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The RICHMOND PLANET THE WORK AT THE SEMINARY. Dr. Howard Asks for Delay WILL NOT ACCEPT PRESIDENCY UNTIL BOARD MEETS AGAIN A REVIEW OF THE SITUATION. VOLUME XXV, NUMBER 6. THE W THE Dr. Howa WILL NOT ACCEPT A R Petersburg, Va., Jan. 3d, 1908. To the President, Secretary and Members of the Board of Trustees of Virginia Seminary and College, located at Lynchburg, Va. Dear Sirs: On the 26th day of November, 1907, while in session at the Court Street Baptist Church, Lynchburg, Va. you did of your own accord, by vote that was unanimous, elect me to the Presidency of Virginia Seminary and College to fill the vacancy made by the death of the lamented Prof. G. W. Hayes; and you also by a unanimous vote of all the members present, urged me to accept the same. All I could do then, as you know, was to promise you that I would take this matter under prayerful consideration, as I had no previous thought nor aspiration for the position. You will recall also, that I told you that I had no claim to this exalted place. AN APOLOGY OFFERED Now I wish here, dgar sirs, to apologize to you for having kept you waiting so long for an answer from me. The gravity of the situation, the character and importance of the work, and the ties that bound me elsewhere, and some other reasons, made it impossible for me to have answered you earlier in a satisfactory way. I humbly thank you for the great honor you have done me; an honor of which I am not worthy. Now after a month or more of the most intense mental and painful struggle of my life, I venture to give you a reply. ENDORSED BY THE MAJORITY There were 18 members of the Board present at the Lynchaburs meeting, out of 57 that constitute the same. After earnestly praying over this matter I felt that my first duty was to seek to know the views of the rest of the members who were not present. With the 18 present I have heard from 48 of these members. Forty-four endorsed my election and three opposed it and one did not commit himself as he did not get a notice of the Board's meeting. Many persons from far and near have written me urging my acceptance of this work and pledging support if I do so, for the good of the cause and the race. The faculty and students gave me a cordial reception when I visited the school in December, 1907. THE PRESENT CONDITIONS Now realizing that there are thirty-five or forty young men at that school who are preparing for the ministry and that these young men must soon be filling the pulpits of our churches to safeguard our denominational tenets, to propagate the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to mouth and lift up our people; I feel that I would gladly give my own life in helping these young men to a high life of Christian character, noble ideals, unswerving devotion to our denominational tenets, and thorough consecration to christian service. When I also think of how the late President G. W. Hayes, A. M. sacrificed his life for this work, going to a lamented grave, leaving a widow and five children; and how the Baptists of Virginia and elsewhere have struggled, sacrificed, and played to make this a great school, the exponent of their principles and high ideals, the center of their educational efforts, a living demonstration of the Negro's capability and heroic efforts, and self-sacrificing endeavors, my heart burns within me. THE LADY PRINCIPAL And when I think of the success-s-ful way in which Mrs. M. R. Hayes has conducted this work since the s-death of her husband, though with a great drain upon her strength and n-energy; she herself having asked to be relieved from this great responsi-bility, and after more than a month's of earnest prayers for direction from t-God, with the above facts as stated, n-brethren, the conviction got hold of me that under God I owed a duty to this work; nor have I as yet been able to throw off that conviction. On the other hand, three of the members of the Board and two or three others, having publicly ex- pressed themselves as being opposed to my election, fearing or believing as they say that I will not be loyal to this school and its principles, and unable to do its work, nor would I, they say, defend these principles; and since the present school year is far advanced and no one could get to it until May late, and since Dr. H. Powell is representing the school on the field as its financial agent at a salary of $1200 a year, and since the Organizer is opposed to the Board and its actions, though it be the organ of the Virginia Baptist State Convention, or it seems to be hostile its columns being opened for attacks and for some other reasons my church being opposed to my leaving it, though it has always been interested in this school and gives it her support, therefore brethren, it seems best to me, for all concerned that this whole matter be held in abeyance till the Board meets in May or such a time as the President and Secretary may suggest, and so ratify or reject the action of the Lynchburg meeting as may seem best. A SUGGESTION OFFERED Please let me suggest and beg that this course be taken. The Virginia Seminary and College belongs to the colored Baptists of Virginia and their allies elsewhere, and that school is dedicated to certain principles. This property and these principles are held in trust by a Board of Trustees, created and directed by the Virginia Baptist State Convention. Whoever the Board makes President of that school, he must accept and hold that property and these principles as a sacred trust to be held and directed as ordered by the Board for the Convention. He must defend these principles with all his soul and if necessary, with his life. The President must do this, whoever he may be and when he cannot do this, he must return the position to those who gave it to him, and he get down and out like a man. This is my position, matters not who is President. These principles I am prepared to accept and defend with all my soul. Were I in charge of that school to-day, however, I would want no man to feel that he had just cause for believing that I came to it by any unfair means whatever. From New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington, West Virginia and all over Virginia, pledges of support have come to me if I take this work. I am willing to bow to the will of God and of the brethren. I pledge my prayers and support to all of the work, matters not who may be made President by your Board. Let the brethren come together and act. All of us can afford to wait upon God. Mr. Myers Speaks. I hereby call the attention of all the colored ministers and teachers of the Gospel of Jesus Christ in and about the surroundings of the city of Richmond, hoping that you may not in the slightest think I am making any attempt to insult or to take upon myself to arouse any hard feelings as it is not my intention but I am simply obeying my calling as I am well aware of the fact that it is far better and easier to obey the Heavenly power than to be chastened for disobedience, for disobedience is worse than the sins of witchcraft. My reason for publishing this matter is simply because I saw it in my life to do or it will be a curse to me and I have made attempt to deliver it in preaching by putting in my personal appearance but I found it to be a matter of impossibility for there are churches where none but educated men are allowed to speak. I have made several attempts to abandon my calling as I am not very anxious to struggle for money to educate myself, but it has stuck to me for over two years if I fail to do as Goblds me to do it shall be a curse to me and I shall not prosper. So I came to the conclusion to publish, though it is not confined to the city of Richmond, but throughout the South. Now I hope that the ministers may gain enough instruction from this that will enable them RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1908 to understand what I am trying to explain to them. The Bible is a divine instruction sent from God by His Holy Spirit and delivered to inspired men and through Jesus Christ. His only begotten son, the divine instructor, its purpose is not intended simply to invite the yeoman families of the earth to Heaven but to teach them the way of life here on earth, also for God is as much pleased with us living on earth as he is for us to come to Heaven. Now on entering a drug store, at a very hasty glance, we can see bottles of various descriptions, the name of the contents may be readily observed, but it takes medical skill and care to understand the nature of these medicines, some for internal purposes, some for external and if we are sick we would quite readily seek for a druggist for we rest our confidence upon medical skill and he would study the nature of our case and prescribe according to the nature of our case. We most generally have a prescription fill. A bottle or a parcel may contain medicine that will give us some relief and so is the Bible. Each chapter will verse is in comparison to a drug store but reading, understanding and falling to put in action will surely accompany every little advancement. As each verse has its blessings if they are practiced preaching, visiting the sick, visiting the prisoner, cheering the depressed, caring for the widow, administering the Lord's supper and a thousand or more have blessings in them but if we fail to treat each one that much blessing is kept from us. Jesus bids us to fast in St. Matthew, 6th Chapter, 17th verse, "But thou when thou fastest annoint thine head and wash thy face. That lesson has a blessing in it and the blessing can't be gotten unless we are willing to put it in practice. That lesson specially has a universal power no other way can a man humble himself to God more clearly than that way and it takes only a Christian to do it and not a lame Christian at that. I am not prepared to dictate or to make any remarks about any one as I am simply seeking to convey my message to you as is pressed upon me to tell one and all. God is waiting upon us to open the store house of blessings to this colation ace and to obtain it. Put that. A passage of scripture in practice goes to him and ask for all the rights and privileges that belong to the yeoman family of the earth. I hope that your blood may not be upon me as I shall endeavor not to be neglectful by disobeying my calling. I am respectfully yours truly, An Evening of Pleasure. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Mosby entertained charmingly on the eve of Jan. 2nd at their residence, No. 715 Catherine Street in honor of their invited guest. The parlors and rooms were handsomely decorated in palms flowers and shaded lamps and the whole was a scene of splendor and merriment reigned supreme until a late hour when refreshments were served which consisted of all the delicacies of the season. The guest were received and introduced by Mrs. B. J. Anderson. Those present besides the host and hostess were Mr. and Mrs. Royal Threats, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Chavers, Mr. and Mrs. Howard, Mrs. Ellington and Mrs. McCray, Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Price, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Burwell, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Miles, Mr. Chris. C. Johnson and Mrs. Thos. Trice, Mr. and Mrs. James Reese, Mrs. Robert Gray, Mr. John A. Smith of Milford, Conn., Messrs. J. Patrick Smith, Henderson Hendley, L. Mosby, Mrs. M. D. Mimms of New York City, Miss Lizzie B. Winston, Miss Lavinia Falcon. Friends after extending to the host and hostess their many hearty congratulations returned to their homes very favorably impressed. —Mr. George O. Brown, the well known photographer is very ill at his residence, 318 W. Leigh Street. Annual Meeting The Stock-holders Elect Directors. A Fine Banquet—Everybody Pleased—Harmony Reigns. Officers Congratulated. The annual meeting of the Stockholders of the Mechanics' Savings Bank was held Tuesday night at the Pythian Castle, 727 N. Third Street, The electric lights on the front cast a halo of light upon the passers-by on the outside while the guests on the inside listened to the financial information that fell from the lips of the officers of the institution. President John Mitchell, Jr. presided, while Secretary Thomas M. Crump attended to the minutes. On the rostrum were Rev. W. F. Graham, D. D. Vice-President H. F. Jonathan, and Rev. H. Powell, D. D. Prayer was offered by Rev. Dr. H Powell. The roll of stockholders was called. Over nineteen hundred shares were represented. FINANCIAL STATEMENT The financial report of Cashier Thomas H. Wyatt showed that there was $ (32,616.22) thirty-two thousand, six hundred and sixteen dollars, and twenty-two cents to the credit of the stockholders. The aggregate deposits for the year of 1997 were $411,423.65 and the gross receipts up to the close of the year, exclusive of furniture and fixtures were $151,904.48. Bob Directors had declared a dividend of ten per cent, on all of its stock. THE PRESIDENTS ADDRESS The Bank had more cash money on hand than at any time before in its history. Mr. John Mitchell, Jr., the President then delivered his annual address. He reviewed the his history of the institution, told of its progress, and made recommendations as to its future government. He announced that all of the capital stock of the Mechanics' Savings Bank had been taken. He was now rated above par and $15.0 per share was the selling price. He announced that he could have easily disposed of ten thousand dollars worth more stock had the amount been available. OTHER MATTERS. He told of his visit to the American Bankers' Association at Atlantic City, N. J. last September and explained the currency situation as discussed there. He gave other information concerning banking and at the conclusion of his remarks his report was unanimously adopted. One of the features, too in this report was the recommendation to erect a fine banking house for the institution. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS The following Directors were unimously elected: W. F. Graham, D. D., D. J. Chavers, John T. Taylor, Thomas Smith, Thomas M. Crump, John R. Chiles, E. R. Jefferson, John Mitchell, Jr., H. F. Jonathan, R. W. Whiting, Thomas H. Wyatt and J. J. Carter. After this, it was decided to elect three more and a spirited contest took place which resulted in the election of H. L. Jackson, A. D. rrice, and H. Powell, D. D. The body then adjourned to the banquet hall where a magnificent repast had been prepared by Messrs. Joshua Banks and Sons. Caterers. Rev. W. F. Graham, D. D. was Master of Ceremonies and he presided with that ease and grace that indicated long service. The toasts were responded to as follows: The Financial Outlook, E. R. Jefferson, M. D.; Banking and Its Advantages, Col. John R. Chiles; Racial Progress, Rev. H. Powell, D. D.; As a Woman Seees It, Miss M. L. Chiles; Mechanics' Savings Bank, Rev. S. C. Burrell; Our Directors, H. L. Jackson; Our Childs Director, L. Morris; Our Stockholder, W. P. Burrell; Our Depositors; E. F. Johnson; Confidence J. W. Johnson; Our Women-Good Bless 'em, P. B. Ramsey, DD. S.; The Habit of Saving, A. Washington. All heartily enjoyed themselves. A feature of the banquet was the cornet solos rendered by Mr. Charles Lewis at the conclusion of each toast. It was 3:30 A. M. when the exercises were concluded. - Subscribe to the PLANET. Only $1.50 per year. THE APPEALS FROM OKLAHOMA President's Action Asked. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED—WANT COLORED PEOPLE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO OWN LAND THERE. We, the citizens of Grayson Grove Church and the vicinity of Wagoner and Gibson Station have met and organized under the name of the Home Protecting League. For the purpose of upholding the law, we feel that every citizen has a right and it is his duty to assist in this great work. We feel that the tide is changing and we know that we must change with it. We know that we will soon be in a new state and we are in favor of the enforcement of all the laws alike and condemn all mob violence. We now further resolve that the President of the United States endorse our action in organizing the said league throughout the Territory and we further resolve that our work shall at all times be in compliance with the law and we further favor that the action of our league be made public to the world. We heartily condemn all violations of law whether by individuals or by mobs and we further resolve that a copy of these resolutions be sent to the President of the United States. Signed: T. Grayson, Creek Citizen, President; L. N. B. Shaughter, Treasurer; J. Edwards, Assistant Secretary; E. M. Jones, D. Jackson. A Delightful Evening Spent. On Tuesday eve, Dec. 31st, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ramos Johnson, No. 1230 N. St. James Street was the scene of a delightful party given by Mr. and Mrs. Ramos Johnson in honor of Mrs. Isabelle Lewis and her two daughters, Estelle and Marie, who are here on a visit from Atlantic City, N. J. Games and music were indulged in and a delightful supper was served and all had an evening of pleasure. Among those present were: Messrs Charles H. Lewis, Jr., Elam Nash, C. C. Johnson, Willie Nash, Misses Estelle Ford, Lizzle and Nannie White, Ruth Ryland, the Misses Johnson, Edward Phillips and others. Lewis Lindsey Passes Away. The funeral of Mr. Lewis Lindsey, who died Saturday, Jan. 4, 1908 at his residence, 515 Catherine St., took place last Monday, 6th inst. at the Third Street A. M. E. Church at 3 P. M. The march down the centre MR. JOHN O. LEWIS NOT NOW. Murphy's Hotel Installs Whiters. The barber shop at Murphy tel has passed out of the h colored men and on last I morning white barbers took. This palatial shop has been on for many years by the popular well known, Mr. John O. Lewis year, he installed the finest out-fit in the city, so to speak at a cost that was staggering. The demands of the trade this essential. Rent was in too and now the end has come. Benjamin Bowler, one of the barbers has located at Oran where he is doing well. Mr. Clark is in Sixth Street at shop owned by Mr. Lewis. Mr. John O. Lewis, some he is considering a flattering at Seattle, Washington. As well-to-do, and owns much tate in this city, it would see his future is secure. VIEWS OF THE SITUATION BY THE LEAGUE. Grayson Grove Church, December 5, 1907. A call was made and the members responded promptly. The meeting was called to order by L. N. B. Slaughter. A hymn, "Nearer My God to Thee" was offered by E. M. Jones and a prayer by T. Grayson. The house was then announced in order for business by J. E. Edwards. L. N. B. Slaughter offered the following resolutions: Whereas, we the citizens of Grayson Grove Church, and the Home Protecting League have assembled ourselves for the purpose of forming a union and in order to offer resolutions condemning the great evil which is now being forced upon us. We condemn all actions and efforts made to force the government to remove the restriction from our lands. We favor that our land be held in restriction for twenty-five (25) years and we further urge that all the citizens of the Five Tribes to unite and stand together as one. We have looked down the line of time and we must say that we see the great evil. Now we urge our people to stand up like men. Now, when you look down the column of our Daily Newspapers, what do you see? It is Jim Crow Law and Separate Waiting Room. Disfranchising all who are not able to read a certain part of the Constitution. Say men! what do they mean to do? Perhaps they do not want us to vote but intend to make us pay taxes on our homes. What do they mean by the term "Jim Crow?" It is hard to tell unless they mean to force our wives and daughters to ride in the smoker after they have paid full fares. If that is their intention, then they are mistaken, for we wish to tell them if they don't know, that these roads are built on our dirt and that whenever they refuse to carry us (Continued on Eighth Page.) WANTED—Small family wants a good cook. Nice room on place. No washing. Splendid wages to a good party. Any good cook will do well to apply 1106 East Main Street You Have Been Waiting For This. Try Burton's Creole Face Cream and Bleach. Fifty cents postpaid Lady agents wanted. Liberal terms Free premiums. BURTON TOILET GOODS CO. St. Joseph, Mich. Installation Exercises. The officers of the lodges of Knights of Pythias and the Courts of Calanthe will be installed Tuesday night, January 21, 1908 at the Ebenezer Baptist Church at 8:30 P.M. A grand meeting is promised and interesting exercises have been arranged for the occasion. A Delightful Evening Spent. On Tuesday eve, Dec. 31st, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ramos Johnson, No. 1230 N. St. James Street was the scene of a delightful party given by Mr. and Mrs. Ramos Johnson in honor of Mrs. Isabelle Lewis and her two daughters, Estelle and Marie, who are here on a visit from Atlantic City, N. J. Games and music were indulged in and a delightful supper was served and all had an evening of pleasure. Among those present were: Messrs Charles H. Lewis, Jr., Elam Nash, Csar C. Foron, the Nash, Estelle, Ford, Lizzie, Nassie White, Ruth Ryland, the Misses Johnson, Edward Phillips and others. Lewis Lindsey Passes Away. The funeral of Mr. Lewis Lindsey, who died Saturday, Jan. 4, 1908 at his residence, 515 Catherine St., took place last Monday, 6th inst. at the Third Street A. M. E. Church at 3 P. M. The march down the centre alse is impressive as Rev. A. J. Nottingham recited the burial liturgy of the Church. "Asleep in Jesus" was sung by the choir of the Third Street A. M. E. Church. Prayer was offered by Rev. Frank Davis. Rev. W. F. Graham, D. D., pastor of the Fifth Baptist Church read Job 19th chapter, 23d to 25th verses and the 42nd Psalm. "There is a Land of Pure Delight" was the hymn sung by the choir, after which Rev. Dr. Graham preached the funeral sermon from the text, "I know that my Redeemer lives." He stated that Mr. Lindsey was a member of the Fifth Baptist Church, but that the Third Street A. M. E. Church of which his daughter was a member had consented to have the exercises there. He then commented upon the many sterling qualities possessed by the deceased. Prayer was offered by Rev. A. J. Nottingham. Mr. Lindsey was one of the best known characters in this state. He was a stump speaker of the first waker and his persuasive oratory was of a kind almost unknown in the present day. He was popular in every sense of the word, to his friends. He was as "true as steel" to a cause that he espoused, and during his long career of usefulness, he was new or suspected of duplicity or charged with treason. Frank, outspoken, kind-hearted and fearless, he was a friend of friends and an enemy of enemies. He was a former slave, a member of the Underwood Convention, a political power in Virginia during reconstruction days, and a member of the jury which tried Jefferson Davis president of the Confederacy, for treason. Mr. Lindsey, who had picked up a fairly good education from his masters during the days of his thraldom, came into prominence as soon as the members of his race were set free. He was selected as a member of both the grand jury and the petit jury which tried Jefferson Davis. At his death he left as a legacy to his daughter the famous picture of that jury and one of himself, separately taken at the same time. Mr. Lindsey was made a member of the assemblage known as the Underwood Convention which framed the Constitution of Virginia which was in force until the constitutional convention of 1909. A year after the convention he was elected a member of the Virginia legislature, in which body he served for one term. As the whites gradually regained their franchises and resumed control of the political situation, Lindsey dropped out of sight. The last years of his life were passed in selling papers on the streets of Richmond. The casket was cloth-covered with heavy silver handles. Funeral Director A. D. Price officiated. The floral designs were numerous. The ushers were Col. Giles B. Jackson, M. A. D. G. Farrar, J. M. Benson, M. D. Edw. Thompson, Colin T Payne, David Peterson, W. P. Burrell, Col. John R. Chiles, Joseph Adams, W. E. Oliver, George H. Morris PRICE, FIVE CENTS. EALS OHOMA In Asked. OPLE ALL OVER THE ERE. MR. JOHN O. LEWIS NOT THERE NOW. Murphy's Hotel Installs White Bar- bers. The barber shop at Murphy's Hotel has passed out of the hands of colored men and on last Monday morning white barbers took charge. This palatial shop has been operated for many years by the popular and well known, Mr. John O. Lewis, Last year, he installed the finest torsional out-fit in the city, so to speak, and at a cost that was staggering. The demands of the trade made this essential. Rent was increased too and now the end has come. Mr. Benjamin Bowler, one of the colored barbers has located at Orange, Va. where he is doing well. Mr. Robert Clark is in Sixth Street at another shop owned by Mr. Lewis. As so Mr. John O. Lewis, some say that he is considering a flattering offer at Seattle, Washington. As he is well-to-do, and owns much real estate in this city, it would seem that his future is secure. —Mr. Alexander Jonathan continues seriously ill at his residence. —Madam Lucinda Young, of Lammertville, N. J. Author of the Seven Seals is widening relatives and friends in Richmond since Dec. 12th will be here until Jan. 25th. —Mr. Daniel Glenn's father's property at Drewry's Bluff, Va. was totally destroyed by fire during the holidays. —Mrs. Robinetta Cogbill of 1017 Hull St., Manchester, who has been confined to her room for two weeks is slowly improving. Mr. R. T. Cogbill is able to be out again. —Mrs. Amelia Jones of 200 W. 21st Street, Manchester is out again. —Mrs. Mollie Robinson of East 20th Street is improving after a severe attack of La Grippe. —Mrs. L. G. King returned to Manchester last Thursday after spending the holidays in New York. —Mr. Eugene Jones, son of Prof. and Mrs. J. E. Jones spent the holidays with his parents. He is a student at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York and has made an enviable record in that institution. He left last week to resume his studies. Miss Marie M. Thomas Becomes the Bride of Mr. Theo. W. Jones. A beautiful wedding was solemnized by Rev. J. E. Edwards at high noon Xmas day. The contracting parties were Miss Marie M. Thomas of this city and Mr. Theo. W. Jones of Chicago, at the home of the bride 501 Buchanan Street, Topeka, Kan. A number of friends and acquaintances were present to witness the occasion. The bride was attired in a rich gown of cream satin with a yoke of real lace. She wore a bridal veil caught with a diamond sunburst and carried a bouquet of bridal dress. She was given away by her brother, Mr. Carroll Thomas. The groom wore conventional black and Mr. Ira Guy acted as best man. They were married on the threshold of the double parlor and Wilson's Orchestra played the wedding march. Mr. Jones is a business man of Chicago and has been engaged in the transfer business for 35 years. He expects to engage in business in Topeka sometime during the Spring or Summer of 1908. He is an upright, conscientious gentleman, honest and industrious. The many citizens of Topeka will be glad to welcome him to this city and the many extend congratulations to him and his beautiful cultured bride. Their residence is one of the most beautifully appointed ever owned by colored people in Topeka. The bride's mother Mrs. Cora Thomas and sister Bessie of Richmond, Va. were present. Topeka, Kansas Plain Dealer. Dec. 27, 1907. Subscribe to The PLANET. BOB HAMPTON of PLACER to the darkest corner, where only rifts of light stole trembling in between the shadowing vines, and there found convenient seats. A moment they remained in silence, and he could hear her breathing. "Have you truly been at the hall," she questioned, "or were you merely fibbing to awaken my interest?" "I truly have been," he answered, "and actually have danced a measure with the fair guest of the evening." "With Phoebe Spencer! And yet you dare pretend now to retain an interest in me? Lleut. Brant, you must be a most talented deceiver, or else the strangest person I ever met. Such a miracle has never occurred before!" "Well, it has certainly occurred now; nor am I in this any vain deceiver. I truly met Miss Spencer. I was the recipient of her most entrancing smiles; I listened to her modulated voice; I bore her off, a willing captive, from a throng of despairing admirers; I danced with her, gazing down into her eyes, with her fluffy hair brushing my cheek, yet resisted all her charms and came forth thinking only of you." "Indeed? Your proof?" He drew the white satin fan forth from his pocket, and held it out toward her with mock humility. "This, unbelieving princess. Dispatched by the fair lady in question to fetch this bumble from the dressing-room, I forgot my urgent errand in the sudden delight of finding you." "The case seems fully proved," she confessed, laughingly, "and it is surely not my duty to punish the culprit. What did you talk about? But, pshaw, I know well enough without asking—she told you how greatly she admired the romance of the west, and begged you to call upon her with a recital of your own exploits. Have I not guessed aright?" "Partially, at least; some such expressions were used." "Of course, they always are. I do not know whether they form merely a part of her stock in trade, or are spoken earnestly. You would laugh to hear the tales of wild and thrilling ad- venture which she picks up, and actually believes. That Jack Moffat possesses the most marvelous imagination for such things, and if I make fun of his impossible stories she becomes angry in an instant." "I am afraid you do not greatly admire this Miss Spencer?" "Oh, but I do; truly I do. You must not think me ungrateful. No one has ever helped me more, and beneath this mask of artificiality she is really a noble-hearted woman. I do not understand the necessity for people to lead false lives. Is it this way in all society—eastern society, I mean? Do men and women there continually scheme and flirt, smile and stab, forever assuming parts like so many play-actors?" "It is far too common," he admitted, touched by her naive questioning. "What is known as fashionable social life has become an almost pitiful sham, and you can scarcely conceive the relief it is to meet with one utterly uncontaminated by its miserable deceits, its shallow make-believes. It is no wonder you shock the nerves of such people; the deed is easily accomplished." "But I do not mean to." And she looked at him gravely, striving to make him comprehend. "I try so hard to be—be commonplace, and—and satisfied. Only there is so much that seems silly, useless, pitifully contemptible that I lose all patience. Perhaps I need proper training in what Miss Spencer calls refinement; but why should I pretend to like what I don't like, and to believe what I don't believe? Cannot one act a lie as well as speak one? And is it no longer right to search after the truth?" "I have always felt it was our duty to discover the truth wherever possible," he said, thoughtfully; "yet, I confess, the search is not fashionable, nor the earnest seeker popular." A little trill of laughter flowed from between her parted lips, but the sound was not altogether merry. "Most certainly I am not. They all scold me, and repeat with manifest horror the terrible things I say, being unconscious that they are evil. Why should I suspect thoughts that come to me naturally. I want to know, to understand. I grope about in the dark. It seems to me sometimes that this whole world is a mystery. I go to Mr. Wynkoop with my question; and they only seem to shock him. Why should they? God must have put all these doubts and wonders into He Drew Forth the Fan and Held It Out Toward Her. TWO SYNOPSIS. CHAPTER I.—A detachment of the Eighteenth infantry from Fort Bethune grapped the Indians in a narrow gorge. Duxes himself by the name of Hampons, also Gillis, the post trader, and his daughter. Gillis and a majority of the officers are killed during a three days' plague. CHAPTER II.—Hampton offers assistance to the girl, and is at first spurned because he is known as a gambler. CHAPTER III.—Hampton and the girl only escape from the Indians. They fail exhausted on the plains. CHAPTER IV.—A company of the Seventh infantry, Leut. Brant in command, find Hampton, the girl on the plains, and restore them to consciousness. Hampton announces that he proposes to care for the girl. CHAPTER V.—Hampton and the girl stop at the miners' Home in Glenacourt, Mrs. Duffy, proprietors. Rev. Howard W. Ward, proposes that Hampton place Miss Gillis in the fires. Herndon, He consents to think it over. CHAPTER VI—Hampton talks the future over with Miss Gillis—the Kid. She shows him her mother's picture and tells her the life of her parentage and life. They decide she shall live with Mrs. Herndon. CHAPTER VII—The Kid takes up her residence with Mrs. Herndon. CHAPTER VIII—Nalaida—the Kid runs away from Mrs. Herndon's and joins Hampton. He induces her to go back, and to have nothing more to do with him. CHAPTER IX—Hampton plays his last game of cards. He announces to Red Sainvin that he has quit, and then leaves Glencaid. CHAPTER X—Miss Phoebe Spencer arrives in Glencaid to teach its first school. CHAPTER XI—Miss Spencer meets Naida. Rev. Wynkoop, etc. She boards at Mrs. Herndon's. CHAPTER XII—Nalaida and Leut. Brant again meet without his knowing who he is. She informs him of the comedian club ball in honor of Miss Spencer. CHAPTER XIII—Ilent. Brant meets Silent Murphy. Custer meets ports trouble brewing among the Sloux. CHAPTER XIV—Social difficulties arise at the Bachelor club's ball among the students of Spencer. Lieut. Brank meets Miss Spencer and his acquaintance of the day before. She tells him of Nalda, and he accidentally falls again as he is returning to the ballroom. The girl was without wraps, her dress of some light, fleecy material fitting her slender figure exquisitely, her head uncovered; within her eyes Brant imagined he could detect the glint of tears. She spoke first, her voice faltering slightly. "Will you kindly permit me to pass?" He stepped instantly to one side, bowing as he did so. "I beg your pardon for such seeming rudeness," he said, gravely, "I have been seeking you all the evening, yet this unexpected meeting caught me quite unwares." "You have been seeking me? That is strange. For what reason, pray?" "To achieve what you were once kind enough to suggest as possible—the formality of an introduction. It would seem, however, that fate makes our meetings informal." "That is your fault, not mine." "I gladly assume all responsibility, if you will only waive the formality and accept my friendship." Her face seemed to lighten, while her lips twitched as if suppressing a smile. "You are very forgetful. Did I not tell you that we Presbyterians are never guilty of such indiscretions?" "I believe you did, but I doubt your complete surrender to the creed." "Doubt! Only our second time of meeting and you already venture to doubt! This can scarcely be construed into a compliment, I fear." "Yet to my mind it may prove the very highest type of compliment," he returned, reassured by her manner. "For a certain degree of independence in both thought and action is highly commendable. Indeed, I am going to be bold enough to add that it was these very attributes that awakened my interest in you." "Oh, indeed; you cause me to blush already. My frankness, I fear, bids fair to cost me all my friends, and I may even go beyond your pardon, if the perverse spirit of my nature so move me." "The risk of such a catastrophe is mine, and I would gladly dare that much to get away from conventional commonplace. One advantage of such meetings as ours is an immediate insight into each other's deeper nature. For one I shall sincerely rejoice if you will permit the good fortune of our chance meeting to be alone sponsor for our future friendship. Will you not say yes?" She looked at him with greater earnestness, her young face sobered by the words spoken. Whatever else she may have seen revealed there, the countenance bending slightly toward her was a serious, manly one, inspiring respect, awakening confidence. "And I do agree," she said, extending her hand in a girlish impulse. "It will, at least, be a new experience and therefore worth the trial. I will even endeavor to restrain my rebellious spirit, so that you will not be unduly shocked." He laughed, now placed entirely at his ease. "Your meed of mercy is appreciated, fair lady. Is it your desire to return to the hall?" She shook her head positively. "A cheap, gaudy show, all bluster and vulgarity. Even the dancing is a mere parody. I early tired of it." "Then let us choose the better part, and sit here on the bench, the night our own." He conducted her across the porch THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA my mind, and there must be an answer for them somewhere. Mr. Wynkoop is a good man, I truly respect him. I want to please him, and I admire his intellectual attailments; but how can he accept so much on faith and be content? I know I am a perfect heathen—Miss Spencer says I am—but do you think it is so awful for me to want to know these things?” “You merely express clearly what thousands feel without the moral courage to utter it. The saddest part of it all is, the deeper we derive the less we are satisfied in our intellectual natures. We merely succeed in learning that we are the veriest pygmies. Men like Mr. Wynkoop are simply driven back upon faith as a last resort, absolutely baffled by an impenetrable wall, against which they batter mentally in vain.” “Are you a church member?” “Yes.” “Do you believe those things you do not understand.” He drew a deep breath, scarcely knowing at that moment how best to answer, yet sincerely anxious to lead this girl toward the light. "The majority of men do not talk much about such matters. They hold them sacred. Yet I will speak frankly with you. I could not statte in words my faith so that it would be clearly apprehended by the mind of another. I am in the church because I believe its efforts are toward righteousness, because I believe the teachings of Christ are perfect. His life the highest possible type of living, and because through Him we receive all the information regarding a future existence which we possess. That my mind rests satisfied I do not say; I simply accept what is given, preferring a little light to total darkness." "But here they refuse to accept any one like that. They say I am not yet in a fit state of mind." "Such a judgment would seem to me narrow. I was fortunate in coming under the influence of a broad-minded religious teacher. To my statement of doubts he simply said: 'Believe what you can; live the very best you can, and keep your mind open toward the light.' It seems to me now this is all that anyone can do whose nature will not permit of blind, unquestionable faith." "I am so glad you have spoken in that way," she confessed. "I shall never feel quite so much alone in the world again, and I shall see these matters from a different viewpoint. Is it wrong—unwomanly, I mean—for me to question spiritual things?" "I am unable to conceive why it should be. Surely woman ought to be as deeply concerned in things spiritual as man." "How very strange it is that we should thus drift into such an intimate talk at our second meeting!" she exclaimed. "But it seems so easy, so natural, to converse frankly with some people—they appear to draw out all that is best in one's heart. Then there are others who seem to parch and wither up every germ of spiritual life." "There are those in the world who truly belong together," he urged, daringly. "They belong to each other by some divine law. They may never be privileged to meet; but if they do, the commingling of their minds and souls is natural. This talk of ours to-night has, perhaps, done me as much good as you." "Oh, I am so glad if it has! I—I do not believe you and Miss Spencer conversed in this way?" "Heaven forbid! And yet it might puzzle you to guess what was the main topic of our conversation." "Did it interest you?" "Deeply." "Well, then, it could not be dress, or men, or western romance, or society in Boston, or the beautiful weather. I guess it was books." "Wrong; they were never mentioned." "Then I shall have to give up, for I do not remember any other subjects she talks about." "Yet it was the most natural topic imaginable—yourself." "You were discussing me? Why, how did that happen?" "Very simply, and I was wholly to blame. To be perfectly honest, Miss Nailda, I attended the dance to night for no other object than to meet you again. But I had argued myself into the belief that you were Miss Spencer. The discovery of my mistake merely intensified my determination to learn who you really were. With this purpose, I interviewed Miss Spencer, and during the course of our conversation the facts of my first meeting with you became known." "You told her how very foolish I acted?" "I told her how deeply interested I had become in your outspoken manner." "Oh! And she exclaimed, 'How romantic!'" "Possibly; she likewise took occasion to suggest that you were merely a child, and seemed astonished that I should have given you a second thought." "Why, I am 18." "I told her I believed you to be of that age, and she ignored my mask. But what truly surprised both of us was, how you happened to know my name." The girl did not attempt to answer, and she was thankful enough that there was not sufficient light to betray the reddening of her cheeks. "And you do not mean, even now, to make clear the mystery?" he asked. "Not—now," she answered, almost timidly. "It is nothing much, only I would rather not now." The sudden sound of voices and laughter in the street beneath brought them both to their feet. "Why, they are coming across to supper," she exclaimed, in surprise. "How long we have been here, and it has seemed scarcely a moment! I shall certainly be in for a scolding, Lleut. Brant; and I fear your only means of saving me from being promptly sent home in disgrace will be to escort me in to supper." "A delightful punishment!" He drew her hand through his arm, and said: "And then you will pledge me the first dance follow?" "Oh, you mustn't ask me. Really I have not been on the floor to-night; I am not in the mood." "Do you yield to moods?" "Why, of course I do. Is it not a woman's privileges? If you know me long it will be to find me all moods." "If they only prove as attractive as the particular one swaying you tonight, I shall certainly have no cause for complaint. Come, Miss Nalda, please cultivate the mood to say yes before those others arrive." She glanced up at him, shaking her dark hair, her ilips smiling. "My present mood is certainly a good-natured one" she confessed, softly, "and consequently it is impossible to say no." His hand pressed hers, as the thronging couples came merrily up the steps. "Why, Nalda, is this you, child? Where have you been all this time?" It was Miss Spencer, clinging to Mr. Wynkoop's arm. "Merely sitting out a dance," was the seemingly indifferent answer; then she added sweetly, "Have you ever met my friend, Lieut. Brant, of the Seventh cavalry, Phoebe? We were just going in to supper." Miss Spencer's glance swept over the silent young officer. "I believe I have had the honor. It was my privilege to be introduced to the gentleman by a mutual friend." The inward rush of hungry guests swept them all forward in laughing, jostling confusion; but Nalda's cheeks burned with indignation. CHAPTER XVL The Reappearance of an Old Friend. After supper the Reutenant and Nailda danced twice together, the young girl's mood having apparently changed to one of buoyant, careless happiness, her dark eyes smiling, her lips uttering freely whatever thought came uppermost. Outwardly she pictured the gay and merry spirit of the night, yet to Hrant, already observing her with the jealousy of a lover, she appeared distrait and restless, her affection of abandon a mere mask to her feelings. Perhaps these things might have passed unnoted but for their contrast with the late confidential chat. He could not reconceive this sudden change with what he believed of her. It was not carried out with the practiced art of one accustomed to deceit. There must be something real influencing her action. These misgivings burdened his mind even as he swung lightly with her to the music, and they talked together in little snatches. The last two waltzes ended, they walked slowly through the scattering throng, he striving vainly to arouse her to the former Independence and intimacy of speech. Suddenly they came face to face with Mrs. Herndon, and Brant felt the girl's arm twitch. "I have been looking everywhere for you, Nalda." Mrs. Herndon said, a slight complaint in her voice. "We were going home." Nalda's cheeks reddened painfully. "I am so sorry if I have kept you waiting," her words spoken with a rush. "but—but, Lieut. Brant was intending to accompany me. We were just starting for the cloakroom." "Oh, indeed!" Mrs. Herndon's expression was noncommittal, while her eyes surveyed the lieutenant. "With your permission, of course," he said. "I hardly think I have any need to interfere." They separated, the younger people walking slowly, silently toward the door. He hold her arm, assisting her to descend the stairway, his lips murmuring a few commonplaces, to which she scarcely returned even monosyllable replies, although she frequently flashed sky glances at his grave face. Both realized that some explanation was forthcoming, yet neither was quite prepared to force the issue. "I have no wraps at the hotel," she sald, as he attempted to turn that way. "That was a lie also; let us walk directly down the road." He indulged in no comment, his eyes perceiving a pathetic pleading in her upturned face. Suddenly there came to him a belief that the girl was crying; he could feel the slight tremor of her form against his own. He glanced furtively at her, only to catch the glitter of a failing tear. To her evident distress, his heart made instant and sympathetic response. With all respect influencing the action, his hand closed warmly over the smaller one on his sleeve. "Little girl," he said, forgetting the shortness of their acquaintance in the deep feeling of the moment, "tell me what the trouble is." "I suppose you think me an awful creature for saying that," she blurted out, without looking up. "It wasn't ladylike or nice, but—but I simply couldn't help Lt. Lieut. Brant." "You mean your sudden determination to carry me home with you?" he asked, relieved to think this might prove the entire difficulty. "Don't let that worry you. Why, I am simply rejoiced at being permitted to go. Do you know, I wanted to request the privilege all the time we were dancing together. But you acted so differently from when we were beneath the vines that I actually lost my nerve." She looked up and he caught a fleeting glimpse into her unveiled eyes. "I did not wish you to ask me." "What?" He stopped suddenly. "Why, then, did you make such an announcement to Mrs. Herndon?" "Oh, that was different," she explained, unaccomplied. "I had to do that; I had to trust you to help me out, but—but I really wanted to go home alone." He swept his unbelieving eyes around over the deserted night scene, not knowing what answer to return to so strange an avowal. "Was that what caused you to appear so distant to me in the hall, so vastly different from what you had been before?" She nodded, but with her gaze still upon the ground. "Miss Naida," he said, "it would be cowardly for me to attempt to dodge this issue between us. Is it because you do not like me?" She looked up quickly, the moonlight revealing her flushed face. "Oh, no, not! you must never think that. I told you I was a girl of moods; under those ylines I had one mood, in the hall another. Cannot you understand? "Very little," he admitted. "for I am more inclined to believe you are the possessor of a strong will than that you are swayed by moods. Listen. If I thought that a mere senseless mood had caused your peculiar treatment of me to-night, I should feel justified in yielding to a mood also. But I will not lower you to that extent in my estimation; I prefer to believe that you are the true-hearted, frankly spoken girl of the vine shadow. It is this abiding conviction as to your true nature which holds me loyal to a test. Miss Naida, is it now your desire that I leave you?" He stepped aside, rellinquishing her arm, his hat in hand, but she did not move from where he left her. "It-it hurts me," she faltered, "for I truly desire you to think in that way of me, and I-I don't know what is best to do. If I tell you why I wished to come alone, you might misunderstand; and if I refuse, then you will suspect wrong, and go away despairing me." "I sincerely wish you might repose sufficient confidence in me as a gentleman to believe I never betray a trust, never pry into a lady's secret." "Oh, I do, Llew. Brant. It is not doubt of you at all; but I am not sure, even within my own heart, that I am doing just what is right. Besides, it will be so difficult to make you, almost a stranger, comprehend the peculiar conditions which influence my action. Even now you suspect that I am deceitful—a masked sham like those "Do You Really Think I am So Very Bad, Because—Because I Like Bob Hampton?" "Do You Really Think I am So Very Bad, Because—Because I Like Bob Hampton?" others we discussed to night; but I have never played a part before, never skulked in the dark. To-night I simply had to do it." "Then attempt no explanation," he said, gently, "and believe me, I shall continue to trust you. To-night, whatever you wish may be, I will abide by it. Shall I go, or stay? In either case you have nothing to fear." She drew a deep breath, these open words of faith touching her more strongly than would any selfish fault-finding. "Trust begets trust," she replied, with new firmness, and now gazing frankly into his face. "You can walk with me a portion of the way if you wish, but I am going to tell you the truth—I have an appointment with a man." "I naturally regret to learn this," he said, with assumed calmness. "But the way is so lonely I prefer walking with you until you have some other protector." She accepted his proffered arm, feeling the constraint in his tone, the formality in his manner, most keenly. An older woman might have resented it, but it only served to sadden and embarrass her. He began speaking of the quiet beauty of the night, but she had no thought of what he was saying. "Leut. Brant," she said, at last, "you do not ask me who the man is." "Certainly not, Miss Naalda; it is none of my business." "I think, perhaps, it might be; the knowledge might help you to understand. It is Bob Hampton." He stared at her. "The gambler? No wonder, then, your meeting is clandestine." She replied indignantly, her lips trembling. "He is not a gambler; he is a miner, over in the Black Range. He has not touched the hard in two years." "Oh, reformed has it? / And are you the instrument that has worked such a miracle?" Her eyes fell. "I don't know, but I hope so." Then she glanced up again, wondering at his continued silence. "Don't you understand yet?" "Only that you are secretly meeting a man of the worst reputation, one known the length and breadth of this border as a gambler and fighter." "Yes; but—but don't you know who I am?" He smiled grimly, wondering what possible difference that could make. "Certainly; you are Miss Naida Herndon." "I? You have not known? Lieut. Brant, I am Naida Gillis." He stopped still, again facing her, "Nalda Gillis? Do you mean old Gillis' girl? Is it possible you are the same we rescued on the prairie two years ago?" She bowed her head. "Yes; do you understand now why I trust this Bob Hampton?" "I perhaps might comprehend why you should feel grateful to him, but not why you should thus consent to meet with him clandestinely." He could not see the deep flush upon her cheeks, but he was not deaf to the pitiful falter in her voice. "Because he has been good and true to me," she explained, frankly, "better than anybody else in all the world. I don't care what you say, you and those others who do not know him, but I believe in him; I think he is a man. They won't let me see him, the Herndons, nor permit him to come to the house. He has not been in Glencald for two years, until yesterday. The Indian rising has driven all the mitey out from the Black Range, and he came down here for no other purpose than to get a glimmer of me, and learn how I was getting on. I—I saw him over at the local just for a moment—Mrs. Cox. and I—I had only just tell him when I encountered you at the door. I wanted to see him again, to talk with him longer, but I couldn't manage to get away from you, and I didn't know what to do. There, I've told it all; do you really think I am so very bad, because—because I like Bob Hampton" He stood a moment completely non- He stood a moment completely nonplussed, yet compelled to answer. "I certainly have no right to question your motives," he said, at last, "and I believe your purposes to be above reproach. I wish I might give the same credit to this man Hampton. But, Miss Naida, the world does not often consent to judge us by our own estimation of right and wrong; it prefers to place its own interpretation on acts, and thus often condemns the innocent. Others might not see this as I do, nor have such unquestioning faith in you." "I know," she admitted, stubbornly, "but I wanted to see him; I have been so lonely for him, and this was the only possible way." Brant felt a wave of uncontrollable sympathy sweep across him, even while he was beginning to hate this man, who, he felt, had stolen a passage into the innocent heart of a girl not half his age, one knowing little of the ways of the world. "May I walk beside you until you meet him?" he asked. "You will not quarrel?" "No; at least not through any fault of mine." A few steps in the moonlight and she again took his arm, although they scarcely spoke. At the bridge she withdrew her hand and uttered a peculiar call, and Hampton stepped forth from the concealing bushes, his head bare, his hat in his hand. "I scarcely thought it could be you," he said, seemingly not altogether satisfied, "as you were accompanied by another." The younger man took a single step forward, his uniform showing in the moonlight. "Miss Gillis will inform you later why I am here," he said, striving to speak civilly. "You and I, however, have met before—I am Lieut. Brant, of the Seventh cavalry." Hampton bowed, his manner somewhat stiff and formal, his face impenetrable. "I should have left Miss Gillis previous to her meeting with you," Brant continued, "but I desired to request the privilege of calling upon you tomorrow for a brief interview." "With pleasure." "Shall it be at ten?" "The hour is perfectly satisfactory. You will find me at the hotel." "You place me under obligations," said Brant, and turned toward the wondering girl. "I will now say goodnight, Miss Gillis, and I promise to remember only the pleasant events of this evening." Their hands met for an instant of warm pressure, and then the two left behind stood motionless and watched him striding along the moonlit road. CHAPTER XVII. Brant's mind was a chaos of conflicting emotions, but a single abiding conviction never once left him—he retained implicit faith in her, and he purposed to fight this matter out with Hampton. Even in that crucial hour, had any one ventured to suggest that he was in love with Nalda, he would merely have laughed, serenely confident that nothing more than gentlemanly interest swayed his conduct. Nevertheless, he manifested an unreasonable dislike for Hampton. He had never before felt thus toward this person; indeed, he had possessed a strong man's natural admiration for the other's physical power and cool, determined courage. He now sincerely feared Hampton's power over the innocent mind of the girl, imagining his influence to be much stronger than it really was, and he sought after some suitable means for overcoming it. He alone, among those who might be considered as her true friends, knew of her secret infatuation, and upon him, alone, therefore, rested the burden of her release. It was his heart that drove him into such a decision, although he conceived it then to be the reasoning of the brain. And so she was was Nada Gillis, poor old Gillis' little girl! He stopped suddenly in the road, striving to realize the thought. He had never dreamed of such a consummation, and it staggered him. What was there in common between that outcast, and this well-groomed, frankly spoken young woman? Yet, whoever she was or had been, the remembrance of her could not be conjured out of his brain. He might look back with repugnance upon those others, those misty phantoms of the past, but the vision of his mind, his ever-changeable divinity of the vine shadows, would not become obscured, nor grow less fascinating. Suddenly there occurred to him a recollection of Silent Murphy, and his strange, unguarded remark. What could the fellow have meant? Was there indeed some secret in the life history of this young girl?-some story of shame, perhaps? If so, did Hampton know about it? Already daylight rested white and solemn over the silent valley, and only a short distance away lay the spot where the crippled scout had made his solitary camp. Almost without volition the young officer turned that way, crossed the stream by means of the log, and clambered up the bank. But it was clear at a glance that Murphy had deserted the spot. Convinced of this, Brant retraced his steps toward the camp of his own troop, now already astir with the duties of early morning. Just in front of his tent he encountered his first sergeant. "Watson," he questioned, as the latter saluted and stood at attention, "do you know a man called Silent Murphy?" "The scout? Yes, sir; knew him as long ago as when he was corporal in your father's troop. He was reduced to the ranks for striking an officer." Brant wheeled in astonishment. "Was he ever a soldier in the Seventh?" "He was that, for two enlistments, and a mighty tough one; but he was always quick enough for a fight in field or garrison." "Has he shown himself here at the camp?" "No, sir; didn't know he was any- where around. He and I were never very good friends, sir." The lieutenant remained silent for several moments, endeavoring to perfect some feasible plan. "Dispatch an order to the telegraph office," he finally commanded, "to inquire if this man Murphy receives any messages there, and if they know where he is stopping. Send an intelligent man and have him discover all the facts he can. When he returns bring him in to me." He had enjoyed a bath and a shave, and was yet lingering over his coffee, when the two soldiers entered with their report. The servant stepped aside, and the orderly, a tall, boyish looking fellow with a pugnacious chin, saluted stiffly. "Well, Bane," and the officer eyed his trim appearance with manifest approval, "what did you succeed in learning?" "The operator said this were Murphy had never bin thar himself, sir, but there was several messages come for him. One got here this mornin'." "What becomes of them?" "They're called fer by another feller, sir." "Oh, they are! Who?" "Red Slavin was the name he give me of that other buck." When the two had disappeared, Brant sat back thinking rapidly. There was a mystery here, and such actions must have a cause. Something either in or about Glencaird was compelling Murphy to keep out of sight—but what? Who? Brant was unable to get it out of his head that all this secrecy centered around Nalda. Perhaps Hampton knew; at least he might possess some additional scrap of information which would help to solve the problem. He looked at his watch, and ordered his horse to be saddled. It did not seem quite so simple now, this projected interview with Hampton, as it had appeared the night before. In the clear light of day, he began to realize the weakness of his position, the fact that he possessed not the smallest right to speak on behalf of Naida Gillis. Nevertheless, the dle was cast, and perhaps, provided an open quarrel could be avoided, the meeting might result in good to all concerned. Hampton welcomed him with distant but marked courtesy, having evidently thought out his own immediate plan of action, and schooled himself accordingly. Standing there, the bright light streaming over them from the open windows, they presented two widely contrasting personalities, yet each exhibited in figure and face the evidences of hard training and iron discipline. Hampton was clothed in black, standing straight as an arrow, his shoulders squared, his head held proudly erect, while his cool gray eyes studied the face of the other as he had been accustomed to survey his opponents at the card table. Brant looked the picture of a soldier on duty, trim, well built, erect, his resolute blue eyes never finching from the steady gaze bent upon him, his bronzed young face grave from the seriousness of his mission. In both minds the same thought lingered—the vague wonder how much the other knew. The elder man, however, retained a better self-control and was first to break the silence. "Miss Gillis informed me of your kindness to her last evening," he said, quietly, "and in her behalf I sincerely thank you. Permit me to offer you a chair." Brant accepted it and sat down, feeling the calm tone of proprietorship in the words of the other as if they had been a blow. His face flushed, yet he spoke firmly. "Possibly I misconstrue your meaning," he said, with some bluntness, determined to reach the gist of the matter at once. "Did Miss Gillis authorize you to thank me for these courtesies?" Hampton spilled with provoking calmness, holding an unlighted cigar between his fingers. "Why, really, as to that I do not remember. I merely mentioned it as expressing the natural gratitude of us both." "You speak as if you possessed full authority to express her mind as well as your own." The other bowed gravely, his face impassive. "My words quite naturally bear some such construction." The officer hesitated, feeling more doubtful than ever regarding his own position. Chagrined, disarmed, he felt like a prisoner standing bound before his mocking captor. "Then I fear my mission here is useless." "Entirely so, if you come for the purpose I suspect," said Hampton, sitting erect in his chair, and speaking with more rapid utterance. "To lecture me on morality, and demand my yielding up all influence over this girl—such a mission is assuredly a failure. I have listened with some degree of calmness in this room already to one such address, and surrendered to its reasoning. But permit me to say quite plainly, Lleut. Brant, that you are not the person from whom I will quietly listen to another." "I had very little expectation that you would." "You should have had still less, and remained away entirely. However, now that you are here, and the subject broached, it becomes my turn to say something, and to say it clearly. It seems to me you would exhibit far better taste and discrimination if from now on you would cease forcing your attentions upon Miss Gillis." Brant leaped to his feet, but the other never deigned to alter his position. "Forcing my attentions!" exclaimed the officer. "God's mercy, man! you realize what you are saying? I have forced no attentions upon Miss Gillis." "My reference was rather to future possibilities. Young blood is proverbially hot, and I thought it wise to warn you in time." Brant stared into that imperturbed face, and somehow the very sight of its calm, inflexible resolve served to clean his own brain. He felt that this cool, self-controlled man was speaking with authority. "Walt just a moment," he said at last. "I wish this made perfectly clear, and for all time. I met Miss Gillis THE PLANET SATURDAY...JANUARY 11, 1908 first through pure accident. She impressed me strongly then, and I confess I have since grown more deeply interested in her personality. I have reasons to suppose my presence not altogether distasteful to her, and she has certainly shown that she reposes confidence in me. Not until late last night did I ever suspect she was the same girl whom we picked up with you out on the desert. It came to me from her own lips and was a total surprise. She revealed her identity in order to justify her proposed clandestine meeting with you." "And hence you request this pleasant conference," broke in Hampton, coolly, "to inform me, from your calm eminence of respectability, that I was no fit companion for such a young and innocent person, and to warn me that you were prepared to act as her protector." Brant slightly inclined his head. "I may have had something of that nature in my mind." "Well, Lieut. Brant," and the older man rose to his feet, his eyes still smiling, "some might be impolite enough to say that it was the conception of a cad, but whatever it was, the tables have unexpectedly turned. Without further reference to my own personal interests in the young lady, which are, however, considerable, there remain other weighty reasons that I am not at liberty to discuss, which make it simply impossible for you to sustain any relationship to Miss Gillis other than that of ordinary social friendship." "You—you claim the-right—" "I distinctly claim the right, for the reason that I possess the right, and no one has ever yet known me to relinquish a hold once fairly gained. Lleut. Brant, if I am any judge of faces, you are a fighting man by nature as well as profession, but there is no opportunity for your doing any fighting here. This matter is irrevocably settled—Naida Gillis is not for you." Brant was breathing hard. "Do you mean to insinuate that there is an understanding, an engagement between you?" he faltered, scarcely knowing how best to resent such utterance. "You may place your own construction upon what I have said," was the quiet answer. "The special relations existing between Miss Gillis and myself chance to be no business of yours. However, I will consent to say this—I do enjoy a relationship to her that gives me complete authority to say what I have said to you. I regret having been obliged by your persistence to speak with such plainness, but this knowledge should prove sufficient to control the actions of a gentleman." For a moment the soldier did not answer, his emotions far too strong to permit of calm utterance, his lips tightly shut. He felt utterly defeated. "Your language is sufficiently ex- "Naida Gillis Is Not for You." plift," he acknowledged at last. "I ask pardon for my unwarranted intrusion." At the door he paused and glanced back toward that motionless figure yet standing with one hand grasping the back of the chair. "Before I go, permit me to ask a single question," he said, frankly. "I was a friend of old Ben Gillis, and he was a friend of my father before me. Have you any reason to suspect that he was not Naida Gillis' father?" Hampton took one hasty step forward. "What do you mean?" he exclaimed fiercely, his eyes two coals of fire. Brant felt that the other's display of irritation gave him an unexpected advantage. "Nothing that need awaken anger, I am sure. Something caused me to harbor the suspicion, and I naturally supposed you would know about it. Indeed, I wondered if some such knowledge might not account for your very deep interest in keeping her so entirely to yourself." Hampton's fingers twitched in a nervousness altogether unusual to the man, yet when he spoke his voice was like steel. "Your suspicions are highly interesting, and your cowardly insinuations base. However, if, as I suppose, your purpose is to provoke a quarrel, you will find me quite ready to accommodate you." An instant they stood thus, eye to eye. Suddenly Brant's memory veered to the girl whose name would be smirched by any blow struck between them, and he forced back the hasty retort burning upon his lips. "You may be, Mr. Hampton," he said, standing like a statue, his back to the door, "but I am not. As you say, fighting is my trade, yet I have never sought a guardian quarrel. Nor is there any cause here, as my only purpose in asking the question was to forewarm you, and her through you, that such a suggestion had been openly made in my hearing. I presume it was a lie, and wished to be able to brand it so." "By whom?" "A fellow known as Silent Murphy, a government scout." "I have heard of him. Where is he?" "He claimed to be here waiting orders from Custer. He had camp up the creek two days ago, but is keeping well out of sight for some reason. Telegrams have been received for him at the office, but another man has called for them." "Who?" "Red Slavin." "The cur!' said Hampton. "Treck-on there is a bad half-hour waiting for those two fellows. What was it that Murphy said?" "That he knew the girl's real name." "Was that all?" "Yes; I tried to discover his meaning, but the fellow became suspicious and shut up like a clam. Is there anything in it?" Hampton ignored the question. "Lieut. Brant," he said, "I am glad we have had this talk together, and exceedingly sorry that my duty has compelled me to say what I have said. Some time, however, you will sincerely thank me for it, and rejoice that you escaped so easily. I knew your father once, and I should like now to part on friendly relations with his son." He held out his hand, and scarcely knowing why he did so, Brant placed his own within its grasp, and as the eyes of the two men met, there was a consciousness of sympathy between them. TO BE CONTINUED Outdone by a Mule. An amusing story of the capture of a thief through the instrumentality of a mule is reported from Jersey City. While the thief was busily wringing chickens' necks, the animal started kicking furiously at the chicken house, and before the thief could escape had brought down the roof and walls upon him. Entangled in the wire, and half-stunned by bricks and wood, the man fell an easy capture to the inmates, who had rushed out on hearing the noise. American Woman in German Eyes. American girls, whether born or merely brought up in America, evidence the same independence of judgment and the same complete self-reliance. It is hard to say whether this is the result of the education in the public schools and colleges or in their freedom from that condition of legal and social subserviency to which the gentler sex is doomed in older countries.-Max von Brandt in Berlin Deutsche Revue. Sickness Caused Resentance A somewhat amusing tale of an interrupted double elopement is reported from Turin, Italy. Two daughters of a Turin merchant who eloped with two young men and some of their father's money, have been moved to repentance by sea-sickness. They took ship at Marseilles, but were so terribly ill that they implored the captain to put them ashore at the first port of call. They then took the nearest route home. The Tear Cure. A good cry is a solace to many women. It steadies the nerves, and, added to a cup of tea and an interesting story, forms their idea of supreme happiness. Arising from the perusal of their books with red eyes, swelled features and a sopping pocket handkerchief, they feel their time has not been wasted—Lady Vollet Greville in London Chronicle. Humerous Robbers After holding up five men in a saloon in Chicago recently, several young desperadoes forced their victims into an ice-box and turned on a talking machine to drown the sound of their cries. They then made their escape and left the phonograph playing "We've Been Here but Gone."—The Musical Age. Should Drink More Water Water is a nerve food. It has a distinctly soothing effect when sipped gradually, as one can test for oneself. Moreover, the hygienic effects of water are not confined to the female sex, for as a matter of fact men would be all the better if they imbibed more of it. To Raise Sunken Vessels Compressed air is recommended by Cosmos, Paris, as the best means of raising sunken vessels, and the journal says the old methods should be abandoned. It points to a number of big boats which have been rescued from the deep this way. His Decision "I done said I wuz gwine fer de heathen ez a missionary, but I come ter de conclusion dat home is de place fer me. De heathen billed an' eat up de las' missionary we sont 'um, an' i ain't ready to go dat way—not yit!"—Atlanta Constitution. The tercedo or shipworm—which, in the days when vessels were made of timber, was responsible for more disasters than any other cause—is now threatening the Canadian timber trade. Parisians Fond of Cider Clder is one of the most popular drinks in Paris. The entire annual consumption for France is about 2,686,000,000 gallons, two-thirds of which is produced in the five departments of Normandy. Innoportune "What's the matter, old chap?" "Just been round to the pawnbroker's to pop an umbrella and met Smith there." "Well, what about it?" "Nothing—only the umbrella was Smith's." THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Beauty's Age How to lengthen life and beautify the body is a constantly growing preoccupation. The age at which women will attain to the full development of their personal beauty will soon be 40, and famous examples, such as those of Cleopatra, who was over 30 when Marc Anthony placed his victories at her feet, of Diane de Politiers, who reached the acme of her charms at 40, or of Dejazet, who at 70 was still full of juvenile grace, will no longer be regarded as exceptions. Need of Industrial Education. In prevailing conditions, trade schools are an absolute necessity. Our boys cannot all become professional men. Many branches of commerce and industry are so specialized that training is absolutely necessary. Unless we provide this training, our schools will turn out a lot of idlers who have no future, unless their wealthy parents can stake money in some venture.-Herr Ullman, School Director, Berlin. Cough Cure Good as Cream Cough Cure Good as Cream. Here is a simple cough syrup that is as pleasant to take as an ice cream. Grate the rind of one lemon and squeeze the juice from two over about two tablespoonfuls of sugar. Be very careful to grate only the yellow, as the white gives a bitter flavor. Add the juice and grated rind of orange, let this stand 10 or 15 minutes, then strain through a cloth. The result is a refreshing syrup which quickly relieves irritation in the throat. American "Militarismus" That America as a nation is getting more and more inoculated with what the Germans call "militarismus" is shown in many ways. One indication of this is given by a huge sign hanging outside the car barns at Seventh avenue and Fiftht street, which reads: "Recruiting Station for Motormen and Conductors."—N. Y. Press. Losing Their Sting: According to a correspondent in Country Life many posters were destroyed in a Lincolnshire railway station during the summer by wasps. If only these insects would take this up as a hobby, and would exercise a certain amount of discretion in it, we would be prepared to drop calling them pests.—London Punch. Crusade Against Bats Denmark has a rat law. The national government is to spend £1,600 a year and borough councils 3s. 3d, per 100 persons per year, to exterminate the pests. Each rat is said to cost a farthing a day in the material it destroys. In 18 weeks the total rats destroyed amounted to 103,000. Expatriated Americans London reckons she has 5,000 Americans who prefer Europe to America; how many Englishmen and Irishmen have made money over here and carried it back with them? Twenty thousand Americans live in Paris. At least an equal number are scattered through Italy and Germany. The Titliak's Liar Exposed Tijljaks are a species of lizard of the chameleon family, some of them three inches long. They crawl anywhere, having a preference for the inner side of a man's shirt. In India tijljaks are desirable, as they devour mosquitoes and other insects. As our wife was not physically able to put a patch on our only pair of trousers last Saturday we could not attend the lecture given at the First Baptist church by Rev. Mr. Newman. His remarks were on the Holy Land. -Hometown (Pa) Banner. The Boy a Housewrecker The best gift for a boy, according to the society for the promotion of industrial education, is a box of carpenter's tools. A box of tools for a boy is all right in a home where the furniture is too hard to saw. Procrastination Procrastination has been called the thief of time. It is also the purloiner of opportunity, of wealth, and of all the comfort, ease, luxury, independence and varied gratification wealth affords. Firemen's Busy Day Saturday is the busy day of the London firemen. In ten years London had 3,393 Saturday fires, against 3,002 on Monday, the day they were least frequent. Uncle Jerry. "Don't be too hard on the man who is always telling you his troubles," said Uncle Jerry Peebles. "Perhaps it's the only comfort in life the poor fellow has." Big Vote. "Yis, Missus Maloney," remarked Mrs. Lafferty, "me husband wuz elect ed president of the 'janitors' union be a sweepin' majority." -Toledo Blade Whether our crosses are bearable or not depends upon our method of carrying them—Elizabeth Gibson. Obedience is better than sacrifice.— Shakespeare. All Things Possible. Nothing is impossible to the man who can and will—Mirabeau. A Wonder to Her. No woman is able to understand how a man can be comfortable with so much on above the waist. Poorly Compensated Laborers Poorly Compensated Laborers. Chinese coolies employed in building railways in Japan get only 15 yen ($7.47) a month and food. KEEP SHIRTS IN GOOD SHAPE. Case Prevents Crumbling or Dirtying Important Apparel. There are few things more aggravating to the mere man (in a small way, of course), than to arrive at his journey's end, to unpack his bag, or his suit case, and to find his only available shirts crushed and crumpled and very possibly with a dusty mark ```markdown ``` across what should be a spotless and immaculate front. This risk can be altogether avoided by providing some such useful kind of case as the one shown in our sketch. This case might be made in serge or silk, stiffened with brown holland, or with linen in some pale coloring. The construction of the case is clearly shown in our sketch, and the size when closed should measure about 20 inches by 11, but as shirts vary slightly in size it would be as well to measure the fronts of the shirts for which the case is intended. SLEEVES SAVE THE GOWN. Change in Style Frequently Makes Entirely Original Model. Much of the trouble in making a gown look well lies in the sleeves. Often one can change a dress, which is old style or which one thinks not becoming, into an entirely different style of dress by remodeling or putting in entirely new sleeves. Luckily for those who have to wear their evening frocks two seasons, the sleeves can be taken out and new ones put in, which do not have to match the rest of the gown except for color. The sleeve can be literally made of nothing; it is not necessary in the least that it be like the, frock; it can be different, so long as it is more or less the same color as the trimming of the gown. A net, volle, silk, or cashmere dress can be remodeled with a sleeve made entirely of lace and chiffon. The foundation is cut smaller than the usual dress sleeve at the top and this upper portion is covered with eight rows of lace, about three quarters or an inch wide and the rows, sewed close on top of each other, the edging of one just covering the top edge of the row below it. The lower part of the sleeve is a full circular piece which is made of chiffon and is trimmed with successive rows of the lace. The lace in this case should be sewed on an inch or an inch and a half apart. Craze for Feathers Can the craze—and the prices, too—possibly soar any higher for the novelty feathers than they now are? The undressed ostrich, the cog, goura, cassoway and paradise are at the top notch of popularity and almost fabulous prices are paid for them. Imagine what looked to be a delicate piece of seaweed dyed black being marked at $17.79 and those scraggly split ostrich feathers bringing almost as much! The lovely drooping ostrich plumes will cost more, but then they are so fascinating that one cannot be blamed for parting with a goodly sum in order to possess them. Black Is Still with Us. Black has an important place in the season's fashions, but is more often relieved by a color or combined with a color than left to its own somberness. Occasionally one sees a handsome black gown lightened only by touches of gold, but this is in sheer evening frocks rather than in afternoon or morning costumes. The black fur coat and black cloth skirt, with blouse or bodice of some lighter weight black material trimmed with the cloth and embroidered in colors which are repeated in the collar or waistcoat of the fur coat, is a favorite theme which produces some excellent results. New Decoration. The pretty and ingeniously contrived floral "diabola" will appeal to numberless devotees of the new game as an item for table decoration. The body of the spool, a large pasteboard one will do, is covered with tiny yellow chrysanthemums which, you know, do not easily wilt, and the tires are of mauve. The spinning cord and wands are decked with any kind of bright flowers and foliage. It can be suspended from the chandelier over the table and further decorated with gauze butterflies. Sensible Underskirts Silk and wool in a mixture of colors is the formation of a yarn used in making the most comfortable winter petticoat a woman can wear. A word of warning to women making a purchase in knitted petticoats: Get something which looks twice too large, for the material will shrink to a great extent and a petticoat too narrow or too short is merely a nuisance. Where silk is in the weave this is less liable to occur. A shirt of this kind is expensive, but it will last for years. Pat May's States Little Girl—I want another slate just like my last one. It was made by Pat May. He's only 16 years old, too. He made my slate last year. "Why, yes, that's the very kind. See? Here's his name. "Pat. May 10."—N. Y. Weekly. TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND, MAIN STREET STATION, EASTBOUND. 7:00 A. M. { For Exposition, Monday, Nov- ember 18th, to Saturday, Nov- ember 23rd, inclusive. 9:00 A. M. { Norfolk and Exposition. 4:00 P. M. { Fast daily trains to Old Point. 7:40 A. M.—Daily, Local to Newport News. 5:00 P. M.—Daily, Local to Old Point. WEST BOUND—MAIN LINE. 2:00 P. M. { Dailyq, Louisville, Cincinnati, 11:00 P. M. { Chicago and St. Louis, Pullman sleepsers. 10:00 A. M.—Week Days—Cincinnati, Daily Chattovillesv. 5:15 P. M.—Week Days—Local to Gordonsville. JAMES RIVER LINE. 10:00 A. M.—Daily Lynchburg, Lexington, Va. and Clifton Forge. 5:15 P. M.—Week Days—To Lynchburg. TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND. From the East—9:40 A. M. 11:45 A. M. 7:00 P. M. 8:15 P. M. *10:30 P. M. Main Street, A. M. *8:30 A. M. 3:45 P. M. 7:45 P. M. James River Line—*8:35 A. M. 9:45 P. M., *Daily except Sunday. ONLY ALL RAIL LINE TO NORFOLK. Leave Byrd Street Station, Richmond. In effect July 14, 1907. FOR NORFOLK-725, P. M. daily; 6:00 A. M. 9:00 A. M. and 3:00 P. M. Except Sunday. 8:10 A. M. and 7:00 P. M. Except Sunday. FOR LYNCHBURG, THE WEST AND SOUTH WEST-0:00 A. M. Except Sunday; 8:10 A. M. Sunday and 9:00 P. M. daily. ARRIVE RICHMOND From Norfolk; 11:30 A. M. 6:50 P. M. and 9:45 P. M. Except Sunday; 11:15 A. M. and 9:45 P. M. Sunday only. Pullihan Parlor and Sleeping Cars, Cafe Dining Cars, BEVILH B. B. BINZL. C. H. BOSLEY, Gen. Pass. Agent. Dis. Pass. Act. Southern Ry. TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND. N. B—Following schedule figures published only as information and not guaranteed. 7:00 A. M—Daily—Local for Charlotte. 11:15 A. M—Daily—Limited-Buffet Pullman to Atlanta and Birmingham, New Orleans Memorial Chapel, Chattanooga, and all the South. Through Durham for Chase City, Oxford, Durham and Raleigh. P. M—Except Sunday-Kaysville Local. 11:30 P. M—Daily—Limited Pullman ready 9:30 P. M for all the South. YORK RIVER LINE. 4:30 P. M. Limited, To West Point, Connects for Baltimore on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. 2:15 P. M. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 4:30 A. M.-Except Sundays. Local to West Point. TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND. 6:55 A. M. 3:40 P. M.-From all the South. 4:10 P. M.-From Chazelle, Raleigh, Durham, Chase City and local stations. 8:40 A. M.-From Rewildy, Local. 8:20 A. M.-From Baltimore and West Point. 10:45 A. M. 5:15 P. M.-Local from West Point. C. W. WESTBURY, D. P. A., 920 E. Main St., Richmond, Va. ATLANTIC COAST LINE TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND DAILY. For Florida and South: 8:15 A. M. 7:25 P. M. For Norfolk: "8:00 A. M. "8:00 A. M. "8:00 P. M. For N. and W. Ry. West: "8:10 and 9:00 P. M. For Peterburg: "8:00 and "8:00 A. M. "8:10, "8:00 "8:28 P. M. "8:00, 9:00 P. M. "7:25 and 9:00 P. M. For Goldabaro and Fayetteville: "8:28 P. M. Traine arrive Richmond daily: 6:25, 7:40 A. M. "8:35, "10:45 and "11:40 A. M. "1:27, 2:05, 2:05 A. M. *Except Sunday.* "Sunday only. Time of arrival and departures and con- nections not guaranteed. S. CAMPBELL, D. P. A. 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 EVERY FACILITY CONSISTENT WITH FINE CATERING. Special Attention Given to Balls, Suppers, Installations and Smokers at the Shortest Notice. Your Patronage Sollicited. Refreshment Cars and Boat Privilege as Handled in Season. Address all communications to KLAM L. 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If you do not want THE PLANET continued for another year after your subscription has run out, you then notify us by email. Good to remember it. The courts have decided that subscribers to newspapers who do not order their paper discontinued at the expiration of time for which it has been paid are liable to dispose of the subscription up to date when they order the paper discontinued. COMMUNICATIONS.—When writing to us to renew your subscription or to discontinue your address in full, otherwise we cannot find your name on our books. CHANGE OF ADDRESS.—In order to change the address of a member, we must be sent the former as well as the present address. Entered at the Post Office at Richmond, Va. as second class matter. SATURDAY...JANUARY 11, 1908. JUDGE NORWOOD AND THE NE GRO. "Some people will never learn anything, for this reason—that they understand every thing too soon." Every white man in the South, yearning for notoriety proceeds to take a whack at the Negro and after a few spasmodic efforts to become popular sinks into the sea of public forgetfulness and is known no more forever. The time has come though when men of this ilk are criticised and shunned as much by the better class of white men as they are ignored by the better class of colored men. Both elements instinctively understand their purposes and act accordingly. The daily press gives out the following: "Savannah, Ga., Dec. 31, 1907 "Judge Thomas N. Norwood, former United States Senator from Georgia, delivered a remarkable address on the Negro here to day, on the eve of his retirement from the bench. He has tried probably 12, 000 Negroes since he has been a judge, and has made a study of the race. In his address he reviewed the history of the Negroes from their lives in Africa into slavery and out again. "He reaches the conclusion that the Negro is not capable of higher education, that illicit relations between the races is the curse of the South and that the mulatto is the cause of much of the trouble. Judge Norwood said, in par:: "'I have said that cramming the head is not education and that the Negro cannot originate. I have said that the Negro is an imitator, and nothing more. He can handle tools crudely when instructed by the white race, but he cannot invent tools.'" Fancy a man making a study of the Negro race on the basis of the twelve thousand criminals who passed before him. It is like bringing a foreigner to the United States and forcing him to live for years in a sewer, and then transporting him back to his own country. He would immediately inform his neighbors that the United States was not a fit place for a man to live as he found nothing but filth in that country. What fairminded man would go to the jails and penitentiaries or even the supply depots for both places in order to ascertain the standing of an entire race without studying the history and achievements of the better class of Negroes? He evidently did not study Census Report, No. 9, relating to the progress of the Negroes. He did not ascertain the value of their church property, their property belonging to their secret societies, their personal holdings and the lots and buildings owned by the colored people of the United States. He did not take note of their theo- logians, bishops, scholars, professors, scientists, physicians, surgeons, lawyers, statesmen, office holders, merchants, dentists, editors, authors, artists, inventors, bank presidents, cashiers, presidents and cashiers and managers of insurance companies, linquists, skilled mechanics and men in all branches of the service. He did not study the productive capacity of the industrious Negroes. He kept his gaze fixed upon the loaf, ing, good-for-nothing kind. He inspected the out-houses of the Negroes residences instead of entering by the front door. When he had detected rubbish his curiosity was satisfied. He saw that for which he was looking and he proceeded no further. Had he done so, he would have found the Negro's kitchen with a well-filled larder. He would have been ushered into the dining room and then into the front and the back parlor, where the piano told of culture and refinement. Where these were not accessible, he would have heard the strains of a phonograph operated by a "lilub" of the family while the "old man" and the madame laughed with satisfaction over the airs and recitals that it contained. But Judge Thomas N. Norwood was not looking for this kind of information. He was wandering through the sewers of Savannah with a lighted candle in his hand. Judge Norwood seemed to have worked overtime concerning the Negro in Africa but trusted to his observations of twelve thousand criminal Negroes for his information concerning the colored people in this country. One week spent in the United States Patent Office at Washington would have been a revelation to him. It has been repeatedly asserted and not denied that a Negro_invented the elevated car line system in New York. One of the most powerful automatic guns is the invention of a Negro. The recent report of the Secretary of Agriculture when analyzed in the light of the United States Census Reports shows that the Negroes of the United States produced products during the statistical year of 1907 valued at ($357,552,500) three hundred and fifty-seven million five hundred and fifty-two thousand, five hundred dollars and this amount was added to the wealth of the country in general and the South in particular. If then the Negroes have produced this amount of value in one year, what is the amount they have produced since 1619, the time that Judge Norwood traced them from Africa to this country? When Judge Norwood attacks the illicit relation between the races he is treading on "mighty delicate ground." He knows that many white men of respectability corrupt the children of the Negro race, that they furnish houses in which Negro women live in luxurious ease and retirement. There "social equality" is enjoyed and appreciated by both parties to the arrangement. He should remember that where the educated and the illiterate come together in wrong-doing the educated are the most to blame. He is quoted further: "In Africa no labor made the Negro lazy. He had never worked. In Afrifer the Negro knew no government but physical force. Here he recognizes no form of government when not restrained by resort to force. In Africa, the Negro having no morals, lies and steals with no sense of moral wrong." The testimony of the African explorers is just to the contrary. Negroes who have no morals, and who lie and steal are those who are near the coast, who have been brutalized by the white man's rum and ruined by the white man's morals. In the interior the standards of morality as understood in that country are higher than those found in either the countries of the Old or New World. He is quoted further: "Charles Sumner was wont to rise in the Senate and roll the name of Toussaint L'Ouverture on his tongue as a sweet morsel, holding him up to the country as an example of what the Negro would do when free. L'Ouverture was a bright mulatto. "Fred Douglass is cited as an exception to the barrier nature has set to the Negro's progress. Douglass was one-half or three-quarters Indian blood. And, still, he left no mark." This reminds us of the anecdote that Hon. Frederick Douglass never tired of telling. An Irishman when told that Douglass was only half-Negro exclaimed, "Be jabbers, and what a great man he'd been if he were a whole Negro." But jesting aside, Judge Norwood had evidently never met Paul Laurence Dunbar, President Price, President William E. Councill, Prof. Kelly Miller, Dr. C. T. Walker, Hon. W. T. Vernon and a host of others too numerous to mention. If this amalgamation is producing these scintillations of intellect and elements of greatness in the Negro, why let us have more of it. But we do not subscribe to this conclusion, and accordingly stand for maintaining the racial blood in its purity. Racial leadership is not determined by the percentage of white blood in the veins, and racial advancement and progress do not rest upon any such premises. According to Judge Norwood's pre THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND. VIRGINIA mises, the twelve thousand criminals tried by him, were all Negroes whether er malattoes or pure blooded. This was because they were linked with degradation, but the accomplished, industrious, brilliant Negroes whose reputations are the best and whose achievements are wonderful must pass under the microscopic light of a blood investigation. Crime is charged to the "black" blood and brilliancy of intellect to the white blood and where the latter exists in the cranium of the pure-blooded Negroes, this is set down as a freak of nature an exception to the rule of science. The absurdity of this phase of reasoning can only be explained away by the unbalanced condition of the mind of the average Negro hater when discussing any feature of this most interesting e- He is quoted further: "When Mr. Carnegie, a forgier, as ignorant of the Negro as his of St. Paul's theology, the receiver of a half a billion dollars stolen from the American white people by the tariff, on seeing Booker Washington is thrown into a concription fit, and gives out his opinion, reinforced and indorsed by the authority and power of $500,000,000 that Booker Washington is a greater man than George Washington, and throws to Booker nearly three-quarters of a million dollars, the negro thinks Booker Washington is the greatest man in America. "When Bishop Potter, an honored guest in Richmond, Va., violates the simplest rules of hospitality and in suits his host by inviting a Negro to dine with him, the Negro believes the Southern white man is denying him his constitutional right to dine with a white race. "The Republican press throughout the North for forty years has persistently poured oil on the flame. "Booker Washington is not a full blooded Negro. Still, he has shown no originality." The judge says that there should be a law providing for the hanging of a man guilty of miscegenation, and the putting of the woman in the penitentiary for life. These utterances deserve only passing notice. When it comes to hanging white men for staying with Negro women and "raising up children unto, Abraham," we shall certainly be in at the funerals, believing as we do that the undertakers' supply of caskets will be exhausted and that the factories will work overtime in filling orders from this section of our benighted country. We please to suggest that Judge Norwood had better examine into the private records of the members of his family and relatives, lest they too become ensnared and some of their bodies found to be among the victims of the slaughter. —"True law is right reason conformably to nature, universal, unchangeable, eternal, whose commands urge us to duty, and whose prohibitions restrain us from evil." —Ciscero. We don't stand for That. Proud Father—Godd! I'm going to sue this college paper for libel. Anxious Mother—Why? Proud Father—Well, it says here in the football news that our boy Jim is one of the scrubs, and goling it, the best blood of the nation flows in his veins—Detroit Free Press. Bombardier "Ah, my friend," said the old soldier, "you don't know what it is to be in the midst of a shower of shells." "Yes, I do," responded the younger man. "Been in the war!" "No, but I've often sat in the parquet while the gallery gods were munching peanuts."—Chicago News. The Way It Worked Upright Citizen (indignantly) — I hear on good authority that some representative of big interests actually went the length of insulting Senator Gettit by offering him a bribe. Practical Politician — Oh, Senator Gettit is not a quarrelsome man; he pocketed the insult —Baltimore American. The Cynic The Woman—Why can't we have equal standards of morality, so that men would be supposed to be as good as women are? The Man—That isn't what you really long for. You want equal standards so that women won't be supposed to be any better than men are. -Cleveland Leader. Getting the Boys Out Watchman (breathlessly) — The boys' dormitory is on fire, and if they find it out they'll stop to save their footballs, hockey stocks and things and perish. Boarding School Principal (quickly) —Notify the boys that all who are not downstairs in two minutes won't get any pie. Sorry He Spoke. broken my new snapping-bottle. Mr. Jones—It is like you. All your belongings are either broken or shattered. Mrs. John—Quite true, John. Even you are a bit cracked. Gone West. Mr. Brownstone (of New York)— What's become of De Curb? Mr. Barns (of Brooklyn)—He's gone west to live. Mr. Brownstone—You don't say so! What was he caught at?—N. Y. Weekly. WHY BROWNSON OUIT FORTY-SIX YEARS' GOOD SERVICE. Naval Chief Field That Question at Issue Wins of Vital Importance to Efficiency of Our Fighting Ships. WASHINGTON, Jun. 8.—The president has made public the following letter of Rear Admiral Willard H. Brownson, who designated as chief of the navigation bureau of the navy department, with the explanation that it "was inexactly omitted" from the correspondence just made public: "In April last I was detached by your order from the command of the United States Atlantic fleet and ordered to Washington and appointed chief of the most important bureau in the navy department, the bureau which under the secretary is charged with matters relating to the personnel, the discipline and the efficiency of the fleet. "This transfer from a command which ranks second in importance affront to one which is second to none on shore, coming on the eve of my retirement from active service, while not to my personal liking was deeply gratifying to me, as it appeared to be an evidence of your confidence. "In order, however, that any efforts of mine to maintain a high standard of efficiency and discipline in the service be attended with success it is absolutely essential that I should have the confidence of the service at large as well as that of higher authority. "The efficiency of the fleet can only be maintained when the officers and men feel that the chief of the bureau of navigation has the confidence of the commander in chief of the army and navy and when a strong military spirit exists in the service. "Anything that shows lack of confidence or that tends to break down this military spirit, which has been the safeguard and principal asset of the navy since its beginning, can but impair such efficiency." The recent order placing a medical officer in command of a hospital ship is, in my opinion and as I have endeavored on several occasions to point out to you, clearly opposed to the intent of the law is a radical departure from the established usage and is fraught with danger to the efficiency of the fleet, will tend, I believe, to break down the military spirit of the service and shows a want of your confidence in my advice regarding a matter so vital to the best interests of the service. "I am left, therefore, with no alternative but to tender my resignation as chief of the bureau of navigation, much as I regret to sever my active connection with the service to which I have been devoted and to which I have given my best efforts for over forty-six years." President Roosevelt, without mining words, condemned in unmeasured terms the act of Admiral Brownson in resigning, declaring it to be unseemly and improper. His letter says: "In accordance with our conversation of today, Captain Pillsbury will be appointed chief of the bureau of navigation. "The action of the late chief of the bureau, Admiral Brownson, in tendering his resignation because he did not agree with the president and the department regarding an order issued before he came into the bureau by the secretary of the navy, as to the control of the hospital ships, was unseemly and impugn and, coupled with the various controversies among the officers of the navy, and their adherents as to details of naval construction and methods of training, has undoubtedly been prejudicial to the interests of the navy and may seriously impair the confidence in the navy which is essential to securing the legislation so sorely needed by the navy." Collyer Special Wrecked ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 8. The second section of the Collier special, running from Cleveland, O., to St. Augustine, Fla., was wrecked between Dallas and Hiram, Ga., on the Southern railroad, on a trestle twenty-five feet over the nearly dry bed of Copper Mine creek. Five of the seven cars were deraled, and as a result a score or more of passengers, most of them residents of Ohio, were injured. The only seriously hurt are Engineer Edwards, Road Foreman of Engines Snapp and the negro fireman. Edwards and his fireman probably will die. Many Nearly Drowned In Beer. NEW YORK, Jan. S.-Three men were killed, two fatally injured and half a dozen others badly hurt when an ammona pipe in the brewery of Flanagan, Nay & Co., at Tenth avenue and Twenty-fifth street, exploded, wrecking three stories of the brewery. The injured fell three floors to the cellar and were nearly drowned in beer before they could be rescued. Miss Vanderbilt to Wed Jan. 23 Labor Leader Ordered to Get Out. MUNICLE Ind., Jan. 7.—The authorities now in control of affairs here gave notice to A. L. Behner, first vice president of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees, the organization on strike here, that he must leave Muncle. CONDEMNS BIG STICK. Willett In Congress Blames Roosevelt For Panic. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.-The resolution referring the president's annual message to the several committees furnished the occasion in the house of representatives for a number of addresses, mostly by members on the Democratic side. These covered a variety of subjects, but those that attracted especial attention were by Representatives Sheppard (Tex.) and Willett (N. X.). The former not only made a plea for the restoration of the legend "In God We Trust" on American coins, but discussed the cruise of the American battleship fleet and referred to a possible conflict with Japan. Mr. Willett placed all the blame for the recent financial panic on President Roosevelt, whom he denounced in severe terms. He charged the president with not being a sensible man and with having turned on the gas and not the light and with going up and down the country condemning and striking with the big stick the heads of great industrial institutions. Mr. Willett charged the president with having characterized the heads of great industrial institutions as dishonest, thereby bringing on a condition of lack of confidence among the people and ultimately a panic. The trouble with the president, he said, is that we have had too much talk from him. "We want cheer," said the congressman. "We do not want our chief executive going up and down this country condemning and striking with the 'big stick' everything' that sticks its head up." What was wanted, he added, was a man to perform the duties with dignity and with power and with the influence of all sane men behind him. "KNOCKS" HIBERNJANS. Philadelphia Rector Refuses Them Entrance to His Church. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. S.-Members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians were greatly stirred up by the refusal of the Rev, D. I. McDermott, rector of St. Mary's Roman Catholic church in this city, to permit funeral services to be held in his church over the remains of John Daly, a parishioner, because a Hibernian lodge had been invited to attend the obsequies. Because of Father McDermott's opposition to the Hibernians the funeral had to be postponed. Subsequently the invitation to the Ancient Order of Hibernians to attend the funera' was revoked, and the funeral was held from the church. Father McDermott in explanation of his opposition to the society said he formed an opinion of the Hibernians during the Molly Maguire reign of terror in the Pennsylvania coal regions. He said: "My absolute opposition to the Ancient Order of Hibernians is based on my knowledge and the facts in my possession about the Molly Maguires, which I got directly from the condemned Molly Maguires themselves. No power on earth will ever make me recede one inch from my stand against the Hibernians. I have given my testimony against them, and what I said was true and is true, and I cannot compromise on it. "Archbishop Ryan and a number of other prominent clergymen are aware that the facts I have in my possession against the Ancient Order of Hibernians are true and that if made known they will cause the greatest kind of a scandal. I have a mind to give them to the public." Has No Fears For Taft WASHINGTON, Jan. S. — Senator Daniels and several prominent citizens of Virginia called on the president urging him to use his influence with Secretary Taft to accept their invitation to attend the State Bar association meeting in Richmond next August. The president said he would urge Mr. Taft to accept the invitation. He added, "You know, gentlemen, I believe the Virginia julep is far more succulent and much less dangerous to presidential aspirations than the Fairbanks cocktail." DR. A. J. Wheeler a Suicide. NEWBURG, N. Y., Jan. S.—Dr. A. J. Wheeler committed suicide during the night by jumping from a sound steamer. He conducted a cancer hospital at Cornwall-on-the-Hudson, where he went from Sullivan county about two years ago. He leaves a wife and several children. At the sanitarium it was said that Dr. Wheeler went east a few days ago on business. None could suggest a cause that might have impelled him to commit suicide. His business was declared to be prosperous. Whitmore Hold For Murder NEWARK, N. J., Jan. S.—Theodore S. Whitmore, who was arrested here after he had identified the body of his wife as the victim of the Lampblack swamp murder, near Harrison, was arraigned here before Justice Branegan and held without bail on a formal charge of murder. The hearing was set down for tomorrow. William Bartlett, a wafter, of Brooklyn was held in $5,000 as a witness. A Knight of the Crown of Italy ROME, Jan. 7.—King Victor Emmanuel has appointed Nelson Gay of Boston, Mass., who is now living in Rome, a knight of the Crown of Italy, conferring this honor upon him because of Mr. Gay's historic writings on the resurrection of Italy. Big Steel Plants Resume Work. PTTTSBURG, Jan. 7.—The plants of the Republic Iron and Steel company and the Youngstown Steel and Tube company of Youngstown, O., have resumed operations, giving employment to 8,000 men. Daily Thought It's plain enough you get into the wrong road in this life if you run after this and that only for the sake of making things easy and pleasant for yourself.—George Elliot. India's Barbarity To get rid of daughters, East Indians marry them to flowers. When the flowers are dead the girls are widows, and widows can be sold—cheap. Riches and Happiness "Bickers," says one of our contem- poaries, "Do not bring happiness." However, they are more effective than all if you are looking for something to sparkle on the tail of happiness. CONDENSED DISPATCHES. Notable Events of the Week Briefly Chronicled. Assemblyman Hammond of Syracuse has introduced a bill at Albany extending the powers of the public service commission to telephone and telegraph companies. Four men boarded the Katy Flier in the Union station at Kansas City, walked calmly through one of the four ward coaches and attempted to hold up the passengers. They were frustrated in their attempt, however, and fled. They have not been captured. Tuesday, Jan. 7. At Oneonta, N. Y., fire destroyed the Wilson House and the stables near by, causing a loss of $10,000. Eighteen horses belonging to farmers residing in the vicinity perished in the stables. "Little Tim" Sullivan, a New York alderman, has drawn an ordinance making it a prison offense for a restaurant or theater manager to let women patrons smoke in their places. Hartstown, about eight miles from Greenville, Pa., on the Bessemer railroad, has been quarantined on account of an outbreak of diphtheria. Trains on the Bessemer railroad pass the station without making a stop. Harry Grey Dubery, said to be a cousin of Earl Grey, governor general of Canada, and son of Captain James Grey Dubery of the British royal navy, committed suicide at New York, taking some narcotic poison with a bottle of wine in the Hermitage, a hotel for bachelors. Monday, Jan. 6 The will of Baroness Adolphe de Rothschild, who died at Paris, donates more than $1,600,000 to charity. The flag of the United States frigate Chesapeake, the vessel captured off Boston harbor in 1813 by the British warship Shannon and towed to Hallafax, is to be sold at auction in London July 20. Senator La Follette's presidential boom received added impetus when a committee of the Wisconsin statesman's adherents from a number of states held a conference at Chicago and laid plans for the coming Republican national convention. The bloodiest of tong feuds which this country has seen, which originated seven years ago over a Chinese girl and in which more than fifty persons have been killed and more than double that number wounded, was declared off at a meeting of the various tongs at the rooms of the Six Companies in San Francisco. Saturday, Jan. 4. The Parls Patricie asks in big headlines, "Where is the Japanese fleet?" and publishes an alarmist story based on reports that it has been seen cruising off Hawaii. The Countess of Yarmouth, who was Miss Alice Thaw of Pittsburg, has begun proceedings for the nullification of her marriage with the Earl of Yarmouth. The Countess of Yarmouth is a sister of Harry K. Thaw. For the first time since he wedded Mabelle Gliman, the actress, William Ellis Corey, president of the United States Steel corporation, met the wife he discarded, Mrs. Laura Cook Corey, in the home of his parents in Bradock, Pa. Antonio Bernardo of Jersey City confessed to the police that he shot and killed George A. Fischer, a tenement house inspector, early New Year's morning. Fischer was killed in a window of his home when he gave an alarm to attract the police to two burglaries who were forcing an entrance into a grocery store. Friday, Jan. 3. Picked up in the open sea after abandoning their sinking ship, seven survivors of the Norwegian bark Germanic arrived in New York on the British steamship Hothan-Newton. Emperor William has decided to restore Count Kuno von Moltke to active service and give him a high position in his immediate entourage. Von Moltke, who was formerly military commandant of Berlin, resigned from the army when the Harden accusations were brought against him. Seth Bullock of Deadwood wore spats and a tall coat at the president's New Year's reception. When the information gets to Deadwood, there is going to be trouble. It wouldn't be so bad, but the spats were of the most obvious and impressive lavender gray tint. Seth is one of the most picturesque of the rough riding plainsmen who have got most of the jobs under this administration. He is now United States marshal for South Dakota Thursday, Jan. 2. Admiral Phillibert, the French naval commander in Moroccan waters, reports that French troops captured a citadel of the Medicinas tribe with the loss of one man killed and three wounded. While trying to rout a burglar from his bird store at 146 Meserole street, Williamsburg, N. Y., David Gasse fired his revolver into a dark hallway in his home and killed the marrauer, who has not been identified. Acting Mayor Daly of Harrison, N. J., announces that the city council offers a reward of $1,000 for the apprehension of the man or men who killed the "woman in red," whose nude body was found in Five Points pond on Christmas day. Allen Anderson, a fireman, is dying and two other young men, also members of the fire department, are wounded as the result of a fight in the Japanese quarter at Vancouver, B. C. The encounter was the worst since the September riots. An overwhelming number of Japanese took part in it and fought furiously. James Cole Resigns. PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 8.-Assistant United States Attorney James Cole has resigned. CHARGED WITH MURDER Theodore Whitmore, Husband of Vigil tim, Maintain His Innocence, NEWARK, N. J., Jan. 8. -Despite efforts of the police to weaken his statements, Theodore Waitmore continues steadfastly to maintain that he is wholly innocent of any part in the tragic death of his wife, whose body was found in a pool in Lammack swamp the day after Christmas. In his cell in Harrison Whitmore has been subjected almost continuously to a series of most searching examinations. After a long examination of the husband of the murdered woman by Judge Branegan Whitmore was arraigned in court today and formally charged with murder. The body of Mrs. Whitmore was taken from the morgue today and sent to Schenectady for burial. Fred W. Elliott, who was thought to know something of the murder, was found at Boston. He denies flatly that he has any knowledge of the murder of Mrs. Whitmore and asserts that he can prove he was in Boston at the time the murder was committed. SAFE IN PORT. Overdue Liner Mount Royal Steams Into Queenstown, Ireland. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 8.—The long overdue steamer Mount Royal steamed slowly into Queenstown, and the news of her safety was received with expressions of delight in shipping circles. She has not been heard from in many days, having been last reported off the Lizard on Dec. 10, and watch was being kept for her on both sides of the Atlantic and as far south as Bermuda. The Mount Royal belongs to the Canadian railway's Atlantic service. She left Antwerp Dec. 7 for St. John, N. B. She had on board 300 Hungarian emigrants and a crew of about 100 men. She was first definitely sighted off Old Head of Kinsale, sixteen miles west of this port. She was then proceeding slowly under her own steam and signaled that she was coming in here. She declined the help of a tug that was sent out to assist her and came in alone. Report National Guard BILL ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 8.-The assembly and senate committees on military affairs voted to report the bill conforming the national guard of this state to the United States army and amended by striking out the provisions for three departmental officers. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL Closing Stock Quotitions. Money on call steady at 6 per cent; prime mercantile paper, 8 per cent; ex- charges, $7,477.65; balances, $10,030.13. Armal, Copper 40% N. Y. Central 22% Atchison 68% Norf. & West. 68% B. & O. 8% Penn. R. R. 111% Brooklyn R. T. 40% Reading 99 C. C. C. & St. L. 57 Rock island 15% Ches. & Ohio. 57 St. Paul. Pac. 18% Northw. 16% St. Paul. Pac. 18% D. & H. 13% Southern Ry. 12% Erle 15% South Ry. pf. 12% Gen. Electric. 115 Sugar 104% Ili. Central. 155 Texas Pacific 120 Lackawanna. 484 Union Pacific 118 Louis. & Nush. 84 U. S. Steel. 28% Boston. 100 U. S. Steel. pf. 83% Int-Met. 7 West. Union. 58 Missouri F. 47 N. Y. Central. 92% Norf. & West. 65% Penn. R. R. 111% Reading. 90 Rock island. 15% St. Paul. 18% Southern Rc. 13% South Rc. ft. 36% Sugar. 104% Texas Pacific. 20 Union Pacific. 12% U. S. Steel. 12% U. S. Steel pf. 85% West. Union. 58 New York Markets. FLOUR - Steady, but dull; Minnesota patents, $.35/5.70; winter patents, $.85 5.25; winter straights, $.45/4.70; winter extras, $.3.75/4.30. RYE FLOUR-Firm; fair to good, $4.58 @6.15; choice to fancy, $5.20/6.25. WHEAT - The local wheat market opened easier on plt selling and later turned weak under active liquidation by the May, $1.13 - 1-169 1.13 - 71; July, $1.05 - 61.06% CORN-Option market was easier on good weather: May. 70%c. BUTTER — Creamery, specials, per pound, 30c; extras, 2425c; first, 2025c; seconds, 425c; thirds, 21025c; held; seconds, 425c; seconds, 21025c; state cory tubs, fresh, finest, 725c; good to choice, 2525c; common to fa, 1925c; process, specials, 2525c; second, 725c; thirds, 21025c; seconds, 1725c; thirds, 15025c; imitation creamery, firsts, 3025c; State cream small, colored and white, 1525c; good to color, fine, 152c; white, 152c; good to prime, 1425c; late made, best, 1125c; common to specials, 1425c; pound specials, 11c; skims, fine, 825c; good, good, 68c; common, 3125c; full skims, 825c. EGGS-State, Pennsylvania, and nearby, selected white, fancy, 3025c; good to choice, 3025c; brown and mixed, fancy, 3025c; firsts, 3025c; refrigerator, fancy, 3025c; seconds, 1725c; inferior, 12025c; limed to good fancy, 1725c; poor to fair, 12025c. HAY-Steady; good to choice, $10.16. BEANS-Easy; marrow, $20.225c; medium, $22.25c; peas, $25.225c; red kidnapping, $22.25c. POTATOES-Pennsylvania, choice, per bushel, 7025c; fair to good, 6525c. New or farm, 1025c; farm, 6825c; fair to good 825c. LIVE POULTRY-Easier; fowls, 1125c; old roosters, 1025c; spring chickens, 1125c; chickens, 1325c; geese, 1325c; turkeys, 1025c. DRESSED POULTRY-Firm and in fair demand, fresh kills fowls, choice 13%, icc, do, western, choice 14%, 15%, 16%, roasting chickens, nearby, 14%, 15%, do, western, 10%, turkeys, nearby, 14%, 15%, do, western, choice 14%, to good, 10%, 15%, do, western, choice 14%, 15%, icc; do, fair to good, 15%, 16%, ducks, nearby, choice 13%, 14%, do, fair to good, 11%, do, fair to good, choice 12%, do, fair to good, 10%, 15%, Live Stock Markets. CATTLE-Supply fair; market steady, $30.00; $75.00; prime, $3.50; $5.00; veal calves, $8.00; HOGS--Receipts light; market active and higher; prime heavies and mediums, $4.40; $4.40; pigs, $4.80; roughs, $4.40; $4.40; SHEEP and LAMBS--Supply steady on lambs and higher on sheep; prime wethers, culls and culls and common, $2@; lambs, $27.50. A Worse Failing. "Your husband is a somnambulist, is he? Walks in his sleep?" "No, no; worse than that. He's a somnifluoist. He makes speeches in his sleep."—Chicago Tribune. It Pays. It pays to feed the young fowl liberally until full grown. Chickens are not unlike calves, colts and other animals. Once stunted they never regain their vigor, not with the most careful feeding. --- IT WILL PAY YOU To interest yourself in promoting the CIRCULATION of the RICHMOND PLANET. THE PLANET SATURDAY...JANUARY 11,1908 THE GARDEN FARM WAGON FOR HAULING LOGS. Directions for Its Construction by the Farmer Himself. Take some pieces of two by four and with a draw knife cut out the axles. The lower part of back axle is one solid piece of wood. In it are cut notches for the hounds at either side and a notch in the center for the reach. Over this is placed another timber with notches cut to correspond with those of lower piece. The side notches in both upper and lower pieces are cut slanting, so that WHEEL Wagon Seen from Above and Section Showing Back Gear. the hounds will point toward the center and meet at the reach. On the axles, "a, a," can be put pieces of gas pipe for the sake of greater strength. The plate "p" is made of iron and bolted to the hounds, so that the reach will slide easily. There is also a hole to let a pin in to hold the reach. When these pieces are put together the back gear is complete with the exception of the snatch blocks, "b, b," which are bolted on the top to hold the logs in place. These blocks are fastened on by means of a flat piece of iron bolted at either side. The front gear is made like the back, with the exception of the turntable, the sides of which are made of wood and the cross pieces of iron. The sides of the turntable are placed in the notches where the nounds were in the back gear, and the notches are made straight instead of slanting. The tongue is fastened on by two iron rods flat where they fasten on to the tongue. The other ends of the rods form hooks which fasten into two bolts, "d, d," having rings on one end. The wheels, says Mail and Breeze, are made of flat pieces sawn off the ends of logs, through the center of which a hole is bored. When using the wagon the snatch blocks may be turned so that the logs can be rolled over the end. HOMEMADE SMOKE HOUSE Can Be Constructed Out of a Couple of Empty Barrels. When one has only a few pieces of meat to smoke, a smokehouse may be improvised by taking two empty barrels and arranging them as illustrated. In the lower barrel set a kettle of smoldering chips or corn cobs. An opening is cut in one side of the be improvised by taking two empty barrels and are ranging them as illustrated. In the lower barrel set a kettle of smoldering chips or corn cobs. An opening is cut in one side of the lower barrel to allow the attendant to add fresh fuel when necessary. The upper barrel has either hooks in its bottom or sides, the bottom of the barrel being now uppermost, or rods passing through the sides on which to hang the meat. FARM BITS. Be judicious with your praise Manure for wheat should be kept near the surface. All root crops keep best when covered with damp sand. On thin clay lands rye will in most cases prove a preferable crop to wheat, especially if it can be used as a pasture for live stock. Don't go to the institute to talk on co-operation in farming when your own wood pile is exhausted. Consistency must begin at home. One good ration for pigs consists of corn, one part; barley, one part, and wheat shorts, one part. It is doubtful if skim milk can be more profitably used than in feeding growing pigs. The pigs should have dry pens and dry feed lots. Fall pigs must have summer conditions. Frosted Corn in Silo. Slightly frosted corn when put into the silo is none the worse for the freezing, according to the experience BORS AND INTEREST THEM IN THE PLANET WE WILL HELP YOU TO OBTAIN A PREMIUM COLORED INFANTRY IN RESCUE OF ROUGH RIDERS AT SAN JUAN HILL, JULY 2, 1898, SIZE 20X28 AND 20X24 INCHES, ADMIRAL DEWEY'S GREAT NAVAL BATTLE OFF CAVITE IN MANILA BAY, MAY 1ST, 1898, NAVAL BATTLE, DESTRUCTION OF ADMIRAL CERVERA'S SPANISH FLEET OFF SANTIAGO DE CUBA, JULY 3RD, 1898, SIZE 22X28 INCHES; LAND BATTLE, CAPTURE OF EL CANEY, EL PASO AND FORTIFICATIONS OF SANTIAGO, JULY FIRST AND SECOND, 1898, SIZE 22X28 AND 22X27 INCHES. WE WILL SEND YOU ONE OF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING BATTLES OF THE CIVIL WAR ON THE SAME TERMS. THE PICTURES LIKE THE OTHER BATTLES ARE FINISHED IN COLORS. THEY ARE 22X28 INCHES AND RETAIL AT ONE DOLLAR EACH. WE WILL FURNISH FRAMES FOR ANY OF THESE FINE CHROMOS FOR 2 DOLLARS & 50CTS. EACH ADDITIONAL. BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG, BATTLE OF SHILOH, BATTLE OF FIVE FORKS, VA. BATTLE OF ATLANTA, GA., BATTLE OF SPOTTSYLVANIA, VA., BATTLE OF VICKS BURG, MISS., BATTLE OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, TENN., BATTLE BETWEEN THE MONITOR AND THE MERRIMAC, BATTLE OF BULL RUN, VA., BATTLE OF CHANCELLORSVILLE, BATTLE OF THE BIG HORN, (CUSTER'S LAST CHARGE) STORMING OF FORT WAGNER, S C., (COLORED TROOPS IN THIS FIGHT), BAT ATH OF SITTING BULL, THE GREAT INDIAN CHIEFTAIN; FORT PILLOW MASSACRE, FALL OF PETERSBURG, VA., BATTLE OF WINCHESTER, VA., BATTLE OF OLUSTEE, FLA. WE WILL SEND FAMILY RECORD, SIZE 22 BY 28, WHICH CONTAINS SPACE FOR PHOTOGRAPHS OF. PARENTS AND TEN CHILDREN. WE WILL SEND SOLDIERS WAR RECORD (CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE IN UNITED STATES ARMY.) FOR ONE YEAR EACH, OR THEIR EQUIVALENT, WE WILL SEND YOU A COPY OF UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, THE MOST INTENSELY INTERESTING BOOK IN THE COUNTRY. WE WILL SEND YOU A GOLD-PLATED BROOCH WITH YOUR PICTURE THEREIN, YOU TO of many New England farmers, where frosts are likely to strike silo corn at any time. Some claim that hard frosted corn makes good silage, and also that the quality of the silage is even improved slightly if the corn is frozen. ```markdown ``` THE FARM WATER. It Should Be Piped in Some Way to All Buildings Where Needed. All farm buildings should be supplied with water brought underground in pipes from the source of water supply. The barns as well as the dwellings should be thus supplied. The cost is small and the convenience great. Many a farmer is carrying water year after year not only for his stock but for the use of the family when the water should be always at hand. The chief reason for this is the lifelong habit of the farmer, which he does not see the advantage of changing. Recently a case came to the attention of the writer that shows how a man will hang to an old condition when he has no reason for doing so. A young man from one of the farms went to college and got some new ideas. He studied farm mechanics, and got a little taste for mechanical engineering. When he returned to the farm he saw many things that might be done to increase the comfort of the family and make the work easier. One of the drawbacks of the farm was the necessity for carrying water some hundreds of feet to the house and the barn, and this water had to be carried in pails. Moreover, during most of the year the boy's mother had to carry the water that was used in the kitchen. The father was opposed to any improvements and refused to let the boy exercise his ability in making improvements. On the hill a little way from the house was a perpetual spring sufficiently high above the house so that if a pipe were laid the water would of itself flow into the kitchen. The temptation for the boy to utilize this supply was so great that he could not resist it. So the first time he went to town he laid in a supply of pipe and the materials for making joints and connections, with taps and faucets. Then he began his work clandestinely. When his father would be away for half a day or so the young man would dig a trench, lay what pipe he could and cover it up again before his father got home. He continued this till he had laid the pipe from the spring to the house, had made all attachments and had the water running into the sink, where his mother could use it at will and without effort. At this stage he was no longer able to keep the secret from the head of the house. As it had gone so far the father accepted the fact as accomplished, but he refused permission to the boy to carry the pipe just a little further to the barns. It is a strange thing that people will become so "set in their ways" as not to avail themselves of natural laws, which were created to serve them. THIS WILL HELP SOME An Ingenious Device for Drawing Water from a Cistern. In the absence of a better arrangement the contrivance shown in the ac companying illustration will be found to work satisfactorily. An explanation seems scarcely necessary. However, I will say that I To Draw Water from Clistern. used the skeleton of a rubber tire wheel from a discarded buggy. A pieces of plank was nailed to a pole with holes through which the rope passes to keep it in the groove. A sack of sand tied at the opposite end balances the bucket of water. Kill Off the Rats 100 An experienced person with a dog and ferret trained to work together, can kill many rats where they are numerous, but the amateur is unlikely to have much success. Where rats burrow in the fields, they can be killed by fumigating with carbon bisulphide. Saturate a wad of cotton or other absorbent material with the liquid and push it into the burrow. Pack soil over the opening to prevent the escape of gas. Plant Trees. The best agricultural conditions exist where from 10 to 25 per cent of the land is in growing forest. While the great plains may never be thickly timbered, tree planting should nevertheless be encouraged. The quick disaster that follows where the timber is all removed has been noted in more than one case in the central and eastern United States. To Protect Waists. The "modesty vest" is a very useful bit of wearing apparel, as it is buttoned to the back of a cloth coat and protects the dark velvet collar from soiling a white waist. It may be made of silk or linen. Don't Drug Stock Preventing disease does not mean drugging, but plain, common sense in cleanliness, sunlight, fresh air, pure food and water. IN ORDER TO FURTHER INCREASE OUR STEADILY GROWING CIRCULATION WE WILL OFF WE WILL SEND YOU THE PLANET AND THE ST LOUIS, MISSOURI, SEMI-WEEKLY GLOBE DEMOCRAT, ONE OF THE LEADING REPUBLICAN JOURNALS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR $2.25 PER YEAR FOR BOTH. WE WILL SEND YOU THE PLANET AND THE COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE FOR $2.25 PER YEAR FOR BOTH. WE WILL SEND YOU THE PLANET AND McCLURE'S MAGAZINE FOR $2.25 PER YEAR FOR BOTH. OR THEIR EQUIVALENT, WE WILL SEND PICTURES, ONE ONLY, OF PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT, DR. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, BATTLE OF SANTIAGO, LAND BATTLE OF QUASIMAS NEAR SANTIAGO, JUNE 24, 1898, SHOWING THE NINTH AND TENTH COLORED CAVALRY IN SUPPORT OF ROUGH RIDERS, SIZE 20X28 AND 20X24 INCHES, LAND BATTLE AND CHARGE OF THE 24TH & 25TH READ THE GREAT INDUGEMENTS OFFERED BY THE PLANET THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA ```markdown ``` FOR TWO YEARLY SUBSCRIBERS FOR FIVE NEW SUBSCRIBERS REQUISITE NUMBER IS OBTAINED. WE WILL FORWARD THE PRESENT INDICATED. A PERSON WHO TRIES TO GET FORTY SUBSCRIBERS AND GETS TIRED MAY INDICATE HIS WISH AND WE WILL SEND THE PRESENT FOR THE NUMBER HE HAS SECURED OVER FIVE. THE NUMBER WILL BE FOR NOT LESS THAN FIVE NOR MORE THAN TEN AND NOT LESS THAN TEN NOR M HAN TWENTY AND NOT LESS THAN FY NOR MORE THAN FORTY, TO DET THE PRIZE TO WHICH THE WORKER TLED. IF ANYTHING IS DESIRED NOT SPECIFIED IN THIS LIST, WRITE US ABOUT IT AND WE WILL TELL YOU IN WHAT CLASS IT BE LONGS. ADDRESS ALL ORDERS TO JOHN MITCHELL, JR., 311 North Fourth Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. A LANET WEEKLY READING UNITED H. T AND R $2.25 T AND YEAR ND PIC- THEO- WASH- D BAT- JUNE 24. H COL- HIGH RI- LAND & 25TH 花 REQUIST FORWAR SHOULD YOU DESIRE ANY COLORED JOURNAL IN THE UNITED STATES, WE WILL SEND IT TO YOU IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PLANET AT A GREATLY REDUCED RATE FOR BOTH. FURNISH THE PHOTOGRAPH, ONE FOUNTAIN PEN, GOLD POINT; ONE LADIES RING, ONE BREAST-PIN, GOLD FILLED; HALF DOZEN LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS, ONE ALARM CLOCK, ONE DOZEN NAPKINS, ONE HALF DOZEN TOWELS, ONE CHOCOLATE POT, ONE PAIR VASES, ONE PAIR KID GLOVES, ONE HAM, ONE TURKEY. FOR TEN NEW SUBSCRIBERS WE WILL SEND ONE CHINA SET, THIRTY-ONE PIECES; ONE NECKLACE; DICKENS, SHAKESPEARE, BYRON WORKS; ONE UMBRELLA, ONE PLAIN GOLD RING, ONE PAIR LACE CURTAINS 1,000 ENVELOPES, 1,000 SHEETS OF PAPER PRINTED AND DELIVERED; ONE TOILET SET, ONE HALF CORD OF SAWED WOOD FOR TWENTY NEW SUBSCRIBERS WE WILL GIVE ONE HANDSOME GOLD RING WITH OPALS, RUBIES OR PEARLS; ONE JEWELRY BOX FINISHED IN GOLD OR SILVER; ONE SILK SHIRT WAIST; ONE READY MADE DRESS, ONE GOLD WATCH, FILLED, WARRANTED FOR TEN YEARS, ONE ROCKING CHAIR, ONE LOAD OF COAL, ONE GROSS OF SOAP, EITHER WASHING OR TOILET; ONE BARREL OF BEST FLOUR, ONE PAIR BLANKETS, ONE MANICURE SET, ONE SEAMSTRESS' WORK BOX, ONE PAIR SHOES, GENTS OR LADIES. FOR FORTY YEARLY SUBSCRIBERS OR EQUIVALENT, WE WILL GIVE ONE SEWING MACHINE, ONE DIAMOND RING, ONE GOLD WATCH, ONE PAIR FINE GOLD EARRINGS, ONE MUSIC BOX, ONE PHONOGRAPH, ONE READY MADE DRESS, ONE SUIT OF GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHES, ONE GOLD-HEADED CANE, ONE GOLD-HEADED UMBRELLA, ONE CHINA SET, ONE DOZEN SILVER-PLATED KNIVES AND FORKS, ONE HAT-RACK, ONE SILK DRESS, ONE WEEK'S TRIP TO THE SEASHORE, RAILROAD FARE AND HOTEL BILL PAID, FOR ANY RICHMOND WORKER. THESE OFFERS MAY BE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF BY SENDING ONE OR TWO SUBSCRIBER'S NAMES AT A TIME. WE WILL KEEP A RECORD OF THEM; AS SOON AS THE FIVE not=the COLORED, WE WILL WITH THE RED RATE ONE FOUND DIES RING, HALF DOZZ, THE ALARM ONE HALF THE POT, ONE OVES, ONE BERS SHIRTY-ONE IS, SHAKES, BELLA, ONE CURTAINS OF PAPER OILET SET D. BERS GOLD RING; ONE JEW OR SILVER ADJAY MAD LED, WAR E. ROCKING GROSS OF DILET; ONE AIR BLANK AMSTRESS NTS OR LA BERS ONE SEW RING, ONE GOLD EAR NOGRAPH MIT OF GEN OLD-HEADED BELLA, ONE NER-PLATED RACK, ONE O THE SEA HOTEL BILL ER. EN ADVANCE TWO SUB WE WILL ON AS THE ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` SIX . eee ear TEAR URNS be pastel €.) Sere wig JESUS AND JOHN THE BAPTIST God. whieh taketh away the sin of the worla"—Joba. 1-2. TIME—John the Baptist beran to preach in the summer of A.D. 3s He Dreached alx months before Christ ap- Deared on the scene. He continued -& Year and. three months proaching while Jesus preached; till March A. D. 2%. Jesus was baptized January, A.D.” i. His femptation—January and February. His Grat discipieein February. The delega tion of the Pharisess February PLACE—The wilderness of Judea. The baptinm of Jesus at Betkabara, on the east bank of the Jordan Comment and Suggestive Thought. John preached the things that were necessary before one could enter the Kingdom of God. (1) Repentance and confession of sin. (1) A change of conduct that proved the repentance to be sincere. (3) A public profes- sion of this change of life by baptism, essential to the proof of their sin cerity, to permanance of the new life and to power for good. (4) The king dom of God is at hand. This preaching led people to In quire, what does all this mean? Who fs coming? What {s coming? ‘The Witness of John to Christ— Va. 19.34. The Christian wants proof. The issues are too important for credulity. We need to know The witness of John is repeated, relnforend, more and more clearly, all down the ages. ‘The facts written in the history of 2,000 years confirm his testimony First. John Witnesses That Jesus In the Christ, the Son of God. He re fused to be called the Messiah. He was merely one who announced his coming. And when Jesus retarned to Bethabara, John polnted him out to the people—“Here is the Messiah. This is the Redeemor from sin. This fs the man whom God by sure signs made known to me as the Saviour. ‘There is a great deal of evil in the world yet, in the best of countries, in the best of people. Hut it ts evil fought against. It Is eaining the vie tory slowly but surely. The very revelations of ovil, the controversios and conflicts, are signs that the power of Christ is working upon the evil, a never ending conflict till the good has triumphed Second. John \ < to Jesu as the Red from Sin. V. 29. “Behold the Lamb of God." Jesus was so named by J suse the lant was used In throe © a symbol of (1) Jobn and! rors were fam far with the © © In Isaiah (53:7) of the one, “as a lamb Jed to the sla (2) SUN more would the Jew t of the Passover lamb as the | ad romisa of na. tional deliveran hy The daily sacrifice of a lab was continually pefore the Jews, teaching them the meantng of : es, and con: tinually | rem then ‘of thelr need of at t for sin Tt Is well worth noting that Jesus died for our at the Passover feast, and at the hour of the daily sacrifice. “Which taketh away the sin of the world.” “To bear away sin Is to remove the guilt and punish- ment of sin by expiation, or to cause that sin be neither imputed nor pun- ished.”"—Thayer's Greck- English Lex. QQ) ‘The work of Christ ts to do this for the whole world tll this sinful world {s changed {ato the sinless Paradise Regained. (2) Jesus pro- vides redemption for all the world. (3) He pardons past sid, so that it ts no longer remembered by bim, but is bletted out forever. (4) He fs, In fact, removing sin from the world. Wherever he comes, sin Is in the process of removal from each heart that accepts him, and from the com- munity. Third. The Witness of the Holy Spirit. V. 22, “I saw the'Spirit de- scending from heaven dike a dove, and it aboce upon him.” He descend- ed not only in the manner of a dove, but In bodily shape of a dove (Luke 3:22). This means more than “Tt was as plain to him that Jesus was possessed by the Spirit as if he had seen the Spirit in a visible shape alighting upon him.” It was neces- sary for his aveurance. and that of the people, that there should be some visible proof of the descent of the Spirit, as there was at Pentecost, and the results proved that the sign was accompanied by reality. It may be that Jobn saw the effects “in the de- meanor of Jesus, in his lowliness, and sympathy, and holiness, ail of which ‘came to their perfect bloom at and in hig baptism.”—Exp. Greek Test. But ‘the sign that accompanied this power was given to reveal the fact, “in let. ters that could be read from the stars,” that the {avisible Holy Spirit war actually present; to make the fact clear and iantetakanie; to shes whence the power tec came he ‘Dove the indwelling ot in our bearts, awakening all the gentler loving, affectionate qual- Ret raliaton,: ewonshenn: OF a0 taht Hr it conse o shine, it ceases toexist. Christians, “Ye are our epistles . . . ‘known and read of all men . . . manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with fn, but with the Spirit of the hivias God” (2 Cor. 3:2, 3). PAPER AND FURNISHINGS OF MOMENT. Writer's Idea Which Is at Once Orig: inal and Harmonious—inexpensive Scheme for Pretty and Ap- pranviaia Besnratiank: A letter fror: Mrs. S. J. D. asks my advice in the matter of furnishing a room, she says: “Please tell me how I can change a room which is meant for a dining-room into a cheerful waiting room, leading into a physician's office. “The room at present is in dark red tapestry paper, is paneled in brown oak and has a shelf about three feet from the ceiling. “The office has a deep yellow cartridge paper and mahogany stained ‘woodwork. “There is another room papered in Ught pink and cream color, which shows from this old dining-room and I suppose this should blend with the other two rooms.” I will give you a scheme for this room which may startle you by its originality, but 1 assure you, you will find it effective and thoroughly har- montous. I would advise you to use blue— dark rich blue—with your red walls. Having covered my floor with erim- son Wool terry at 50 cents a yard, I Jala on {t two of these Indian rugs, and hung my windows daringly with blue and white Japanese crepe. The clear, blue figures of the crepe on a white ground showed delightfully against the crimson walls. ‘Against one wall I placed a wooden cot and mattress for which I paid elght dollars. I covered this with dark blue denim, making a box-pleated val- ance of the denim to just escape the floor. | I paid an upholsterer a dollar each for two huge pillows two and a half feet square and six inches thick, to set fiat against the wall at the back of the couch; these pillows were stuffed ‘with excelsior and cotton wool, were made with square edges and were cov- ered with the blue denim. | Teould have made them myself for & trifle less money, but I preferred to ‘economize in some other direction as style and finish of this couch (which could upon occasion be ured as a Lea) depended upon its cushions. | In front of these stiff and formal pil- lows I placed two small, soft ones, covered with blue and white crepe. The suggestion of this crepe was beautifully carried out in some blue and white china with which I deco- rated the wall. At the end of the room facing the windows I hung a china cabinet of simple dark wood, in fact I may con- fess that I manufactured this cabinet from an old crate, rubbing it down with sandpaper and painting It black. From a row of small brass hooks I hung some extremely effective delft blue cups; there were also some plates and saucers and some very pretty lit- tle windmill pitchers. This cabinet was pronounced a great success and balanced the blue and white effect at the other end of the room finely. I also covered a large stuffed chair with blue denim and placed it beside the dark wood table which held a blue and white vase, and a brass candel- brum (carrying white wax candles) as well as books and magazines. A large Chinese jardiniere of blue and white porcelain which held a fern by the window was my one extrava- gance, I hesitated about buying it but it seemed so eminently fitted for the place it filled that I have not re gretted purchasing it.—Chicago Inter Ocean. TWO NEW COIFFURES. SD A = Y gtr, bs! Ee re oh) ci Ssenss) 7) VS Samo, < oy) 1) rs ee vy ae eV) Ves ae Cia, oe” Rey A hae tee) | iy | ge I ean Care : Two pretty colffures. The upper one shows the use of hair puffs with the covonet braid, and the lower one consists of the Roman braid with curls, Se rrr it Capes are first choice for wraps with the younger set, and come in de- signs adapted to all ages. These are 80 easily adjusted that they commend themselves both for those who count comfort as of paramount importance and for those who prefer simplicity of outline to the rather cumbersome full- ness that distinguishes many of the Jong coats. _ i His Yearning. “I hope,” said the young orator, “that my speeches make people yearn for better things.” “They do,” an- swered the relentless critic. “They make me yearn to be at home, asleep.” Curlous Japanese Tax. Bears are liable to taxation in some ‘Japanese villages. The origin of this eurious custom is unknown. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. For Children’s Amusement. Children, as a rule, tire much s0on- er of their toys than they do of their playthings which they make them selves out of any oddments which may be at hand at the moment. If child suffictent imagination, a lump of toodeling clay. © plece 0 Punched cardboard, and a wool-thread- ed needle will take a number of new forms which will satisfactorily oc- cupy lengthy afternoons. : Eternal Feminine. Men say that women’s friendships are not as staunch and true and last- ing as men’s because a woman is so ready to believe all that she hears against her best friend, while a man wilt only judge his friend by what he is to him, not by what the world says of him. Is this true? If so, tt will re main so just as long as average charm- ers see in man nothing but possible husbands, escorts and gift-givers. Teach Children Love of Nature. A love of nature should be implant. ed in the mind of the youngest child. A Deauliful sunset gives pleasure to the tlalest tot whose attention is db rected to it, To love flowers, trees, books, and all the wonders of nature fs one of the main things for a child to learn at an early age. Science and analysis sbould have no part in bis @ducation at this time. Young sEditors, In the United States to-day are 15 Juvenile magazines edited and man- aged by girls less than 16 years old, and about $0 weekly newspapers run by boys. All of them appear to be doing well. In most cases the editor sets all the type and docs his own hustling for advertising. Some of the best weekly newspapers in the coun try to-day were first started by boys, Plants That Are Poisonous. Many harmless plants contain poison. Daffodil and narcissus pick- ers are troubled with a skin disease known as “daffodil poisoning.” Gath- erings form under the fingernails. ‘They are caused by minute crystals in the juice of the stems. The bulbs of the white Roman hyacinth have similar unpleasant properties, Horse Flesh as Food. Horse flesh has been prized as food in China for six centuries, but in Eu Tope was first eaten 100 years ago by the Danes. At Liege, Belgium, 2,000 horses were slaughtered in 1905, and the rapidly increasing demand prom- ises to open a new market for Amert- can horses. Only young animals are ‘sent to the slaughter houses. Mice al Maren ‘The curt old doctor who told & nervous patient to stop talking and she would get well was more truthful than politic. There is no doubt that constant talking wastes vitality and wears uffon the nervous system. Often one of the first signs of a nervous dreakdows is unusual loquaciousness. Property. The last thing we need to be anx- fous about is property. It always has friends or the means of making them. If riches have wings to fly away from their owners, they have wings also to escape danger.—Tom Lowell's Address on “Democracy,” Joy In Doing Good. Never did any soul do good, but it became readier to do the same agaln, with more enjoyment. Never was love, or gratitude, or bounty prac. ticed, but with increasing joy which made the practicer still more in love with the fair act—Shaftesbury. Expensive Municipality. It costs nearly as much to pay the salaries of the municipal servants in New York city as it does to support the entire army of the United States, The salaries amount close to $id 000,000 annually. ‘Turning of the Cat. There 1s a cunning which we in Eng- Jand call “The turning of the cat in the pan;” which is, when that which a man says to another, he lays it as it another had said it to him—Francls Bacon. National Chinese Costumes. Regulations regarding the national costume of both officials and ordinary people haye been duly compiled and there are nine different grades of cos- tumes.—Shanghai Mercury. hha eke Sakae Rudyard Kipling said to me once tn conversing on the subject of an ex- change of ideas: “Why, all I ever knew somebody told me.”—Robert Barr in Detroit Free Press. TWO ON JONES és « Ie, . CI RG Tig age 5 p i SS <I s Dy Be El DAR oy: - Ga oF ap “What are you looking so happy over, old man?” “I am rejoicing over the birth of twins.” “Great Scot! I congratulate you!" “Don't congratulate me, go and con gratulate Jones, he’s the lucky man ‘I never did like bim!” — a; a Knights of Pythias IGDES OL PP , | N.A.,S.A,E. A., A. AND A. ‘ This organization is one of the most powerful in the country and it és progress has been phenominal. The Grand Lodge of Virginia has juris i> G\ diction over all of the cities and counties in thisstate. Thirty male pe wv) are required to organize a new lodge. The benefits paid coustitute on we boy of its strongest features, but the principles are greater than anythin; (eas else. Founded on Friendship, based on Charity and established on Bi Wes ig/.j nevolence, the respectable, upright people of the state will find it an orde Nexsogeans7 worthy of their heartiest support. Qe It pays an endowment aud burial benefit of of $200.00 for all ages. 1 pays $4.00 per week sickdues. The badge costing 75 cents each is th only absolutely necessary regalla, For information concerning the orgauzaition of lodge: apply at the main office, the © s; of Calanth ye ne Courts of Calanthe = ts the Female Department of the Order. It requires a membership of ™ thirty persous to organize a court. Its members are pledged to exhibit Fidelity, exercise Harmony and prove Love one for the other. It pays an endowment and burial benefit of $150.00. It pays $3.00 per week sick dues. The only expense for regalia is the cost of the badge, so cents and arosett®, costing 25 cents for funeral occasions. | THE BANDS OF CALANTHE or Children’s Department also con- stitutes a feature and persons cannot do better than to enter the little ones into this mystic circle, The expense is nominal and the benefits all that could be expected. It pays from $1.00 to $1.50 sick dues and death benefits of from 330.79 to $40.00. Ifyou have noPythian Lodge or Court or Band in your neighborhood, orgrniz one. | For all information concerning the Children's Depariuent address, | Mrs. Anna Taytor, W. M., : v" 120 W. Hill St., Richmond, Va. . For all information concerning special rates of JOHN MITCHELL, JR., membership in the ledges and courts, address 311 N. 4th St., Richmond, Va = © ° ° [a 4 A Beautiful Hair Dressing and J © ° ae Tonic for the Hair! : Read what Madam Robinson, the Famous Black Patti, 2 Queen of the Opera, says of Kink-ine i a a PROF, ROBERTS, New York City, Dear Sir: . _ 1 have used your Kink-ine for tye past year and my hair is growing very fast. I ee find it the most delightful hair dressing and tonic | have ever used, altogether different from j - the many cheap pomades and vaselines on the market. It makes my hair so beautiful, soft, Leer 3 silky, and has entirely removed all dandruff and stopped it from falling out and breakis pee] off. And enables me to do it up in any of the many styles that I use on the stage. te FPG] does ail you claim for it, and I would not be without it. Yours sincerely, Maut. ROMINSON. ! a = Kink-ine Hair Dressing is a delight/ul perfumed tonic prepared largely for the use of [" gee | colored people; is guaranteed to be absolutely safe and harmless. It makes harsh, stubborn, ———————_ kinky, curly hair soft, silky and glossy, enables you to comb it with ease and to dress it MADAM ROBINSON in any style that you may wish, KINK-INE HAIR DRESSING by supplying the needéd oils directly to the roots of the hair tones up and nourishes the scalp, increasing the growth and giving new life and vigor to the hair. KINK-INE HAIR DRESSING is for sale at all druggists for aSe per bottle. If yourdruggist does not keep it have him order it for you; he can get it, If not, send me soc. and I will send same to you, prepaid. @ SPECIAL OFFER —To prove the quality and superiority of our goods over all others, we will sell one fall-ntse bottle of Kink-tne, price 35 cents, one cake of Kink-Ine Soap, the bext shampoo and Toilet Soap in the world, price 25 cents, both for only 50 cents, oF six bottles and six cakes of nonp for $5.00 Special offer good only at the following stores: \ | OWENS & MINOR DRUG CO., Lat.—Distributors, 1007 E. Main St. aaa t — , 3 I he . x : Reac i f PROF, R * ib “f find it the , x the many . . x silky, and % off. And We Pa does all y oe Kin < ~ wee | colored p kinky, ew MADAM ROBINSON in any st: KINK-INE HAIR DRESSING by the scalp, increasing the growth and | KINKANE HAIR DRESSING is | him order it for you; he can getit. I © SPECIAL OFFER—To prove the Bottle of Kink-tne, price 35 cents, ome centn. both for omly 50 cents, oF atx b storest OWENS & MINO] ——Nelson.s Harr Dressing canbe bought at Jennings and Brown Drug Store, Pittsbury, Pa. VERY PROSAIC, The garret bard was in deep meal- tation. ‘The young lady caller watch- ed him with admiration in her soft brown eyes. “Yea,” chanted the bard to himself, “as tender ass runne! ly.” “Ah,” whispered his admirer to her chaperon, “he is dreaming of his sweetheart.” “For ten long minutes I gazed upon {ts lusctous redness” “He is referring to her Cupid-tike mouth, auntic. “If only I could have pressed my Mps—" “The’kiss! ile 1s thinking of the Xiss. How poctical!” “ET would have swallowed it whole! Ye gods of anciont Greece! I should have forgotten that I had teeth to chew.” And the poetical young Indy with the soft brown eyes almost toppled out of the chair “Were—were you not thinking of your sweetheart, Mr. Rhymar?” she faltered. The garret bard looked around in astonishment _“Sweetheast? Well, I guess not. 1 was thinking obout that beefsteak I @aw in Big Jack's window."—Chicago Daily News. é. i egeerereeread Lizette—I5 it a noice piace ye have, Marie Marie (a new arrival)—Nolee enough, but {:'s beyant me -under- shtandin’ pby ‘hey do make me do such quare thins, “Quare, Marie?" “Yis, sure. Ivery mornin’ the mis- Sus tills me to swape the doost from the flues, and phin Ol'm done she gives me a rag and makes me shoo the doost back to the fure ag'in.”"—N. Y. Weekly. Necessities of Life. __ Mr. Smallpurse (back from the wed- ‘ing tour)—Here we are, my dear, in our new home. If you will look about ‘the house and tell me what's wanted, TD go out and get At. Bride (returning. from tour of ia- spection)—My love, we need a cook, & chambermaid and a butler.—New York Weekly. us Z Besrcn fs Kos Ase iste sie ips: Furnished Rooms, SOc. up. ' Meals, SOc. up. THE MT, CLEMENS HOTEL JAND MINERAL BATH ROUSE cry 4 AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PLAN Phone, 245. Has opened its doors for the accommodation of COLORED PEOPLE that may come to Mt. Clem ens in the future for their Health and Treatment on Rheomatism. It is the only Hotel and Mineral Bath House own- ed and conducted by a colored man at any of the health resorts in the Un- ited States. : (OW Write tor Special Rates. “Wy, GEO. I, HUTCHINSON, Fror. 48 Welts St., - Mt. Clemens, Mich. Established 1899. "Phone 4160. JOHN FOXE, Dealer in General Line of FANOY AND STAPLE GROCERIES, NOTIONS, FRESH MEATS, CI- GARS, TOBACCO, ICE, WOOD, COAL, &c. 11S. 4TH 8ST, RICHMOND, VA. ae a a a F i PREE! An Astrological Reading sent free to anyone enclosing two cent stamp for mailing charges, ete, Send date and month of birth. Write to day and address PROF. J. H. HOLMES, : 15 N. Kentucky Ave., Auantic City, N. J. SCHOOL SHOES, ——————— Capitol Shoe & Suppty Company, No. 210 East Broad Street. A complete stock of Boys, Misses,’ Men's, Ladies,’ & Children’s Shoes. ALL THE LATEST STYLES, Notice! For old papers, call on us. We are selling them at fifteen cents per hundred, tae inoniiepcoehseae BOARDING & LODGING Rates Reasonable, Ail the Comforts 2} ofHome ae Orders received by lewer or telegraph MRS. BOOKER LRPTWICH. 816 N.9nd Ste nlebmond, Vo MRS. JOSIE A. GRAHAM ee v's Most Success- ful Hair Culturist. 108 E. Leigh St., =. Richmond, - "Phone, 1034. Private Parlors, Confidential Inter. views and Correspondence. ‘The largest and most up-to-date Hair Dressing Parlors im Richmond. ‘The very best preparations that can ‘be made for the hair, scalp, face ‘abd skin. Graham's Superior Scalp Food for srowing hair on bald neads and ‘bare temples, 26cts. per Jar. "Be jmail, 35ets, | Graham's Superior Orange Flower ‘Skin Fo * for developing and beauti fying the skin, 25cts « jar. By mail | 35ets. | Graham's Superior Velvet Liquid Power for giving the face a beau- ‘atu fair color, 25 cents a bottle. By mail 36cts. Graham's Vegetable Hair Dye the best on market giving a rich natural color, $1.00 per bottle. By mail, $1.25. Mrs. Graham makes a specialty of massaging art beautifying ladte/ faces for parues and public gataer- ings, 35 cents. Mrs. Graham suampoos the head and puts ft in a healthy condition, 25 cents, All ladies who attend parties and other social gatherings should have thelr finger “nalle manicured ‘and made beautiful, 25 cents Mrs. Graham's preparations sell at sight. Ladies ving in other cl tles and towns etn make good mon- ey by selling these preparations. Write for terms to Mrs. J. A. Gra- ham, No. 108 B. Leigh St., Rica- mond, Va. "Phone 2043 112 W. Leigh & John H. Braxton REAL ESTATE & LOANS Private Banker and Broker, ‘Loans negotiated on Real Estate, Interest allowed on Deposits, Estates: managed, Rent coliected and prompt returns Special attention to repairs. Notary With Seal. H F Jonathan FISH, OYSTERS AND PRODUCE. =F o>. sa axe et 120 N. 17TH ST., RICEDSOND, VA. ALL ORDERS WILL RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION. Long Distance "Phone, 752. STRAUS’ SPECIAL Old Yacht Club, Will Satisfy the lover of the right kind of stimulant. Special prices. We have all grades of good liquors, Cignrs and Tobacco, ‘Cail and see us. ISAAC STRAUS & CO., 422 E. Broad St., Richmond, Virginia. : S. W. ROBINSON, | NO, 23 NORTH 18TH st coe DEALER IN FINE WINES, LIQUORS. . CIGARS, &c. ‘WGP Stock Sold as Guaranteed.-we PROMPT ATTENTION ‘Your patronage is respecttully solicited. GEORGE 0. BROWN, PROTOGRAPHER, 608 N, 2nd St, Riehmond, Va. Fine Photorrapha, Tron to Lite, ishing WOcttoue Wan serecial meee Be Sion Sl aires tence ee THE ECONOMY, 303—5 North Third St SEIN EY CLEANING, DYEING AND REPAIRING CHITMAN M. WHITE, PROPRIETOR. A. I layes ovnce Axp wan noous, 727 North Second Stree: ‘RESIDENCE, 725 N. and St. First-class Hacks and Caskets of all descriptions. I have a spare room for bodies when the family have not a suitable place. All coun- try orders are given special atten- tion. Your special attention ts call- ed to the new style Oak Caskets. Cail and see me and you shall be waited on individually. "Phone, 2778. THE YELLOW SATURDAY...JANUARY 11, 1908. POULTRY AND BEES SELF-FEEDER FOR POULTRY. One Which a Successful Poultry Raiser Uses and Recommends. A successful poultry man has a plan for self-feeding for his poultry. which he recommends to the poultry raiser, says the Prairie Farmer. The general plan is shown with reasonable clearness in the accompanying sketch. A represents one of four sections, separated from each other by partitions which divide line which he recommends to the poultry raiser, says the Prairie Farmer. The general plan is shown with reasonable clearness in the accompanying sketch. A represents one of four sections, separated from each other by partitions which divide line between the front and the rear, as shown by the dotted line running down the right hand side of the cut. The front and back side slant to a point where they almost meet the dividing line at C. A one-half inch space is left here so that the grain, oyster shells, grit, etc., with which the self-feeder will be filled, readily runs into the small division shown at B, where it is in easy reach of the fowls. It is obvious that as soon as any portion of the contents of any of these small boxes is removed, more falls from the small hopper above to take its place. The top of this self-feeder is arranged with a cover, as shown in the illustration. AN EXCLUSIVE TURKEY FEEDER. One Which Is Too High for the Chickens to Reach. Frob a board 1 by 12 saw off two squares and then saw off two corners from each square. Two boards five feet in length are nailed to the lower point of these end boards in trough A Feeder for Turkeys. fashion and two of similar length to the top forming the roof. The top board on the front should be put on with strap hinges so that it can be raised for putting the feed in the trough. A space must be left between the upper and lower boards to allow the turtkneys to reach in for the feed. This feed box is placed upon supports high enough to allow the turkneys to eat whenever they feel disposed but too high for the chickens to reach. FEEDING FOR EGGS. Some Suggestions That May Prove Helpful to Poultry Raisers. All other conditions being right, there are many methods of breeding that will bring good results, but some methods are better adapted to one breed than another. There are some things, however, that should be borne in mind—the hen cannot lay unless she has the proper material from which to form the egg. Every element in the egg must come from the food. For a time a persistent hen can extract some of the missing elements from her body, but this will not last long before the hen becomes thin and will cease laying altogether. Exercise promotes health and works off superfluous fat; therefore, for all confined fowls the grain should be buried in chaff or litter. Water is as important as food, and the hens should always have a full supply. Nearly 70 per cent. of an egg and from 40 to 50 per cent. of a hen's body is water. No one article of diet will produce eggs. The ration should consist of grain, meat and green food—all of these are essential. Many breeders place a great deal of reliance on a mash of grain and meat as a main ration. These mash meals consist of various mill products rich in protein. A mash meal which is recommended as the result of long experiment, says the Northwestern Agriculturist, is 200 pounds wheat bran, 100 pounds corn meal, 100 pounds wheat middlings, 100 pounds linseed meal, 100 pounds beef scrape. To this is added one-fourth its bulk of clover leaves. The clover is covered with hot water and allowed to stand for three or four hours. The mash is made quite dry and is rubbed well in mixing, so the clover is separated and mixed with the meal. PROFITABLE POULTRY. How Your Flock Can Be Made So in the Winter Season. The profit of the poultry in the winter depends on the number of eggs gathered. So the farmer should provide the winter quarters for his hens with this end in view, and it will really cost but little if anything more to do so. To get eggs in the winter, summer conditions must be produced as far as possible. The poultry house should be located on a high and dry spot. If the floor is of dirt it must be more elevated than the outside surface to prevent dampness. The door should open to the south, and it will be best if the whole south side of the house can be opened for ventilation whenever desired. Some poultrymen have several sliding windows in the south which can be casily pushed back in warm weather and closed during stormy days. These serve also to let in the sunlight, and a sun bath is very essential to the health of the bens The windows should be low enough to let the sunlight fall on the floor, so the hens may get the full benefit of it. One successful poutryman hung burlap curtains close around his hen roosts, pulled them down at night in cold weather and rolled them up in the daytime. He declared the curtains to be very satisfactory, as the hens shell out the eggs and are healthy. When the curtains were lowered at night he opens the windows to let in the fresh air unless it is extremely cold. There is no doubt but that a tightly-closed room will be disastrous to the flock, for hens, like men, must have fresh air to be healthful. The winter feed for hens should be like that they get in the summer. A small feed from the owner to which is added weed seed, bugs, flies, worms, sprigs of grass and grains of gravel, is about the variety a hen gathers during a summer's day. With this she gets plenty of exercise. In the winter the hen cannot get this variety of feed herself, so it must be provided by the poultryman. Green cut bones of beef scraps will take the place of insects, only care must be taken not to feed too much. Feed grain in a deep litter of leaves or straw and plenty of exercise will be obtained in scratching for it. Oyster shells should be kept where the hens may help themselves, for they must have lime for egg shells. A box with four apartments, one each for beef scraps, oyster shells, grit and charcoal, should be in easy reach of the hens. There is no better bowel regulator than charcoal, and the hen should never be without it. Of course there are no set rules for feeding grain that will prove successful in every instance, says Farmers' Review. One must use his best judgment and feed according to breed of fowls, conditions and prices of grain. Some have found a hot mash for morning, noon and night very profitable, while others succeed best by feeding grain. There are those who keep feed constantly before their heirs to a profit and others prefer feeding what they will eat at stated intervals. One must find the most profitable method and stick to it in spite of what others may suggest. But don't forget that green food of some kind should be supplied. Cabbage leaves or red clover are good and alfalfa is simply first class. Beets or turnips chopped will also be rellished. The water supply should be copious and palatable. Provide it every day, and if the weather is extremely cold set the vessel containing it on a heated rock and it will not freeze for 10 or 12 hours. By constant care of the hens during the winter months the eggs will fall into your basket and money into your pocket. ROOST BRACKET. One Made Out of Heavy Fence Wire Will Prove Effective. A home-made roost bracket of heavy fence wire is easily bent, as shown in the illustration, and fastened loosely to the wall with staples. Its chief advantage is that it permits light to go all around the roost end and thus leaves no dark and fastened loosely to the wall with staples. Its chief advantage is that it permits light to go all around the roost end and thus leaves no dark harbor for lice. The roost should be made about one and one-half inches short, but have a screw in the end to keep it from slipping out of place and falling. Poor Coops. Poor coops are the cause of many losses of chickens. It is the night time when the marauding cat, the marauding rat or the skunk comes to get his supper. He searches carefully about and tries the different coops. The owner, of the chicks is asleep, and the chicks are themselves asleep. The prowler tries the woodwork of the coops and finds a lath loose. He slips in and the slaughter begins. He can see well in the dark, but the chicks cannot and are helpless. The owner in the morning finds all of the chicks in that coop slaughtered, though but one or two have been eaten. This loss might have been prevented by having absolutely tight coops. No Difference. There is practically no difference in food value between the egg with a brown shell and the one with a white shell. This is the conclusion arrived at in tests made at the California experiment station. Home-Made Mucilage Best. A young woman of long experience in mounting photographs asserts that her own home-made mucilage is better than any of the prepared pastes sold for that purpose. Get an ounce of gum arabic crystals and dissolve in boiling water. It should be of the consistency of thin cream, thin enough to pour easily. When cold it is ready for use. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Autos in Prester John's Country. Even in remote Abysinla the day of the automobile has arrived, and Germany has seted occasion by the forelock. The Negus has granted to a German company a concession for an automobile line connecting Addis Abeba and Direduna, which are six days' journey by ordinary caravan. The motors will cover the distance in two.—London Globe. Importance of the Engineer: One fact is certain, that in the future the engineer, using the term in its widest sense, will become increasingly more and more essential to the social progress of the universe, and that on his labors and inventiveness, more than on those of any other class of society, will depend the ultimate physical wellbeing of mankind. Passion for Extremes. It is no longer considered vulgar to travel third class, and in a short time it may be thought quite the smart thing to do. Indeed, so great is the passion for extremes among a certain set that railway companies may have to provide a fourth class to meet the wishes of this section of the community—London Weekly Dispatch. Queer! Four-year-old Philip went for the first time with his aunt to an Episcopal church one Sunday recently, and the little fellow was especially impressed with the white-robed, surplaced choir. On reaching home, he said enthusiastically to his mamma; "And I saw lots of ladies singin', but they had men's heads on!" Holidayless Leisure There is no one so much to be pitted as the man who has nothing to do but to amuse himself from year's end to year's end. To this sort of individual a holiday, and all that delightful sensation of accomplished work and freedom for enjoyment, are entirely unknown.—The Car. Why the Sun Sets Little Jack asked his mother one night why the sun set so often. She told him that it might rise in the morning. This seemed a useless reason and Jack hunted for another. At last he said: "Oh, I know, mother! The sun sets so that she can hatch all the days!" Fear Drives Out All Else When four takes possession of mind then accomplishment is absolutely impossible, for the whole being is dominated by its sway. It keeps every instinct and emotion and resolve chained down by the fetters of its thraldom. Phenomenon Explained A comparatively young man whose mustache remained jet black while the hair on his head turned white explained the phenomenon by saying it was because his lips enjoyed all the good things of life and his head had to suffer all the troubles. Machine Made Beat Brig Peat briquettes are now being made at Norfolk, Mass., with a machine. The peat is cut up by revolving knives like a meat chopper and then pressed through a die in a continuous bar, which is sliced into briquettes by a knife operated automatically. So It Hard. On her return to school Little Mary's mamma gave her a double slate. It was the first of the kind the little miss had ever seen. "Oh, mamma," she exclaimed, turning it with joy, "it has an each side and an inside!" Jarred Him "Why is it," irritably asked the professor, addressing the query to nobody in particular, "that the feminine individual who sits just behind you at the concert always calls it 'progrm'?" Text from Br'er Williams "Wisdom," said Brother Williams, "don't confine hisse'f to no settlement. De fact is. Wisdom don't stay wid many folks long enough ter git good acquainted!"—Atlanta Constitution. Boys Know "Bee stings banish pain." That may be sound scientifically, but the mere memories of boyhood can pick flaws in it. Conviction You could never make a girl think her parents do as much for her as the one who takes her to a matinee.—New York Press. Duty's Call. Do the duty which litch nearest to thee. Thy second duty will already have become clearer. The most reliable records show that there are 3,879 millionaires in New York city. Cost of Vice. It costs more to satisfy vice than to feed a family.—Balzac. Early Breakfast Assured. "Say, Bilkins, how do you manage to get your cook up so early?" "Great scheme. I talked astronomy to her until she became interested." "That so?" "You bet! Now she gets up every morning before four to see the comet, and after she has seen it, why, it is too late to go back to bed, so she starts the fire and cooks breakfast."—Chicago Daily News. Balking Car. Redd—Does your automobile ever balk? Greene—Well, I should say it did! Why, only yesterday we came to a sign by the roadside, which said: 'Slow down. Do not go over eight miles an hour.' And, do you know, the pesky machine balked and wouldn't go another yard!—Yonkers Statesman. MILLER'S HOTEL W.M.MILLER. PROPRIETOR WITHIN ONE BLOCK OF STREET CAR LINES THAT TAKE YOU TO ALL PARTS OF THE CITY TERMS REASONABLE SECOND AND LEIGH STS. RICHMOND, VA. Everthing! Everthing! IN FURNITURE AND FLOOR COVERINGS SYDNOR & HUNDLEY, INC. Leaders. HATS FOR CHILDREN PRETTY STYLES MADE UP IN MANY MATERIALS. Glengarry Bonnet Is Perhaps the Prettiest and Most Popular—Hussar Wide Vogue. The Glengarry bonnet—Scotch plaid—is the newest headwear for small girls and boys, and is jaunty looking and usually becoming when placed at the right angle above the forehead amid a mass of fluffy curls or on neatly plaited brads. That this style hat will be a favorite seems certain, because it is so different from other models. In making such a bonnet the materials used are astrakhan, cloth, velvet, chinchilla; the band plain or in tartan. The trimming is a flat bow of ribbon, with or without a quill, ribbon ends finishing the back. Some of these bonnets are finished with ear flaps, which make them almost as warm as hoods. Another pretty style of hat is the hussar turban in all white. The crown is of white broadcloth, draped, the point held down with a white silk pompon. The brim is of white astrakhan and the front is draped with strands of white silk cord. Ear flaps of astrakhan can be added. This model may be bought in black, red and navy, but the white is by far the most attractive. Closely resembling the hussar turbans are the new polo shapes for boys of three and four years of age. These hats are made entirely of astrakhan set on smoothly and decorated only with a cord. Black, white, navy and red and brown are the colors in which these are made. A stylish child's hat is the new Peter Pan design, covered with chinchilla cloth and trimmed with cord ropes and silk pompons. Napoleons for baby boys are the coolest bits of headwear imaginable. Some of the newest are entirely of curly bear skin, stiffly trimmed with a little white ribbon; others are of felt decorated with the fur. The old Peter Pan style is also covered with the bear skin and a "brush" is held at the left side by means of cords. Worsted toboggan touques show no real change, except a different kind of weave in the knitting. Tams in Angora are serviceable for both boys' and girls school wear. They are warm, yet very light in weight. These may be secured in white and colors. For afternoons small boys wear tam shapes in cloth, velvet and serge, the emblem embroidered on the left side of the crown. Colors may generally be found to match the coats worn—blue, white, red and golden-brown all being in evidence. Leather tams are smart and serviceable and are appropriate for almost any occasion They come in black, tan and patent leather. MANNISH STYLES FOR WOMEN. Costumers Favor Severe Lines in Feminine Costumes. The ladies' costumer is seeking inspiration from the men's tailor. The latest fashion in jackets is modeled on the lines of a man's dinner coat. There is a great demand not only for styles, but also for materials which have hitherto been worn only by men. One of the smartest patterns is cut like a gentleman's coat, the fronts trimmed with long lapels of silk that close at the face with an enamel link-button. Although this style is particularly smart it exemplifies the diosyncracles of fashion. A coat which is supposed to be a warm wrap does not live up to its title when the fronts open to disclose the bodice or blouse, and many people may prefer comfort and the double-breasted model. Slit sleeves are also a novelty of this season's coats, and this is another mode which is uncomfortable and rather chilly. The cutaway jacket which has been in favor since early autumn is a modified edition of a man's tail-coat. The latest felt millinery models for motoring or cycling very closely resemble a man's derby hat, with the exception that they are pillable and can be bent about to suit the wearer's fancy. Gloves have also taken their pattern from the gentleman's outfitter. The styles which women are selecting for driving, golfing or country wear are made of dog or doeskin, with square fingers and one button. BIB FOR INFANT Nainsook of good quality is used for the bib; this is embroidered with white fossette in satin-stitch with the ornamental lettering. The edge is scalloped and worked with the button- Bibè Bibè hole design shown, the outline being run two or three times to raise the stitches. A satin-stitch dot is worked in each scallop. Sweet Scents. A formula for a scent to place among her bed linen is usually liked by the dainty woman, and here is a most excellent one: One ounce of powdered gum benzoin, one of powdered cloves and two of powdered cinnamon; add to these seven ounces powdered cedar wood and the same of dried lavender flowers; mix, sift and put into flat bags to lay between sheets and smaller ones for the slips; or, if pads are made to fit the shelves it will answer as well. Balsam, the fir tree balsam, gives of its own fruit fragrance from pads made and filled with it, with the old-fashioned levender, can never be improved upon for perfuming bed linen. THE IRONY OF FATE. A young man loved a maiden fair Who thought him "simply grand;" He had a surplus of hot air For constant use on hand. "Come fly with me," he urged the maid She stood awhile in doubt. Then shook her head and sadly said: "I fear to venture out. But still he stayed to urge the mald; At last she heaved a sigh And gave consent, wherefore they went Serenely forth to fly. Alas, that love may never run As smoothly as it should; Her father had slipped out and done The worst a parent could. naught Bombardier back of gas -Chicago Record-Herald A PROBLEM SOLVING INSTITUTION. TO OWN YOUR HOME MEANS TO SOLVE THE NEGRO PROBLEM. WHEN BUYING, WHEN SELLING, HEN RENTING PROPERTY call on the PEOPLE'S REAL ESTATE & INVESTMENT Co REALTY IN ALL OF ITS BRANCHES. 707 North Second Street, Richmond, Virginia. Telephone, 4854. J. J. GARTER, President. W. F. DENNY, Secretary. The People's Restaurant, 750 North 3rd St., Richmond, Va MEALS at All Hours—Hot or Cold. Board by Day, Week or Month. SOFT DRINKS. POLITE ATTENTION.... GIVE ME A CALL. Mme. SYLVIA L. MITCHELL, Proprietress. All orders promptly filled at short notice by telegraph or telephone. Halls rented for meetings and nice entertainments. Plenty of room with all necessary conveniences. Large plenic or band wagons for hire at reasonable rates and nothing but first-class, carriages, buggies, etc. Keep constantly on hand fine funeral supplies. No. 212 East Leigh Street. (Residence Next Door.) Has proved to be a fortune to many of the unfortunate, who are to-day delighted with its wonderful results. The merits of this great hair preparation naturally places it in a sphere all of its own, and the glowing terms in which our petrons speak of it reassures us of its satisfactory results. We can well boast of a large patronage throughout this and other States and also enjoys the commendation of the very best white and colored people in this immediate community. In order to the merits and results of the J. V. Hair will from time to time produce in print permission to do so, who have un among the many bearing witness of its correspondence of those expecting a miRNA is a natural and pure compound, hesitate to put in print. We will just the States Government has placed national which it is protected and we are in turn est methods and square dealings. It will positively remove Dandruff Hair on Clean Temples or Bald Heads; PRICES:—35 ots. per box; eight Beautifier makes the use of powder entitles. Sale prices; 25, 50ots and $1.00. Order or Express Money Order all out of city orders. Address all co. Mme. J. V. 612 NORTH FIRST ST., Telephone Correspondence S W. I. JO Funeral Director Office & Warerooms, 207 HACKS F Orders by Telephone or Tele Suppers and Entertainment Telephone, 686. In order to convince the mer- cipient of the J. V. Hawkin's Hair Grow- er to produce in print the photograp- her who have used our preparat- ing witness of its genuine qualities, we expect a miracle or anything un- pure compound, the ingredients of it. We will just here remind the pro- ducer placed national patent rights on the plant and we are in turn responsible to the dealings. Dandruff, Oure Scalp of Musts or Bald Heads, where the roots are 1. per box; eight boxes, $2.80expre- sence of powder entirely unnecessary bots and $1.00. Money can be sent by Order A charge of 10c Address all communications to J. V. HAWKIN FIRST ST., — RI Telephone, 4601. Respondence Strictly Confid I. JOHNS Director and B Verooms, 207 N. Foushee S. CKS FOR HI Telephone or Telegraph filled and Entertainments prompt 186. Residence this immediate community. In order to convince the most skeptical readers of the merits and results of the J. V. Hawkin's Hair Grower and Restorer, we will from time to time produce in print the photographs of those giving us permission to do so, who have used our preparation and are to-day sharing the caring witness of its genuine qualities. We do not desire the correspondence of the expecting a miracle or anything unreasonable. Our preparation is a natural and punish compound, the ingredients of which we would not hesitate to put in print. We will remind the public that the United States Government has placed national patent rights on our hair preparation by which it is protected and we are in turn responsible to the government for honest methods and square dealings. It will positively remove Dandruff, Oure Scalp of all impurities, Restore Hair on Clean Temples or Bald Heads, where the roots are not dead. **PRICES:** -35 cts. per box; eight boxes, $2.80express prepaid. The Fees Emulator makes the use of powder entirely unnecessary, and is perfectly harmless. Sale ends on 11/30/14 and $1.00. Money can be sent by Post Office Money Order or Express Money Order. A charge of 10cts. extra is imposed on all out of city orders. Correspondence Strictly Confidential. W. I. JOHNSON, Funeral Director and Embalmer, Office & Warerooms, 207 N. Foushee St. Cor. Broad. HACKS FOR HIRE. Orders by Telephone or Telegraph filled. Weddings, Suppers and Entertainments promptly attended. Telephone, 686. Residence in Building. PROF. D. D. 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He challenges the World to compete with him in causing a speedy marriage with the one you love; uniting the separated and bring --- 10 S to convince the most skeptical readers of hawkins' hair Grower and Restorer, we sent the photographs of those giving us used our preparation and are today genuine qualities. We do not desire aracle or anything unreasonable. Our prepare the ingredients of which we would not here remind the public that the United patent rights on our hair preparation by a responsible government for honour. Oure Scalp of all impurities, Restore where the roots are not dead boxes, $2.80express prepaid. The Epcirely unnecessary, and is perfectly harmmoney can be sent by Post Office Money A charge of 10cts, extra is imposed on communications to HAWKINS, — RICHMOND, VA ne, 4601. Strictly Confidential. JOHNSON. or and Embalmer, N. Foushee St. Cor. Broad. ATOR HIRE. telegraph filled. Weddings, events promptly attended. Residence in Building. back the lost one. 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Greatest Prophet in existence. He always Succeeds when others fail. This is the chance of a life time. Don't let it pass you. Office Office hours: 9 A. M. to 9:30 P. M. Sunday: 2:30 to 7:30 P. M. Sunday: 2:30 to 7:30 P. M. N. B.-Our consultation Fee is 50 cents. Sittings, $1.00. All let- ters containing $1.00 will be answer ed in full. MAIN OFFICE: 510 S. 8th St., Philadelphia, Pa. SEVEN A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. J. K. L. M. N. O. P. Q. R. S. T. U. V. W. X. Y. Z. EIGHT —AEEEEEEEeaee ie aSUTe NE : Wad or Ane Ue . & Vs «ep SATURDAY... JANUARY 11, 1908 ARREST F. A. HEINZE CopperKing Pleads Not Guilty to Fraud Charge. FIRM'S Fal ti E STARTED PANIC. ator Accused of Overcertification of Checks Valued at $100,- 000—Error, He Says. NEW YORK, Jan, 8—F, Augustus Heinze was arrested here by United Btates Marshal Henkel on a bench warrant issued by Judge Chatfield in the United States circuit court on an indictment found by the federal grand dary. The indictment of Heinze by the federal grand jury which bas been {n- Vestizating the Mercantile and other Dauks identified With the Heinze and Charles W. More interests Is the aft. ermath of the collapse of the Helnze pool in United Copper and which brought about the suspension of Cross & Kleeberg. stock brokers, and sub- Sequently resuliet hi the resignation of F. Augustus Heinze from the prest- dency aud tie retlemeut of the direct ers of the Mercantile National bank after an examiinacion of the institution Rad been mule by the clearing house commitiee. Heinze declared at the time that he had been betrayed by his friends in the United Copper pool, The charge is the overcertitication of fifteen checks on Oct. 14 last drawn on the Mercantile National bank amount. ing altogether to aliont $400,000. Edward Lauterbach, Mr. Heluze’s counsel, sald that prior to the certifica tion Mr. Heinze had directed that the notes be discounted, upon which there had been ample security, aud he sup Posed that this had been done. As a matter of bookkeeping, Mr. Lauterbach said, it may not have been one until the next morning. Mr. Heinze, sald Mr. Lauterbach, had no idea of violating the banking law Heinze wax arraigned before Com: missioner Shields, who held tim in $50,000 ball to plead before Judze Chatfield in the United States circuit court. Heinze appeared by arrangement of counsel. The surety for ball was giv en by the Fidelity Deposit company of Baltimore before Commissioner Shields. Heinze was then released. Heluze was presisent of the Mercan. tile National bank at the time of the attempted corner by Otto ©. Heinze & Co, of United Copper stock in the curb market that Immecdtately precipitated the panic. Investigation of the bank's affairs resulted a day or two later In the resignation of Heluze and all the Girectors of the bank, —incinding Charles W. Morse. ‘The clearing house committee that conducted an examina. tion into the Imuk’s affairs reported that there lad twen considerable it- regularity in the bank's loan accounts, Principally due to Inans made on col- lateral of varions Copper stocks in which Heinze was Interested. [ssoct- ated with the copper king in nny of his enterprises were Charles Wa Morse and the Thomanes. who retire trom the banking world simultaneousty with Heinze. Heinze was born in Brooklyn about forty years azy and wax graduated with honors from the Columbia Schoo! of Mines in ISS), Immediately after his graduation be went diveetly to Butte, Mont, where he made consider able money inking up abandoned und apparently worked out mines aud bringing them tp to a paying basis. While he was in Montana aa attempt was being mace to oust him from his ownership of the Karas imine, and Be Became havnived b1 the series of Mth gations that marked his history ever since. In genera! he was suecesstul In hia fights, ent ly the thne he again appeared in New York, at the age of thirty-three, Iie had goined the ttle of the “Copper Kis.” A crisis was provoked hy the refusal ef Otto Heinze & Co. to receive any Whore than a certiky niniher of shares from their agent, wd Cross & Klee: Berg were compelied to aunowuce thelr “wuspension. They charge! Otto Heinze & Co. With a breach of contract at the time. Bhortly afterward Veins & Co. sus ended and the kre! troubles in bank- ting affairs all ove: the country follow. ed fast after then. Kentucky Ninht Riders Again, CARLISLE. Ky.. Jan. S— Night rid- ers again « Intovaction during the night, when thes swooped down on Carlisle and set fire to the warehouse of A. R. Robertson, an independent to- Bacco buyer at Beihe!. Peters Bros! store caught fire foom the warehouse and was destroyed, causing a loss of $2,500 in excess of the insurance. Quarantine Ship’ Launch Lont. NORFOLK, Vs. Jan. S—‘The launch from the quarantine shtp Jamestown, lying off Old Pont Comfort, ts beliew €d to have fouwtered in Hampton Roads during a storm here, with the Joss of both her white captain and en- ee he fear ot Seeks Law Rather Thaw the Pixtol. PARIS, Jan. 6—I'riuce Helle de Sa- gan has filed evit on the ground of ax- Sault against Couut Boni de Castel. lane in the criminal court, asking 1 frane damages. The action will be taken up ov Jon. 21. New Cars n Swecens at Meaato. BUFFALO, Jan. 7—Thirts-ttve pay as you enter cars were put Into opera: tion on the Nivgar Street line and proved an overwhettu'ng success. THAW AGAIN AT BAR. Siarer of Stanford White Relies ‘aukiliy Se Reebeak eek, NEW YORK, Jan. 8 —The second trial of Harry K. Thaw before Justice Victor J. Dowling in the state supreme court continues to attract much atten- tion. At the very outset a plea of insanity at the time of the killing of Stanford White was entered in behalf of the efendant. Last year the case was fought out on a straight plea of not guilty, but temporary insanity finally was relied upon. Legal insanity at the time of the tragedy fs to be the sole defense. Mrs. Evelyn Thaw was pursued by crowds as curious as ever and had to be escorted ip and out of the court house by @ detail of policemen, ‘The usual gaplug crowd was gath- ered about the criminal courts bulld- ing in the hope of catching a glimpse EX) a 3 a (en 77 ae of Harry Thaw as he crossed the Bridge of Sighs. The word that women were to be barred had been judiciously spread abroad, and there were none but newspaper writers on hand. Last year at the bexinning of the trial wo- men predominated in the courtroom, and it was their insivtence which caus. ed much of the disorder of the opening day. Thaw was called to the bar at 11:27 @elock. His appearance showed little or no change from last year, Thaw seemed thoroughly to. relish the Idea of being out of the Tombs prison after nightfall. bis first expert: ence of the kind since bis incarcera tion following the roof garden tragedy of June 25, 108, TO DISARM JAPANESE. Riots at Vancouver stir tp People Againet Orientals, VANCOUVER, B. C., Jan. &—Chief of Police Chamberlain’ has refused a demand mare by the Asiatic Exclusion league that the oriental quarter be searched for Grearms and ether dan- gerous weapons, The chief admitted the gravity of the situation, but urged strongly agalust hurrying a possible crisis in the Japanese question by any drastic action such ax the one sug: gested Two of the Japanese under arrest were released on 84,000 bonds furnish- ed by responsible Japanese. The other two are still in jail, ‘The Japanese business community sent Fite Chief Thompson # handsome bouguet of roses to be forwarded to the injured firemen, ‘The bouquet was accompanied by a check for $100 for the firemen and a letter regretting the ‘action of the Japauese and declaring Yhat the Uosinees men were doing al fu their power to briug the guilty per- kone to Justice, ‘The fire chief returned the money and the flowers to the Japanese, de claring that the firemen who were mal- treated lind no desire to accept any gift as a considoration for the Injuries done them. Many, Jopanese reserve army men have been ordered to Tokyo, accord- Ing to a report curerut here, The Jap- anese themselves deny the report, but It cannot be cenledt (hat eeveral bun: dred men have arrived feom the United States and are making ready to leave for Japan. The gathering of the Japanese hete ia carried out with uch mystery. About 200 landed diiring the morning from 4 smell American steamer, which slipped In and out of the harbor be- fore daylight and nelther entered nor cleared from the custome house. — Ba-Senator Peasenten Dead. STAMFORD, Com, Jan. $—Saunnel Fessenden of this city, a former stute senator and ane of the yort prominent men in Connectiont, died from heart trouble. Mr. Fesrenven tad been ti for a long time of Kidney trouble. Af- fection of ihe heart also developed, and durhts one of these xpolie his tite febbed away. Mr. Fessemien was born In Rockland, Me.. April 12, 1847, NEW Y a. 7.—Vonr of the Wittles of $4,500, he ‘ el's Sons Co. iL M, ¢ & Co. and Gattle, Ettinger & 1 Court Revatta Narie, PHILAD ELITES aay 7. — The Deduspivauls: veprbie: conht Heine to permit to he taken to that tribunal fr 1 perior court in the Hartje diverce cove Ht ts sald Mr, HartJe may ihe lds suit to the United States supreme court. Duchers of Vanchenter Has Daughter DUBLIN. Jan, S—A daughter was born to the Ihuchess of Manchester, who was formerly Miss Helen Zim- merman of Cincinnatl, at Kylemore castle, near bere. Diamond Ring Not Necessity. Nine out of ten happy marriages be- gan without diamond engagement vings. There {s no world-old superst- tion about the diamond. ‘Wee’ Wallies ‘ienicen More than half of us wear masks. var better be a Jolly sham than @ mourner over gnosis. THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND. VIRGINTA. Natures Decoration. During the past few months tn ‘Svitzeriand and France there have Deen brought to light several caverns {nm which petrification of water has wrought marvelous effects of crystal- Une decoration. The last of these to be announced is a magnificent grotto lafd bare by a fall of rock at the Pointe du Taland, Canton of Belle Isleen-Mer. The grotto is accessible at low tide. Need Cotton Hand Looms. ‘The revival of the cotton hand loom fs thought to be the solution of the question of the industrial regeneration of India. This year there were spun 213,057,834 pounds of cotton, a falling off of more than 14,000,000 pounds, but the yards woven amounted to 254,284,- 745, an increase of 23,000,000 yards. This has been due to the great in- crease in the number of hand looms in use. Cattle Ticks, A report issued from the depart- ment of agriculture states that the an- nual loss occasioned through the cat- tle ticks fs in the neighborhood of $100,000,000, which 1s equai to about ten per cent of the value of the cat- tle. The quality of the animals is the lowest and the loss 1s greatest in the regions ‘where the natural conditions without the tick should produce the finest cattle with the least loss, They War on Each Other. What a pugnacious community {t ts that inhabits the sea! All the crea. tures in ft live on each other, and the whole extent of that vast body of water 1s a slaughter house, where the strong prey on the weak constantly. ‘There is no other way for them to sustain life, but doesn’t it seem queer that nature should have ordained such a state of things? ie iia Ci aie A writer in the London Daily News, giving some experiences during dense fogs, says he was once in a ‘bus which stopped suddenly on Waterloo bridge in @ fog. The driver urged the horses to move, but they would not, and when the conductor went to in- vestigate he found them looking over the parapet! Saliva Anti-Snake. All men possess: in their bodies a poison which acts upon serpents; and the human saliva, it is said, makes them take to flight, as though they had been touched with boiling water. The same substance, it is said, de- stroys them the moment it enters their: throat.—Pliny the Elder. John Wesley's Christening Robe. The robe which John Wesley wore when he was christened over 200 years ago is now the property of Miss Emma Pashley, of Workshop, Eng- land, it having come to her from her grandfather, at whose house Wesley lived for a time when but an Infant. Nail Wounds. One who has tried it says that the most successful treatment that he has found for nail wounds in- horses’ feet is to clean out the wound and pour full of hot tallow or lard. This seems to give very lttle pain, and one treatment generally cures. Wise Advice. Without labor there is no arriving At rest, nor without fighting can the victory be reached. Be thou therefore always prepared for the fight if thon wilt have the victory—Thomas a Kempis. Sicmhhinta: Rade of lee Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beau- tifully furnishes a house... . Give us a house furnished with books rather than furniture—Henry Ward Beecher, As It Seemed to Her. Norah—"An’ phwere do your mis- thress be goin’ tonight?” ‘Bridget— “Shure she didn’t inform me, but fr'm the looks iv her, Ol take it she be goin’ to wun tv thim comin’-cut par- es."—Harvard Lampoon. Cold Day in Billvilie. “Coal is too high for us,” says the Billville Banner, “and the timber trust puts wood out of our reach, but we have a few extra bales of cotton with which we can feed the fire.” Glue Clothes Toaether. The Corean taflor does not stitch garments, He pastes the edges to- gether and presses them down. Cor- eans carry glue around to stick their clothes together when they are torn, A Meek Editor. Wo have not settled many of the problems of life. In a vast majority of cases it has not been even deter. mined just who shall wear the breeches.—Dallas News. erat eee ‘The World's Miners. | The mines of the world employ | 5,000,000 persons, and more than one- third of them are in the British em- pire. nada, a tn nies, HALIFAX, N. S., Jan. 6—William Marconi and his wife arrived here and sailed today on the Tunisian for Italy by way of Liverpool. “Sweet Are the Uses of Society.” Mrs. Black—Why did you enter so- ciety? Miss White—To find a husband And you? _ Mrs. Black—To get away from the one I've got.—Cleveland Leader. | A Sufferer, | Maud—She is a woman who has suf. fered a good deal for her beliet. Ethel—Dear me! What fs her be Met? ‘Maud—She believes that she can wear a number three shoe on a num- cer riz fost. _ : Ke ee ka, A Revelation. ae N fy 8 . THE BOOK OF SEVEN SEALS BY = N LUCINDA YOUNG, hoes A Who in the year of 1890 laid on Res | her bed twenty-four days and ae “ |} SAW DREAMS AND VISIONS, es ] was commanded by God to write the a } wonders she saw into a book. This Re. 7 book tells also about 3 % ! A SEVEN YEAR'S FAMINE. Set Sammy) «that is to come. It is sold at $1.00 ef roe Meee = Terms in advance Wee MRS LUCINDA YOUNG, —_ SPECIAL RATES TO AGENTS. Statistics published (New York Mail, December 13) says the United States Government will largely depend upon Nevada gold mines to solve the currency problem. There are reasons: Mohawk, of Goldfield, which sold at 15¢. in November, 1905, adyenced to $20 per share within a year, paying 50c. per share dividends. Red Top, Combination, Tonopah, Min- ing, Nevada Hilis, etc., have equally marvelous records. Manbattan will repeat Goldfield’s history. Several companies with large, rich bodies of ore are now supplying recently completed mills, put ting them on earning basis, from which big dividends will be paid—great ly Increasing stock values. These can now be bought at 15 to 0c. per share—and as readily sold. Write for exyert advice on best purchases in proven properties. Clients guaranteed against loss. Will loan 66 2-5 per cent. of selling value on all listed securities. Bank and, commercial references. CHARLES HENRY HALL, COMMISSION MINING & INVESTMENT BROKER, Represented on all Mining Exchanges. “Phone, 3625 Madison Square, St. James Bldg. roadway and 26th St., New York. Weak Man Receipt Free. Any man who suffers with nervous debility, loss of natural power, weak back, fatling memory or deficient manhood, brought on by excesses, dissipation, unnatural drains or the follies of youth, may cure himself at sealed envelope, to any man who will THE APPEALS FROM OKLAHOMA. (Continued From First Page.) when we have money to pay them we think they will quit running. We wish to say one thing to our people and that is this: We must urge our ministers, school teachers and our leading colored newspapers to come to our rescue in order that we may save our children and our land. We have hundreds of acres, yes thousands of acres of land and are willing to assist In any way to have our land oceupled by our col- red brethren, We want good men —we want race pride men. ‘There- fore this body will subseribe for any Heading paper that will belp ug. in this great work Im order that we might be able (o stamp out this dir- ty evil. A brief talk by Tom Grayson: “Gentlemen, there is one thing I have to say. It Is.true that before the black-handed evil came among us we had no such trouble. We have lived on this land for seventy odd years and have never been mo- lested by our government. Now we find that the black-handed evil has tried to break peace between the red man and the black man. We have lived here since 1865 as brothers and sisters at peace with each other and could live here in the same way a thousand years longer if this black hand of evil was stanped out.” “Brethren and fathers and moth- ers rush your children Into the club in order that we may stand up as one. It will make them gentlemen and ladies and <ood law-abiding cit- ixens.”” e By Tom Grayson, a Creek citizen and an uneducated citizen, well known all over the Territory. We favor that a copy of these res- olutions be sent to all of the leading colored newspapers of the United ‘States, For any information regarding the Home Protecting League, write to the body at Grayson Grove Church in care of Tom Grayson, Box 12 Wagoner, Oklahoma. A Question. At sunt what ane Now do pou thle Our pretties Learn hot to. Wink? Decrott FyqpoBresa On the Eve of Separation. ‘The foo! and 1s money were about to be parted “Incompat!bility he explained to the bystanders. ~ He might a have pleaded deser tion and jack of support, but he ‘was too busy arranging the details of @ separation.—-Clicago Tribune, ‘Appreval. “I hope your titled son-in-law will lke you.” “We're getting on.” answered Mr. Cumrox, looking up from his check- ook; “he seems to think very well of my handwriting and the kind of cigars I smoke.”—Washington Star. A Paradoxical Prerogative, “Love is a queer fhing in one re pect.” “What js that ?¥ ry Ait tu about the dlly thing of other people's that w. keep and re furn at the iaite eumee™—-Battimore American. Be Ee Important Notice! H. Thomas Calloway, 3636 Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill. UP-TO-DATE eS Ladies & Gents ee | TAILOR rT € SPRING LINE OF 1908 uF g NOW READY. b J sy Mail Orders a Specialty. By Ng. Fashion Plates and Samples male on Madame E. L. 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WHAT BROKE HIM, Higgins had acquired a habit that he found hard to break. It came from desk-work in an office where there was little to do and none too much to pay. He had tora a piece of paper from a tab and rolied and un- rolled it between the thumb and fore- finger for 89 many years that he found ft hard to think without this accom- Paniment. ‘Try as he would, he could not break himself of the bablt, and finally gave up in despair. One day, while on the street, a weighty matter kept troubling him, Dut he found st tmpossible to think clearly. Unconsciously putting his fingers Into his vest pocket they came in contact with a teadollar bil. It Was all the money he had left from the last month’s salary. Taking out the bill, he rolled and unrelled It while thinking out the problem. A€ the con- clusion he carelessly tore the bill into bits, as he had always disposed of his roll of paper, and tossed them into the gutter, And that broke him—J. Brad. ley Vandaworker, in Judge. NOT MUCH ELSE. aN L FF Pi [y LG ee hays fi [3 jf ii HK fo WN Af \ =A Ae Wm Ks Pe Helen—Freddy has a cold in his head. May—t've been wondering. Helen—Wendering what? May—What Freddy bad in his head. ome: ¥ iets sis poems emotes, deed he apteernanr ins: sat vesteak Gio tee waatiole aks Jane andthe foyfel 329. SET Se eens "An f loathe arthersziier ary ian Jo sner yp A ie Srameeme ner Se8 events A Silent Testimony. Dr. Griffin—I must say.the world is very ungrateful towards our profes- sion. How seldom one sees a public meniorlal erected to a doctor! Mrs, Gollghtly—How seldom? Oh, acetor, think of our -emeteries! Afraid of Water. Constable—Come along; you've got ‘to have a bath. ‘Tramp—A barf! What, wiv water? Constable—Yes, of course. Tramp—Couldn't you manage it wiv one o' them vacuum cleaners! Indications of the Fact. “My wife used to be on the stage once. Can you guess what was her specialty?” |, “Easily. Monologue in the continu: ous.—Ballimore American.