanade. Benches were placed at intervals, and there were beds of flowers to break the monotony of the gravel walk. The esplanade was deserted but for one person, a woman, and she was seated, her parasol shielding her from the sun and from my view. Again I heard the shout, and still again. I listened, breathless. But the mysterious cry was no longer repeated. Puzzled, I stood at the window, leaning far out, but I could discover sign of no person at such of the windows as I could command. My glance fell idly to the woman sunning herself on the opposite bank. And as I looked, a tiny shaft of light arrested my attention. It was scarcely larger than my hand, but it seemed endowed with elfish intelligence. For it moved, it danced. And always in the direction of the woman with the parasol. Now it crawled slowly along the graveled walk in a direct line from the river bank toward her. Now it burned, a shining mark, motionless. Then it darted about in circles, and always close to the woman as it to engage her attention. A minute, five minutes passed, while I watched the eccentric gyrations of this extraordinarily intelligent shaft of light. Over and over its antics were repeated. The woman's parasol was tilted carelessly back for a moment. The narrow beam of light seized its opportunity. It played fantastically on the dress of the woman. Now at last she had seen it. It flashed upward toward her face. She looked about vaguely, then toward the chateau walls. Now I had seen her face. It was Helena Brett. I struck my forehead, impatient at my stupidity. It was Captain Forbes THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA who had shouted. He had seen Helena Brett; he had vainly attempted to make her hear. But the roaring river had drowned his cry. That I had heard it, proved that he was nearer to me than to her. Yes; in this chateau, and a prisoner. He was signalling that fact to her. Every schoolboy knows the trick. The reflection of the sun's rays on a mirror will carry a tolerable distance. Fascinated, I saw the little beam of light tell its story eloquently and ingeniously. CHAPTER XIX The Startling Message She had looked up, only to be blinded by the dancing hair. She held her hands before her eyes. The flame persistently annoyed her. She moved from her seat. It pursued her. Again she looked up; and even from this height I could see that she was frowning in her anger and annoyance. She seated herself at another bench. But she could not shake off her tormentor. It no longer beat on her face and person; it moved steadily toward her, then traveled along the path of the promenade; trespassed into the garden of a cottage; shot by the cottage itself; halted at a huge wooden signboard, on which was inscribed a long advertisement in French proclaiming the exalted merits of a Swiss chocolate. It zigzagged tremulously across the signboard. It paused at a capital letter L. Helena had watched it curiously until it disappeared into the garden. Then she had lost interest in its movements, and had once more scanned anxiously the chateau opposite. Patently and persistently the little beam of light repeated its antics. Again it moved, swiftly this time, to the signboard. And now she turned in her seat and watched it until it again paused at the letter I. Twice the mirror was flashed on the billboard; twice it passed at the letter L. It disappeared, to reappear at A. From A it darted swiftly to M. Another pause and again it vanished. Once more it pointed to A; once more it vanished. When it climbed the signboard again, it wandered vaguely as as if seeking a letter. After some hesitation the mirror's reflection fell on P. Thence it shot to R. Again it hesitated, but it last settled on I. Once more it selected S. Thence in quick succession came O, N, E, R. "I AM A PRISONER," it had spelled. But while Helena and I were still staring at the board, the shaft of light darted in feverish haste from letter to letter until it had spelled another word: "F-O-R-B-E-S." The king's messenger had been an English officer, and one of the first military duties a boy learns at Sandhurst or Woolwich is heliography. When, therefore, Captain Forbes had seen Helena across the river and had realized the futility of his shouting, being a man of wit and resource he had told of the imprisonment in this happy method. He had flashed his message successfully. Helena understood. She looked upward toward the chateau, nodded excitedly, and again eagerly watched the signboard. She was not to be disappointed. The message was not quite complete. These two words were added: "G-E T H-E-L-P." Helena made a gesture of comprehension, and walked rapidly in the direction of the village. And when she had summoned assistance? When the castle was stormed, as it were, by gendarmes? My own peril would be extreme. It was hopeless to prevent the inevitable. The rescue of Captain Forbes would be accomplished; my compulsivity in the intrigues of Dr. Starva and Madame de Varnier would be taken for granted. Expostulations would be useless. My very presence in the chateau would be face evidence of my guilt. And so I had played my desperate game to no purpose. To save myself—that was my one thought. Two courses lay before me. Could I make my way to Captain Forbes? Could I effect his release before Helena returned with help? If that were possible, and if I could hastily make my position clear to the king's messenger all might yet be well. At least so far as the establishment of my innocence was concerned. Or I might overtake Helena Brett. To her I might make my confession. And if she were persuaded, not only that I was acting in her interests, but that my plan to clear up Sir Mortimer's disappearance promised success, I might even now be successful. It was my fear that she would scornfully refuse both to believe my story and to accept my aid that made me hesitate as to this course. It was Dr. Starva who decided for me. He had appeared on the terrace below, and he was following Helena Brett. I had read Captain Forbes's message as well as Helena. Why, then, could there not have been a third person interested in the strange antics of the mirror? If And Dr. Starva or Madame de Varnier had read the message? They had not hesitated to use desperate expedients to gain their purpose. Would Dr. Starva hesitate to use means as desperate to prevent Helena from summoning help? I asked myself this startling question as I took the stairs two at a time to the great hall. The main entrance was locked. For a moment I thought that I was a prisoner in the chateau as well as Captain Forbes. Even now I am not certain that such was not the intention of Madame de Varnier. But Dr. Starva had gained the terrace by a small door close by the spiral staircase. In his haste he had forgotten to lock this door. Desperate as was my own haste I took the precaution of locking the side door after me and placing the key in my pocket. My reasons for this were vague enough. It was an instinct that prompted me to take the precaution rather than deliberate reflection. But perhaps I might be able to regain the chateau in due time by this side entrance, and none be the wiser. For as far as I knew I had effected my exit unobserved. In the meanwhile I ran swiftly after Helena and Dr. Starva. I had lost sight of both. I soon came to an end of the promenade. It led directly into the main street of the village. Now that I had gained the village street I looked eagerly about for them. Neither was in sight. I guessed that Helena Brett would make her way as soon as possible to the hotel where she was known. What hotel? That was the question. I halted an urchin and asked him the name of the best hotel in Alterhoffen. "Oh, the Grand hotel," he answered without hesitation; "that is where all the English lords and American millionaires stay." Then let him take me hither; I tempted him with a france. "Evidently the gentleman is in a hurry." I assured him that I was, and promised him two francs if I could reach the hotel before a lady whom I was following. "Then, the gentleman must go by the short cut." I sped after the urchin down the village street. This street is one of the most quiet in the whole world. There are two stories of shops on either side. The pavement of the shops below is roofed over; this covered passageway is the pavement for the second series of shops above. I was on the lower pavement, and this explains how I was able to reach a flight of steps, the cut the youngater had promised, before Helena or Dr. Starva. At the foot of these steps the youngster bolted, assuring me that I should find the hotel when I had reached the top of the flight. These steps pierced a wall of one of the houses of the village street. The flight was straight for the first 20 or so, then it turned curiously on a little landing at right angles. Here I was in semi-darkness. I groped my way for the continuance of the flight. The first series of steps, I began to see dimly, had ended at a sort of porter's lodge. I learned afterwards that this was a private entrance to the hotel above and that in the glass-covered little room a porter was accustomed to sit. I was still feeling my way cautiously about (for I had not yet seen that the flight of steps was continued at right angles, and the steps were broken and uneven), when the circle of light at the foot of the steps leading into the street was blotted out. At first I hoped it might be Helena. But it was a man, and he was leaping up the steps in desperate haste. I guessed it to be Dr. Starva. But I had no intention of letting him know that I was following him. I pressed close against the wall to let him pass. To my astonishment he darted into the empty porter's lodge and crouched down in the gloom. I held my breath, watching, hardly an arm's length from where he stood motionless. Again the circle of light was blotted out. A woman was rapidly ascending the steps. I could hear her catching her breath. It was Helena on her way to the hotel for aid. And now I am forced to a confession that will deepen the sympathy or contempt felt for me when I related the tragedy at the beginning of my narrative. But I have determined to make myself no hero. For now again came that curious paralysis of will. Again, as in the tragedy of the Alps, horror robbed me for the moment of power to act instantly. I had caught the glint of steel. I knew that Helena was doomed unless I hurled myself instantly on the treacherous assassin. I did indeed fling myself headlong on him, but only after he had fired. There was a crash of shattered glass; the shot of his revolver was still echo 5 It Was an Unequal Struggle. ing in the stairway as I grappled with him. It was an unequal struggle. I felt Dr. Starva's hairy hands close about my throat and I was hurled backward. CHAPTER XX I Am Rudely Enlightened. The force of the blow had stunned me for the moment. Presently I heard Helena calling for help. I struggled to my feet and leaned gasping against the wall. "Are you much hurt, sir?" she asked in French, in a cool, matter of fact voice. She had not recognized me in the semi-gloom. "I am not hurt at all," I replied in English. "But I am sorry, Miss Brett, that that villain has made his escape." "I fancy I heard some one rush after him," she continued, coming to me closer and trying to distinguish my features. "I am Mr. Haddon," I said, quietly. She repeated the name vaguely. "The coward," I added. There was an awkward pause. We began to ascend the second flight of steps. "I am afraid you are assuming a name to which you have little right, Mr. Haddon," she said gently. "I believe that you saved my life just now. I am much obliged to you." She extended a white hand in the gloom. There was absolutely nothing of sentimentalism in the action. And for myself, I was cynically unmoved. I received her thanks almost guiltily and a little sullenly. "I little thought," she continued dreamily, "that you, of all men, would save my life. It savors a good deal of the melodramatic, does it not? It is very strange." "At the best it was a lucky accident, Miss Brett. Frankly, you are unhurt rather because the man was a bad shot than because of any assistance I gave you." I spoke the words thoughtfully and quite sincerely. I knew only too well that my interference would have been too late had Dr. Sarva's alm been more sure. It seemed to me little less than a miracle that Helena Brett should be unwounded. I could take no credit for that myself. Far from that, I should tell her the absolute truth if I were honest. I would say to her: "On the contrary, I have proved myself to be a coward again—infininitely more so than when Willoughby lost his life. Then I was exhausted, physically powerless. New I have failed—still by the fatal three seconds—because terror held me spellbound for the moment. It makes little difference, so far as my courage or cowardice is concerned, that you are living while Willoughby died. In either case I have been equally weak." That was what I should say to her if I were an honest man. But I did not. You see I am frank in these confessions. Really, then, I am showing that in this instance I was even a greater coward than before. For then I at least told the truth. I did not conceal from her the hideous word Willoughby had spoken before he dled. Now I was concealing from her the fact that I knew I deserved the reproach as keenly. We had reached the top of the steps. We walked slowly toward the Grand hotel. Helena, I could see, was concerned with her own thoughts as much as was I. For a moment the shock of the accident had made her forget her errand. Now that we were near the hotel its urgency came to her with redoubled force. She was debating whether she should take me into her confidence. She was saying to herself, I was sure, that it would be a generous reparation for her unjust censure of me on the terrace of the hotel at Lucerne if she intrusted to me the deliverance of Cainta Eoshes. "Why," she asked slowly, "should that man have lain in wait for me there? Was he a common thief, do you think?" "No," I answered after some hesitation. "He is a Bulgarian, a political adventurer. I am afraid, Miss Brett, that he has had much to do with the disappearance of your brother." She paused, startled. "How should you know that?" her voice vibrated with suspicion. "Because I have learned something of him at the chateau. I am a guest there." I pointed to the castle towers across the valley. "You are a guest of that woman, Madame de Varnier?" "Yes." "Then, sir," she was hastening her steps, and spoke with cold hostility. "it is certainly not to you that I should be appealing for help." "Miss Brett," I said with some blitterness, "you draw your conclusions very hastily. Is it impossible for you to believe that I wish to help you—that I wish to make atonement to you for the suffering I have caused you unconsciously?" She looked at me intently, her eyes still wide with distrust. "But you are at the chateau," she repeated. "You are a friend of that infamous woman who has ruined my brother. If you are her friend, how can you be mine?" "I have not said that I am her friend," I protested quietly. "But you are at the chateau." She spoke the words obstinately. That fact was, in her eyes, an unanswerable argument. "Yes; and I know that Captain Forbes is detained there; I know that he has just signaled to you that fact and has asked you to get help. And now I want you to leave the matter in my hands. I demand that as my right. It is a task I have set myself. Once you said to me that I should save a life for the life that was lost through me." "You have already made that reparation, Mr. Haddon," she said almost humbly. "Fate has punished me that I should have judged you so hastily and so wrongly." "No, no!" I spoke in fierce remonstrance. "Will you never be just to me? That was an accident, I tell you." "I do not like you less that you say so." It was hopeless to make her understand now. I should have confessed my cowardice sooner if I wished to be believed. She had judged as at Lucerne. And this judgment caused me much the greater pain. "Listen." I drew her to a garden seat. "A life for a life—that is what you said. But if, instead of a life, it were a man's honor that I could save—if it were the honor of your brother?" Her lips trembled. She leaned toward me in her appeal. "Oh, you would crush me with the weight of my gratitude. Save my brother's honor, and, and—" "I should then stand equal with other men in your respect?" "I know something of it." I said with sympathy. "Tell me, Miss Brett, do I not bear a marked resemblance to your brother?" "At first sight it is startling." she cried eagerly. "When my mother and I saw you at Lucerne we thought you were he. When we learned that you were with Mr. Willoughby at the time of his death, you can understand how bitterly we resented our disappointment. Forgive me if I am again suspicious, but that I should find you the guest of Madame de Varnier now, at this time—" "If I am to help you, you must trust me." "I will. I do." "Even though circumstances seem utterly against me? Even though I may seem a friend of Madame de Varnier—to be in league with her against you?" She hesitated. "She is a dangerous woman. If my poor brother has fallen a victim to her horrible beauty—" "I shall be on my guard." I replied lightly, smiling at her fierce resentment. "How can I learn the truth concern "If I Am to Help You, You Must Trust Me." ing your brother, how can I do my utmost to save his honor (if it be not yet too late), unless I remain at the chateau-yes, unless I am on apparent good terms with Madame de Varnier? "You are testing my belief in you to the utmost, Mr. Haddon. I suppose you smooth the suspicions of your hostess as readily as you do mine." She spoke bitterly. And if she found it difficult to trust me now, how much more difficult when she learned, not the whole truth, but a damning half-truth. "Ah, you are wavering already in the trust you have promised to give me. Great God, you think that it is a pleasant task I have set myself? To smile on this woman, to play the hypocrite, to spy on her when I am her guest, that I may dog her, coax her into telling the truth, that I may entrap her accomplice and herself at the right moment? Miss Brett, I would wash my hands of this ugly business if I had not sworn to endure every ignominy and risk of being misunderstood not only by a man like Captain Forbes by by yourself. I tell you that I have not a clear clear to carry out my plans—if I fall, or am baffled by some well-meaning intruder, I am a disgraced man. No one will believe my defence—not even you. I may even be dragged to prison as a common felon." She placed both her hands in mine. "Forgive me. My anxiety is so great. I do trust you. Return to Madame de Varnier, Mr. Haddon. I shall try to be patient. But Captain Forbes, am I to do nothing to help him?" "Until this evening, no. You see, I am testing your faith." I looked at her keenly. She returned my glance with brave assurance. "If you receive no word, either from Captain Forbes or myself, by midnight to-night, if you are not summoned to the chateau by your brother (and that I warn you is only too unlikely), inquire at the Grand hotel for Mr. Robinson Locke. He is an American consul at Lucerne; he will help you." "He has already helped us. It was Mr. Locke who directed Captain Forbes and myself here to Alterhoffen." "And will you not include among my services," drawled a voice behind us, "the fact that I was so fortunate as to save your life just now, Miss Brett?" I looked up speechless. Robinson Locke met my startled glance with cool contempt. "That you saved my life?" repeated Helena, in wonder. "Have I robbed my gallant countryman of your gratitude, Miss Brett?" he demanded carelessly. "Then it was you who rushed down the stairway?" I stammered, my face hot with shame. "Yes, sir," he said, sternly, "it was I. It is not a pleasant duty to expose the cowardice of an acquaintance, Miss Brett. I could have forgiven him his terror. But that he should masquerade as a hero while I was vainly attempting to pursue the blackguard who tried to murder you—that is a little too much." I confronted him, my hands clenched in my rage. But I did not speak. A defense was impossible. I stared at him in silence. "I am afraid," he sneered, "that you are rather fond of wearing the lion's skin. I believe I had an appointment with you this morning at ten o'clock." "With me!" I cried, hotly. "No!" "Then you did not receive the note placed on your pillow last night? Ah, so you did receive it, after all, Sir Mortimer—I beg your pardon, Mr. Haddon." I turned from him: I looked at Helena. Our eyes met. I did not say one word; I did not beseech even by a look. I had asked her to trust me, but I had not looked for a situation like this. Her eyes fell before mine and they had told me nothing. "I shall leave you to your interview." VERSE WORTH READING The Man in the Boy. In the acorn is wrapped the forest. In the little brook the sea; The twig that will wail with the spar- row to the sea. Is to-morrow's sturdy tree. There is hope in a mother's joy, Like a peach in its blossom furled, And a noble boy, a gentle boy, A manly boy, is king of the world. The power that will never fall us In the soul of simple truth; The cak that defies the stormiest skies Was upright in its youth; The beauty no time can destroy In the heart of a noble boy furled; And a worthy boy, a tender boy, A faithful boy, is king of the world. The cub of the royal lion In camp in his pride; The eagle's pride is as fiery-eyed As the old bird's bald and gray. The nerve that heroes employ In the child's young arm is furled, And a gallant boy, a truthful boy, A brave, pure boy, is king of the world. A Natural Coward. Ol' Mistah Trouble, he come around' one day An' say: "I gwineter git you, so you better run away! I likes to see you hustle. Dat's de way I has my fun. I knows I km ketch up to you, no matter how you run!" I says: "Mistah Trouble, you has been a-chasin' me. Ever since I klin remember an' i'ts tired as I klin be. So I'm gwinter store 'right yeur an' turn fecch' you klin An' lick you if I klin an' in' out jeal' what you klin do. O' Mistah Trouble, he looked mightly ashamed. He acted like a buckin' hoss dat's sud- denly been tamed. An' den he turned an' travelled off, a-hol- denly been tamed. I aln' got time to fool aroun' wif folke dat acts dat way." Our Life. At the feet of the Father of all Some day we shall lay our gift, Time stained, plifffh, small, Heavy and hard to lift. Fettered and bowed by Fate Since Destiny makes or mars— Nay, winged with strength clate, Handed down from the stars. Free as the infinite air, Wide as the boundless sky; We have sought to keep it fair, We have tried to hold it high. Father of all, when we come Bringing Thy dust to Thee, Will thy voice of peace be dumb, Thy passion drowned in the sea? Father Thou pity the gift we lay, Clasping warm to Thy breast The image of fame and clay Wettered in behest? Ada Foster Murry. From "Dream Pedilary." If there were dreams to sell What would you buy? Some cost a passing bell; Some a slight sigh. Then hide life's fresh crown Only a rose leaf down. If there were dreams to sell, Merry and sad to tell. And the crier rang the bell. What would you buy? A cottare lone and still, With bowers nigh, Shadowy, my woes to still, Until I Such pearl from Life's fresh crown Pain would I shake me down. Were dreams to have at will, This would best heal my ill This would heal my joy. -Thomas Lovell Beddoes- The Labor Question. Old Money things was striving And thinking night, Concocting plans, and scheming And making things go right. At daybreak he was stirring, At midnight went to bed. For evening dinner He labored with his head. Seven days a week he labored With scanty time for sleep, His mighty undertaking In himself to keep. And while he thus was toiling In this incessant way, His workmen struck, demanding Of him an eight-hour day. Dying. A little shudder. Is it fear? A hand uplifted, Who is near? A gath'ring darkness, Is it night? The dear world passing Out of sight. A soft kiss falling, Are we sure? A sudden sobbing, A closing door, And then alone for evermore. —Pull Mail Gazette. Song. I know that life is sweet From morn till night With Love's unflagging light. I know that life is fair From dusk till dawn With Love's protecting care To lean upon. I know that life is dear Beyond belief. With Love to share the tear Of joy or grief. Clinton Scollard, in Metropolitan Mag- azine. With Mary. Don't know how it came about— Love is so contrary! Had a secret—told it out. (Went to mill with Mary!) Kept it even from the birds— Time seemed long and dreary; Never thought I'd find the words. (Went to mill with Mary!) Told that I loved her—plain! Smilie' like a fairy, Said 'I love you back again!' (Bless the mill and Mary!) - Atlanta Constitution. The sand was gay with sunshine The sea was smooth and blue. She paused beside a broken boat, And bade me tie her shoe. I knelt upon the snowy sand. The little shoe was brown. And brown the silken stocking was Beneath the sweet, white gown. "I hope you do not mind?" she said, Said it.Oh, no. I rather wish," I dared to add, "You were a centipede!" The Brute. "So Xantippe Snifkins is going to apply for a divorce. Do you know on what grounds?" "Cruel and inhuman treatment." "Did her husband treat her so very badly?" "No man could have treated a woman worse. He never would give her any good reason for finding fault with him."—Baltimore American. The fight might have been going on —Subscribe to The PI ANET. Onvet if the guadron from the San Ra- ¥1.50 per year. THE PULLET SATURDAY...NOVEMBER 2, '07. BAND OF CHINESE FIGHT RODENTS FRIGHTENED ORIENTALS ENGAGE IN BLOODY BATTLE WITH FEROCIOUS RATS. OFFICERS COME TO RESCUE Swarm of Animals of Unusual Size, Made Bold by Fear of Water, Attack Men on Shrimp Drying Platform. San Francisco—For 45 minutes a gang of more than 50 frightened Chinese fishermen and an army of Australian rats, home fed to unusual size, fought on the shrimp drying platform at Point San Pedro, on the Marin county shore, the other afternoon, and it was not until Constable George Agnew and Game Warden George E. Ortman, of San Rafael, arrived on the scene of carnage with armed deputies that the rats were routed and the battle ended. About four o'clock Constable Agnew, in San Rafael, was told in badly broken and frantic English about a fight that was going on at Point San Pedro, five miles away. His Chinese informant implored assistance at once and hung up his telephone. Constable Agnew, thinking that the riot was over fish, informed Deputy Game Warden Ortman, and hastily gathering some deputy constables proceeded with all speed to the camp. What they saw when they swpt into view of the huge platform looked like a bad dream. While not realizing its really natural causes, the men jumped into the fight and drove the swarm of rats from the drying planks, which made an ideal arena for a fight. Over 200 rats were killed and four Chinamen, Ah Tong, Quong Hing, Ah Lee and Sung Suey, were bitten severely. They had laid about them vallantly with clubs and bludgeons grabbed hastily from the platform and near-by huts and still the force of huge rodents, continuously re-enforced from beneath the platform, where they had been imprisoned for nearly 24 hours and made forcible from fear of the encoaching tide waters, swarmed onto the wide floor and squealed and fought and bit as cornered rats are popularly supposed to do. So successfully did they fight that more than the four Chinese battlers felt the sinking of [Illustration of a group of monks in a monastery, holding a staff and a cross, with a crowd of monks in the background. The monks are depicted in various poses, some kneeling, some standing, and some holding staffs. The background features a wooden fence and a cloudy sky.] The Rats Showed Teeth and Fight. their teeth in their flesh, though none was injured seriously. After the dead rats had been removed and first aid had been rendered the wounded and scared Celestials, an explanation from a score of the fishermen, patched up by gesticulation and pantomime, made plain the story of the struggle and robbed it of its delirium tremens suggestiveness. The principal camp at Point San Pedro has installed a platform 150 feet wide and fully 600 feet long, on which are laid the shrimps to dry. The platform is laid over the sweep of shore extending from the hill to the water's edge. Underneath the platform rats have made their home. They are of the Australian breed, and are enormous for rats. They thrived so well on the fish and shrimps laid on the platform that their numbers were augmented from Sausalito on the south to San Quentin on the north, and they grew fat and fearless. They jeopardized the livelihood of the Chinese, who drove stakes from platform to the ground, beneath, hoping to corner them off. Ah Tong and Quong Hing, two of the boldest of the fishermen were placed on guard to club any rodents that might appear. The tide coming in threatened the brutes which swarmed onto the platform. "Swish!" went Ah's club and "swat!" went Hing's, but the rats showed teeth and fight. Other Chinese, attracted by the cries of the two guards, who yelled when they felt the sharp fangs of the rats penetrate their thin trousers and draw blood from their legs, arrived, but so did more rats. fuel had not arrived and added gunpowder and bullets to the fray, seeing which, frightened by the noise, diminished in numbers, and undoubtedly beaten, the rats scurried hither and thither to cover. THE OLD BRIDGE THE OLD BRIDGE ONE IMMORTALIZED BY LONG- FELLOW REPLACED BY NEW. Massive Granite Structure at Cam- bridge Which Takes the Place of One on Which the Poet Stood at Midnight. Could the spirit of Longfellow return it perhaps would be disqueteled by the disappearance of the old bridge where the poet loved to linger in the still hours of the night and watch the ebb and flow of the tide and listen to the rippling of the waters, for the old structure which was immortalized in the poem has given place to a modern structure of massive granite which has just been dedicated by the people of Cambridge, Mass. The new bridge, with its towers and abutments, its arches and its piers, bears little resemblance to the historic old West Boston bridge, whose place it takes. It was seven years ago, almost to a day, that the first stroke of work was done which was to yield the best bridge in Massachusetts. The new bridge, while not so long as Harvard bridge by some 200 feet, is of greater massiveness and solidity. The length over all, including the approaches, is 3,700 feet; subtracting the space taken up by the approaches, the length of the bridge proper is 1,800 feet, and its width 105 feet. The arch of the bridge is divided into 11 spans, varying in length. The large center span, through span, which is 188.5 feet long, down to those on each end, which are 101.5 feet in length. The large center span, through which all vessels pass, has a headway of 28 feet at high tide for a space 50 feet in width, thus allowing tugs, barges and vessels with "telescope" masts to pass through easily. The center span, with its four massive towers of granite, is a new departure in bridge building, and like all new things, these towers have been freely criticized from an architectural standpoint. The bridge is, however, as Mr. Jackson, the engineer, puts it, an "engineer's bridge." Each of the granite centerpieces is elaborately carved. On the Boston side is the city seal on both inner and outer face, while the seal of Cambridge is carved on the faces of the Cambridge side of the center span. The two stone abutments are hollow, a construction which greatly lessens the weight of the structure. In fact, from end to end the bridge has been built with a view above all to strength and durability, as far as this did not detract from architectural standards. The cost of the bridge amounted to a little over $2,500,000. The old West Boston bridge, which was torn down to be replaced by the new one, was a landmark of considerable historical interest. In the latter Lighthouse One of the Towers of the New Bridge. part of the eighteenth century a company was incorporated, which, on March 9, 1792, was empowered by an act approved by John Hancock to build a bridge from Boston at a point near the pesthouse, so-called, to Pelham's island, Cambridge. The bridge was begun in the summer of 1792, and on Nov. 23, 1793, was opened for traffic. The structure was wooden, 40 feet in width—"a plank bridge on pine piles, which were soon destroyed by worms, and were replaced by oak as fast as was consistent with economy and prudence." The cost was £23,000, paid for by tolls, which were collected for 40 years. A foot passenger paid two-thirds of a penny, a person and a horse paid 2/3 pence, while for a horse and a chase, clair or sulky, the toll was eight pence. In 1854 the bridge was torn down and rebuilt. It was here on the old West Boston bridge—"the bridge with wooden pliers"—that the poet Longfellow used to wander after the heat of the day, and watch the water swirling through the old plies; and in "The Bridge" the poet has immortalized the old structure. 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Entered at the Post-Office at Richmond, Va. second class mail. THE CANE AND THE PLASTERER We received a personal letter from one of our subscribers in Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania in which he mildly criticizes our remarks relative to the presentation of a gold-headed cane to President Roosevelt by that Negro plasterer of Keopuk, Iowa upon the occasion of his recent visit there. This gentleman wholly misunderstands the tone and tenor of our remarks and he draws conclusions foreign to every act and present of our years of public service. He states that we infer that men who use their hands "should not use their brains, but let that to the politician to do." We fail to find the grounds for any such inference. All honest labor is honorable, and the laboring men of the country constitute the "bone and sinew" of the nation. It is the Negro that constitutes the back-bone of the South in the raising of cotton, corn, wheat, tobacco, harley, rye, sugar, etc., but this same Negro is a nonentity, a misfit when you place him to presenting gold-headed canes to Governors of States and to a President of the United States in person rather than by proxy. We have educated other Negroes for just this purpose and in most cases, they are the sons of the Negroes of the type to which a reference is made. The Negro washer-women, cooks, nurses, chambermilds, and the Negro drivers, butlers, hostlers, farmers, porters, and persons in mental employment throughout the country are sending their children to the public schools and to the high schools and colleges for the purpose of fitting them for the duties of making public addresses and delivering public orations in a manner credible alike to themselves, their parents and the race with which they are identified. In this section, when the Negro conchmen want to make a public presentation, not only to an official of the government but to one of their own officers, they invite a minister, a teacher, an orator or some other competent person to make the address for them. He becomes their spokesman and it is understood that they are performing the act for them selves through a competent representative. The colored people of Richmond have sense enough to secure a plasterer to plaster a house, a carpenter to repair a frame structure, and a brick layer to build a brick mansion, a blacksmith to shoe a horse, but any of these workmen will seek a minister to preach a sermon, a linguist to teach languages, a musical instructor to instruct in music, and an orator to deliver a gold-headed cane to the President of the United States. Of course there are some men who had learned a trade before they practiced a profession, but in that case they would exercise their gifts in either capacity for which they are specially fitted. We were under the impression that this "cane presenting business" was gotten up either by some "smart Aleck" anxious for notoriety or by some designing politician who was anxious to mislead the distinguished statesman as to the attitude of the colored people of the country. It is a well-known fact that the Negroes of the United States feel very deeply the slurs and charges made against their soldiery, as was evident in the President's remarks concerning Companies B, C, and D. of the Twenty-fifth Infantry. Secretary Taft and President Roosevelt went out of their way to unceremoniously denounce the alleged guilty and the admittedly Innocent members of that famous Black Battalion. It was evidently the purpose to convey the impression to the country that the Negroes themselves acquiesced in their action and recognized the justice in the condemnation. It was this fact that we were anxious to emphasize in our censures. The gentleman from Pennsylvania is opposed to the politician making a presentation of this kind and nothing would have been more appropriate than for a politician to make such a presentation to a politician. Mr. Roosevelt is the most successful politician in this country to-day, and when they secure the public recognition that he has been accorded, they are known as statesmen. When colored people generally learn to adopt themselves to common sense principles and practice those rules of propriety that have made white men famous, the end of the long night will be at hand and the streaks of a long day of prosperity will be seen in the heavens. THE WAY IT DIDN'T HAPPEN: "Mother," said little Willie Jones, "If there no work to do, I'd like to join the other boys And go in swimming, too." "There's not a bit of work to day," Said Willie's mother kind: "It's useful to know how to swim, So go-I do not mind." "Father," said Willie to his pa When he had older grown: "I'd like to smoke and wish that I A briar pipe might own." "And so you shall," said Willie's pa, Proud of his manly son: And to the store he went to buy A real expensive one. "Dear folks," said Willie to them all When he was twenty-three. "I love Marie, and we're engaged And married soon will be." "We love her so!" "She's just the girl!" "She only girl for you we'd choose!" Which of these lines are false And writ but to amuse. -Chifford Tremblay in Puck. NO DESSERT. SHARK Bill Shark—Why didn't you swim for that dude who fell off the yacht? Jim Shark—Oh, you see, he is one of those "candy kids," and Dr. Lobster forbade me to eat any sweets.—Chicago Daily News. Provided For Now back to town to buckle down Will come the winter boarders; But winter will be kind to those Who took in summer boarders. —Houston Post. "It seems to me that Mr. Bigg, hedde is somewhat given to ego-tism." "Yes, somewhat. He saves all his old shoes." "But what has that to do with ego-tism?" "He figures that he may marry some day and have a family, and then after he dies people will, he is sure, be willing to pay big prices to his heirs for something that he ever wore."—Chicago Record-Herald. Hard. Of all the difficult tasks, The worst that I know Is putting to bad. A boy who won't go. Detroit Free Press. Where They Agree. Muggins—I'm surprised that you believe the story Brown just told us. Why, I wouldn't believe it if I told it myself. Huggins—Oh, well, in that case neither would I—Cleveland News. Encouraging. "Sir, have you room for this little poem I have just dashed off?" "Certainly; all the room you want. Nothing in the waste-basket at all this early in the day."—Baltimore American. THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND. VIRGINIA CHANGE OF FORTUNE A TRUE STORY THAT IS STRANGER THAN FICTION. Handsome Hamburg Youth Is Lifted from Place of Vendor of Shoe-laces to the Affluence of a Millionaire. Among the many sellers of bootlaces, studs, and other trifles that throug the neighborhood of the Hamburg Bourse, a handsome youth was at one time conspicuous. His open, well-cut features, and honest expression, seemed to merit a happier fate, but up to two years ago he remained a familiar figure to the frequenters of the exchange. Then he disappeared. Though his genial temper and pleasant manner had secured him many friends, only a few knew that he had received a mysterious letter, inviting him to come out to Brazil, giving full particulars of the prospects in store for him, and inclosing the passage-money. One morning, a short time ago, a very smart turn-out, with a couple of fine Hungarian "Juckers" between the shafts, drew up in the Place of the Bourse. The young man on the box, who was dressed in the height of fashion, threw the reins to the groom and alighted. But, instead of running up the steps of the exchange, he turned, and going up to one after the other of the street-hawkers who were crowding round, he placed in the hands of each a printed card. This he repeated in walking through the neighboring streets, and then, returning to his carriage, remounted the box and drove swiftly away. The street-sellers could hardly believe their eyes, when they read an invitation to dine that evening at one of Hamburg's palatial hotels. At eight o'clock a motley gathering crowded the vestibule of the great hotel. Those who had feared a hoax were reassured by the hall porter's manner, and the waiters were politeness itself. What was their surprise when their host introduced himself as their former friend and fellow-tradesman! When all had satisfied their appetites, their host leant back in his chair and told them the story of his good fortune. The writer of the mysterious letter had proved to be no other than his own father, who, having amassed a vast fortune, had repented of deserting his wife long ago. He determined to make what amends he could, and, having ascertained that she had died and left a 771 He Placed in the Hands of Each a Printed Card. son, he sent for the youth, without betraying his identity, in order that he might prove his worth. A few months sufficed to dispel all doubts, and he joyfully adopted him and made him heir to his vast wealth. When the merry party at last broke up, and the host stood at the door to give each guest a parting shake of the hand, he pressed into each palm a substantial reminder that he had now indeed "enough and to spare." Homemade Cheese Crackers Saltines or unsweetened small graham crackers should be selected as the foundation for this dish. Grade over the top of the crackers a rather strong cheese and brown in a quick oven. These are nice for afternoon teas or to pass with the salad course at luncheon or dinner. It's Superiority Proved Mrs. Gadsby—And you liked Rome best of all the European cities you visited? Mrs. Newriche (enthusiastically—It's far superior to all the others! Why, my dear, in Rome can buy souvenir postals for a penny that cost two or three times as much anywhere else!—Puck. ALPS INSATIABLE ROCKY HEIGHTS STILL CLAIMING ITS RECKLESS VICTIMS. Season of Mountain Climbing Attend ed with the Usual Number of Accidents to the Rash Scalers of the Heights. Notwithstanding the record of accidents of previous years, each new year finds another company of reckless who are eager to seek adventure and even death in the rocky crags of the fascinating Alps. This season's climbing has been marked by the ascent of the Matterhorn by an American, a Californiaian, and others, even those who have never seen a high mountain before, and who know not the perils of mountain climbing, are Bowlder Practice on an Off Day. eagerly waiting the opportunity of attempting the difficult feat. To the novice the ascent of a first-class peak seems so simple a matter that nothing is needed but a guide and an alpenstock, or else that it is so perilous a pastime that none but lunatics undertake it. But the former state of mind is the more to be regretted of the two, for it brings with it many dangers, not only to those who hold such opinions, but to experienced climbers who may have to come to their assistance when they have rushed blindly into critical situations. The truth of the matter is that Alpine climbing is not less, but if anything more, dangerous than it was half a century ago. At that time a great mountain was treated with the respect that was its due. It was attacked by men who had spent several seasons above the snow line, and had learned their mountain craft with first-class guides. If bad weather came on, the party turned back. If a climb over loose and rotten rock was contemplated, only the proper number of persons undertook it on the same day. They slept high up on the mountain slide, close to their work, and started next morning at as early an hour as having regard to the light and nature of the ground to be traversed was possible. They were amply provisioned, suitably clothed, in in thorough training, and in sound health. From every point of view they had always something in hand. It was not till a vital rule of mountain craft was broken and a tyro allowed to share in a new and difficult ascent that disaster overtook these Alpine ploneers, and the Matterhorn exacted an awful penalty for this disregard of a precept even then fully recognized. Now all is changed. Men and women, unused to climbing, unaware of all that it involves, rush out by train to Zermat, to Grindelwald and to Chamonix. No first-class guides await them, for the small supply of really competent men has been engaged a year ahead by their old employers, and none is left for the ordinary inexperienced tourist. But probably while on their way from the station to the hotel, lounging toouts, posing as budding Melchoir Andereggs, have suggested the ascent of some big peak without the slightest inquiry into the traveler's experience and fitness for the expedition. Yet even Mont Blanc, so easy to walk up, so appalling in bad weather, on whose gentle slope so many have perished, is even more treacherous than of yore. If a storm threatens when a certain height has been reached an indifferent guide, instead of at once descending, may be tempted to push on to the Vallot the remuneration increasing the higher he gets. If he fails to reach it—the experience would not be unique—the party may pay for his error of judgment with their lives, as others have done before them. Again, the Matterhorn is often rendered by inexperienced persons as dangerous as a bombarded city. During much of the way by the ordinary route each party is immediately above the other, and a stone dislodged high up may send those below to certain destruction. Except when in first-class condition, free from snow and ice and in perfect weather, the Matterhorn is a difficult climb, unfit for any but skilled mountaineers. Valuable Relic Owned in Maine E. C. Withee of Surrey, Me., has a sea chest which his great-great-grandfather carried with him in the flagship of Paul Jones, under whom he fought. A. Pertinent Query "You are a millionaire," said Mr. Dustin Stax. "I am," answered the young man with matrimonial intentions. "Then it is needless to ask if you can support my daughter in the style to which she has been accustomed." "I don't know," was the thoughtful rejoinder. "Does she play bridge whist?"—Washington Stax. GIRL SLAYS MAXIMOFFSKY. Terrorists Had Plotted Destruction of Police Headquarters. ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 29.-General Maximofsky was killed here by a young girl revolutionist named Ragazinnikova. When admitted to his office she drew a revolver and fired seven shots point blank into the general's body, six of them taking effect. The assassin, who was captured immediately after firing the shots, unhesitatingly avowed herself an emissary of the northern flying section of the Social Revolutionists. The assassination of General Maximofsky apparently was designed to be only a prelude to a greater act of terrorism, the destruction of the headquarters of the secret police, which has been the object of at least three terrorist plots of recent months. The girl slayer of General Maximoffsky was last night identified as Mile, Ragozinnikova of Perm province, the daughter of a teacher in the Imperial Conservatory of Music. She was taken to the police station, and when her agitated attempts to free her bound hands and reach toward her breast led to an investigation it was found that she carried inside her corsage a case containing thirteen pounds of a high explosive, a charge powerful enough to blow the entire building and its contents to pieces. FINDS A NEW TRIBE OF MEN. Explorer Discovers "Kuskwagamutes" In Alaskan Wilds. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 30.—Dr. George B. Gordon, curator of the department of American archaeology of the University of Pennsylvania, who reached this city after penetrating the Alaskan wilderness for 2,000 miles on the "Mrs. C. C. Harrison expedition," reports the discovery of a small tribe of aborigines bitherto unknown to ethnologists. Dr. Gordon calls these unknown American inhabitants "Kuskwagamutes." He brought here a collection of their clothing, arms, utensils, etc. The tribe was found about 800 miles from the mouth of the Kuskokwim river, and they were few in number. This people, Dr. Gordon says, came of Athabascan stock, but have been conquered by the Eskimos and have almost been absorbed by them. They retain many of the ancient characteristics in speech and dress. Instead of wearing furs like the Eskimos they make the skins of loous and other great birds into robes for clothing. Flint Glorius Taft WASHINGTON, Oct. 29. — Senator Flint of California, who had a long talk with the president, was emphatic in saying that Mr. Roosevelt could not be forced to run again. "I shall go back to California and use my best efforts to get a delegation for Secretary Taft," he said. "The president will not be a candidate." Salmon, Dulse, Hue, Redhead Salary Raise For Railroad Workers. DUNKIRK, N. Y. Oct. 30—Telegraph operators, station agents and clerks of the Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh railroad were notified that an increase in wages of from $5 to $15 per month had been granted them, effective at once. The road is a part of the New York Central lines. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL Closing Stock Quotations. The first loan of money on call on the stock exchange was made at 50 per cent. Call money was quoted at 75 per cent at 1 o'clock. Closing prices: Amal. Copper. 45% B. B. 40% B. & O. 78% Brooklyn R. T. 29% C. C. & C. St. L. 49% Ches. & Ohio. 27% Chi. & Northw. 19% H. H. 19% Erie. 17% Gen. Electric. 119% Ill. Central. 119% Lackawanna. 400 Louis. & Nash. 940 Int.-Met. 54% Missouri Pac. 45% N. Y. Central. 85% Norf. & West. 60% Renn. R. R. 110% Renn. 80% Rock Island. 14 St. Paul. 100% Southern Pao. 160% South Ry. pf. 40% Sugar. 100 Texas Pacific. 180% U. S. Steel. 18% U. S. Steel. 22% U. S. Steel pf. 82% West. Union. 65% New York Market FLOUR-Quiet and unchanged; Minnesota patents, $2.5@5.75, winter patents, $4.6@5.90, winter straights, $4.6@4.89; winter extras, $4.4$2.5. RYE FLOUR-Firm; fair to good, $5@ 5.5s; choice to fancy, $5.5s/50. WHEAT-Higher, cable, foreign buying and active covering of shorts advanced December 2 cents a bushel, thus December, $19.12½; May, $11.12¢; December, $19.12½; May, $11.12¢; GIRN-Option market was strong and higher on the blockade at Buffalo and a score of shorts; December, 71% $17¢;c. BUTTER — Creamery, specials, per pound, 28¢;c, extrs, 28¢;c, firsts, 77¢;71¢;c, seconds, 77¢;71¢;c, extrs, 77¢;71¢;c, firsts, 77¢;71¢;c, state dairy, tubs, fresh, finest, 77¢;c, good to choice, 20¢;c, common to firsts, 20¢;c, extrs, 20¢;c, firsts, 20¢;c, seconds, 20¢;c CHEESE-State, full cream, small, colored and white, September, fine, 16¢;c, October, fine, 16¢;c, small, good to prime, skims, fine, 16¢;c, large, colored, September, fine, 14¢;c, jc.; October, colored, fine, 18¢;c, white, large, common to prime, skims, 13¢;24¢;c, skims, fine, 11¢;12¢; fair to good, 8¢;12¢; EGGS-State, Pennsylvania and nearby, selected, white, fancy, 28¢;42¢; good to choice, 20¢;c, brown and fancy, skims, fine, 11¢;12¢; checks, refrigerator, early packed, 12¢;26; summer packed, 60¢;18¢; ALABAT—Sedaly, city, 6¢; country, 57¢;64¢; HAY—Steady; good to choice, $1.15. STRAW—Oilet at 70680c. HOPS—Dull; state, common to choice, 1801, 15@18c; 1906, 9@13c. LIVE POULTRY-Firm and %3c higher; fowls, 10%12%12c; old roosters, 8%3c 9c; spring chickens, 10%12%12c; ducks, 8%3c DRESSED POULTRY-Dull; fowls low, fresh; fowls low, choice, 13c; do, fair to good, 12%12%12c; old roosters, 10c, western; 12%12%12c; old roosters, 10c, western; 12%12%12c; broilers, nearby, 10c; do, western, 14%18c Live Stock Markets CATTLE - Supply fair; market slow ; prime, $4.40; $6.70; vea calves, $6.25; HOGS—Receipts light; market higher; prime heavy, $4.10;6.50; mediums and heavy Yorkers, $4.10;6.45; light Yorkers, $4.25;6.28; plugs, $4.10;6.20; roughs, $4.55;6.85; prime heavy, $4.10;6.25; plugs, $4.10;6.25; light market slow; prime weters, $3.30;6.00; common, $2.33; lambs, $4.50;6.75. Winged. "You used to say I made you think of angels." "Yes, but now you buzz and stab more like a mosquito."—Houston Post. Palliation. Nickler—He eats with his knife. Bocker—Well, he sticks it in him- self, and not in his friends. 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Dr. Alexander Lambert, who examined the prisoner in the Tombs, testified to the same effect. Dr. Gillette was convicted of making a false statement under oath to the grand jury about a "yellow dog fund" which was deposited in a Dobbs Ferry bank for the use of Andy Fields, a lobbyist. When the district attorney assured Dr. Gillette that the fun truth was known to the authorities the witness admitted that he had testified falsely, but said he had been advised to do so by counsel. But for this admission, it appeared in the proceedings, sentence might have been suspended. STOKES SIGNS COLBY BILL New Jersey Governor Also Approves Direct Primary Measure. TRENTON, N. J., Oct. 20.—Governor Stokes signed Senator Golby's bill providing for a popular expression in the selection of United States senators. Under the bill 1,000 voters may file a petition with the secretary of state indorsing a member of their political party for that office. Candidates for senator or assemblyman in filing their acceptance of nominations may then sign one of two statements—the first pledging them to vote for the candidate for United States senator receiving the highest number of votes in his county at the party primaries, and the second pledging him to vote for the candidate receiving the highest number of votes in the state at the party primaries. The governor also signed the direct primary bill, which provides for the nomination of all candidates for office, expect governor, congressmen and presidential electors, by direct primary vote instead of through delegates. CANNIEALISM IN 1907. Rev. Mr. Stewart Accuses Eskimos In Ungava Bay District ST. JOHN'S, N. F. Oct. 29.—Cannibalism has been resorted to by the Eskimos in the Ungava bay district and on the shores of Hudson strait, according to Rev. Mr. Stewart, ap An- NYS Delphia Press regular price $3.00 $2.00 time Newspaper $1.50 value $6.50 FOR Cash upon receipt of your description. day—NOW! gican missionary to the Ungava bay Eskimos. Rev, Mr. Stewart states that owing to the severely cold weather and the unusual scarcity of game many of the natives in remote regions have perished from starvation and exhaustion, and the survivors have been forced to cannibalism to sustain life. Recently the crew of a Newfoundland vessel which was in Ungava bay discovered thirty skeletons, lying unburied on the beaches. It is supposed that these were the remains of some of the victims of the famine. Anti-Jewish Riots In Odessa ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 30. - Dispatches received here from Odessa say that there has been renewed anti-Jewish rioting there, accompanied by shooting in the streets. Charles H. Doere Persson CHICAGO, Oct. 30. -- Charles H. Deere, head of the great plow works at Moline, Ill., who had been ill in Chicago several months, died at the Lakota hotel. HE DID. He—And now, darling, I'll have one more kiss and then tear myself away. The Mother (interrupting)—Sorry, Mr. Denton, but do you attach great importance to the order of your programme?—Pick-Me-Up. Universalists Ask Divorce Reform. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 30.—The biennial convention of the Universalist church, in business session here, placed itself on record as against the enfranchisement of women and declared for a uniform divorce law. THE PLANET SATURDAY...NOVEMBER 2. '07 RCGERS GUILTY. Plea of Insanity For Olney Murderer Not Accepted by Jury. GOSHIEN, N. Y., Oct. 29.—Charles H. Rogers was convicted of murder in the first degree here last night for killing Fred R. Oney near Middletown Oct. 6, 1905. Rogers is also indicted for the murder of Willis Oney and Alice Ingerick at the same time. The jury only deliberated fifteen minutes before an agreement was reached. Senator Taylor occupied two hours and a half in his plea for the prisoner, claiming insanity. District Attorney Rogers spoke for an hour and a half. Justice Tompkins in his charge thoroughly reviewed the evidence produced at the trial. In reference to the statements of four aliensists that Rogers is of a low order of mentality and that justice would be served by imprisonment for life. Justice Tompkins told the jury not to consider this portion of the evidence. Rogers' young wife was in court during the addresses of counsel, but he paid no attention to her. None of his relatives were present when the verdict was announced. The prisoner smiled when Foreman Frank Jones announced the verdict. Justice Tompkins remanded the prisoner for sentence on Thursday, when he will listen to motions of counsel. Rogers' aged parents, who have been present in court during the past five days of the trial, were absent owing, it is said, to the severe strain under which they have suffered. It is believed that Senator Taylor will appeal the case. FINLAND'S BOW STOVE IN. Red Star Liner Ashore on Dover Breakwater. DOVER, England, Oct. 20.—The Red Star line steamer Finland, from New York Oct. 19 for Dover and Antwerp, collided last night with the southern breakwater off this port and is badly damaged, her bows being stove in. She at once fired a number of rockets, and lifeboats went to her assistance. The Finland is not a wreck, but her bows are badly damaged. A survey of the steamer is being made, and she remains moored to the breakwater. One man at work on the breakwater at the moment of the collision had his thigh broken. The Finland carried a heavy cabin list of tourist passengers from New York. The Finland is one of the best known ships of the Red Star line, a component of the International Mercantile Marine company. She was built in 1902 in Philadelphia. She is 578 feet long, with a gross tonnage of 12,760. Her passenger list for her present trip trips her thirty-three first class and forty-one second class passengers. Spanish Sovereigns In England. LONDON. Oct. 30.—The king and queen of Spain arrived in London. Their majesties were met at the railroad station by members of the English royal family and the Spanish ambassador to Great Britain, Senor Villa Urrutia. The visitors drove at once to Kensington palace, where they will reside until next Monday. They will then visit King Edward and Queen Alexandra at Sandringham. The king and queen had a close escape from injury or death at Cherbourg, where their train jumped the track. No one, however, was hurt. Miss Ethel Has Operation WASHINGTON, Oct. 29. - Miss Ethel Roosevelt, the president's youngest daughter, was removed to the White House from the Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat hospital, where an operation was performed on her nose. She is somewhat improved, but is attended by a trained nurse, and Mrs. Roosevelt is giving her personal attention to the patient. Miss Roosevelt was unable to walk to the carriage. Balloon Attaining High Altitude NEW YORK, Oct. 30.—That a balloon has reached a height of 40,680 feet and there recorded a temperature of 111 degrees below zero F. was one of the startling statements made in the course of an address at the last day's session of the aeronautic congress here by Professor A. Lawrence Rotch of the Blue Hill observatory, Boston. Bid Farewell to Wu at Shanghai, SHANGHAI, Oct. 30.—A farewell banquet was given by the foreign community in honor of Wu Ting Fang, newly appointed minister to the United States. Several foreign and Chinese women attended, among them Lady Wu. Minister Wu emphasized the importance of social intercourse between foreign and Chinese women. Medical Inspector of Factories Medical Inspector of Factories. ALBANY, N. Y., Oct. 30.—State Labor Commissioner John Williams appointed Dr. C. T. Graham Rogers of New York medical inspector of factories. This is a new position, created by act of the last legislature. The salary is $2400 a year. Won't Discharge 20,000 Men. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 30.—Rumors that the Pennsylvania Railroad company would lay off between 20,000 and 30,000 men were denied by high officials of the company. Washington's Unique Remedy. PITTSBURG, Oct. 20.—Booker T. Washington suggested that the race problem could be solved by keeping the negroes in the south and keeping the south "dry." CONDENSED DISPATCHES Notable Events of the Week Briefly Chronicleled. Brooklyn relatives of Dr. Albert C. Day, who was found dead near Boston three days after he had secretly married the "Gibson girl nurse" of the Boston City hospital, declare he was murdered. The Boston police insist that he committed suicide. Coroner Davidson announces that Fred A. Boron, cashier of the defunct Akron (O.) bank, had committed suicide, there being nothing to substantiate the murder theory. The revolver used was one kept at the Dollar Savings bank, of which Boron was cashier and treasurer, and the weapon was lying by his side when he was found. Tuesday, Oct. 29. President Roosevelt has issued his Thanksgiving proclamation, through the secretary of state, naming the last Thursday in November, the 28th. Near Dallas, Tex., a wreck on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad killed the first passenger in the history of the company. Two are dead, twenty-five injured and others may die. Monday, Oct. 28. Absalom Magee, aged sixty, a retired farmer of Weymouth, N. J., was murdered during the night and is supposed to have been robbed of about $2,000 in cash which he acquired from a recent sale. At West Point, N. Y., in the presence of a large assemblage of invited guests and officers and ladies of the post a tablet in memory of J. McNell Whistler, the artist, was unveiled in the library building of the United States Military academy. John Mangin, a policeman attached to the Hunter's Point precinct, Long Island, N. Y., shot a cat, and the spent bullet struck Theodore S. Weeks, managing editor of the Long Island City Star, in the back. He was only slightly hurt. Saturday, Oct. 26. The wrecking vessel Salvior is raising the Empress of China, which sank at her mooring at the Canadian Pacific wharf, at Vancouver, B. C. She is scheduled to sail for Japanese and Chinese ports next Thursday, but it is not likely that she will get away then. Andrew Carnegie came back to New York after an absence of five months in Scotland and on the continent. Accompanying him on the White Star liner Baltic were his wife and little daughter, who seemed to enjoy as keenly as the ironmaster did himself their return to American soil. "No such relations exist between America and Japan as would make it improper to send the American battleship fleet into the Pacific. If there were, then the relations between America and Great Britain and the relations between America and France, which are the same, would forbid the maintenance of the battleship fleet in the Atlantic ocean." This was the reply returned by Secretary Root to the direct question as to whether Japan had entered any protest against the dispatch of Admiral Evans' fleet to the Pacific. Friday, Oct. 25. For three hours a steady stream of depositions passed before the window of the paying teller of the Union Trust company at Providence, R. I., and withdrew the amounts they had deposited with the institution. The company paid all demands. Warrants charging Joseph Pulitzer of the New York World and Angus Shaw, cashier, with criminal libel were issued by Justice Wyatt on the complaint of E. R. Thomas. The warrants allege that the New York World published a panel of photographs among which was that of Thomas and a hand pointing to them with the legend, "The Rogues' Gallery." Details received at Rome regarding the earthquake in Calibraca every way tend to show that the damage done was much more extended than at first estimated, but that the loss of life has not been great. The towns of Roscella, Jonclo, Reggio, Cosanza, Barracadol, Cittnova, Palmi, Gerace and Marina suffered from the shocks, but not severely. The cathedral at Torre di Gerace was thrown down. Thursday, Oct. 24. Germany won the international balloon race which started at St. Louis on Monday afternoon. The German balloon Pommern, Oscar Erbsloehl pilot and Henry H. Clayton aid, landed at Bradley park, half a mile south of Asbury Park and 800 miles from St. Louis. J. Pierpont Morgan assumed command of the financial situation in New York. E. H. Harriman, Thomas F. Ryan, James Stillman and Oakleigh Thorne were among those who conferred with him. Secretary of the Treasury Corteloyon came to the relief of the New York banks with $25,000-00 government funds. At Knoxville, Tenn., R. H. Johnson of Trundle Crosse, a deaf mute, was taken in charge by the police to prevent him making a disturbance while President Roosevelt was in the city. Johnson was armed with a shotgun and at one of the leading hotels kept writing notes referring to the president, claiming to be a better hunter than Roosevelt. Thomas Reil Dies Suddenly CATSKILL, N. Y., Oct. 30.-Thomas Bell, president of the New York Sand and Facing company, died suddenly in his eighteenth year. He had large coal, ice and molding sand interests. Big Gold Strike In California. PLACERVILLE, Cal., Oct. 30.-One of the greatest strikes of gold in the history of California was made at the gravel diggings eighteen miles east of Placerville, on the American river. The workings uncovered the ancient river bed and opened rich deposits. The gold is in coarse channel nuggets weighing, it is declared, from one to sixteen ounces. Scores of claims have already been staked out. Mrs. Newman Guilty of Murder. STROUDSBURG, Pa., Oct. 29.—Mrs. John Newman, aged seventy-five years, who has been on trial here accused of murdering her aged husband with a pitchfork, was found guilty of murder in the second degree. Judge Staples sentenced Mrs. Newman to an imprisonment of one year and six months in the penitentiary. THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND. 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Va. and return at reduced rates account the above. and on Tuesday of each week coach excursion tickets, not good in parlor or pullman cars, will be sold at greatly reduced rates, limited seven days. Inquire of Southern Railway Agents. We print Wedding Invitations, and High Class Stationery for Balls, Parcs, Picnics and all entertainments of a social nature. We print Church Envel. ALL DESCRIBE ons and to service at consistent work. We furnish "cuts" when des- complete special work in our li- in our line, call and see us and T LINE OF S DESIRING TO SEE THEM. oraces a full 2 AT AND LINEN PAPER, ENVELOP WE HAVE ONE OF THE I OF WOOD Of Any Job Printing E NT AND QUICK-WORKING. OUR OFFICE WITHIN FIFTY YARDS OF BROAD ST. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, APPL John Mitch 811 N. 4th St. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, APPLY TO John Mitchell, Jr., CATERERS EVERY FACILITY CONSISTENT WITH FINE CATERING. Special Attention Given to Balls, Suppers, Installations and Smok ers at the Shortest Notice. Your Patronage Solicited. Refreshment Cars and Boat Privileg es Handled in Season. Address all communications to LLAM L. BANKS, 511 N. 3d St Residence: 1312 N. 26th St. ALL, WORK GUARANTEED..... Cards, Letters or Orders. Give us a trial, you will never regret it.... Address, 608 St. Peter Street, RICHMOND. VA. --- Daily to Baltimore. Norfolk, Va. via Southern Railway. WE HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST ASSORTMENTS OF WOOD-TYPE Of Any Job Printing Establishment in the city. SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY SOUTHBOUND 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 DAILY. 6:45 A. M., 5:10 P. M., 5:45 P. M. H. S. LEARD, D. P. A. JOSHUA BANKS & SONS BLACKWELL & BRO. Practical House and Sign Painters Grating and General Contracts PLANET DEPOTS NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK CITY W. H. Warrington, 71 W. 99th St. W. H. White, 328 Columbus Ave. R Plummer, 134th St. Standard News Co., 131 W. 53d St. J Wells, 334 W. 52d St. Rev. A. L. McKee, 52 E. 132d St. F. Green, 302 W. 40th St. W. H. Jones, 249 W. 35th St. W. E. Bee, 1, 134th St. Clarence Bush, 851 Morrs Ave., Bronx-Borough. J. H. Parker, 144 W. 26th St. Charles Devan, 1.1 W. 30th St. W. J. Buckner, 150 W. 35rd St. W. W. Johnson, 247 W. 47th St. E. H. Mitchell, 152 W. 27th St. Turner R. Robinson, 12-6th Ave. E. A. Williams, 200 W. 63rd St. Smith & Miles, 232 W. 41st St. M. B. Wineglass, 322 W. 59th St. PHILADELPHIA. PA. J. H. Gray, 1233 Pine St. Bishop Robinson, 1234 Melon St. E. P. Mackens, 1116 Pine St. James E. Warwick, 254 S. 11th St. Mrs. B. Homser, 1040 Pine St. William Parker, 631 Pine St. Mrs. Lavinia Adrldge, 521 S. 12th. Chas. A. George, 4063 Market St. F. A. Stewart, 173, Federal St. PITTSBURG, PA. F. H. marrison, 1310 Wylie Ave. Jos. Evans, care Jones & Laughlin E. K. Thumm., 1402 Wylie Ave. opes, Note and Letter Papers Bill-heads, Monthly Statements, Business Cards, Financial and Order Books Circulars, Check-books, Pamphlets. SCRIPTIONS insired and we will arrange a fine. When in need of any work estimates will be furnished. SAMPLES Line PES, ETC LARGEST ASSORTMENTS OD-TYPE Establishment in the city. PLY TO nell, Jr., Richmond Va. I. D. Robbins, 155 Cambridge St. S. Shawneal St. 832 Pleasant St. John Debona, 610 Church St. T. E. W. Perry, 2 Jones Place. CHICAGO, ILL. E. H. Falkner, 3104 State St. BROOKLYN, N. Y. Lee Ricks, 782 Fulton St. William A Dabney, 3 Quinney St. CHARLESTON, W. VA. L. C. Carrarr, 601 Brooks St. Frank R. Wood, 144 Broadway, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. WASHINGTON, D. C. L. H. Singleton, 20th and E Stn. Southwestern Drug Co., 732-24 Street, ! W. COVINGTON, VA. Daniel Braxton, Box 91. NEWPORT NEWS, VA. Freddie Smith, 1358-29th St. M. J. Jefferson, 1211-30th St. TARPORO, N. C. V. E. Heward. WILMINGTON, N. C. William H. Moore. STAUNTON, VA. James Wingfield, 422-12th St. Caaries Morgan, 702 Taylor St. HAMPTON, VA. John M. Phillips. DANVILLE, VA. O. P. Clark, 233 N. Union St. John H. Johnsea, 210 Bridge $4.3 PROVIDENCE, R. L Douglass A. A. P. Agency, DEMOPOLIS, ALA. BALTIMORE, MD. Henry Albert, 203 Richmond St. PASSAIC, N. J. Robt Lee Greenwood, 142 Myrtle Ave ASBURY PARK, N. J. Geo W. Moody, 1139 Springwood Ave A. Haynes, 1103 Springwood Ave. ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA. W. A. Fleming. BURLINGTON, N. J. Joseph Anderson, 120 E Delaware ave WICHITA FALLS, TEX. F. L. Lindsey, Box 72. MEMPHIS, TENN. Standard? News Company. SIX Ae jit ; Beane : Se g : sy = y oe Ny Sat 7 THE CITIES OF REFUGE sephus says that Lis adminiotration last eas yearn PLACE. —The atministrs ee Military headguariers at Gilgal to the feligioua renter at Bhilch, @ town, too alles north sorthennt ef Bethel Goon, Tit; west, 2) Comment and Suggestive Thought. In order to understand the ordinan- ces concerning the Cities of Refuge which are referred to. in four of the first six books of the Tiible, It Is nec essary to realize two great facts First, That there are some crimes that must be removed if a nation would exist and prosper. Such are treason, which strikes at the life of the nation, aud murder, which nirfkes at the existence of the family as well as the individual. Breaking the sixth commandment wrongs not merely the individual, It tx a threefold crime 1. Against the individual. It takes Away his most precious possession; everything so far as this world ts concerned 2. Against the family and the nation, for it takes away a member, often the support, of the family, and one of the eexential members and defenders of the pation. 3. Arainat God, the giver of life. Hence the severest punishment pos: sible Ix meted out to whoever por Fetrates tls crime, aid ought to be, tn order to prevent as many as possl Die ft « mitting the crime. No other pur nt is adequate, We vty t arderer for Ms suffering. We c Lave still more pity for the { ctims. Marder would be 2 cauroly explated from the lst of ¢ LC overy wilful murder ery ly. punished. Seee ty the early daya when nations we a and weak, when there were melttudes of small seml- tnete ibes, there was no genert ent to enforce the law « justice when the men ot on © committed a erlme agatnet Heace thore grew up the cust blood revenge, accord- Ing to \ he tribes, or the rela- tives of tho murdered person, were compelled wes to punish the murderer, who was naturally, In most cases, the momber of another tribe. ‘There was no one else to do it It was very much like lynch law, where the people feet the need of puntsh- ment for exfoty’s sake, and fear the delays of the usual processes of criminal law. “With the advance of civiiization and the gradual evolution of the siate, the duty of safeguarding the rights of the community passes to the state.” The Cities of Refuge and Thetr Courts. Va. 19. There was a scheme for overcoming the dangers of blood revenge, and dealing out exact and mere!ful justice to all, and saving the innocent, or partially tanocent, from indiscriminate {njustice, First. A Just Discrimination. —Vs. 1-3. V. 2. “Appoint out for you, R. V., “Assign you the” “citles of refuse,” the Jaw for which had been given through Moses, but which could not be selected till the Israelites had set- ted down in thelr new home. See Nam, 35: $24; Deut. 19:1-3, where may be found a more detailed account. Second. The Right of Asylum— ‘Vs. 4, 7, 8. The necessity for some inviolable place of refuge has been recognized in the lawless ages of the past. These refuges have usually deen religious places, as groves, al- tars, and temples. These have been the safest, because to attack them was to defy the gods to whom they were dedicated, and to array against the invaders the unseen forces sup- posed to be at thelr command. ‘Third. The Preliminary, or Grand Yury Trial. V. 4. “Shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city,” 1 ¢, not outside of the gate of the city, but in the forum, or public square, which was nenr the city gates, and used as a placd for public meetings and trials (comp. Ruth 4:1, 2,). Fourth. The Right to a Regular ‘Trial before a Competent Court.—Va. 5, 6,9. 5. If the avenger of the blood pursue after him, as it was his duty to do if Ke believed the man to be a taurderer, they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand, because on the face of it he smote bis neighbor unwittingly, and should have a fair trial before @ avenger of blood could punish him. Sixth. ‘The Punishment of the less Guilty. an Sy cla ot eure the gull ty from § nishment (Num, 35: 1621). There was no oppostunity for the Cities of Refuky to become hot- Deds of crime amd breeders of criml- nals, Unpunished crime is, equally with Injustice, the means of tncreas- ing crime and the danger that threat- eas our country. Christ ic the City of Refuge, _“It is not the church, it fs not the altar; it is Christ himself who fs the one place to which the sinner ean repair. ee ‘Such a refuge Is provided as will ‘meet the case of sinners of every class, not ex< rey igen aaa te meres Nrenelt, if be. veer ae ‘i sraabemaas abst shen ot a ene geek gee Sones: revealed in Jesus Christ - Christ 1s the city of refuge because God has so appointed. Christ is not an arbitrary, but a necessary city of refuge from sin. PRETTY BIT OF CROCHET WORK FOR THE BABY, Directions for Making a Warm Wool Garment That Will Be Both Pretty and Serviceatle. One oz white Shetland wool, and a rather thick bose hook about No. § or 10. Work a chain of 46 stitches, turn and work a double crochet into each stitch, turn, 5 chain, pass the book through the two nearest threads of the last made double crochet, that is, the curved thread and the trout or nearest top thread, draw the wool through both loops at once, and finish like ordinary double crochet; repeat Pyare BS at oe i igce MappeeaTeRe | nip 3 es fants oe au eceees a Hes peee oe MeL pats date PE SERS TE ae crs a4 pet gree pom(ite oui asgte f Crochet Vest for Infant. into each of the other double crochets to end of row, tur; no chain, take up the two nearest threads of the last made double crochet and proceed as before to end of row, turn & chain, and repeat from *, working to and fro for 12 rows, that is until there are 12 loops at the lower edge, then add 6 chalns at the top of the row, turn, and work back as before; workes rows of the 50 stitches in ‘the next, leave 18 stitches unworked at the top (for sleeve), work 19 chain, turn, and pro: ceed as usual for § rows more, then leave 5 stitches unworked at the top, and work 12 more rows; increase for the second shouller and work like the first, Joavins opening for sleeve between the Afth and sixth long row, against decrease and werk enother 12 rows for the other front; Join the shoulder-pleces wilh sinxie crochet. For the slesves: Commence at the underpart and work the same stitch as before sll round the opening, *, catch the last etitch to the Lrst, turn, and work back again. Repeat from * for your rows, counting forwante and backwards 25 1 cow. Decrease ench of the first 3 rows by passing over 1 atiteh at the Jon: for the edie of the sleeve, work a double crochet inte the first stitch, 5 chain Into anme Mitch, pass 1, a double racket, 6 chain and another double crochet tn the next. and repeat all round. the siegve, Work all round the top and alang both s...s of the opering in the same wey as rousd the sleever.— ce srp yng he lee: FOR THE HOUSEWIFE, A cloth dipped in strong elder vine- gar will clean mica. Ordinary sine salt should be kept on every Kitchen washstand ¢ince It fs splendid tn cleaulng staine from, the hands Cheesveloth “towel” for allver and slassware will bo found more destra- ble than crash, as they are free from int. Remember that nalt ratios the tem- Perature of boting wator, thereby making vegetables cook more quickly when it fe xed. Serviceable yet Fandsome towels are made of huckatack with one oF two Instie of hewy torchon lace above the honsiliched twoineh hem, Shoemakers’ “sprirs.” a variety. of headiess tacks, show’ be used to fas ten down Mnolenm. Ther hold trmly, Yet are Invisible and do not damage the Hnotoum ‘A safe rule for the hansing of ple tures is to have the middie of the ple- ture on a level with one’s eyes—un- Teas one is unusually tall: then It 1s better to have it rather low. A pair of sharp scissors In a kiteh- en convenience desirable in every household. For trimming bacon and ham and trimming salads, scixsors are very serviceable implements. adele aE There is & decided change in stock- ings this year in that the plain mesh has taken preeminence over the lacy openwork, These plain stockings of silk or thread are of the gwitiest and finest texture and are more often than not quite plain. Still there are some beau- Ufal embroidered designs, preferably in delicate flower patterns in con- trasting colors or In large flat spots, the exact color of the stocking. Stockings ehould match the shoes a8 far as possible, but a rather pret- ty faney is the wearing of bright Iapls- Iazull blue silk stockings with black pumps.as in accompaniment of the natural Colored silk and Haen gowns. Hard Water Bad for Skin. When removing tan the quality of water one uses for bathing has much to do with the akin, and hard water is decidedly injurious. if there is the slightest tendency to that keep on the Washstund a box filled with equal quantities of powdered orris root aad bicarbonate of zoda. Fut enough of this in te water to give a slight per- fume and you will have a delightful tonic. This may be wie. as often as desired. ‘Ciceiin n Ah we Soutache trims all sorts of gowns from cloth to gauze. On a gray silk muslin gown the wide hem of we skirt Is elaborate with vermiccilis of the fine braid in the stif tone. ‘The ornamentation 18 repeaicd on the bre- tolles and kimono sieves, Proud to Have it. “Say, pa, what do they mean by a fashionable physician?" “A fashionable physician, my son, 1s one who makes any disease epidemic?” —Judge. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, ABOUT ECONOMY IN DRESS. Primarily Prudence Must Be at the Bottom of It There is something anterlor to ~ cutting and making of dresses home (an accepted, but not always successful form of economy); a some thing anterior to the remodeling of Jast year's gowns, and to the study of the care of clothing, important though all these may be. It has to do with the practical understanding of econo- my ftself. It is a matter of the head rather than of the band. In its rela- tion to dress economy it isn't skimp- ing on material; it isn't making this or that olé thing do; nor is it living fn bargain bought shoddies or misfits and so being more or less apologetic for one’s appearance and inwardly saddened over it, even while bending in a spirit of resignation under the weight of work which certain econom- ical sewing methods often Involve. Economy in dressing, primarily, is prudence, says a writer In the special Autumn Fashion number of Harper's azar. It is alert, prudent buying, and careful planning both of which presuppose an acquaintance with cur rent prices of drese materials. This acquaintance $s an essential to eco- nomical dressing, whether the econo- my to be practiced is one of callcoos or Of silk. It ts necessary that the woman Who must be econcmical in- form herself as to what {s to be had, how {t is to be used after she has purchased it and even how a given garment is to be put on once it be- mes hers. FASHIONS FOR YOUNG GIRLS. Genuine Comfort in the Styles That . ‘Are Being Worn. | Separate balf-fitting coats, short, half-pony jackets, and long garments, loose, wite-shouldered, with deep col- lars, or with long shoulders embrold- ored with soutache, or with velvet mo- fs or bands, are the wraps designed for the eirl's use, and they are exactly the style in which girls take most genuine comfort. The majority of them are furnished with deep orna- mental but capactous pockets, They come with and without storm collars, and are to be made in every variety of doublefaced tweed, covert and broadcloth. Serges, tweeds, velvets, velveteens and corduroys are the materials in which the earlier tailored dress mod- els are shown. Practically all the varletics of plalted skirts worn by women will be repeated in the styles ‘provided for girls, though perhaps with less fullncss Immodiately around the foot. The proper leneth for giris’ skirts is to the shoe tops for girls of from 12 to 15, and from that age to 18 yearn they are to be finished two faches from the ground. However, all rules are elastic where growing ‘girls are concerned, and the length, pata all, must be determined accord- ing to the development of the girl— | Special Autumn Fashion Number of Hashes Danae. | COAT FOR LITTLE GIRL. Ty — as | eek We i} | () i) \\y Y/G A mp LANs ois. Aly Wees fi I ‘% h . 5 \ Ek esi an' ead sad praaee school wrap for a child of six to eight years of age. ‘acaae toast tadaaes ‘The walking skirt must escape the pavement, and if it does so by sev- eral inches it is that much smarter, one’s age and figure permitting. The time has gone by, however, when the slender figure, best suited by the very short skirt, 1s possessed by the young only, and vice versa, Indeed, looking about in society, one finds almost as many very plump young girls as stout middle-aged women, while the pider women sometimes possess not only the slenderness but the thinness that so often eharacterizos the immature and undeveloped feminine figure. Mantilla Is Worn. ‘The graceful mantilla-shaped wraps are being worn. If one ia the lucky possessor of a family heirloom in a Diack Jace shawl this may be easily draped {nto one of these fashionable wraps. It will not have to be ent, only gathered on the shoulders and at the back of the neck, and this makes it hang io points in the back and front, Too Heavy Hats. Hata are big enough for two, and #0 heavy that headaches will assuredly be fashionable. They—the hats, not the headaches—are made of silk and velvet and heaped with all kinds of things beggaring description, CHURCH AND CLERGY, The Young Men's Hebrew associa- tion of Louisville reports a member ship of 650. | According to the most reliable re- Ports there are 262,000 Sunday schools in the world, with a total enrollment of 26,000,000 pupils. ‘The International Council of Relig: Rnights of Pythi nights of Pythbias, N. A.,S. A,E. A., A. AND A, This organization is one of the most powerful in the country and its &E ®_ progress has been phenominal. The Grand Lodge of Virginia has juris Ss; e\ diction over all of the cities and counties in this state. Thirty male {xj ¥ are required to organize a new lodge. _The benefits paid constitut: one brag! ie vA of its strongest features, but the principles are greater than auything te ~t else. Founded on Friendship, based on Charity and established on Be \Aet da/.f nevoleuce, the respectable, upright people of the state will find it au order ue = worthy of their heartiest support. oe ee” It pays an endowment and burial benefit of of $200.00 for all ages. It ° pays $4.00 per week sick dues. The badge costing 75 cents each is th only absolutely necessary regalla. For information concerning the organzaition of lodge pply at the an ce, The Courts of Calanthe Is the Female Department of the Order. It requires a membership of thirty pers ms to organize a court. Itsmemopers are pledged to exhibit Fidelity, excicise 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, so cents and! arosette, costing 25 cents for funeral occasions. THE BANDS OF CALANTHE or Children’s Department also con- stitutes a feature and persons cannot do better than to euter the little ones into this mystic circle. The expense is nominal and the benelits all that could be expected. It pays from $1.00 to $1.50 sick dues and death beuefits of from $39.09 to $40.00. If you have n: oPythian Lodge or Court or Band in your neighborhood, orgrnize one. For all information concerning the Children’s Department address, Mrs. Anna Taytor, W. M., 120 W. Hill St., Richmond, Va. For all information concerning special rates of JOHN MITCHELL, JR., membership in the lodges and courts, address 3tr N. 4th St. Richmond, Va fous Liberals in Toston fh September fs expected to call together a great gathering of Universalists, The Rev. Meidona De Sota has Just completed 25 years of service as min- ister of the Spanish and Portuguese synagogue of Montreal. ‘The St. Lovly Franciscan province 4s sending two of its young priests to aid the Franciscus who are working for the convers\on of China, under the Re. Rer. Bishop Goette, 0. F. M. An encouraging sicn of the times in England fg a movement for a stricter Sabbath, which bas the support of the arebbishop of Casterbary, the Roman Catholic archb. sop of Westminster, and the Rey. Joon 8. Lidgett, repre senting the nooconformlat churches. In response to a request from Bishop John E, Robinson, the board of for- eign missions hos made provisions for ‘the outgoing of three practical print ¢rs as missionaries, one for each of the Methollst publishing houses in | Bombay, Calcutta and Madras. JUST BY THE WAY. Good complexions receive the least attention. Wise men are always In haste, but never in a lorry, Never jodre @ man by the letters his typist writes. | People don't call you a lar every time they thick It. = . Other people are the best judges of one’s tmportasce. Another love affatr is a wonderful Blue for broken hearts. If you can smile while your rival 1s praised you have tact. You are patient with your barber after a visit to the dentist. A good workman and a poor boss never trot io double harness long. It’s a sound proot of friendship it You can like your friend's friends. It takes a long education to de- Prive sound people of thelr common sense. When some one tells you you are too smart to be fooled, look out; he's going to try to do it. A GLANCE IN PASSING. ‘The charity of the tailor covers a multitude of shins, ‘The modern financier ts shy of any scheme that will met hold water. ‘The queen of Sheba never told what she thought of King Solomon's proverbs. It {8 the slow horses which run away with moro money than the fast ones. Call this a sordid and unromantic age? Why, the poorkouses are full of the children of people who mar ried just for love, ‘Why waste time trying to prove to & woman that you're in love with her? Prove to her that she’s {n love with you, nd her vanity will make her delleve the other. . = The Buropean papers that comment ‘so bitterly on the increase of crime in American cities are silent con- cerning the increased migration from Europe to these cities. — Uncle Remus's Magazine, 3 PROVERES AND PHRASES, You spoil a good dish with ill sauce. Spanish. A man must take as the spoon gives. —German. J handing is SURE TO GOOD AGENTS, Hin Foes ate ete greatest seller in America to-day. Nothing else like it. No long talk. My plan does the work, Sells at almost every heme over and over again, Si clear profit on the doliar, Write oun for full particulars, with real chance of a lifetime. ee J. F. CLARK, Conway, Ark. A small clowl may hide both sun and moon.—Danish. In time of sickness the soul collects Itself anew.—Pliny. The tarty son reaps not with his fa- ther.—Modera Greok.* Advantage {s n better soldier than rashness.—Shakespeare. A cup must be bitter that a smile will not sweeten.—Freach, BY THE WAY. The more talk It takes to run a business the leas It mores. ‘Those who are excessively agzres- sive generally end by becoming mor- bidly repentant. If there {a anything more uncertain than busing a watermelon, It is steer- ing a fying machine. The cow has the advantage of the Yorse owing to the fact that you can- not make milk out of gasollne.—Uncle Dick, in Madison Journal, t EYCS IN THE SKY. | | ( A ae J; | \ s = Mii, Js i aaa a Ss ED > Mae: x | au ee i yh [eGR | i ih Mt cn wien | - Ae ANN alo Wea We eo NN 750 We = UG Ea ‘There is ballous jut cbore ws —Fliegende Blaetier, Realistic Art. Slexer bas painted the picture of g Established 1899. "Phone 4160. JOHN FOXEL, Dealer tn General Line of FANCY AND STAPLE GROCERIES, NOTIONS, FRESH MEATS, Cl- GARS, TOBACCO, ICE, WOOD, COAL, &e. 118. 42H ST, RICHMOND, VA. a BOARDING & LODGING Rates Reasonable. _ All the Comforts tee @ % ottiome «a ‘Orders reosived by letter or telegraph MRS. BOOKEN LEPTWICH, PHOraLeTRKe, S16 N. 2nd St, Richmond, Vs Serra eee oan ae e F Jonathan FISH, OYSTERS AND PRODUCE. at eS | 3 Be SS 120 N. 17TH ST., RICHMOND, VA. | ALL ORDERS WILL RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION. | Long Distance "Phone, 752, | winter landscape wo well that If you Jock at it long you seem to get quite cold.” | “That's nothing. You gught to see iehmici > ” Tt Is so real- ‘istic: tha: D first look you are jobliized 10 take to your heels."—Cht leago Journal, f A Man's Usual Methed. i Mrs. Meek (fo her next-door nelgh- ‘bor)—What was that awful rumpus I heard over at your house last even- ing? Weren't having political de bate or putting out a fre, were you? » Mrs. Foshorn—Oh, no! That was only Mr. Foghorn reasoning with. the children on the’ subject of Keeping quiet.—Judge. i Lucky, Indeed, “Did your husband have any luck an bis bunting trip?” acked the friend of the family. “Yos, indeed.” replied her husband's wife, “He managed to get home with. out shooting himself or somebody ¢lze."—Chicaro News, . ‘Wit Sia Que te. Percy—Are you still keeping up your deep-breathing exercises, old chap? Ferdy—1 have discontinued {t for a Ume, dear boy. I am rooming next door to a glue factory Just at present. —Judge. + A Hustling Haymaker, Shortletgh—Congratulate me, old man; I'm In clover. Wisewug—What's the explanation? Shortle'gh—Last night 1 married a grass widow who recently received $50,000 alimony.—Chicago Daily News. ‘The Safe Piace to Stand. Auto MManuiacturer—Yes, sir; you can depend on it—the machine we muke is all right. We stand right back of every one we turn out, Prospective Customer (thoughtfully) —Do, eh? Weill, T shovidn't wonder if that was safer than standing In front of the dumb things—Judge. ee Most Success- ful Hair Culturist. - 108 B. 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 at can be made for tae hair, scalp, face apd sian, : Craham’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 beautl fying the skin, 25cta @ jar. By mail B5eus. Grotam’s Superior Velvet Liquid Powter for giving the face a beau- titul fair color, 26 cents a bottle. By mail 36cts. Graham's Vegetable Hair Dye the best on market giving a rica natural color, $1.00 per bottle. By mail, $1.25, . Mrs. Graham makes a specialty of massaging apt beautifying Indies’ faces for parues and public gather- ings, 25 cents. | Mrs. Graham siampoos the head and puts it in a healthy condition, 25 cents All Indies who attend parties and other soclal gatherings should have their finger nails manicured and made beautifnl, 25 cents Mre. Graham's preparations sell at sight. Ladies living in other cl tes and towns ean make good mon- ex by selling these preparations. Write for terms to Mrs. J. A. Graz ham, No. 108 B. Leigh St., Rica- mond, Va. "Phone 2043 112 Wz Leigh S John H. Braxton REAL ESTATE & LOANS Private Banker and Broker, Loans negotiated on Real Estate, Tuterest allowed on Deposits, Estates managed, Rent collected and prompt returns Special attention to repairs, Notary With Seal. Established 1892. wry SMITH'S BUSINESS COLLEG LYNCHBURG, VA. COURSES: Phonographic, Commercial, Penning English, Electric wiring, Civil Engineering. No Vacation. Instruction Thorough... Positions Se cured. Correspondence Solicited Send 2c for particulars. Address: T. P. SMITH, A.B President STRAUS’ SPECIAL Old Yacht Club, 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. ROBINSOW NO. 23 NORTH 18TH Si DEALER IN FINE WINES, LIQUORS CIGARS, &c. BGP-AI Stock Sold as Guaranteed.-em: FRumri ATTENTION ‘Your patronage is respectfully solicited | Subscribe to the Richmond, Ve. PLANET. $1.60 per year. GEORGE 0. BROWN, | PFOTOGRAPHER, 605 N, Zed St, Richmond, Va. Hetcea and eroange Berien seems molare THE ECONOMY, 303—5 North Third St | SFINEY TAILORING. CLEANING, DYBING AND REPAIRING CHITMAN M. WHITE, PROPRIETOR. A, I layes. OFFICE AND WARK-KOOMS, 727 North Second Street RESIDENCE, 725 N. and St. First-class Hacks and Caskets of all descriptions. I have a spare room for bodies when the family haye not a suitable place. All coun- try orders are given special atten tion. Your special attention is call- ed io the new style Oak Caskets, Call and seo me and you shall be walted on individually. "Phone, 2778, OP +e GEAROUNR ES Gens 5 Oe Wes at LS an | Lass G) ns me RH A OTHE LADIES’ DEFENDER.” ‘An Interesting Relic of the Civil Wat to Be Seen in Columbus, Ga. Columbus (Ga.) possesses one o! the most historic and interesting can non used by the confederates, a can non which was recovered and brought back to its home more than 29 years after the roar of battle had ceased and peace had been declared. “The Ladies’ Defender,” for that is the name given it, was cast ai tho ordnance works in Columbus in 1863, and was made from brass furnished by the ladies of the city. There are ladies still ving who had a hand in contributing brass door knobs, candle. sticks, andirons or firedogs, dinner Dells, church bells, ete. In a number of instances the ladies robbed thelr homes of necessary material for the cannon. These articles of brass were melted up and mixed with copper and tin to form a bronze metal suitable for the gun. Through the press appeals had gone out asking contributions of this character, and there was a willing and ready response by the ladies of the city, for they realized the extreme scarelty of the right kind of material for gun-making in the south, she belng practically without any metal for this purpose. It was unfortunate for the south that she had depended, and continued to do so until within the past two decades, on the north for agricultural VT mm rs | Zh pee is implements, suns and ammunition, carriages and wagons, rolling stock and engines for her railroads, as well as pretty nearly everything else save that produced from agricultural pur- sults. In 1862 the south was in the midst of @ fierce war, and with but Uttle chance for making any of the things £0 badly and urgently needed. Dire necessity forced her people to dive in and make an effort to supply ‘the demand for “shooting trons,” and after a few months this city, as well las others, had demonstrated that these could be'made. Many of these guns Became famous as the most accurate for fire, the most durable and destrae- tive of any made, and are to-day relies Of the best workmanship In that line ‘of elther side tn the war. Armed with these suns, the confederate artil- Jerymen became noted for the ac- curacy and dexdiiness of thelr fre, and they were droaded by the enemy Whenever mot. The government, with all its money and maverial and skilled Workmen did not turn out better guns. Through lous years a_ persistent search was mace for the “Ladies’ De- fender,” writes R. M, Cheshire, and finally, through the eorts of Hon. 1. H. Chappell, the old cannon was lo cated in the kome of the erstwhile enemy. It required uo pleading, no money, to secure it again, for, with the true spirit of friendship and manhood, it was willingly restored to those who had, during all these years, held It #0 dear. It now stands in one of the Deautiful parks of the city, a sacred relic of those bitter days.” The Old Saratoga. Another vessel of bistorie name and deeds has been stricken from the nayal register and will be sold. This {ig the old Saratoga, built at the navy- yard at Kittery, Me. in 1842. The vessel was named for the 18:gun shop of war Saratoga, which served gal- Jantly in the revolution, and went down in a gale in 1780, The new Sara. toga, after serving as the flagship of & squadron engaged in suppressing the slavetrade on the African coast, was sent to help blockade the eastern coast of Mexico during the Mexican war, But it was because of its part in a most important act of peace that the old vessel will be best remem- bered. The Saratoga was sent to the orient after the Mexican war, and joined the fleet of Commodore Mat- thew Calbraith Perry, who had gone to Japan to deliver the famous letter which opened Japan to the outside world. The vessel again returned to Japan in 1854, when the treaty of amity and commerce was signed. Birds’ Lightning Rods. “The humming bird, no less than ‘man, protects bis habitation with a lightning rod,” said an ornithologist. “Oh, you nature faker!” © “It is the truth. ‘The humming bird Sea caer” Sas titng thindertoran abound aad very prudently he coyers” of his little home with cobweb. “Silk, you know, ts a non-conductor ‘of electricity, and, since cobweb is silk, the hunming bird's nest is lixht- ningproof. Isx't he a clover litle boggar to put up b's ova tightulng rod aike that?” MY DADDY WAS A SOJER, addy was a nojer, “lod fousht agsinat the wrone, “Bravely and dedantiy.* ‘As they say in the song. Gad saya “ts a gallant thin Myo be A acter, bat : "Tin ortul wien the bultets sing ‘And scbers slash and cue TET was Mr. Uncle Sam (Or him wext benteat friend wouldn't let then raul’ nent, But make them jovt pursen My daddy sare ‘two! bo as well, Aad he kiwis best, T aces Mf war was less like brimming hell ‘Abd more paratie and dress Wil F. Gtephene, in "National ‘Trfb: ‘une. A FLAG INCIDENT. How a Kentuckian Won His Freedom By Flying Old Glory. } Every war veteran who was at , Camp Dousias, Chicago, during the j closing days of the civil war remem: bers the strange incident which be fell the garrison fag, Just when the rejoicines over the fall of Richmond and the surrender of Lee were at thelr height. | ‘The garrison flag sipped down to jhalfmast, and nothing could get It to its proper place at the top se os high flag staf until the broken fytures at the very end of the pole could be Tepalred. | The commandant of the post offer ed a reward in gold and an honorable discharge to any soldier who would climb the staf and repair {t so that the flag might again fly from the top. One poor fellow accented the chal- Jonge, climbed up, and began work on the ropes, but he became frightened, started down and fell, crashing through the piatform which surround- ed the flarsta‘, and recelved serious, Af not fatal, injuries. And so the garrison flag still hung at half mast. It was tnendurable, while every heart was singing with Joy over the end of tho war and the Approzeh of peace. |_ The offer was now made by the commandant (0 any prisoner of war in the prison camp, whero thousands of confederates were held, To any one who would repair the staff $100 fn gold and his freedom was prom- ised. A’ prisoner, a young Kentuckian, fone of Morgan's men, eame forward and announced his readiness to try for the prize of freedom. ‘When the time camo for his climb, Johnny Reb was furnished with every safety appliance that could be found. And orders were given that strict sil ence should be observed by everybody in the camp until the man had safely made bis ascent “and descent, and Talsed the flax to the head of the staff. | An immense crowd gathered tn the aquare at the foot of the flagstaff, and the enforced silence of such a throng of soldiers and citizens, men, women, ‘and children, was Impressive. Up the stat—It was of great heteht —climbod the Uthe Aguro of the Ken tuektan, and when he reached the top he coolly did what was necessary, and then slid quietly down the staff. Pull ing the cords, he raised the flag to the peak, and fastened ft there by a scten. tifle jerk. Of came the hats of every man tn the place, and a tremendous cheer went up, in which officers and men foined, re-enforced by the shrill hur Tahs of children. Thoso who had deen superstitions over the accident and had predicted some dire event which would turn rejoicing into woe, now regained thelr confidence, accept ing tho chaffing of thelr friends on thelr vanished fears with phitoxophy. | ‘The Kentuckian then and thero was given his reward, writes Ada C. Sweet fn Chicago Journal, end after much handshaking with the soldiers he went back to prison square to “pack up his Blanket and shirt,” ready for the Jour ney to his home. "For an hour the sol Wiers sung and cheered and enjoyed thelr follification. The flax floated where it belonged, participating in the general celebration, and all was well | For one day it waved In the sky, and was lowered! at night with honors, and raised again at sunrise, but only to be lowered again on the 15th day of April, 1865, when the sould of Ab- raham Lincola was rent from its worn and weary body |) an-assasslo's hand. Half-mast the flag remained for many days, like all the fiags from sea to Sea of the north. And the people who had been shaking their heads over the refusal of the fia to fly at the top of the staff again looked wise and said: “I told you 80.” It fs among the world-wide proverbs that every cloud has a silver lining, and It is quite equally true, though hot ‘80 well learned as yot, that every gold- en cup of joy has its admixture of gall and wormwood. England's Millionaire, Although tn the number of million: aires Great Britain {s doubtless be- hind the United States, there are 21 lucky individuals in England who manage to get alonz with incomes of $250,000 a year. Tho fttith report of the ‘British ‘niasd revenue commis. sion shows this number of millionaires fm England, Scotland and Ireland, though they have many men with comfortable fertunes, who are not able to show any incomes in the $250,- 000 class. In Scotland, however, re- side nine persons whose incomes range from $50,000 to $200,000, while the statistics show that ten people in Ireland have incomes of from $25,000 to $60,000 a year. There were 187, $87 persons, excluding employes, in England who paid an income tax on under $1,000 a year, as against 33,- 766 in Scotland and 12,723 in Ireland, ir Cool tndeed was the captain when ‘The ship began to fill; In fact, the crew all testified ‘That he "most had a chill, —Milwarkee Sentinel. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. SENTENCE SERMONS. No tool gains a keen edge without loss. Faith fs not fostered by blinking facts. Precept is powerless without person- ality. Faith im God {s seen in fellowship with men. The heart is the best text book on etiquette. Living for self aione fs a way to soul suicide, One light tongue can make many heavy hearts, Worry born of imaginary troubles is the parent of real worry. You can never get to know a man by finding out things about him. ‘This world will never be saved by people too spiritually minded to wash dishes, No man overcomes sin until he hates its power more than he fears its punishment. Many find greatest satisfaction tn fighting sin when {t involves fring at their neighbors. Many a man thinks because he 1s bitnd in business he must be blest with spiritual vision. | _ There's a lot of people hoping for ‘wings on the strength of the chicken feed they drop In the collection —Cht ‘cago Tribune. SUPERSTITIONS OF GREAT MEN. Gen. Grant believed in dreams. Nelson, the English naval hero, al- ways carried @ horseshoe with him into battle. Prince Bismarck of Germany woutd never sit down to a dinner with 13 at the table. Von Moltke, the hanly old Ger- man general, would never begin a battle on Friday. President Davis of the confederacy bolleved that the presence of chil- dren brought him luck. Tho fathor of Nicholas Il. of Rus- sia guided his actions by the advice of an American spirit medium, | James G, Blaine wool) never turn back to reenter his home, even If the had forgotten something. Admiral Farragut says he used to be guided by a still, small volce which told him what to do in bat- tues. Tho empress of China, King Mene ‘Uk of Abysinia, the ameer of Afghant- ‘sian, the sultans of Morocco and Zan- sibar and the khedive of Egypt, all malntain official astrologers, | PROVERSS. Impatience never gets preferment. Parnassus bas no gold mines in it. Ono may say too much even upon the best subject. Solitude dulls the thought; too much company dissipates it. Stretch your arm no farther than your sleeve will reach. Take a vine of a good soll and a daughter of a good mother. Ho that would the daughter win must with the mother frst begin. A year of Joy, another of comfort and all the rest of content—a mar- riage wish. JUST THOUGHTS. Wisdom—with work—wins. God made the horse; but man made the whip. Money is character! Desptse it if you will, but without {t, you have made a failure of life. The fear of the Lord ts the begin- ning of wisdom; the fear of man is the beginning of stupidity. | The most successful clerk is one who can persuade people to want what he wants them to want. | A rival merchant may undersell you, but you are safe if he doesn’t ‘duplicate your courtesy to custom ers. ‘THOUGHTS FOR THE HOME. Look on the bright side of all the fembers of the home and their expe- riences, Put away the “blues” and bad tem- per, and all unkindness with firm reso- lutions, | Have open eyes for the virtues and charms of mother and father, brother and sister. . ‘Then the home, though it may be wacting in many things that money might buy, will be rich in happiness ‘and contont.—Chicago Inter Ocean. LLawete tahoe Lact Lizette—Is it a noice place ye have, Marie? Marie (¢ new arrival)—Nolce enough. dut it’s beyant me undershtandia” phy they do make me do such quare things. “Quare, Marie?” “Yis, sure. Ivery mornin’ the missus tills me to swape the doost from the ‘flure, and phin Oi'm done she gives me ‘4 rag and makes mo shoot the doost ‘back to the fure ag’in.”"—N, Y. Weekly. SECEESSSSDOSOO OSSD e_ £ Everthing! Everthing!"® §« FURNITURE»% @ FLOOR Coverincsies §SYONOR & HUNDLEY, INC. ; _tLeaders. _ | 709 71% 713 EAST BROAD s SOSSSCSTHSSSKTTAGeRKRBVSe esses Be The People’s Restaurant, ag ———— 750 North 3rd St., Richmond, Va ——-—— MEALS at All Hours—Hot or Col¢. Board by Day, Week or Month. SOFT DRINKS. POLITE ATTENTION......... see «GIVE ME A CALL: Mme. SYLVIA L. MITCHELL, Proprietress. SOSSOSSE HOSE SESSESOBEBE WHAT YOU MAY EXPecT. Here are a few thincs you must ex- pect lo be told by the natives of the place at which you rpend your vaca. ‘on: This is the hottest summer we've ever had here. ‘Things ‘have never been so back- ward here as they are this season. It ain't never been 0 wot here be- fore. There's lotr of fish here, but for some reason they aint bitin’ just now. If you'd of been here last week you could of pulled “em out faster'n you could bait your hook. We ain't never knew {: to be 80 cold here before at this time o° year, It's too bad you ain't goin’ to be here about two weers lover, Things Just begins to be at their best then. There was a man ketched one that weighed ‘leven pomn:s ia here day before yistady. Last sear every every one of them treea wee Just loaded sith fralt It's blamed queer they don't bite te day. I never knew es: to be so shy Oh, yee, there's resvlor swarms 0’ dacks here every sprio: an? fal, We're a Iittle erowdi! just now, but if you'd ‘a’ come at a ay other time there'd ‘a’ been lors o' room, Generally we have lots of vegeta bles, but our garden ont somehow doin’ very well this Ke.:on—Chteage Reeord-Heraid, Milseks debate tine ta ieee, “Tnstead of exerting »!1 your energy in uplifting the morals of the lower east side poor,” vouel=afed the New York clergyman to a collcague, at the conference, “why don’t you doa little of that work among the rich of your own vicinity?” “Because,” returned the Fifth ave- nue clergyman, smiline benignantly, “there I shouldn't know where to start in! Life. a SURPRISE FOR THE BRIDEGROOM, ‘The groom entered alone and said, ‘confidentially: “Do you use the word ‘obey’ in your marriage service, Mr. —2" “No,” said the minister. “I do not, usually.” “Well,” sald the expectant Benedict, “T have come to ask you to marry me Row, and I want it used.” “Certainly,” replied the other. “Tt a be done,” and presently the cou stood solemnly before Lim. “James T—." said the clergyman, “do you take this womaa to be your wedded wife?” PE toe Do ‘you absolutely promise to love, to honor, and obey hor so long as you doth shall live?" Horror and rebellion struggled with the sanctities of the occasion on the bridegroom's face, but he chokingly responded, “I do,” and the meek bride ecorously promised In her turn, After the ceremony was over the bridegroom said excitedly aside to the grave minister: “You misunderstood me, sir, you misunderstood me! I referred to the ‘Woman's promising to obey.” “Ah, did you, indecd?" serenc’y an. swered his reverence. “But I think what fs good for one side ts good for the other, don’t you? And, my friend, Mt 18 my advice to you to say nothing about it, for, as an old married man, T can tell you you'll have to obey any: how.” Installments All Arcund. Patient (gloomily)—I don't seem to be gaining very fast, doctor. Doctor (cheerfully }—You can't ex- pect to get well at one jump. You will have to regain your health grad. ually day by day—sort of on the in- stallment plan, as it were. Patient (brightening up)—Well, doe- tor, if this thing keeps on much long- er I'm afraid that you will have to collect your bill in the same way.— Judge, Liked His Teacher, Visitor—Do you like going to school, my little dear? Little Faunticroy—Yes, indeed. “Of course. You love your school dont’ you, my pet?—and you like your | teacher, too, don't you?” “Oh, yes. I wouldn't want any other teacher.” TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND, MAIN STREET | ‘STATION, EASTBOUND. 4:00 A.-M Post dally trang to. Newport 8:00 AM. News, Old Point.” Norfolk and 4:0 BY ML Exposition.” all traine carey, Pull 435 FM. tans ce Parlor’ care 700 A Daily Locale to Newport boo Pa Neen WESTBOUND-MAIN LINE. 20:00 A. M-—Daily—Charteston, Columbo an Tolela. Pullman ‘Sleeper’ te To Jelo" via Gaudey’ and Onto Central 200 PM. "Daily. Louieitte, Cincinnati, CWieago shat. Lovin Turough 12:00 P.M. Pullman Sleepers 73 AL Me—week Dass-Chiton Forse Dally—Charlottem ile 8:15 P. M.—Week Daye-daceal 40 Orange. . JAMES RIVER LINE 10:20 A. Daily Lynching, Lextagton, Ya. sod Chiton Forge S25 Pat Week. Dass te “Lynchburg. Steep ce Natural Bridge and” Clifton Foose TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND. From the Fast-0:10 A.M. 9:20 A. ML, 11:45 ACSC, E00 Pe My 8:00 Pit. T0330 Rea Maid, Line West-3:30 A Mt 3:90" AS ML, 8:0) A MT, G1 Pee 7H PO James River Line—*si9 A Mf, ¥'90 P. 3 *Daily exccye Sunday SS Richmond, Freder . .icksburg. and Pots . mac Raliroea TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND—NORTHWARD, $:35 A. M—Dalty—nend Street. Through. £00 A M—bally—atain Steet) Through, Fao A. “Stsweek nets. RAT Ae S40 4. 3t—Batige yal St. ‘Through. Local Sey W2:at_Noon-"Week Daya—fiyrd_ 8. Through. 12.30—Week Days. Elba, Ashland Ac commodation. 4600 P. ML—Week Days—ynt Street. Wath ington Accemmoratica. S25 P. asap enig lia Washington commendation, 6:90 P. M.—Week’ Dayw—Elba. Ashland Accom 6:48 P.M “ally tna, Street, Trongh. 8:50 PL M—Dally“iyrd ‘Streets Thrash TRAINS ARRIVE RIcHMOND—sovTHWaRR, $20 A. M-—Week Daye-Fiba. Ashland Aceon rotation. TEE A MAINE Tint_ street. ‘Throne. 3 2 Week “eget Bete waa Inston Acccmummiation. 0:5 A. M—dinday “nlp Elbe. Washington Acconimoation. 1040 A. Wook Oar Etta. Ashland Ae cormotation 12:29 P- M—Dally~Main "Street. ‘Throw. 2:65 1 M—Daily—hiyrd Streets Thence: 3-45 P. M.—Week Days. Main Street throush Exposition Special. Ja8 P M—pallp—nent Strvet. Mache S200 FM —INuy—tyl Se Tenmushe Local sor 945 P. M—Dully—Main Street, ‘Throws NOTHE—Penan Sleeping or Parlor Caton all above fring except local accenmnphations Ail trains Co abl trom “Byrd Servet Skatior stay at Ua. ice ot aivivale and departures and connec CW Cie ow. vation, Gen. Supt. (wot gg N & W NORFOLK & * WESTERN. ONLY ALL RAM, LIVE TO NORFOLK. Leave Bynt Stree Station, Richmonh Th eddect duly 14, i907, FOR NORFOLK—t:25 P.M. daily: 6:00 A. M2200 A Mand a0 P.M Peete Suey: Bsa A. Mant 00 Po ML, Sumiay oaly" FOI LYNCHBURG, THE WERT ANT SOUTH EST -0:00 (A.M. “inceot Sundays 8210 A Ae Somiar caly; 12:10 P.M aml Oc) eS. ally AERIVE * RICUMOND—From. Noefotet _S1¢3i dindlis, G20 P.M. and Tosto Dees Race Senter; WS AL Meant 9:43 P.M. Rosle jpitloan Patlor and Steeping Cars. Cate Din: Wen Brown, © nosury, Gen. Pave. “Agent. Din Pam. Ast [_————$—$_____-_=* Paeetive July 14, 2007. TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND. Darby. Yor Floris and South: 815-4. May 32 BB. Por Norfolk: 6:00 A. My 0:00 A. My 78:00 POM. and 690 Po Foe Ni ad We My, Went: *96:10 and 9:08 AML. i250 and 90 PCM For ‘petersburg: "6:00 and °8:00 A. ML, 32:10, *3:00, S98 T M., 6:00, 8:00 P.M, 295 and Hao PM For Goldsboro amt FayettewiMte: 2:28 2. of Tralne aryiee ehmarch aly: 6225. 7100 NA, Mo, *8:85. 10:45 and MLO A’ My ehsaT, 00, selon, 0. 8:00) amd 10MO. Pe sPscept, Sumlay. "Suny ‘only. Time of “arial amd departures and connee tice ot euaeant ed G8 CAMPREEL, DLP. AL “Of course not.” “No, indeed. She's awful near-sight- ed."—N. Y. Weekly. i aa Sea oa aes La The pretty young girl stepped up to the tent of the great medium. “Will you develop a shade for mo?” she asked timidiy. “With pleasure,” replied tho me. dium, as she stroked the purring black cat." “What shade would you Ike me to develop?” “Er—would you mind developing a pink ehade? It will just match my parasol.”"—Chicago News. On A sk cs OR re eS AR Pee eet tee ne ee @\ Mechanics’ ‘ spec. \ = yy - \ . | | Ss ma \ B 16°: Savings Ban | ae | LN y OF RICHMOND, VA. Ses No. 514 North Thied Street i rs ‘ : CAPITA S2 5000, g Money received on deposit and interest paid onal amounts above ; $1.00 which remains 60 days and over. Money loan. f : oa ibu baleticr mance oa eee 5 Accounts Handled Promptly. j } Amounts of ten cents and upwards received on Deposits f : This establishment is fitted up In’ the most Improved. sizle, | E having a largo. whito rault: Durglarorant Sears eaToreS te, | of the public. For all information concerning Stocks, Deposits, | rues at ee he ee Banking Hours have been arranged for the special convenience of § ine <ONAE TACT CIE Ot ee ee 3 days, 9 A. M. to 3 P.M. Wo close Saturdays at : Be ened rec ean acaee eernten ; may teen ee 3 IGPCALL BY AS YOU COME FROM WORK.<Gq ' ; OFFICERS AND HOARD OF Oreee COS B JOHN MITGHIREs SR Pree ae baeeee, viderren | 3 THOMAS H. WYATT, Cashier. f B REV, W. F. GRAMM, Deb. ING iy cutee Hos. H. wrare, | =| E.R. JEFFERSON H. F. JONATHAN THOMAS SMITH, | § Bf 'D 3. CHAVERS,” INO. SASL THOMAS SMITE, | 5 J. J. CARTER. f Be tera qancciarcs Goes THOS. a. CRUMP, see. _| a TCHELL, JN F TH F . j , "Phone. 577. Richmond, Va j __A. D. PRICE ; > ° 9 : ‘ ; Funeral Director, Embalmer and Liveryman. : All orders promptly filled at short notice by telegraph or tel. J ephone. Halls rented for meetings and nice entertainments. | Plenty of room with all necessary conveniences. Large pleule oF j band wagons for hire at rensonable rates and nothing but first. | class, carriages, buggies, etc. Keep constantly on hand fine fuse | eral supplies. “sw No. 212 East Leigh Street. <g— : {Residence Next Door.) | OPEN ALL DAY AND NIGHT.—Man on Duty All Night. a8 the J. V. Hawkin’s HAIR GROWER & — ——_—_RESTORER —— {TRADE MARK REGISTERED.) — . Has proved to be n fortune to man: . aE Harored toe fortane tomany of the, on. Ka Bie Wonderfal results. The merits of this great eats hate preparation naturally places (@ ina sphere eee all of itsown, and the glowing terms in which Sag eal our patrons speak of it reassures ts of its watie. ee factory results. We can welt toast of a large pam xt F Patronage throughout this and other States and Se res) |] also enjors the commendation of the very’ beat a ate s white aud colored people in this imivediate come AB eiggee munity. In order to convince the most. skept- eee te ct nk cul readers of the merits and results of the J. V. 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Fe EGF Prices:—£5 ots. per box; eight boxes, $2.80 pies expirss preva. lee GN ‘The Face Beautifier makes the use of powder en- as aa tirele unnecessary, and is perfectly harmless. Salo ffs \ prices; 25, S0cts and $1.00, (ig a a | Money can be sent by Post OMice Money Ordor [fi | or Express Money Order "A charge of locts, — {f <a | extra Is imposed on all ont of city orders, “QQ, \ ey eS: aastos tii coemeniaatie to ena MME. J. V. HAWKINS, N Sy, GIZN. First Street, = Richmond, Va ry “PHONE, 4001. MF Correspondence strictly confidential. “By } | W. I. JOHNSON, Funeral Divector and LEmbalmer, Office & Warerooms, 207 N. Foushee St. Cor. Broad. Hot bAGis HOR ch LEE: | Orders by Telephone or Telegraph filled. Weddings, | Suppers and Entertainments promptly attended. _ Telephone, 686. Residence in Building. Vie hea sep cget incest eB OR SS Sted om rere are a Aes a Ss PROF. PD. D. ae M. D. Strange, Wonderful, but True are the awe stricken tests given by The Great Australian Medium. PROP. D. D. 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The immediate effect of these shipments is to give the United States a credit abroad which can be speedily converted into cash. These natural resources of the country promise to exert even greater influence than the sale of American securities abroad. The latter have to some extent suffered discredit under recent pressure, but the intrinsic value of American staples used abroad and their colossal aggregate at this period of the year are beyond the reach of financial distrust. The foreign sales of millions of American copper were supplemented by reports of similar heavy exports in wheat, the last shipments alone giving a foreign credit of $1,000,000. The shipments of tobacco to Europe this year promise to break all records. Officials of the American Tobacco company estimate from the orders on hand that the year's exports will exceed 50,000,000 pounds of manufactured tobacco, which is far in excess of the amount exported last year. Europe will pay over $100,000,000 for this tobacco, and much of this money will soon be available in this market, as the contracts with the European importers call for immediate payment on delivery. Runs upon the banks are practically over. Persons who present large checks and ask for their payment in currency are invited to consult the bank officials. In cases where their need for currency is evidently legitimate they usually receive it. In cases where it is sought for hoarding they are usually convinced that money is better off in the bank or that they should accept certified checks for deposit elsewhere. The arrival of nearly $20,000,000 in gold, it is believed, will considerably relieve the situation and perhaps make call money a little lower on the stock exchange. The decline in stocks was generally attributed to the continued scarcity of money for speculative purposes, the refusal of brokers to make transactions except for cash and the absence of buying interest under present disturbed conditions. The fact that the Bank of Germany advanced its discount rate from $5/2 to $6/2 per cent was not unexpected in view of the care with which the German bank protects its gold stock. The intimation of Dr. Koch, governor of the bank, that the action taken would unfavorably affect the American situation is interpreted as meaning nothing more than that it would impose a check on the shipment of German gold to New York. The fact that the day passed without any special meeting of the directors of the Bank of England for the purpose of raising the discount rate was accepted with gratification, and it is hoped that no action will be taken until the regular meeting of the board on Thursday. Comparatively few conferences were held because it was felt that New York bankers had the situation well in hand and that the provision for clearing house certificates and for paying large drafts in checks instead of currency would avert any further trouble Aside from the satisfactory local conditions, reports from all points showed a favorable tendency. In New England there was no sign of serious unrest, and the recent disturbance in Rhode Island is practically over. No failure was recorded at any point throughout the country. It should be borne in mind in this connection that there are over 12,500 banks in the United States and that the number of institutions which have recently failed is of insignificant proportions as compared with this total. It was pointed out that the failure of a minor bank is immediately known from end to end of the country, whereas the public overlooks the fact that some 12,500 banks are open for business as usual and that not one of the really important banking institutions anywhere has shown the slightest signs of unsoundness. On the whole, the banking community takes a favorable view of the outlook and is particularly encouraged by the large foreign credit secured through the enormous shipments of American products abroad. Several favorable events marked the close of the financial day in this city. The engagement of $2,000,000 in gold by the First National bank of Chicago and of $500,000 by a Boston bank brought the total gold engagements up close to $20,000,000 in spite of the cancellation of an order for $900,000 by the Russo-Chinese bank upon the ground that the amount engaged exceeds necessities here. PUT TAX ON BANKS W. J. Bryan's Remedy For Financial Upheaval. ELKINS GOES FROM BAD TO WORSE Roosevelt Should Not Be Blamed For Pointing to the Sore Spots and Trying to Apply a Cure. Bryan Talks to Heurst. NEW YORK, Oct. 30.—W. J. Bryan is at the Hotel Victoria, having returned from his lecture tour of the state. Augustus Thomas, president of the Progressive Democratic league, who accompanied Mr. Bryan on the tour, said that it had been very successful. Mr. Bryan when asked to comment on the financial situation said that he saw no cause for alarm, as the country was prosperous and crops were good everywhere. The only danger, he said, was that money might be withdrawn by timid depositors from banks and savings institutions. His attention was called to an interview with Senator Elkins, who said that the trouble was that the business of the country had increased faster than the supply of money, that business had increased 30 per cent and money only 5 per cent and that a new currency bill would have to be introduced at the next session of congress. "Senator Elkins does not say what period is covered by the increases," Mr. Bryan said. "That is important. I do not know what kind of currency he proposes to add to the existing supply, but if it is an asset currency it will simply aggrivate matters. An emergency currency will simply make things worse. It is bad enough to have people lose confidence in banks, but it is much worse for them to lose confidence in their money. My own idea of what the remedy should be is that of a guarantee fund for the protection of banks raised by taxation on the banks. The trouble is that you can't get the bankers to agree to that, for they look at it as a question of profit. They don't want to be taxed for the protection of somebody else. "I don't think it is fair to blame Mr. Roosevelt for pointing out evils that ought to be remedied," he added. "I don't mean to say that everything he has said or done is not to be criticised, however." Mr. Bryan admitted that he had met W. R. Hearst here earlier in the week, but refused to say what they had discussed. He denied a report that Mr. Hearst had promised to support him for president next year. "That matter was not even mentioned," he said. Woman Worships Idolns a God. CHICAGO, Oct. 30. — Occultism figured extensively in the testimony given here in the suit of Mrs. Adah L. Taylor Garrus to set aside the will of her mother, wealthy Mrs. Elizabeth L. Taylor, Mrs. Emma A. Russell, 427 West Delaware avenue, Toledo, O. testified that Mrs. Taylor worshiped an idol given her by Dr. Laian, a Hindoo who came to Chicago in 1853 as a delegate to the congress of religions. Mrs. Russell said that Mrs. Taylor frequently asked for the image, which she worshiped as a god. Box Pens the President LOCK HAVEN, Pa., Oct. 29.-While the president of the United States, with guides and enough dogs to start a bench show, bagged one she bear in many days of hunting among the canebrakes of Louisiana, Harold Wilson, fifteen years old, points with pride to a showing of five bears in ten days, and only one of them of the feminine persuasion. He came from a hunt in the mountains of Clinton county. Slow Work In Getting Adams Jury. RATHDRUM, Ida., Oct. 30.-In the trial of Steve Adams, member of the Western Federation of Miners, charged with the murder of Fred Tyler, a settler, little progress was made in securing a jury. When court adjourned Friday there were eleven jurors in the box. Since then eighty talesmen have been subpoenaed, but none was selected to complete the panel. Pope Punishes Father Tyrell Pope Punishes Father Tyrell. ROME, Oct. 30.—The Vatican organ announced that the Rev. 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Y., Oct. 30.-Governor Hughes announced the appointment of Henry Solomon of New York to be a member of the state prison commission to succeed Nathan Bijur, resigned. Mitchell Day Is Quietly Observed. HAZELTON, Pa., Oct. 30.-Mitchell day was observed in the Lehigh region by a complete shutdown of the mines, all union workers taking the day off. Killed by Fall into Coal Trestle. ROCHESTER, N. Y., Oct. 30—Henry Myers of Williamsport, Pa., fell fifty feet from a coal trestle in Lyons and was instantly killed. Harriman Discharges Thousands. OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 30—The Union Pacific railroad discharged between 4,000 and 8,000 workmen. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA MILLER'S HOTEL W.M. MILLER, PROFESSOR 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. GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FIFTY DOLLARS or more can be placed in a way to bring a return of at least TEN PER CENT. For further information address Investment Securities. 35 Broad St., New York City. "IN THE HEART OF THE WALL ST. DISTRICT." IN SOUTH-SIDE OLD VIRGINIA. (Continued From First Page.) warned to back down. He wouldn't. The man who had charge of the game spoke. He said the man was 21 years old and ought to know what he was doing. He got the other white man to divide the "pot." $15 were there. For this, the anxious player played and—lost. The laugh was on him but he was game. MOVED AWAY AT LAST It was then that we got our friends to move. Rising canes was equally barren of results. We were at the race track. They said betting was slow and the book-makers were having lots of time resting. Our friends didn't bet on the races so far as we know for it seemed to us that there were no funds with which to bet and none of them engaged in such questionable pastimes. MR. SMITH'S EXPLANATION The player did not hear the last of that $3.00 though and it will be a long time, we think before he again indulges in such "innocent" pleasures. Mr. Albert Smith says though that the dice were loaded and one of the party speaking confidentially said that Brother Smith was pretty good authority on all such matters and he would certainly take his word for it. A WORD ABOUT THE RACES The races were mostly of a professional kind. Two white females rode in bloomers, winning each time. The running race for which we had waited did not come off until four o'clock. Mr. John O. Lewis' mare was to enter. There were four entries. One of the horses, ridden by a colord boy jockey started off with the rest. He was called back by the FIVE. (;; ? (! - -'INETNO... judges. The boy brought him back with difficulty. COULDN'T HOLD HIM Again the start was made and again the racers were called back. This time the boy could not bring him back, but continued around the half-mile track. When he came near the racers, the start was made again and again they were called back. This time the boy had to dis mount and walk back, while the horse was led all the way around the half mile track. CAME IN LAST When the race was finally run this much running horse came in last. Mr. John O. Lewis' mare finished third in the race. His animal is a beauty and runs regularly, never making a break. She was somewhat handicapped, it was thought by the weight of the jockey, who rode her. As to the wild horse, our friend Smith and our corp of experts stated that he had evidently been doped. Cocaline is used to a great extent and it will cause a horse to become impervious to pain and "run his head off." We did not see any exhibits at this fair worthy of the name and we felt that never before had we paid so much as an entrance fee, with so little as a result. The fair grounds are well suited but the arrangement for exhibits were too poor to even attract one favorable comment. $150.00 Endowment Paid. South Boston, Va., Oct. 26, 07. This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of the Grinning Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pythians, N. A., S. A., E., A., A and A. ($150.00) One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the deathclaim of J. M. Walker, who was a member of Rising Star Lodge. No 404 E. Marshall St. NOW OFFERED OPPORTUNITIES we can be placed in a way to east TEN PER CENT. formation, address, TAYLOR, Broad St., New York City. THE WALL ST. DISTRICT." 106 of South Boston, Va. her Signed—Sallie X Walker, mark Administratrix nesses: R. L. Fox, C. C. H. R. Wyatt, M. of Ex. A. Chavious, K. of R. and S. $150.00 Endowment Paid Danville, Va., Oct. 8, 1907. This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pythias, N. A., S. A., E., A., A. and A., (4150.00) One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the deathclaim of Lee Walters of Golden Link Lodge, No. 83 of Danville, Va. Signed—Maggie Walters, Beneficiary. Witnesses W. J. Hubbard, C. C. Moravian Lodge, No. 13. Geo. W. Rison, S. B. C. R. G. Warren, K. of R. and S., Golden Link Lodge, No. 83. W. A. Millner, D. D. G. C. $150.00 Endowment Paid. Newport News, Va., Oct. 14, '07. This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pythias, N. A., S. A., E., A., A. and A., ($150.00) One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the death- claim of Sir Wyatt Roane, who was a member of Lilly of the Valley Lodge, No. 40, of Newport News, Va. Signed—Mattle Roane, Beneficiary. Witnesses: S. B. Pettus, J. L. Willis, J. C. Allen, D. D. G. C. $150.00 Lendowment Paid. Richmond, Va., Oct. 29, 1907. This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr. Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pythias, N. A., S. A., E., A., A. and A. ($150.00) One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the death-SIX— xgkqj cmfwypsdrhlu shrdbl claim of John L. Martin, who was a member of Invincible Lodge, No. 65 of Richmond, Va. Signed—Mary V. Martin. Beneficiary. Witnesses: J. B. Jones, Jr. E. J. G. Davis. $100.00 Endowment Paid. .. Yonkers, N. Y., Oct. 7, 1907. This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Worthy Counsellor of the Grand Court of Virginia, I. O. of Calanthe, ($100.00) One Hundred Dollars in payment of the deathclaim of Rosa Mosby, who was a member of Martha's Court, No. 138, of Richmond, Va. her Signed—Josephine X Mosby mark Beneficiary. Witnesses: James N. Dunlop. Bessie L. Dunlop. $100.00 Endowment Paid. 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