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THE RICHMOND PLANET HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY FEB 11 1908 CAMERIDGE, MASS. KILL KING CARLOS Portugal's Ruler and Crown Prince Assassinated. THREE REVOLUTIONISTS SLAIN. Attack Made on Royal Carriage as It Entered Lisbon. PROCLAIM MANUEL IL SOVEREIGN Carlos L, and His Son Lulz Filippe, Heir to the Throne, Dastardly Murdered In Lisbon by Agitators, Prince Manuel Wounded In Split of Efforts of Queen Amelie, Who, Throwing Herself Between the Princes and Outlaws, Sought to Protect Her Children With Her Own Body—Young Prince, Now King, Though Hurt by Bullet, Pluckly Drew Revolver and Opened Fire on Miscreants. LISBON, Portugal, Feb. 5.—Prince Manuel, duke of Beja, was proclaimed king by the council of state at an early hour in the morning, in succession to his father, King Carlos, who, with the crown prince, was assassinated by agitators. The king, who is in his nineteenth year, assumes the title of Manuel II. The city is in an uprear as the result of the assassinations. The king's sec- KING MANUEL II ond son, Prince Manuel, was only slightly wounded, and Queen Amelle, who strove to save the crown prince's life by throwing herself upon him, was unhurt. A band of men waiting at the corner of the Praco do Commercio and the Rua do Arsenal suddenly sprang toward the open carriage in which the royal family were driving and, leveling carbines which they had concealed upon theo, fired. The king and crown prince, upon whom the attack was directed, were each shot three times, and they lived only long enough to be carried to the marine arsenal near by, where they expired. Almost at the first shot the king fell back on the cushions dying, and at the same moment the crown prince was seen to half rise and then sink back on the seat. Queen Amelle jumped up and threw herself toward the crown prince in an apparent effort to save his life at the cost of her own, but the prince already had received his death wound. The police guard fired upon the assassins and killed three of them. A strong guard was in attendance because of the recent uprising in the city and the discovery of a plot to assassinate Premier Franco and overthrow the monarchy. But the band of murderers had selected the most advantageous spot for the commission of their crime, for they were concealed from the eyes of the police until the carriage had wheeled into the Praga do Commercio, a large square. How many shots were fired no one can say, but it was a veritable fusillade. The effort of the crown prince, who was sitting opposite to the king, to rise was pitiful and without avail, for he just lifted himself sufficiently to pitch forward and fall over the prostate body of his father. Queen Amelie, uttering a scream that could be heard by all who had not become frenzied by the attack, threw herself toward her sons, shielding their bodies with her own. She frantically struck at the murders with a bouquet of roses which she had been carrying, but even in the face of this the men fired again and again. A party of armed Republicans attacked the residence of Premier Franco on Saturday, but the military guarding the premier's residence, exchanging a fusilade with the Republicans, drove them off and wounded several of them. The principal regicide killed has been identified as Manuel Bulca, a sergeant in the Seventh cavalry and a teacher in an elementary school. For eight years he acted as a private tutor in this city. He was about thirty years of age. The two other assassins who were killed are believed to be Portuguese. An official of the court said: "I do not think the murders were I do not think the murders were instigated by any political party, but was the work of anarchists. It was not the king the people hated, but Premier Franco, whom they recently tried to assassinate. "Because of his generous nature King Carlos was well liked by most of his subjects." Franco resigned for fear his continuance in office would plunge the country into rebellion. The premier has been considered directly responsible for the political turmoil which resulted in the assassination of the king, and his withdrawal from power is regarded as holding a promise of political tranquillity. The investigation of the police show that the murders were carefully planned. On Saturday morning the assassins met secretly in the back room of a cafe and there laid out every step of the plot. The body of the king lies in state this morning, clad in the uniform of the commander in chief of the army, while the prince wears a uniform of a captain of the Second lancers. The funerals will be held on Saturday, and the bodies will lie in state until that day. The funerals will be attended by the Prince of Wales, Prince Charles of Bourbon, the Duke of Aosta, the cousin of King Victor Emmanuel, a special French embassy and detachments of the foreign regiments, of which the late king was honorable colonel. TO OUST KELSEY. Fleming's Report is Adverse to insurance chief. ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 5—Guilty of inefficiency, incompetence, trustfulness and ignorance is the verdict rendered against Superintendent of Insurance Otto Kelsey by Matthew C. Fleming in an exhaustive report to the governor of his probing of charges against the head of the state's most important bureau. On fourteen indictments Fleming declares Kelsey convicted. So sweeping are the accusations that Governor Hughes is expected to transmit them to the senate, with a second demand that Kelsey's head shall fall. And with it he is determined shall go those of many deputies and subordinates whom Fleming describes as having either "determined Kelsey's attitude and policy," "taken things ensy" or been reinstated by Kelsey after being discharged by his predecessor for drunkenness. THOUSANDS SLAIN? London Report Tells of Big Battle Between French and Moors LONDON, Feb. 5. A special dispatch from Tangier says that there has been a great battle between the French and the Moors near Settat, Morocco, in which it is estimated that 10,000 Moors were killed or wounded and in which the French loss amounted to 160 men, including four officers. The Moors with intrepid bravery charged right up to the mouth of the guns until their bodies lay in great piles on the ground. The battle was the fiercest since the outbreak of the present hostilities between the French troops and the Moorish tribesmen. The uprising was so sudden that the French were caught almost wholly unprepared and narrowly escaped annihilation. The 25,000 tribesmen fought with the greatest desperation, charging again and again. Fake Titles In Russia. ST. PETER8BURG, Feb. 3.—A revision of the College of Heraldry of Georgia, Transcaucasia, has resulted in the uncovering of monster forgeries of princely titles. Among 2,000 registered hereditary costs of arms 600 have been found to be begus. Miss Shonts to Wed Title. NEW YORK, Feb. 3.—Miss Theodoro Shonts and the Duc de Chaulnes will be married at the Shonts home in this city on Feb. 15. Torpedo Fleet at Punta Arenas. PUNTA ARENAS, Feb. 5. — The American torpedo flotilla has just joined the battleship squadron at this port. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1908 A Handsome Booklet. The Mechanics' Savings Bank is issuing a handsome booklet of that institution with a financial statement of the aggregate deposits of the concern for six years. It is printed on 100 pound enamelled book and is printed in three colors. The cover is finished in black and gold and the variegated colors of the cover paper are bottled green, green, purple and scarlet. The design is unique. The portraits of the Directors or rath er those who held office prior to December, 1907 are printed in the border in a most pleasing manner. The work has been highly complimented by some of the printers and engravers of the city. The designing was done by John Mitchell, Jr. The linetype work by Roscoe C. Mitchell. The imposition and execution of the design by John R. Cogbill and the press work in all of its phases by Robert Alexander, with Edward Smith as Assistant. In other words, it is the product of our printing establishment. Jonesboro Academy Building Desstroyed. The buildings owned by the C. and O. R. R. at Jonesboro, six miles from this city and occupied by the Jonesboro Academy was destroyed by fire last Monday night. The school will now be held in the residence of Dr. R. E. Jones, which place is admirably suited for the purpose. JAMES--Mrs. Betsey C. James died January 13th at the residence on her husband in Cumberland Co., Va. She had been a great sufferer for many years but bore it with great patience and Christian fortitude. She is survived by husband, five children, three sisters, three brothers and a host of friends. A loving wife and mother, a devoted sister has left us. Sleep on dear loved one, sleep and take thy rest. The B. Y. P. U. of the Fifth Street Baptist Church, one of the oldest B. Y. P. U's, in the State had a very interesting meeting on last Tuesday evening, acting President R. H. Fauntleroy presiding. The meeting opened with song service and prayer by Deacon E. T. Coleman. After singing, the subject "A seal to serve God" found in the 42nd Psalm, was discussed by the members present. It was indeed a joyful meeting and one of the largest held for sometime. After the time had expired for the discussion of the subject, the meeting dissolved its business and the following officers were selected: R. H. Fauntleroy, President pro tem; Vice President, Mrs. Annie Chaffin; Secretary, Miss Alice Robinson; Treasurer, Mrs. Sarah Cook; Corresponding Secretary, Bro. John O. Cook; Reporter, Prof. B. H. Peyton. A special visitant committee composed of Miss Beresenia Brown, Mrs. Sarah Anderson, Sisters Alice Robinson and Annie Chaffin, Brother James H. Chiles and Prof. B. H. Peyton was appointed. It is expected that much life will be brought to the work through the activity of this committee. A lively time is expected for next Tuesday evening at eight o'clock. A beautiful subject will be discussed and a fine literary programme rendered. All friends are invited to attend, also the members of the union are requested to come for enrollment. A Magazine Project Mr. B. L. Jordan, Assistant Secretary-Manager of the Southern Ald Society is preparing a magazine for circulation that will be a record-breaker, so far as companies of the race are concerned and will compare favorably with those issued by northern corporations. It will contain valuable information pertaining to insurance and will be embellished with portraits and pictures of interest to the reading public. Mr. Thomas M. Crump is Secretary-Manager of this enterprising corporation and Mr. A. D. Price, President. Public Installation Danville, Va., January 29, 1908. The officers of Moving Light Lodge No. 86 and Shining Light Lodge, No. 93 were installed at the Camp Grove Baptist Church, Monday night, January 27, 1948 by District Deputy Grand Chancellor C. M. Smith of North Danville, Va. Sir N. H. Clark, acting G. P.; Sir W. L. Lockett, acting G. M at A. Sir Smith delivered a fine lecture on the good of the order. There were many members present from the other lodges of the city. —Subscribe to The PLANET. Only $1.50 per year. Mind Haunted by Slain Negro TAZEWELL, VA., Feb. 4.—J. E. Warden, chief of police of the town of Graham twenty miles east of here killed himself at Hotel Graham last night by shooting himself through the head with a pistol. Death was instantaneous, the bullet entered under the left eye. He leaves a wife and four children. Warden's death is the most shocking tragedy that has occurred in Tazewell for years. The direct cause of his rash act is traceable to the killing of a colored man at Graham last Christmas, while the officer was discharging his duty as the guardian of the peace. The Negro's name was Alex. Preston, and was killed instantly by the officer, who is said to have shot in self defense. About a week ago, Mr. Warden's mind became unbalanced, dreamed one night that one of his little boys came to his bed and said: "Mother, Alex is at the door and wants to see you." The officer actually went to the door, and was found there later by his wife unconscious condition. He reported to his wife and several others after he had been revived that the colored man whom he had shot Christmas met him at the door and that he recognized him. Since that time the officer has been brooding over the dream, and the combined efforts of all his friends to cheer him and help him in his trouble have proved futtle. Ever since the killing of the man, the officer has not been himself, so his friends say. A peculiar thing about the tragedy was that Warden shot himself in the identical spot that he shot the colored man—under the left eye, the bullet coming out at the back of his head, having passed entirely through his head. He also used the same weapon that he killed the colored man with. Warden was for a number of years a resident of Tazewell and was very popular with a large number of friends. HOLMES—Samuel Holmes of Manakin, Goochland Co., Va., departed this life January 26, 1908, age 70 years, 10 months. He was one of the founders of the _____ Baptist Church and a Deacon for 43 years. He leaves a widow, two sons two daughters and a host of relatives and friends to mourn their lost. A Request. To the Editors and Manager of the Christian Organizer Publishing Company—Greetings: Whereas the above named paper has been chosen by the Trustee Board of the Virginia Baptist State Convention as its Organ; and whereas the Virginia Theological Seminary and College and its grounds are the property of the said Convention, also the entire Trustee Board and Faculty of the above named school are agents of the said Convention, operating and looking out, ever, for the best interest of the said school; and Whereas, recently, the columns of the above named paper have been and even now are open to the publication of such articles that, in our judgment are very injurious to our educational work in the above named school, we the Executive Board and Faculty of the Virginia Theological Seminary and College request that the names of such articles be used to the publication of all articles and editorials which tend to antagonize criticise and impede the efforts of the Trustee Board and Faculty in their endeavors to serve best the Virginia Baptist State Convention and the people in general. We grant that the said writers and publications might be aiming at the Convention's highest good, but "By their fruits ye shall know them." We have not endorsed and cannot endorse that which works our destruction. We, the members of the Executive Board and Faculty in joint session present our disapproval of such writings and request of you a halt along this line. Yours for the good of the cause John A. Dix School Burns to Ground. DEWITT, VA., February 4.—The main building of the John A. Dix Industrial School at Diwndiddle, was destroyed by fire to-night between 8 and 9 o'clock. There was considerable wind blowing at the time and the best that could be done was to confine the flames to this structure. The several smaller buildings were all saved. The fire caused great excitement among the students, but none of them were burned or injured. The destruction of the building is complete, and very little of the furniture was saved. The building was worth about $10,000. The school of which J. M. Colson, of Petersburg, is the principal, is devoted to the education of the col- ored youth, both male and female, in the industrial arts. There are 150 students in attendance at present. The institution was established and endowed by Alexander Van Rensselaer, of Philadelphia, as a memorial to his father, Rev. Cortland Van Rensselaer. It has always been known as the John A. Dix School, but is now called the Dinwiddie Agricultural and Industrial School. —Mr. William Ellis, Jr. is sick at his home. —Mr. Thomas Martin of Braddock Pa. called on us. —Rev. R. W. Goff of Lynchburg, Va. was in the city this week in the interest of his work. —Metal ceiling has been put in the concert hall of the Pythian Castle 727 North Third Street. —The snow and sleet this week was a surprise to some people. —It is reported that the Fifth St. Baptist Church will vote on calling another pastor at the next regular church meeting. —The building of the Richmond Athletic and Social Club was damaged by fire last week, but the organization was not inconvenienced seriously thereby. —Rev. J. C. Jackson of the Court Street Baptist Church of Lynchburg resigned the pastorate. The members refused to accept the same after a bitter contest. The scenes in connection therewith last Monday night are said to have been disgraceful. —The Southern Aid Society has been hand-mapped in the work on their new building on account of bad weather, but the foundation has been dug and the cellar excavated. —Trouble with our lintotype motor, which has been undergoing repairs has seriously handicapped us in our work in this office. —Mr. A. D. Price is still suffering with his injured foot and hobbles around his place of business. His undertaking and livery orders are receiving prompt attention however. A most elaborate program and invitation to the annual meeting and banquet of the stockholders of the Mechanics' Savings Bank reached our desk recently. General John Mitchell, Jr., President, already nationally known in the political and fraternal fields, bids fair to outshine his former luster in the financial world. —Cincinnati, O. Pythian Monitor. Dr. Len G. Broughton, Pastor of the Baptist Tabernacle, Atlanta, Ga. has accepted the invitation to deliver the Commencement Address at Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama May 24th. Hon. Charles W. Anderson, Collector of Internal Revenue, New York is to deliver the Commencement Address May 28th. Get Out of the Way of Biting Dogs! Prof. D. Webster Davis will lecture at the Third Street A. M. E Church on this famous subject February 10, 1908. Admission 10 cents REV. A. J. NOTTINGHAM, Pastor PRINTER WANTED (Man)—A first class printer is wanted who can do both news and job work. Good wages paid. Write to REV. R. T. SIMS, Editor Mississippi Baptist Canton, Miss. Lewis Chief of Mine Workers. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Feb. 4. Thomas L. Lewis of Bridgeport, O., is announced to have been elected president of the United Mine Workers of America at the closing session of the annual convention. Frozen to Death on Grave. POTTSVILLE, Pa., Feb. 5—Lying dead by the grave of his foster father, W. W. Williams, who left Cressona, near here, five years ago upon being separated from his wife and three daughters, was found in the Cressona cemetery frozen to death. Lived a Double Life. NEW YORK, Feb. 5.—"I'm a born thief. I can't resist the temptation to steal," was the declaration made by Louis Wolf, a wealthy rug merchant of Brooklyn, under arrest there as a pickpocket. Wolf made a statement in which he implicated a lawyer and others in a series of offenses. Mr. Elder declares Wolf told in detail the story of his dual life wherein by day he was a respected business man, but at night a lawless character. Rev. Dr. Robert W. Goff, the most Worthy Supreme Grand Ruler of the Royal Order of Joseph is again in the city representing the work of the great Institution of which he is head. This well known orator, preacher and business man needs no introduction to the reading public. But for the benefit of those perhaps who have not considered his work seriously, we call their attention to the fact that the Royal Order of Joseph is making great headway in the city of Richmond. Dr. Goff's lectures are being praised on every hand. His subjects "Why the Negro is Black, Hair Kinky and Nose Large," also "The Negro Woman Between Hell and the Iron Works" have merited the praise of the best people of Richmond. The Royal Order of Joseph has a great future before it. They have secured the service of Mrs. Sylvia L. Mitchell, 750 North Third Street as General Deputy for the city of Richmond. This estimable lady is well known and solicits the aid of her many friends in aiding her to push the work of this great Organization to the front. For further information address Mrs. Mitchell, 750 N. 3rd St., Rev. H. Paul Leake, 816 N. 2nd St., or the Home office, 507 Main St., Lynchburg, Va. NOW IN MATTEAWAN. Harry K. Thaw, Not Guilty, Goes to Asylum For Insane. NEW YORK, Feb. 5. — Harry K. Thaw is in the observation ward of the State Asylum For the Criminal Insane at Mattewan, N. Y. He was on his way to that institution four hours after the jury that had tried him for the killing of Stanford White had acquitted him on the ground that he was insane at the time of the commission of the act charged. When the verdict was recorded, Judge Dowling immediately committed Thaw to Mattewan as a dangerous maniac on the ground that the testimony of the defendant's own experts and other witnesses had showed that manic depressive insanity subjected its victim to recurrent attacks, during which he is likely to commit murder or suicide. The order is that he be held there "until discharged by due course of law." "I am perfectly sane," he said in his nervous way, "but I am going to Mattewan on the advice of my counsel to remain until necessary action can be taken to prove me sane. My greatest regret is that I have to be separated longer from my wife and relatives." Cleveland Plain Dealer Plant Burned CLEVELAND, O., Feb. 3.--The four story brick building containing the mechanical department of the Plain Dealer Publishing company was practically destroyed by fire. The building destroyed contained the composing room with twenty-two linetypes, job printing plant, storerooms, boilers and dynamos and pressroom in the basement. The loss on the building and contents is estimated at $200, 000. The Plain Dealer will be issued at the Cleveland News office for the present. To Rearrange the Stars WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. — A rearrangement of the stars on the flag of the United States is proposed in a bill introduced by Representative Ansberry of Ohio. The bill provides that the arrangement of the stars shall "be in five arcs in combination, the centers of the arcs to be the apices of a regular pentagone." Second Fleet For Pacific WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.—The government is assembling and preparing for dispatch to the Philippines another squadron of eight battleships and four cruisers to John Admiral Evans' fleet. It is known authoritatively that the administration plans to have the Evans fleet return by way of the Suez canal. PR!CE. FIVE CENTS BONI WAS JEALOUS. Anna Gould Cause of Fist Fight at Church Door. PARIS, Feb. 5.—The case of Prince Helle de Sagan against Count Boni de Castellane drew a big but not fashionable crowd to the correctional court. Helle is suing Boni for assault and demands a frane damage for an attack he says Boni made upon him outside the Church of St. Pierre de Challot. Boni's lawyer on coming into court deposited on the table a packet of photographs and letters, saying that they referred injuriously to a third party. Presumably this third party is Mine, Anna Gould, formerly the Countess de Castellane, to whom the prince has of late been paying marked attention to the great exasperation of the count. Prince de Sagan's lawyer denounced the letters as forgeries, in connection with which his client intended to take action when the excitement of the assault incident had died down. Castellane's lawyer dwelt on the resignation his client had shown for the past two years and the silence he had always kept regarding the woman who had borne his name so irreproachably and who was the mother of his children. But this resignation, he said, did not extend to allowing Sagan to become the stepfather of his children. So when Sagan advertised his determination to marry Mine, Anna, Castellane determined to prevent it at any cost. SANDERSON'S BIG GRAFT Harrisburg Capitol Fraud Trial Reveals Starling Details. HARRISBURG, Pa. Feb. 5.—Measured by the man who manufactured them, neither the number of cubic feet nor "surface feet" upon which Contractor John H. Sanderson bases his defense in the trial of the conspiracy suit against Sanderson, former General Snyder, former State Treasurer Mathues and former Public Buildings Superintendent Shumaker, could be found in the mabaggy rostrums in the senate and house canes rooms of the capitol to equal the number of feet charged against the state by the contractor. Sanderson collected from the state $90,748.80 for these rostrums, at the rate of $18.40 per foot," and paid John P. Wilt of Philadelphia, the subcontractor who manufactured them, $2,000, giving the contractor a profit of $88,088.80, or 4,395 per cent. Photographs of the rostrums were put in evidence by the commonwealth, after which Mr. Wilt testified that they contained 2,083 "surface feet," or 1,397 cubic feet, or 3,990 feet, "board measure," and that of the 3,990 feet, "board measure," only 1,700 feet were mahogany. DEMANDS DEATH PENALTY Czar's Judge Advocate Would Have Stocessel, Fock and Relax Shot. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 5. — The final session of the Stoeessel court martial was held. Lieutenant General Stoeessel, together with General Fock and General Reiss, is being tried for the surrender of the Port Arthur fortress to the Japanese. The judge advocate demanded that the court impose the death sentence upon Stoeessel, Fock and Reiss—upon Stoeessel as the responsible agent for the shameful surrender of the fortress and the cowardly ending of its glorious defense and upon Fock and Reiss as the men who inspired and abetted him. For General Smirnoff, who was declared guilty of not having taken measures to prevent the surrender, the judge advocate asked the severe punishment of imprisonment at forced labor for four years. He declared that Reiss did not have the slightest claim to clemency; that he was a liar and a valglorious boaster. Hughes at War With Gambling. NEW YORK, Feb. 3. — A mass meeting that packed the Majestic theater here cheered Governor Hughes' attack on race track gambling. NEW YORK, Feb. 4.—The ordinance recently passed by the board of aldermen forbidding women from smoking in public places was vetoed by Mayor McClellan. The mayor states that the aldermen have no power to make such law. The ordinance was designed to have proprietors of hotels, restaurants and other places fined for permitting their women guests to smoke. POLICE CHIEF SHOOTS HIMSELF ROANOKE, Va., Feb. 5. — After brooding over the killing of a negro until his mind was unbalanced, coupled with a dream a few nights ago in which he saw the man he had killed, Chief of Police J. F. Warden of Graham, Va., blew out his brains with a revoiver. Warden on Christmas day shot Alexander Preston, colored, in the discharge of his duty. BOB HAMPTON of PLACER By RANDALL PARRISH AUTHOR OF "WHEN WILDERNESS WAS KING" "MY LADY OF THE NORTH "HISTORIC ILLINOIS" ETC. COPYRIGHT 1906 BY R.C. MCCLURG & CO. TWO SYNOPSIS. CHAPTER I.—A detachment of the Eighteenth infantry from Fort Bethune trapped the Indians in a narrow gorge ducks himself by the name of Hampon, Gillis, the post trader, and his daughter, and a majority of the soldiers are killed during a three days' siege. 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 cavalry, Lleut. Brant in command, find Hampton and the girl on the plains, then to consciousness, Hampton announces that he proposes to care for the girl. CHAPTER V.—Hampton and the girl stop at the Miners' Home in Glencoe, Mrs. Duffy, proprietress. Rev. Howard proposes that Hampton place Miss Gillis at her Herndon. He consents to think it over. CHAPTER VI.—Hampton takes the future over with Miss Gillis—the Kid. She shows him her mother's picture and tells him that she can of her parentage and that she decide she shall live with Mrs. Herndon. CHAPTER VII.-The Kid takes up her residence with Mrs. Herndon. CHAPTER VIII.-Naida, the Kid runs away from Mrs. Herndon and rejoins 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 Slavin 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. Wynkoup, etc. She boards at Mrs. Herndon's. CHAPTER XII.-Naida and Lieut. Brant agonizes without his knowing who she is. She informs him of the coming Bachelor club ball in honor of Miss Spencer. CHAPTER XIII.-Lieut. Brant meets Silent Murphy, Custer's scout. He reports trouble brewing among the Sloux. CHAPTER XIV.-Social difficulties arise at the Bachelor club's ball among the members of Miss Spencer but she is not his acquaintance of the day before. She him of Nalaia, and he accidentally meets him with Hampton to the ballroom with a fan for Miss Spencer. CHAPTER XV.-He fails to discover her identity. CHAPTER XVII.-Brant accompanies Nalaia home from the dance. On the way she informs him as to who she is, and that she must attend the ballroom. Brant meets Hampton with her, and the men make an appointment to meet the following morning. CHAPTER XVIIII.-Brant and Hampton meet. Hampton informs the lieutenant that he attends to Nalaia must cease, and proclaims her that justifies the statement. Brant Hampton of the presence of the silent Murphy that hints that Hunt Red Skinn receives government messages for him. CHAPTER XVIII.-Miss Spencer called on Bob Hampton. Tells her faced stranger mistaking her for Nalaia. CHAPTER XIX—Hampton interviews Red Slavin. Finds that he is an ex-trooper in the Seventh cavalry. It was more than ten years before had convicted Robert Nolan, then a captain in the Seventh, of the murder of Maj. Brant, Sr. He attempts to kill him from Slavin. Slavin insists it is Murphy he wants, and Murphy has left. In a scuffle Slavir is killed by a knife thrust. CHAPTER XIX—Hampton surrenders to Buck Mason, marshal. Mob attempts to capture him Mason and his prisoner escape to a hill and defend themselves. Mob lights fire to burn them out. CHAPTER XXI—Brant tells Nafia that he loves her. She tells him there is an insurmountable barrier between them, but that she does not fully understand it. CHAPTER XXII—Brant and his troop rescues Hampton and Mason from the fires set by the mob. Brant carries the unconscious gambler through the lines of fire. CHAPTER XXIII—Hampton is taken to the hotel and Nafia comes to nurse him. CHAPTER XXIV.-Miss Spencer has a humorous adventure with her admirers and then accepts the heart and hand of Rev. Wynkoop. CHAPTER XXV.-Brant is ordered to take the field. Before he goes Naida tells him she loves him, but cannot become his wife, or cannot offer an explanation. He insists that he will return to her. CHAPTER XXVI.-Hampton goes on the trail of Silent Murphy, then at Chayenne, as the one man who can clear Capt. the ship of murder of Maj. Brant 15 years before. CHAPTER XXVII.-Hampton arrives at Chayenne after Murphy had left with Capt. Crawford. He follo- scot, determined to wring from him a confession. Comes within sight of Murphy on the edge of the Indian country. CHAPTER XXVIII.-Murphy is surprised at a night camp and sees a ghost of Maj. Brant. CHAPTER XXIX.—Murphy practically confesses to the killing of Maj. Brant for which Capot, the commander, to dismiss from the army and ten years in the penitentiary. Hampton proposes to take him through the Indian country to give his statement before the old regiment. They travel through the Indian country. CHAPTER XXX.—Murphy goes violently insane. Hampton forces him on through the Indian country toward the Horn in hopes of reaching Custer with dispatches he carries, in time. A Sloux bullet kills his horse. CHAPTER XXXI.—Brant's troop guarding Custer's pack train on Little Big Horn rescues Hampton and Murphy. Hampton insists on going to join the Tull Brant Naida is daughter of Capt. Nolan who was convicted of murdering his father Murphy, now insane, counsel Goff. Nolan of charge of the recover his mind. Leaves package of papers bearing on the subject with Brant when he goes to join Custer. CHAPTER XXII.—The story of the first day's fighting on the Little Big Horn in charge of charge and not engages. - Far below in the heart of the sunny depression bordering the left bank of the Little Bighorn Horn, the stalwart troopers under Reno's command gazed up the steel bluff to wave farewell to their comrades disappearing to the right. Last of all, Custer halted his horse an instant, silhouetted against the blue sky, and swung his hat before spurring out of sight. The plan of battle was most simple and direct. It involved a nearly simultaneous attack upon the vast Indian village from below and above, success depending altogether upon the prompt co-operation of the separate detachments. Scarcely had Custer's slender column of horsemen vanished across the summit before Reno's command advanced, trotting down the valley, the Arkika scouts in the lead. They had been chosen to strike the first blow, to force their way into the lower village, and thus to draw the defending warriors to their front, while Custer's men were to charge upon the rear. A half mile, a mile, Reno's troop rode, with no sound breaking the silence but the pounding of hoops, the tinkle of accoutrements. Then, rounding a sharp projection of earth and rock, the scattered lodges of the Indian village already partially revealed to those in advance, the riders were brought to sudden halt by a fierce crackling of rifles from rock and ravine. Men fell cursing, and the frightened horses swerved, their riders struggling madly with their mounts, the column thrown 'into momentary confusion. But the surprised cavalrymen, quailing beneath the hot fire poured into them, rallied to the shouts of their officers, and swung into a slender battle front, stretching out their thin line from the bank of the river to the sharp uplift of the western bluces. Scarcely 150 white troopers waited to stem as best they might that fierce onrush of 1,200 battle-crazed braves. For an almost breathless space those mingled hordes of Sloux and Cheyennes hesitated to drive straight home their death-blow. They knew these silent men in the blue shirts, knew they died hard. Upon that slight pause pivoted the fate of the day; upon it hung the lives of those other men riding boldly and trustfully across the sunlit ridges above. "Audacity, always audacity," that is the accepted motto for a cavalryman. And be the cause what it may, it was here that MaJ. Reno failed. In that supreme instant he was guilty of hesitancy, doubt, delay. He chose defense in preference to attack, dallied where he should have acted. The observing savages, gathering course from his apparent weakness, burst forth in resistless torrent against the slender, unsupported line, turned his flank by one fierce charge, and hurled the struggling troopers back with a rush into the narrow strip of timber bordering the river. The whole narrow valley seemed to swarm with braves; they poured forth from sheltering coulees and shadowed ravines; they dashed down in countless numbers from the distant village. Custer, now far away behind the bluffs, and almost beyond sound of the firing, was utterly ignored. Every savage chief knew exactly where that column was, but it could wait to die. In leaderless effort to break away from that swift gathering cordon, before the red, remorseless folds should close tighter and crush them to death, the troopers, half of them already mounted, burst from cover in an endeavor to attain the shelter of the bluffs. The deadly Indian rifles flamed in their faces, and they were hurled back, a mere fleeing mob, searching for nothing in that moment of terror but a possible passageway across the stream. Through some rare providence of God, they chanced to strike the banks at a spot where the river proved fordable. They plunged headlong in, officers and men commingled, the Indian bullets churning up the water on every side. The loss in that wild retreat (which Reno later called a "charge") was heavy, the effect demoralizing; but those who escaped found a spot well suited for defense. Even as they swung down from off their wounded, panting horses and flung themselves flat upon their faces to sweep with hastily leveled carbines the river banks below. Benteen came trotting gallantly down the valley to their aid, hit troopers fresh and eager to be thrown forward on the firing-line. The worst was over, and like maddened lions, the rallied soldiers of the Seventh, cursing their folly, turned to strike and slay. A line of skirmishers was hastily thrown forward along the edge of the bluff, while volunteers, urged by the agonized cries of the wounded, endearved vainly to procure a supply of water from the river. Again and again they made the effort, only to be driven back by the deadly Indian rifle fire. By three o'clock, although the majority of the savages had departed down the river, enough remained to keep up a galling fire, and hold Reno strictly on the defensive. As the men lay exposed to the continuous snipping fire, above the surrounding din were borne to their ears the reports of distant guns. It came distinctly from the northward, growing heavier and more continuous. None among them doubted its ominous meaning. Custer was already engaged in hot action at the right of the Indian village. Why were they kept lying there in idleness? Why were they not pushed forward to do their part? They THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Looked into each other's races. stood! They were 300 now; they could sweep aside like chaff that fringe of red skimmers if only they got the word! Officer after officer, unable to restrain his impatience, strode back across the bluff summit, amid whistling bullets, and personally begged the major to speak the one word which should hurl them to the rescue. They cried like women, they swore through clinched teeth, they openly exhibited their contempt for such a commander, yet the discipline of army service made active disobedience impossible. They went reluctantly back, as helpless as children. It was four o'clock, the shadows of the western bluffs already darkening the river bank. Suddenly a faint chee ran along the lines, and the men lifted themselves to sage up the river. Unging the tired animals to a trot, the strong hand of a trooper grasping every hailer-strap, brant was swinging his long pack-train up the smokewreathed valley. The outriding flankers exchanged constant shots with the skulking savages hiding in every ravine and coulee. Pausing only to protect their wounded, fighting their way step by step, N troop ran the gantlet and came charging into the cheering lines with every pound of their treasure safe. Weir of D, whose dismounted troopers held that portion of the line, strode a pace forward to greet the leader, and as the extended hands of the officers met, there echoed down to them from the north the reports of two heavy volleys, fired in rapl succession. The sounds were clear, distinctly audible even above the uproar of the valley. The heavy eyes of the two soldiers met, their duet-streaked faces flushed. "That was a signal, Custer's signal for help!" the younger man cried, impulsively, his voice full of agony. "For God's sake, Weir, what are you follows waiting for here?" The other uttered a groan, his hand flung in contempt back toward the bluff summit. "The cowardly fool won't move; he's whipped to death now." "Reno, you mean? Whipped? You haven't lost 20 men. Is this the Seventh?—skilling here under cover while Custer bogs help? Doesn't the man know? Doesn't he understand? By heaven, I'll face him myself! I'll make him act, even if I have to damn him to his face." He swung his horse with a jerk to the left, but even as the spurs touched, Weir grasped the taut rein firmly. "It's no use, Brant. 'It's been done; we've all been at him. He's simply lost his head. Know? Of course he knows. Martini struck us just below here, as we were coming in, with a message from Custer. It would have stirred the blood of anyone but him—Oh, God! 'it's terrible.' "A message. What was it?" "Cook wrote it, and addressed it to Benteen. It read: 'Come on. Big village. Be quick. Bring packs.' And then, 'P. S—Bring packs.' That means they want ammunition badly; they're fighting to the death out yonder, and they need powder. Oh, the coward!" Brant's eyes ran down the waiting line of his own men, sitting their saddles beside the halted neck, animals. Brant Was Swinging His Pack-Train Up the Smoke-Wreathed Valley He leaned over and dropped one hand heavily on Weir's shoulder. "The rest of you can do as you please, but N troop is going to take those ammunition packs to Custer if there's any possible way to get through, orders or no orders." He straightened up in the saddle, and his voice sounded down the wearied line like the blast of a trumpet. "Attention! N troop! Right face; dress. Number four bring forward the ammunition packs. No, leave the others where they are; move lively, men!" He watched them swing like magic into formation, their dust-begripped faces lighting up with animation. They knew their officer, and this meant business. "Unsling carbines—load!" Weir, the veteran soldier, glanced down that steady line of ready troopers, and then back to Brant's face. "Do you mean it? Are you going up those bluffs? Good Heavens, man, it will mean a courtmartial." "Custer commands the Seventh. I command the pack-train," said Brant. "His orders are to bring up the packs. Perhaps I can't get through alone, but I'll try. Better a courtmartial than to fall those men out there. Going? Of course I'm going. Into line—take intervals—forward!" "Attention, D troop!" It was Weir's voice, eager and determined now. Like an undammed current his orders rang out above the uproar, and in a moment the gallant troopers of N and D, some on foot, some in saddle, were rushing up the face of the bluff, their officers leading, the precious ammunition packs at the center, all alike scrambling for the summit, in spite of the crackling of Indian rifles from every side. Panting, breathless from the hard climb, their carbines spitting fire while the rapidly massing savages began circling their exposed position, the little band fought their way forward a hundred yards. Then they halted, blocked by the numbers barring their path, glancing back anxiously in hope that their effort would encourage others to join them. They could do it; they could do it if only the rest of the boys would come. They poured in their volleys and waited. But Reno made no move. Weir and Brant, determined to hold every inch thus gained, throw the dismounted men on their faces behind every projection of earth, and encircled the ridge with name. If they could not advance, they would not be driven back. Messenger after messenger, taking life in hand, was sent skurrying down the bluff, to beg reinforcements to push on for the rescue, swearing it was possible. But it was after five o'clock before Reno moved. Then cautiously he advanced his column toward where N and D troops yet held desperately to the exposed ridge. He came too late. That distant firing had ceased, and all need for further advance had ended. Scarcely had reinforcements attained the summit before the torment of savagery burst screeching on their front. From point to point the grim strangle gled rage, till nightfall wrought partial cessation. The weared troopers stretched out their lines so as to protect the packs and the field hospital threw themselves on the ground, digging rifle-pits with knives and tin pans. Not until nine o'clock did the Indian fire slacken, and then the village became a scene of savage revel, the wild yelling plainly audible to the soldiers above. CHAPTER XXXIII. The Old Regiment By the time Hamilton swung up the couch, he had dismissed from his attention everything but the business that had brought him there. He experienced no fear no precondition of coming disaster, yet the reawakened plainsman in his hiro kept him sufficiently wary and cautious. He possessed a soldier's proud confidence in his regiment—the suppression that the old fighting Seventh could be defeated was impossible; the Indian did not ride those uplands who could do the deed! Then there came to him a nameless dread, that instinctive shrinking which a proud sensitive man must ever feel at having to face his old companions with the shadow of a crime between. In his memory he saw once more a low-ceilinged room, having a table extending down the center, with grave faced men, dressed in the full uniform of the service, looking at him amid a silence like unto death; and at the head sat a man with long fair hair and mustache, his proud eyes never to be forgotten. Now, after silent years, he was going to look into those accusing eyes again. He pressed his hand against his forehead, his body trembled; then he braced himself for the interview, and the shuddering coward in him shrank back. Away to the left something was moving, a dim, slapeless dash of color. It might be Benten, but of Reno's columns he could perceive nothing, nor anything of Custer's excepting that broad track across the prairies marked by his horses' hoofs. This track Hampton followed, pressing his fresh mount to increased speed, confident that no Indian spies would be loitering so closely in the rear of that body of cavalry, and becoming fearful lest the attack should occur before he could arrive. He dipped over a sharp ridge and came suddenly upon the rear guard. They were a little squad of dusty, brown-faced troopers, who instantly wheeled into line at sound of approaching hoofs, the barrels of their lowered carbines glistening in the sun. With a swing of the hand and a hoarse shout of "Dispatches!" he was beyond them, bending low over his saddle pommel, his eyes on the dust cloud of the moving column. The extended line of horsemen, riding in columns of four, came to a sudden halt, and he raced on. A little squad of officers, several of their number dismounted, were out in front, standing grouped just beyond the summit of a slight elevation, apparently looking off into the valley through some cleft in the bluff beyond. Standing among these, beyond perceived the long fair hair, and the erect figure clad in the well-known frontier costume, of the man he sought—the proud, dashing leader of light cavalry, that beau ideal of the sabreur, the one he dreaded most, the one he loved best—Custer. The commander stood, field-glasses in hand, pointing down into the valley, and the dispatch beaver, reclaiming in his horse, his lips white but resolute, trotted straight up the slope toward him. Custer; wheeled, annoyed at the interruption, and Hampton swung down from the saddle, his rein flung across his arm, took a single step forward, lifting his hand in salute, and held forth the sealed packet. "Dispatches, sir," he said, simply, standing motionless as a statue. The commander, barely glancing toward him, instantly tore open the long official envelope and ran his eyes over the dispatch amid a hush in the conversation. "Gentlemen," he commented to the little group gathered about him, yet without glancing up from the paper in his hand, "Crook was defeated over on the Rosebud the 17th, and forced to retire. That will account for the unexpected number of hostiles fronting us up here, Cook; but the greater the task, the greater the glory. Ah, I thought as much. I am advised by the department to keep in close touch with Terry and Gibbons, and to hold off from making a direct attack until infantry can arrive in support. Rather late in the day, I take it, when we are already within easy rifle-shot. I see nothing in these orders to interfere with our present plans, nor any military necessity for playing hide and seek all summer in these hills. That looks like a big village down yonder, but I have led the dandy Seventh into others just as large." He stopped speaking, and glanced up in inquiringly into the face of the silent messenger, apparently mistaking him for one of his own men. "Where did you get this?" "Cheyenne, sir." "What! Do you mean to say you brought it through there?" "I silent Murphy carried it as far as the Powder river. He went crazy there, and I was compelled to strap him. I brought it the rest of the way." "Where is Murphy?" "Back with the pack train, sir. I got him through alive, but entirely gone in the head." "Run across many hostiles in that region?" "They were thick this side the Rosebud; all bucks and traveling north." "Sloux?" "Mostly, sir; but I saw one band wearing Chevonne war honnors." A puzzled look slowly crept into the strong face of the abrupt questioner, his stern, commanding eyes studying the man standing motionless before him, with freshly awakened interest. The gaze of the other faltered, then came back courageously. "I recognize you now," Custer said, quietly. "Am I to understand you are again in the service?" "My presence here is purely accidental, Gen. Custer. The opportunity came to me to do this work, and I very gladly accepted the privilege." The commander hesitated, scarcely knowing what he might be justified in saying to this man. "It's a brave deed, well performed," he said at last, with soldierly cordiality, "although I can hardly offer you a fitting reward." "There is little I desire," he replied, slowly, "and that is to be permitted to ride once more into action in the ranks of the Seventh." The true hearted, impulsive, manly soldier fronting him reddened to the roots of his fair hair, his proud eyes softening. "Spoken like a true soldier," he exclaimed, a new warmth in his voice "You shall have your wish. Take position in Calhoun's troop yonder." Hampton turned quietly away, leading his horse, yet had scarcely advanced three yards before Custer halted him. "I shall be pleased to talk with you again after the fight," he said, briefly, as though half doubting the propriety of such words. The other bowed, his face instantly brightening. "I thank you sincerely." The perplexed commander stood motionless, gazing after the receding figure, his face grown grave and thoughtful. Then he turned to the wondering adjutant beside him. "You never knew him, did you, Cook." "I think not, sir; who is he?" "Capt Nolan—you have heard the story!" "Is that so?" he exclaimed, in evident surprise. "He has a mainly face." "Ay, and he was as fine a soldier as ever fought under a flag." declared Custer, frankly. "Poor devil. The hardest service I was ever called upon to perform was the day we broke him. I wonder if Calhoun will recognize the face; they were good friends ence." He stopped speaking, and for a time his field glasses were fastened upon a small section of the Indian village nestled in the green valley. "I doubt if many warriors are there," he commented at last. "They may have gone up the river to intercept Reno's advance, and if so, this should be our time to strike. Return to your commands, gentlemen, and with the order of march see personally that your men move quietly. We must strike quick and hard, driving the wedge home with a single blow. That will be all at present, gentlemen; you will require no further instructions until we deploy. Capt. Calhoun, just a word." The captain thus directly addressed, a handsome, stalwart man of middle age, reined in his horse and waited. "Captain, the messenger who has just brought us dispatches from Cheyenne is a civilian, but has requested permission to have a share in this coming fight. I have assigned him to your troop." Calhoun bowed. "I thought to spare you any possible embarrassment, by saying that the man is not entirely unknown to you." "May I ask his name?" "Robert Nolan." The strong, lion-like face flushed under its tan, then quickly lit up with a smile. "I thank you. Capt. Nolan will not suffer at my hands." He rode straight toward his troop, his eyes searching the ranks until they rested upon the averted face of Hampton. He pressed forward, and leaned from the saddle, extending a gauntleted hand. "Nolan, old man welcome back to the Seventh!" For an instant their eyes met, those of the officer filled with many sympathy, the other's moistened and dim, his face like marble. Then the two hands clasped and clung, in a grip more eloquent than words. It was Calhoun who spoke. "I mean it all, Nolan. From that day to this I have believed in you—have held you friend." For a moment the man reeled; then, as though inspired by a newborn hope, he sat firmly erect, and lifted his hand in salute. "Those are words I have longed to hear spoken for 15 years. They are more than P. life to me. May God help me to be worthy of them. Oh, Calhoun, Calhoun!" For a brief space the two remained still and silent, their faces reflecting repressed feeling. Then the voice of command sounded out in front: Cal houn gently withdrew his hand from the other's grasp, and with bowed head rode slowly to the front of his troops. In columns of four, silent, with not a canteen rattling, with seabarburs thrust under their stirrup leathers, each man sitting in his saddle like a statue, ready carbine flung forward across the pommel, those sunburn troopers moved steadily down the broad coulee. The troopers riding at either side of Hampton wondering still at their captain's peculiar words and actions, glanced curiously at the new comrade, marvelling at his tightly pressed lips, his moistened eyes. Yet in all the glorious column, no heart lighter than his, or harpier, pressed forward to meet a warrior's death. CHAPTER XXXIV. The Last Stand It was shortly after two o'clock in the afternoon when that compact column of cavalrymen moved silently forward down the concealing coues toward the more open ground beyond. Custer's plan was surprise, the sudden smiting of that village in the valley from the rear by the quick charge of his horsemen. From man to man the whispered purpose travelled down the ranks, the eager troopers greeting the welcome message with kindling eyes. It was the old way of the Seventh, and they knew it well. With Custer riding at the head of the column, and only a little to the rear of the advance scouts, his adjutant Cook, together with a volunteer aide, beside him, the five depleted troops filed resolutely forward, dreaming not of possible defeat. Suddenly distant shots were heard far off to their left and rear, and deepening into a rumble, evidencing a warm engagement. The interested troopers lifted their heads, listening intently, while eager whispers ran from man to man along the closed files. "Reno is going in, boys; it will be our turn next." "Close up! Quiet there, lads, quiet," officer after officer passed the word of command. Yet there were those among them who felt a strange dread—that firing sounded so far up the stream from where Reno should have been by that time. Still it might be that those overhanging bluffs would muffle and deflect the reports. All about them hovered death in dreadful gale. None among them saw those cruel, spying eyes watching from distant ridges, peering at them from concealed ravines; none marked the rapidly massing hordes, hideous in war-paint, crowded into near-by couches and behind protecting hills. It burst upon them with wild yells. The gloomy ridges blazed into their startled faces, the dark ravines hurled at them skurrying horsemen, while, wherever their eyes turned, they be held savage forms leaping forth from hill and coulee, gulch and rock shadow. Horses fell, or ran about neighing; men flung up their hands and died in that first awful minute of consternation, and the little column seemed to shrivel away as if consumed by the flame which struck it, front and flank and rear. It was as if those men had ridden into the mouth of hell. Yet it was scarcely for more than a minute. Men trained, strong, clear of brain, were in those stricken lines—men who had seen Indian battle before. The recoil came, swift as had been the surprise. Voice after voice rang out old familiar orders, steadying instantly the startled nerves; discipline conquered disorder, and the shattered column rolled out, as if by magic, into the semblance of a battle line. It was magnificently done. Custer and his troop commanders brought their sorely smitten men into a position of defense, even hurled them cheering forward in short, swift charges, so as to clear the front and gain room in which to deploy. Out of confusion emerged discipline, confidence, esprit de corps. Safe beyond the range of the troopers' light caribines, the Indians, with their heavier rifles, kept hurling a constant storm of lead, hugging the gullies, and spreading out until there was no rear toward which the harassed cavalrymen could turn for safety. One by one, continually under a heavy fire, the scattered troops were formed into something more nearly resembling a battle line—Caloun on the left, then Keogh, Smith and Yates, with Tom Custer holding the extreme right. Thus they waited grimly for the next assault. Nor was it long delayed. Scarcely had the troopers recovered, reilled their depleted cartridge belts from those of their dead comrades, when the onslaught came. The soldiers waited their coming. The short, brown-barrelled carbines gleamed at the level in the sunlight, and then belched forth their message of flame into the very faces of those reckless horsemen. It was not in flesh and blood to bear such a blow. With screams of rage, the red braves swerved to left and right, leaving many a dark, war-bedecked figure lying dead behind them, and many a riderless pony skurrying over the prairie. Exultant over their seemingly successful repulse, the men flung themselves again upon the earth, their cheers ringing out above the thud of retreating hoofs. "We can hold them here, boys, until Reno comes," they shouted to each other. The skulking red riflemen crept ever closer behind the ridges, driving their deadly missiles into those ranks exposed in the open. To the command of the bugle they discharged two roaring volleys from their carbines, hopeful that the combined sound might reach the ears of the lagging Reno. They were hopeful yet, although one troop had only a sergeant left in command, and the dead bodies of their comrades strewed the plain. It was four o'clock. For two long hours they had been engaged in ceaseless struggle, and now barely a hundred men, smoke begrimed, thirsty, bleeding, half their carbines empty, they still formed an impenetrable ring around their chief. The struggle was over, and they realized the fact. When that wave of savage horsemen swept forth again it would be to ride them down, to crush them under their horses' pounding hoofs. Like a whirlwind those red demons came—howling wolves, new certain of their prey. On both flanks of the short, slender line struck Gall and Crazy Horse, while like a thunderbolt Crow-King and Rain-in-the-Face attacked the center. These three storms converged at the foot of the hill, crushing the little band of troopers. With ammunition gone, the helpless victims could meet that mighty or rushing torrent only with clubbed guns, for one instant of desperate struggle. Shoulder to shoulder, in ever-contracting circle, officers and men stood shielding their commander to the last. Twenty or 20 made a despairing dash, in a vain endeavor to burst through the red enveloping lines, only to be tomahawked or shot; but the most remained, a thin struggling ring, with Custer in its center. Then came the inevitable end. The red waves surged completely across the crest, no white man left alive upon the field. They had fought a good fight; they had kept the faith. Two days later, having relieved Reno from his unpleasant predicament in the valley, Terry's and Gibbons's infantry trumped up the ravine and emerged upon the stricken field. In lines of motionless dead they read the fearful story; and there they found that man we know. Lying upon a bed of emptied cartridge shells, his body riddled with shot and mutilated with knives, his clothing torn to rags, his hands grasped a smashed and twisted carbine, his lips smiling even in death, was that soldier whom the Seventh had disowned and cast out, but who had come back to defend its chief and to die for its honor—Robert Hampton Nolan. CHAPTER XXXV. Bronzed by months of scouting on those northern plains, a graver, older look upon his face, and the bars of a captain gracing the shoulders of his new cavalry jacket, Donald Brant trotted down the stage road bordering the Bear Water, his heart alternating between hope and dread. The familiar yellow house at the cross-roads appeared so unattractive as to suggest the thought that Nalda must have been inexpressibly lonely during those months of waiting. He knocked at the sun-warped door. Without delay it was flung open, and a vision of flushed face and snowy drapery confronted him. "Why, Leut. Brant! I was never more surprised in my life. Do, pray, come right in. Yes, Naida is here, and I will have her sent for at once. Oh, Howard, this is Leut. Brant, just back from his awful Indian lighting. How very nice that he should happen to arrive just at this time, isn't it?" The young officer silently accepted Mr. Wynkoop's extended hand, and found a convenient chair, as Miss Spencer hastened from the room to announce his arrival. "Why just at this time?" he questioned. Mr. Wynkoop cleared his throat. "Why—why, you see, we are to be married this evening—Miss Spencer and myself. We shall be so delighted to have you witness the ceremony. It is to take place at the church, and my people insist upon making quite an affair out of the occasion—Phoebe is so popular, you know." The lady again busted in, her eyes glowing with enthusiasm. "Why, I think it is perfectly delightful. Don't you, Howard? Now Leutent Brant and Nalda can stand up with us. You will, won't you Lieutenant?" "That must be left entirely with Nalda for decision," he replied, soberly. There was a rustle at the inner door, and Nalda stood there. Their eyes met, and the color mounted swiftly to the girl's cheeks. Then he stepped resolutely forward, forgetful of all other presence, and clasped her hand in both his own. Neither spoke a word, yet each understood something of what was in the heart of the other. "Will you walk outside with me?" he asked, at last. "I have much to say which I am sure you would rather bear alone." She bent her head, and with a brief word of explanation to the others, the young officer conducted her forth into the bright July sunshine. They walked in silence side by side along the bank of the little stream. Brant glanced furtively toward the sweet, girlish face. Then he spoke. "Naalda," he said, gravely, "I have come back, as I said I would, and surely I read welcome in your eyes?" "Yes." "And I have come to say that there is no longer any shadow of the dead between us." She looked up quickly, her hands clasped, her cheeks flushing. "Are you sure? Perhaps you misunderstand; perhaps you mistake my meaning." "I know it all," he answered, soberly, "from the lips of Hampton." "You have seen him? Oh, Lieut. Brant, please tell me the whole truth. I have missed him so much, and since the day he rode away to Cheyenne not one word to explain his absence has come back to me. You cannot understand what this means, how much he has become to me through years of kindness." "You have heard nothing?" "Not a word." Brant drew a long, deep breath. He had supposed she knew this. At last he said gravely: "Naida, the truth will prove the kindest message, I think. He died in that unbroken ring of defenders clustered about Gen. Custer on the bluffs of the Little Big Horn." Her slight figure trembled so violently that he held her close within his arms. "There was a smile upon his face when we found him. He performed his full duty, Naida, and died as became a soldier and a gentleman." "But—but, this cannot be! I saw the published list; his name was not among them." "The man who fell was Robert Nolan." Gently he drew her down to a seat SA Th ieee eT 4 ne aN toe Se iN ae ew NN) Wee ie saa S ae SATURDAY... FEBRUARY 8, 1908. upon ‘fhe soft larf of the bank. She Jooked up at him helplessly, her mind ‘eomingly dazed, her eyes yet filled with donbt. “Robert Nolan? My father?” Ho bent over toward her, pressing his lips to her hair and stroking it tenderly with his band, “Yes, Naida, darling: it was truly Robert’ Hampton Nolan who died In Battle, in the ranks of his old reat- ment—died as he would have chosen to die, thank God! completely cleared of every stain upon bis honor, Sit up, little girl, and Usten while I tell you. There is in the story no word Which does not reflect nobility upon the soldiers daughter.” She uplifted her white face. “Tell ane,” she sald, simply, “all you know.” He recowsted to her slowly, care- fully, the details of that desperate Journey porthward, of thelr providen- tial mecting on the Little Big Horn, of the papers left in his charge, of to ee fq ie gaye Vea vf hh) UE wees,” He Held Her Close ‘weiais His Armes. Hampton's riding forward with dis- patches, and of bis death at Custer's side. While he spoke, the girl searce- jy movel: her breath came in sobs and her hands clasped bis. “These ure the papers, Nalda. 1 ‘opened the eavelope as directed, and found deeds to certain properties, n- cluding the mine in the Black. Range; a will, duly signed and attested, nam- ing you as his cole heir, tozether with & carefully prepared letter, addressed to you, giving # full account of the erlme of which he was ecnvicted, as woll as some otbor matters of a per sonal niture. Thet letter you must read alone ro his last message, but the truth of ait he says has since beon proved.” She slanced up at him quickly. “Ry Murphy?" “Yes, by Murphy, whe Is now lying fm the Bespitn} at cthune, slowly re covering. His wrvorn coposition bas been ferwarted io the departinont at Washington, and will undoubtedly re- sult in the honorable replacing of Your father’s name on the army Ist I will tell you briefly the man’s con- fession, together with the few addt- tonal facis nocossary to make It lear. “Your fether and mine were for many years friends and army com- rades. ‘They sa service together dur ing the great war, and afterward upon the platss tn Indian campaigaing. Un- fortunately a stight nilsunderstand- ing arose between them. One night they openiy quarreled when heated by wine, and exchanged blows. The following evening your father chane- ing to be officer of the evard and on duty, my fathor, whose wife had then been dead a year, was thoughtless enough to accomrany Mra, Nolan home ata late hour from a post ball. It was merely an act of ordinary cour- ‘tesy; but gossips magnified the tale, Saree Wkcye si ah ae Se: oe ¥ NER roy ee ee cw ae A ee See eT fi EEG. oh 74 Sw pt ats ff Boi f! Pa ! * 7 “Donald, | Love You.” and bore it to Nolan. Still smarting from the former quarrel, in which I fear my father was in the wrong, he left the guard house with the openly avowed intention of seeking imme- diate satisfaction: In the meanwhile Slavin, Murphy, and a trooper named Flynn, who had been to town without passes, and were halfdrunk, stole through the guard lines and decided to make a midnisbt raid on the colo- nel's private office. Dodging along behind the powder house, they ran suddenly upon my father, then on the way to his own quarters, Whether they were recognized by him, or whether drink made them reckless of ‘Consequences, !s unknown, but one of the men instantly fired. Then they Fan, and succeeded in gaining the bar- Tacks unsuspected.” ‘She sat as if fascinated by his re- -eital. . “Your father heard the shot, and ‘sprang toward the sound, only to fall headlong across my father's lifeless eet he came heavily down, his. revs was Jarred out of its holster oo shy ge in the grass. ning up, and by morning Capt. Nolan was under arrest charzed with mur der. The cireumstantiai evidence was strong—his quarrel with the mur dered man, bis heated language a few moments previous, the revolver lying beside the body, having two chambers discharged, ‘and his being found there alone with the man he had gone forth to seek. Slayin and Flynn both strengthened the ‘case by posi- ‘tive testimony. As a result, a court- ‘martial dismissed the prisoner in dis- grace from the army, and a clyil court sentenced him to ten years’ impris- ovment.” “And my mother?" The question was a trembling whisper from quiver- me lips. “Your mother,” he said regretfully, “was an exceedingly proud woman, be- longing to # family of social promi- nence in the cast. She felt deeply ‘the causeless gossip connecting her name with the case, as well as the open diszrace of her husband's con- viction. She refused to recelve her former friends, and even failed tn loyalty to your father in his time of trial. It is impossible now to fix the fault clearly, or to account for her actions. Capt. Notan turned over all his property to her, and the moment she could do so she disappeared from the fort, taking you with ber. Frem that hour none of her old acquaintances could learn anything regarding her whereabouts. She did not return to her family In the east, nor correspond with anyone In the army. Probably, ut- terly broken hourted, she sought se clusion In some city. How Gillis ob- tained possession of you remains a mystery.” "Is that all?” “Ewerything” ‘They kept silent fora long time, the slow tears dropping from her eyes, her. hands clasped in her lap. His heart, heavy with sympathy, would hot permit him to break In upon her deep sorrow with words of comfort “Nalda.” he whispered at last, “this may not be the time for me to speak such words, but you are all alone now. W Ko back to Bethune with me » the old regiment as my wite A moment she bowed her head be fore him; ¢ ted it and held out her hands. “1 wilt.” “Say to me again what you once said” “Donald, T love you." Gently he drew her down to him and thelr lips met “I wish you to be very happy, Nat da, dear,” he wt 4. drawing he head tenderly down until ft found res upon his shoulder “Yes, 1 feel y nd Tam: bu ft cannct com t ones, Donald for I have deat #0 rruck—no mins) I-1 hope FORCE. _— i Tf ap» ain CU ARGS ZaAN Seek é hy Pee < ji eee o/° 0 RS oe TN fet Soe EA p a‘ f FET é A A =i ME gy SOE og wie 3 tes 3 » > iP ty Horace—What's your father's bust- mane ary st Bey ‘aunt got ot business. Horice ft qsoad sat dosh 6 work “? . Boy—TE doesn’t work, ‘e's a police- aa f Adyice. eee Ge a Sane et cee a ce eo SoC On His Dignity. “Waiter, what do you call this?” de manded the bushy-baired man at the table in the corner, pointing to a black ened mass that lay shriveled up in the middle of bis plate. “It looks like gn exceedingly well done steak, sal,” said the sable functionary' in the white apron, stand. ing stiffly erect. “You ordahed it well done, didn’t you?" “Yes, but—" “Well, sah, when a gent'man ordahs @ steak rare we cook it rare, When he ordahs it mejum we cook it mejum, an’ when he ordahs it well done we cook it well done, if it takes fo'teen hund'ed cuble fee o° gas. Wish cawfy, sah?” —Chicago Tribune. A Weather Prophet. Scfentist—So you have followed the Sea all your life? I presume you are ® thorough meteorological proguostl- cator by this time. Jack Tarre—A which? “A—I mean you can easily foretell ‘& gale, can't you” “Easy ‘nough, sir. When you see the captain dancin’ around an’ yellin’ out.40 orders at onct, you kin jest make up y'r mind thet it’s gotn’ ter blow."—New York Weekly. Immense Cabbages. Cabbages in Cuba grow to such stze that a single head often weighs 20 pounds. Chinese Rice Paper. The rice paper upon which the Chi- nese do such charming drawing is a thin sheet of the pith of a tree. Trouble Wrought by Envy. ‘Where envy is, there is confusion and every evil work.—New Testament. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND. VIRGINIA NA TTT TEE ADRAHAM LINCOLN. FEES. This man whese horely face you look upon, Was one of Nature's masterful. great men; Born with strong arms, that unfought battles won, Direct of specch, and cunning with the pen. Chosen for large designs, he had the art Of winning with his humor, and he went Straight to his mark, which was the human heart: Wise, too, for what he could not break he bent. Upen his back a mcre than Atlas load, The burden ci the commonwealth, was laid; He stooped, and rose up to it; though the road Shot sudcenty downward, not a whit dismayed. ficto warriors, councitors, kings! All now give place cad Genefactor of the racet =Richard Henry Stoddard. \ Ae ff me N oo WY \ YT *, oh aseapso eet BORN 1809—DIED 1865. Sef te ~~ — LA i RT ake Ott ty tie eee t more than a score, pecliays cot more than a é “it ‘is news that Abrabam Lincoln was hit by a ballot fired by & “Johnny Rely” in batile. The histor tes do not nor the blograph les. Th saw the occurrence thougt fit at the time, so pressing % they had in hand, and ¢ silent ts not knowa ever to ba { the Incident Concerned only with the welfare of & und erlon and ite suffering millions ast of all with self, it is probs thought of the experience recy to him at any time In the of stress and anx- lety and imroctant occupation that followed a pallet, less honest, {hat took lite On the f July 12, 1864 @ younz teolone! of the Six tyaitth N volunteers, standing | Just outside Fost one of the series of f hat completely sur jrounded and aarded Washington, ‘saw Pre ntl ola walking fear- easly awone his soldiers, discussing [the conditions and elreumstances. of the then tmmending attack upon the jeity by Gen, Party and his eonteder Fate forces, while a battle raged out- | side the wb: ork | Watehis ‘ho curlosity of a soldier who had seca his president only twi the colonel was alarmed when he saw him hit by a ‘bullet, which bad shed through the alr |from the exmp of the enemy. That young officer wes Wititam P. Roome, who was adfnjantgeneral and ebiet of staf to Maj-Gen, Upton Sometimes Col. Roome has thought of writlus to Lincoln's blographers and telling thom of the tneldent, but be procr { ted, not considering it a matter sielent Importance to Interest them. Lately, however, not- Ing the renewed interest In the minut- ext details of the life of Lincoln, he believes that Americans would tke ‘to know the fact | When the bembardment of Sumter was in progress Watker, the confed ‘erate secvetary of war, making a flery ‘speech at Montgomery, Ala., declared: | “The flag which now flaunts the breeze here will foat over the dome of the old capity) at Washington be- fore the first of Nay.” | That boast appeared in the same issue of the newspaper that printed President Lincoln's «cal! for troops, and intensified the fears for the se curity of the capital already great because of the probable secession of Virginia and the doubt as to the po- sition of Mzryland. President Lincoln realized how much depended on his holding Wash- ington, The tors of the capital doubt- less would seou!i In Puropean recog: Taken deer OF the North would be ‘b-bachs acdpate would foliow, discouragement, defeat. So he beut his first efforts to de- fending the seat of government from those who would set up there a new nation not conceived in liberty. _ His deep anxiety in those days be Satie: omer matress whe rotching. will be recalled by all et gle bal der ‘(ter the arcval of the Seventh New York regiment of “dandies," who Ainod at Delmonteo’s before departing and the Massachusette and Rhode Island regiments of farmers, mocha: les and tradespeople, the capital was in no danger until the attack of Gen Early, when the Imeident of Col Roome’s story occurred. Uvt this did not entirely relieve the anxiety In the -hoart of the man who, {roi the win- | dow of-bia exocutive office, conta noe & traltor flag floating over the home across the river where Washington had lived and died. | When the fortifications were thrown up around the capital Lincoln knew of every detail of the work, consulted with the men in charge, Informed and advised them. It was. therefore, no eceasion of comment when he left the White House on this July 12. and walked among the soldiers. They stood, ready for action, behind the walls while from the plain below came the sound of conflict Gen. Early's own story of his move- ment upon Washington shows the situation In the confederate ranks on that day. He had approached Wash ington from the north. Having heard that tho outer works were feebly manned, he meant to take them by surprise, but before hia first divis fon could be brought up, he says, he saw a cloud of dust in the rear of the works and soon a column of men fn biue fled tnto them on the right and left. Then skirmishers were thrown out in front, while an artil- lery fire was opened on the confeder- ates from a number of batteries, “Our skirmishers were all thrown to the front,” wrote Gen. Barly, “drtv- ing those of the enemy to the cover of their works, and we proceeded to examine the fortifications In order to ascertain if It was practicable to car- ry them by assavlt, They were found to be exceedingly strons and consisted of what appeared to be inclosed forts for heavy artillery, with a ter of low- er works in front of exch, plereed for an immense number of guns, the whole being connecte! by curtains with ditches fa front and strength: ened by palisades and abattls. The timber had beon felled within cannon range all around and left on the ground, making a formiiable obstacle, and every possible approach wes raked with artiliery.” ‘Thus it would seem that President Lincoln incurred little danger on the day when he went about within the fortification walls. But that he was in some danger 1s shown by Col. Roome's story. Probably the most cutting thing Lincoln ever said was the remark he made about a very loquacious man: “This person can compress the most words Into the smallest ideas of any man 1 ever met” “I never feel that I can pitch in and have a good romp with those Bullyon children. They are always so fixed Up one has to handle them with gloves.” “That's all right. They're dressed ‘Kids themselves you seo."—Baltimore American. Pa'e Fault. “Johnny,” asked the Sunday school teacher, “what have you learned about Jonah and the whale?” “Nothin’.” “Nothing? Surely you did not for- get that I told you last Sunday we Were going to have Jopah and the ‘whale for our lesson to-day.” “I didn’t forget it, but pa says he Gon't want me to read about any more of these nature fakes."—Chicago Rec- ord Herald. Lincoin’e Sarcacm ‘That Kind. Pate Fault TRY BARLEY WATER DECLARED TO BE INVETEJATE FOE OF WRINKLES. Mixed with Tincture of Benzoin, the Liquid le Excellent for Cleaning the Face — New Skin Food a ek malas It is easter to prevent wrinkles than to cure them, This is not a new and ‘original statement, but it bears repo- tition because Its truth cannot be too firmly impressed. While a wo nan 1s still young and her skin is frvsh she should try to keep tt so. To 3+ ise, select applications both cleansiug and healing. Of the many lotions, ete, recommended 1 would sugeest pearl barley water as being most helpful to flesh that bas begun to show lines, says a writer in the Si, Louls Re- ‘public. It is made by putting theese ounces of best pearl bariey in a pin’ of boil- ing water and simmertas slowly until the Hquld has extracted the starch, ‘This is easily told by the slicht thick ness it will take on. The grain is then strained ont and thrown away and the liquid used as a wash. If it ts found to be gluey when eold it must be thinned with clear wa ter. In the proper consistency It is soft, but not sticky. For half a pint of the lquid 15 drops of tincture of benzoin shentd be added when the former ts cold. One caunot do better than to use this exclusively for cleaning the face. It feeds the tissues, does not dry the skin as clear water may, and Is not a commetic. It should be applied by moistening a bit of thin musiin and wiping over the face. There need be no hesitation in using the Nquid free. ly and letting {t dry in What remains of the cleanser after At has been left on the free for several minutes should be removed with a ary soft cloth. ‘The throat and neck should receive the same treatment. When wrinkles have made thelr ap. pearance and are due to illness oF nerve strains, something more tn the nature of a toric as well as tissue bullder is regutred. To make such a akin food combine 30 grains of atum, three-quarters o$ an ounce of almond milk and three ounces of rose water, Tho alum ts pur into the water and diesolved before being mingled with the mtile, The latter is made by blanching al- monds (about 12 will do) and pound ing them In a mortar with a pestle, | After betag broken a few graina of | Kranulated sugar are added, and then 8 gill of rose water, ‘The last ingredh Font goes in drop by drop, the pound ing continuing until the nuts are ag fine as they can be crushed. The , talxture 4s then covered and stand: a night, when {t is strained ané | ready for use. There ts no better skit food and lotion than this milk, 1 used alone. When combined with alum it 4 j Nped over the face frequently throngt j the day and remains on at night. | Very’ heavy wrinkles follow a grea | loss of flesh In the face, and should be | treated promptly, or the skin will be j come hopelessly sagged. Best for this is &@ cream made of four ounces ol fresh mutton suet, one and one-quar | ter ounce of glycerine, 30 grains o | spirits of camphor, eight grains o powdered alum, a quarter of a dran of powdered Russian isinglass, and : | half an ounce of rose water, ji ‘The suet should be meited and strained, and equal to the glycerin tt Jaquantity. Should there be more o suet, reject the surplus, Mix these, and put in the alum Warm the rose water slightty and J melt the Isingiiss in it, Combin | these with the first two while they are still quid, and then slowly stir iu the tinctures, : Let the mixture stand uniil it con seals, and then massage the face night and morniyg. CHIL®s DANCING FROCK. (- fey f Gee 9 See SE SSS eS SUE GEN SFE ts Bef ant] AC Ny by A oy y Opis. BRS Le f by cue fi ti fe oe ga She i} Child's dancing school frock of white batiste with embroidered dots The Dlouse has a yoke of lace and tucked plain batiste, which is bordered with lace insertion and rafile. The skirt {g similarly trimmed, the upper band put on zig-zag fashion, The short, puffed sleeves are fin fshed with lace ruffles. The sash, prettily knotted in the back, ts of blue liberty. Daily Thought, I sald {t in the meadow path. 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Bishop Alexander Walters, President of the Afro-American Council, Rev. William H. Scott, President of the Suffrage League of Boston and vicinity and Mr. William Monroe Trotter, President of the New England Constitution and Suffrage League have issued a call for a national political suffrage conference of colored Americans to assemble in Philadelphia, Pa. April 7, 1908. It means a division of the Negro vote in the Northern States. --- We have received "The Negro In America," an address delivered by Andrew Carnegie, Esq., LL. D., delivered before the Philosophical Institution of Edinburgh, October 15, 1907. It is an address that is well worth a perusal and its careful consideration will enblazon hope over the door-way of every colored family in the Southland. We have received "The Remarks of Senator Philander C. Knox at a dinner given to the Pennsylvania Delegation in Congress by Hon. Joseph C. Sibley, December 4, 1907" also "Some of the Public Services of Hon. Philander Chase Knox," by Hon. James Francis Burke before the Pennsylvania Delegation in congress Wednesday, Dec. 4, 1907." HON. HENRY WATTERSON AND THE NEGRO. "Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway. And fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to pray."—Goldsmith. We are frank to confess that we have read Mr. Henry Watterson's remarks concerning the colored people with little less than amazement. This is all the more accentuated because he comes from a class of Southerners who mean what they say. When they are for you, there is a friend in your favor, but when they are against you—well, good Lord deliver you. His utterances in New York, January 17th, 1908 will result in much good and we would certainly like to know who was influential enough to get him there, or did he "happen there by chance?" But here are his remarks. He is quoted as follows: "Many years ago within the cir ce of a bay window overlooking one of the great avenues of the City of Washington, I was dining with a party of friends. We had been discussing the race question, when, as if to punctuate our discourse, two men across the way—a black man and a white man—entered upon an alteration which came to blows. The police were conveniently. I might say characteristically, absent. A ring was formed, and, in true Marquis of Queensbury style, the race war upon a small but tangible scale was then and there fought out. Taking this to illustrate the interrupted conversation one among our group asked, apparent condent of the reply, "which are we for, the Nigger or the Irishman?" It is the eminent statesman of the South who answered, "Well, before I decide that I should lise to know which has the right of it." "My own attitude toward the racial question has always grounded its self in the same principle. I want nothing for myself, or for my children, which I am not ready to give to my colored neighbor and his children. I live in a region peopleled by many blacks, good, orderly, hardworking folk. They know me and they know that, when I declare this, I mean it. I sit in my own, home, served by black people and very well served, having had no occasion to change a serving man or woman in many years. We go away, and sometimes are absent for months, returning find the place as we left it. If they were actual members of the family, they could not be more solicitous for our welfare." When we read those words, we felt like getting up, waiving our hat and cheer. It means much for us and our cause, when a man of the type of Mr. Watterson puts himself in the breach and consents to say a word in favor of a race of people who seem to be maligned, misrepresented and abused by every candidate for a political office in the Southland and by every demagogue, who is anxious to claim public attention. It emphasizes the fact that God is truly raising up friends for us and where we lose one who has been outspoken in our favor, we gain another who has been thinking in silence. Not since our ignominious desertion and may-be unintentional injury by the distinguished occupant of the White House, have the Negroes had anything to occur that will tend more to restore them and their cause to public favor He is quoted further: "I passed not a few of my boyhood days upon a plantation in Tennessee—in point of fact, upon two plantations in Tennessee—where slavery existed in its complete but also under its milder aspects and conditions. From the earliest dawnings of intelligence, which I can remember, the system seemed to me monstrous. 'If slavery is not wrong, said Lincoln, 'nothing is wrong.' So I thought, and so I think. Thousands of men fought and fell on the Confederate side of the War of Sections, who believed the same thing; as did Washington and Jefferson and the gentlemen of Virginia who made the first American Revolution." The above is an open confession; more remarkable indeed because it came from the lips of a Kentuckian. He is quoted as saying: "When the Second American Revolution came to pass liberating, as by a stroke of the sword, nearly four million slaves from bondage, my sentiment of freedom was in excess of my sense of the magnitude and the complexities of the event. I accepted the situation. The three last Amendments to the Constitution I declared to be the actual and final Treaty of peace between the North and the South. It was my opinion —based on feeling and not on knowledge or judgment—that invested with full citizenship the newly-liberated slave would be able to work out his own destiny. During the ten years of Reconstruction that followed, I devoted my energies toward the habilitation of the black man of the South as essential to the pacification of the white men of the North and South. There are plenty of black people living in Kentucky who remember well the contest we had with the elements of disorder masquerading as the Ku Klux Klan long after the disbandment of that dread organization in the States South of us, the struggle for the admission of Negro testimony to our Courts of Law—in point of fact, the stubborn fight for the expurgation of the old black laws from the Statute books of the Commonwealth—narrowing itself down even to the Negro to ride upon the street-cars. Hopefully, Kentucky escaped the many epihs and dangers which would surely have ensued, if the extremism of those dark days had prevailed. "Because it did not, we have had no race war or serious racial conflict in Kentucky. The Feudists of the Mountains, the Night Riders of the Tobacco Belt are all whites, not blacks. Reasonable white people and reasonable black people find it easy to get along much as if there existed no color line. Each is inspired by a sense of duty to the other which under the benign influence of religion and humanity, may yet blossom into the old domestic relations of confidence and affection, the man-ownership clause, succeeded by a manhood clause, at once self-respecting and reciprocally respected." These are the most outspoken utterances that we have ever read from a Democratic leader of the old school. The Negroes of this section and of the entire country can ask no more liberal declaration of principles than may be found in these remarkable declarations of Hon. Henry Watterson of Kentucky. A man who is permeated by this spirit would never be guilty of a Brownsville order or a white-house criticism of the Negro soldiers of this country. All things equal, we would sooner give our political support to a Southerner of the Henry Watterson type THE RICHMOND PLANET RICHMOND VIRGINIA than to a statesman of the Roosevelt school. Is there a colored man of intelligence, who has not read this truly remarkable speech of Hon. Henry Watterson? If you have read it once, go over it again and ponder its meaning, coming as it does from a Democratic Southerner, who means all that he says, and who has the courage of his convictions to put in practice the beliefs of a life-time. He says: "Unfortunately, there are bad white men as there are bad black men, there are foolish black men as there are foolish white men, and they constitute the real menace and danger. "I am bound to tell you, after forty years of experience and observation and reflection, that I think we began wrong. We put the cart before the horse. Four millions of poor black people, with some centuries of abject slavery and many ages of barbaric night behind them, were not equal to using the freedom that came to them so suddenly, and especially the ballot, with prudence or intelligence. How could they? I don't blame them in the least. On the contrary, I sometimes wonder at their self-restraint. As, during the Sectional War, they were faithful servants, remaining at home and tilling the fields and taking care of the women and children, so, since the war, according to their lights, they have tried to be good citizens. I glory in every step of progress they have made—and they have made many strides—from that day to this. "Temperamentally ever for the under-dog—a crank about personal liberty if I am a crank about anything—my heart goes out to the black man wherever I see him honestly struggling to raise his children to a condition better than his own. Hence, let me repeat that I am glad to be here to-night, to witness what I see before me and around me, to bear this testimony, and to ask you to fall behind not to seek to march before Booker Washington and his great work." You may say what you will, colored folks, but that distinguished gentleman was inspired. How can you account for such remarkable declarations? Who knew that he entertained these views? Did Dr. Booker T. Washington know it? If he did, he did the race and the people of this country a service in getting him upon the rostrum at Carnegie Hall, New York, January 17, 1908. From a posture, with open hands filled with charity, he assumes the posture of a philosopher looking for the solution of a mystery. He declares: "The race question is a mystery. For the matter of that, life is a mystery. Whence we came, whither we are going, we know not. The Ethiopian is thought to be especially imitative. All of us are more or less imitative—particularly the ultra Smart Set of high society—which, here on the seaboard imitates the litte it knows about the European nobility, and, in the interior whatever it can find out about the Smart Set of the seaboard. It is an unfortunate characteristic of imitation to take for its examples rather the bad than the good of whatever attracts its admiration or its envy. 'Jess like white folks' is sometimes heard in colored circles of fashion—that is, among the Colored Smart Set of the Colored Four Hundred. Now, for my part, I scarcely think much more of the Colored Four Hundred than I think of the Caucasian Four Hundred, who live for vanity and pleasure, and who, if they can't go to Heaven in their Automobiles, don't want to go at all." "Every shoemaker to his last, the saying hath it, and that say I, each mother's son of us to his vocation, whatever it be. Men in their places are the men who stand. Neither Mr. Seth Low, nor Mr. Rogers, not even Booker Washington, or Mark Twain can make a silk purse out of a sow's car. No more can they make a musician, or a poet, or a lawyer, or a doctor, out of material that was intended for blacksmithing dray-driving and plowing. Happily, they don't try. "All of us are the creatures of evolution and education. The White races seem to have got along faster in the great eternal plan than the Black races. Why. I cannot tell you. It is a simple fact, oblivious to all of us, that, just as Europe and America are further advanced in arts and arms than Africa, are the Europeans and the Americans ahead of the Africans in the developments of modern culture. As this ought not to be the subject of vainglorious exaltation among the Whites, it should not be considered, or felt, as either a numiliation or a reproach by the Blacks. In case it should become so the future would be dark indeed for both races. Each needs to grow in grace; but it is my belief that each can and will thus grow in grace, in the South first of all and most of all, and within lines plainly fixed by God and nature, leading to that ultimate peace that passeth understanding, when the lion and the lamb shall lie down together in harmony. And Booker Washington is blazing the way." He concluded his philosophic analysis only to pay another tribute to the Negro. Here it is: "Since in our Southern country, at least, this is so—since neither race can get rid of the other, or act independently of the other—let us take account of what has been done these forty years of freedom. "I stand here to-night to declare that the world has never witnessed such progress from darkness to light as that which we see in those districts of the South where the Negro has had a decent opportunity for self improvement. Look at Jamaica—nearly a century of emancipation the Negro at a standstill—look at South Africa, riches piled on riches, the Negro still a savage and less considered than the animals—yet it is England that pigges herself on what Albion has done for freedom and the black man. Let the Negro go to any alien community and try to employ them. Barry was very hard. ty of sentiment, but no work. There are regions North, East, and West which never knew slavery and were a unit for the Union, where the Negro is refused admittance. He is told to move on. He is what the President described the other day as 'an undesirable citizen.' Turn South ward; plenty both of work and wages for all who bring tranquil minds and willing hands. Bad people, slothful people, get on nowhere; but nowhere on the habitable globe has the liberated slave saved so well, nowhere has he so fair an outlook, as in the Southern States of North America." Speaking from an industrial standpoint, Mr. Watterson is correct. It is only when he steps off that plank to the political one that he finds "cob-webs in his throat" and impediments in his speech. He tells wholesome truths though when he says: "Why? Because we know one another and because, no matter what anybody may say to the contrary, there is a common bond of association between us. Never can the white man of the South forget what the black man did during a war waged for his freedom; and what he might have done. Never should the black man of the South forget that he is the weaker in the race and for a long time must look to the white man for help of many kinds. It is through these reciprocal obligations and interests that the two races will reach some institutional system of living and doing entirely satisfactory to both. "Nothing is to be expected from the rushing hot-house process on from any artificial arrangement; everything is to be hoped from nature left to herself—unexposed by misdirected political considerations, uninfluenced by outsiders teaching false philosophies—simple justice and kindness presiding over the ordinary laws of common honesty and common sense. "The Negro in Africa has scarcely burst the chrysalis of the primitive state of man. In America he is yet in a state of racial childhood. As he realizes this, the faster he will grow, the quicker he will learn, the sooner he will reach his racial manhood. In less than half a century he has achieved wonders. Before the century we have just begun is half over, he will have achieved great He has yet and upon an extensive study we learn habits of method and order, habits of tenacity and acquisition; habits of sustained industry and sobriety without which no race—white, red, brown or black—or any individual man—can get on and prosper." What citizen of color, who is permeated by right principles will take issue with what this distinguished Kentuckian has said? It is "the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth." As we have read line after line of this truly remarkable address, we have wondered how it could be possible for a gentleman of Hon. Henry Watterson's type, hailing too from Kentucky to give voice to such sentiments. But then we remembered that Kentucky had but recently elected a Republican governor and that new ideas were predominant even in the Negro-hating State of other days. Here are utterances that colored people in this section will applaud with a loud "amens": "He is a bad white man who will not help his neighbor black man when that neighbor black man shows the spirit to help himself. He is a bad black man who cherishes hatred in his heart against the white man because he is a white man. He is a foolish black man who thinks because the mirage of social equality which would prove a curse rather than a blessing, is denied him, that the white man hates him. Social questions the world over create their own laws and settle themselves. They cannot be forced. It is idle anywhere for anybody to contest or quarrel with them. No man should wish to go where he is not wanted; true, self-respecting men dismiss the very thought of it, going their own way, hooing their own row, and giving praise to God that their happiness is within themselves and beyond the reach of any man, be he white, or black, king or vassal." This distinguished Kentuckian concluded as follows: "And now, my friends, I have said my say. I beg you to go hence this night believing these imperfect thoughts and poor words the honest emanations of one who has journeyed much, and far and wide in this great land of ours. I was born and grew up in the National Capital, contemporary with the rexed slavery agitation. I saw the Union severed and made whole again. Since then I have been in every State and Territory of that Union and I have yet to come away from one of them, North, South, East or West, where I had not found something to make me proud of my country. "I know that the provincials of Fifth Avenue like the boulevardiers of Paris, think themselves exceptional. They are as a matter of fact chiefly exceptional in their ignorance of everything outside the great white way." Their boasted superiority is largely the idiosyncrasy of clothes. They should study geography and learn that New York's Western extremity is not New Jersey. They need to travel more on this side and less on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean; to learn something of their own people; the most homogeneous people on earth; differing only in externals, in local conditions and habits; Massachusetts and Mississippi as to every blood essential convertible terms; six months, and a change of raiment, readily converting a typical Vermont into a typical Texas. "Forty years have I been preaching this Gospel sustained by the best intelligence and manhood of the South. I commit it to your intelligence and your manhood unreservedly and wholeheartedly. It embraces the one script by which our vast domain can be permanently welded together, instructing each of its sections to respect the others, to love the others, and to leave the others to keep house for themselves, ready to help the needy only in case of need. Thus, and thus alone, shall we escape the pitfalls of the dark ages, and come forth no less a blessed than an irresistible World-Power black men and white men, equally standing behind the guns, one God and one flag and one law for all." This speech will pass down to coming generations as a phillipic, coming from a philosopher, who saw far into the future and who cast behind him the prejudices and idiosyncrasies of the age in which he lived. Mr. Watterson's statement that for forty years he has entertained these views, which have been shared by other enlightened white men of the South will be gratifying information to lowers of justice everywhere. Speaking for ourselves, we are willing to trust our interests and our welfare in the hands of men of his stripe, calibre whether they hall from the North, South, East or West. The enunciation of this platform is to us the new political religion of the sunny clime in which we live. It is the yield of a century of nursing, crooning and instruction of the black mammals, who sowed deep and their off-spring is reaping the harvest. It is impossible for us to express in language our appreciation of these "well-spring" utterances of the heart for we know that Hon. Henry Watterson meant all that he was kind enough to say. Either in the gubernatorial chair, the United States Senate or the White House, he would have all of Grover Cleveland's stubbornness and a large per cent of Roosevelt's strenuousness in behalf of the rights of all men, regardless of race, color, politics or religion. The man who induced Hon. Henry Watterson of Kentucky to make that speech in New York deserves the thanks of every Negro in the United States and the man who made it deserves the commendation of every justice-loving person in the world. "Eternal spirit of the chainless mind! Brightest in dungeons, Liberty! thou art; And freedom's fame finds wings on every wind."—Byron. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S MES SAGE. "No servant of the people has a right to expect to be free from just and honest criticism."—From President Roosevelt's Message. The special message of President Roosevelt as transmitted to the Congress of the United States Friday, January 31st, 1908 emphasizes the fact that so far as the two great political organizations are concerned, he is a man without a party. We have read carefully all of this most astounding deliverance, evincing as it does intense feeling and bitter hatred towards those who oppose not only his plans, but his methods as well. It seems to us that he has forgotten or purposely ignored the fact that he was nominated on a platform to which he was pledged and on which he is in honor bound to stand until he is elected by the spontaneous demand of the people in accordance with a declaration of principles framed by himself. The men who denominated the message as a sermon were not far from the truth. President Roose velt is in the limelight and he is determined that the people of this country shall know it. He is absolutely beyond control, even of himself as it is possible for a human individual to be. We have noted his condemnation of the trusts and of dishonesty in high places, but the basic principle of Republican platforms demanding a free ballot and a fair count has been left out of his decalogue. It seems to us that his enemies have made heavy inroads both upon his policies and his temper. When Senator Jeff Davis from Arkansas endorses his dissertations and declares that they could readily be taken for a message delivered by him while Governor of Arkansas, all has been said that need be said. We may be mistaken, but we believe that the political setting of President Roosevelt's sun, so far as the Republican Party is concerned will date from the reading of that message in Congress. The party leaders now realize fully that something must be done to check the impetuous on-rush of the occupant of the White House. Any person who has taken the pains to note current events can see that Mr. Roosevelt is building up his own party and it will not be long at his past rate of progress before he will as absolutely dominate the Republican Party as does Mr. Bryan the Democratic Party. Those Republicans who do not intend to sit up and take notice will be required to "walk the plank" so to speak. Mr. Roosevelt is in the position to either nominate his candidate or falling in this to defeat the candidate who is nominated. It may be well to state that those who oppose him occupy about equally as advantageous position. We do not see that the Negro has anything particularly to gain by the accession of either the Bryan or Roosevelt forces to power. Human rights have been forgotten and it is a fight of commercialism on both sides. President Roosevelt is human and the man who believes that he is waging this warfare unsupported either in funds or influence is sadly mistaken. We do not mean to infer in a personal sense for he is above want, but we do mean that he is able to finance his campaign from legitimate sources by those who would be benefited by the triumph of his policies. It may be that we are unwise to make these observations, but then "we have said what we have said." "When to our White House first he came And gravely started to presiding. We found his purposes the same Which one had hoped to make abiding. No man could say that he had swerved— From Northern Gould to Southern Finley; We watched him long, and then observed: 'He's just exactly like McKinley.' "The years rolled by us one by one, Change swept the tempora and mores, The news reports from Washington Brought many strange and fearsome stories. He swapped his likeness to the dead And turned a Democratic sclon— We watched him long and then we said 'It's hard to tell the man from Bryan.' "More years rolled by, as years will do, And still he changed and kept on changing. Until some men advanced the view His cerebellum was deranging. He raved and ranted, ripped and roared. He strutted like some rara avis— While we all sighed with accents bored: 'This fellow has out-Davised Davis'" —H. S. H. in Richmond, Va. Times Dispatch. MR. WILLIAM MONROE TROT TER'S DEFENSE. We have received a communication from Mr. William Monroe Trotter, editor of the outspoken Boston Guardian. It is addressed to the Transcript and is of such length as to render its publication in the columns of this journal prohibitive. Mr. William Lloyd Garrison alleged that he had been placed in a false light in the columns of the Guardian by virtue of misleading headlines, which conveyed the impression that he was antagonistic to Dr. Booker T. Washington. It was to correct this impression that he addressed a communication to the Boston Guardian, of which Mr. Trotter is editor and he alleged that this distinguished journalist refused to publish his communication and he was forced to seek the columns of the Transcript in order to transmit to the public all that he was anxious to say. The amusing part of the affair is that Mr. Trotter in addressing the editor of the Transcript used language that placed him relatively in the same predicament as that occupied by the brilliant Mr. Garrison. Here is what Mr. Trotter said: "Direct charges by so eminent a citizen as Mr. Garrison spread in so influential a paper as the Transcript no one who wishes the respect of his fellow citizens can afford to ignore if he be permitted to be heard. I do not believe the Transcript would by refusing space thus seriously injure one of its readers." Mr. Trotter said further "Mr. Garrison represents that my paper. The Guardian, erroneously made him inferentially to appear in harmony with the Guardian's attitude of antagonism to Mr. Booker Washington, and publishes the disclaimer because I refused to publish it. But Mr. Garrison did not state that I wrote him claiming the article in question (which was solely an editorial reprinted from a Southern Colored paper) in no sense purported to infer what his personal opinion of Mr. Washington was but simply contrasted a public statement of his on which I heard him utter, and on which I not by Mr. Washington and interpreted the two ways representing two schools of thought and urged the Colored people to decide which school of thought they would follow, not even saying which the editor espoused. "He did not state that I offered to publish any retraction by him of his statement, any proof he or Mr. Washington were misquoted, any statement showing his words were misconstrued or to show the contrast made by the Southern Colored editor was illogical or false. He did not state that on the 11th In The Guardian I published, as I had previously written him I would, the following disclaimer of any intention to represent his views of Mr. Washington by the reprinted article."*** He says further: "I did require that any article from Mr. Garrison should confine itself to the direct issue, should not attach persons not involve, should not impugn the motives of either the editor of the Nashville Clarion (whose reprinted, article gave offense) or of the Guardian and should be in language courteous to the latter. If the need of these conditions is not apparent in Mr. Garrison's article published in the Transcript, it would be had he not altered it, omitting these words in his opening sentence. "Whether prompted by jealousy and envy," and using the words, "of academic veneering" instead of "economic advantages" as in the Transcript." We confess that we have been unable to see that Mr. Trotter has accorded to Mr. William Lloyd Garrison in the Boston Guardian, the same privileges that he asks for himself in the Boston Transcript. Still his communication is "warm," yes, "hot" from start to finish and we shall proceed to give our readers another installment in our next issue. DON'T GET MAD. if your hair tan away from you? Because, you have the remedy NOW to feed it with and keep it at home. Don't have a fail- ing out with your hair. It might leave you! Then might mean cold. It could mean dry, lifeless, sour, unseven, breaking and hair. It give it some- If your hair ran away from you? 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THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA cepted the invitation to make the principal address of the day. Had the farm not been purchased when it was for a national park, it might even now have been the site for a distillery. Because of a spring on the farm, famous throughout Kentucky for the purity of its waters, a wealthy Louisville whiskey manufacturer had sought to buy the property that he might advertise his product in some such way as this: LINCOLN RYE Made from the PUREST MALT, combined with the crystal waters of the famous LINCOLN SPRING, which gushes out of the rock with in a few feet of the place where Abraham Lincoln Was Born. Visit our distillery at Lincoln's Bleecker Ridge. See and Taste for Yourself. (All genuine Lincoln whiskey shows portrait of Lincoln drinking from the spring.) As it happened, whisky helped defeat whisky. When it w.s publicly announced that the long drawn out litigation in which the farm's title had become entangled was at last ended, and that it would be sold at auction on August 28, 1905, the Louisville distiller sent a representative "to bld it in," no matter what the figure. The agent got as far as Elizabethtown, Ky., some 12 miles from Hodgenville, where the auction was to take place, and, as it was Sunday and the sale was to be held in the afternoon of the following day, he put up at a hotel and "took things easy," intending to drive over to Hodgenville the next morning. But although the trains do not run in that part of Kentucky on Sunday, the bottles do, and the whisky man drank long and often in the barroom. Here he made the acquaintance of a young man from New York, who had come to buy the farm for its preservation as a park, and who is now secretary of the Lincoln Farm association. On learning the purpose of the man from Louisville and noticing that "the tide was coming in," the New Yorker got up at daybreak the next morning and hurried to Hodgenville in the fastest conveyance he could hire. On reaching Hodgenville the New York man asked that the auction be held as early as possible, and he bought the farm for $3,500 about a quarter of an hour before the whisky man arrived. The restoration of the log cabin to its native state was a spectacle as imposing as its consignment to a cellar in New York was inglorious. It was placed on a special car and escorted back to Kentucky by a squad of Kentucky milliamen. At Philadelphia, Baltimore, Harrisburg, Altoona, Pittsburg, Columbus and Indianapolis it rested under military guard. Governors and mayors met it at various railroad stations and paid tribute to the life that began within its rough timbers. When the special train on which it rode crossed the Ohio river from Indiana into Kentucky, it was met at the Louisville station with military honors. Col. Henry Watterson and Adalian E. Stevenson made the chief speeches of welcome. The cost of making a park of the Lincoln farm, of erecting the mem- THE PALLET SATURDAY... FEBRUARY 8, 1908 IN BABY MILLINERY IN BABY MILLINERY DISTINCTIVE STYLES FOR THE LITTLE ONES. Poke Bonnets, Now the Latest Thing in Paris, Will Soon Be the Rage in This Country—Embroidery Is Much Used. Little girls 'twixt cradle and kindergarten have millinery styles as well as their mammas. Indeed, women who would never attempt to trim their own chapeaux are making the most charming little confections of velvet, silk and fur for their tiny daughters. Patterns come in plenty, and as for materials, the remnant boxes of the stores are full to overflowing with pieces just large enough for baby millinery. Wide flaring rims have gone out, and the new shapes are close, being usually over a fitted foundation of white flannel, but the trimmings save the plainness. Very quaint are the tight little cap shapes with soft ribbon rosettes or bunches of flowers just over each ear. Some finnicky people still claim that baby simplicity is spelled by millinery flowers, but this idea is out of date. What could be more babyish than a tiny bunch of drooping snowdrops, such as the shops are showing, looped together with a narrow white ribbon? These bonnets are trimmed round the face with a flat ruche, like the one which baby's mamma wears in her collar. A plain bonnet shape, quite untrimmed, could be decorated at home with the ruching and flowers to make one of these fascinating little head dresses. The strings come out from under the rocette over the ears, and are usually of wide ribbon. Soft taffeta, by the way, is best for bonnet strings, as it may be washed so much better than the satin-finished ribbons. White corduroy is a good material for the bonnet itself, as it washes like cotton, and is very warm. Women who love embroidery on all the things of babydon are making little lace and batiste embroidered covers for bonnets and lining them with quilted silk. The two may be merely basted together along the edges, so that frequent laundering is possible. The flowers are dainty on these, rosebuds being very appropriate. Black velvet with a band of fur makes a very durable dark bonnet cap. If one has a small piece of squirrel or ermine, it could be made into a flaring band, which turns away from the face over the black velvet, while the strings are of pale blue or pink ribbon. Some of these bonnets still have the flat raching inside just over the face. Plain little felt bonnets of the softest material may be bought very reasonably and trimmed at home. In these also the trimming is mostly over the ears instead of on top. Some of the shapes are little more than soft hats, which one can poke into all sorts of quint shapes and trim. Poke bonnets, with trouts to be filled in by ruffles of lace and soft white lawn, are the latest French importations, and the little raids of Frances are said to be wearing them almost entirely. This means that the poke bonnet bought this season will be quite the rage another winter. It is a good plan to use small safety plus in putting on the strings and all the trimming which comes off now and then to be laundered. The Toilet Table Jumping rope has just been advised by a famous reducer as the quickest way to bring down a woman's flesh. Care should be exercised where the fat woman does her jumping or it may also bring down the house. When the eyes refuse to sparkle there is usually a physical cause which needs attention. Often it is from indigestion or torpid liver, in which case careful diet and regular exercise in the open air should work a cure. There is no greater mistake than to try to brighten dull eyes with drugs or drops. Eyesight is too important to be tampered with and even the common practice of putting a drop or two of cologne in the eyes to make them brilliant is injurious. A nasal douche of slightly salted water is a remedy for catarrh. One-half a teaspoonful of common table salt should be dissolved in half a glass of water and then put into the douche bag, or it may be sniffed through the nostril, ejecting through the mouth. This should be done night and morning. About Girls. When a girl throws herself at a man she mustn't be surprised if he refuses to be a mark—Detroit Free Press. Birthplace of Great President to Be Converted Into Public Park N February 12, 1909, the Kentucky farm where Abraham Lincoln was born, will, if all goes well, be dedicated to the American people or a national park ororial hall and of carrying out other plans is being met by popular subscriptions sent to Clarence H. MacKay, treasurer of the Lincoln Farm association. Other officers of the as its 119 rocky acres in the heart of the Blue Grass state have been purchased, and an association has been organized to restore its many natural beauties. The log cabin in which the future president was born was recently rescued from a cellar at College Point, Long Island, where it had been ignominiously dumped after traveling about the country as a show. With imposing ceremonies, it was carried back to its native soil, and restored to the very spot where "Tom" Lincoln, the father, put its rough timbers together. On another part of the farm, as an anathesis to the hut, and as illustrative of the height to which the son attained from such a humble origin, it is planned to erect a memorial structure which will be an exact reproduction of the White House at the time Lincoln lived there. Within its walls will be preserved all the available historical treasures associated with his name and fame. The date chosen for the dedication of the Lincoln farm is especially appropriate, for it marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of the martyrned president. Prominent Americans from the north, south, east and west are expected to be present at the exercises. President Roosevelt has ac- PROPOSED LINCOLN MEMORIAL BUILDING. It is to be built on the Lincoln farm, and will be an exact reproduction of the White House at the time Lincoln lived there. It will contain all the available historical treasures associated with Lincoln's name and farm. GRAIN orial hall and of carrying out other plans is being met by popular subscriptions sent to Clarence H. Mackay, treasurer of the Lincoln Farm association. Other officers of the association are Joseph W. Folk, president; William H. Taft, Cardinal Gibbons, Samuel L. Clemens, August Belmont and Lyman J. Gage. The movement to preserve the scenes of the earliest years of Lincoln's life has revived unusual interest in all the associations of his youth. The graybeards of Hodgenville, the hamlet which is situated about two miles from the Lincoln farm, ever since they were aroused by its sale at auction, have been telling many a story about "Little Abe," when a lad; about "Tom," his father, and Nancy, his mother. "Abe" lived on the farm, they say, until he was four and a half years old, when, because of the scant produce of its 110 acres, the family was forced to move to a house in the village, where "Tom" Lincoln barely supported his family by working at odd jobs as a carpenter. There they lived until the boy was nearly ten, when the Lincoln moved to Indiana. LINCOLN'S CALL TO DUTY There the Republican candidate for the presidency stood, tail and ungainly in his black suit of apparently new but ill-fitting clothes, his long, tawny neck emerging gauntly from his "turn down" collar, his melan- Oral History choly eyes sunk deep in his haggard face. Most of the members of the committee had never seen him before, and gazed at him with surprised curiosity. He certainly did not present the appearance of a statesman, as people usually picture it in their imagination. Standing up with folded hands, he quietly, without visible embarrass- THE HUT IN WHICH LINCOLN WAS BORN. This log cabin was removed from the Lincoln farm, in Kentucky, and carried about the country for some time by a showman. Later it was dumped ignominiously into a cellar in New York city, from which it was rescued and restored to its native state. ment or emotion, listened to the dignified little speech addressed to him by Mr. Ashmum, the president of the convention, and then responded with a few appropriate, earnest and well-shaped sentences, expressing his gratitude for the confidence reposed in him, his doubts of his own abilities and his trust in a helping Providence. Then followed some informal talk, partly of a jovial kind, in which the hearty simplicity of Lincoln's nature shone out, and after the usual handshaking the committee took leave. One of its members, Mr. Kelley of Pennsylvania, remarked to me as we passed out of the house: "Well, we might have done a more brilliant thing, but we could hardly have done a better thing."—"From "Reminiscences of a Long Life," by Carl Schin McClure's. And That Kent Shut A New Jersey boy has no ears and yet hears as well as anybody. After awhile it will doubtless be discovered that the only absolutely indispensable organ a human being has is his mouth. —N. Y. American. Dissolving Gum Shellac To dissolve gum shellac it should be macerated in a stoppered bottle with ether. After swelling up sufficiently the excess of ether should be poured off, when the shellac will dissolve quite readily in alcohol. Two Types of Women. There are two delightful classes of girls to my way of thinking—the American working girl, bless her! and the average English girl, God love her!—Robert Earr, in Detroit Free Press. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Knights of Pythias, This organization is one of the most powerful progress has been phenomenal. The Grand Jury over all of the cities and counties in it required to organize a new lodge. The its strongest features, but the principles are. Founded on Friendship, based on Charity, violence, the respectable, upright people of arthy of their heartiest support. It pays an endowment and burial benefit of pays $4.00 per week sick dues. The badgerary regalia. For information concerning ace. Courts of Calant ment of the Order. It requires a memorial a court. Its members are pledged to sympathy and prove Love one for the other.arial benefit of $150.00. It pays $3.00 per use for regalia is the cost of the badge, 50 cents for funeral occasions. CALANTHE or Children's Department persons cannot do better than to enter the is nominal and the benefits all that could and death benefits of from $30.00 to $4 and in your neighborhood, orgrniz one, concerning the Children's Department ad This organization is one of the most powerful in the country and its progress has been phenomenal. The Grand Lodge of Virginia has jurisdiction over all of the cities and counties in this state. Thirty males are required to organize a new lodge. The benefits paid constitute one of its strongest features, but the principles are greater than anything else. Founded on Friendship, based on Charity and established on Benevolence, the respectable, upright people of the state will find it an order worthy of their heartiest support. It pays an endowment and burial benefit of of $200.00 for all ages. It pays $4.00 per week sick dues. The badge costing 75 cents each is the only absolutely necessary regalia. For information concerning the organization of lodges apply at the main office. The Courts of Calanthe The Courts of Calanthe Is the Female Department of the Order. It requires a membership of thirty persons to organize a court. Its members are pledged to exhibit Fidelity, exercise Harmony and prove Love one for the other. It pays an endowment and burial benefit of $150.00. It pays $3.00 per week sick dues. The only expense for regalia is the cost of the badge, 50 cents and a rosette, costing 25 cents for funeral occasions. THE BANDS OF CALANTHE or Children's Department also constitutes a feature and persons cannot do better than to enter the little ones into this mystic circle. The expense is nominal and the benefits all that could be expected. It pays from $1.00 to $1.50 sick dues and death benefits of from $30.00 to $40.00. If you have no Pythian Lodge or Court or Band in your neighborhood, orgniz one. on concerning special rates of edges and courts, address INK·II A Beautiful Hair Tonic for the Read what Madam Robinson, the Queen of the Opera, say For all information concerning special rates of membership in the lodges and courts address. KINK·NE A Beautiful Hair Dressing and Tonic for the Hair! PROF. ROBERTS. New York City. Dear Sir: I have used your Kink-ine for the past year to find it the most delightful hair dressing and tonic I have the many cheap pomades and vaselines on the market, silky, and has entirely removed all dandruff and stop off. 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I find it the most delightful hair dressing and tonic I have ever used, altogether different from the many cheap pomades and vaselines on the market. It makes my hair so beautiful, soft, silky, and has entirely removed all dandruff and stopped it from falling out and breaking off. And enables me to do it up in any of the many styles that I use on the stage. It does all you claim for it, and I would not be without it. Yours sincerely, MME, ROBINSON. Kink-ine Hair Dressing is a delightful perfumed tonic prepared largely for the use of 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 in any style that you may wish. KINK-INE HAIR DRESSING by supplying the needed 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 25c per bottle. If your druggist 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 full-size bottle of Kink-ine, price 25 cents, one cake of Kink-ine Soap, the best shampoo and Toilet Soap in the world, price 25 cents, both for only 20 cents, or six bottles and six cakes of soap for $3.00. Special offer good only at the following stores: OWENS & MINOR DRUG CO., Ldt.—Distributors, 1007 E. Main St. AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PLAN. Phone, 245. Dealer in General Line of FANCY AND STAPLE GROCERIES, NOTIONS, FRESH MEATS, CI GARS, TOBACCO, ICE, WOOD, COAL, &c. 11 S. 4TH ST., RICHMOND, VA. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAST E.G.B. only absolutely necessary regu- apply at the main office. The Court Is the Female Department of thirty persons to organize a c Fidelity, exercise Harmony a an endowment and burial bem- dues. The only expense for a rosette, costing 25 cents for THE BANDS OF CALA stitutes a feature and persons a circle. The expense is nomi- $1.00 to $1.50 sick dues and d Lodge or Court or Band in yo- For all information concern For all information conce- membership in the lodges and MADAM ROBINSON KINK-INE HAIR DRESSING by the scalp, increasing the growth and KINK-INE HAIR DRESSING is him order it for you; he can get it. SPECIAL OFFER.—To prove the q bottle of Kink-ine, price 25 cents, one cents, both for only 50 cents, or six stores: OWENS & MINOR —Nelson's Hair Dressing can be bought at Jennings and Brown Drug Store, Pittsburg, Pa. Flower Sachets. To make these use a piece of light pink satin ribbon, 2x12 inches, doubled and overhanded together. Inclose the powder in a bit of muslin and again cover flat with a single thickness of sheet wadding. At one end of the completed case tack an exquisite pink silk poppy, having a green center, tying its short stem in place with a half a yard of narrow leaf-green ribbon. Half a dozen of these blossom sachets, in varied pale tints*, to tuck into evening bodies, makes a charming gift Sure of a Home. Gyer—The government gives the Indian an education in exchange for his land. Myer—But why does it educate him? Gyer—To enable him to live on his mental reservation, I suppose.—Chicago Daily News. A GOOD IDEA. The Minister—I suppose, doctor, if folks did just what you tell them you would have a great deal less trouble? The Doctor—Oh, aye. I would tell some of them to pay their bills. The Wily Horse Dealer "That's a bum horse you sold me last week," blurted the angry customer. "In what way?" queried the crafty dealer, rubbing his hands. "Why, you told me he would go like the wind. We watched him all day and couldn't see him move at all." "Well, neither could you see the wind."—Chicago News. N. A., S. A., E. A., A. AND A. is the most powerful in the col- onial. The Grand Lodge of Virgina and counties in this state. New lodge. The benefits paid to the principles are greater than based on Charity and estab- lished people of the state will support. A burial benefit of of $200.00 for fees. The badge costing 75 cents relation concerning the organiza- tion. Calanthe requires a membership of s are pledged to exhibit for the other. It pays pays $3.00 per week sick of the badge, 50 cents and men's Department also con- tan to enter the little ones int is all that could be expected. from $30.00 to $40.00. If you b orgnizie one. Department address. Mrs. ANNA TAYLOR, W. M. 120 W. 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Clemens in the future for their Health and Treatment It is the only Hotel and Mineral Bath House owned and conducted by a colored man at any of the health resorts in the United States. Write for Special Rates. GEO. I. HUTCHINSON, FROP. 48 Welts St., - Mt. Clemens, Mich. MEATS, CI- CO, ICE. L, &c. ICHMOND, VA. Orders received by l. MRS. BOOKER PROPRIE 816 N. 2nd St. JOHN FOXEL ent also con- ne little ones into this mystic d be expected. It pays from $40.00. If you have noPythian address. Hill St., Richmond, Va. N MITCHELL, JR. 3311 N. 4th St., Richmond, Va. Dressing and the Hair! The Famous Black Patti, Days of Kink-ine and my hair is growing very fast. I have ever used, altogether different from set. It makes my hair so beautiful, soft, stopped it from falling out and breaking many styles that I use on the stage. I about it. Yours sincerely, MMR. ROBINSON. named tonic prepared largely for the use of and harmless. It makes harsh, stubborn you to comb it with ease and to dress it. roots of the hair tones up and nourishes. e. If your druggist does not keep it have you, prepaid. For all others, we will sell one full-size soo and Toilet Soap in the world, price 22 Special offer good only at the following: ors, 1007 E. Main St. FREE! An Astrological Reading sent free to anyone enclosing two cent stamp for mailing charges, etc. Send date and month of birth. Write to day and address PROF. J. H. HOLMES, 15 N. Kentucky Ave., Atlantic City, N. J. SCHOOL SHOES. Capitol Shoe & Supply Company, A complete stock of Boys,' Misses,' Men's, Ladies,' & Children's Shoes. ALL THE LATEST STYLES. For old papers, call on us. We are selling them at fifteen cents per hundred. BOARDING & LODGING Rates Reasonable. All the Comforts of Home Orders received by letter or telegraph MRS. BOOKER LEFTWICH. PROPRIETRESS. 816 N. 2nd St., Richmond. Vs ```markdown ``` Notice! Virginia's Most Successful Hair Culturist. .. 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Mrs. Graham's preparations sell at sight. Ladies living in other cities and towns can make good money by selling these preparations. Write for terms to Mrs. J. A. Graham, No. 108 E. Leigh St., Richmond, Va. *Phone 2948 112 W. Leigh S. REAL ESTATE & LOANS Private Banker and Broker. Loans negotiated on Real Estate. Interest allowed on Deposits, Estates managed, Rent collected and prompt returns. Special attention to repairs. Notary With Seal. H F Jonathan FISH, OYSTERS AND PRODUCE. 120 N. 17TH ST., RICHMOND, VA. ALL ORDERS WILL RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION. Long Distance Phone, 752. STRAUS' SPECIAL Old Yacht Club. Will Satisfy the lover of the right kine of stimulant. Special prices. We have all grades of good liquors, Cigars and Tobacco. Call and see us. ISAAC STRAUS & CO. 422 E. Broad St. Richmond, Virginia. S. W. ROBINSON NO 23 NORTH 18TH ST FINE WINES, LIQUORS CIGARS, &c. All Stock Sold as Guaranteed. PROMPT ATTENTION Your patronage is respectfully solicited. GEORGE O. BROWN. Fine Photographs. True to Life. High-class service. Latest Improvements in Photographic Out-door Work executed. Reasonable Estimates and Prompt Service. Pictures Enlarged from Old negatives or Photographs. 3-ms THE ECONOMY, 303—5 North Third St FINE TAILORING. CLEANING, DYEING AND REPAIRING CHITMAN M. WHITE, PROPRIETOR. A. Hayes OFFICE AND WARE-ROOMS, 727 North Second Street RESIDENCE, 725 N. 2nd 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 country orders are given special attention. Your special attention is called to the new style Oak Caskets. Call and see me and you shall be waited on individually. THE PLANET SATURDAY... FEBRUARY 8, 1908 DOCTOR SEWS UP GASH IN HEART NEGRO INJURED DURING BRAWL IS SUBJECT OF REMARK- ABLE OPERATION. FOUR STITCHES ARE TAKEN Trap Door is Cut in Patient's Side and Slashed Organ is Repaired —Victim Walks After Being Hurt. New York.—A few days ago the remarkable feat of sewing up a cut in a man's heart was successfully performed by two surgeons, Drs. Blake and Dwight, at Roosevelt hospital. The patient, William Johnson, a negro about 35 years old, is still in the hospital, ill with pneumonia, but, so far as his heart is concerned, he is all right. It has healed completely. Johnson was stabbed in the course of a saloon row with a long thin knife, which severed the fourth rib two inches to the left of the mid line, and entered the heart. He left the scene of the stabbing without telling anyone of it, and strolled about the streets for three-quarters of an hour. The wound appeared to be a slight one, and, as it was not bleeding, externally at least, Johnson did not worry about it. By and by, however, he began to feel drowsy, and sat down on the curb and put his head in his hands. Here an acquaintance found him, drew from him the fact that he had been stabbed, and telephoned for an ambulance, which carried him to Roosevelt hospital. Dr. Dwight, the house surgeon, diagnosed the case, and at once telephoned Dr. Joseph A. Blake. Within an hour and a half after the stabbing Johnson was on the operating table. Dr. Blake performed the operation with Dr. Dwight assisting. First the surgeons made an incision along the upper border of the third A MEDICAL EXAMINATION The Operation. rib, cutting from the sternum outward to the nipple line, thence down to the lower border of the fifth rib thence inward to the sternum again, along the lower border of that rib. This cut was deepened to the ribs, and then the third and fifth ribs were severed at the nipple line, the fourth having been cut through by the weapon that caused the wound. The operation to this point had resulted in the cutting of a sort of a trap door, which was easily raised, and turned back over the sternum with the costal cartilage as a hinge. When the trap door was lifted and the pleura exposed, the left lung collapsed, and a pint of blood was found in the pleural cavity. It was found that the lung itself was not injured, but a small wound was discovered in the pericardium, or shell which incases the heart, from which the blood was running. The pericardium was then opened, and the heart itself exposed. This exposure of the heart showed the exact nature of the wound. In the right ventricle, close to the anterior coronary artery, there was a wound in the heart about one-half an inch in length, from which, at every contraction or beat of the heart, a little stream of blood spurted to a height of four inches. Examination showed that the wound extended to the central cavity of the heart. The heart was grasped in the hand to steady it, just as one would clasp a fluttering bird in order to examine a wound. Four stitches with silk thread were then taken in the heart, it being necessary to sew entirely through the wall of the heart for that purpose. The wound was then drawn together and the flow of blood entirely checked. Since that time, over a week ago, there has been no further bleeding from the wound in the heart, which is apparently entirely healed. Nor has there been any sign of blood poisoning. On the morning after the operation, however, the patient had a high temperature, and signs of pneumonia appeared in the lower lungs. Traces of this pneumonia still per- slist, and it is this, and not the condition of the man's heart, that is causing the attending surgeons anxiety. The difficult and rarely attempted operation of sewing up the heart has apparently been performed with complete success. RECENT NOTES OF SCIENCE The demand for aluminum still exceeds the supply. The crushers of the Edison cement works at Stewartstown, N. J., can crush a six ton stone. The Mauretania has four funnels and four locomotives abreast could pass through them. The Russian soldiers are each to be furnished with a pocket compass having a luminous needle. A combined tender and floating dock for submarines was launched at Kiel the other day. It consists of two parallel hulls bound together. The tender has a crane capable of hoisting 500 tons from deep water. It has a speed of 12 knots. In 1906 the United States produced 26,238 flasks of quicksilver valued at $985,634, a decrease in quantity of 4,213 flasks, and a value of $144,486 in 1905, California, Texas, Utah, and Oregon are the producers, but there are discoveries in Nevada and Arizona. By the autogenous method two sheets of metal may be welded by placing their edges together and follow-lowing seam with blowpipe. "Seamless" copper and steel vessels may be made by forming the body and ends separately and tracing the joints with the blowpipe. When the electrical project of the Southern Pacific road is carried out it will cover 136 miles over a mountain division, accommodating all the freight and passenger traffic of the Union Pacific between Central California and the east. In 83 miles it rises 7,000 feet and is full of sharp curves. GOOD HEALTH HINTS. Tight clothes and indigestion cause red noses. A raw egg swallowed will detach a fishbone in the throat. High-heeled boots are known to cause spinal complaints. Sleep with the window well open and you will awake brisk. Glycerine and lemon juice in equal proportions whitens the hands. The yolk of an egg broken up in rosewater is a trusty shampoo. Mustard plasters made with white of an egg do not blister the skin. Daily exercise with light dumbbells eventually cures round shoulders. Apply armica to a bruise if the skin is unbroken. If broken, wash the bruise and apply vaseline. PASSING OBSERVATIONS Sympathy is the cheapest of the emotions. It speaks pretty, but gives up no cash. Philanthropy is a game. The philanthropist furnishes the sentiment, the other people the money. Every man looks upon himself as the only reliable male being to protect a pretty woman from the other fellow. In poetry, in prose and in paint the successful artist is he who portrays his fellow-men not as they are, but as they think they are. Prosperity is like Cinderella's gay outfit. The clock strikes 12 and the 40-h.p. auto changes to a scooped-out pumpkin and the resplendent chauffeur into a molly-whiskered gray rat. PERT PARAGRAPHS. Pay talk is the kind of talk we all want. The devil's disciples always have strong backing. We spend a lot of time getting what we want and the remainder getting rid of it. More kisses are flavored with tobacco smoke than with ice cream or chocolate caramels. Some people are so high minded that they almost shrink from taking advantage of opportunity. Women don't so much like to hear themselves talk as they like the feeling that others have to listen. You need to be both hard fisted and hard headed if you are a persistent knocker.—Nashville American. BY THE WAY. When a man has money in the bank it does not matter what clothes he wears. So long as we have sleeping cars nightcaps will be more useful than crowns. When a man has nothing else to do, work is often a great relief to monotony. The pride most men take in the fact that they used to be wicked is the last sensation to be a source of quiet comfort.-Uncle Dick, in Milwaukee Sentinel. NOT GENERALLY KNOWN. The Horseshoeers' union of Denver has started a school of farriery. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA The United States Owls and maintains a national cemetery at San Cosme, near the City of Mexico. A girl pupil in the New Shoreham, London, school has neither been absent nor tardy in eight years. Pitch pine, which has been considered almost worthless, is now in demand for cranberry barrels. All the revolvers taken from prisoners at Portland, Ore., were melted up and made into a stove for the police station. Aguinaldo is living quietly in the country on a farm near Manila. He comes to town occasionally, but is quite out of politics. There is one American book which should be counted among the best sellers. Over 3,000,000 copies have been sold. It is "The Horse Book," issued by the government. The United States government and that of Canada are resurveying the boundary lines between the latter country and ours as far east as Vermont. Many of the marks had disappeared. A good steer, properly dressed and profitably cut, yields in weight the following percentages: Loins, 15; ribs, 10; rounds, 21; chucks, 18; plates, 16; flanks, 4; shanks, 7; tallow, 3; kidneys, 0.25; sausage meat, 1; shank meat, 1.50; tankage, 2. Net loss in cutting is 0.25. RUMOR. Rumor is a common noun, singular and feminine gender—except when it is used by stock gamblers to influence the market or by statesmen to influence politics. Necessity is the grandmother of Rumor, because Rumor is the child of invention. Considered separately, its forebears are feminine idle bodies and masculine busy bodies. Rumor is like Santa Claus. We know its general tendencies, but not its specific origin. All we know of Rumor is from bearsay. No one has ever been arrested for stealing it, as the original owner is always unwilling to claim it. The physical properties of Rumor are unique and interesting. It is more potent than fact, attains to a greater velocity than electricity, cannot be reduced to a syllogism, feeds on emotion, keeps with one eye open, gathers strength with age and dies of punctured dropy. Rumor is predatory. Its chief quarries are lovers (married or single), preachers, social leaders, policemen, politicians and people. Its bitterest foe is Rumor. Therefore Rumor should always be treated homeopathically. Its motto is relata refero, ipsissimis verbis, which ought to mean, "Don't believe half you bear, and forget the other half."—Limpineot's. SUNFLOWER PHILOSOPHY Advice that is fool proof isn't kid proof. You might as well be good; there is no fun in being wicked. There never was a circus or a Christmas as good as expected. How often you hear this said of men: "He can't get along with anybody!" You often hear that Christmas is for children. But women have more to do with it than children. Whenever a doctor hurts you, he says he struck a "nerve center." We have heard of "nerve centers" all over the body. What has become of the old-fashioned young man who said, when his shoe became untied, that his sweet-heart was thinking of him? Everybody is expected to marry once, and there is not much talk when you marry the first time, but people look wise when you marry the second time, and roar when you marry the third time. — Atchison (Kan.) Globe. CHEER UP, YE AUTHORS! "David Harum" was offered to at least eight firms before it found a publisher. Kipling's "Plain Tales from the Hills" was sent back by a New York publisher. Howells and James have received printed cards beginning: "The editor regrets to say, etc." Dickens is said never to have been rejected, and the same is claimed for Bret Harte and "Octave Thanet." During his first year of authorship Trollope's manuscripts came back promptly. He afterward became one of the best paid authors. Carlyle's manuscript was scornfully received at first, and he got a hearing only when the editor discovered that he himself was related to Mrs. Carlyle. The Orator Summarizes. His lectures he doth now recall; His heart doth not repine. The influence they had was small, But the gate receipts were fine. —Washington Star. A Practical View. Mrs. Softheart—Do you believe in all this modern progress that a woman really finds any use in a club? Mrs. Strongarm—That depends whether she wants to use it for her own head or on her husband's—Balti-American 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. Everything Everything IN FURNITURE AND FLOOR COVERINGS SYDNOR & HUNDLEY, INC. 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Reader have you noticed that some people have a hard time to get along, no matter how they toil, while others have success. Many wealth; men and women owe their success to this wonderful man. He will tell you whom you will marry. Will you be happy? He will tell you who your friends and enemies are. Can you tell? Don't take a leap in e dark, but be advised by this wonderful man. 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 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, $100. All lea- ters容纳 $1.00 will be answer ed in full. MAIN OFFICE: 510 S. 8th St., Philadelphia, Pa. SEVEN A. B. WHERE LINCOLN GREW TO MANHOOD LANDMARKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EMANCIPATOR'S EARLY LIFE IN KENTUCKY AND INDIANA was never entirely completed. It was weather boarded, but neither plastered nor lathed. It remained in this condition until 1836, which was after the Lincoln family had moved to Illinois. It was capable of holding only a hundred people and could only be used in the summer. In the night the cattle which grazed about town would go there for shelter. Such was the structure where President Lincoln received his first impulse to become a lawyer. Here it was that he received his first rudimentary practice in pleading case that afterward aided in making him the lawyer of the reputation he had It was to attend court in this rudely constructed building that the young man walked 20 miles from Lincoln City to Boonville, Ind. He was an ardent listener and the lessons that he painted upon his memory at this place are the ones that inspired the great man to become the lawyer he afterward became. And from this fact the little town of Boonville claims the distinction of furnishing to him the material that aided in his after success. To claim so great a distinction if it could not be verified would be false and unfair; but from the history of young Lincoln while he was a visitor here attending court, and from the assurance that he received the knowledge he did, which inspired him to become the lawyer he did, it is another laurel for the little city in southern Indiana. Shortly after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln a picnic party from the little town of Dale went up to Lincoln City to the Lincoln farm and spent the day. The excitement was so high at that time that old people as well as young went to the farm and enjoyed themselves visiting the historical places in and about the Lin NCER COUNTY, INDIANA coln farm A man standing in front of a log cabin, holding an axe and pushing a wooden plow. OLD LINCOLN CABIN IN SPENCER COUNTY, INDIANA and remaining in Indiana until coln farm The cabin was still standing and but a short distance up on the hillside was a marble slab that marked the spot where the good mother of Abraham Lincoln lay beneath the sage. While there the picnickers went through the cabin where Lincoln saw his mother pass away and from which place he returned to Kentucky to get a minister to come to Indiana and bury his mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln. A few old relics were found, among them being an old knot mould and an old fashioned mouldboard plow, both of which had been left there when the Lincoln moved to Illinois. The old plow was brought outside and an old man by the name of Gabriel Medcalf stood between the hardies while one of the party caught a picture of the old Lincoln cabin. The old man carrying the pole was Joseph P. Haines, better known as Uncle Porter Haines. 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I-L-U GRAND LODGE, 135 I-L-U BLDG., DAYTON, OHIO, RIGHT February 12 of every year the mind of every American loyal citizen is momentarily turned to the thought that upon that day, just so many years N February 12 of every year the mind of every American loyal citizen is momentarily turned to the thought that upon that day, just so many years ago, Abraham Lincoln, one of the world's greatest men, was born. Some merely give the celebration a thought, but those who have made the life of Abraham Lincoln a study, and those people who live in Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois look upon the birthday anniversary as something more than the mere passing of a milestone. Each of these states claims a right to being the home of the man who has made for himself an immortal name in the history of the world's greatest men. Historians say that Lincoln was born in Hardin county, Kentucky. In fact, he was born in La Rue county, which, however, is a subdivision of Hardin county. Chronicleers continue with their biographies and say that he, together with his father, mother and a sister, went to Indiana and entered a claim to a piece of land in Spencer county. As a matter of fact, he entered a claim to a piece of land in Warwick county, but which has been set aside and named Spencer county. The Lincoln went to Indiana in 1816, the same year that Indiana was admitted to the union as a state. He entered a quarter section of land, built a log cabin and lived there until 1830. It was known that Thomas Lincoln, father of Abraham Lincoln, was in poor circumstances. To say that Abraham Lincoln was the son of a poor carpenter and farmer gives an insight into hard conditions that little Abe had to face when he was a youngster. When he went to Indiana he was just seven, and remaining in Indiana until 1830 he spent 14 years of his life in Indiana, or until he was 21 years of age. After 1820 Spencer county had, at Rockport, its county seat, a public library of several hundred volumes of the standard works of the day. Thomas Lincoln and Abraham Lincoln were Rockport at least two times during the year, but the name of Abraham Lincoln does not appear as a borrower of books at the library. The field from which Abraham Lincoln could glean knowledge in that neighborhood was very limited, though he borrowed every book that he could get. During Abraham Lincoln's 16 years of life in Indiana he had read and reread this list of literary and historical books over and over again. His good nature among Lincoln City people was not unnoticed; all agreed to his honesty and good nature. Questions of dispute and petty differences were at first submitted to him in a joking way, and later on in a sincere way, until he was complimented for his honest and just way in settling disputes and differences. He was told more times than once that some day he would turn out to be a lawyer. Having read all the literary books and what few there were of law in and around Boonville, Lincoln heard of the court at Boonville. He resolved to go down to that place, 20 miles distant, and learn what he could in the real court, which was in session there several times during the year. The court house in Boonville, then a small hamlet of less than 300 inhabitants, in strong contrast to the beautiful new structure that now adorns the beautiful little town, stood in the very spot where the new one now stands, in the center of a large court square. It was a frame building; the architecture was, to say the least, very novel. A ditch, two feet wide and two feet deep, was filled with smoothly hewn logs, on which was built a stone wall 18 inches high. This furnished the foundation upon which the building proper rested. The building itself THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND. VIRGINIA Took Alfonso For a Revolutionist. SEVILLE, Feb. 5.—A dramatic incident marked the saunter of King Alfonso through the streets of Seville the day before the tragedy at Lisbon, Alfonso being attacked by a policeman whose object was to keep back the crowd from the king, but who unfortunately misked the king himself for a suspicious looking person. The governor of Seville, who was following just behind, seized the policeman, and a score of spectators, believing that an attempt was made to assassinate the king, knocked the policeman down. Alfonso, however, ordered his liberation and was highly amused at the whole affair. Thaw Must Stay In Matteawann. ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 5—Dr. Albert Warren Ferris of the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons and president of the state commission in lunacy, stated here that Harry K. Thaw would have to remain under observation at Matteawan for some time before it would be possible to determine whether his mental condition warranted his liberation. During an examination he made of Thaw, Dr. Ferris said the young Pittsburgh was very nervous and excitable. A boy and a dog Grandpa—English a dead language? Why should you think that, my boy? Willie Sharp—I've so often heard of It being murdered, grandpa, that I thought it must be dead now. Not in the Market. "When I go into politics I am going to hire out my brains to the best paying side." "But when people hire brains, they want furnished thoughts; not empty flats."—Baltimore American. "A man who works around depots, of course. You might have known that without asking." — Baltimore American. Do You Know Them? I would like to locate Misses Roberta and Latifia Gaskins and their brother John Gaskins. He worked in a butcher shop. In 1892 they lived at 934-25th St., Washington, D.C., near Georgetown bridge. I have forgotten their mother's and father's names. Their father kept a restaurant in 1890 on 4½ St., between E and F, South Washington. In 1892 the father, mother and the larger portion of the family left Washington to go to Virginia in the country to live where I know not. Any information will be gladly Any information will be gladly received. Address ARTHUR J. LEWIS, 1811 Arctic Avenue, Atlantic City, N. J. JOB WANTEDMr. Robert Evans 84 Montgomery St., Newark, N. J. desires employment as a composer and pressman. He comes well recommended. VIRGINIA—In the Law and Equity Court for the City of Richmond this 29th day of January, 1908. Charles M. Cheek, Plaintiff vs. Laura Ann Cheek, Defendant IN CHANCERY. The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce, a vinculo matrimonii by the plaintiff against the defendant And an affidavit having been made and filed that due diligence has been used by and on behalf of the plaintiff to ascertain in what county or corporation the defendant, Laura Ann Cheek is without effect and that he, the said Plaintiff does not know her whereabouts: it is ordered that the said defendant appear here within fifteen days after the due publication of this order and do whatever is necessary to protect her interest here- in. A Copy—Teste: P. P. WINSTON, in. Clerk. J. HENRY CRUTCHFIELD, pq. To Laura Ann Cheek: You'll take notice that I shall on the 19th day of March, 1908 at the office of Phil B. Shield, room numbered 60, Chamber of Commerce Building situated S. W. corner of 9th and Main Streets in the city of Richmond, Va. between the hours of 9 o'clock A. M. and 6 o'clock P. 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