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The RICHMOND PLANET SENATOR J. C. BURROWS, Temporary Chairman Republican National Convention. WILLIAM H. TAFT. SENATOR HENRY C. LODGE. REMARKABLE SCENES AT THE MEETING PLACE The Situation at Chicago The "Lily Whites" and the Regulars. BRUTAL TREALMENT OF THE COLORED PEOPLE—DELEGATES BARRED OUT—A CONDITION AND NOT A THEORY THAT CONFRONTS US—RINGING PROTESTS FROM THE OUTRAGED DELEGATES—WHAT SHALL THE END BE? VOLUME XXV, NUMBER 29 REMA AT THE The Situ Whit BRUTAL TREALMENT OF TH A THEORY THA During the past week the Republican National Committee has heard contests involving 219 seats in the convention. This committee, controlled by the National Administration, allowed no possibility of interference in the plan of assuring the nomination of Secretary Taft. Of the 219 contests decided, the body supposed to represent the Republican party, but controlled absolutely by the Administration, seated 216 Taft delegates. These contests have been decided as rottows: For Taft—Alabama, 22; Arkansas, 2; Florida, 8; Georgia 16; Kentucky, 8; Louisiana, 6; North Carolina, 18; Ohio, 7; Oklahoma, 10; Pennsylvania, 18; Texas, 36; Virginia, 18; Alaska, 2; Arizona, 2. Total 216. For Foraker—Virginia, 2; Ohio, 1. Total, 3. The only complete defeat sustained by the Taft delegates in the contests was in the Fifth Virginia District, where a Foraker delegation was seated ed because a man was allowed to act as secretary of the district convention who had issued a call for a convention in his own county "for white men only." CONTESTS IN SOUTH ARE VERY BITTER. And with regard to these 219 contests: They came from over a dozen States in the Union—Ohio, native State of Taft, the leading candidate not even accepted—and far from the political corruption exposed by The American in New York being local, those contests over seats in the Republican National Convention show that under present political methods the country is suffering an era of political corruption, jobbery, thugery and thievery that is nation-wide. It is not confined to either of the old political parties, but, curiously and in substantiation of the facts which The American has brought to light, and which the leaders of the new Independence Party have insisted upon, the two old parties are found working hand in hand—adding each other to preserve the status quo—the minority party in one section swinging along with the majority party to secure delegates for the organization, to bring in the repeaters, pack the conventions, stuff the ballot boxes and overweave the respectable elements. In the South, the Republican Party is a Democratic Party annex; in the North, where the Republicans are strong and the Democrats are weak, the conditions are reversed. Everywhere, a perfect understanding exists between the rival organizations, and the party that best serves the purposes of the big fellows behind all wins at the general election. In every instance these charges of gross fraud were supported by affidavits of members of the contesting delegations. The facts published herewith are taken from the briefs and sworn statements that were presented to the Republican National Committee last week. Each and every statement reveals a condition that should appeal to every right-minded man who believes in the purity of the ballot. CONTESTS SHOW POLITICAL METHODS. It didn't require these contests at the Republican convention to acquaint some of the people with such conditions; but the contests come at a timely moment now to illustrate to the whole country the political methods by which Governors are elected, United States Senators chosen and Presidents made by the politicians. In Texas and in Ohio, in Virginia, Florida, Kentucky, Arkansas, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Alabama and the Carolinas the same old tricks are in vogue that it has been fatuously believed were peculiar to New York alone. The police are always an (Continued on Fourth Page.) —Times are changing, but the cooling breezes will be the same on the Steamer Pocahontas Sunday, June 28, 1908. THE RICHMOND NORMAL SCHOOL Interesting Exercises—Fine Address by Mr. Bryan. The closing exercises of the Richmond High and Normal School took place Tuesday, June 16, 1908 at 8:15 P. M. The assemblage was an inspiring one and the exercises were creditable. The following was the programme: Entrance of Graduates and Post Graduates. Brooks Shall Murmur. The School; Recitation—Lincoln's Gettsburg Address, Mr. Scott Gwathmey; The Star Resplendent. The School; Recitation—Riley's "When the Green Gits Back in the Trees." Miss Minnie Coleman; Pilgrim's Chorus. The School; Duet, "Crossing the Bar." Misses Olivia Oliva, Alma Scott; Hope in the Lord, The School; Shakespeare's "Anne Hathaway" Miss Blanche Walton; God of the Nations. The School; Scene from Macbeth, Normal Class; Solo—"Merrily I Roam," Miss Arela Randolph; Scene from Henry V., Normal Class; Morning Invitation, The School; Address, George Bryan, Esq.; The Sea King's Bride, The School; Delivery of Diplomas, Mr. Charles Hutzler, Chairman of School Board. The following are the graduates: January, 1908—Addie Glenn Brown, Rozella Beatrice Elam, Lavinia Marion Fleming, Ida Aldonia Griffis, Ethel Willinette Gwathmey, Scott Walter Gwathmey, Leone Helen Holmes, Samuel Chris Howell, Matte Lee Jones, Emily Olivia Lewis, Christine Geneva Miller, Serena Belle Robinson, Gertrude Elizabeth Taylor, Estelle Daisy Ward. June, 1908—Nellie Lee Booker. Theresa Sinora Braxton, Mattie Elizabeth Dawson, Florence Leone Fener, Lillian Helen Holmes, Addie Ophelia Jackson, Celia Robinson Minor, Elizabeth Louise Mitchell, Mary Lane Tancil, Sadie Elise Tyler, Mary Eliza Valentine, Blanche Celestine Walton. POST GRADUATES January, 1908—Mary Elizabeth Ammons, Willie Louise Brock, Bessie Gwendola Brown, Tamar Estelle Carter, Mamie Lou Daggett, Eva Lee Graham, Alberta Hughes, Lillian Pearl Jackson, Inez Mason Jones, June, 1908—Della Ellen Caskie, Alma Rachel Margurite Farrar, Charlotte Virginia Jackson, Mayne Lee Johnson, Ora Aria Aftelton, Celia Robinson Minor, Rebecca Thomasine Mitchell. Miss Rebecca Thomasine Mitchell stood highest in the Post Graduate Class of June, 1908 and Miss Mamie Lou Daggett stood highest in the Post Graduate Class of January, 1908 Mr. S. D. Turner, Principal. DIED—At home at 4 1/2 E. Baker Street, Wednesday morning, 17th inst at 5:20 o'clock, ALEXANDER JONES, age 58 years. He is survived by a wife, two sons, two daughters, two grandchildren, two brothers and a host of friends to mourn their loss. He was a member of Fifth Street Baptist Church from its organization, also a member of Friendship Lodge of Good Samaritans. "Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep." His son, EDWARD JONES. —He had his head in the barrel but he took it out in time to see the advertisement of the Sunday outing June 28, 1908. JOHNSON—WILLIAMS. The marriage of Miss Elli J. Williams to Mr. James W. Johnson took place Thursday, May 18, 1908, 7:30 A. M. at the First Baptist Church. The palatial edifice was filled with an expectant audience that waited with patience for the arrival of the bridal party. The strains of the weather merch told of their arrival. On the rostrum were Rev. W. T. Johnson, D. D. Rev. W. F. Graham, D. D. Rev. A. Thomas, Rev. W. H. Deane. The party entered as follows: A. D. Price and Thomas Smith, Booker Leftwich and A. Walker, W. P. Burrell and Dr. R. E. Jones, Thomas H. Wyatt and B. A. Graves, J. C. Robertson, Esq. and Thomas W. Taylor, Edward Ellis, Jr. and R. T. Hill, W. F. Denny and Miss Lula Forrester, H. B. Carter and Miss Rosa B. Brooks, A. W. Holmes and the groom, Charles Briggs and the bride. Rev. W. T. Johnson performed the ceremony. Prayer was offered by Rev. W. F. Graham, D. D. The bride wore pearl gray volle with silk trimmings. She wore a white hat with ostrich this, lace veil and she carried a bouquet of white roses. Mrs. Nannle Cobb officiated at the organ and played throughout the ceremony. The couple will reside at Mr. Johnson's palatial residence, 18 E. Leigh Street. COLISEUM, CHICAGO, WHERE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION HELD. MANCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL Fine Exercises—Eloquent Addres by Prof. Davis—Presented a Suit of Clothes. The Eighteenth Annual Commencement Exercises of the Manchester High School were held Monday evening, June 15, 1908 at the First Baptist Church, Manchester, Va. The High School Pupils marched in led by Misses Berthel King and Almoret Jenkins. Then came the Graduates led by Miss Robena Jenkins. The following programme was rendered: Chorus, Morning Invitation, School; Invocation, Rev. C. H. Phillips; Chorus, Unfold Ye Portals; School; Salutation, "The Open Door"; Kearney Carr Manning; Recitation, "The Sleeping Sentinel"; Miss Ruth Robinetta Morris; Sextette, "The Dream of Paradise"; Misses Blanche Carr Hicks, Ethel Selena Washington, Susie Davis Irving, Cora Lee McCoy, Leonia Howell, Minnie Hilton, Robena Jenkins; Oration, "The Man in Front"; James Robert Hobson; Essay, "Human Labor, the Thread of Destiny," Miss Minnie Cornelia Hilton; Chorus, "Flower of Liberty," School; Class Prophecy, Miss Emily Frances Walker; Essay and Valedictory, "Life is a Battle," Miss Antolnette Revonia Harris; Chorus, "Live to be a Blessing." Se lected Pupils; Address to Class, Rev. D. W. Davis, A. M., D. D., Pastor Second Baptist Church; Chorus, "Angel of Peace," School; Conferring of Diplomas, Superintendent D. L. Pulliam; Class Song, "Graduates' Farewell," Graduates. The following Graduates, with their subjects were excused in order to shorten the programme—Miss Blanche Carr Hicks, "Self Culture"; Miss Ethel Selena Washington, "Pick Yourself Up"; Miss Susie Davis Irving, "The Advantages of Education"; Miss Robena Ethel Jenkins, "Stepping Stones to Greater Success"; Miss Cora Lee McCoy, "Tell Unto Others"; Miss Ruth Robinette Morris, "The Eyes of the World Are Upon Us." Prof. D. W. Davis, who delivered the address to the graduates was at his best and his address met the approval of all present. Supt. Pulliam in presenting the diplomas made an address that was interesting as well as instructive. Dr. Vaughan awarded the two prizes, one to Miss Leonia Howell for deportment and Mr. Kearney Carr Manning for German. In appreciation of his services during his twenty-five years of service, Prof. J. H. Blackwell was presented with a suit by the Alumail Association. Prof. C. L. Winfrey was presented with an umbrella by the pupils of the High School. Both presentations were made by Mr. W. L. Deane, PRICE, FIVE CENTS. ION . HELD. with appropriate remarks. The following are the graduates—Kearney Carr Manning, Ruth Robinetta Morris, James Robert Hobson, Minnie Cornella Hilton, Emily Frances Walker, Antoinette Revonia Harris, Blanche Carr Hicks, Ethel Selena Washington, Susie Davis Irving, Robena Ethel Jenkins, Cora Lee McCoy. Miss Bertha Hughes, Musical Directress; Miss Juliet Cousins, Accompanist. As we go to press the Alumni Association, composed of more than 150 graduates is holding its Annual Meeting and Banquet at the Public School Building Mechanics' Savings Bank Buys More Property. President John Mitchell, Jr. has just purchased the northwest corner of Third and Clay Streets for the Mechanies' Savings Bank. The lot has a frontage of 31 feet three inches and a depth of one hundred feet. It is now occupied by a three story brick building. The price paid was $5,050. It is probable that the building will be used by the corporation which Mr. Mitchell represents. —Subscribe to The PLANET. The GIRL from TM'S PLACE BY CHARLEO CLARK MUNN COPYRIGHT, 1906, BY LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO. TWO SYNOPSIS. CHAPTER I - Chip McGuire, a 16-year old girl living at Tim's place in the Maine woods, is sold by her father to Pete Bolling-breed. She runs away. CHAPTER II - Chip reaches the camp of Martin and Marlin, his wife, nephew, Raymine Stetson, and guides. She tells her story and is cared for by Mrs. Friable. CHAPTER III - Explains journey of Friable's party into woods is to visit she of Mrs. Friable, an old hermit, who has been hermess for many years. When camp is broken Chip and Ray occupy same canoe. CHAPTER IV - The party reach camp of Mrs. Friable's father and are welcomed by him and Cy Walker, an old friend and former townman of the herm. They settle down for summer's stay. CHAPTER V - Chip and Ray are in love, but no one realized this but Cy Walker. Strange canoe marks found on lake shore in front of their cabin. CHAPTER VI - Strange smoke is seen across the lake. Martin and Levi leave McGuire, who is known as outlaw and escaped murderer. CHAPTER VII.-Chip's one woods trend, Tomah, an Indian, visits camp. Rob believes he sees a bear on the ridge. CHAPTER VIII.-Chip is stolen by Pete Boldue and escapes with her in a canoe. CHAPTER IX.-Chip is rescued by Martin and Levi as they are returned from the settlement. Boldue escapes. CHAPTER X.-Old Cy proposes to Ray that he remails in the woods with himself and Amali and trap during the win- he concludes to do so. Others of the party return to Greenvale, taking Cy with them. CHAPTER XI.-Chip starts to school in Greenvale, and finds life unpleasant at Aunt Comfort's, made so especially by Hannah. CHAPTER XII.-Old Cy and Ray discover strange tracks in the wilderness. CHAPTER XIII.-Thep penetrate further into the wilderness and discover the hiding place of the man who had been anneaking about their cabin. CHAPTER XIV.-They investigate the cave home of McQuire during his abduction, seeking revenge for losing the girl he had bought, is also on the trail of McQuire. CHAPTER XV- Belduc finds McGuire and the two fight to the death, finding a watery grave together. CHAPTER XVI- Spring has come and Belduc leaves the woods with Lew, leaving Old Cy and the harmit, Amel, at the camp. CHAPTER XVII- Ray returns to Greenvale and finds Chip writing for him. CHAPTER XVIII- Chip tells Ray of her troubles in Greenvale. Ray fails to visit her the first evening of his arrival, and Ray explains. CHAPTER XIX- Ray wants Chip to return to the woods with them, but she, along with the old, comradeship with Ray has been broken, refuses. When they part, however, it is as lovers. CHAPTER XX- Chip runs away from Aunt Comfort's and finds another home with Judson Walker. She gives her name as Vera Raymond. CHAPTER XXI- Aunt Abby, Aunt Judson Walker's sister, visits them, and takes Chip home with her to Christmas Cove. CHAPTER XXII—Chip goes to school as Christmas Cove. She tells Auby Abby the story of her life, and she discovers her of their family, and she discovers Tyler Walker is a long-lost brother of Judas Walters. He fear of betraying her hiding place prevents her telling of her. CHAPTER XXIII. Old Cy especially found life dull after Ray had gone. The hermit also appeared to miss him and became more morose than ever. He never had been what might be termed social, speaking only when spoken to, and then only in the fewest possible words. Now Old Cy became almost a walking sphinx, and found that time passed slowly. His heartstrings had somehow become entwined with Ray's hopes and plans. He had bent every energy and thought to secure for Ray a valuable stock of furs and gum, and, as with his nature, felt a keen satisfaction in helping that youth to a few hundred dollars. Now Ray had departed, furs, gum and all. He had promised to return with Martin and Angle later on, but of that Old Cy felt somewhat dubious, and so the old man mourned. There was no real reason for it, for all Nature was now smiling. The lake was blue and rippled by the June breezes; trout leaped out of it night and morning; flowers were blooming, squirrels frisking, birds singing and nest-building; and what Old Cy most enjoyed, the vernal season was at hand. Another matter also disturbed him—the whereabouts of McGuire and the half-breed, Pete Bolduc. Levi had brought the information that neither had been seen nor heard of since the previous autumn; but that was not conclusive, and somehow Old Cy felt that a certain mystery had attached itself to them, and once we suspect a mystery, it pursues us like a phantom. He did not fear either of these renegades, however. He had never harmed them. But he felt that any day might bring a call from one or the other, or that some tragic outcome would be disclosed. Another problem also annoyed him —who this thief of their game could be, and whether his supposed cave lair was a permanent hiding spot. Two reasons had kept Old Cy from another visit to that sequestered lake during the fall trapping season: first, its evident danger, and then lack of time. But now, with nothing to do except wait for the incoming ones, an impulse to visit again this mysterious spot came to him. He had, at the former excursion, felt almost certain that this unknown trapper was either McGuire or the half-breed. Some assertions made by Levi seemed to corroborate that theory, and impelled by it, Old Cy started alone, one morning, to visit this lake again. It took him until midday to carry his canoe, camp outfit, rifle, and all across from the stream to stream, and twilight had come ere he reached the la- goon where he and Ray had left the main stream and camped. Up here Old Cy now turned his canoe, and repairing the bark shack they had built, which had been crushed by winter's snow, he camped there again. Next morning, bright and early, he launched his canoe and once more followed the winding stream through the dark gorge and out into the rippled lake again. Here he halted and looked about. No signs of aught human could be seen. The long, narrow lakelet sparkled beneath the morning sun. The bald mountain frowned upon it, the jagged ledges just across faced him like serried ramparts, an eagle slowly circled overhead, and, best indication of primal solitude, an antlered deer stood looking at him from out an opening above the ledges. "Guess I'm alone here!" exclaimed Old Cy, glancing around; "but if this ain't a picture worth rememberin', I never saw one. Wish I could take it A man in a canoe paddles through a calm river. Followed the Winding Stream. with me into tother world; an' if I was sure o' findin' a spot like it thar, I'd never worry 'bout gain' when my time comes." After a long wait, as if he wanted to observe every detail of this wondrous picture of wildwood beauty, he dipped his paddle, crossed the sheet of rippled water, and stepped ashore at the very spot where he and Ray had landed over eight months before. "Great Scott!" he exclaimed, glancing around, "if that ain't a canoe, bottom up! Two, by ginger!" he added, as he saw another drawn out and half hld by a low ledge. To this second one he hastened at once and looked into it. It had evidently rested there all winter, for it was partially filled with water, and half afloat in it were two paddles and a setting pole. A gunny-cloth bag, evidently containing the usual coking outfit of a woodsman, lay soaking in one end, a frying-pan and an ax were rusting in the other, and a coating of mould had browned each crossbar and thwart. "Been here quite a spell, all winter, I guess," muttered Old Cy, looking it over, and then he advanced to the other canoe. That was, as he asserted, bottom up, and also lay half back of a jutting ledge of slate. Two paddles leaned against this ledge, and near by was another setting pole. All three of these familiar objects were brown with damp mould and evidently had rested there many months. "Curis, curls," muttered Old Cy again. "I callated I'd find nothin' here, n' here's two canoes left to rot, 'n' here been all winter." Then with a vague sense of need, he returned to his canoe, seized his rifle, looked all around, over the lake, up into the green tangle above the ledges, and finally followed the narrow passage leading to where he had once watched smoke artise. Here on top of this ledge he again halted and looked about. Back of it was the same V-shaped cleft across which a cord had held drying pelts, the cord was still there, and below it he could see the dark skins amid the confusion of jagged stones. Turning, he stepped from this ledge to the lower one nearer the lake, walked down its slope, and looked about again. At its foot was a long, narrow, shelf-like projection, ending at the corner of the ledge. Old Cy followed this to its end and stepped down into a narrow crevasse. "Great Scott!" he exclaimed, taking a backward step as he did so. And well he might, for there at his feet lay a rifle coated with rust beside a brown felt hat. Had a grinning skull met his eyes he would not have been more astounded. In fact, that was the next object he expected to see, and he glanced up and down the crevassar for it. None leered at him, however, and picking up the rusted weapon, he continued his search. Two rods or so below where he had climbed the upper ledge, he was halted again, for there, at his hand almost, was a curious doorlike opening some three feet high and one foot wide, back of an outstanding slab of slate. The two abandoned canoes had surprised him, the rusty rifle astonished him, but this, a self-evident cave entrance, almost took his breath away. For one instant he glanced at it, stepped back a step, dropped the rusty rifle and cocked his own, as if expecting a ghost or panther to emerge. None came, however, and once more Old Cyr advanced and peered into this THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA opening. A faint light illumined its interior—a weird slant of sunlight, yet enough to show a roomy cavern. The mystery was solved. This surely was the hiding spot of the strange trapper! "Can't see why I missed it afore." Old Cy muttered, kneeling that he might better look within, and saffling at the peculiar odor. "Wonder if the cuss is dead in thar, or what smells so!" Then he arose and grasped the slab of slate. One slight pull and it fell aside. "A nat'ral door, by hokey!" exclaimed Old Cy, and once more he knelt and looked in. The bravest man will hesitate a moment before entering such a cavern, prefaced, so to speak, by two abandoned canoes, a rusty rifle, human head covering, each and all bespeaking something tragic, and Old Cy was no exception. That he had come upon some grewsome mystery was apparent. Canoes were not left to rot in the wilderness or rifles dropped without cause. And then, that hat! Surely here, or hereabouts, had been enacted a drama of murderous nature, and inside this cavern might repose its blood-stained sequel. But the filtering beams of light encouraged Old Cy, and he entered. No ghastly corpse confronted him, but instead a human, if cramped, abode. A fireplace deftly fashioned of slate occupied one side of this cave; in front a low table of the same flat stone, resting upon small ones; and upon the table were rusty tin dishes, a few mouldy hardack, a knife, fork, and scraps of meat, exhaling the odor of decay. A smell of smoke from the charred wood in the fireplace mingled with it all. In one corner was a bed of brown fir twigls, also mouldy, a blanket, and tanned deerskins. The cave was of oval, irregular shape, barely high enough for Old Cy to stand upright. Across its roof, on either side of the rude chimney, a narrow crack admitted light, and as he looked about, he saw in the dim light another doorlike opening into still another cave. Into this he peered, but could see nothing. "A queer lwin' spot," he muttered at last, "a rog'ral human panther den. An' twas out o' this I seen the smoke at last, 'An here's his gun," he added, as, more accustomed to the dim light, he saw one in a corner. "Two guns, two canoes, an' nobody to hum," he continued. "Tm safe, anyhow. But I've got to peek into that other cave, sartin sure," and he withdrew to the open air. A visit to a couple of birches soon provided means of light, and he again entered the cave. One moment more, and then a flaring torch of bark was thrust into the inner cave, a mere crevasse not four feet wide, and stooping, as he now had to. Old Cy entered and knelt while he looked about. He saw nothing here of interest except the serried rows of jutting slate, across two of which lay a slab of the same—no vestige of aught human, and Old Cy was about to retreat when his flare burning close, to his finger tips unnoticed, caused him to drop it on the instant, and drawing another from his pocket he lit it while the flame lasted in the first one. It is said that great discoveries are almost invariably made by some triling accident—a gold mine found by stumbling over a stone, a valley prolific of diamonds disclosed by digging for water. In this case it was true, for as Old Cy bent to light his second torch ere he withdrew from the inner cave, a flash of reflected light came from beneath this slab—only for one second, but enough to attract his attention. He stooped again and lifted the slab. Six large tin cans had been hidden by it. He grasped one and could scarcely lift it. Again his fingers closed over it. He crawled backward to the better-lighted cave and drew the cover off the can with eager motion, and poured a heap of shining, glittering coin out upon that food-littered table. Into that dark hole he dived again, as a starved dog leaps for food, seized the cans, two at a time, almost tumbled back, and emptied them. Four had been filled with gold coin and two stuffed with paper money. Folded with these bills of all denominations from one to fifty dollars was a legal paper yellowed by age, with a red seal still glowing like a spot of blood. It was an innholder's license, authorizing one Thomas McGutre to furnish food, shelter, and entertainment for man and beast. With eyes almost tear-dimmed and heart throbbing at having found poor Chip's splendid heritage, Old Cy now gazed at it. The sharp stones upon which he knelt nearly pierced his flesh, but he felt them not. The glint of sunlight from the crack above caressed his scant gray hairs and white fringing beard, forming almost a halo, yet he knew it not. He only knew that here, before him, on this rude stone table, lay thousands of dollars, all belonging to the child he loved. "Thank God, little gal," he said at last, "I've found what belongs to ye, 'n ye hain't got to want for nothin' no more. I wish I could kiss ye now." Little did he realize that at this very moment of thankfulness for her sake, poor Chip was lost to all who knew her, and, half starved and almost hopeless, knew not where to find shelter. CHAPTER XXIV. When Old Cy emerged from the cave, his face glorified and heart throbbing with the blessings now his to give Chip, he looked about with almost fear. The two abandoned canoes and the trusty rifle had seemed an assurance of tragic import, and yet no proof of this outlaw's death. That this cave had been his lair, could not be doubted; and so momentous was this discovery, and so anxious was Old Cy to rescue this fortune, that he trembled with a sudden dread. But no sigh of human presence met his sweeping look. The lake still rippled and smiled in the sunlight. Two deer, a buck and don were seen. shore just across, while at its feet that rusty rifle still uttered its fatal message. Once more Old Cy glanced all about, and then entered the cave again. Here, in the dim light and with trembling hands, he filled the cans once more, and almost staggered, so faint was he from excitement, he hurried to the canoe, and packing them in its bow, covered the precious cargo with his blanket. Then he ran like a deer back to the cave, closed it with the slab, grasped his rifle, and not even looking at the rusty one, bounded down the path to his canoe again, launched it, and pushed off. Never before had it seemed so frail a craft. And now, as he swung its prow around toward the outlet, a curious object met his eyes. Far up the lake, and where no ripple concealed it, lay what looked like a floating log, clashed by a human arm. What intuition led him hither, Old Cy never could explain, for escape from the lake was now his sole thought. And yet, with one sweep of his paddle he turned his canoe and sped across the lake. And now, as he neared this object, it slowly outlined itself, and he saw a grewsome sight,—two bloated corpses grasping one another as if in a death grapple. One had hair of bronze red, the other a hideously scarred face with lips drawn and teeth exposed. Hate, Horror and Death personified. Only for a moment did Old Cy glance at this ghastly sight, and then he turned again and sped back across the lake. The bright sun still smiled calm and serene, the morning breeze still kissed the blue water, the two deer still watched him with curious eyes; but he saw them not—only the winsome face and appealing eyes of Chip as he last beheld them. And now in the prow of his canoe lay her fortune, her heritage, which was, after all, but scant return for all the shame and sigma so far motted out to her. It was almost sunset ere Old Cy, his nerves still quivering and weared as never before, crossed the little lake and breathed a sigh of heart-felt gratitude as he drew his canoe out on the sandy shore near the ice house. No one was in sight, nor likely to be. A thin column of smoke rising from the cabin showed that the hermit was still on earth, and now for the first time, Old Cy sat down and considered his plans for the near future. First and foremost, not a soul, not even his sold trusted companion here, not even Martin, or Angle, and certainly not Ray, must learn what had now come into his possession. Neither must his journey to this far-off lake or aught he had learned there be disclosed. But how was he to escape from the woods and these people, soon to arrive for their summer sojourn? And what if Chip herself should come? Two conclusions forced themselves upon him now: first, he must so conceal the fortune that none of these friends even could suspect its presence; next, he must by some pretext leave here as soon as Martin and his party arrived, and cease not his watchful care until Chip's heritage was safe in some bank in her name. And now, with so much of his future moves decided upon, he hurried to the cabin, greeted Amzi, urged him to hasten supper, and, securing a shovel, returned to his canoe. In five minutes the cans of gold were buried deep in the sand, and upon Old Cy's person the bills found concealment. How much it all amounted to, he had not even guessed, nor scarce thought. To secure it and bear it safely away from this now almost accursed lake had been his sole thought and must be until locks and bolts could guard it better. That night Old Cy hardly slept a moment. Two days after, just as the sun was nearing the mountain top, Martin, Angie, Levi and Ray entered the lake. How grateful both Old Cy and Amzi were for their arrival, how eagerly they grasped hands with them at the landing, and how like two boys Martin and Ray behaved needs no description. All that had happened in Greenvale was soon told. Chip's conduct and progress were related by Angle. Ray's plans to remain here another winter were disclosed by him; and then, when the cheerful party had gathered about the evening fire, Martin touched upon another matter. "I met Hersey as we were coming in," he said, "and he says that neither McGuire nor the half-breed has been seen or heard of since early last fall. Hersey came in early this spring with one of his deputies; they visited a half dozen lumber camps, called twice at Tim's Place, and even went over to Pete's cabin on the Fox Hole, but nowhere could they learn anything of these two men. More than that, no canoe was found at Pete's hut, and there no sign of occupation at all this past winter. Nothing could be learned from Tim, either, although not much was expected from that source. It is all a most mysterious disappearance, and the last that we can learn of Pete was his arrival and departure from Tim's Place after we rescued Chip." "I think both on 'em has concluded this section was gittin' too warm for 'em," remarked Levi, "an they've lit out." "It's good riddance if they have," answered Old Cy, an' I'm sartin none on us'll ever set eyes on 'em ag'in. And Old Cy spoke the truth, for none of this party ever did. In fact, no human being, except himself and Martin, ever learned the secret that this mountain-hid lake could tell. But another matter now began to interest Old Cy—how Ray and Chip stood in their mutual feelings. That all was not as he wished, Old Cy soon guessed from Ray's face and actions, and he was not long in verifying it. "Wal, how'd ye find the gail?" he said to Ray when the chance came. "Was she glad to see ye?" "Why, yes," answered Ray, looking away, "she appeared to be. I wasn't in Greenvale but two weeks, you know." "Saw her 'most every evenin' durin' that time, I spose'?" "No, not every one," returned Ray, vaguely, "her school hadn't closed when I got home, and she studied nights, you see." Old Cy watched Ray's face for a moment. "I ain't pryin' into yer love matters," he said at last, "but as I'm on your side, I'd sorter like to know how it's progressin'. Wan't thar nothin' said 'tween ye—no sort o' promise, 'fore ye come 'way?" "No, nothing of that sort," answered Ray, looking confused, "though we parted good friends, and she sent her love to you. I'm afraid Chip don't quite like Greenwale." Old Cy made no answer, though a smothered "hum, ha" escaped him at the disclosure of what he feared. "I wish ye'd sorter clinched matters 'fore ye left,' he said, after a pause; "that is, if ye're callatin' to be here 'nother winter. It's most too long to keep a gal guessin'; 'sides, 'tain't right." Ray, however, made no defense, in fact, seemed guilty and confused, so Old Cy said no more. A few days later he made a proposal that astonished Martin. "I've been here now 'bout two years," he said, "an 'I'm gittin sorter oneasy. I callate ye kin spare me a couple o' weeks." No intimation of his real errand escaped him, and so adroitly had he laid his plans and timed his movements, that when his canoe was packed and he bade them good-by, no one suspected how valuable a cargo it carried. But Old Cy was more than "sorter oneasy," for the only spot where he dared close his eyes in sleep during that three days' journey out of the wilderness was in his canoe, with his head pillowed on that precious gold. CHAPTER XXV When Old Cy joined the little party at the lake again he seemed to have aged years. His sunny smile was gone. He looked weary, worn and disconsolate. "Chip's run away from Greenvale," he said simply, "an nobody can find hide nor hair on her. They've follored the roads for miles in every direction. Nobody can be found that's seen anybody like her n' they've even dragged the mill-pond. She left a note chargin' it to that durn fool, Hannah, and things she said, which I guess was true. I'd like to duck her in the hoss-pond!" Such news was like a bombshell in the camp, or if not, what soon followed was, for after a few days Old Cy made another announcement which upset the entire party. "I think I'd best go back to Green-vale," he said, "an' begin a sarch for that gal. I ain't got nobody in the world that needs me so much, or I them. I'm a sorter outcast myself, ez you folks know. That little gal hez crept into my heart so, I can't take no more comfort here. Amzi don't need me so much as I need her 'n' I've made up my mind I'll start trampin' till I find her. I've a notion, too, she'll head for the wilderness ag'n, 'n' I'm most sartin she'll fetch up whar her mother was buried. I watched that gal middlin' clus all last summer. She's true blue 'n' good grit. She A man kneeling on a table, sorting through a pile of tools and materials. Old Cy Now Gazed at it. won't do no fool thing, like makin' 'way with herself, n' I will find her some- whar arnin' her own livin' if I live long 'nuff. From the note she left, I know that was in her mind." Martin realized that there was no use in trying to change Old Cy's inten- tion—in fact, had no heart to do so, for he too felt much the same toward Chip. "I'll give you all the funds you need, old friend," he made answer, "and wish you God-speed on your mission. I'll do more than that even. I'll pay some one to watch at Grindstone for the next year, so if Chip reaches there, we can learn it." That night he held a consultation with his wife. "I suspect we are somewhat to blame for this unfortunate happening," he said to heen, "or, at least, some thoughtless admissions you may have made led up to it. It's a matter we are responsible for, or I feel so, anyway. I think as Old Cy does, that this girl must be found if money can do it, and I propose that we break camp and return to Greenvale. If Amzi can't be coaxed to go along, I must leave Levi with him. No power on earth can keep Old Cy here any longer." But the old hermit had changed somewhat since that night he broke away and returned to this camp, and when the alternative of remaining here alone, or going out with them all, was presented, he soon yielded. "If Cyrus is goin', I'll have to," he said. "Id be lonesome without him." And to this assertion he adhered. Ray, however, was the most defected and unhappy one now here, though fortunately Old Cy was the only one who understood why, and he kept silent. They were even more sad when Aunt Comfort showed them Chip's message, and Angle read it with brimming eyes. And now came Old Cy's departure, on a quest as hopeless as that of the Wandering Jew and as pathetic as the Ancient Mariner's. But the climax was reached when Old Cy gave Martin his parting message and charge: "Here's a bank book," he said "that calls for 'bout $60,000. It's the savin's o' McGuire, 'n belongs to Chip. I found the cave whar 'twas hid. I found McGuire 'n the half-breed, both dead n' floatin in the lake cius by, an' 'twas to keer for this money I quit ye three weeks ago. "If I never come back here,—an' I never shall 'thought I find Chip,—keep it for her. Sometimes she may show up. If ever she does, tell her Old Cy did all he could for her." CHAPTER XXVI Life at Peaceful Valley and the home of Judson Walker fell into its usual monotony after Chip's departure. Each day Uncle Jud went about his chores and his orop-gathering and watched the leaves grow scarlet, then brown, and finally go eddying up and down the valley, or heap themselves into every nook and cranny for final sleep. Existence had become something like this to him, but he could no longer anticipate a vernal budding forth as the leaves came, but only the sear and tutumn for himself, with the small and sadly neglected churchyard at the Corners for its ending. Snow came and plied itself into fantastic drifts. The stream's summer chatter was hushed. The cows, chickens, and his horse, with woodcutting, became his sole care. Once a week he journeyed to the Corners for his weekly paper and Mandy's errands, always hoping for a message from Chip. Now and then one came, a little missive in angular chirography, telling how she longed to return to them, which they read and reread by candlelight. Somehow this strange wanderer, this unaccounted for wail, had crept into his life and love as a flower would, and "Pattycake" as he had named her, with her appealing eyes and odd ways, was never out of his thoughts. And so the winter dragged its slow, chill course. Spring finally unlocked the brook once more, the apple and cherry blossoms came, the robins began nest-building, and one day Uncle Jud returned from the corner with a glad smile on his face. "Pattycake's school's goin' to close in a couple o' weeks more, 'n' then she's comin' home," he announced, and Aunt Mandy, her face beaming, made haaste to wipe her "specs" and read the joyous tidings. For a few days Uncle Jud acted as if he had forgotten something and knew not where to look for it. He fingered about the house when he would naturally be at work. He peered into one room and then another, in an abstracted way, and finally Aunt Mandy caught him in the keeping-room, with one curtain raised—a thing unheard of,—seated in one of the haircloth chairs and looking around. "Mandy," he said, as she entered, "do you know, I think them pictures we've had hangin' here nigh on to 40 year is homely 'nuff to a horse, 'n' they make me feel like I'd been to a funeral. Thar's that 'Death Bed o' Dan' Webster, 'an' Death o' Montcalm, 'specially, I jest can't stand em no longer, an' The Father o' His Country. I'm gittin' tired o' that, 'n the smirk he's got on his face. I feel jest as though I'd like to thwaw a stun at him this minute. You may feel sot on them pictures, but I'd like to chuck the hull kit 'n' boodle into the cow shed. An' them winder curtains," he continued, looking around, "things so blue they make me shiver, an' this carpet with the figgers o' green and yaller birds, it sorter stuns me. "Now Pattycake's comin' purty soon. She must 'a seen more cheerful keepin' rooms'n ourn, 'n I'm callatin' we'd best rip this 'un all up an' fix it new. Then thar's the front chamber—in fact, both on 'em—with the yaller spindle beds 'n blue curtains, an' only a square of rag carpet front o' the dressers. Say, Mandy," he continued, looking around once more, "how'd we ever happen to git so many blue curtains?" His discontent with their home now took shape in vigorous action, and Aunt Mandy came to share it. Trip after trip to the Riggsville store was made. Two new chamber sets and rolls of carpeting arrived at the station six miles away, and came up the valley. A paperhanger was engaged and kept busy for ten days. The death-bed pictures were literally kicked into the cow shed, and in three weeks four rooms had been so reconstructed and fitted anew that no one would recognize them. Meanwhile Uncle Jud had utterly neglected his "craps," while he worked around the house. The wide lawn had been clipped close. A new picket fence, painted white, replaced the leaning, zigzag one around the garden. Weeds and brush disappeared, and only Aunt Mandy's protest saved the picturesque brown house from a coat of paint. And then "Pattycake" arrived. Nearly a year before she had been brought here, a weary, bedraggled, dusty, half-starved walt. Now Uncle Jud met her at the station, his face shining; Aunt Mandy clasped her close to her portly person; and as Chip looked around and saw what had been done in her honor and to make her welcome, her eyes filled. "I never thought anybody would care for me like this," she exclaimed, and then glancing at Uncle Jud, her eyes alight, she threw her arms about his neck and, for the first time, kissed him. And never in all his life had he felt more amply paid for anything he had done. Then and there, Chip resolved to do something that now lay in her power—to face shame and humbled pride and all the sacrifice it meant to her in the end, and reunite these two long-separated brothers. But not now, no, not yet. Before her lay two golden joyous summer months. Aunt Abby was coming up later. She could not face her own humiliation now. She must wait until these happy days were past, then tell her wretched story, not sparing herself one lot, and then, if she must. so far way, an outcast info the world once more. How utterly wrong she was in this conclusion, and how little she understood the broad charity of Uncle Jud, need not be explained. She was only a child as yet in all but stature. The one most bitter sneer of malicious Hannah still rankled and poisoned her common sense. Its effect upon Chip had been as usual on her nature and belief, and this walt of the wilderness, this gnome child, must not be judged by ordinary standards. Like reflections from grotesque mirrors, so had her ideas of right and duty been distorted by eerie influences and weird surroundings. There was first the unspeakable brutality of her father; then the mental years at Tim's Place, with no more consideration than a horse or pig received, her only education being the uncanny teachings of Old Toman. Under this baleful tuition, coupled with the ever present menace and mystery of a vast wilderness, she passed from childhood into womanhood, with the fixed belief that human kind were no better than brutes; that the forest was popped by a nether world of spites, the shadowy forms of both man and beast; and worse than this, that all thought and action here must be the selfish ones of personal gain and personal protection. Like a dog forever expecting a blow, like any dumb brute ever on guard against superior force, so had Chip grown to maturity, a cringing, helpless, almost hopeless creature, and yet one whose inborn impulses and desires revolted at her surroundings. Once removed from these, however, and in a purer atmosphere, she was like one born again. Her past impressions still remained, her queer belief of present and future conditions was still a motive force, and the cringing, blow-expecting nature was yet hers. For this reason, and because this new world and these new people were so unaccountable and quite beyond her ken in tender influence and loving care, what they had done and for what purpose seemed all the more impressive. But it was in no wise wasted; instead, it was like God-given sunshine to a flower that has never known aught except the chilling shadow of a dense forest. And now ensued an almost pathetic play of interest, for Chip set herself about the duty of giving instead of obtaining pleasure. She became what she was at Tim's Place, a menial, so far as they would let her, and from early morning until bedtime, some step, some duty, some kindly care for her benefactors, was assumed by her. She worked and weeded in the garden, she drove and milked the cows, she followed Uncle Jud to the hayfield, insisting that she must help, until at last he protested. "I like you 'round me all the time, girlie," he assured her, "for ye're the best o' company, n' 'd rather see yer face'n any posy that ever grew. But you've got to quit workin' so much in the sun. 'Twill get yer hands all calloused 'n' face freckled, an' I won't have it. I want ye to injle yourself, read books, pick flowers, 'n' sit in the shade. I see ye've got into the habit 'o workin', which ain't a bad 'un, but that ain't no need on' here." CHAPTER XXVII For many weeks now Chip had suffered from a troubled conscience, and, like most of us, was unable to face its consequences and admit her sin. Time and again she had planned how she could best erase it and yet bring those two brothers together without first confessing. Old Cy must be told, of course. She could explain her conduct to him. He would surely forgive her, she thought, and then, maybe, find another home for her somehow and somewhere. Oversensitive as she was, to now confess her cowardly concealment and her deception of those who had loved and trusted her, seemed horrible. But events were stronger than her will, for one day in the last of August. Uncle Jud returned from the village store, bringing dress materials and startling information. "Cap'n Bemis is fallin' purty fast," he said, "so Aunt Abby writes, an' she sain't comin' up here. It won't make no difference to you girlie," he continued, turning to Chip. "I've brought home stuff to rig ye out for school. My Solen, the dressmaker's comin' to-morrer, 'n' we'll take keer o' yee in good shape. We've made up our minds ye belong to us fer good, me 'n' Mandy," he added, smiling at Chip, "an' I shall go with ye to Christmas Cove, if Cap'n Bemis ain't improvin', n' find ye a boardin' place." "I'm awful sorry to hear 'bout the Cap'n," interrupted Aunt Mandy, as if the other matter and Chip's future were settled definitely; "but if he drops off, Aunt Abby must come here fer good. I dunno but it'll be a relief," she added, looking at Uncle Jud and sighing. "Twan't no lovematch in the first place, n' Abby's mind's always been sot on your brother Cyrus, n' she never quite gin up the idea he was alive." And now a sudden faintness came to Chip as the chasm in her own life was thus opened. Only one instant she faltered, and then her defiant courage rose supreme and she took the plunge. "Oh, your brother Cyrus isn't dead, Uncle Jud," she exclaimed; "he's alive and I know him. I've known it all summer and dare not tell because I'm a miserable coward and couldn't own up that I led to you. My name isn't Raymond, it's McGuire; and my father was a murderer, and I'm nobody and fit for nobody. I know you'll all despise me now and I deserve it. I'm willing to go away, though," and the next instant she was kneeling before Uncle Jud and sobbing. It had all come in a brief torrent of pitiful confession which few would be brave enough to make. To Chip, seeing herself as she did, it meant loss of love, home, respect, and all else she now valued, and that she must become a homeless wanderer once more. But Uncle Jud thought otherwise, for now he drew the sobbing girl into his lap. "Quit takin' on so, girlle," he said, choking back a lump: "why, we'll all THE PLANET SATURDAY..... JUNE 20, 1908 Tove ye ten times more fer all this, an' ez fer bein' a nobody, ye're a blessed angel to us fer bringin' the news ye hev." And then he kissed her, while Aunt Mandy wiped her eyes on her apron. The shower, violent for a moment, was soon over; for as Chip raised her wet eyes, a sunshiny smile illumined Uncle Jud's face. "If Cyrus is alive," he said, "as ye callate, I will thank God till I set eyes on him, and then I think I'll lick him fer not huntin' me up all these years. "But mebbe he found Abby was married 'n didn't want to,' interposed Aunt Mandy. "We mustn't judge him yet." "No, I won't judge him," asserted Uncle Jud; "I'll jest cuff him, good 'n hard, an' let it go at that. "Ez fer you, girlle, an' jest to set yer mind at rest, we found out what your right name was and where ye run away from last fall, but never let on to nobody. 'Twas your business and nobody else's, an' made no difference in our feelin's, ye must see; an' now I'll tell ye how I found out. "I was down to the Corners one day arter ye went to Christmas Cove, 'n a feller—nice lookin' feller, too, with honest brown eyes—was askin' if anybody had seen or heard o' a runaway girl by the name o' McGuire. Said she'd run away from Greenvale—"That's 'bout a hundred miles from here, he said—an he was huntin' for her. Nobody at the Corners knew about ye 'n I kept still, believin' ye had reason for not wantin' to be found out." And now another tide—the thrill of love—surged in Chip's heart, and her face became glorified. And so the clouds rolled away. That night Chip wrote a brief but curious letter, so odd, in fact, it must be quoted verbatim: Mr. Martin Frible: Please send word at once to Mr. Cyrus Walker that his brother Judson, who --- "We'll All Love Ye Ten Times More." lives in Riggsville, wants to see him. No one else must be told of this, for it's a secret. ONE WHO KNOWS. But Chip's secret was a most transparent one, for when this missive reached Martin three days later, he recognized its angular penmanship and similarity to the note Aunt Comfort still treasured, and knew that Chip wrote it. It startled him somewhat, however, for Old Cy's youthful history was unknown to him, and suspecting that some mystery lay beneath this information, he told no one, but started for Riggsville at once. The tide of emotion that had upset the even tenor of Uncle Jud's home life slowly ebbed away, and a keen sense of expectancy took its place. Chip, after giving him her letter, explained that Old Cy was most likely in the wilderness, and that the letter might not reach him for weeks. And then one day a broad-shoulder ed, rather commanding, and somewhat citified man drove up to the home of Uncle Jud. "Does Mr. Judson Walker live here?" he inquired of Aunt Mandy, who met him a the door. Her admission of that fact was scarce uttered when there came a rustling of skirts, a "Why, Mr. Frisbie!" and Chip was beside her, at which Martin, collected man of the world that he was, felt an unusual heart-throb of thankfulness. A little later, when Uncle Jud had been summoned into their newly furnished "keeping-room," disclosures astonishing to all followed. "We have been searching for you, Chip, far and near," Martin assured them, "and Old Cy is still at it. He left us at the camp, almost a year ago, came to Greenvale, found you had run away, and came back to tell us. It upset us all so that we broke camp at once, taking Amzil with us, and returned to Greenvale. Old Cy there bade us good-by and started to find you. Ray also began a search as well. I've advertised in dozens of papers, have kept Levi on watch for you at Grindstone ever since, and now I hope you will return with me to Greenvale." "I thank you all, oh, so much," answered Chip, scared a little at this proposal, "but I don't want to. I'm nobody there and never can be. I'd be ashamed to face folks there any more." "I guess she best stay with us," put in Uncle Jud, "for we sorter 'dopted her, n' not meanin' no disrespect to you folks. I callate she'll be more content here. I'd like you to get word to Cyrus, though, soon's possible. I hain't sot eyes on him for 40 years, n'," his eyes twinkling, "I'm jest spillin' to pull his hair n' cuff him." "I will help out in that matter at once, and more than gladly," replied Martin, again looking at Chip and noting how improved she was; "but I still think Miss Runaway had better return with me. We need you, Chip." he continued earnestly, "and so does some one else I can name, more than you imagine, I fancy, and my wife will welcome you with open arms, you may be sure. As for that foolish Hannah, she's the most penitent person in Greenvale. There's another reason still," he added, glancing around with a smile, "and no one is more glad of it than we all are. It's a sixty-thousand-dollar reason—your heritage, Miss Vera McGuire, for your father is dead and that amount is now in the Riverton Savings bank awaiting you." Martin had expected this news to be overpowering, and a "Good God!" from Uncle Jud, and a gasping "Land sakes!" from Aunt Mandy proved that it was. Chip's face, however, was a study. First she grew pale, then flashed a scared glance from one to another of the three who watched her, and then almost did her shame and hatred of this vile parent find expression. "I'm glad he—no, I won't say so, for he was my father," she exclaimed; "but I want Old Cy to have some of the money, and Uncle Jud here, and you folks, all. I was a pauper long enough," and then, true to her instinct of how to escape from trouble, she ran out of the room. "She's a curis gal," asserted Uncle Jud, looking after her as if feeling that she needed explanation, "the most curis gal I ever saw. But we cann't let her go, money or no money, Mr. Frisbie. I found her one night upon top o' Bangall hill. She was so starved an' beat out from trampin' she couldn't hardly crawl up on to the wagon, 'n' yet she said she wouldn't be helped thou she could arm it. I think she's like folks we read about, who starve ruther'n beeg. But she kin have all we've got some day, an' we jest can't let her go." And Martin, realizing its futility, made no further protest. Something of chagrin also came to him, for broad-minded as he was, he realized how partial neglect, the narrow religious prejudice of Greenvale, and unwise notice of her childish ideas about spites and Old Tomah's superstitions had all conspired to drive her away. She was honest and self-respecting, "true blue," as Old Cy had said, grateful as a fawning dog for all that had been done for her, and in spite of her origin, a circumstance that carried no weight with Martin, she was one, he believed, who would develop into splendid womanhood. That she was well on her way toward that goal, her improved speech and devotion to these new friends gave ample evidence. And now Ray's position in this complex situation occurred to Martin; for this young man's interest in Chip and almost heart-broken grief over her disappearance had long since betrayed his attachment. "I suppose you may have guessed that there was a love affair mixed up with this episode," he said to the two somewhat dazed people. "I callated that was, that fust night," Uncle Jud responded, his eyes twinkling again, "an' told Mandy so. 'Twas that more'n anything else kept us from quizzin' the gal. I know by her face she had heart trouble, 'n' I've seen the cause on't." "You have," exclaimed Martin, astonished in turn, "for heaven's sake, where?" "Oh, down to the Corners, 'most a year ago, 'n' a likely boy he was, too." "And never told her." "No, why should I, thinkin' she'd run away from him. We didn't want to spill her plans. We found out, though, her name was McGuire, but never let on till she told us a spell ago." And then Uncle Jud told the story of Ray's arrival in Rizzville in search of Chiu. "That fellow is my nephew, Raymond Stetson," rejoined Martin with pride, "he also is an orphan, and I have adopted him. Chip has no cause to be ashamed of his attachment." "I don't callate she is," replied Uncle Jud. "Tain't that that finerally makes a gal kick over the traces. Mebbe 'twas suthin some o' you folks said. And then a new light came to Martin. "Mr. Walker," he answered impressively; "in every village there is always a meddlesome old maid who invariably says things she'd better not, and ours is no exception. In this case it was a dependent of our family who took a dislike to Chip, it seems, and her escapade was its outcome." "Wal, ye've got to hev charity for 'em,' replied Uncle Jud, with a broad smile. "Never havin' suffered the joys 'n sorrows o' love, they look at it sorter criss-cross, an' mebber this 'un did. Old maids are a good deal like cider—natally turn to vinegar. What winnimn need more n' all the rest is bein' loved, 'n' if they don't get it, they sour up in time an' ain't no comfort to themselves nor nobody else. Then ag'in, not havin' no man nor no babies to look arter, they take to coddlin' cats 'n' dogs 'n' parrots, which ain't nat'ral. "I think," continued Uncle Jud, "now that we've turned another furrow, you'd best stop a day or two with us, 'n' sorter gt 'quainted. We'll be mighty glad to hev ye, me an' Mandy, an' then ag'in that's a lot o good trout holes up the brook. We hev plenty to eat, 'n mebbe a few days here in Peaceful Valley' sorter reconcilye to leavin' the gal with us." And nothing loath. Martin accented. Aunt Mandy and Chip now bestirred themselves as never before. The dressmaker was left to her own resources, Martin and Uncle Jud rigged fishpoles and started for the brook. Chip, with pail in hand, hurried away to the fields, and when tea-time arrived, the big platter of crisp fried trout, saucers filled with luscious blackberries, and ample shortcake of the same with cream that poured in clots, assured Martin that these people did indeed have plenty to eat. "How did this come to be named Peaceful Valley?" he queried, when THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA they had gathered around the table. "It's very appropriate." "Wal," answered Uncle Jud, "we got it from a feller that come up here paintin' pictures one summer, an'" chuckling, "twas all we got for a month's board, at that. He was a short o' skimpy critter, with long hair, kinder pale, and chawed tobacco stidy. He 'lowed his name was Grahame, that he was in the show business 'n gittin' backgrounds, as he called em, for show pictures. He roved up 'n down the brook, puttin' rocks 'n trees 'n waterfalls on paper, allus gittin' 'round reg'lar 'bout meal time—must a' gained 20 pounds while here. An' then one mornin' he was missin', 'n so was Aunt Mandy's gold thimble 'n all her silver spoons. She'd sorter took to him, too, he was that palaver'in in his way." There now ensued a series of questions from Uncle Jud in regard to Old Cy—how long Martin had known him, and all that pertained to his history. It was gladly recited by Martin, together with all the strange happenings in the wilderness, the finding of Chip, the half-breed's pursuit and abduction of her, and much else that has been told. It was almost midnight ere Martin was shown to the best front chamber, and even then he lay awake an hour, listening to the steady prattle of a near-by brook and thinking of all that had happened. A tone of regret crept into his voice, however, when, after thanking Uncle Jud and Aunt Mandy, and bidding them good-by, he addressed Chip. "I wish I could take you back with me," he said; "your return would be such a blessing to Aunt Comfort and my wife. You may not believe it, but you are dear to them both. I must insist that you at least pay us a visit soon. Here is your bank book," he added, presenting it. "You are rich now, or at least need never want, for which we are all grateful. And what about Ray?" he added, pausing to watch her. "What shall I say to him? Shall I tell him to come and see you?" Chip shook her head firmly. "No, no," she answered, "please don't do that. Some day I may feel different, but not now." TO BE CONTINUED. BOY CAUGHT BY STONE DIRECTS OWN RESGUE BOY CAUGHT BY STONE DIRECTS OWN RESGUE TELLS FIREMEN HOW TO REMOVE FOUR-TON BOWLDER THAT HOLDS HIM. New York.—Nicholas Buckstein, 12 years old, owes his life as much to his own coolness as to the efforts of firemen who dug him out of a small tunnel in a cliff 40 feet above One Hundred and Fifty-second street, in which he was pinned by a four-ton bowler. Buckstein and other boys made a playground of what they called McComb's mountain, a rocky cliff in West One Hundred and Fifty-second street, between Seventh avenue and McComb's Dam road. Here the rock rises at an angle of approximately 60 degrees from the street, and on the summit the boys built stone forts. Recently they decided to become care THE RAIN "If You Move the Rock to the Left I Can Get Out" dwellers, and in a gravel pocket 40 feet above the street they started to tunnel. Buckstein resumed work as soon as school was out, and was busy five feet from the mouth of the tunnel when John Scanlon noticed a four-ton rock that was above the tunnel was sinking. He yelled to Buckstein to come out, but his companion was slow in starting, and the bowler settled, pinning him upon his back and resting across his feet and right arm. Immediately the boys began to call for help, and at the foot of the cliff a crowd assembled, including the imprisoned boy's mother, who became hysterical. After various plans of rescue had been discussed the fire department was summoned. Men of truck 28, under Acting Battalion Chief Tonvey, found it difficult to remove the rock, because the steepness of the cliff gave them small chance for a foothold. Steel bars were placed under the bowlers, ropes attached and orders were about to be given to haul away when the lad yelled to Tonvey: "I am on my back with my feet and right arm caught. If you move the rock to the left I can get out. If you move it the other way it will smash me all up." Tonvey followed the boy's directions and when the rock was lifted four inches the boy scrambled out. Then investigation showed that had his directions not been followed he would have been killed in the rescue. WALKS THREE MILES ASLEEP. English Girl Scales Wall of Garden Without Waking. London—Lying on the grass in a walled-in garden, of which the door was locked, a girl of 16, Miss Amy Parker was found unconscious and in night attire early on a recent morning near Wellington, Shropshire. A blanket, a pair of slippers, eyeglasses and a skirt were found beside her, while she clasped a shilling in her hand. She remembers absolutely nothing of how she came to be where she was found. She seemed in good health on the previous night, but was gone from her home when the maid went to call her in the morning. It appears that she walked no fewer than three miles while fast asleep. How she got out of the house is a mystery, as the door was found locked in the morning. Miss Parker was very short-sighted, yet must, in her sleep, have climbed a wall which she would have found difficulty to scale in the day time and in possession of every faculty. Her mind is a complete blank for the entire night. Would-Be Suicide's Nerve Baraboo, Wis.-Because his newly-purchased revolver failed to kill him when he attempted suicide, Nathan Wood returned it to the store and demanded his money back in accordance with an agreement made when he bought the weapon that it would "work right" or the cash would be refunded. Wood succeeded in inflicting only a flesh wound on himself. He got his money back. Cow Hoisted Into Global D Cow Hoisted Into Girls' Dormitory. Philadelphia—Four athletes were dropped from the roll of Swarthmore college for pranks not approved by the faculty. One of them, Left Guard Smith of the football team, was credited with having assisted in hoisting a cow up two flights of stairs into the girls' dormitory. Biographies Biographies are great, but, especially of good men, are most instructive and useful as helps, guides and incentives to others. Some of the best are almost equivalent to gospel—teaching high living, high thinking and energetic actions for their own and the world's good.—Samuel Smiles. Ayold Either Extreme It is quite as snobbish to parade one's shortcomings in the way of family or wealth as it is to boast of one's ancestors or family possessions. The average person is not interested, except as a matter of curiosity, in the recital of family affairs, and it is always best to keep them to yourself. Nature's Penalties Not Vindictive. Nature's penalties are remedial—a means to our reformation, the natural consequences of action, not an end. Nor are they given because we deserve punishment. Man's penalties are often vindictive, founded on hate as though the man deserved penalties. Various Species of Mammals. About 2,500 different kinds of animals are known on earth—that is, warm-blooded, milk-giving creatures, like our common domestic animals. To avoid confusion with other creatures, one ought to call them mammals, meaning milk-giving animals. The Oldest City The oldest historical mention of Jerusalem is in the Tel el-Amarna tablets, about 1400 B. C., while Damascus is mentioned in Gen. 14:15, as existing 1913 B. C., and appears even then to have been a place of considerable note. Beyond a doubt, the romantic Syrian city is the oldest place on earth with a continuous history.—New York American. Misera. There is a perpetual frost in the pockets of some rich people, as soon as they put their hands into them, they are frozen so they cannot draw out their purses. Had I my way, I would hang all misers; but reversing the common mode, I would hang them up by the heels, that their money might run out of their pockets—Pow-land Hill. A. Fortunate Man One day a young matron to the market place did go, where she bought an oyster plant, then set it out to grow. Said she: "Next winter we'll have oysters, fresh oysters every day, and what a saving it will be, with not a cent to pay. Oh, but hubby should be thankful it was his lot in life to get such a saving woman for his own little wife." THINK. When the clouds of gloom are blackest, And the skies are dark as ink; Get away from things distracting, Quit the sham, the useless acting, Draw away from all the hustle, All the turmoll and the bustle, Go somewhere alone, and think. When you're facing problems mighty And you stand upon the brink; Steal an hour from the battle, Leave its glamour, quit its rattle, Draw away from all the hurry, Furry the men in manmade worry, And alone in silence, think. Ah, the mighty men, who conquer, And the men whose words we drink, Are the men who quit the jangle, Quit the turmoll and the wrangle Of their men their faces To secluded, silent places. Where in solitude they think. What Pat Was After. The Little Wabash river was on a rampage. Its waters were all over the bottom lands and many farms were inundated, in some cases the water coming up to and all around the farmers' homes. Among the houses to be completely surrounded was that of one Patrick O'Brien. A neighbor of Pat's, rowing a boat down the middle of the road during the flood, perceived Pat wading around out in the back yard, a tie bucket in one hand and a long stick in the other. He was advancing cautiously and at the same time poking about in the water with the stiek at every step. Wondering what Pat could be about, the rower shipped oars and called out: "What's the matter, Pat?" 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For bleeding of the mouth or tongue a wash in cold water in which alum has been dissolved is very effective. Mammals and Their Distribution. The distribution of mammals over the earth shows many curious features. North America, northern Europe and Asia have many families in common. Such animals as wolves, foxes, bears, deer and moose, beavers, squirrels and rabbits live all around the northern hemisphere. The mammals found on isolated islands are of surpassing interest to the naturalists. Substitute for Becsawax A wax from the rafa palm of Madagascar is expected to prove a substitute for beeswax. The leaves of the palm are beaten to small fragments on a mat and then boiled, the wax so obtained being collected and kneaded into small cakes. The new material is being tested for bottling purposes, phonograph cylinders, etc. Locust Grove In Pennsylvania Lemon Shirk of Oregon, Lancaster county, has planted a locust grove containing 8,000 trees on one of his farms near that place. The great demand for this wood for fence and other purposes and its scarcity are the principal reasons for starting the grove. About 35 acres of ground are covered with the trees. Wise Advice for All Gather something from everyone thou passest on the highway, and from every experience fate sends thee, and out of the wide knowledge thus gained of human weaknesses and human needs, distill in thine own heart the precious oil of sympathy.—A. Fellows Johnston. Perpetual Bloom What the carnation, even more than the rose, has done to increase the zest of gardening, is to disprove the old theory that flowers are things to be enjoyed for a few weeks in the summer. Carnations now bloom all the year round. —Outlook. Argentina Needs Settlers Argentina still offers a splendid field for emigration. Only 60,000,000 acres are cultivated, and there remain 245,000,000 of acres suitable for stock breeding, as well as huge areas of forest and of mineral-bearing mountains. Petrel Defies the Storm The tiny storm petrel is a bird of immense wing power; it belongs to every sea and, although so seemingly frail, it easily breasts furious storms. Petrels have been observed 2,000 miles from nearest land. The Well-Dressed Man. The recipe for being well dressed is to go to a good tailor, get really good clothes, pay a really good price for them, and let them be perfectly unostentatious and unremarkable in every way.—Gentlewoman. Uncle Eben's Insulation. "I doesn't accuse none o' my neighbors o' bein' dishonest," said Uncle Eben; "but I will say dat a heap of 'em looks on a 'lection ticket pretty much de same as if it was a meal ticket." The Race Is to the Fleet. "This is what you call welcoming the fleet," murmured the hundred-yard sprinter as he breasted the tape in eight and four-fifths seconds, amid the applause of the multitude. -Judge. Will Power and Cheerfulness. Through will power you may cheer yourself. 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Says the Humble Sage "A human clam when pried open sometimes proves ter be full o' pearls o' thought." Bigotry and Religion Colton: Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost. Think It Over Does the man with a silk hat always wear silk underwear? Persona Au Gratin. "I haven't heard of you going out to Subub's to dinner lately." "No; he says I can't do that any more." "Why, I thought you were his closest friend. What's the matter?" "He tells me their cook doesn't like me." A Difference. Mother—"Frances, don't tease. You know mother does not like her little girl to eat between meals." Frances (aged three)—"Mother, this isn't between meals. It's before meals." Luther a Strap Hanger. It was rush hour in the subway. Martin Luther hung wearily from a strap. "Here stand I," he said. "God help me, I can do no otherwise."— Judge. One Index of Character "A man's garden," says the Garden-ing World, "may be looked upon as an index of his mind; sloth and ignorance go together." 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Charlottesville, except Sunday to Hinton, except Saturday and Sunday to Cincinnati. 5:15 P. M. —Week Days—Lychnac to Gordonville. 10:00 A. M. —Daily-Lynchburg, Lexington, Va. and Clifton Forge. 5:15 P. M. —Week Days—To Lynchburg. TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND. James River Line—*$8:35 A. M.*; 6:45 P. M. 7:00 P. M.; 8:15 P. M. Main Line West—7:30 A. M.; *$8:30 A. M.*, 8:30 P. M. James River Line—*$8:35 A. M.*; 6:45 P. M. *Daily except Sunday.* Richmond, Fredericksb'g & Potomac R. R. SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE APRIL 12, 1908. TO AND FROM WASHINGTON AND BEYOND. Leave Richmond *6.20 A.M. Byrd St. Sta. *7.50 A.M. Byrd St. Sta. *8.25 A.M. Byrd St. Sta. *12.01 P.M. Byrd St. Sta. *12.15 P.M. Main St. Sta. *12.45 P.M. Main St. Sta. *15.00 P.M. Elk Station *6.15 P.M. Main St. Sta. *0.00 P.M. Byrd St. Sta. *8.29 P.M. Main St. Sta. *0.35 P.M. Main St. Sta. ASHLAND ACCOMMODATIONS--WEEKDAYS. Leave Elba Station--7.30 A.M.,1.30 P.M.,6.35 P.M. Arrive Elba Station--6.40 A.M.,10.40 A.M.,5.40 PM *Daily. *Weekdays. *Sundays only. All trains to er from Byrd Street Station stop at Elba. Time of arrivals and departures not guaranteed. Read the signs. N. & W. NORFOLK & WESTERN. ONLY ALL-RAIL LINE TO NORFOLK. Leave Byrd Street Station, Richmond. In effect December 1, 1987. For Lynchburg, the West and Southwest— 9:30 P. M., 12:10 P. M., and 9:40 P. M. daily. MARRY. Attend Norfolk—11:30 A. M. and 6:50 P. M. daily. West— 7:40 A. M. 2:05 P. M. and 8:50 P. M. daily. Pulman, Parlor and Sleeping Care. Cafe Dining Cars. H. BEVILL. C. H. BOSLEY, Gen. Pass. Agent. Div. Pass. Ark Southern Ry TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND. N. B.-Following schedule figures published only as information, and are not maintained: 6:20 A. M.-Daily-Local for Charlotte 11:00 A. M.-Daily-Limited-Buffet Pullman to Atlanta, Birmingham, New Orleans, Memphis, Chattanooga, and all the South. Thorough coach for Chase City, Oxford, Durham. 11:39:30 Sunday - Kewville Local. 11:39:30 M. - Dairy - Pullman local. 9:38: M. - P. for all the South YORK RIVER LINE 4:30 P. M.—Ex. Sunday—To West Point—Co- Parking for Baltimore Monday, Wednesday and Friday 2:15 P. M.—Monday, Wednesday and Friday— Local to West Point. 4:30 A. M.—Ex. Sundays—Local to West Point. TRAINS ARRIVES RICHMOND. 7:00 A. M. 9:30 P. M.—From the South. 4:10 P. M.—From Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham Chase City and local stations. 8:40 A. M.—From West Point and from Balt- timore Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. 10:45 A. M. 8:45 P. M.—Local from West Point. WESTPOINT ATLANTIC COAST LINE Executive January 5, 1988. TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND DAILY. For Florida and South-8:15 A. M. and 7:30 P. M. "11:40 P. M. For Norfolk-9:00 A. M. 8:00 P. M and 7:30 P. M. For N. W. and W. R. Week-9:00 A. M. 12:10 For N. and W. Ry. Week - 9:00 A. M., 12:18 M. M.; 12:18 A. M., 12:18 M. M. For Petersburg: 8:00 A. M., 12:10, 12:30 P. M., 6:00, 9:40 P. M., 7:25 and 11:30 P. M. Trainie arrive Richmond: 8:30 P. M., 7:25 and 11:30 P. M. Trainie arrive Richmond: 7:40 A. M.; 8:35, 8:45 and 11:30 A. M., 12:37 A. M.; 12:37 A. M., 12:37 M. M. Except, Sunday and Saturday, Sunday SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY SOUTHBOUND TRAINS SCHEDULED TO LEAVE RICHMOND DAILY. 6:15 A. M.—Local to Norfolk, Raleigh, Charlotte, Wilmington. 2:25 P. M.—Sleepers and coaches, Atlanta, Nashville, Savannah, Jacksonville and Florida polls. 10:45 P. M.—Florida Limited. 12:55 A. M.—Sleepers and coaches, Savannah, Jacksonville and Southwest. NORTHBOUND TRAINS SCHEDULED TO ADVERSE RICHMOND DAILY. 6:05 A. M. 9:15 A. M., Florida Limited, 6:25 P. M. 9:25 P. M. FOUR THE PLANET Published every Saturday by JOHN MITCHELL, JR., at 311 N. Fourth Street, Richmond, Va. JOHN MITCHELL, JR., - EDITOR. All communications intended for publication should be sent so as to reach us by Wednesday. 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R. W. Goff, D. D. editor. The journal is being kept up to a high standard and is one of the most readable publications in the State. It has our best wishes for success. ---O--- We were honored recently by a visit from the Very Rev. Justin McCarthy of Maryland, who succeeded the Very Reverend Thomas J. Donovon as Superior of the Order of St. Joseph. He is a worthy successor of a most worthy man. The death of Father Donovon cast a gloom over the colored people of this country. We never had a better friend and we rejoice to know that his successor is in every respect worthy of the great trust confided to his care. --- PRESIDENT ROOSEVELTS METH ODS. The Petersburg, Va. Index-Appal indulges in the following observations which in alarge measure are true of both of the old political parties: "There has been from the first something harsh and brutal in the Taft campaign for the Presidential nomination; something that would, under ordinary circumstances, have put the Secretary out of the running long ago. We had not supposed that the Secretary was responsible for this, either through an unfortunate natural disposition or through lack of tact, and probably he has not willingly been. "If any man prominent in public life, in late years, may be described as a 'bull-dozer', it is President Roosevelt, and he has been responsible in large measure for Taft's candidacy and its methods. The course of the campaign in Ohio, by which men who did not at once support Taft were marked for obscurity, and in the Southern States, where not only Negroes were barred, but the white office-holders had full charge, has been remarkable for its audacious disregard of precedent and of decycacy, and the credit or discredit may be distributed as seems proper between the smaller managers of the Taft boom and the President. "In any event, the whole affair has so far been without precedent, and discreditable in the extreme, and the work of the National Committee in the decisions of contests between --- delegates appears to be worthy of what has gone before. "The Republican party management, with the President at its head is the most gigantic and the most unscrupulous trust in the United States. Hon. William H. Taft will have a remarkable handicap in his candidacy for the Presidency and his only hope or success will be the blunderbuss methods to be pursued by the National Democratic Convention at Denver. AN IMPORTANT DECISION A decision of far-reaching importance was rendered by the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, sitting at Wytheville. It was the case of People's Pleasure Park Company Inc. et als vs. Rohledger. The Circuit Court of Henrico, Judge R. Carter Scott, presiding was reversed. This was the case where the colored company purchased Fulton Park as a pleasure resort and the white people of the neighborhood objected to the sale and instituted proceedings to prohibit the use of the park by colored people. An injunction was sued out before Judge R. Carter Scott and granted to be effective, when the bond specified therein was furnished. The case was finally heard upon its merits and the injunction made perpetual. Messrs. Smith, Moncure and Gordon were counsel for the defendants and it was by the persistent efforts of that firm that the far-reaching decision was rendered. The Supreme Court has thus decided that the Injunction should not have been granted. The opinion was handed down Thursday, June 11, 1908. We call attention to the fact that this decision is of more far-reaching importance to the colored people of this State than any that has been rendered by the Supreme Court of the United States. It makes a citizen feel, whatever his race or color may be that he can get justice in this commonwealth. Race prejudice will not be permitted to interfere with the issuance of that even-handed justice (or which this State is noted. It also establishes beyond cavil the fact that a Negro's property rights are as safe in Virginia as they are in any other State of the Union and that so long as he exercises his rights in a lawful way, he will be protected in the exercise and enjoyment of those rights. We have always had a high opinion of our Supreme Court but now we feel that those rights that we cannot get through the decisions of that tribunal, we are ready to go without. THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION The Republican National Convention at Chicago has set the pace for future political action in the Southern States. It has seated the "lily white" delegations from Virginia to Texas. It has announced the advent of a new political regime and the Republican Party as now constituted is the old organization with all of the old principles left out. The proper designation is the National Roosevelt Party. We are of the opinion that men, who have led the organization for twenty years or more will be like a dying echo, never to return. It is for them to determine what they will do in the present exigency. The convention has nominated Mr. Roosevelt by naming Mr. Taft to act as proxy for him for four years, while he takes a much needed rest. At the expiration of that time, he will come unto his own (or somebody else's) and we shall then see the completion of the dynasty of Roosevelt. Then will come his undoing for it is evident that he is sure to be as much abhorred as he is now adored. We sympathize with those colored men, who have been in Chicago during these trying scenes in the interest of the colored people. They have been martyrts to a good cause and it is a question that would puzzle "a Philadelphia lawyer" to know what to advise in the premises. Here we are, figuratively speaking, between the "Devil and the deep sea." The Democratic Party and the Republican Party are practically the same upon every question, including that of the rights of the Negro. Mr. Roosevelt, who controls the Republican Party and Mr. Bryan who controls the Democratic Party have been in personal conference. Both have dined in the White House at the same time. Now, here is a political proposition that is the puzzle of the age. Can either be supported by the conscientious, well meaning citizen of color? There is some talk of nominating a national ticket for the colored people to support. This would be all right, if sufficient numbers of them could be induced to do this and make a showing that would entitle the organization to respect, after the election is over. If they nominate a ticket and the vote is ridiculously small, the political leaders will view this as being the strength of the opposition, regardless of the number, who may cast their lot with the Democratic nominees. The colored people though are now ready for well-nigh any experiment. If any one believes to the contrary. THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND. VIRGINIA it would be well for him to hold his ear to the ground. Personally speaking, we are disgusted with the outlook and it seems to us to be the time for independent action, if such a thing is possible and each voter decide what is best to be done in his special locality. It may be that it will be best for some colored men to support the Republican nominees for Presidency and Vice-Presidency and it may be best for them to support the other ticket. No race of people can win respect in politics who is helpless to enforce its demands and when satisfaction is not granted follow patiently in the wake and do the bidding of those political leaders, who offered the insult. Hon. William H. Taft has been nominated and it is for the colored people to say whether or not they will support him. We are Republican though and we must confess that it strains us severely to cast off from the moorings of the old party, even though false-hearted officers are in charge and wander upon the ocean of political uncertainty seeking a landing place for one of the most devoted races of people that ever shouldered a musket or fired a rifle. Chicago and its convention have not been satisfactory to us. Colored men, what are we going to do about it? MOTHER SLAYS SIX Insane Woman Kills Her Family and Herself BUT ONE IS LEFT ALIVE Slain and Robbed On Street—Capitol Jury Acquires Defendants — "Blind Tom" Is Dead—Bettling On Races In New York Knecked Out. Fred Cooper, seventeen years of age, the last living member of a family of eight persons, lios in Mercy hospital, at Cadillac, Mich., with just a fight- ing chance for life, while the bodies of the other seven members of the family, all slain by the wife and mother, who afterward committed suicide, lie in the morgue the object of morbid interest by thousands of townpeople and farmers from the surrounding country. The tragedy in the Cooper home was one that for pathos and horror has rarely been surpassed. The head of the family was out of work, six children clamored for food and raiment, and the mother was driven by suffering and discouragement to insanity. She decided to end it all, and with terrific determination carried her plan into execution. In each instance the victim was killed with a bullet through the head. The dead are Daniel Cooper, forty-eight years old; Mrs. Cooper, forty-two years old; Harry, aged fourteen; Inez, aged eleven; Samuel, aged ten; Georgiana, aged five, and Florence, aged one and a half years. Developments indicate that the crazyed mother first chloroformed the members of the family before shooting them. There were no signs of a struggle in any instance. Neither were there any marks, which indicates that the woman stood some distance away in firing the shots. A four-ounce chloroform bottle was found in one of the rooms. When Mrs. Kealy, Mrs. Cooper's mother, went into the Cooper home she found the bodies of her daughter and Mr. Cooper lying on the floor. A revolver lay beside Mrs. Cooper. Mrs. Kealy rushed into an adjoining room and there found five children lying dead in a pool of blood, with the sixth child probably fatally wounded close by. The woman had been mentally un sound ever since the birth of her youngest child, eighteen months ago. She was sane at intervals and during her lucid moments brooded over her mental condition. Betting On Races Knocked Out After a struggle, the like of which no man in or about the legislature has ever seen or expects to see again, the famous Agnew-Hart anti-race track gambling bills are now laws of the state of New York. The bills in no way affect, so far as their face provisions go, the state racing commission in particular or horse racing in general. They relate solely to the penalties for gambling, pool selling and bookmaking, which, as before, are declared by the law to be "a public nuisance." Chapter 506 amends the racing law by repealing that provision under which an exclusive penalty of simply recovering at civil suit of the amount wagered was incurred, which has applied to gambling within a race track enclosure, thus exempting such gambling from the penalties operative elsewhere in the state, and it also provides that this general penalty shall be "imprisonment in the county jail or penitentiary for a period of not more than one year," without alternative of fine. Cruiser Maryland Fastest U. S. Ship. The cruiser Maryland is the fastest ship of the United States navy. Rear Admiral Dayton, who is in command of the Pacific fleet, informed the navy department by wire that the Maryland on a four-hour full-speed forced draught trial made an average of 22.25 knots. The West Virginia, her sister ship, tried under the same conditions, averaged 22.1 knots. The ships were handicapped by slightly adverse current. The Maryland is also holder of the battleship trophy for record target practice. Coroner Drowned. Coroner Sontheimer, of Atlantic City, N. J., fell overboard from the state launch Louise Allin, in charges of State Waterman Commission, Harry Snyder, and was drowned. CONVENTION MEETS Senator Burrows, of Michigan, the Temporary Chairman. VICE PRESIDENCY STILL OPEN Race For Second Place On Ticket Will Probably Be Fought Out On Floor of Convention—Senator Lodge As Permanent Chairman. Chicago, June 17.—The Republican national convention to nominate a candidate for president and vice president and adopt a platform of principles was called to order in the Collisseum by Harry B. New, chairman of the Republic national committee. Mr. New introduced Senator Julius C. Burrows, of Michigan, as the temporary chairman. In assuming the chair Senator Burrows made an extended speech, embodying the keynote of the coming A. H. JULIUS C. BURROWS. [Temporary Chairman.] campaign and proclaiming the principles and achievements of the Republican party during its many years of existence. When his speech was concluded Senator Burrows announced the important committees, including that on credentials. The selection of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massachusetts, as permanent chairman of the convention was formally approved at a meeting of the committee on permanent organization. It was agreed that all of the other temporary officers of the convention should be made permanent. The presidential nomination is treated all around as a settled question; it is generally recognized that the Roosevelt Taft managers are in absolute control, and the possibilities as to whether Cannon, La Follotte, Fairbanks, Knox, Hughes or some of them, may formally withdraw before the time for the first ballot, are occupying the attention of the hotel crowds. No responsible manager or delegate has yet been found who is willing to challenge seriously the estimate of Frank H. Hitchcock, the Taft manager, that the secretary of war now has at least seven hundred votes behind him. "Secretary Taft's nomination will take place some time on Thursday next," said Hitchcock. "and it is as certain as that the sun will rise." The committee on credentials organized by electing Charles W. Fulton, of Oregon, chairman. The fight of the "allies" to have the decision of the national committee reversed in the cases of 110 contesting delegates was carried before the committee, and a sub-committee was appointed. The temporary roll of the convention was approved in all instances, save where the 110 contests were noted. Much ill-feeling was shown between the contesting delegations. The members of the opposing factions in the First Kentucky district applied epithets with force and frequency, and angry disputes between counsel were frequent. Although outnumbered in the committee, the "allies" announced that they would continue their contests, and would carry every one of their committee on credentials, the visiting flights to the floor of the convention be- in six states, involving sixty-two delegates, the decision of the committee had been in favor of the Taft factions, and sustained the action taken last week by the national committee. The contests heard were those in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky and Mississippi. The bitter fight in the state of Louisiana was settled without coming before the credentials committee. The "Lily Whites" and the "Black and Tans" held an extended conference late in the day and agreed to accept the verdict rendered by the national committee, which seated both delegations with half a vote each. No agreement could be reached on the selections for the various committees, and it was decided not to attempt to appoint members of any of the convention bodies. Pearl Wight will, however, retain his seat on the national committee without opposition. The Taft members of the committee early showed that they possessed a strong working majority. The opposition several times attempted to force roll calls, which could only be had on the request of twenty members. At no time did they show more than sixteen in favor of such action. Roosevelt Boomers Busy. The promoters of the "Roosevelt boom movement" now claim that they have secured the services of a delegate, "from a state other than Alabama, that will be reached early in the roll call," to present the president's name to the convention. Former Representative Thomas W. Phillips, of New Castle, Pa., declared that Mr. Roosevelt's name unquestionably will be sprung in the convention, but he declined to give the delegate's name or the state he represents in part. These facts, he says, will remain secrets until candidates are placed in namination. The Roosevelt boomers are counting on a stampede of Taff delegates to the president if they can get the latter's name before the convention in a forceful manner. The opinion was expressed by Mr. Phillips that the boom which he is engineering for Roosevelt is growing. THE PLATFORM Pays Glowing Tribute to President; Lauda His Achievements; Chicago, June 17.—The committee on resolutions of the Republican convention met in one of the parlor of the Auditorium Annex hotel. The committee organized by electing Senator Hopkins, of Illinois, chairman, and after listening for some time to the representations of numerous persons who desire to secure the insertion of special planks in the platform appointed a sub-committee of thirteen to consider all disputed questions in detail and add the finishing touches to the document. A draft of the platform presented to the committee is as follows: "Once more the Republican party, in national convention assembled, submits its cause to the people. This great historic organization that destroyed slavery, preserved the Union, restored credit, expanded the national domain, established a sound financial system, developed the industries and resources of the country and gave to the nation her seat of honor in the councils of the world, now meets the new problems of government with the same courage and capacity with which it solved the old. "In this, the greatest era of American advancement, the Republican party has reached its highest service under the leadership of Theodore Roosevelt. His administration is an epoch in American history. "In no other period since national sovereignty was won under Washington or preserved under Lincoln has there been such mighty progress in these ideals of government which make for justice, equality and fair dealing among men. The highest aspirations of the American people have found a voice. Their most exalted servant has come to represent not political sovereignty alone, but the best alms and worthiest purposes of all his countrymen. "American manhood and womanhood have been lifted to a nobler sense of duty and obligation. Conscience and courage in public station and highest standards of right and wrong in private life have become the cardinal principles of political faith; capital and labor have been brought into closer relations of confidence and independence; the abuse of wealth, the tyranny of power and all the evils of privilege and favoritism have been put to scorn by the simple, manly virtues of justice and fair play. President's Great Accomplishments. "The great accomplishments of President Roosvelt have been, first and foremost, a brave and impartial enforcement of the law, the prosecution of illegal trusts and monopolies, the exposure and punishment of evil-doers in the public service, the more effective regulation of the rates and service of the great transportation lines, the complete overthrow of preference, rebates, and discriminations; the arbitration of labor disputes, the amelioration of the condition of wage-workers everywhere, the conservation of the natural resources of the country, the forward step in the improvement of the inland waterways, and always the earnest support and defense of every wholesome safeguard which has made more secure the guarantees of life, liberty and prosperity. "These are the achievements that will make for Thadore Roosevelt his place in history. But more than all else, the great things he has done will be an inspiration to those who have yet greater things to do. We declare our unfaltering adherence to the policies thus inaugurated and pledge their continuance under a Republican administration of the government. Good Laws of Last Session. "Only the obstruction and filthustering of a Democratic minority in the last house of congress prevented the enactment of a number of measures of great public benefit, the consideration of which can only be intrusted to another Republican majority. "But many wholesome and progressive laws were enacted, and we especially commend the passage of the emergency bill, the appointment of the national monetary commission, the employers' and government liability laws, the measures for the greater efficiency of the army and navy, the widows' pension bill, the model child labor law for the District of Columbia, designed for emulation by the states; the new statutes for the safety of railroad engineers and firemen and many act conserving the public welfare. For Revision of the Tariff. "The Republican party declares unequivocally for a revision of the tariff by a special session of congress immediately following the inauguration of the next president, and commends the steps already taken to this end in the work assigned to the appropriate committees of the two houses which are now investigating the operation and effect of existing schedules. "In all tariff legislation the true principle of protection is best maintained by the imposition of such duties as will equal the difference between the cost of production at home and abroad, together with a reasonable profit to American industries; and the benefits that follow are best secured by the establishment of maximum and minimum rates to the administered by the president, under limitations fixed in the law, the maximum to be available to meet discriminations by foreign countries against American goods entering their markets, and the minimum to represent the normal measure of protection at home; the aim and purpose of the Republican policy being not only to preserve, without excessive duties, that security against foreign competition to which American manufacturers, farmers and producers are entitled, but also to maintain the high standard of living of the wage-carners of this country, who are the most direct beneficiaries of the protective system. "Between the United States and the Philippines we believe in a free interchange of products, with such limita- Hons as to sugar and tobacco as will avoid injury to domestic interests. Currency Legislation Approved. "We approve the emergency measures adopted by the government during the recent financial disturbance, and especially commend the passage by the last session of congress of the temporary enactment designed to protect the country from a repetition of such stringency only until there can be established a permanent currency system that will avoid all emergencies. "The present currency laws have fully justified their adoption, but an expanding commerce, a marvelous growth in wealth and population, multiplying the centers of distribution, increasing the demand for the movement of crops in the west and south and entailing periodic changes in monetary conditions, disclose the need of a more elastic and adaptable system. "Such a system must meet the requirements of agriculturalists, manufacturers, merchants and business men generally, automatic in operation, minimizing the fluctuations in interest rates, and, above all, it must be in harmony with the Republican doctrine, which insists that every dollar shall be based upon, redeemable in, and as good as gold. Anti-Trust Law Amendment. "The Republican party passed the Sherman anti-trust law over Democratic opposition, and enforced it after Democratic rejection. It has been a wholesome instrument for good in the hands of a wise and fearless administration. But experience has shown that its effectiveness can be strengthened, and its real object better obtained, by such amendments as will give to the federal government greater supervision and control over, and secure greater publicity in the management of that class of interstate corporations having power and opportunity to effect monopolies, and at the same time will not interfere with the operation of such associations among business men, farmers, and wage earners as result in a positive benefit to the public "We believe, however, that the interstate commerce law should be further amended so as to give railroads the right to make and publish traffic agreements subject to the approval of the commission but maintaining all always the principle of competition between naturally competing lines and avoiding the common control of such lines by any means whatsoever, and especially favor the enactment of such legislation as will prevent by federal restriction the future over-issue of stocks and bonds by interstate carriers. Further Protection to Workingmen. "The enactment in constitutional form by the present session of congress of the employers' liability law; the passage and enforcement of the safety-appliance statutes, as well as the additional protection secured for engineers and firemen, the reduction in the hours of laborers, traintmen and railroad telegraphers; the successful exercise of the powers of mediation and arbitration between interstate railroads and their employees, and the law making a beginning in the policy of the government are among the most commendable accomplishments of the present administration. "But there is further work in this direction yet to be done, and the Republican party pledges its devotion to every cause that makes for safety and the betterment of conditions among those whose labor contributes so much to the progress and welfare of the country. "The same wise policy which has induced the Republican party to maintain protection to American labor; to establish an eight-hour day in the construction of all public work; to increase the list of employees who shall have preferred claims for wages under the bankruptcy laws; to adopt an adequate child labor statue for the District of Columbia; to direct an investigation into the conditions of working women and children, and later of employees of telephone and telegraph companies engaged in interstate business; to appropriate $150,000 at the recent session of congress in order to secure a thorough inquiry into the causes of catastrophes and loss of life in the mines, and to amend and strengthen the law prohibiting the importation of contract labor, will be pursued in every legitimate direction within federal authority to lighten the burdens and increase the opportunity for happiness and advancement of all who toll. "The Republican party recognizes the special needs of wage workers generally, for their well-being means the well-being of all. But more important than all other considerations is that of good citizenship, and we especially stand for the needs of every American, whatever his occupation, in his capacity as a self-respecting citizen. Assistance to the Farmer. "Among those whose welfare is as vital to the welfare of the whole country as is that of the wage earner in the American farmer. The prosperity of the whole country rests peculiarly upon the prosperity of agriculture." "Free rural mail delivery was established over earnest Democratic opposition; it now reaches millions of our citizens, and we favor its extension until every community in the land receives the full benefits of the postal service. We recognize the social and economical advantage of good country roads, maintained more and more largely at public expense, and less and less at the expense of the abutting owners. In this work we recommend the growing factors of state aid and believe in such national assistance as can be appropriately rendered. Curb On the Injunction Power. "We declare for such amendments of the statutes of procedure in the federal courts with respect to the use of the writ of injunction as will, on the one hand, prevent the summary issue of such orders without proper consideration, and, on the other, will preserve undiminished the power of the courts to enforce their process, to the end that justice may be done at all times and to all parties. Justice For the Negro. "The Republican party has been for more than fifty years the consistent friend of the American negro. It gave him freedom and citizenship. It wrote into the organic law of the land the declarations that proclaim his civil and political rights, and it believes today that his noteworthy progress in intelligence, industry and good citizenship has earned the respect and encouragement of the nation. We demand equal justice for all men, without regard to race or color. **Army and Navy Strengthened.** "The Sixtieth congress passed many commendable acts increasing the efficiency of the army and navy; making the militia of the states an integral part of the national establishment; authorizing joint maneuvers of the army and militia; fortifying new naval bases and completing the construction of coaling stations; instituting a female nurse corps for naval hospitals and ships, and adding two new battleships, ten torpedo boat destroyers, three steam collers and eight submarines to the strength of the navy. "We adhere to the Republican doctrine of encouragement to American shipping, and urge such legislation as will revive the merchant marine prestige of the country, so essential to national defense, the enlargement of foreign trade and the industrial prosperity of our own people. Democratic Party's Incapacity. "We call the attention of the American people to the fact that none of the great measures here advocated by the Republican party could be enacted, and none of the steps forward here proposed could be taken under a Democratic administration or under one in which party responsibility is divided. "The tariff could not be revised, a permanent currency system could not be established, the federal supervision over railroads and large aggregations of capital could not be extended, nor could any of the new duties confronting the country be performed by a party which is unable to agree within itself on any public question, and is unwilling to co-operate with a party that can agree. "The continuance of present policies therefore absolutely requires the continuance in power of the party that believes in them and possesses the capacity to put them into operation. "Beyond platform declarations there are fundamental differences between the Republican party and its chief opponent which makes the one worthy and the other unworthy of public trust. Difference Between the Parties. "In history the difference between Democracy and Republicanism is that the one stood for secession, the other for the Union; the one for slavery, the other for freedom; the one for a debased currency, the other for a pure currency; the one for free silver, the other for sound money; the one for free trade, the other for protection; the one for the contraction of American influence, the other for its expansion; the one has been forced to abandon every position taken on the great issues before the people, the other has held and vindicated all. "In experience the difference between Democracy and Republicanism is that one means adversity, while the other means prosperity; one means low wages, the other means high; one means doubt and debt, the other means confidence and thrift. "In principle the difference between Democracy and Republicanism is that one stands for vacillation and timidity in government, the other for strength and purpose; one stands for obstruction, the other for construction; one promises, the other performs; one finds fault, the other finds work. Tendencies of the Parties. "The present tendencies of the two parties are even more marked by inherent differences. The trend of Democracy is toward socialism, while the Republican party stands for a wise and regulated individualism. Socialism would destroy wealth. Republicanism would prevent its abuse. Socialism would give to each an equal right to take; Republicanism would give to each an equal right to earn. Socialism would offer equality of possession, which would soon leave no one anything to possess. Republicanism would give equality of opportunity, which would assure to each his share of the constantly increasing store of possessions." THE VICE PRESIDENCY Governor Cummins, of Iowa, Boomed Second Place Chicago, June 17.—The boom of Governor Cummins, of Iowa, for the vice presidential nomination was the distinctive feature of the day in the contest for the second place on the ticket, and it received much favorable consideration. Senator Borah, of Idaho, who early started the agitation on behalf of the Iowa governor, sounded western delegations in his behalf, and announced that he had found much encouragement. The mention of Governor Cummins' name was received with varying emotions by the members of the Iowa delegation, and it soon became evident that in the event the governor's candidacy should be more energetically pressed, his Iowa support would not be confined to the so-called Cummins faction. Several Allison-Dolliver adherents promptly announced that as a matter of state pride, if for no other reason, they would support the governor's candidacy. It was also stated that Senator Borah had presented Governor Cummins' qualifications to President Roosevelt, and that the suggestion had been warmly received. There was much discussion of the possibility of the nomination going again to Vice President Fairbanks. There is a strong sentiment in his behalf, and many predict that he will again receive the honor of the nomination, unless the convention can be made to believe that, if nominated, he will decline. The present indications are that a vice presidential candidate will not be agreed upon until after the nomination of a candidate for the persidency. Prisener Jumps to Death Joseph Vanea, a prisoner at the New Jersey state prison at Trenton, killed himself by jumping from an upper window to the floor twenty feet below. Vanea killed himself because of his having been ordered confined to a dungeon for breaking a prison rule. {, val KS SN ji < aN \ teow | = Bla’ / ) cst Wy Ii { 4, Ri VK “My Ws: y) Wish Sk a iy, 7) a | { Wea DRS gee |) | Wy aan ei i | Vy Wy) Be INS Ne YY yy an 7; ij x Mis ip yy U) i j gay \ “fj; 7 / / fy |* Le) 7 | 7) \ You! Lag J ALi / ~F% % 2 - AY /j 4 | WH//// oN // We | / \ oe aA ay CHARLES WARREN FAIRBANKS. CARE OF THE HAND IDEAL 1S A POSSIBILITY FOR EVERY GIRL. Simple Precautions That Wil! Pre terve Delicacy and Beauty—Con- sistent Use of Glove an Abs Serine ‘The ugliest of hands may be vastly improved, if not actually beautified First of all, girla should learn to hold the hands so that they will some what resemble the deal one, which ts slightly wedge-shaped, the broader end at the wrist and the narrower at the tapering finger tips. And be careful never to clinch the fist, for that not only denotes meanness and paral: mony, but tends to broaden the knuckles. The hand should be kept open, whother hanging at the eldes or lying flat in the lap. In the latter case the palms look prettiest turned upward, and {f they are kept soft as the soles of a baby's feet and rosy as the inside of a shell, so much the better, for, in addition to expressing youth and health, such dell. cacy dumbly appeals to the sterner sex. It ts not the hard-palimed woman who secures the subway seat during the fash Nora, however richly spe may deserve such consideration. ot that man {6 unchivalrons, But because he believes that the owner of aquare- fingered, broad, brown hands {s a well able as himself to cling to a strap. Every girl should realize this and dear {n mind that any man who pro tenda to admire palpably ugly bands 4s not to be trusted. The hand of the feminine golf en- thusiast may be readtly recognized by its fat Angers and massive joints, but Af its shape must be wantonly sacri ficed, {ts cuticle at least should be Kept white by regular washings tn ‘warm water mixed with cornmeal and the purest soap obtainable, for money 80 spent ts well lala out. After washing the hands should al- ways be thoroughly rinsed in cold ‘water, and if one is not immediately Boing out of doors, slipped toto loose gloves, In fact, to keep the hands tn good condition, the golfing gtrl should wear gloves at every possible waking mo- ment commensurate with domestic ob- Mgations, and invariably from night until morning, for paste Iined “beauty” gloves, which accomplish miracles with hard palms, work while their owner sleeps, Dark hued, thin and hard hands may ‘be made white, plump and soft by soak: ins them in hot water until the pores are opened, then rubbing cold cream into thetr backs, palms, finger tips and joints and letting it soak into them while one reads and mentally di. gests the morning paper's telegraphic news, When they have been wiped with a ‘coarse towel, one will be surprised and certainly shocked at the amount of grime removed and impelled to treat them to a second hot water soaking and another cream deluge before draw. ing on @ pair of new, loose, white chamots gloves. . Do not endeavor to economize with & pair of cleansed party gloves, which will probably be tight in spots and | certataly sotled inside. Stains, freckles and tan lend coarse: ness to the appearance of the skin. Lemon treatment will usually van: quish the effects of the sun's rays, raw tomato juice 1s excellent for fruit stains and pumice stone will rub away | ink marks—no longer excusable on the plea that they suggest lterary pur. ' Suits, as uptodate members of the | craft dictate to typewriters. During chilly weather the hands are apt to chap if exposed to the ou'er, air directly after being bathed, unless thoroughly rinsed in cold, ruuning water and kept warm and molst in loose-fitting gloves, which, by the way, will make tie hands appear smaller. | Moreover, palpably Ught gloves lend | thelr wearer an air of vulgarity, and if habitually worn nature will’ evi- dence disapproval in the form of en. larged joints, Te 3 Oe Take exercise in the Open air daily; air {s all-essential. Tight sleeves and tight finger rings are a frequeat source of red hands, ‘and the only remedy for this ts to re- move the Irritating cause, ‘The secret of standing and walking greet consists tn kooping the chin Away from the breast; this throws the head upward and backward, and the shoulders will naturally settle back ward in thelr true position. ‘The skin taken out of aa ege shel is a simple but good remedy for sore eyes. Just put on top of lid and band. age over it, and you will be surprised how soon the swelling will go down and the pain will leave the eye. Walking is an ideal exercise. Hold the bead erect, with chin slightly Utted, which will throw the muscles of the back and of the shoulders into yroper ine; expand the chest with teep breaths, and do not swing the rms, but Jet them haug with muscles claxed. Not a Question of Grammar. The green repo:ter turned to Editor MeKelway What should I say?” he asked, hes ftatingly; “"My boy Henry laid ar xg ou the table,’ or “My boy Henry | placed an egg on the table?” | “Well,” sald Editor McKelway, im patiently, “If you want something t« crow over. and he's that kind of a hen nery, let him lay tt on the fable—tt he can, Otherwise have him put tt there.” —Judge. A Great Financier. | Hyker—-That fellow Jiggemith certainly an able fcancier, Pyker—Why do you think so? Hyker—Not long ago he married penniless orphan, and a week later he got her » position that yields him an income of $100 a mouth.—Chicage Daily News. Not Quite Clear. “Your itttle boy,” said the professor, “has a remarkabie ear for music. He has a great future before him.” “So?” rejoined the father. “Which is he Ukely to do—learm to play the plano and become a genius, or learn to whistle and become a nuisance?”— Chicago Daily News, PROT Cleverton (who has hired a taxi meter cab to propose in)-—Say “yen, darling? Mis Cilumet—Give me time « tain “Heavens! Bot not io here! Con sider the expense!"—Lite ZZ EY: Ue N cA, e eg ws coe | ot _ W SAM od ! Ny, jhewed S L/w & | jG OSS ti, (eas, TT NEE |i = OS i D NE CaS x " \ Seelam. SNA) Sean N\ 2, Wer ee ONT, CHARLES E£. HUGHES. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND. VIRGINIA. CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS eat ate ae ale ‘The American Piano company, with an authorized capital of $12,000,000, ‘was Incorporated at Trenton, N. J. ‘The converted yacht Vixen, now at, ‘the League Island navy yard, has been| ‘turned over to the naval militia or. ganization of New Jersey. Stephen Oberhase, a prisoner in the Dauphin county jail at Harrisburg, Pa., hanged himself to a water pipe in hig‘ cell and was dead when found. Addison Henry, colored, a section hand on the Baltimore & Ohio rail- road, was assauited and instantly kill- ed during a quarrel by Guiseppe Vis- cloto, an Italian employed in the same gang along the railroad near Wilming- ton, Del. Friday, June 12. J. E. Cole and his son Albert were Instantly killed, and the former's two daughters badly stunned, by lightning at Spartanburg, S. C. ‘The executive committee of the Na- tonal Congress of Mothers at a meet- Ing here decided to hold the next na tional congress at New Orleans in Feb ruary, 1909. Rey. Dr. John D. Pickles, pastor of St. Paul's church, Boston, and one of the best-known Methodist clergymen In Massachusetts, died Thursday, aged sixty years. Charles Reibe, who has been on trial at Norristown, Pa., charged with crim inal operation and infidelity, pleaded guilty to the latter charge and was sen- tenced to one year in jail and pay a fine of $500. Saturday, June 13. ; Rudolph Ploetz, aged seventy-nine| years, a wealthy widower of the village of Prairie du Sac, Wis., eloped with Miss Ursula Hunges, aged eighty, his sweetheart of childhood days. Jerry Lynch, one of Buffalo's (N. Y.) best-known detectives, was shot in the stomach while chasing and endeavor ing to capture Otto Susdort, who was attempting to escape arrest in connec tion with the sale of $1600 worth of stolen diamonds. Grieved ever the unfatthfulness of her sweetheart, Gertrude Kennedy, the daughter of a coutractor, committed suiclde in the street at Erle, Pa, by drinking the contents of a threeounce bottle of carbolic acid. Monday, June 15. Major Boynton, founder of the Mac cabees, Is sick in bed at Toledo. 0. As a result of a severe beating by a burglar, Mrs. Joseph Bartdogze, aged seventy-eight years, is dead in Chicago Miss Mattie Brubaker, of Bricker ville, Lancaster county, Pa, who wa gored by a bull, ts in @ critical condi tion, lockjaw having developed. While despondent over the death o' his wife, Frank Good cut the throats of his three children and his own throat with a pocketknife on a faru near Peabody, Kan, As a consequence of having been struck by a golf ball, Dr. Harry D. Hayward, of Crown Point, Ind., has un dergone an operation for the remova of his left eye in a Chicago hosptal. Tuesday, June 16. Albert F, King, sixty years old, wa found dead in bed at Norristown, Pa Henry Lentz, eighty-one years ol:! dropped dead from heat in tue etree at Pittsburg. Harry A. Axtell, city treasurer ¢ Bloomington, Ind., Is short in his ac counts about $60,000 and ts under ar rest. Six men were seriously, but not fa tally, Injured when an automobile went over an embankment in Hays borough near Pittsburg. A parcels post agreement between the United States and France was signed by Postmaster General Meyer and Ambassador Jusserand of France. Wednesday, June 17. Jobn B. Roach, the ship builder, died suddenly of apopléxy at bis home ip Chester, Pa. ¥ In a fit of jealousy, Charles Roth- well shot his wife and then killed him self at their home, near Huntingdon, Ww. Va A slight earthquake shock was feit at Ogdensburg, N. Y., Tuesday even ing. / Fifty fishing boats have been wreck: ed off the coast of Kagoshima, Japan. tm a storm, and 350 of the crews have been drowned. George Warnock and Harry Picket of Manayunk, were treed by a bull for two hours on the farm of Henry For. ber, at Lafayette, Pa. Accidental Shooting. Mrs. Ella Shepherdson 6f No. 517 North Third Street was accidentally shot Tuesday afternoon about 1:46 by Mrs. Katie Clay, the bullet en- tering just beneath the right eye. The physicians, Drs. Hoskins and E- gleston, of the city anibulance corps, Who attended her, wete surprised that the missile had not ettered the brain. The revolver was of thirtyight- calibre. She was taken to the Re- treat for the Sick, where it is daid she will soon recover. The shoot- ing was purely accidental, according to the statements of both ladies and there was no arrest. Mrs. Clay is a tenant of Mrs. Shepherdson and had moved there the day bdfore. The revolver be- longed to Mrs, Clay’s husband and was being examined when the acci- dent occurred. Recently Mrs. Shep- herdsoa broke her arm. | —— Notice! pee aren‘s and Friends of Children of Juvenile Bands of Calanthe. Children of the Bands of Calanthe are looking forward to the celebra- tion of Children's Day the fourth Sunday in June, 1908 at First Bap- {ist Church. The children are prac: tieing at Pythian Castle Hall, 511 N. 3rd Street every Friday afternoon. Parents please see that your children attend, ‘The Bands are in a very prosperous condition. The Grand Wortiy Gov- erness Matron Mrs. Anna KE. Taylor organized one May 12, 1908 known as Carnation Band, Xo. 22 of Rich- mond, Va. Senior Matron, Mrs. An- aio Parham; Junior Matron, Miss Mary E. Allen. > a iLily Whites Shiioh Band, No. 23 organized May 14, 1908. Ma. trons: Senior, Mrs. L. A. Turner; duapor, Mis, Mary. Liggoas. “Tg Grand Worthy Governess m de- serves great cretiit for the good ac- complished in this Department. $150.00 Endowment Paid. Gee, Va., June 15, 1908. ‘This is to certify that I have re- celved from John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pyth- jas, N. A., 5S. A. E., A. A. and A. ($150.00) One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the death- claim of Sir John Washington, who was a member of King Solomon Lodge, No, 105, of Geo, Va. -. her Signed —Julia X Washiygton. mark Beneficiary. Witnesses: Frederick Bland. E. D. Bland John A. Bland, D, D. G. C. 8150.00 Endowment Paid. Richmond, Va., June 15, "08. ‘This is to certify that I have re- ceived from John Mitchell, Jr. Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pyth- fas, N. A. S. A. EB. A. A. and A. ($150.00) One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the death- claim of Sir Lewis Johnson who was a member of Old Dominion Lodge, No, 8, Richmond, Va. Signed—J. Thomas Hewin, Administrator, Witnesses: S. 8. Baker. William Euis, Jr, J. J. Carter. —Miss Neeton Cook, Washington, D. C., niece of Prof. George Cook, is the guest of Mrs. Rosa K. Jones. —Mr. C. C. Spaulding, Vice-Prest- dent and General Manager of the N.C. Mutual and Provident Associa- tion, Durham, N. C. called on us this week fn company with Mr. William Miltler, GRAND COURT ORDER OF CA. LANTHE, Omicers and Appointments. ‘The following is the list of officers and the appointments of the Grand Court at its Danville session last May. Grand Worthy Counsellor, Mr. John Mitchell, Jr, 311 N. 4th St, Rich- mond, Va.; Grand Worthy Inspectrix, ‘Mrs. Julia A. Watts, 315 Federal St., Lynchburg, Va.; Grand Worthy In- spector, Mrs. M. E. Washington, 2131 Madison Ave, Newport News, Va.; Grand Worthy Orator, Mrs, M. C. Adams, Danville, Va.; Grand Wor- thy Register of Deeds, Miss M. a. Chiles, 114 W. Leigh St., Richmond, Va.; Grand Worthy Receiver of De- posits, Mrs. Josie A. Graham, 108 E. Loigh Street, Richmond, Va.; Grand Worthy Escort, Mrs. L. B. Green, 657 22nd Street, Newport News, Va.; Grand Worthy Senlor Directress, Mrs Anna Taylor, 120 W Hill St, Rich. mond, Va.; Grand Worthy Junior Di- rectress Mrs. Nanmie C. Johnson, 819 St. John Street, Richmond, Va.: Grand Worthy Conductress, Mrs. Lu- ey Cross, 1211 N. 1st St., Richmond, Va.; Grand Worthy Asst. Conduc- tress, Mrs, Emma Cherry, 59 Wash- ington Ave., Norfolk, Va.: Grand Worthy Herald, Mrs. Elizabeth Ro- Dinson, S03 Wi Catherine St., Rich- mond, Va.; Grand Worthy Protector, Mrs. Pollie B. Hodge, Danville, Va.; Grand Worthy Laeturer, Mrs. 8. J. Holbrook, 401 S. Main Street, Dan- ville, Va. APPOINTMENTS. Endowment Advisory Pout —Mre Kate Thomas, Richmond; Mrs. Mil dred Johnson, Richmond: Mrs. Ger- trude A. Patterson, Lynchburg; Mrs E. B. Brown, Covington; Mrs, Geor- gle Bolling, Richmond; Mrs. Mary N Gay, Norfolk; Mrs. Lillie D. Byrd Newport News; Mrs. Emma G Smith, Richmond; Mrs. R. E. Wes: ley, Richmond: Mr. J, W. Robinson, Richmond; Mrs. Sarah Steward. Riebmond. Mr. John-Mitchell, Jr. Mrs. Josie A. Graham, Miss M. L. Chilet, Ex-officio. Finance Committee—Miss Eva G. Davis, Mr. Casper Rowlett, Mrs, Lau: ra 8. Williams. Appeals and Grievances——Mrs. A- manda H. Lee, Mrs, Mamie Briggs, Mrs. Gracie Lucas. Committee on Returns and Cre- dentials—Mrs. Drucilla M. Gilpin, Sarah A. Steward. Committee on Mileage—Mrs. Lucy C. Scott, Mrs. Bettie P. Dismond, Mrs. Lillie Hardy, Conimittee on Law and Supervis- fon—Mrs. Rachel Colding, Mra. Susie Ghee, Miss I. K, Pollard. Committee on Printing—Miss M. L. Chiles, Mrs. Susie Wright, Mra, Lillie Harris, Committee on Dispensation and Charter—Mrs. Fannie L. Coleman, Mra. Agnes Day, Mrs. Kate R. Jones. Committee on State of the Order— Mrs, Rebecca Gee, Mrs. Luey A. Ter- rell, Mrs. Annie Robinson. Business Committee—Mrs. Marga- ret H. Burrell, Mrs, Adiaide G. Thompson. Mrs. Bettie P. Dismond, Committee on Obituary — Ars. Vic- toria Holloway, Mrs. Polite M. Hod; Mrs, Annie tf Jackson. se DISTRICT DEPUTIES. Richmond, Mrs. Anta Taylor, Pur Gold Court, No. 59. Petersburg, Mrs. Martha Harris, Aux iMary Court, No. 46. Lynchburg, Mrs. Bettis P. Dismons Hill City Court, No. 59. Danville, Mrs. Sarah J. Holbrook Hermione Court, No. 137. Newport News, Mrs. L. D. Byrd, Ca. lanthe Court, No. 102. Norfolk, Mrs. Fannie Cooke; Lily of the Valley Court, No, 247. Suffolk, Mrs. Julia A. Powell, Bethel Court, No. 99. Portsmouth, Mrs, Busie B. Wright, Arria corre No. 43, Pocahontas, Mrs. Maggie Foster, Mt. Beauty Conrt, No. 62. Radford, Miss Della Lawrence, Rose Putt entron Court, No, 66. i) Mrs. S. J. Murphy, Pulask! Court, No. s wg Charlottesville, Mrs. M. M. Davenport Mt. ee eee No. 71. New River, Magy Casey. Sliver , Stream Court, No. 67. Staunton, Mrs. Katie C. Keys, Stat | of the Valley Court, No. $7. Blackstone, Mrs. H. i. Jackson, E: cqvghing Star Court. No. 77. Covington, Mra. E. B. Brown, Prid | of Allegheny Court, No. 79. Martinsville, Mrs. V. M. Easley, Jup | iter Court, No. 80. Roanoke, Mrs, M. H. Burrell, Magic City Court, No. 83. Stonega, Mra. Ella Rosenborough -_ Star of Hope Court, No. 93. South Boston, Mrs. Fannie L. Cole man, Zion “Traveller's Court, No Lae Chase City, Mrs, Suste Ghee, Chass City Court, No. 95. Clifton Forge, Mrs. Annie Banks Sharon Court, No. 99. Lexington, Mrs. Katie R. Jones, Lex | ington Court, No. 107. Hanover, Miss Ella Taylor, Shilo} Court, No. 110. Ashland, Mrs, Hattie P. Scott. Pe Sins ear eee ain nes.) Miss M. L.Chiles, Richmond, Excel- |. sior Court, No. 117. Mrs. J. A. Graham, Richmond, Jose- | phine Court, No. 228. Mrs. Kate Thomas, Richmond, Nar. __ eiseus Covrt, No. 229. Mrs. Mildred Johnson. Richmond, Ro: setta Court, No. 173. Mrs. Gertrude A. Patterson, Lynch- burg, Beulah Court, No. 49. Mrs. Julta A. Watts, Lynchburg, Ce- lestial Courtt No.’ 211. Mrs, Sarah P. Marshall, Suffolk, Suf folk Court, No. 63. Mrs. Sarah A. Steward. Richmond, Sarah's Court, No. 246. eS =. S | Qari F l) By efi) ye N ugh '| ae \ ee R/ ween ae Bhe ts @ charming maid to » HE 1S THE victim. pie A E ae : iH u * i. ~ _-.—. | sis >} Wega h\ ea 5 \N a *Fous wifg eartainly pars tor areee ing, old man” Gee! T wish she did!" —Chleag ed fe SEA AY ff eh i yy me fi ee fi, ~~ ee ) Mis pki 54) ip CEE og Hee : iy, Ve he Yi} ) Fas inet Me Gy TY he Wi P&E) | 4 if > Ly iL 4 7 7K U a WP AZ, . | ta ee JOSEPH G. CANKON. 2 Poor Critter. Se “t hear. that your husband 1s eritt cally 1, Mrs. Tiff,” said Mr. Gummey. Yes, be in. He criticlacs the aey tor, and" be crlticless, the sunny, on he criticises me. Oh, he's critically me ee Daily Thocehe Do you ever look at yourself when you abuse ancther?—Piantus, Nothing Hidden, Bulwer: Whenever a man commits 4 crime heaven finds a witness, Rath ai eine Mie ae ee ee Buenos Aires has @ population of is foreign, the Italians forming about 60 per cent. of the foreign population, — Good Advice. “Youtig’ man,” said a father to Kis year-old heir, “don't you think elgarette smoking Is injurious?” “Yes; for a man of your age, dad.” replied the youngster botween putts “E woutdin® advice you: to bogies it” — Chicayo Det‘: Newe. fi ~~ Z a ere WN Bi, le eS ify IN Y Wramariez AY NN i UN fi aS, ny 's op pe | ‘f € ope aif Bee ay NNR ult A ARE) i) aM igh aa’ at, ey Pee Ny |) | / i Wi eden) | fy ee BA es fy) } | | IN) \ EEE //)) / Y em ET Yi /// Hy} MA AAD Se pene We AY a ay, | | I), SS N UA fll N | HIN ; da CoM Nf |] I : iv i tet 111), \ RSI a HAL Ge NH | I Wi Chairman Republican National Com mittee. Pa ‘ell : 5 eee aot — ’ ; SAOLIGIA 2 | | : Py g ¢ | (0: os 2 ion { S33 oe 3 . } , 278 tH ¢ © f oS Ng ASl| = re Ree 4 Ses Charice for Inventors. Tin Pedier3endam, | am selling a Patent self-basting pan for roasting Old Lady—tI don’t think I'd care for that; but if you have any patent self. darning needies fer mending, I'll take one.—New York Weekly. Down by the Lake. Summer Girl-—What a queer-looking ‘boat! What kind ts it? | Boatman—That's a catboat, miss, | Summer Girl—Indeed! And where are the kitten boats?—Chicago Daily News. ee Pointing a Moral. Gulde—Here you see the waistcoat ‘worn by Lord Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar. The bullet that ended his Ufo went through this hole here. || Nurse (to charges)—Do you remem- ‘her, children, how I warned you about carelessness? If that hole had been ‘mended at the proper time, the bullet could not have goue through it, and ‘he would still be alive—Roys! Maga- wine. BS ea RIS 1M ) Wn 7 my, Re Up SG fine ty p “yf If es y if Ge | | M1 Ve THE MAN OF WHEELS. They were sitting in the cosy cor Ber of the club and talking about mu- tual acquaintances. “By the way,” asked Jones, “does anybody know what's become of Jigs- by? T haven't seen him for ages,” said Smith It appeared that Jigsby had dropped out of everybody's ken. “Such a clever chap he was, too,” went on Jones. “He was a marvel with machines, understood all of ‘em, and could do anything with ‘em. Quite a genius with whoels.” “Oh, a genius, no doubt,” said Brown. “He broke all records with the pneumatic bike.” “Ll never saw a bicyclist Ike him. He was a wonder.” “He was the first man I ever saw riding a motorbike,” said Robinson. “The inventor took it to him, and Aigsby had mastered {t in 20 minutes.” “He was clever with the motor cars, too. He was the #fst man to do 60 Miles x hour on the road." “His genius didn’t stop there,” sald Robinson, “I mot him in Paris a year or two ago, «od be was runhing 8 flying machine busii*## then. He had done the biggest fly up-to-dai¢, and be had thoughts of winning the big brize.” “It's a wonder he should have dropped out of sight, a genius like that!” sald Brown, “He's still about,” remarked a it- tle man puffing a big pipe. “Saw him last Sunday. Looked awfully melan- choly and woebogone. I pitied the boor beggar.” “What? Is he doing nothing now? “Oh, yes, he's still in the machine fod wheeling tine—still successful, 00 suecesstul, in fact. When I saw iwi he was pushing a perambulator with twins in it!” Reéecommendaticn “It seems to me that I have heard Most of the ideas advanced in your speech before.” “That,” said Senator Sorghum, “merely goes to show that they are S00d ideas which will stand wear and (ear.”—Wasbingten Star. FIVE TEeRUE | ce astoe 5 a> Se a TRERNBY (\G Hr ee FWA ra a ee SES ENS Se ae Se, ee Se caste” reared heeest eed oe ee floor with proper connection to the Sewerage system. Cement floors have proved to be the best in this, but considerable com: plaint has been made on the ground that the butter maker frequently con- tracts rheumatism and is forced out of the business. This also had a tendency to prevent some from going into the creamery work. This proves @ menace to the business. To overcome this the dairy depart: ment of the Kansas state agricultural college bas been conducting expert- ments during the past season, and has been successful, a new cement floor having been installed with the system of one-inch steam pipes laid under the conerete in such a way as to infuse ‘eat through the cement, rendering the floor warm and dry. This expert ment has been thoroughly tested dur. ing the past month, and thus far has given absolute satisfaction, The ex pense of heating is very small, as once the floor is warmed up it re quires very iittle steam to maintair @ uniform temperature. This system of heating may well be considered by stockmen. Further ex periments along this line will in al probability be conducted at the Kan sas state experiment station during the coming year, DAIRY MATTERS. The home market for American dairy products is so great that we need not worry aboyt the foreign out- let for dairy products. The dairy cow on the farm needs improving still more than the dairy cow in the barn of the professional dairyman, Green stuffs should be grown for helping the cows over the dry time of summer. Plan to raise a good buach of helfer calves this year. Look ahead two or three years to see where the price of cows ts likely to be. The high price of feed last fall sent more than the usual number of cows and heifers to the block, and it will cost good money to replace them + When cows are kept in the stable continuously, as in stormy weather, it should be cleaned often enough | to keep as free as possible from manurial ‘odors. T always use butter color in making butter, writes a farmer's wife in Farm and Home. I use one teaspoonful in summer and two teaspoonfuls in win- ter to six gallons of cream. I put it into the cream and churn the cream when ripe, that is, when it has the appear ance of velvet over the surface after it is stirred, I have a safety No. 1 Separator and never mix the warm cream with the cold cream. I use salt at rate of 1% ounces to one pound butter. eR eee ee One of the most common ways of tn- furing dairy calves is to overteed them. When the calf is left with the cow this does not occur. The ealt nurses frequently and gets little at a time. But when he is raised by hand he is fed but two or three times a day and 1s then given all he will drink He 1s ravenously hungry and fills himself up to the aching point. When he has done this a few times, his stomach has been reduced to a stato fn which he cannot digest the milk completely, and a part of this 1s passed undigested into the intestines, ‘Phat begins the scouring of the calf. If the same reckless feeding is contin ed, the calf stands a good chance of Being killed. Coloring Butter. Some folks object to coloring butter, but if the average butter were sent to market without a little coloring, it ‘would not find a sale at half its value, no matter how perfect it might be in other respects. Butter should be col- ‘ored to suit the person, or the market, for which it is intended. In no case however, should it be given a deeper color than is given it when the cow is on grass, supplemented with enough grains and concentrates to properly balance the ration. After Calving. . After calving tepid water only should be givel, as cold water may. bring on a threatening atiment. If nourishment 1s needed, a little otimeal or ground oats tn the water given will prove helpful. Let the ‘feed supplied after calving be light for a few days. SEPARATOR AND CALF. Former Does Not Rob Latter of Any Elements Needed in His Rearing. Tt is my observation that many farmers would milk cows and sell the cream if they felt sure they could at the same time produce a good calf, ‘writes a correspondent of Farm and Home. I take it for granted farm- ers know that if a skim milk calf can be successfully grown it will rep- resent one-half less cost than the caif which has bad the entire and exciu- sive attention of its dam. The hand separator, which Is used entirely in connection with the dairy business in many western states, has contributed very largely to successful calf raising. This is so because the milk can at all times be fed warm and at the same temperature, end also that it may be fed sweet at prac- teally all times. In calf feeding the uniform condition of the milk con: tributes probably more than any other one thing to successful feeding. Skim milk contains all the elements of whole milk, except the fat, and these are the elements necessary to Produce muscle, bone, hair and pro- mote growth of the young animal. Butter fat is not necessarily essential to growth of young calves, and four per cent. milk, which fs rather a higher percentage of fat than aver. age milk, contains at least two per cent. more butter fat than ts needed by the calf. To illustrate this point many farm ers will point out a certatn cow in their herd which gives thin milk, yet produces a larger and more vigorous calf than the cows which give milk contalaing much more fat. This is evidence in support of my claim that the normal amount of fat contained in cows’ milk is not needed by the calf. Skim milk contains all the elements necessary for growth, tut some fat must be fed in connéction with milk to produce a certain essenttal amount of fat in the calf's body, and also to keep the calf warm. Calves running with their dams are eating more fat than they really need, which results in loss to the owner, because it does the calf no good. When butter fat 1s selling at an average price of 22 to 23 cents per pound it will be economy to save this fat and sell it. On the other hand, if & substitute for this fat can be added to the skim milk, and this substitute 4s cheaper than butter fat, as it te, then the farmer is again practicing a system of economy, which he can't af. ford to overtook. HEALTHFULNESS OF MILK. ae ee. eee eseea epee cont jwatered milk and nillk that runs be Jow a certain standard in proportion of butterfat. But the most tmportant thing to consider is the healthfulness of milk, It will, however, be a long time before the citizen can put the cleanliness of milk ahead of the qual- ity of milk as relates to the butter fat fn it. This perhaps comes from the fact that for centuries while we had no means of testing milk it was judged on the amount of cream that rose on it. Good, clean milk is a very desirable food product. If tt could be made always clean and healthful, there {s no limit to which its sale might go. One dairy expert, says the Farmers’ Review, asserts that where poor quailty milk has done one dollar's worth of damage, dirty milk (which after carries disease germs) has done $50 worth of damage. More than once typhold fever has become epi demic through bad milk, and scarlet fever 1s often carried by it. More than that, there are to be found in mille sometimes ferments that bring about the digestive troubigs prevalent at times in varfous localities. So, to get the most good out of our investigations of milk, we should pay the most at- tention to its freedom from dirt and ferments that produce disease, SHAPELY HORNS. A Good Device for Training the Horns of Cattle. Here ts adevice for ‘training calves’ horns. -After having tried all things that I ever heard of, writes « farm- Bic cr ‘in Breeders’ Gazette, 1 found the most effective thing for that pur- 4 pose I have seen. Take an ordinary piece of two by four inch, about °° two inches longer — than from tlp to U.ef harne: sat that I ever heard of, writes a farm- °°? er in Breeders’ Gazette, 1 found the most effective thing for that pur- 4 pose I have seen. Take an ordinary piece of two by four fnch, about °°? two inches longer | i than from tip to Up of horns; put two holes near each end at the bere of the horns; also put a staple or Joop in each edge, in the center to fasten one string Around the neck. Then twist two strings together from front loop to base. of nose, then tle around the nose. Put heavy cords around each horn and tie through the two by four inch. Never use wire for Joop around horn, as it will indent the hora. Salting Butter. A Kansas dairyman has this to say in regard to salting butter: “Take the butter out of the churn, drain and Press out a part of the water on the Worker, thea weigh and salt one ounce to the pound and work enough to get the salt evenly Incorporated. Some more water or brine will run off in the working and leave the butter salted about right. In this way tt will be found that one churning will de salted very nearly like every other churning.” Beware of the Satiated, The most depressing people are ta. variably those who have everything this world can give. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. Retort Unccurteous. After a protracted sitting an English town council was desirous of adjourn. ing for lunch. The proposition was ‘opposed by the mayor. At last an il- Mterate member got ap and exclaimed: “I ham astonished, I ham surprised, I ham amazed, Mr. Mayor, that you will not let us go to lunch.” “I'm sur. prised,” exclaimed one of his col: leagues, “that a gentleman who has got so much ‘ham’ in his mouth wants any lunch at all.” By giving his wife a ring, a husband 4s supposed to take her fully into his confidence. The fact that the left hand has been chosen to wear it, stg- nifles that as the left ts weaker than the right, eo ts a wife subject to her husband, while the third finger has Deen selected because of an old super- stition that from the third finger of the left bund runs a vein directly to the heart, On Keeping Happy. There tx no doubt some selfish satis- faction in yielding to melancholy, aand fancying that we are victims of fate; in brooding over grievances, espectally {f more or less imaginary. To be bright and cheerful often requires an effort: and in this respect, as tn others, we require to wateh over and manage ourselves, almost as if we were somebody elxe.—Sir John Lub- dock. Nature's Warning. It the eyes close trritabiy at the Ught, if they twitch or the eyelids Jump or blink rapidly after some strain of work, if the eyelids redden in strong light and nervous crows’ feet or wrinkles appear around the eyes, any time before at least 50 years of age, then trouble lies ahead if the eyes are neglected. F fa eta a Sir Re This has rarely been known to fail tm giving relief: Roust a lemon very carefully without borning {t. When ft ts thoroughly hot cut 4 open In one end and aquecze into a cup containing ‘three ounces of finely powdered sugar. Take a spoonful whenever your cough troubles you. It is excellent and most agreeable to the taste, Protect the Birds. The extermination of the birds, the “policemen of the alr,” {s a possible calamity of an extent not easily con- cetved. Competent authority pre dicts that it would not only make sue. cessful agriculture impossible, ut would be followed by destruction of nearly all vegetation. Blue Books. In Engiand parliamentary reports and official publications presented. by the crown to both houses of pariia- meat are covered with a blue wrap per. In Spain the official color ts red, fn Italy green, in France yellow, im ised white, Dvictiens on Mibtinn eee, I love the twilight, this growing of day into night, as if one were van. ishing into the other. When one lives entirely with the course of nature, every day Is fully lived. Light and fire make us human beings. Man alone = far {nto the night—Auerbach, Ces Goan pees We have never seen it stated, but we are firmly uf the opinion that the Vacation habit {s an excellent preven- tive of those habits of metabolism which result in arterionclerosis.—Medi- eal Journal. Semething to Fight For. Surely, if a young man would make the most of life it must be by ident fying himself with a cause, and the more sacrifice demanded the more the unfolding of his own soul—New Ire land Review. He Couldn't. “Now, just tell oe story in your own words,” said the lawyer to the witness. “But I'm under oath, ain't 1?" replied the frank witness—Yonk- ers Statesman. Little Study Overworked Him. Dispatches say a noted football player's mind has been affected by overstudy. Sounds a good deal like an automobile suffering from spavin. Ape’s Advantage In Muscularity. An ape weighing 60 pounds is far more than a match, singlehanded, for ‘an unarmed man of three times his ‘weight. Pati Patience {s not much of a virtue) when it Is utilized for the purpose of teaching a dog to hop on three fect. Wage War on Wood Pigeons. Englishmen of Mid-Devon have or ganized to wage & war on wood pigeons. Listeners Needed. Boardman: The world is dying for want, not of good preaching, but of good hearing. When He Wins. It’s when a man gets on top that he can write his name at the bottom of m check. Gravity and Wisdom. Confuctus: Gravity ts only the bark of wisdom, but it preserves it. Eat Meat But Once a Week. Among the laboring classes in Ger- many meat once & week fs the rule, _ ‘h Siete Cink te A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart; his next, to escape the consures of the world. If the last interferes with the former, it ought to be entirely neg: lected; but otherwise there cannct be ‘& greater satisfaction to an honest mind, than to see those approbations Which it gives itself seconded by the ‘spplauses of the public.—Joseph Addt oon. Rnigbts of Pythi nights of Pytbias, N. A.,S. A. E. A., A. AND A, oUt This organization is one of the most powerful in the country and it: fh SBX_—_progress has been phenominal. The Grand Lodge of Virginia has juris \G\_ diction over all of the cities and counties in thisstate. Thirty male: < ¥} are required to organize a new lodge. The benefits paid constitute one wow Sq of its strongest features, but the principles are greater than anything CD *, else. Founded on Friendship, based on Charity and established on Be. Rk nevolence, the respectable, upright people of the state will find it an order SEOaS Y worthy of their heartiest support Sam 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 uecessary regalla, For information concerning the orgauzaition of lodges apply at the main office. Is the Female Department of the Order. It requires a quebec of thirty persons to organize a court. Itsmempers 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, 5 cents and arosette, costing 25 cents for funeral occasions. THE BANDS OF CALANTHE or Children’s Department also con- stitutes a feature and persons canuot do better than to enter the little ones into this mystic circle. The expense is nominal aud the benefits all that could be expected. It pays from $1.00 to $1.50 sick dues and death benefits of from $30.09 to $40.00. If you have noPythian Lodge or Court or Band in your neighborhood, orgrniz one. For all information concerning the Children’s Depariusent address, Mrs. ANNA Taytor, W. M., 120 W. Hill St., Richmond, Va. For all information concerning special rates of JOHN MITCHELL, JR., membership in the lodges and courts, address 311 N. 4th St., Richmond, Va Lavender Water as Disinfectant. Love Your Friends. Developing Bad Memories. According to m’ereat French chem-| Love your friends, and do not put| There fs one way of developing tm- fet the free use of lavender water by |them from you. Tell them of your] pregnable forgetfulness which {a in- those wha must purse contagious dis.‘ love not once but often; and do not| variably effective, and that ts to put eases will greatly lessea the dangers | merely tell it, but prove your words | a man on the stand to testify to some of Infection. It is certainly a more to them and repeat the proof. Open| thing which he doesn’t want to tell— agreeable disinfectant than most of your heart and jove thom kinglywise. | New York Tribane those in common use and gives a Make merry for them, make them hap- —_—_— fresh, clean odor to a sickroom that py, give them brightness, make your | Reassured. te ver? agreeable. | ome cheery for them! The lost op | pnronean Father (epasotinety te his May Meve Jardin des Plantes. A project is being considered for the transference of the Jardin des Plantes to a site three. miles outside Parts, where it is Intended to create a 100- logical oasis in which the animals can Mave comperatiag. Weerty. Large te closures containing trees, lakes and ; watercourses are to be constructed. Island Home of Bats. Bats were the only family of native mammals found on the thousands of small tslauds in the Pactiic. These ts- lands are so far away from the great continents that no mammalx but the flying bats could reach them. The ¥a- riety of bats kuown on earth ts about 400. Queer Name fer Oregon Town. Asbestos Is the name of a thriving Oregon settlement, and one might sup- pose it to be the hottest town tn the state. But {t stands well up in tho mountains of Josephine county, and secured its name from the asbestos mine near by. Beyond Man's Realization. Men make fun of the fashions, but even the wisest of them do not rea- lize that the styles change tn the tn visible clothes, with quast-vistble rib- bons, just as often as they do for the more apparent ones. 6: Vie Crush the sou! of a woman, and you ‘extinguish her life and shed darkness on all who surround her. She cannot rally from pain or labor, or misfortune, if her higher nature is ignored.—Joha Lord. Rirt-Ratt, Riet fs Anglo-Saxon and means “rag;” Raff ts also Anglo-Saxon, and means “sweepings.” Hence, the off- scourings of society, the refuse from the sweepings—!uman trash, . Wealth Not Happiness. Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it The more a man has the more he wants. If it satisfles one ‘want {t doubles and trebles that want another way.—Franklia. Coffee Without Caffeine. “Caffeinless coffee” is a late German product, made by dissolving out all Dut a trace of the caffein of raw cof. fee. The flavor, aroma and appearance are practically unaffected. Uselessness of Worry. Sympathy Is loving understanding, and the expression of tt helps a lot. Worry 1s sympathy run to seed—and ' Chat doesn't hel» in the least. SMGMTCOK Severeys wtp Clever, Shamrock brought from Ireland and planted in England always doveloped {nto clover, said Dr. W. E. 8t Law: rence Fanny at Kingston. Wise Precaution. If you are going to live on bread and cheese and Kisses, be sure you get the Kisses before eating the cheese, Success. A man fs usually Justified in deller. Ing he has succeeded when others be gin to imitate what he has done. | Seldom. It ts frequently as easy to do right as to do wrong, but it is seldom as Unrilling. Life's Foolish Period. About the time a boy commences to think about smoking, s girl ¢om ‘mences to think about filrting. Love Your Friends. Love your friends, and do not put them from you. Tell them of your love not once but often; and do not merely tell {t, but prove your words to them and repeat the proof. Open your heart and love them kinglywise, Make merry for them, make them hap- py, give them brightness, make your home cheery for them! The lost op portunities we most regret were? portunities for loving.—The Better Way. His Changs. The journaltst handed in at a West End post office a telegram to bis wife in which, from force of habit, he had marked bis sentences with little crosses in place of full stops. “Do you want all these kisses transmit: ted?” asked the girl behind the coun: ter, “You know you'll have to pay for each as a word.” “No, I'll take up those crosses as change.” said the Journallst, sweetly. —London Chronicle. No Law Against Ridiculousness. Certainly, Eustace, you may wear a striped suit with wedge-shaped pock ets, and low shoes with buckles on them, and a hat that turns up in front and down fn the back, and carry & swagger atick with ribbon tled to it, if you want to. The city comptrot ler has looked up the question and finds there ts no law against it. The public is therefore quite helpless in the matter.—Kansas City Star. THE MT. CLEMENS HOTEL AND MINERAL BATH HOUSE AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PLAN. Phone, 245. Has opened its doors for the accommodation of COLORED PEOPLE that may come to Mt. Clem ens in the future for their Health and Treatment on Rheumatism. It is the only Hotel and Mineral Bath House own- ed and conducted by a colored man at any of the health resorts in the Un- ited States. MMT Write tor Special Rates. WH GRO. I, HUTCHINSON, Pror. 48 Welts St., - Mt. Clemens, Mich. ‘Established 1809. "Phone 4100. JOHN FOXEL, Denier in General Line of FANCY AND STAPLE GROCERIES, NOTIONS, PRESH MEATS, Cl- GARS, TOBACCO, ICE, ‘WOOD, COAL, fc. 11 68 6TH ST. RICHMOND, VA Developing Bad Memories. ‘There is one way of developing tm- pregnable forgetfulness which fs in- variably effective, and that 1 to put a man on the stand to testify to some thing which he doesn’t want to tell— New York Tribune. Reassured. European Father (consolingly to his daughter Ernestine)—Do not weep, me child. You will not have to marry the dissolute count. Save your tears for the poor American heiress who gots him. Poor Satan. Satan ducked nervously at a passing “honk!” and gazing at the distant cloud of dust sighed: “To think I was ‘once considered the worst of horned things!"—Yale Record. Sanguinary African Proverb. ‘The savages of Africa seek wisdom from their proverbs. Here is one of them: “One head impaled on the gate- post is more valuable than six on the shoulders of enemies.” A Man’s Work. ‘When a man begins to do his work merely for the sake of getting it done he may as well give up hope that his salary will ever be increased. i a FREE! An Astrological Reading sent free te anyone enclosing two cent stamp for mailing charges, etc, Send date and month of birth. Write to day and address PROF. J. H. HOLMES, 1015 Baltic Avenue Atlantic vity, N. J. SCHOOL SHOES, SSS Capitol Shoe & Supply Company, No. 210 East Broad Street. A complete stock of Boys,’ | Misses,’ Men’s, Ladies,’ & _ Children’s Shoes. | ALL THE LATEST STYLES, BOARDING & LODGING Rates Reasonable, All the Comforts 2} oftiome 4 4 Orders received by letter or telegraph MRS. BOOKER LEFTWICH, 816 N. 2nd St., Bicbmond, Vs BLACKWELL & BRO. ONE OF THE LEADING PAINTERS Practical House and Painters, Graining and Samer Contes swswALL, WORK GUARANTEED...... Cards, Letters or Orders, ~Give as © trial, you will never regret tt... Address, 08 St. Peter Strovt, ' BICEMOND. VA. MRS. JOSIE A. GRAHAM Virginia’s Most Success- ful Hair Culturist. ses -PARLORS..... 108 E. Leigh St, - Richmond, tt ohone, 1034. Private Parlors, Confidential Inter views and Correspondence. The largest and most up-to-date Hair Dressing Parlors in Richmond. ‘The very best preparations that cam be made for the hair, scalp, face and skin. Graham's Superior Scalp Food for growing hair on bald heads and Dare temples, 25cts. per jar. By mall, 260ta, itaham’s Superior Orange Flower Skin Fo * for developing and beautt fying the skin, 26cts jar. By mail 35cts, Graham's Superior Velvet Liquid Powder for giving the face a beau- Uful fair color, 25 cents a bottle. By mail 35cts. Graham's Vegetable Hair Dye the dest on market giving a rich natural Solr $1.00 per bottle. By mall, 1.25, Mrs. Graham makes a specialty of massaging apt beautifying ladles faces for parues and public gather- ings, 35 cents. Mrs. Graham suampoos the head and puts ft in a healthy condition, 25 cents, All ladies who attend parties and other octal gatherings should have their finger nails manteured and made beautiful, 25 cents. Mrs. Graham's preparations sell at sight. Ladies living in other cl- ties and towns can make good mon- ey by selling these preparations. Write for terms to Mrs. J. A. Gra- ham, No. 108 E. Leigh St. Rice- mond, Va. "Phone 2048 — a W. Leigh S John H. Braxton REAL ESTATE & LOANS Private Banker and Broker, Loans negotiated on Real Estate, Interest allowed on Deposita, 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, PURE WHISKEY Will Satisfy the lover of the right | kine of stimulant. Bpecial prices. We have all grades of good liquors, | Cigars and Tobacco. Call and see | ISAAC STRAUS & CO., 422 E. Broad St., Richmond, Virginia, Se ip Aes NN aie | 5. W. ROBINSON, NO. 23 NORTH 18TH ST. ere FINE WINES, LIQUORS. | CIGARS, &c. 8@- All Stock Sold as Guaranteed.-we PROMPT ATTENTION ‘Your patronage is respecttully solicited | GEORGE O. BROWN, __PROTOGRAPHER, 603 N, 2nd 8t., Richmond, Va. Fae eet ease alee i eaeen eee ‘THE ECONOMY, 303—5 North Third*St SEIN EY ae eerie CLEANING, DYEING ANL REPAIRING CHITMAN M. WHITE, PROPRIETOR. A. Hayes OFFICE AXD WARE-ROOMS, 727 North Second Street. + RESIDENCE, 72 WE ao First-class Haekw ‘of all descriptions. 1 room for bedies when @is have not = suitable pines. All eoun- try orders are given special atten- tion. Your special attention te eatl- 8 to the new style Oak Gaskets. Gall amd seo me and you dial be ‘waited on individually. ‘Pumne, 2778. Haslet cs UOT eS iS ANS , cy = : FOR DARK CORNER In the accompanying sketch, @ capital suggestion is given for a way of utilizing a dark corner of the hall. It is an arrangement that is intended Ss @ substitute for the ordinary hat and umbrella stand, which is never a very sightly thing, and one on which hats and coats are liable to become very dusty and dirty if left hanging up for any length of time, It ts quite a simple matter to ar. Fange a corner in the way shown in the sketch. and the amateur carpenter a ES Recess Wy i | ee Ul) a he a Ge Exp RY tia Reed have no fear tn undertaking tt. ‘When the curtain is drawn entirely Across it forms a kind of cupboard, in which hats, coats and umbrellas may be kept out of sicht and entirely free from dust. For the roof, a triangular plece of wood must be obtained, cut to fit the corner, and this is supported At a suitable height by means of two bars of wood nailed to the wall on either side underneath it. A glance at the small sketch at the top left- band corner will explain this, and “A” marks the two bars of wood support- ing the roof of the cupboard. A few inches under this are fixed two rows Of pegs; articles of this kind may be Dought for very little, ready-made, or the pegs and the boards can be Purchased separately and screwed to- gether and then nailed up in thetr places. When the woodwork has been placed tn position, a small flounce, of material to match the curtains, should be fastened along the odge, with small Drass-headed nails and a brass rod arranged Just inside on which the cur: tains may be hung. Only one curtain fs shown in the sketch, but efther one that will pull right across or twe di- ‘vided in the center should be used. A Uttle three-cornered bamboo umbrella stand, or one of the drain-pipe pat- tern, will fit comfortably in the cor- ner, and on the roof will be found a mice space for 4 pot with a fern or other ornaments. ee en ‘The drawing string Is now obsolete, as {s the appendix or the ear-moving muscles. Formerly the matn reltanee of woman's undergarments, it has been relegated by the new sheathlike skirts to a position which {s complete ly ignored by the up-to-date dress. maker, For the up-tovate dress. maker reallzes the importance of un- derwear in 4 perfect fitting gown, and she Insists that the lingerles be ad- fasted to the figure as carefull? as the dress itself. Now, the drawing strings never ®uaranteed anything save conventence even fn the days when skirts were flaring as a peony, and in these days their use fs sure to produce great bungling welts under the skirt and Bodices. For this reason, no woman who pretends to dress well now ac: knowledges acquaintance with the drawing string, Mas Picken Canteen In smartest hat trimmings, wheth- er of ribbons, flowers or feathers, do we again find wondrous color com- Dinations, and in the straws, fancy braids or silks that supply a founda- tion for the choicest hats. Nature is mot only duplicated to perfection in every known flower, but there are ef- fects unknown to natural laws, where roses are blue and Mlacs are yellow and violets pink, white and shades of ‘wood color—gray, brown and purple— are retained in flowers, besides tapes- try colorings that prove fascinating in thelr subdued quaint style beauty. Sees ihe trulteerioe apeataga plums—are in colors equally unreal.— ‘Vogue. Frills for Front of Waist. A pretty accessory for a plain waist fs a double frill that may be sewed on the edge of the opening down the front. The under frill shows almost an tach beyond the upper one, and both are taken into a half-inch band. * The frill is widest at the neck and tapers off almost to a point at the Waist line. It can be made from cambric, lawn or net and edged with narrow lace. Fifty cents will buy the frill ready for wear, but any odd scraps left over from white sewing will furnish mate- rial, if one has Ume or cares to make it at home. RULES FOR HEALTHFUL SLEEP. Matter of Importance That Is Too Frequently Neglected. Some people think that as long as they sleep it does not matter how they do it, or when. This ts a mistake, as the rules of hygiene are as clearly marked for our night as for our day habits. Most of us have improved tn our sleeping hygiene, We no longer snug- gle down in billowy feather beds and pull another one on top of us for extra warmth, Instead we have a bai mattress, or the best substitute within ‘our means. It {sa mistake, by the way, to think that a mattress to be healthful must be very hard. A medium degree of softness ts to be aimed at, as to the average person 4 couch like unto the soft side of a board is a rest destroyer, and means aching bones in the morn- ing. Single beds, which are more used wach year, are another step forward in hygiente sleeping. Especially are they essential in the nursery or where chfidren must sleep in the same room as thelr parents. The more open a Dedatead the greater the circulation of alr, therefore the more refreshing the slumber. Another essential to healthful sleep {s position. Do not le in a hunched up, twisted, distorted attitudes. The right side with the limbs relaxed and the head free of the covers I the cor rect way both for rest and health. Be warm, but not smothered in a weight of covers. Its lightness fs one of the strongest recommendations for the elderdown quilt Fresh air tx absolutely necessary It hygienic sleeping is to be had. MADE UP IN NORFOLK STYLE. Pretty Costume for Young Lady of from 11 to 13 Years of Age. Serge, fine twoed, or cloth is gener ally used for a costume of this de scription. Our model fa in a navy blue Y qn, Y cuits ears oooh A diagonal serge. The skirt is arranged in deep plaits turning from the center front. ‘The jacket is the regulation Nor. folk, and is lined with striped silk fancy enameled buttons are used for fastening. White straw hat trimmed with a large bow of blue silk. Materials required: 514 yards serge nd 3 yards lining silk. Alcohol for Oily Skin. An olly skin fs one of the most bu: miliating thing one can have. It is simply Impossible for a girl to look sweet and dainty when her skin {s olly. An olly skin seems to gather up ‘all the dust in the air, and for that Teason it is an undesirable possession if for no other reason. Then when the nose becomes oily it shines like a beacon of light. ‘Wipe the skin once or twice a day, as the necessity arises, with a litle diluted alcohol. Borax also Is excel- Tent, although one should always be careful not to use too much of this. A few drops of ammonia in the water ‘occasionally will help, but a pinch of borax added to the warm water is the better of the two. After wiping the skin with the di- luted alcohol powder it lightly but thoroughly with & good and pure face powder, and the skin wil! appear much less oily. Tine Satin Tle and Tassel. A tiny band of black satin about the end of a collar is attractive, even if there ix no other b'ack on the entire costume. Finished off in a small flat dow knot or tiny Jabot with long ends finished with a tassel or fringe, this little tle gives an attractive note to any gown and is especially effective with @ somewhat elaborate lingerie, lace or chiffon bodice. In Paris these tles are worn in all colors and with al- most every style of dress, being formed generally of soft satin fin. ished silk, with a tassel of gold or sil ver thread, | Ecru Net Borders. Charming little borders can be made ‘from ecru filet net appliqued with a tele lace of the same kind hemmed or ‘trimmed with folds or bands of black satin. If liked, these may be braided or corded in black or a pastel color, though for smart practical wear the satin bands undecorated will be quite suffictent. _ Worn over a colored frock and con- fined at the waist line with a black satin belt the effect will be very smart E . Where Ignorance Is Biles, . Ttalian Proverb: He who knows ‘pothing never doubts, THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND. VIRGINIA. 81S HOPKINS’S SAYINGS, ‘Many an every-day man {s a weak In Terre Hut there is a shoemaker named Fitzhugh. ‘That ts better than moat of them can do. Pa says the most beautiful thing you can say of a woman {s that hor mind is as lovely as her face. Ma says failures belong to one or two classes—either a man Is too clev- er for the public or not clever enough. —Rose Melville, in St. Louts — REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. ‘The best citizens are in the obituary notices. A girl likes some particular man so whe can change off. Rosy cheeks are nice to look at, but they don't taste any better. Some people are so restless thoy'lt 0 to church for something to do. The reason so many men fall in Jove with a girl is her imagination. A woman tells a man he's go0d-look- tng to make him think he's also smart. It’s awful selfish of a man to wear 8 good clothes as the sons he sup- porta. ‘One good thing about politicians ts they make you think so much better of the rest of humanity. One of the best times a woman ever has ts trying to make people belleve sho did at another sho ts telling them about. A useful thing to invent would be something that would make other {n- ventions work the way you pay your money to have them—New York Press. SAGE SAYINGS OF OSCAR. Liddle pitchers spill a tot of foam. A hen on der nest iss wort two birts fm der hant. Breat cast upon der vaters iss, so to splk, in soak. Many a voice ts cultivationed mit- ould yielding a crop. A goot Indian does nod necessity deserfe a eulogistic. Many men gife up smoking so dot dey von't haf to gife up money. Eferyding vich goes up musd come down—except der necessitaries of life. Many a fiveand-ten-cent store girl makes a man look like tirty cents— ‘Chicago Journal. PERT PARAGRAPHS, A man's idea of rest often is simply ‘to have his wife quit talking. We tke to think well of others, but some of them seem just dead set against allowing us to do so. Generally a self-sacrificing woman is simply working out in her own way the principle of self-preservation. AmMition easily keeps a man out of ded at night, but it fs not an effective brand unless it gets him out of bed im the morning as weil. 4 man who never lets anything es- cape him has a hard time deciding be- tween his own and the other fellow’s. Nashville American. BROTHER WILLIAMS’ REASONING. Anyways you look at it de gospel is all right. Stand ft on fts head, an’ its feet’ll touch de stars. Flyin’ wid angel wings in de here- after will be too much work for me, Please, God, I'll ax fer a balloon. Job wuz lak’ many a human fn dis day an’ time: Long ez he wuz po' an‘ ‘Micted he hollered mightily; but 1 reckon dat w'en he hit prosperity he /epruced up an’ sald: “Didn't I tell you or" Compromise Suggestion. Knicker—Do you think ships should be commanded by the line or the otat? Bocker—Why not have a man who excels in horsemanship?—Judge. i ‘That Spoils It. | “Don't you believe in love at first sight?” |, “At first aight, yes; but sometimes you take another look."—Judge. *y p- LE =? MOTE] -| IL 7 RSS WM.MILLER, { aay ieee WITHIN 2 BB gpg, ort cock or Sarit, a L STREET CAR INES} i [ys a pie SERTHAT TAKE Vou a iti t i, Ra gay iP e TOALY. il a , eer" eta 06 te . Ht N 4 ih se Op og as * TERMS. So SECOND AND LEIGN STS. RICHMOND, Va. - oe ee Se ea Eee ee ee ~* e 2 Hat Repairing. Silk, Stiff and Soft Felt Hats Cleaned. Blocked, 2Scts; and SOcts Binding. Bands, Sweat Leathers, also Soft Hats made to order. AMERICAN HATTERS, 404 E. Marshall St. €66599993909955900 fErerinegtveritry 2» FURNITURE» @ FLoor 4 s SYONOR & HUNDLEY, ING. ¢ Leaders. aa 713 EAST om ‘The Expensive Part. “Does it cost much to live tin the city?” asked the old lady from the amall village. ‘Oh, no,” repliod her city nephew, “R doesn't cost any more to live in the city than {t does in the country. but it costs three times as much to keep up appearances."—Chieago Daily News. KITCHEN CHEEK. se i) NG ua 3 1 ea Sse hg — Bo Pe Ber f= —| “Ie that the morning paper you've wot there, Audrey? “Yes, mum.” “Well, your master wants t.” “I ain't through with ft yet, mum.” cinaa i ec A young Celtic maiden in Tenn. Once remarked, "I adore all men, But my heart's fondest joy In that broth of a boy, Young Patrick ‘O'Houlihan Henn —Sudge. Mistaken Identity. O’Hagan—O! have found the man that hit me wid @ brick as Of was Bassin’ the alley, Mr. Murphy. Mr. Murphy—And what did you do with him? O'Hagan—Nothin’, “Twas all a mis- take—the man was only doing his duty. He thought Of was a policeman tm plain clothes, Feminine Loglo. “How can anything be better than the best?” inquired the logician. | “Well,” answered the casual ac- quaintance, “I heard the bride at the wedding say the other day that though the bridegroom had a best man, she had a better."—Baltimore American, The Difference. Joke-Writer—I wish I had started this thing earlier. Why, six months @go no one could have convinced me I could write a joke. Unsympathetic Friend—And now no ‘one can convince you that you can't— Judge. Sede Clergyman—My child, beware of picking a toadstool instead of a mush- room. They are easy to confuse. Child—That be ail roight, sur, that be. Us bain’t agotn’ to eat ‘em our- selves; they're a-going to market to be sold.—Royal Magazine, A Sporty Tip. ‘There ts certainly one sport which can consistently be indorsed by mom- bers of church.” “What ts that one?” “Steeple chases.”—Baitimore Amer fean. Double Education. Every person has two educations; one which be receives from others, and one more important which he Gives himself.—Gibbon. ‘The Henpecked, “Poor old Pipp!” “What's wrong with him?” “Hadn't you heard? His earthly troubles are ended forever.” “That so? Why, when did bis wife die?"—Cleveland Leader. After the Failure. Expert Accountant—Did you not keep a cash book? | Cashler—No; the money went out so goon after it came fn that we could not enter itJudge. Sizing Him Up. “Does your husband play poker?” “I don't think 80,” auswered young Mra, Torkins; “but some of the men he meets at the card tables do.” —Washington Star. Unexplained. “Why do women enjoy weeping at & matinee?” sald he. “I don’t know,” answered she. “Why 40 men enjoy geting ansry at the uur pire?"—Washington Star. 60 YEARS" EXPERIENCE Par ‘Trace Manns Drea Conynravrs &c. Aare soae eters Hixtares Riceaent lpbok cx Pecsets Pater (tee tSercte eee ptsoetng or Scientific American, a penteorely Mestetad wostty. Levers benteeryez Meseetae meee eames hi EGasseres lec iat ieaeeh Sis rece wanse JORGEN'S SON ‘Before making your purchase you would do well to call at the most reliable furniture house in the city and see the fine line of REFRIGERATORS, MATTINGS, OIL-CLOTHS And in fact everything that is needed in house furnishings. RUGS AND CARPETS Of every description; also the latest designs in ROCKERS and special CHAIRS. Qur geode are the best forthe price and| C. G. JURGEN’S SON, ADAMS AXD BRoaD STREETS. — nk nies em eee ON 8 A PROBLEM SOLVING INSTITUTION. ae TO OWN YOUR HOME MEANS TO SOLVE THE NRGRO PROBLEM. HEN BUYING, 2 Wiss SELLING, hie ; HEN RENTING PROPERTY call on the PEOPLE’S REAL ESTATE & INVESTMENT Co PEOPLE'S REAL ESTATE & INVESTMENT Co eB REALTY IN ALL Ol ITS BRANCHES § 707 North Second Street, Richmond, Virginia. ‘Telephone, 4854- 4 & J.J. CARTER, President, W. F. DENNY, Se. = RAN ONUE CAS CVO NOUR CIRT IMT PROUT SSCS SEEE SRE Sees eeeeeeeaese BS The People's Restaurant, egy —— —— 750 North 3rd St., Richmond, YVa—— —— eee ee MEALS at All Hours—Hot or Colé, Board by Day, Week or Month. SOFT DRINKS. POLITE ATTENTION GIVE ME A CALL Mme. SYLVIA L. MITCHELL, Proprietress. SHEVA e#ecoeteeeeeeaeaneese IS MTN Rae NT OND! | ’Phone, 577. Richmond, Va - A. D. PRICE, _ Funeral Director, Embalmer and Liveryman. All orders promptly filled at short notice by telegraph or tel- ephone. Halls rented for meetings and nice entertainments. Plenty of room with all necessmry conveniences. Large. picnic or band wagozs for hire at reasonable rates and nothing but first- class, carriages, buggies, ete. Keep constantly on hand fine fun- eral aupplies. "sy No. 212 East Leigh Street. go (Residence Next Door.) OPEN ALL DAY AND NIGHT.—Man on Duty All Night. SRE RNR ENR rn earn rrr erence i tq HAIR GROWER & é QWKIN § RESTORER <7 (TRADE MARK REGISTERED) . 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EIGHT soeaieeanemmmecs=eceel cea To Heh ea Nea ee Seo) SATURDAY JUNE 20, 1908 REMARKABLE SCENES AT THE MEETING PLACE correctly, the police officials who give. to the police the orders that they have reesived from those behind them: the repeater constantly bobs up; the thug is a familiar figure; in- timédation and force are prevalent methods In point of fact, the methods in Texas and California, in Maine and Louisiana are so similar as almost to awaken a bellef that these politi- cians compare notes and exchange confidences and work throughout the nation upon preconcerted plans. In the Fifth District of Kentucky for instance, it might have been “Spunk” Brown himself who led the gang of repeaters that did as they pleased, but elected a set of Taft del- egates to tha National Convention In the Second Texas district the of- fice holders assumed charge, and ig- nored absolutely the majority that had control up to the time that or- ders were given to corral a solid delegation for Taft In the Florida State Convention every delegate selected was a Federal office holder, and the Administration men there did not take the trouble to notify the voters ut large that a convention was to be held The Sixth Kentucky is typical— the coniitions there are repeated through the pages of scores of briefs submitted to the convention by con- testants from all over the Union. In| this district it was charged—and there are affidavits to back up every charge made in these contests—that the Taft delegates were eleated through “the grossly unfair, unlaw- ful and infamous acts and omissions of persons acting or assuming to act as permanent chairmen ar! the tel- lers of the Ward and Conuty Con- ventions and who with other work- ers amd supporters conspired to se- cure the election of delegates to the District Convention favorable to their side, through ballot-box stuffing, re- peating,, intimidation, the improper use of the police, the use of trans- parent ballots, the improper conduct and coercion practised by a large number of city and county officers and employes, the unlawful procure- ment and permission of voting in said conventions by Democrats, non- residents, minors and others not en- Utled to vote.” ‘This was not in New York under- stand, but In the South FREEDOM AT THE POLLS A JOKE. In Mississippi, the Federal off clals took possession of the creden- tlals of all the delegates, permitted men whose seats were contested to Yote in the Committee on Credentials on their own cases, and ended by holding a convention in a rear room at the door of which 2 United States Marshal kept out the regular dele- gates by flourishing his gun Instances like the above and the others which have been cited abound in every section of the country. It is a fact that must come to be raal- fzed shortly that freedom at the polls is a joke. It is a fact, which Must shortly be realized that. as “Spunk” Brown recently declared, government by the people is a joke. The people in a score of States did hot elect the delegates who will sit at Chicago—not even the delegates. whose seats are not contested. These briefs show that the Republican Ad- ministration, working through its of- fice holders, managed the primaries, selected the delegates and ran the conventions to suit themselves, In Missouri gangs of repeaters lke the “Monk” Eastman gang offi- ciated. In Virginia the office-hold- era were in full charge, and in North Carolina a condition of affairs was Presented that will tax the ingenuity of the Republican leaders to siide out The entire delegation from North Carolina went to the convention with a contest and a blunt statement of the case in which no words are min- ced. The Negroes of North Carolina claim that, representing more than two-thirds of the Republican voting strength in the State, they were de- prived of all participation in the con- vention that selected delegates to Chi- cago. They serve final notice on the Republican Party that they have come to the parting of the ways. Excited by the Brownsville affair, indignant at the treatment that has always been accorded Negro voters by the Republican Party, these cou- testents announce that they are go- ing to Chicago for the final appeal to the Republican Party. “You have flattered us, and load- us down with promises,” say they, Sioa ‘as often have ridden rough shod over our rights. We now call for a m, and the several millions ‘Negro voters ali over the country looking at you and waiting for decision in our case. The del- ‘who were elected in North Car ‘no more represent the Repub- sentiment of North Caroling would a convention of Demo- The real Republican voters not permitted to act. Now, gratiemen. h: -hat are you going to a ™ ‘Meanwhile the people who tope for r politics, for real reform, for to the good old times when shall really elect their re-| can only watch and ‘and yote in accordance with they see with their own eyes. CAROLINA VOTERS DE- OF RIGHTS IN DEL- reg TE ELECTIONS. In North Carolina there is pre- wented in the general contest over ‘the delegates-at-large as well as over the delegates from the First, Second, Weak Man | Receipt Free. Any map who saffers with nervous debility, loss of natural power, weak back, failing memory or deficient manhood, brought on by excesses, follies of youth, may cure bimself » ‘Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and caghth Districts an issue fraught with danger for the Republican cause ‘in the coming campaign, and partic- ularly sinister is its relation to the candidacy of Secretary Taft. ‘This ts the question of the right ‘of the Negro to politieal activity in the South. Deeply incensed over the Brownsville incident and always re- senting the disfranchisement of his race in the States below Mason’s and Dixon's line the Negro from North Carolina is going to the Chicago con- ‘vention with a perfect case of inti- ‘midstion and deprivation of the right of franchise and through the Repub- lican brethren in North Carolina the Negroes all over the country are eagerly awaiting its outcome. In the general brief submitted in this case, the nation-wide extent of the political corruption of the age is ‘once more amply demonstrated. W. 8. Hagans, 8. H. Vick, former Judge T. H. Sutton (white), and J. D. Dor- get (white) are the contesting dele- gates. pata DEPRIVED OF RIGHTS IN THE CONVENTION Their general claim is that they were absolutely deprived of all right to yarticipate in the convention which named the delegates-at-large to the Chicago Convention, where- fore, being in a decided inajority. they’ organized a separate conven: tion and named the delegates whe will demand soats tn the Chicago gathering. It is @ red-hot document that has been prepared by these delegates and it spares neither Taft nor Pres. ident Roosevelt himself tn its sum- ming up of the indignities that have deen heaped upon the Republican Ne- gro in the South at the hands of his ‘own party. Referring to the North Carolina “bosses who came with badges of national joffice and instructed for Taft, because Roosevelt wanted him" the appeal says: Traitors and usurpers have tra- duced the mission of the grand old Republican Party—in the shape of the “lily white office holding bri- gade." “These men, after receiving Negro votes—making the Negro step ping stones into high positions of honor and trust—have kicked him out of the primary conventions and party councils, indorsed the revised Southern constitutions and Jim Crow- ism. In fact, these political montebanks in thetr ‘exclusion and degradation of the Negro, have put to shame ev- ery other political organization in the world, in hostile antipathy to the truest and best ally of the Republi- can Party. iAnd as sure ms God tules in’ Heaven the “Party” must do one of two things—at must obsolve itself from that graft, greed. and destruction of its vital principles by official ingrates, or it must free the Negro from any further allegiance to the party. ‘Then follows an extraordinary at- tack upon the President himself which is Indicative of a spirit on the Part of the Negro which looks be. yond the Chicago convention to ac Hon at the polls. Says the appeal: This unfaithfulness to a true and patriotic people has found lodge- ment In the highest office of the na. tion, and whore inconsistency them: unwarranted by the Constitution and Statutory law of the Republic, and whose arts stand out in bold rellef with not a parallel in the civilized Kingdoms of the world. Hera, a President-tesiring to pan- der to a sentiment of racial preju- dice that his own personal popularity and political preferament may fol low In the wake of his fawning: that he unsheaths his Executive sword and buries it to the hilt into the bravest and best disciplined ragiment of Negro soldiers in America, and has opened @ sore in the political Vitality of tha Negro that will not eal. Notwithstanding he has plastered ‘over the cut his Tylers, and he has left his shaft protruding where he placed it eodtt@ When Senator Foraker has Seen & poor and helpless race, yet true and faithful, writhing and stag- gering under that fatal wound, he has come forth with a measure for Congress to remove the foul knite. But our President—ours only, be- cause the Negro saved his life at San Juan Hill, and subsequently ¢- lected ‘him tothe high position he holds to-day—is he who defied Con. gross with his big veto club of any measure removing his Executive Jave- lin from the wounds of a defenceless people. And, further, the President has en- Meavored to choke down the throats of the American poople his big Sec retary, who has justified him in ev- erything he has done to the race. And this Secretary, too, being se- lected by the President and pushed forward by all of the power at the command of that high office—know- ing, at the same time, that he (Sec- retary Taft) Indorses the revised Southern Constitutions, Jim Crowism and the “Lily White” propaganda in the South, which is synonymous of mob violence and base ingratitude. ‘This petition for the rights of the Negro, as represented by the alleged irregular convention, composed of whites and blacks, closes with this fervent appeal to the national dele- gates: ‘These petitioners reflecting the ‘sentiments of 12,000,000 Afro-Amer- ican souls, together with millions of Uberty loving people _ everywhere, Frere’ ANd beseech the reat Party to meet at Chica- mo ‘om thea Vath of Seas te le FORMER COLLECTOR IN CON- TROL OF CONVENTION. ‘The convention against which the Negroes protest was controlled by E. C. Duncan, Republican State Com- THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. CLELLEPEP EOL EL ODE SLEDS EOELOSLSOPFESES SS OSOSES ODED | Do Ho! Ho! To BUCKROE! i gs: ——— eee F : : ’Tis Mount O. 3 | 3 t Mount Olivet Baptist Church 3 | WILL GIVE ITS ANNUAL EXCURSION TO $ BUCKROE BEACH 3 te 2 TUESDAY, SURY 200s. Rn amas : - mitteeman and late Collector of In- ternal Revenue for the Eastern Dis- trict of tha State. It is a fact well known that the charges made by the Negroes are true. Now, however, they have been put into legal shape and are before the court of last re- sort of the Republican Party for ad- judication. ‘The ‘farty must go on record—and thera is danger, what- ever disposition Is made of the case. ‘The contest in the First North Car- olina District covers practically the same ground as the general contest over the entire delegation from this State, and parallels the changes made as to the general State Convention. D. M. Perkins and R. M. Lee are the contestants in the First District, and their charges set forth onca more those peculiar conditions which ex- ist in both of the old political par- thes. In this district the regular Repub- Hean convention was called for May 8. at Elizabeth City, and it was at this convention that Perkins and Loe Were selected as delegates. But for Teasons which are set forth below. the organization Republicans got to- gether three’ days earlier and held & convention, whose delegates are now demanding admittance to the Chicago convention as regulars. It is the old fight between the “Lily Whites” ami the Negroes. The brief of the delegates elected at tho convention called for May §, sets forth: That at the so-called Republican convention, held May 5, not a single colored Republican was present as a delegate, though there are as many ‘or more colored Republican voters in the district as there are white and very effort was made and successful- ly made to prevent all the colored Republicans from taking part in the several county conventions and in the district convention, ‘That in the convention which elect ed Perkins and Lee every county in the Wistrict was represented by delegates duly elected by county mass or primary conventions which drew ho color line, and sald Perkins and Lee were duly elected by the unan- imous vote of every delegate in said convention. Further interesting details of the way the snap convention was held are contained in the brief. It has already been noted that the wate fixed originally for the district con- vention was May §, “Without giving due notice,” says the brief, “except to a small ‘minor. ity of the delegates, composed large- ly of officeholders, the chairman of the committee changed the date of the convention from the Sth day of May to the Sth day of May.” No notice of the change was given, it Is alleged. although it was well ‘known that in every county of the district a majority of the Republicans contested the claim of the iily whites to control the organization. For Instance in Rowan County there are sixty-nine Negro Republi. ean voters and eleven white Repub: ican voters. No notice of the change of date was given to any of the Ne- kroes. In Pasquotank County no no tice of the primaries was given, and & notice of the county convention was printed with the hour left blank. The same conditions are alleged to have prevailed in every one of the counties in the district. MISSISSIPPI MAKES CHARGES OF INTIMIDATION, FRAUD AND FORCE. Mississippi comes to the conven- tion with contests from: the ‘Think Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, ‘Seventh and Bighth districts, as well as a generat contest over the delegates-at large The Fitth, Sixth and Seventh, diez trlets afford typical incidents of ‘the old, old story,” Dr. E. EB. Howard and J. C. Hill, the contestants tm this district, ‘submitt thelr ease in thees words ‘This ts a clear case of tha minority attempting through fraud. teres and intimifation to control the mee fority. . . Contestants base their rights to a seat in the conven- tion on ‘the following reasons, "wa set forth in the proof in this cass (every charge of which is backed by an affidavit): First. Because they were the choice of a decided majority of all the delegates in the district conven- don. Second. Because they were mem- bers of the Foraker faction and were intimidated, they and their friends, by Federal officers. Third. Because the Administras Uon men practiced a fraud upon them to get their credentials and oo ‘keep them out of the convention held by them, and thereby forcing them to hold a separate convention. Fourth. Because W. J. Price was & member of the Committee on Cre- dentials and was allowed to pass up- on bis own case as his seat was con- tested Fifth. Because these contestants protested against the said W. J, Price being and acting as a member of the committee when his seat was contested, Sixth. Because these contestants were prevented from entering the convention, where the chairman and secretary were, dy deceit, fraud and intimidatien. SAME LINES FOLLOWED By Two PARTIES. A short history of the convention, {akon from the brlet of the ongon: tants, shows bow closcly Repubien Seated Mlssisalopt follow ‘Demo, cratle politics in other places, the brief: a ~ tn the Countalttee on Credentials met | office of J. M. Nimocks ava Publicly annouaced that an seen they enrolled the delegates Seats were not contested they hear the contested cases, © There being a contest from the County of Lauderdale, which has the largest vote of any county in the district, the Foraker faction, headed by J. C. Hill and E. BE. Howard, re- quested and insisted that W. J. Price be taken off the Committee on Cre- dentials, as his seat was conjested. This was refused, and the said W. J. Price was allowed to pass upon his own case. The Committee on Credentials nev- er returned to the Auditorium, rent- ed for the convention, but to the contrary, stationed one W. O. Ligeon at the door of the office of J. M. Nim- ocks’ who, being a deputy United States marshal for the Southern Dis- trict of Mississippl, easily intimidated the delégates and prevented them from entering the said office even af- ter they were told that the commit- tee would not come in the Pythian Hall or have anything to do with the Foraker men. , Several delegates attempted to en- ter said office where the Committee on Credentials had cunningly trans- formed itself into a convention (2) but were debarred by the United States Marshal, who threatened. to arrest several delegates for attempt- ing to come in, and further intimi- ‘dated them by drawing his pistol and telling them “he was an officer of the United States and would arrest every one who tried to come in.” Thus the majority of the delegates who were favorable to Senator J. B. ‘Foraker were kept out of the hall (room of J. M. Nimocks). by: forse Seeing the situation, Rev. J. A. Bar- rette, a delegate from the county of Newton, agked that a committee of three be selected to invite the chatr- man to come into the hall rented for the occasion and open the con- vention. NEW CONVENTION SOLVES DI- ‘LEM A. ‘This was done and the committee reported that the chairman refused to come, stating as his reason that he wanted nothing to do with the Foraker men, and that they should hot come in there, With the majority of the delegates in the place rented for the conven. tion, and the chairman and the Cre- dentials Committee in a private of- flea (that of J. M. Nimocks) the situation was somewhat critical, The dilemma was solved by the debarred delegates organizing a con- Sention and electing the delegates who are now contesting the seats of those selected under the gun of a United States Marshal. Tn the sixth Mississippt the decis- fon that the contest of the delegates for Forest County was “frivolous” caused a split and the organization of a separate convention. lt, the Seventh Mississipp! District there is presented a good old family row in which one faction claiming to be regular threw out enough dele- gates who also claimed to be regu- lar to elect the district delegates to the convention, The claim of 8. S. Matthews and J. F. Hall, who are Foraker men, 1s that delegates who were refused seats in “the district convention were thrown out on the ground that thelr claims wero “frivolous,” whereby the selection of W. O. Ligeon and BE. F. Brenna as delegates to Chicago was made possible. The contest merely illustrates that phase of prac- teal politics as practiced by the old parties in which might makes right. Practical polities will also presuma- bly decide the contest. $150.00 Endowment Paid. Richmond, Vo., June 17, 1908. This is to certify that I have re- celved from John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pyth- las, N. A, 8. A..'B., A. A. and A. ($150.60) One itundred and Fitty Dollars in payment of the death- claim of Sir George Braxton, who Was a member of Venus Lodge, No. 46, of Richmond, Va, Signed—. H. Kemp, Sheriff of Henrico Co. Administrator. —Dr. J. A. Lewis is president and the committee will furnish tickets on the Sunday outing June 28, 1908. —____ —Mrs. Anna C. Johnson of Lin- wood, Pa. was in ihe elty and ealled on us. Mr. 0. R. Upton and Mr. R, Walker of South Norfolk, Va. were in the city and called on us. Cee The Prosperity of Fifth Street Bap- (ist Chureh. Under the leadership of Pastor, W. F. Graham, D. D. the Fitth Street Baptist Church has taken on new Hfe. He has been baek to his old flock two months, and notwithstand- ing he was right out of a revival at his former charge, where they had over 100 converts, he now has twenty three ready to be baptized the fourth Sunday at the Fifth Street Church. CONGREGATION INCREASING. The Congregation’ are increasing ‘morning and night. ‘The collections oF te etd the chor ts now the talk of the city for its wonderful singing Under the leadership of Prot. A. Me Coy. The Deacon Board is standing firm with the pastorand all [clubs are at work like bees, ‘ing for their great rally the third Do you know that the magnificent Grey Funeral Car, those handsome Berlins and that exquisite bridal Brougham; lighted by electricity is the talk of Richmond? Call at A. D. Price’s and be convinced. You are always welcome. rrice's and be convinced. You are always welcome. coal a MG Gy : : ca oe a H @e b Ege j i : aN ‘ i 1 e Q eae rs — i 25 y 4 a er ~ a Es a Lat AV SEL ye a oe a wp; ee ee ee i Zix Ss . ‘Pa.. ah q Np x PrP r ~LAG cj ales N —} ay 5 S| r A. D. PRICE, the up-to-date Funeral Director. The same old retlable—That’s all 2 E. Leigh St, Richmond, Va. ‘Phone, 577 and fourth Sundays In July. INSTALLATION SERVICES. ; 4 : : Free! Free! Free! : SS BEGINNING MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1908 and CONTINUING THROUGH THE WEEK, 4 ENDING SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1908 at 12:00 P. M., THE 2 : ‘Capitol Shoe & Supply Co. : The only up-to-date, fully stocked 3 Negro Shoe Store in the city will 3 give away absolutely free to each 4 cash customer purchasing shoes to ; the value of $2.00 and over 3 One Wear Cut-Glass Colonial e ‘ ; © 4g Water Pitcher. | FULL QUART SIZE. ; We also issue S per cent coupons for each cash purchase | THE CAPITOL SHOE & SUPPLY Co., : ; 210 E. Broad—north side and 6th door from 2nd St. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. ; W. H. HAYES, Manager. st tala ei ia tat a | The installation services will taxe place Thursday night before the 4th Sunday in July. The Sunday School is growing rapidly and Prof. B. H. Peyton, with his excellent corps of teachers is laboring to put the school in front ranks, Rev. M. H. Payne of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church will baptize a large number tomorrow morning at the 5th Street Baptist Church and a special sermon on the “Burning Bush” will be preached. Children’s Day will be held in the afternoon, Dr. Graham will preach at night from the subject “Ephraim a Cake Unturned.” FROM SOUTH AMERICA. ‘Mrs. Josephine Straghn of So. A- merica was In the city during the week and spoke eloqaently at the 5th St. and ist Bapt. Churches. She al- 80 spoke to the Ministers Conference. They heard hr gladly and she will return in the near future to fill en- gagements in all the churches. 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