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THE RICHMOND PLANET WILL SUPPORT MR. BRYAN. Rev. Dr. Waldron Speaks—Concerted Effort to Defeat Mr. Taft. In an interview this morning, Rev. J. Milton Waldron, D. D., President, The National Negro American Political League, with headquarters in this city, gave a representative of the Associated Press the following telegram which his League had sent to the Hon. William J. Bryan congratulating him upon his nomination by the Democratic Party: "Hon. William J. Bryan, Fairyland, Lincoln, Neb., We congratulate you upon your nomination to the Presidency by the representatives of the American people—not by the hirelings of a boss—and we predict your election next November by a handsome majority. Judging from assurances given us by our people throughout the North and the West you will receive seventy-five per cent of the colored vote. J. MILTON WALDRON, D. D., President, The National Negro American Political League." WILL NOT QUIT And in response to a question by the reporter, President Waldron said "No. The National Negro American Political League has no idea of quitting the field, nor has it relinquished one whit of its opposition to the 'Roosevelt policies' and to Mr. Taft, President Roosevelt's nominee for the Presidency on the Republican ticket. The officers and members of League are Republicans not for office and graft, but by choice and training, to Chicago with the avowed purpose of supporting the Republican Party should it return to the principles upon which it was founded. "But, when, on reaching Chicago we found that more than two-thirds of the delegates to the Convention were office-holders appointed by President Roosevelt and pledged to carry out his policy of destroying all those who oppose him, whether they were good men or bad, in the right or in the wrong—and when we learned from statements repeatedly made by Mr. Roosevelt's representatives at the Convention, that he had decided to recognize the "lily white faction" in the Party with the avowed purpose of eventually eliminating the Negro from politics in the South in the hope of building up there a strong Republican Party, and when no efforts on our part, nor on the part of the old Negroite Republicans, could induce Mr. Roosevelt's delegation to pledge the Party to abstain the discharged Negro soldiers, the innocent of participation in the shootings in Brownsville, we decided, after repeated and lengthy conferences with the more than two hundred representatives of the race assembled in Chicago from all parts of America, to oppose with all our might and main the election of Mr. William H. Taft to the Presidency of the United States. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY "This action," Dr. Waldron said, "on the part of my race in order to make the Republican Party understand that it cannot in the future count on the united support of the Negro unless it treats him with justice and fairness and makes an honest effort to fulfill the many pledges made to him in its various platforms." Will The National Negro American Political League support Mr. Bryan in November? was asked. "At the conferences in Chicago of our Lague and the officers of the dozen other political organizations which afterwards consolidated with it, the League voted unanimously not to support Mr. Taft and appointed a committee of five gentlemen, viz.; J. Milton Waldron, D. D. of Washington, D. C.; E. L. Gilliam, D. D. of Ohio; George W. Galnes, D. D. of Illinois; William Monroe Trotter, of Massachusetts, and Bishop Alexander Walters, D. D. of New York to be known as 'An Anti-Taft Campaign Committee,' and authorized them to decide upon the best method to defeat Mr. Taft and to carry on with vigor and unrelenting zeal the war of the colored man against him." Ever since the Chicago Convention this Committee has been at work enlarging the membership of the League—having taken into its ranks almost every anti-Taft Negro political organization in the entire country and learning the sentiment of the race with regard to its opposition to Mr. Taft. This Committee finds that the large majority of the leaders of the colored race, and the "common people" as well in the North and West—that especially in the South—are strongly supporting the Democratic nominee for the Presidency—and many of these people without waiting for instruction or advice from anyone have already begun organizing local clubs and leagues and urging the race to vote for Mr. Bryan. TO SHOW SELF RESPECT "While we are Republicans at heart," said Mr. Waldron. "yet every intelligent, self-respecting Negro knows that he will be read out of the Party if Mr. Roosevelt's policy triumphs next November. To prevent this and to secure for the race justice and fair-play in the future the Negro must defeat Mr. Roosevelt's candidate, Mr. Taft; and in order to make sure of his defeat the Negroes must cast their votes where they will count the most, and this means that they must vote for Mr. Bryan." "The Anti-Taft Compaign Committee of our League has advised the race in order to deal the hardest blow to the enemies of the Negro, to remain Republican in sentiment, and to vote everywhere this year for Mr. Bryan; and those who do not feel that they can do this the Committee has suggested that they remain away away from the polls or vote for some other Anti-Taft candidate." Dr. Waldron says this advice is being heeded by the members of his race everywhere, and the Negroes in the South are especially anxious to vote for Mr. Bryan and they are pursuing this course of action as being the only salvation for the colored man North or South. Dr. Waldron also said that his League is rapidly growing in membership and that it is fast uniting the various factions in the race so that it will be able to deal Mr. Taft a death blow at the polls in November, especially in the States of New York, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Delaware, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, West Virginia and Arkanas. His League has already opened headquarters in Chicago and has a large force of men at work in that section under the direction of Dr. Henry C. Cross and will start a newspaper next week to work against Mr. Taft. Dr. Waldron said that he and his colleagues did not believe the Democratic Convention would place in its platform a distinctive Negro plank—it was too much to expect of the party, and they did not ask it, but he said Mr. Bryan and the other leaders of the Party had given his League sufficient grounds to believe that if Mr. Bryan is elected this year, he and his Party will treat the colored man with fairness and justice and show the race every consideration it can reasonably expect. INSTALLATION EXERCISES Ebenezer Baptist Church Crowded. Over Seven Hundred in Office. The installation exercises at the Ebenezer Baptist Church last Tuesday night were a grand success. The edifice was packed in the auditorium with the officers of the lodges and courts, who had come to be induced into office. The brilliant lights made a scene not to be forgotten. The rostrum was a bower of loveliness. It had been draped with the colors of the Order. Fragrant flowers and green hot-house plants were then in profusion. On one side was a life-sized portrait of Grand Chancellor John Mitchell, Jr. The Knights of Khorassan with their red caps sat to themselves and they emphasized the fact that they were in a measure, "things apart." District Deputy Grand Chancellor S. S. Baker was master of Ceremonies. Familiar hymns were sung by the audience. The prizes that had been awarded by the Pythian Calanthe Industrial As sociation were presented as follows: Miss Julia A. Robinson, gold medal; Mrs. Sarah A. Steward, one barrel of flour; Mrs. Mary Mason, a handsome lamp. PRESENTED PRIZES The Grand Chancellor after presenting the prizes proceeded to explain the work of the recent session at Danville. At the conclusion, he proceeded to install the officers of the Lodges and Courts and the officers of the Grand Lodge and Grand Court present assisted. The exercises were very impressive and the conclusion of the ceremonies was the occasion for much favorable comment on the excellence of the evening's entertainment. Rev. J. J. Carter conducted the religious exercises and Mrs. Anna Taylor District Deputy Grand Worthy Counsellor assisted. Dr. J. Alexander Lewis now Grand Master-at Arms was a success in every particular. Over 700 officers were installed in the Lodges and Courts. Thanks were extended to the Church and to the committee. The Committee of Arrangements consisted of Miss M. L. Chiles, Mrs. Anna Taylor, Mrs. Mildred Johnson, Mrs. Lucy Cross, Sir E. W. R. Glenn, Sir O. M. Steward, Capt. John G. Smith, Capt. Willis Watt Rev. Moses Leaves Pittsburg. Rev. W. H. Moses, D. D., who recently resigned his charge at Staunton, Va. to accept the pastorate of the Metropolitan Baptist Church of Pittsburg, Pa. has again resigned for the purpose of accepting the position as Field Secretary of the Foreign Mission Board of the National Baptist Convention with headquarters at Washington, D. C. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1908. THE TWO PLATFORMS The Platform adopted by the Republican National Convention at Chicago, Illinois, in dealing with the Negroes in this country reads as follows: "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 the declarations that proclaim his civil and political rights, and it believes to-day 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: we declare, once more, and without reservation, for the enforcement in letter and spirit of the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the Constitution, which were designed for the protection and advancement of the Negro, and we condemn all devices that have for their real aim his disfranchisement for reasons of color alone, as unfair, un-American and repugnant to the supreme law of the land." Hon. Wm. J. Bryan is expected in his letter of acceptance to use the X-Rays and read to the Negroes of the country the meaning of the BLANK SPACE IN THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM. Literary Note. Within the next two weeks The Orton Publishing Company of Nashville, Tenn., will issue a new book from the pen of Sutton E. Griggs, already known to the reading public as the author of "Imperium In Imperio," "Overshadowed," "Unfettered," "The Hindered Hand," "The One Great Question," the more notable of his works. The title of the forthcoming book is "Pointing the Way." It is written in story form, and the plot is said to be one of the most unique that has ever appeared in American literature. The general aim of the book is to point the way for the solution of the race question at its most acute point, the question of suffrage at the South But wrapped about this question is a story of general interest. Having ripened with the years, it is now confidently expected that Mr. Griggs will more than ever challenge the attention or the best thought of the nation. As an indication of the impression Mr. Griggs has already made on the thinking public we cite the following comments concerning him: "He is undoubtedly a man of keen brain, determined optimist, true spirit."—Chicago Record Herald. "He is without doubt one of the brightest and the most thoughtful young men of his race."—Rev. P. B. Guernsey, A. M., Ex-President of Roger Williams University. "I regard Mr. Griggs as one of the very best informed men of my acquaintance in respect of the problem of the Negro. His thorough acquaintance with the facts involved and remarkable gift in getting at the philosophy underlying the situation make him an authority in the solution of this vexed and vital problem of our time."—Rev. J. G. Merrill, D. D., President of Fisk University, "His work in uniformly strong and healthy, his "Imperium In Imperio" being a powerful novel, full of the fire of genius."—T. Thomas Fortune. OWENS—WINSTON The marriage of Miss Nora Winston to Mr. R. L. Owens will take place Thursday, July 23, 1908 at 7:30 A.M. at 1109 W. Leigh Street. Friends are invited. No cards. Reception Sunday, July 26, 1908 at 1021 W. Leigh Street from 7 to 10 P. M. All messengers who expect to attend the National Baptist Convention which meets in Lexington, Ky. September 16-21 are requested to notify the local executive committee at once that homes may be assigned. The committee can be responsible for only such as comply with this request Denominational papers please copy. Respectfully submitted, E. W. HAWTHORNE, Chairman of Committee The Platform adopted by the Democratic National Convention at Denver, Colorado, in dealing with the Negroes of this country reads as follows: National Ibaptist Sunday School Union Holds a Big Meeting in Manchester. Bi-monthly meeting of the National Baptist Sunday School Union was held last Sunday 3:30 o'clock at the Zion Baptist Church, Manchester. The attendance was very large and the assembly was well pleased with the programme. The renditions and singing by the various participants of the schools were of a high order. The following deserves special mention: Recitations by Annie Harris and Mary Spain of the Macedonia Sunday School; Solo by Matthew Doyle, the Fifth Street Baptist Sunday School; Selection by Miss Nannie Shavers of the Fifth Baptist Sunday School. This rendition received many compliments as did the programme from the Mt. Vernon Sunday School. Select prayer, Miss Virginia Robinson, Mt. Vernon Sunday School; Quartette, Mr. Matthews, Misses Martin, Craig and Cary, Mt. Vernon Sunday School; Paper, Ira Page, Mt. Vernon Sunday School; Dauitt Misses Cary and Craig; Recitation by Edward J. Dixon, Zion Baptist Church. The Union was pleased to have the presence of Mr. S. Alexander and Mr. John Baker, President and Missionary of Manchester and Chesterfield Sunday School Union. Both spoke in high terms of the exercises and made wholesome remarks touching the Sunday School work. We say to Brother Alexander and Brother Baker again. Rev. M. H. Peyton spoke on Home and Foreign Missions and a good collection was raised. Remarks by President B. H. Peyton. The next Union will be held the second Sunday in September at the Fifth Street Baptist School. The Mattaponi District Sunday School Convention will meet July 23, 1908 at Chilesburg, Caroline Co., Va. with the Ebenezer Baptist Church. REV. W. J. YOUNG, Pres. MRS. L. L. GRAVES, Cor. Sec. JOHN R. THOMPSON, Rec. Sec. —Mrs. Rosa K. Jones, the accomplished musical instructor at Hartshorn Memorial College left the city last Tuesday to visit her son in Denver, Colorado. She will remain there during the summer. —Mr. Charles H. Gibson of Tuskegee Institute spent some time in the city recently. He had been to New York on business and he spent some time at Hampton. He reported the work in his locality as being in a prosperous condition. On his return home, he took off his coat and some one stole it with all of its contents, even to his money and ticket. No clue has been found as yet to the person, who relieved him of his property. Notice! Many Attractions. There The greatest interest has been occasioned by the opening of White City Park, located on Hampton Roads near Norfolk, as a first-class seashore amusement resort for colored people. The opening occurred on Saturday, July 4th and the attendance on that date and every day since has been tremendous. The colored people of Norfolk, Portsmouth, Newport News, and the entire Tidewater section in fact have turned out in large numbers to enjoy the many advantages of this splendid resort, one of the finest and undoubtedly the largest amusement park in the South. On every hand the highest praise has been meted out to the management on the excellent manner in which the resort is conducted and every patron has been more than pleased. White City possesses more and better attractions than any other resort in this section of the country. One of its features is the mammoth pavilion, which is fitted up especially for the comfort and convenience of excursionists. In this splendid structure are plenty of chairs, seats and tables, where visitors may eat their lunches. There is also an abundance of ice and ice-water which is furnished free by the management. The dancing floor is also located on the pavilion, as is also the White City Theatre, where up-to-date vaudeville shows are given. Special attention is paid to excursionists and every facility for the comfort arranged. The amusements at White City aside from those already mentioned include a splendid shoot-the-chutes, Carouselus, or merry-go-round, Toboggan or figure 8; "Hereafter," a wonderful illusion show; Katzenjammer Castle, Fun Factory, boating, bathing, fishing, ball games, first class restaurant, bowling alleys and numerous other minor attractions. Among those who have become regular patrons of White City are the leading colored citizens of Norfolk and surrounding territory, and they have expressed themselves as more than pleased with the resort and its management. The best of order is at all times maintained, and positive lyes objectionable characters or feat ures are permitted under any circumstances. To the intention of the management to maintain this standard, and the hearty co-operation of patrons in this matter is solicited. It is a matter worthy of note that there has not been a single disagreeable incident since the opening day, a fact that is very gratifying to the management as well as patrons. Dr. J. E. Mills of Norfolk has been appointed special representative; Robert C. Stith of Norfolk, travelling representative and John Bailey of Norfolk, excursion agent of White City —Mr. Charles H. Lewis of 811% N. 7th St. is outie slick. The following program was rendered by the Juvenile Bands of Calanthe Sunday, June 28, 1908 at the First, Bandist, Church. Opening Song, Forward! for Christ Our King, by Choir; Prayer; Mary Magdalena Cobb; Responsive Scripture Reading, Leader, Capti Roscoe C. Mitchell; Singing by Choir Fill Our Lips With Praise; Welcome Address, Jotsle Brown; Recitation; The Master's Voice, Annie Trent; Recitation, Spring, Elizabeth West; Recitation, Working in the Sunshine Lillian Hail; Singing, Lift Up His Banner, Choir; Recitation, The Voice of Jesus, Lille Washington; Recitation, Something for Jesus, Alice M Hill and Annie Hooper; Recitation I'm Only a Little Soldier Four Years Old, Rebecca Burrell; Recitation, A Cup of Cold Water, Pauline Young; Recitation, The Path That Leads Before, Lizzie Moore; Solo, Chain of Love, Senada Morris; Dialogue God is Love, Eugenia Ellis, Charlie Gibbs, Hazelle Johnson, George Burrell, Mercer Crawford, Hattie Burrell, St. Joseph Pervall and others; Recitation, The Mother and the Children Marie Logan; Singing, A Song for Children Day Choir; Recitation, Go Teach Day Choir, Ross Lewis; Recitation, Those Buttons, Olivia Faunterley; Dialogue A Voice From the Flower World, Ollie Moore, Rosa Lewis, Ollie Moss; Mamie Logan and Ethel Thompson; Recitation, A Motto, Willie Smith; Recitation, Tomorrow, Bertha Crawford; Singing, Break Forth, Choir; Recitation, I Love the Flowers, Maggie Coleman; Recitation, Our Father's Love, Mary Baker; Recitation, What I Am, Roy Baker. Address, Rev. W. T. Johnson, Pastor of First Baptist Church. He spoke in glowing terms, complimenting the Grand Worthy Governess Matron and Matrons in the highest for their excellent religious training in the children assuring their will would be his pleasure always in holding their exercises within his Church and to feel themselves welcome. Mrs. M. L. Johnson, Grand Worthy Secretary, spoke on the welfare of the organization. Mrs. Anna E. Taylor Grand Worthy Governess Matron in her usual touching manner spoke on the good accomplished from the Juvenile Bands of Calanthe. All seemed well pleased with her remarks. Rev. W. T. Johnson was presented with a beautiful Pythian pin. The same given by the Grand Worthy Governess Matron, Mrs. Anna E. Taylor in honor of the Matron Board of Control. The Reverend showed the highest appreciation for it saying it would always be worn by him in honor of the Juvenile Bands of Calanthe. It was presented by Captain Roscoe C. Mitchell. A. lovely pin was also awarded Mrs. Annie Parham for having organized the first Band in Richmond since last Children's Day. And still another to Miss Marion Steward for having entered the largest number of children into her band since last Children's Day. Those pins were presented by Rev. W. T. Johnson and accepted with many thanks. Children's Day Offering; Singing; Marching On, Choir; Singing by congregation, Nearer My God to Thee; Benediction. Committee of Arrangements: Miss Mary E. Allen for East End, Mrs. S. Alice K. Burrell and Mrs. M. L. John for West End, Miss Mary E. Tayloe and Mrs. Mary E. Tomlin, committee flowers. Mrs. M. L. Johnson, Mistress of Ceremonies. Mrs. S. Alice Kemp. Burrell deserves great credit for her grand and noble work as leader of the Chair, and Miss Mary E. Allen deserves no less for her good work. Mrs. Nannie Cobb presided at the organ Y. M. C. A. Notes The Y. M. C. A. Conference was a live number last Friday evening. The work in the city home and jail last Sunday was very impressive. Prof. J. H. Rhorer addressed the boys last Sunday. The boys were helped. Chairman E. H. Allen conducted the open meeting for men last Sunday. The hot weather did not stop the fellows. Be on time men Sunday, ready for hard work. Mr. R. A. Preston will address the boys Sunday, 4 P. M. at the Y. M. C. A. Building. Come and bring the other boys. Chairman Julian Taylor will address the men Sunday, 5:30 P. M. at the Y. M. C. A. Come and bring the other man. Fans and ice water can be found at the Y. M. C. A. Building. Men, do not forget the watchword. Hard work and the other man. "You shall not see my face unless you bring your brother." Miss Alma Morris arrived in the city (Manchester) last week from New York. She is looking well. PRICE. FIVE CENTS. DID NOT EXONERATE HIM. The Situation at Ashland.-Deacons Sneak Plainly. Ashland, Va., July 14, 1908. Mr. Editor: You will please allow us to correct a statement made in your paper last week under the heading, "Pastor Exonerated." There has been three meetings of the Church since the report reflecting on the moral character of Rev. W. B. Carrington was circulated. Rev. W. H. Ford presided over the two called meetings and Rev. T. M. Allen, B. D. was Moderator at the regular church meeting. The rumor reflecting upon the moral standing of Rev. Carrington has not been properly reported to the Church and therefore the Church has not yet acted on the matter. That will be considered in the future. The female member referred to has been tried and excluded from the Church for a violation of chastity. This has been no malicious attempt on the part of some members to injure the body of Carrington so far as we know. We only desire to get at the truth in the matter. We shall not attempt a comparison as to our former pastors for the community, the county, the State and other States know the Revs. J. A. Taylor, D. D., who served us well for seven years, T. M. Allen, B. D. who served us nearly twelve years, and whose faithful service can never be forgotten, and the short but acceptable service of Rev. L. A. Carter. Now about the re-election. The Rev. W. B. Carrington has not preached at the Shiloh Baptist Church since the third Sunday in last May and it is hoped that he will not until this matter is settled. The reelection referred to was illegal in as much as there was no notice given of it. Five deacons and two trustees knew nothing of it until the next morning after the so-called election had taken place. In fact no one seems to have known about it until that night, after prayer meeting. Then it was that Rev. Carrington stated to the few of his friends who were at the Church that his time was out and that it was best to vote for him at once. He and the Clerk declared on Wednesday night that his time was not out, but on Sunday night he urged his friends, without due notice to the Church to vote at once for his time was out. The matter is far from being settled. Deacons Ellis Holiday, John Carter, Jr., John Quarles, Henry Washington, C. Winston, Trustees Thomas Jackson, Lewis Burrose. $100,00 Endowment Paid Lynchburg, Va., July 6, 08. This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Worthy Counsellor of the Grand Court of Virginia, Order of Calanthe ($100.00) One Hundred Dollars in payment of the death- claim of Sister Lula V. Poore, who was a member of Dunbar Court, No. 103 of Lynchburg, Va. Mrs. Elizabeth Lushington, P. W. C. Wells, D. D, G. C. Retired District Deputy $150.00 Endowment Paid. Sutherlin Va. 1908 Sutherlin, Va., 1908. This is a certificate that I have received from the Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pythians, N. A., S. A., E. A., A. of $150.00). One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the deathclaim of Sir Peter Fallen, who was a member of White Oak Lodge, No. 67 of Sutherlin, Va. R. H. Hunt, C. C. A. B. Betts, D. D. G. C. $150.00 Endowment Paid Norfolk, Va., July 11, 1908. This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pythias, N. A., S. A., E., A., A. and A., ($150.00) One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the death- claim of Sir John Davis, who was a member of Empire Lodge, No. 37, of Norfolk, Va. her Signed—Martha X Davis, mark Beneficiary. Witnesses: H. G. Johnston, C. C. G. W. Nicholson, M. of F. F. E. Puryear, K. of R. and S. M. Isbell, D. D. G. C. —We sell old papers at fifteen cents per hundred. —Subscribe to The PLANET The Merry Widow By ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY HENRY W. SAVAGE L. M. ALL HER MARSOVIAN GUESTS WORE THEIR PICTURESQUE NATIVE COSTUMES. Throwing Berself Back into the strength of his circling enceice the girl's outstretched arms swagged like wind blown lilies in rhythm with the music, her light step scarcely touching earth as the prince guided her through the mazes of the dance. It was a strange, dexterous blend of east and west, of lissom oriental posturing and of gliding, modern waltz of us all! And," he went on gouged by the chargin and a appointment in Popoff's face, ling to dance at her wedding. "Going to marry a French she?" yelled the distracted dor. "Preposterous! I'll finish of stopping it! And it is D she thinks of marrying?" "What's that to me? I do who she's enraged and and." D DANCE with me!" repeated Sonia. The faroff orchestra had struck up a dashing, gay Marsovian air. Impelled by the music and her glance of during Danilo sprang forward. In an instant the two were whirling madly amid the intricacies of a wild Russian dance such as has for countless centuries been performed from Siberia's ice plain to Tartar steps—a dance of youth, agility, utter abandon. Yet as they came panting to a halt at the last crashing note of music the face of neither reflected the exhilaration the swift motion and stirring measures usually evoked. In fact, Danilo's brow wore a very perceptible scowl. Sonia, too, was downcast. Had her rash experiment failed? "You didn't enjoy that," said she. "Not especially," he confessed. "Did you?" "No. You don't dance as well as you did." "You've probably grown to prefer French partners," he replied, plied at the reflection on his dancing. "From all I hear," she retorted, "you have little right to reproach me on that score. You dance a good deal at Maxim's, don't you?" "Now and then," he admitted. "And with what sort of partners, I wonder?" she scoffed, a touch of scorn in her sweet voice. "With polite ones," said Danilo felly. She winced ever so little at the reproof and went on. "I suppose you dance better with them than with me." "Possibly," he agreed. "You see, I, too, may prefer French partners." She raised her great dark eyes to his, a world of meaning in them. "Do you?" she asked, almost in a whisper. The distant orchestra had been playing again, this time not a native air, but a dreamy, infinitely sweet Viennese waltz. The opening notes of the haunting melody, though softened by distance, were wafted none the less distinctly to the listening couple. Value (Moderato) con solo orchestra Again their eyes met. With a mutual impulse they drew toward each other. Then began a dance as different from the stifly conventional ballroom waltz as moonlight differs from a gasoline flare. With more than a hint of the free, marvelously graceful poses of Slavonic dancers, Danilo and Sonia began their wondrous waltz. Throwing herself back into the strength of his circling ennce, the girl's outstretched arms swayed like wind blown lilies in rhythm with the music, her light step scarcely touching earth as the prince guided her through the mazes of the dance. It was a strange, dexterous blend of east and west, of lissom oriental posturing and of gliding, modern waitz steps—the very poetry of motion. Not from the first note until the last strain of music died away did either dancer's eyes leave the other's. Love, eager and eternal, was in the gaze of each. Eye said openly to eye J. "A lady went into the summer house with a gentleman." what sullen pride forced back from the lips. Then a last dreamy chord and the music was hushed. Danilo and Sonia started, amazed, as though from some vision of paradise. The widow, fearful lest by impulsive word she might wreck her plan of bringing Danilo to her feet, darted breathlessly away to welcome a new group of guests. The prince, left alone, stared after her, open mouthed. A clapping of applauding hands aroused him. "Bravo, bravo, my dear prince!" wheezed the ambassador, toddling forward. "What a delightful little dance! But is it customary to catch one's partner in a jiu jitsu grip like that, or is it a fashion that has come in since my waltzing days?" The old bore's feeble jest brought Danilo quickly back to earth and to a sense of everyday surroundings. "Were you looking for me?" he asked, none too civilly. "Only to see if you had succeeded yet in finding who the lady is with whom De Jolidon is in love. She must be made to win him away from any ideas of marrying the widow." "To blazes with that and all the rest of your silly plans!" shouted Danilo. "Don't worry any more about the widow. It's no use, I tell you. She is going to marry a Frenchman in spite THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA of us all! And," he went on bitterly, gored by the chagrin and object disappointment in Popoff's face. "I'm going to dance at her wedding." "Going to marry a Frenchman, is she?" yelled the distracted ambassador. "Preposterous! I'll find a way of stopping it! And it is De Jolidon she thinks of marrying? "What's that to me? I don't know who she's engaged to, and"—But Popoff waited to hear no more. Catching sight of Nish, he rushed upon that unhappy clerk. "Find M. de Jolidon!" he commanded. "Keep your eye on him all the rest of the evening. See if he makes love to the widow and report to me. I have already told Mime. Popoff to sound him on the subject. Among us all we ought to learn something before we're done." "You'll learn 'something' if you keep on spying," muttered Danilo under his breath as he moved away. "But I'll bet a year's income it'll be something that will give you more surprise than pleasure." Dusk was falling. Above the myriad colored lights that dotted the garden the moon was rising. Along one of the hedged paths leading to the summer house a man and a woman were strolling-Mine. Natalie Popoff and M. de Jolldon. "And so your worthy husband set you the task of finding out whom I am in love with?" De Jolldon was saying. "Yes," the ambassador's young wife answered. "He is afraid you will marry the widow." "Why shouldn't I?" queried De Jolldon jokingly. "You told me to." "But—but you won't, will you?" she pleaded. "Why don't you look at me? What are you looking at?" De Jolldon's eye had fallen on the fan where it lay forgotten on the table, "The fan you lost and that your husband pocketed," he said, handing it to her. "Thank goodness!" Natalie exclaimed, seizing it; then: "Lend me a pencil." She wrote a sentence on the fan directly beneath the three words he had scribbled the night before at the ball. "There." she sighed, handing it to hitm; "keep that as a reminder." He held the fan up to the light and read: "I-am—a-dutiful-wife." "Remember that always," she adjured. "Natalie!" he cried passionately Natalie: he cried passionately. "It is true—I am a dutiful wife. If I have been foolish enough to listen to your lovemaking, at least I have never encouraged it. I have always rebuffed you for conscience's sake. I am a dutiful" "Why remind me of the hopelessness of my love?" murmured De Jolidon. "You may refuse to reciprocate it, but you cannot prevent my telling you" "But I can. After this evening we must not meet again. My husband trusts me. This must be our farewell interview. Don't try to alter my purpose. I have made up my mind. After this evening I shall never" "Natalie, you can't mean" "I do. This is the last talk we two shall ever have together." "Then," implored De Jolidon. "If it is really to be our farewell interview, why must we talk here in the garden, where at any moment others may come L. "I'M AWAKE FROM MY CRAZY DREAM OF LOVE, AND I'M GOING BACK TO MAXIM'S." to claim your attention? Grant me a final half hour of your society all to myself. Let the talk be uninterrupted. Let us sit in the little summer house over there. See-it is empty." They entered the little enclosed arbor. It was lighted by a string of Japanese lanterns, and two rustic chairs were at opposite sides of its round center table. There was a door at each end of the tiny room—an ideal spot for a tete-a-tete chat now that the moonlight had wooed most of the guests out of doors. The light wicker door swung shut behind the couple. Natalie quite enjoyed the prospect of listening to her adorer's melodramatic words of farewell and of posing herocially as a self sacrificing, dutiful wife. In half an hour at most she would rejoin her husband with the righteous consciousness in her heart of having dismissed forever the one man besides Popoff who had ever made love to her. So interested was Natalie in De Jollion's parting speech that she did not hear the ambassador, just outside, declare excitedly: "Nish, I'm sure I saw that summer house door close behind a lady's skirt! Let's see who is in there!" "I'M AWAKE FROM MY CRAZY GOING BACK To the Rescue. ISH, who had obediently followed De Jolldon and Natalie at Popoff's orders until they had entered the summer house, now wriggled forward in confusion on hearing the ambassador's voice. "Did you call me, sir?" he asked. "I most surely did call you, Mr. Nish!" cried Popoff. "And I told you I was certain I saw a lady, or, rather, a lady's skirt, disappearing into that summer house. Who was she?" "I-I don't know, your excellency," tremblingly lied Nish. "You ought to know!" scolded Popoff. "You were standing nearer the summer house than I was. Didn't you see her at all?" "Yes, sir—yes, I saw her, if I may say so, but I don't know who she was, I really don't. I—" "No, your excellency, not quite alone. There was, if I may say so—there was a gentleman with her. At least he looked like a gentleman, but I didn't recognize him either." "Well, well, well!" chuckled the ambassador, seating himself in a garden chair and cying the summer house with delightful interest. "A little flirtation, eh? Gone in there to whisper sweet nothings where no one can interrupt 'em. I wonder who they are! Now, I really wonder! Mr. Nish, I would not for the world have you think I am the least bit curious. But-I'll just sit here awhile, for a joke, and watch them come out. In the meantime, Mr. Nish, you might slip around to the rear of the summer house and see if there is another door there. If there is, you might look it. Understand?" "Ye-yes, your excellency!" mumbled panic stricken Nish, scuttling away among the bushes. The little clerk never paused until he had found Sonia. To her he poured forth the whole story, gazing with wild horror as she broke into a peal of uncontrollable laughter. Suddenly she grew sober. "Her husband will never forgive her," she murmured, half to herself. "He will never understand that it's just a silly, harmless, sentimental talk they're having." Memories of the ways of jealous Marsovian husbands flashed into her mind. In that primitive fatherland wives had been beaten—yes, and murdered—for less. Something must be done, and done quickly." "Don't worry!" she shecored the terrified Nish. "Say nothing to any one else. I'll get Mine. Popoff out of the scrape if I can." Before Nish could reply she had disappeared down a path leading to the rear door of the summer house. Meantime Popoff, his curiosity mastering him, had left his seat. Stealing forward on tiptoe, he put his eye to the keyhole of the wicker door. He had scarcely bent over this when Danilo, happening to pass by on his way to the gate, paused in amazement at sight of the Marsovian ambassador thus assuming the role of Paul Pry. "Why, hello, old up!" cried the prince. "What are you up to?" "Hush!" warned Popoff in an excited whisper. "A lady went into the summer house a few minutes ago with a gentleman. I can't see them very clearly. There's too much fluff in the keyhole. But they're sitting opposite each other with only a little table between them. The lady's back is to me, but it somehow looks familiar. The man is talking as earnestly as if he were trying to borrow money. Now he's bending across and kissing her hand, and she doesn't seem to mind. It's—why, bless my soul, it's that fellow De Jolidon? Well, well! Of all things. Now, if only the lady would turn her face so I could see her"— "Come away, sir!" begged Danilo, the whole situation bursting upon his mind. He caught Popoff's sleeve, but the ambassador shook him off. Y DREAM OF LOVE, AND I'M TO MAXIM'S." "Let me alone!" fe whispered. "Can't you see what it all means? It means we've found the lady De Jolidon's in love with, the very woman we've both been looking for! And now if she'll just turn her head a little I'll be able to see her face, and then"— "Then you don't know who she is?" queried Danilo. "No. But I'll"— "Then take my advice and don't try to find out. Let well enough alone. Come away, old chap, and"— "No, no! There; you pulled my head away just as she was turning around. I'd have seen her in another second. They're getting up. Maybe they'll go out by the other door, and then I shan't be able to know who"— "Let me do the looking," suggested Danilo. "If either of us has to play the enesdropper I'll"— "No. It is my place," asserted Popoff. "But I'll bet you a hundred francs it's Mme. Nova Kovitch." "It would be like a stealing a drunken man's watch. I won't take the bet. Come away, sir, and let the matter drop where it is. For your own happiness"— But Popoff was once more at the key-hole. "They're standing up to go," he reported. "Now she's beginning to face this way. It's— Oh good Lord!" The poor old man staggered away from the door as though struck between the eyes. Reeling to a chair, he collapsed and buried his face in his hands. "No, no! It can't be! It can't!" he moaned. "And yet I could hardly be mistaken. My wife! And"— "Brace up, your excellency!" entreated Danilo in genuine distress. "Pull yourself together. There are people coming along the walk. Don't make a scene. Perhaps you were mistaken." "No; I saw her!" groaned Popoff. "My own wife and De Jolidon! And he kissed her hand." "Oh, I dare say she was more kissed against than kissing!" Danilo observed consolingly. "But be careful, sir. A whole lot of people are within earshot." "Then let them know the worst!" cried Popoff in a voice that brought a number of guests hurrying to the spot. "I'll denounce her before them all! Come out of there," he bellowed, rushing forward, "both of you! Come out!" He threw the summer house door wide open and shrank back, incredulous, agast. On the threshold stood De Jolidon and—Sonia! "What—what does this mean," gurgled the confused ambassador, "this—this change—and" "You called to us to come out," returned Sonia calmly. "May I ask what you wanted of us?" "Sonia!" gasped Damilo. And through the confusion of many excited voices she heard him and thrilled to the note J. H. H. "I LOVE YOU, SONIA." HE WHISPERED of anguish in his half stifled cry. "If—if it was it you who were in there with M. de Jolidon" stammered Popoff, "where is my wife?" "Here I am, dear," answered Natalle, stepping out of the crowd, with which she had mingled after her hurried exit through the rear door of the summer house. "Here I am! What is the matter?" "Matter enough!" cried her husband. "I could have sworn I saw you sitting in that arbor with M. de Jolidon." "My dear!" Natalle's exclamation was a triumph of shocked propriety. "He was kissing your hand, I thought," went on the dazed ambassador. This time Natalle moved away from him in offended dignity. But Popoff hastened to throw his arm about her and draw her back. "I was wrong," he assured her—"a blunder of eyesight! I apologize! I'm sorry, I"— "I begin to understand," put in Sonia, stepping forward in fear last Natalie overdo her pose of virtuous indignation. "It seems that the Marsovian ambassador has done me the honor to listen at a keyhole in hopes of overhearing my conversation. Sooner than disappoint him, M. de Joldion, will you please repeat to him just what you said to me in there?" De Joldion understood. If Natalie was to be saved, if Sonia was not to be talked about, heroic measures were necessary. "I asked Mme. Sonia Sadowa," said he, "to do me the honor to become my wife!" Danilo stood motionless, his lips set in a white line, amid the buzz of congratulations and laughter that followed De Joldion's announcement. Sonia noted his agony and joyfully to herself: "My prince, I think I've won! You'll have to speak, soon or late, now, and when you do"— "And Marsovia loses the twenty millions!" Popoff muttered, recovering his self possession and somewhat belatedly remembering his country's needs. "Prince," called Sonia mischievously, "I haven't heard your congratulations yet. You don't look as happy as you might at the news." "Happy!" echoed Danflo, with a scornful, mirthless laugh. "Why shouldn't I be? Accept my congratulations, my paternal blessing and anything else you choose to levy on me for. My own motto is, 'Love when you may, propose seldom and marry—not at all'." "Let me tell you a little fairy story: There were once a prince and a princess. They loved each other. But the prince was poor and dared not tell of his love for fear of being thought a fortune hunter. His silence made the princess angry. So she went and promised her hand to another man, and they all lived miserably unhappy ever after. And the moral of that stupid little story is that I'm slick of respectability, and I'm awake from my crazy dream of love, and I'm going back to Maxim's, and you can all go to—Mar "I LOVE YOU, SONI sovla!" "He loves me! He loves me!" panted Sonia under her breath. A MAXIM'S after midnight—the show restaurant whither sight-seeing Americans and other tourists flock and whose dizzy, machine made merriment they solemnly believe to be a part and parcel of true Parisian life. On the right. On the night of Sonia's garden party one group of men and women who entered the jolly restaurant were so different from the usual habitues of the place as to come in for not a few amused glances from their neighbors. They were Mme. Natalie Popoff, Mme. Nova Kovitch and Cascade and St. Brioche. The visit was Natalie's idea. L. She had heard Danilo's wild speech of goodbye to Sonia and his announcement that he was off to Maxim's. Hence the ambassador's wife, with a feeble yearning to atone in some way for the false position into which the widow had been thrust for her sake, had resolved to follow in the hope of securing a word in private with Danilo and setting matters right again. Natalie had not confided her plan to her husband, and now as the party were ushered to a secluded table in an alcove she glanced at the riotous scene about her with a delighted nervousness. The delight vanished suddenly, however, and the nervousness waxed to a panic fear as a familiar voice smote upon her ear. Popor had just come in and was standing not ten feet away from the secluded table where his wife sat trembling. "I want to see Prince Danilo at once," he said to the head waiter. "Has he arrived?" "Not yet, sir," was the reply, "but he will be here very soon. There is a supper party waiting for him over there," waving to a tableful of gayly appareled girls with excited eyed men. "Really!" exclaimed the ambassador. "I'll just join them till he comes." He toddled off to the distant table, where, to Natalie's jealous eye, he seemed to make himself at home with a phenomenal ease and quickness. He was scarce seated when Danilo strode in. The whole table rose to give the prince noisy greeting. "Why, hello, your excellency!" cried Danilo. "This is queer company for a monument of respectability like A," HE WHISPERED. yourself to wander into" "I came only to see you," protested the ambassador, drawing him aside. "I was bound I'd come here and wait till you appeared if"— "Oh, I see." cut in the prince, thoroughly enjoying his confusion. "Fools rush in where"— "I didn't rush in," fumed the ambassador; "I crept here in a measly cab, and I sneaked into the place like a pickpocket for fear some one would recognize me. I sacrificed myself to my country. Suppose my wife should hear of it! I came to implore you, to cast myself on your mercy, to beg you once more to prevent the widow from"— "I must see his excellency," insisted a portly man behind them, his voice booming through the whole room. "He is here, and I— Oh!" he broke on sight of Popoff. "Here you are! I—" "My dear Nova Korytch, notright interrupted the ambassador, "is it necessary to hunt for me with a brass band? Couldn't you". "I'm sorry to interrupt you," answered Nova Kovitch, "but here's a dispatch from the Marsovian ministry. It seemed to me important, and I brought it on." Popoff took the slip of paper and read aloud: "If Mme. Sadowa's twenty millions are allowed to leave Marsovia we are EAA iE F we VEN Y ae NY ; Na SATURDAY...... JULY 48, 1908 ® bankrupt country.” “There, Prince Danilo,” continued the pmbassador, turning on the young man tp melodramatic appeal; “you see it's right up to you! Your country ap- peals to you to save it! You are Mar- Sovia's last hope. Marry the widow and"— “I'l marry no one!” flared up Danilo. BAe the deuce with matrimony and farsovia and myself! I'm done with sill> dreams of love and all that non- sense. I'm free, and I'm going to make a night of it 1"— He paused and stood silent, dum- founded. Down the little fight of stairs leading into the room a woman was advancing alone, “Sonlat” exclaimed Danilo. With @ word of excuse to the others, he burried across and met the widow ‘as she reached the foot of the steps. “You're here,” he muttered in hor- rifled wonder—“here alone?" “Yes,” replied Sonia coldly. “Is it any affair of yours?” “First the summer house,” he went on as in daze, “then Maxim's.” “Quite so. Is that all you have to say?" “No,” be retorted: “I have one thing more. You should not marry De Joll- don.” “No? Why not, pray?” “Because I"— He checked himself. She finished the sentence for him. “Because you love me?" she sug. ested. He broke Into a discordant, miserable Jangh. “Don't Javgh that silly way!” she reprimanded sharply. “I am sorry you don't like it,” he observed. “It's the only way I know.” “Then don't laugh at all. The laugh fs on my side, anyway.” “On your side?” ‘ “Yes. You are angry at what bip- ened this evening. But it wasn't I ‘who was in the summer house with M. de Joliden.” “But 1 saw you there,” be declared. rr “I took another woman's place to get her out of an awkward scrape with her husband—with M. Popoff. She was"— “And I never even guessed it!" cried Danilo, his sullen face breaking into © smile of utter relief. “What a fool T was! I was green and yellow with Jealousy. 1"— He caught himself up, bat it was too late, Sonia's eyes danced. “But since you don't love me,” she asked, “why were you yellow and green with" — “Because green and yellow are our national colors. I am nothing if not Patriotic. You see"— “Mme. Sadowa— prince! gurgled Popotf, trotting up to them, unable longer to restrain his anxiety. “I hope it t# all settled. All nicely arranged, eb?” “1f you mean is madame to marry De Jolidon,” answered Danilo, “she 1s ot.” “But this evening,” efacuiated Pop- off, “in the summer house!” “She took another woman's place,” replied the prince, disregarding Sonia's warning gesture. “Dear me!" squealed Popof, his curl- osity reviving. “Who was she?” “Excuse ma, your excellency," re- marked Nish, who had entered with Nova Kovitch and had hovered aim- fessly about waiting to get in a word, “but here is a fan that was picked up in the summer house after the party. You told me to search the place, and I aid. If I may say so, I"— <om 4.6 ws yy h fl cM \=4 m4 Rue M5 . ee eee hereby divorce you.” “Same old fan!” commented Popoff, idly opening it. Then, with a jump as his eye vaguely caught the sentence Natalie bad scribbled beneath De Joll- don's avowal, he screanted: “My wife's handwriting! Then it was my wife after ali!” “Sir,” quoted Nova Kovitch, “Cae sar’s wife should be above suspicion.” “Bot Caesar never brought his wife to Paris!” wailed Popoff. “This is bad for me.” “No, no!” pleaded Natalie, who at sight of the fata! trinket had left her table and run forward. “It's all a bor- rid mistake, I can explain. I"— “Silence!” commanded Popoff in his most magisterial manner. “Madame, under section 4 of the Marsovian code I hereby divorce you. ‘This fan is suf- ficient evidence.” As Natalie started back, dumb with hor-or, Popoft turned impressively to Sonia ‘and, to the widow's amused dis- may, sank on one knee before her. | Be aa Sadowa,” he deciaimed, “I free, and in the name of our fe- ‘theriand I beseech you to become my wifer™ . tis, Sonia was seemingly blind to the white misery In Natalle’s face and the ook of angry surprise in Dall’, She Answered, with perfect composure: “My dear M. Popoff. 1 am deeply hon- ‘red by your proposal, but before I ac- cept it is only fair to tell you that if I marry again I lose all my fortune.” ‘The ambassador scrambled hastily to his feet. “II was perhaps just a wee bit hasty,” he stuttered. looking sheepish- ly about for a way of escape. Natalle came forward and handed him the fan. “Did you read the words I wrote on It?" she asked timidly. “I—am—a—dutiful—wife!” spelled out the ambassador. “Forgive me! I didn't understand. Shall we let bygones be bygones?” Danilo, who had stood silent during the odd proposal, now stepped past Popoff and faced Sonia, a new Jight in his eyes. “Is it true you will lose all your money if you marry again?” he asked im a volce be tried in vain to keep steady. “Yes,” she admitted; “it is true.” “Then why shouldn't I say now what I want to?” “Why not?" she agreed demurely. He drew a step nearer. “I love you, Sonia,” he whispered. Steadily, happily, she met bis burn Ing eyes as she answered: “I love you, Danilo. I have always loved you." “Tut, tut! fretted Popoff, pushing peevishly between them. “This'll nev. er do. You can't marry her, prince You'll both be paupers.” “Not quite,” gently corrected Sonia “I shall lose my money, It Is true, but only because I am going to give it al to my husband.” [rue exp.) Stood a’d Delivered. (Of strawberries he bought a box And paid the man's demand. Which showed that while he had the rocks, He also had the sand, ~New York Sun. FOOZLED, AND WORSE. ‘ RA 5Es Soe I = ie gt = ve aN. 2 4% fa) Rae. et ma td EL oe a ay F one d ; 4.4 i oe at ae Ragee Kile, v/ Ta i a 7a == Fae i ye 4° SPT Bh The Experienced Caddie (more in sorrow than in anger)—Ain't there no word for ft, sir? te “ hie "Ea. ‘The empire loudly shouts “Play ball! ‘The piayers step in view ‘The crowd. in answer to the call, Exclaime: “We hope they do! Washington Star, Foxy Mother. “Mother, George proposed to me last night.” ‘Is that so? I guess your father and Thad better object to him and then he'k surely marry you.” ‘With such a foxy trick as this being Put up for bim, there was no chance for George to escape.—Detroit Free Press. Echoes from Contemporary History. Manager—How did the woman look who put in this matrimontal advertise. ment? Clerk—For one thing, she was dressed fit to kill. Manager (nervously)—Then I guess we had better not insert it.—Balti- more American. ‘The Feminine Viewpoint. “What reason have you for consid- ering the theater an educational insti- tution?” he asked. “Why,” she answered, “most of the swellest styles seen originated on the stage.” And, being a man of intellizence, he Jet it go at that—Chicago Daily News, ainda Aunt Dinah—Whar yo' gwine ter- night? Uncle Ebony—t's gwine ter de Zion church festival, honey Aunt Dinah—Well, go ‘long if yer wants to; but Jest yo' leave yo" pocket book heah.—N. Y. Weekly The Limit, “She seems a very nice girl.” “One whom {t would be safe to marry?" “Ob, no. No girl in safe enough for that. But she's nice enough to think about marrying, if you only know when to stop.” The Real Thing. “A man showed me a gold brick to- day.” “Of course you bought it.” “Of course 1 did nothing of the Kind, It belonged to the United States treasury.” — Baltimore Amer- Acan. Economy Begins at Home. “I bear you'r teaching your son to play draw-poker. Do you think that's wise?” “Certainty, He's bound to learn from some one. If he earns from me At keeps the money in famtiy."— ‘dte. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. SENTENCE SERMONS. || Service is the simple path to saint- Uness. | to ta always generous who has left his purse at home. | He always appears orthodox who hits our neighbors hard. | wakdig Yoo chusah ba ted does act make the life of faith. It is the bowed heart that Heaven ‘sees rather than the bent knee. | Friendships never are the better for being punctured and then patched up. It ta always easier, and often safer, jto preach on old saints than on mod- ern sinners. You may dodge the courts, but you cannot dodge the law of consoquences. People who fear trouble are not go- ing to be troubled with too much force. Pride is the fear of what folks will think; honor the fear of our own hearts. We may not determine our circum- stances, but we do determine our vital environment. When a man gets beyond the pangs of conscience there is not much left in him to punish. Many a man has been cured of any desire to join the Heavenly choir by hearing the earthly ones.—Chicago ‘Tribune. DYSPEPTIC PHILOSOPHY. A sharp appetite can get along with & dull knife. If you don’t get the best of it, make the best of it. It you are going to call a man names, use the "phone. Some people have their good points without being very sharp. Even in fishing for compliments it's the big ones that generally get away. There are two kinds of friends; those we need and those who need us. Some people always want to have @ finger in the ple so no one else will feat tt. All the alarm clocks ever made wouldn't enable some men to get up tn the world. The average millionaire would gladly buy a title for his daughter if {t wasn’t for what goes with it When a woman says her husband ts the light of her life he probably doesn't go out much. ? If you are going to throw yourselt ats girl's head you needn't be sun prised to find yourself under her thumb. The reason some men never get Along Is because they spend all thelr time trying to prove that luck ts ‘entent Chere, EVE'S EPIGRAMS. Once a man told a secret to a dumt woman. He forgot she could talk on her fingers. People who live in air castles are seldom troubled with any sort of “denughts.” At the foot of life's primer class stands the mistaken man who thinks he knows it all. ‘The most fascinating thing about be ing a woman is wondering what fool thing she will do next One of the psychological mysteries is what makes @ blondined woman al: ways wear blue earrings. If he be not nice to me, what care 1 how nice he be?—is the way a girl sizes up the man proposition. The red-headed girl adores the considerate person who speaks of her carroty crown as being “auburn,” Sometimes absence maketh the heart to ponder on whether a perma. nent change wouldn't be an improve- ment. Even now, before the spring poets ‘re packing up to go, the summer stu dent, with his lNbrary-of-the-world’s- dest-literature om the installment plan, is unfolding his prospectus. DO You KNOow— That salmon, pike and goldfish Hever sleep? That almost all birds ike biscuit broken up small? ‘That there are more than 7,000,000 leaves on a big oak tree? That robins and sparrows like eat- ing almonds and dried currants? That marsh marigolds and water lilies last longer when cut and put in water than any other flowers? ‘That when moorheys dive they swim with their wings, practically flying un- der water? Most birds that swim do so with their webbed feet. MUSINGS OF THE PHILOSOPHER. It costs a lot to be popular. ‘The good die young, especially good resolutions, Only tho rich have more friends than they need. Philanthropy generally draws the Mme at its poor relations, | The uppercrust of society depends on the dough underneath. The fellow with money to burn never has any insurance on it. It frequently happens that the Jant- tor isn’t the one who cleans out the bank. When a woman says “there's no use talking,” 1 merely means that she wants to do it all herself. ‘There are few times in a man’s life when he feels of less importance than at his own wedding. When a young man has the reputa- tion of being weak-kneed the girls shouldn't try to sit on him. Some men who believe in making the most of their opportunities unfor- tunately regard every other man as an opportunity. WITH THE SAGES. _ Great minds have wills; feeble ones have wishes —Calvin. If thou prohibit a thing for others look to thyself first.—Confuctus. Glorious it is to wear the crown of deserved and pure success—Huxley. | Great works are performed, not by great strength, but by perseverance — Ctiner. | If a man fs to go higher he will show It by being faithful where he ts. —Beecher. Tt costs us more to be miserable than it would to be perfectly happy.— Punshon. Learning without thougiit Is a snare; thought without learning is a danger. —Confucius. Without thought there can be noth- ing done that can be truly called work.—Edison. He is never without dignity who avoids wounding the dignity of others. —Lord Lytton. The song of sympathy never comes ‘until the singer has been to the school of sorrow.—Ritchie. QUIPS. An excellent way tp get rid of duns is to pay up. He makes a great mistake who be. Ueves he never makes them. Why does everybody call the bad part of the world “they” and the good part “we?” No husband is really well trained so long as he dares to say in public that he hates to push a baby coach. Why 1s it that the only time the newspapers spell a man’s name right is when he is arrested for street fight: ing? Some actors are so charitable that even when running down thelr rivals they don't believe what they say them. selves. The superstitious claim that when you see @ pretty girl petting a rich widower's children it is a sign there {8 going to be a wedding in the neigh: ‘borhood. SUNFLOWER PHILOSOPHY. Freedom is like blue roses; there ts no such thing. The talk of a good many people sounds as if they had begun in the middle. Just because a man sometimes wants to do as he pleases there are those who think he wants to do some. thing terrible. ‘You are always hearing of the beau. ty of women. Women are not so beau- Uful, after all; it is the gentleness, patience and kindness of women that is most attractive. Every time things go wrong with us we think of the luck of the wolf. Al- though every man's hand js against him, a wolf gets along pretty well. ‘Think of the luck a wolf must have to merely live!—Atchison (Kan.) Globe. STICK TO THE THING YOU KNow. Don't forget the toil, the thought, the planning you have invested in the business you have mastered. Don't lose sight of the safety—the certainty—that the work in hand af- fords you. | Don’t let rosy visions of opportunt- ties afar blind your eyes to surer op- portunities close at hand. | Don't forsake the duties of to-day for difficulties that may swamp you. i | Stick to the thing you know!—sys. tem, A Reason for it. “Seems to me you look younger than ever.” “Why not? As I grow older, I be come more and more expert in avoid- ing trouble."—Life, Reasonable Theusht. Church—I see that Borneo holds the record for mosquitoes, Gotham—What part of New Jersey 4s Borneo in?—Yonkers Statesman, Sore Memory. Bacon—Do yo: remember when you bent at mother’s knee? Egbert—Yes; that’s rather a sore memory to me —Yovkers Statesman. Like a Woman, She—What makes you think be ‘s efiminate? 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Lincoln Hair Pomade Is the only ‘highly recommended Preparation for this purpose on the market. It is Lincoln Hair Pomade you want, so refuse weak and in- feriog, substitutes. Do not take anything that is claimed to be just & good, but insist on getting the genuine. eum PRICE, 5 CENTS. aun MANUFACTURED BY » ~ The Lincoln Potmade Co. NORFOLK, VA., U. S. A. - Agents Wanted Everywhere. Write for particulars. If your deal- er does not keep it, send 26 cents in stamps or silver to THE LIN- COLN POMADE CO., Department B, Norfolk, Va, and we will send you a bottle by return mail. MARITIME ADVICES. ‘The “honeymooners.” of Hymen's Line, Set sail for the Matrimonia! Sea, ‘Clearing the Port of Saint Valentine, ‘The fourteenth instant. To-day we see, By our advices, the bark was blown By the gales so sure in the early cruise, For which these waters are badly known, But the storm was weathered without @ bruine. Later: we learn ahe spoke a fest ‘Of Hymen Liners and helt their course, But nearly fouled with @ craft that beat Acroas her path for the port Divorce. Soon after, passing a wreck, they lent The one survivor a friendly lift: ‘Then, warned by the fall of the glasm they sent The Interloper once more adrift. One year from sailing the stores were aren ‘To be decreasing hy far too fast ‘The mate took hold, and the skipper’a been Amazed at the fashion the rations last. Our last advices report the boat Is nailing happily on a sea AM warm and sunlit: they further note ‘The crew bas recently grown to three, — Layton Brewer, In Puck. HOPELESS. (7 ee [Ne od oe ASD = ea e a ae Mr. Pry—I hear that pecullar old Mrs. Talkative, who was so fond of arguing with everybody about any: thing, has been sent to an insane asy. lum. What did they think the mat ter with her? Mrs. Malaprop—She had a fall, and the doctors said it was discussion of the brain.—Baltimore American. Marital Economy. “So Saveit got reconciled to his wife, after all, even after she had brought suit for separation. 1 sup- pose at the pinch he found he loved her.” “Not #0 much that, as he found it was cheaper to get reconciled than to pay alimony and then have to engage @ cook."—Baitimore American. Children Welaama. Weary Searcher (looking for board) —I hope, madam, you do not object to children? Boarding-house Mistress—Oh, not in the least. I have nine myself. Weary Searcher (backing of)—Um —er—if I decide to take the rooms, I will send you a postal. Good-day—N. Y¥. Weekly. . pe eet What Colleges Can Do. Mrs. Mater—Have you seen Mr. Pater's son since he got home from college? Daughter—Yes, ma; saw him last night. “Has he improved much?” “Awfully. He's got » mustache.”"— N. ¥. Weekly. Land of Temples. Siam ts the land of temples. New ones are constantly being built and the old ones rarely repaired. Absolutely Necessary. A “ar ehould have @ good memory. ~Cutelee THE BALLADE OF THE THIN MAN 1 can do all that most men do, That is in common run of things: I shave myself. enjoy tt, too, Can take a clock and mend its springs Can mow the lawn at break of day, Full many « poker hand I've dealt. Fut, O, T've never learned the way ‘Te wear my trousers with a belt. I smoke until the air ts blue, And T can blow @ dozen rings: Sometimes I'm out at might till 2, Like other men I take my fings, At @, baseball 1 atill play, ‘The awiftest pitching I can welt: But, O, T've never learned the way ‘To wear my trousers with a belt. At fishing I'm a wonder, too, T am the man that always brings Homewards, when my sport is through, The largest fsh, the Digaest strings. What other men can do, 1 way, To undertake no fear I've felt: Rut I have never learned the way To wear my trousers with « belt. LENVor. Prince, If you you're thin as T to-day, If nature stingily hath dealt With you, 1 need not further say, T can't depend upon a belt —Detroit Free Press, SHE KNEW THOSE FRIENDS, o 2 po a cap (Corny he Bee Po og l ie | ee “YE a “And what did ber father say when you telegraphed’ back telling him yon were married and gsking him to ex- tend his forgiveness? Your discour. Aged look indicates that he refused.” “No, he forgave ue, all right—but he sent his forgiveness collect. So tt dvesn’t look us if {t would be any use for us to retarn.”"—Chicago Record: Herald, Her Oniy One. Mrs, Crimsonbeak—You ought to be arrested for maklug me go on the street with that same old dress an- other season! Mr. Crimsonbeak—Well, dear, you'd probably be arrested if you went on the street without wearing it!— Yonkers Statesinan. It Might Have Been. “I think,” said the ordinary citizen, “that I have met you before.” “Perhaps you have-—perhape you have,” replied the long-haired young man who had at last succeeded In sell- ing one of his poems to a magazine.— Chicago Record-Herald. Necessary Work. Bacon—Your wife's away, Isn't she? Egbert—She is. “And who is her understudy?" “Her what?” “Her understudy—who darms your socks when she’s away?"—Yonkers Statesman. At Sea. ‘She—What are the wild waves say ing, I wonder? ‘Wantergo Holmes—They seem to me to be asking if | would mind shar fag my supper with them. Teper ONCE IN A LIFETIas. Te was « pitiful mistake, ‘An error sad and grim, 1 waited for the railway trains ‘The light was low and dim. Tt_came at last, and from the car There stepped a dainty dame, And, looking up and down the place, She straight unt me came. “Oh, Jack!" she cried, “oh, dear old Jack!” And kissed me as she spake: Then looked again, and frightened, erte@: “Oh, what a bad mistake: I anid: “Forgive me, maiden fate, For I am not your Jack And as regards the Kiss you gave, TH straightway give It back” And since that night I've often stood “Upon that platform. di = Do such ee pers’. JOSHUA BANKS & SONS EVERY FACILITY CONSISTENT WITH FINE CATERING. Special Attention Given to Balls, Suppers, Installations and Smok ers at the Shortest Notice. err Your Patronage Solicited. ey Refreshment Cars and Bost Privteg es Handled in Season. Addres# -1l communications to BLAM L. BANKS, 511 N. 84 8 Rreidence: 1213 N. sth & 2® DON'T CET MAD. @ Mf your Bair ran thom you? Because, "yeu have the remedy BOW te feodtt ettendheo te se fg ext with your baie ba ; : might leave you! Then ans, try, Mishoo eseeee even, breahiog tad fo? Se take Greet ese: ‘thing to live om: cocrish it; fasten it be te ‘Your scalp. Of course! Meccoorce is only Eeasine,pecect tnd deposits besten, $k Eetnedine you ceo Sey. mae Sz coon eo HOTA batbe: save waar Gcityon tee ait tote tone ates opplicasecr easincee oe Sioriialel” “Eas eyeing : Ways send Wecey code. ed Hearsctaisrcating boone rete ree * Temporary Oftiee; 835, Wet Sard Street. MECCOOROO BAIR TONIC MFO. ao mre = Richmond, Fredericksh’g & Potomac R. R. SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE APRIL 12, 1808. TO ANO FROM WASHINGTON AND BEYOND. ‘TOANO FROM WASHINGTON AND BEYOND. ieee Richmond _| Arrive Richmond $6.30 A. Rrra Se Sua | 700118. Byre Rt Bum SSO BREN) Sa Se arate me SiS0 AN: Nola Rechea| clots tw pleatioutos "ERE Eraactin| (eathages aca | Seeder erage gee CREPES RSRS) Soha teas | SRG Eae prac peel seat Pa Wee see ‘ASHLAND ACCOMMODATIONS WEEKDAYS. eave Kiba Mtatlen “7-30 AITO PR ebF Krrive Hive hauion—Gt0-CM ieee RMAs PR “SDally, _{Weettaye: feaatays only. All trains Yo of fromm Byrd Skreet Skause gop at Kive. Time ef arrivals and departures "ast Eearantesd! Weed we signee N & W NORFOLK & Ie * WESTERN. ONLY ALL-RAIL LINE TO NORFOLK. Leave Byrd Street Station, Richmond. Is Mk fect December 1, 180T. For Nortolk—0:00 A. Muy 8:00 P.M. and 12m P.M daily. Yor, Tynchbwre. the West and Southwast— Stine aittadacnte Seek. Sm. ARRIVE "RICHMOND— Prom Norteli—ti:a0. Mand 6:50 P.M. daily. Fron” the, West Tego ae, 3:05 Pit and 8:30 Fr Medal piellmas.” Parlor aad Sleeping Care. Gate ing Care. WB bev, ©. H nostey, Gen, Pas. “Agwat. Div. Pam! Agt TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND. N, B—Following schedule figures published only as information, ‘and’ ‘are met quantatedt 6:90 A. “M—Dally“Local “Tor ‘Chatletens 12:00 A: M.—Dally—imited-Dufet Pullman te sess al rminghams" "how! Orcan, Memphis, “Ohattanoogs a Trough couch for Chase City, Oxford, Durbar * {00 Me, Sundar Rapes took 11:80 P M—DallyLimke 2 rely 0m PLM for alt the Sout, YORK RIVER LINE. 4:20 P. M—Ex. Buntay—To Wert Point—Oow Secting fer Baltimore Moniny, ‘Weleatey tnd. Friday. tas RU MC Matay, |Wetnewiny and Pda Local to. West’ Point 4:30 A M—Ex. Sundaye—Looal to West Polat, TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND. 7 A.M, 9:30 P. M— Prom all the South, 410 BM Prom ‘Charlotte, Raleighe ‘Dethamm Giase City "and local’ stations! $40 AM. —Prom Keyarille “Local 9:20 4. M—From ‘West Point snd from Malte Bore Wednentay. Friday and. Sursay” 1045 ATM. 6:48 P Bt Looal from Welt Polat. C."W. WrsThoRY, D.'F. A" #20 R. Main’ Street, "Phone 48, — ee Sa ee ee Se) TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND DAM. For Florida and South—#:15 A. M. and Tom Pik, sis PM oy Noralk—0:00 A.M, 8:00 FM ant mm For X. and W. Ry. Week@ne A.M, 18s aad tb Pe a For Petersburg: 9:00 A. M., U0, 8:00, *8: P.M, 6:00, 0500 PM, 7% and Uae Ss cere Tao A Mer "080, “Woe aod 1) 2 Mee Seat 2:06, 6:50, 8:00 ang 8:80 P.M “Except Sunday. “Sunday only. *Racept ‘Time of arrivals and departures and commen tion not guaraatead. | ee 8 CAMPBELLD. F. & ens Are Lins Rauwsay SOUTHROUXD TRAIN SCHEDULED TO LEAVE ee iva a Raleigh, Char toe P. it~ vowtta, Limited. Ps Sear ee, meee Lee = 0 eae py + M Meactte Lemteet, one FOUR THE YEARNET MONEY ORDERS—You can buy a Money Order at your Post Office, payable at the Richmond Post Office and we will be responsible for its arrival. MONEY ORDERS can be obtained at any office of the American Express Co., the United States Express Co., and the Wells Fargo and Co.'s Express Company. We will be responsible for money sent by any of these companies, as well as for any safe and convenient way for forwarding money. 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COMMUNICATIONS—When writing to us to renew your subscription or to discontinue your paper, you should give your name and address in full, otherwise we cannot find your name on our books. CHANGE OF ADDRESS—In order to change the address of a subscriber, we must be sent the former as well as the present address. Entered at the Post Office at Richmond, Va. second class matter. SATURDAY.....JULY 18, 1908. MR. SMITH ON THE SITUATION Hon. H. C. Smith, Editor of the Cleveland. Ohio Gazette is much disgusted by the nomination of Hon. William H. Taft as the Republican nominee for President. It is a case of where that distinguished Afro-American has gone too far before the nomination to get back after the nomination. As he is a gentleman of his word, he cannot support the chosen leader of Republicanism this year. He states though the manner and the method by which his support in this campaign of the Republican nominee can be secured and his explanation is as follows: "Until the Republican nominee for President publicly repudiates his stand on the two vital issues (to us) just mentioned, and also repudiates his public endorsement of Roosevelt's policy in the Brownsville matter, how can any loyal Negro or Afro-American voter support his candidacy?" He says further: "It is not necessary for us to vote for Bryan if we do not support Taft. We are not compelled to vote for either, or vote at all, if we do not wish to. However, if we wish to cast our ballots for some candidate for President, we can vote for Eugene V. Debs or some of the other party candidates for President, Bryan and Taft excepted, ef course. "For more than ten years we have read Debs' speeches, and time and again noted with much satisfaction the outspoken, manly and friendly references to our people they have contained. He is right on the so-called race question, and has the courage of his convictions. That is enough! That he is the candidate of the Socialist party is of no consequence, as far as we are concerned, just at this time. That he is right on the questions of vital interest to us is all that is necessary this year at least. "Therefore we feel it our duty at this time to call upon our loyal members of the race to suspend final judgment in the matter of voting this fall, a short time, in order to give a committee of our best leaders an opportunity to submit to Judge Taft the three questions as to his attitude upon our three burning issues in event of his election to the Presidency, and thus give him a last opportunity to repudiate his present position upon them, or to refuse to do so. "This much we feel is due not only the race, the Republican party and Mr. Taft, but particularly a large hesitating element among our people who will only need such sane action upon our part to enable them to reach the proper conclusion and quickly, too. Prompt action should be taken by those of our leaders who led in the racial effort against the nomination of Mr. Taft and who since the Chicago convention, have not been flirting with Mr. Bryan and Democracy. "Only such, will the great mass of our voters who are most decidedly anti-Taft, as matters now stand, have confidence in. Who will join us in this same, sensible and loyal move? It must be done. It shall be done!" The best interests of all concerned demand it." This is quite a significant movement in the direction of Socialism. Can Hon. H. C. Smith lead the "children of Israel" into this camp, or will he go over there alone, with not even Dr. J. Milton Waldron and Bishop Alexander Walters following him? We admit that Socialism as a theory is all right and we would to God that in practical operation it was a success. No one who will read its tenets and meditate over its principles can fail to be impressed by the sincerity of its advocates and the greatness of its policies. On the race question, it is all right, but we have often wondered whether or not, if entrusted with power, its leaders would remember its platform and be guided by its pledges? The conditions now existing are characteristic of the Negro race or Afro-American race or colored race, or any other name that you choose to use in designating our people. We have a veritable "Tower of Babel" on our hands. Some of our leaders and some of our organizations advocate one thing and some another. This is the embarrassing predicament in which we are placed before the country. It is bewildering to us as well as amusing to the public. It may be that out of the gloom of uncertainty will come he sunshine of an united effort. The campaign is not well under way yet and it can do no harm for us to do less talking and more consulting, less threatening and more consideration of vital issues. Hon. William H. Taft is not satisfactory and Hon. William J. Bryan is a political quantity that will bear watching. In the meantime, it will be well for us to take into consideration the platform and candidates of other parties. --- THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM The platform as adopted by the Democratic National Convention at Denver, Colorado is a strong document and guaged by the past record of its acknowledged leader, it is a conservative deliverance from a body of men, who seem now to be adjusting their political sails with the idea of retaining the protesting elements in the Party and the purpose of bringing to their support the disgruntled elements in the Republican Party. Of course the colored people are most deeply interested in that portion of the platform that specifically refers to them. In this respect they will find abundant information for their disappointment. Relative to the attitude of that party towards the colored men in this country, the platform is silent. The inference is though that the Democratic Party, even as reorganized under the masterly leadership of Hon. William J. Bryan is ready and willing to promote the emigration of the colored people to other shores. If all of the Negroes will go either to England, Germany, France, Spain Portugal, Russia, Greece, Denmark, Switzerland, Turkey or any other country of the old world, all of the rights and privileges vouchsafed any other citizen of the United States will be accorded to them, for here is the language of the platform: "We pledge ourselves to insist upon the just and lawful protection of our citizens at home and abroad, and to use all proper methods to secure for them whether native born or naturalized and without distinction of race or creed, the equal protection of law and the enjoyment of all rights and privileges open to them under our treaty the right of travel and sojourn is denied to American citizens, or recognition is withheld from American passports by any com tries on the ground of race or creed, we favor prompt negotiations with the governments of such countries to secure the removal of these unjust discriminations." Ninety-five per cent of the colored people of this country are within the radius of Democratic control. That they get the equal protection of the laws is more a joke than a reality. We have been blessed with a corp of Democratic Governors, most of whom have made an effort to protect all men, charged with crime, regardless of race or color. This plank in the platform is silent though upon the question of political rights and even in its most liberal sense cannot be construed to make any promises concerning them. To this extent, it is radically at variance with the strong plank inserted in the Republican platform. Considered from the standpoint of words rather than from the arena of performances, the Republican platform has the Democratic platform, so far as it relates to the citizen of color, "beat a mile," yes, five miles; yes, ten miles and then we might add that the difference is as far apart as the poles. The Democrats in their convention assembled were willing to grant independence to the Filipinos, who fought against the government and yet deny equal political rights to the Negroes in this country, who fought for it. Here is the plank upon that phase of the situation: "We favor an immediate declaration of the nation's purpose to recognize the independence of the Philippine Islands as soon as a stable government can be established, such independence to be guaranteed by us as we guarantee the independence of THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Cuba, until the neutralization of the islands can be secured by treaty with other powers. In recognizing the independence of the Philippines our government should retain such land as may be necessary for coaling stations and naval bases. This position does not harmonize with the biblical deliverances of the Hon. William J. Bryan of Lincoln, Nebraska. He champions the cause of the dark races of the Philippines, who the Democrats of this country have not seen and is silent as to the political rights of the citizens of color in this country whom they have seen. Guaged squarely and fairly by the platform utterances of the two parties, no colored man of judgment will hesitate long between them. Measured in the arena of performances and the observance by the party of platform pledges, it is a question that would hardly puzzle the mind of the average citizen for both of the parties will be found limping on this test of their sincerity. It seems that the proposition of Mr. Bryan to have the Democratic Convention deliver itself on its revised attitude concerning the Negro and the urgent demand of Hon. Henry Watterson that it proceed so to do was met by fierce denunciation by the Negro-hating contingent of the party. It it evident that much that was said upon this proposition would be unfit for polite publication at this time. Mr. Bryan is expected to define his attitude upon this all important question and there will be no guarantee that he speaks for anyone but himself and those Northern Democrats in the doubtful States, whose attitude towards the colored men is of a high order and equally as liberal as that of the leaders of the Republican movement on the other side. The Democratic platform is unsatisfactory to us and will prove a serious handicap to those colored men, who have already begun the agitation for the transfer of our voting strength to the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party was a blundering organization when President Ulysses S. Grant lived and it is living up to its past abominable reputation during the reign of President Theodore Roosevelt. MR. BRYAN'S PROSPECTS. The acton of the Democratic National Convention at Denver, Colorado in nominating Hon. William J. Bryan of Nebraska for President and Hon. John W. Kern of Indiana for Vice-President was in our judgment the wisest course to pursue and the strongest ticket that could be placed before the American people at this time. With one lone exception, Mr. Bryan's position upon great questions of human rights has been all right. This year he has shown more of the ear-marks of the politician than he has those of the statesman. Still, when all things are considered, we are forced to the conclusion that he is the logical candidate of the Democratic Party and that the vote that he will poll will be the largest that any other candidate could muster in a similar contest. We say this while aware of the fact that with a limited Democracy behind him, Govern or Johnson of Minnesota would be the most available candidate of the uninterrified democracy. But Gov. Johnson could not unite the party and he could not hope to poll the full party strength in the West. There are Bryan enthusiasts who would sulk in their tents and refuse to do his bidding, just as there are anti-Bryan Democrats, who will pursue a similar course in this campaign Of course the party at large will be the sufferer. Mr. Bryan has been given great prestige by the action of President Roosevelt in adopting many of his policies and in his going so far as to invite him in the White House for conference. The Democrats are saying that if their chieftain is good enough for Roosevelt, then he is good enough for the people of the United States to support. Personally speaking, we do not believe that the colored people of the country will have anything to fear at the hands of Mr. Bryan. It may be that he is greater than his party. Still, the fact remains plain that he did not have strength enough, or if he had it he did not exercise it to the extent of inserting a Negro plank in the Democratic platform. We are of the opinion that if Hon. William J. Bryan cannot be elected President of the United States this year no other Democrat in the country could be elected and the Republicans will hold the executive department of the government for many years to come. When Mr. Bryan supported Judge Parker for the Presidency, he placed the gold Democrats under obligations to support him. That his distinguished antagonist realized this is apparent for he was there to ratify the ticket and to pledge his efforts to do all in his power to land the distinguished Nebraskan in the White House. With the discord in the ranks of the Republicans everywhere apparent upon first blush, it would appear that Mr. Bryan now has an even chance of winning. Still, the Democrats do not harmonize on short notice, while the Republicans are adepts at the business. The fact that Mr. Bryan has been defeated twice for the Presidency of the United States and that Hon. John W. Kern, his running mate has been twice defeated for the governorship of Indiana and that both were nominated on Friday, which is regarded by the superstitious white and colored people as bad luck day emphasizes the fact that the great Commoner and his companion have entered upon a contest seriously burdened down with handicaps. Mr. Bryan may win, but should he be able so to do, he will be operating upon the outskirts of the land of miracles where the exposition of the divine power of the biblical times are now having a visible manifestation among men. FOUR DROWNED Pleasure Launch Blows Up and Burns in Buzzard's Bay. TWO SURVIVORS RESCUED Four prominent summer residents of Marion and Falmouth, Mass., met death by an explosion on board a 45-foot launch off here. Two survivors were picked up after having been in the water for twelve hours. The dead are: Roland Worthington, Boston; John T. Truill, Woolm; Joseph S. Beal, Milton and George Savory, Marblehead, captain of the launch. The saved: A. P. Tarbell, Marblehead, and Edward Pecker, Boston. Pecker, who was clinging to an oar, and Tarbell, who was supported by a life preserver, were able to swim, and they remained together until picked up by a lobster fisherman going out in the early morning to haul his pots. His boat was seen by the two struggling men in the water long before the fisherman himself could make them out. Finally he spied the nearly exhausted swimmers and rescued them. Neither of the survivors was able to give the cause of the explosion, Mr Tarbell, who owned the Dolphin, as the launch was called said that the boat started out from Marion on a short pleasure cruise, and was well out in the middle of Buzzard's bay when the accident occurred. Savory the engineer, was suddenly blown into the air, and was probably dead when he struck the water. The boat caught fire immediately, and Tarbell called to his comrades to leap overboard. He strapped a life preserver about him self before he leaped, and Mr. Pecker, who is connected with the Boston banking firm of Rollins & Son, seized an oar and followed. So far as they knew, none of the others in the party jumped. Either they could not swim and preferred to cling to the disabled launch until help came, or else they were stummed by the explosion. Both Tarbell and Pecker remained near the launch for several moments urging their comrades to jump into the water with a cushion, oar, life preserver or something, for the launch was burning rapidly. One man, be led to be Roland Worthington, was seen clinging to the side of the boat but he could not swim apparently, and the men in the water could not reach him. Gradually the launch drifted further out to sea, and Mr. Pecker and Mr. Tarbell were forced to give up hope of aling their comrades. They turned landward and swam slowly so as to husband their strength as much as possible. It was twelve hours before their rescue came. Cleveland's WILL. The will of former President Grover Cleveland has been probated, and took place at the home of Mrs. Cleveland in Princeton, Surrogate John W. Cornell going there for that purpose. Mr. Cornell did this out of consideration for Mrs. Cleveland, who did not care to come to the courthouse at Trenton. The will is in Mr. Cleveland's own handwriting and makes no disclosures as to the extent of his wealth. After some minor bequests and the creation of a fund of $10,000 for each of the four children, the remainder of the estate is left to Mrs. Cleveland. In his will Mr. Cleveland expresses the desire to be buried in the place where he died and that the body should not be removed unless it should be absolutely necessary in order to have it repose by the side of his wife. Mrs. Cleveland is made executrix and Frank S. Hastings executor under the will. Swallowed Ten-Inch Tableknife Swallowed Ten-Inch Tableknife. Charles Henry, twenty-five, of West Hazleton, Pa., swallowed a tableknife ten inches long. It was of the ordinary kind, with sixinch blade, one inch in width and a wooden handle four inches long. He submitted to an operation at the Miner's hospital for the removal of the knife from his stomach. His condition is serious. He was entertaining a gathering of friends at his home at knife-eating, when it slipped down his throat. Heretofore he had been successful in emulating the professional sword and knife eaters, having acquired the knack of having them disappear and then get them out, but this time he failed. Negro Shot Dead By Rose. Columbus Jackson, a negro, was shot and killed by some member of a posses of citizens near Clayton, Del. The negro had been placed under arrest on a railroad train charged with keeping a speakeasy. When the train reached Clayton the negro broke away from his captor and started to run. Constable Boyer, of Clayton, and a number of citizens gave chase. When the negro ran into a cornfield several shots were fired, one of which struck the negro in the stomach. He died within ten minutes. It is not known who fired the shot, and no arrests have been made. Killed By Lightning In Steel Boat. Roy Spencer, aged seventeen years, of Steelton, and Earl Paxton, about the same age, were rowing across the Susquehanna river at Harrisburg, Pa. in a steel skiff, when a bolt of lightning struck Spencer, killing him --- P. R. THE PORT OF MISSING MEN THE BEST STORY THAT MEREDITH NICHOLSON HAS EVER WRITTEN This Beautiful Story to apper soon in these columns. Watch for it. instantly. Paxton was knocked to the bottom of the boat, but was not badly hurt. The steel boat is supposed to have attracted the lightning. Killed By Pitched Ball Elmer Cole, a member of the Berwick Base Ball club, died at the City hospital at Wilkes-Barre, Pa., as a result of being hit with a pitched ball in a game played at Bloomsburg, Pa., last Saturday. Venezuelan Diplomat Recalled Venezuelan Diplomat Recruit. The diplomatic relations between America and Venezuela, that have existed uninterrupted over fifty years, though in recent years severely strained, are completely severed. Senior Veloz-Golticosa, the Venezuelan charges of daffaies, called at the state department by appointment to present to Acting Secretary of State Bacon notice from his government that he was to quit his post here, close up the Venezuelan legation in Washington and repair forthwith to Venezuela. Now, as to the future, it is pointed out by officials who have followed closely the developments in the Venezuelan situation, that there is not the slightest danger of war in the immediate future or indeed at all. Mr. Veloz's withdrawal follows that of Minister Russell as diplomatic representative of the United States to Venezuela about two months ago and that of Mr. Sleeper, the secretary of legation, about two weeks since. The reason for the withdrawal of the American legation at Caracas arose from the persistent refusal of Venezuela to give redress for the governmental action by which all American interests in Venezuela were either destroyed or confiscated, or to submit the claims of American citizens to arbitration. A Great Opportunity for Young Men Who Desire Agricultural Education Many of the young men who have finished the courses in agriculture at the Tuskegee Institute are commanding salaries ranging from $50 to $100 per month. The graduates of this Department of the school are successfully employed as instructors, or as managers of important agricultural operations. The school has an agricultural faculty of twenty instructors; men who have received their training in the best agricultural schools of the country. Young colored men and women who desire to take courses in practical and scientific agriculture are now offered the best opportunity to pursue such courses in one of the largest and best equipped schools for practi- Opportunities are now open to 500 young men and women who may wish to take any of the above courses of instruction. The cost of board is $8.50 per month. No charge for instruction. For further information address, BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, Principal. Tuskegee Institute. Alabama The Demand for an Educated Ministry. Realizing the demand among the Negro people for an educated ministry, The Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute conducts in connection with its other Departments a Bible Training School. The courses of study are so arranged that, not only ministers and licentiates may be benefited, but those also who desire to do better missionary work or become intelligent Sunday school teachers. The chief aim of the Bible Training School is to afford a comprehensive knowledge of the English Bible and to implant in the hearts of those who attend an ambition to dedicate their lives to the elevation and Christianization of their people. Daily supplementary exercises designed to instill habits of sobriety, cleanliness, regularity and accuracy are provided. The teaching is wholly undenominational, the intention being not to oppose or antagonize any theological work being done elsewhere, but instead to assist all denominations. During the past year, the enrollment in the Bible Training School has been satisfactory, but the opportunity is now provided for a considerably larger number. The teaching is free. The cost of board, including furnished room, light, fuel, laundering, etc. is $8.50 per month. The entrance fee is $7 to be paid in cash by each student when he registers. Students will be given the opportunity to work out much of the $8.50 in some cases all of it. Lack of means should not keep any one from entering the Bible School. If the student is not afraid or word and study he will succeed. For more information, see www. For further information address BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, Principal. Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. VIRGINIA—In the Law and Equity Court of the City of Richmond, July 1st, 1908. Louis Collins. Plaintiff. Plaintiff. vs. In Chancery. Nancy Collins, Defendant. The object of this suit is to obtain a Divorce, a Vinculo Matrimonii, by the plaintiff against the defendant. And an affidavit having been made and filed that the defendant is a non-resident of the State of Virginia, it is ordered that she, said defendant appear here within fifteen days after the due publication of this order and do whatever is necessary to protect her interest herein. A Copy—Teste: P. P. WINSTON, Clerk. J. HENRY CRUTCHFIELD, p. q. To Nancy Colling; You will take notice that I shall on the 19th day of August, 1908 at the office of Phil B. Shield, room numbered 60, Chamber of Commerce Building, situated S. W. corner of 9 and Main Streets in the city of Richmond, Virginia between the hours of 9 o'clock A. M. and 6 o'clock P. M. of that day proceed to take the depositions of witnesses to be read as evidence in my behalf in a certain suit in Chancery depending in the Law and Equity Court for the city of Richmond, Virginia; wherein you are defendant and I am plaintiff; and if for any cause the taking of the sald depositions be not commenced on that day, or, if commenced be not concluded on that day, the taking of the same will be adjourned and continued from day to day, or from time to time at the same place and between the same hours until the same shall have been concluded. Respectfully, LOUIS COLLINS. By Counsel. J. HENRY CRUTCHFIELD, p. q. 1211 1/2 E. Broad St., Richmond. IT WILL PAY YOU To interest yourself in promoting the CIRCULATION of th RICHMOND PLANET. --- THE YEARST SCORES OLD PARTIES Taft and Bryan Denounced in Prohibition Convention Declares For the Suppression of the Saloon, the Traffic In Girls, Abuse of Sunday and Gambling—Roosevelt Policies Endorsed. Columbus, O., July 15.—With nearly 1300 of the 1519 delegates present, the national Prohibition convention was called to order in Memorial ball Robert H. Patton, of Springfield, Ill. was chosen temporary chairman, and David B. McCalmont, Franklin, Pa. temporary secretary. Temporary Chairman Patton delivered a "keynote" speech that set the delegates almost wild. He shot the "rum demon" full of holes, mercilessly jumped upon the old political parties criticised "in public press almost unilversally against us," and joyfully cried that "in spite of the fixed habits of ap petite, greed and lust, we have by the help of God and the power of the right conquered over all, and are met here with the shouts of victory upon our lips. We are face to face with the hour that gives assurance of complete triumph." Mr. Patton put the Democratic and Republican parties on the grill. He said the plank in the Republican national platform "reaffirming our adherence to every Republican doctrine proclaimed since the birth of the party was a direct reaffirmation of a plank in the Republican platform of 1872 which declared against interfering with the rights of the people." Scores Taft and Bryan. Mr. Patton denounced William H Taft's friendliness and co-operation with the "Brewer Boss Politician or Cincinnati—Boss Cox." The speaker decried the alliance of the Democratic party with the saloon element and asked William J. Bryan to explain this plank in the Democratic platform: "We reaffirm our faith in and pledge our loyalty to the principles of our party," which principles, declared Mr. Patton, included the famous anti-sumptuary plank in the Democratic platform of 1876. He continued: "From the fact that Mr. Bryan recently in a public interview confessed to voting and making speeches to defeat prohibition in his own state from the fact that in his campaign speeches in Oklahoma, he spoke for all of their constitution but the prohibition part; from the fact that he has recently in an interview tried to make this appear as a mere local issue and not a national one, what hope have we that he and the Democratic party will give any aid to this cause? He advised the organization of the party on practical lines and declared that the time had now come when the movement must go forward or backward. There is no middle ground." The Platform. The following is a draft of the platform to be submitted to the resolution committee by Wilbur F. Crafts, of the International Reform bureau, Washington, which will in all probability be adopted: "We appeal to the sovereign people against the Republican congress that has year after year refused to withdraw the federal shield of interstate commerce from 'speakeasies,' and against the Republican party that has its recent convention refused to promise this reasonable reform; and against the Democratic party because it failed to make any clear declaration at its national convention on any moral issue. We believe the selection of a successor by the president is a dangerous precedent, and that at most he should have intimated he would pose the nomination of any man liable to reverse Roosevelt policies, which we heartily endorse. We believe these policies, which in their attacks on trust, have not prevented the raising of prices, should be supplemented by such gradual tariff reform as we make private monopolies impossible. We favor a constitutional convention to amend the constitution so as to provide for the selection of senators by direct vote of the people; for federal control of marriage, including divorce and polygamy; for national prohibition of importation, manufacture or sale of intoxicating beverages. "Meanwhile we propose as the largest measure of prohibition now possible to dam the liquor traffic at every state line by forbidding all interstate commerce in inexplicating liquors. "We invite intelligent Christian voters in the Republican and Democratic parties, never so numerous as now, who have been turned down hard by refusal of platform makers of both parties to recognize that nations do not die of free trade or free silver, but of free love; not of currency or conquest, but of cancer—to join us in electing an issue, namely, national prohibition by constitutional amendment and prohibition by congress in the District of Columbia and the territories and wherever the national government has jurisdiction, and in electing officers in sympathy with the legislation to enforce it. And we make this paragraph our only test of party fealty. "We favor conditionary suffrage, not on sex, but on intelligence, with compulsory voting or public record of rea BORS AND INTEREST THEM IN THE PLANET WE WILL HELP YOU TO OBTAIN A PREMIUM COLORED INFANTRY IN RESCUE OF ROUGH RIDERS AT SAN JUAN HILL, JULY 2, 1898, SIZE 20X28 AND 20X24 INCHES, ADMIRAL DEWEY'S GREAT NAVAL BATTLE OFF CAVITE IN MANILA BAY, MAY 1ST, 1898, NAVAL BATTLE, DESTRUCTION OF ADMIRAL CERVERA'S SPANISH FLEET OFF SANTIAGO DE CUBA, JULY 3RD, 1898, SIZE 22X28 INCHES; LAND BATTLE, CAPTURE OF EL CANEY, EL PASO AND FORTIFICATIONS OF SANTIAGO, JULY FIRST AND SECOND, 1898, SIZE 22X28 AND 22X27 INCHES. WE WILL SEND YOU ONE OF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING BATTLES OF THE CIVIL WAR ON THE SAME TERMS. THE PICTURES LIKE THE OTHER BATTLES ARE FINISHED IN COLORS. THEY ARE 22X28 INCHES AND RETAIL AT ONE DOLLAR EACH. WE WILL FURNISH FRAMES FOR ANY OF THESE FINE CHROMOS FOR 2 DOLLARS & 50CTS. EACH ADDITIONAL. BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG, BATTLE OF SHILOH, BATTLE OF FIVE FORKS, VA., BATTLE OF ATLANTA, GA., BATTLE OF SPOTTSYLVANIA, VA., BATTLE OF VICKSBURG, MISS., BATTLE OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, TENN., BATTLE BETWEEN THE MONITOR AND THE MERRIMAC, BATTLE OF BULL RUN, VA., BATTLE OF CHANCELLORSVILLE, BATTLE OF THE BIG HORN, (CUSTER'S LAST CHARGE) STORMING OF FORT WAGNER, S. C., (COLORED TROOPS IN THIS FIGHT), BAT OF NEW ORLEANS, LA., CAPTURE AND ATH OF SITTING BULL, THE GREAT INDIAN CHIEFTAIN; FORT PELLOW MASSACRE, FALL OF PETERSBURG, VA., BATTLE OF WINCHESTER, VA., BATTLE OF OLUSTEE, FLA. WE WILL SEND FAMILY RECORD, SIZE 22 BY 28, WHICH CONTAINS SPACE FOR PHOTOGRAPHS OF PARENTS AND TEN CHILDREN. WE WILL SEND SOLDIERS WAR RECORD (CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE IN UNITED STATES ARMY.) FOR ONE YEAR EACH, OR THEIR EQUIVALENT, WE WILL SEND YOU A COPY OF UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, THE MOST INTENSELY INTERESTING BOOK IN THE COUNTRY. WE WILL SEND YOU A GOLD-PLATED BROOCH WITH YOUR PICTURE THEREIN, YOU TO sons for not voting. We favor protection of labor by immigration restrictions fairly corresponding to protection of capital by tariff. We desire to suppress the traffic in girls, gambling, abuse of Sunday and the chief root of them all—the saloon." Girl Shot Drunken Father Girl Shot Drunken Father. Enraged by family troubles, Amos Polhamus attempted to murder his wife and their four children, but was himself probably fatally shot by his oldest daughter, Helen, the postmumress at Delmont, N. J. Polhamus had expressed the intention of killing all the members of his family, and his daughter Helen was warned. Arriving at his home in an intoxicated condition, he seized a hatchet and struck Sarah, his sixteen-year-old daughter, a glancing blow on the head, rendering her unconscious. At this juncture Helen appeared with the revolver, and as the irate man started upstairs with the avowed purpose of injuring his wife, who was lying in bed with a three-day-old baby, Helen shot him in the neck. He made a dash for Helen, and the girl shot again, the bullet taking effect in the abdomen. As he dropped to the floor, he cried out: "Oh, don't shoot me; don't shoot again." Twelve Heat Deaths In Philadelphia. Though the maximum temperature in Philadelphia was a few degrees lower than on Monday, the weather bureau thermometer registering 91 as the highest mark, there was much continued suffering from the heat here Tuesday and twelve persons reported dead from the heat, either directly or indirectly. One of the most peculiar deaths was that of George F. Green, aged 65 years, who sought relief from the heat in the bathtub. He was overcome while preparing the bath, and, falling into the water was drowned. Edward Tagg, aged 55 years, a dock hand, sat down on the edge of a wharf to rest and, overcome by the heat, topped over into the river and was drowned. Hitchcock to Manage Taft Campaign Frank H. Hitchcock, of Massachusetts, chairman of Republican national committee and manager of the national campaign; George R. Sheldon, of New York, treasurer of the national committee, and Arthur I. Vorys, of Ohio, member of the national committee in charge of the Ohio Republican headquarters, which are to be in Cincinnati. This was the result of the meeting of the executive committee of the Republican national committee at Hot Springs, Va. Fatally Shot By Mother-In-Law Fatally Shot By Mother-in-Law. Standing within a few feet of the spot at Northport, N. Y., where, a little more than two years ago, he shot and killed his aged father-in-law, Dr. James Weddell Simpson, a dentist of New York, was shot and perhaps mortally wounded by his mother-in-law, Mrs. Bartley T. Horner, the woman he made a widow. Dr. Simpson's wife, from whom he has been estranged for many months, was near when the shot was fired, but she did not witness the shooting. Upon learning that it was her husband who had been wounded she refused to go near him, and Dr. Simpson had to crawl to a house about 200 feet away to have his wounds attended to. Mrs. Horner was later arrested and held in $5000 bail, while Dr. Simpson, with the assistance of two friends, made his way to the Roosevelt hospital, in New York. The bullet lodged in his liver, and an immediate operation was performed to take the bullet out. The doctors said that Dr. Simpson has only a small chance of recovering. Mrs. Horner does not deny that she did the shooting, but she claims justification. Through her lawyer, Rowland Miles, she said that Dr. Simpson had several times called at the house, and that his visits were unwelcome. When he came she says she ordered him away, and when he refused to go she took up a revolver and shot at him. This second tragedy at the Horner homestead is only another chapter in a series of unhappy domestic events of the last few years. The shooting of Bartley T. Horner by Dr. Simpson aroused the countryside in December, 1905, and when the dentist was put on trial his wife took the witness stand against him. Mrs. Horner also gave damaging testimony against her son-in-law. Dr. Simpson was going through the manual of arms with a shotgun when he accidentally shot his father in-law. PRODUCE QUOTATIONS The Latest Closing Prices In the Principal Markets. ```markdown ``` PHILADELPHIA — FLOUR firm; winter extras, new, $3.40@.35; Pennsylvania roller, clear, $3.60@.375; city mills, fancy, $5.75@.5.90; RYE FLOUR quiet; per barrel, $4.40@.4.50; WHEAT Krystal, new, eastern, $9.23@.93C; CORN quiet; No. 2 barrel, $8.36@.83C; OATS firm; No. 2 white, clipped, $6.02@.61c; lower grades, $5.9C; HAY weak; timothy, $14.50@.15 for large bales; PORK quiet; family, per barrel, $27@.28; steak, beef bams, per barrel, $27@.28; OUTLET Live firm; hens, $13@.13@.13; old roosters, $9.2c; Dressed steady; choice lowls, $12.2c; old roosters, $9.2c; BUTTER steady; extra creamy, 28c; steady; selected, 23@.25c; nearby, western, 20c. POTATOES steady, new, per barrel, $2.50@.275. BALTIMORE -WHEAT strong; No. 2 spot, 971% @ 971%; steamer No. 2 spot, 901% @ 901%; southern, 90 @ 94% spot, 901% @ 901%; north, 791% @ 94% spot, OATS firm; white, 591% @ 91% spot, No. 3, 58 @ 96%; No. 4, 58 @ 56%; mixed, No. 2, 57 @ 57%; No. 3, 56 @ 56%; BUTTER easy; creamy separator separator, 24c; prints, 25 @ 26; held, 19 @ 20c; Maryland and Pennsylvania, 25 @ 26; steady, fancy Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia, 17c; southern, 16c; per dozen. Live Stock Markets. PITTSBURG (Union Stock Yards) CATTLE lower, choice $6.80;@7 lambs lower, prime SHEEP steady; lambs lower, prime $4.75; culls and common, $2;@3; lambs, $4.50;@6.50; veal calves, $7.50;@8 HOGS active and higher; prime heav- light Yorker, $9.00;@7;orkers, $2.50; light Yorker, $8.00;@7;orkers, $5.10; $3.50;roughs, $5.50;6.00. IN ORDER TO FURTHER INCREASE OUR STEADILY GROWING CIRCULATION WE WILL OFF WE WILL SEND YOU THE PLANET AND THE ST LOUIS, MISSOURI, SEMI-WEEKLY GLOBE DEMOCRAT, ONE OF THE LEADING REPUBLICAN JOURNALS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR $2.25 PER YEAR FOR BOTH. WE WILL SEND YOU THE PLANET AND THE COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE FOR $2.25 PER YEAR FOR BOTH. WE WILL SEND YOU THE PLANET AND McCLURE'S MAGAZINE FOR $2.25 PER YEAR FOR BOTH. OR THEIR EQUIVALENT, WE WILL SEND PICTURES, ONE ONLY, OF PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT, DR. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, BATTLE OF SANTIAGO, LAND BATTLE OF QUASIMAS NEAR SANTIAGO, JUNE 24, 1898, SHOWING THE NINTH AND TENTH COLORED CAVALRY IN SUPPORT OF ROUGH RIDERS, SIZE 20X28 AND 20X24 INCHES, LAND BATTLE AND CHARGE OF THE 24TH & 25TH THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA IF YOU WILL TALK WITH YOUR NEIGH- ```markdown ``` FOR TWO YEARLY SUBSCRIBERS FOR FIVE NEW SUBSCRIBERS REQUISITE NUMBER IS OBTAINED, WE WILL FORWARD THE PRESENT INDICATED. A PERSON WHO TRIES TO GET FORTY SUBSCRIBERS AND GETS TIRED MAY INDICATE HIS WISH AND WE WILL SEND THE PRESENT FOR THE NUMBER HE HAS SECURED OVER FIVE. THE NUMBER WILL BE FOR NOT LESS THAN FIVE NOR MORE THAN TEN AND NOT LESS THAN TEN NOR M HAN TWENTY AND NOT LESS THAN FY NOR MORE THAN FORTY, TO DET THE PRIZE TO WHICH THE WORKER TLED. IF ANYTHING IS DESIRED NOT SPECIFIED IN THIS LIST, WRITE US ABOUT IT AND WE WILL TELL YOU IN WHAT CLASS IT BE LONGS. ADDRESS ALL ORDERS TO JOHN MITCHELL, JR., 311 North Fourth Street, RICHMOND. VIRGINIA A LANET WEEKLY READING UNITED H. T AND R $2.25 T AND YEAR ND PIC- THEO- WASH- D BAT- JUNE 24, H COL- GH RI- LAND & 25TH 中 REQUIST FORWAR SHOULD YOU DESIRE ANY COLORED JOURNAL IN THE UNITED STATES, WE WILL SEND IT TO YOU IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PLANET AT A GREATLY REDUCED RATE FOR BOTH. FURNISH THE PHOTOGRAPH, ONE FOUNTAIN PEN, GOLD POINT; ONE LADIES RING, ONE BREAST-PIN, GOLD FILLED; HALF DOZEN LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS, ONE ALARM CLOCK, ONE DOZEN NAPKINS, ONE HALF DOZEN TOWELS, ONE CHOCOLATE POT, ONE PAIR VASES, ONE PAIR KID GLOVES, ONE HAM, ONE TURKEY. WE WILL SEND ONE CHINA SET, THIRTY-ONE PIECES; ONE NECKLACE; DICKENS, SHAKESPEARE, BYRON WORKS; ONE UMBRELLA, ONE PLAIN GOLD RING, ONE PAIR LACE CURTAINS 1,000 ENVELOPES, 1,000 SHEETS OF PAPER PRINTED AND DELIVERED; ONE TOILET SET, ONE HALF CORD OF SAWED WOOD FOR TWENTY NEW SUBSCRIBERS WE WILL GIVE ONE HANDSOME GOLD RING WITH OPALS, RUBIES OR PEARLS; ONE JEWELRY BOX FINISHED IN GOLD OR SILVER; ONE SILK SHIRT WAIST; ONE READY MADE DRESS, ONE GOLD WATCH, FILLED, WARRANTED FOR TEN YEARS, ONE ROCKING CHAIR, ONE LOAD OF COAL, ONE GROSS OF SOAP, EITHER WASHING OR TOILET; ONE BARREL OF BEST FLOUR, ONE PAIR BLANKETS, ONE MANICURE SET, ONE SEAMSTRESS' WORK BOX, ONE PAIR SHOES, GENTS OR LADIES. FOR FORTY YEARLY SUBSCRIBERS OR EQUIVALENT, WE WILL GIVE ONE SEWING MACHINE, ONE DIAMOND RING, ONE GOLD WATCH, ONE PAIR FINE GOLD EARRINGS, ONE MUSIC BOX, ONE PHONOGRAPH, ONE READY MADE DRESS, ONE SUIT OF GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHES, ONE GOLD-HEADED CANE, ONE GOLD-HEADED UMBRELLA, ONE CHINA SET, ONE DOZEN SILVER-PLATED KNIVES AND FORKS, ONE HAT-RACK, ONE SILK DRESS, ONE WEEK'S TRIP TO THE SEASHORE, RAILROAD FARE AND HOTEL BILL PAID, FOR ANY RICHMOND WORKER. THESE OFFERS MAY BE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF BY SENDING ONE OR TWO SUBSCRIBER'S NAMES AT A TIME. WE WILL KEEP A RECORD OF THEM; AS SOON AS THE FOR TEN NEW SUBSCRIBERS FIVE COLORED WE WILL WITH THE RED RATE. ONE FOUNDEDIES RING, HALF DOZZLE ALARM ONE HALF POT, ONE DOVES. ONE. BERS SHIRTY-ONE IS, SHAKESPELLA, ONE CURTAINS OF PAPER BOILET SET. BERS GOLD RING ONE JEWELER SILVER; LADY MADELED. WARM-ROCKING GROSS OF FILET; ONE EIR BLANKAMSTRESS'TITS OR LA. BERS ONE SEWING, ONE GOLD EARNOGRAPH, SET OF GEN-D-HEADED SPELLA, ONE PLATED MACK, ONE THE SEA-HOTEL BILLER. ON ADVANCED TWO SUBS WE WILL ON AS THE ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` AC PLANET WAIST FOR SUMMER EFFECTIVE GARMENT MADE UP IN SILK OR BATISTE. May Be Used with Separate Skirts of Almost Any Kind of Material—Trimmings of All-Over Bastiste Embroidery. An attractive way in which to combine fine all-over embroidery and sommer silk in a waist is shown here. The waist illustrated may be used with separate skirts of cloth, linen, silk or volle, or it may be part of an ename costume of silk or batiste. The same design may also be utilized effectively with embroidered net for the trimming and crepe chiffon or silk for the bodice. In the illustration the material used is pale blue silk, India, China, or what is known as wash silk or Tongue being suitable materials. Soll and rather flimsy material is more attractive for this waist than that which has too much body. The trimming is all-over batiste embroidery also embroidered batiste insertion and velvet ribbon. The silk is very pale blue. The batiste is equally attractive in white, cream or ecru and the velvet ribbon may be of the same shade as the silk or a shade or two darker. This waist would be nothing like as attractive as it is if made with a high neck. All fichu effects—and this is somewhat on the fichu order—require a low cut bodice in order to be really attractive. On a high necked bodice they are more than apt to look chinny. Of course as the drawing does not show a waist strictly along fichu lines this does not apply entirely to this waist. Still the effect is sufficiently that of a fichu to make the leg out neck desirable. The cape at the top of the sleeve, which is placed under the extended bellesles, will be found to make this waist much more becoming to the woman whose shoulders are narrow in proportion to her figure, so that she finds the drooping shoulder effect unbecoming. It may be omitted by the woman with broad shoulders. A stout woman, even although her shoulders are not proportionately broad, will usually find this extra sleeve trimming unbecoming. In fact, fairly close filling sleeves will usually be found to be better than those of a bourannte effect for the plump woman. Fiftings for Our Sota Cushions There is nothing nicer in the way of pillow fillings than the dried heads of sweet clover, made doubly attractive when encased in a pale green linens cover emboldered or outlined with driver blossoms. As these flowers retain their fragrance when dried there is something soothing and restful about such a pillow. In this regard it bids hair to rival the already highly prized hop pillow. Those of us who live outside the pale of evergreens are the apt to imagine we can never be able to possess one of the highly prized balsam pillows; let us not despair, however, but "keep our eyes peeled" next Christmas and speak for the Christmas tree which would otherwise be thrown out as useless from the church or schoolhouse. With a little work we will have a pillow which will doubtless be the envy of our less fore thoughted friends.—The Honskeeper. Many Soutache Styles The great variety of designs obtained in soutache braiding is one of the remarkable things about this season's fashions. There is no end to the designs that have been evolved by dressmakers, and much of the distinction and even the becomingness of a garment depend on the style of braiding. It is also a point of pride with women to whom dress is a very important matter to secure new design only and to leave the hackened ones for their less fortunate others who have neither the money nor the time for the pursuit of the novelties of fashion. Diabolo Pendants The diabolo, which is in such favor as a game, is now used as an inspiration for the new pendants, which are made of gold and set with precious stones. Another pretty and novel idea is to make baby's rattle in the shape of diabolo, instead of a fine chain of gold, silver or platinum, and the diabolo is ivory, with a gold edge. Demi-Season Red Costumes. Claret colored cloth suits are very much in evidence on the avenue. Straw hats repeat the same shade, but are relieved with white wings in profusion, which produce most becoming results whether matrons or malds are wearing the color—Yogurt. KEEPS COLORS FROM FADING. An excellent laundress, who has never been known to fade a summer frock, says she has a special "fixative" for every color. Alum used in the rinsing water will prevent green from fading. A handful of salt thrown into the rinsing water will set blue. Ox-gall is good to use for gray and brown. Hay water made by pouring boiling water over hay is excellent for washing tan or brown linen. A tablespoonful of black pepper stirred into the first suds in which cottons are washed will prevent colors from running. Five cents' worth of sugar of lead crystals dissolved in a pailful of water makes a solution which fixes the tone of pinks, blues and lavenders. The fabrics should remain in the sugar of lead bath half an hour or before going to the suds. These baths will not prevent a garment from fading if it is hung in the sun to dry. Delicate colors, in fact, any colors at all, are safe if dried in the house. Vinegar is useful in reviving colors. Add one teaspoonful of common vinegar to each quart of cold rinsing water. Thoroughly saturate the article, wring tightly and dry quickly. If the color has been taken out of silks by fruit stains, ammonia will usually restore it. To wash brown Holland dresses, use bran, but no washing soda, and no soap unless the skirt is very dirty. Boll two handwalls of bran in one quart of water and strain through muslin. Put the bran on to boll again, as you will require a second supply of bran water for rinsing. Cool the water by adding one quart of cold water to it. Then wash the skirt. You will be surprised to see how the bran extracts the dirt. Rinse first in bran water, then in plain water. Put the article through a wringer and iron while damp on the wrong side. IN SOFT GRAY EOLIENNE Home Dress Designed by a Famous City Dressmaker. Soft gray collarne is used for this dress. The skirt is a circular pattern, fitting closely on the hips, and spreading out at foot into a short train; it is trimmed at the edge by a band of silk galloon. The bodice, which is made on a tight-fitting lining, fastens at the back, it has a square opening filled in with lace, outlined by galloon; the material is arranged in deep plaits, the outer part, the gown itself being long and full; the trimming consists of bands of embroidery worked on silk, rich oriental colors would look effective on a cashmere gown; but if cotton fabrics are used, then broderie Anglaise or lace insertion would be more suitable. Materials required: Seven and one-half yards 46 inches wide, about five yards embroidery. Embroidery Trimming Among the newest fancies in lin- gerle and separate summer waists is one for embroidery trimmings. It must not be thought by this announcement that lace is no longer fashion- able. The finer qualities of the real and the good limitations are used lavishly, yet some of the dainiest novelties of the season in this department of dress show an equally lavish use of embroidery. Long Jackets Popular By the models shown in the shops it seems that the long, loose jacket will be very fashionable for spring wear; the only difference will be in the trimming. Fancy braid, both black and colored, will be used as edging. The suits of this season are more trimmed than they have been for many years past, and there seems to be no braid too gay for use upon them. Sheath-Like Skirts Little can be said for the comfort of the new ultra-fashionable skirts. One Paris model is described as measuring barely three yards around the feet, and fitting so closely at the knees as to make freedom of movement almost impossible. Only the slimness of slim women will be courageous enough to attempt a model so daring. Invisible Patch An almost invisible darn can be made on woolen goods by using hair from one's combings. For colors that do not match your "crown of glory" you can purchase a small quantity at any hair store—white, black, gray—and you will find it "holds" as well as any silk or cotton. True Persistence The New Jersey physician who traveled 1,500 miles to recover his dog has persistence enough to try to get a stolen umbrella back. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Stimulated Plants If unthrifty plants and those developing blooms are watered once in two weeks with water in which nitrate of soda has been dissolved, in the proportion of a teaspoonful to a quart of water, they will "just boom." The soda is more of a stimulant than a complete food, and for this reason should be supplemented with some sort of food; but to start a sickly plant into new life it has no equal. Habana vs. Havana "Havana la spelt with a 'B' on genuine imported cigar boxes and with a 'V' in the case of home-made cigars," explained a tobaccoist presented at Cardiff recently, for soiling British cigars as Havanas. The magistrate agreed that the custom prevailed and inflicted a nominal fine.—London Daily Mall. Not Prejudicial It is not sufficient ground for reversing a conviction of murder that, on the retiring of the jury, the deputy prosecutor playfully kicked one of the jurors and the latter turned round and in a friendly manner shook his first in the deputy prosecutor's face. Trombie vs. State (Ind.). 78 N. E. Rep. 976.—From Law Notes. Good Recipe Fresh air and sleep will cure many a trouble, real or artificial. When a woman is tired everything in all the world goes wrong. The stars don't shine right, the sun is tardy, the clouds are heavy. Instead of seeking a change of air, try a change of habits. A little repose will set you right with yourself. Advantages of Wit Man could direct his ways by plain reason, and support his life by tasteless food; but God has given us wits, and flavor, and brightness, and laughter, and perfumers, to enlist the days of man's pilgrimage, and to "charm his pained steps over the burning marle"—Sydney Smith. The Diet. Do not destroy the digestion by being careless about food. Eat good, easily digested food at regular hours. Let milk, eggs, fruit and vegetables enter largely into the diet. The heavy meal of the day ought to come in the evening when there is time to rest after it. Diet for Cyclists Cyclists will be interested to hear that a doctor has been investigating nutriment for a long distance ride, and has concluded that no meat or other nitrogenous food should be taken while doing the day's work, but that the ideal refreshment is fruit and milk. The Historical President Each of the following named gentlemen, upon being out late with the boys, has concocted a famous excuse, and, what is much more wonderful, got away with it. They are: Jonah—Ulysses—Rip van Winkle—Robinson Crusoe—Judge. Benefit of Laughter Laughter stirs up the blood, expands the chest, electrifies the nerves, clears away the cobwebs from the brain and gives the whole system a shock to which the voltaic pile is an nothing - William Matthews. Unshepherded My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.—Ezekiel 24: 6. Man and the Horse Man, the highest type of animal, dates back but a million years or to a time known as the Miocene age. The same period saw the horse in a state of development. Hook and Lvin' It is said the form of the fish-hook has not been changed in 2,000 years. It is suspected that the structure of the fish story is very ancient likewise. —Denver Republican. If Men Lived Like Men If men lived like men indeed, their homes would be temples—temples which we should hardly dare to injure, and in which it would make us holy to be permitted to live. Friendship's Limitations He that doth a base thing in zeal for his friend, burns the golden thread that ties their hearts together—Jeremy Taylor. The Deadlier Jaw A cynic says that the jaws of death have no terror for him—he only fears the jaws of life. He is married.—Sporting Times. Educate by Present "To bring up a child the way he should go, travel that way yourself."—Dr. McLeod. He who reigns within himself, and rules passions, desires and fears, is more than a king—Milton. A Stern Necessity The man who never says the wrong thing has to be silent a good deal of the time. Turnout of Penknives. Penknives are tempered at 470 degrees. A Question of Riches. "Is she rich?" "Rich? I should say. She often sends a telegram without even counting the words."—Detroit Free Press. The Reason. She—Poor fellow! Only one eye. How came you to lose the other? Tramp—Looking for work, mum. Knights of Pythias, This organization is one of the most powerful in the country and its progress has been phenomenal. The Grand Lodge of Virginia has jurisdiction over all of the cities and counties in this state. Thirty males are required to organize a new lodge. The benefits paid constitute one of its strongest features, but the principles are greater than anything else. Founded on Friendship, based on Charity and established on Benevolence, the respectable, upright people of the state will find it an order worthy of their heartiest support. It pays an endowment and burial benefit of of $200.00 for all ages. It pays $4.00 per week sick dues. The badge costing 75 cents each is the only absolutely necessary regalia. For information concerning the organization of lodges apply at the main office. The Courts of Calanthe Is the Female Department of the Order. It requires a membership of thirty persons to organize a court. Its members are pledged to exhibit Fidelity, exercise Harmony and prove Love one for the other. It pays an endowment and burial benefit of $150.00. It pays $3.00 per week sick dues. The only expense for regalia is the cost of the badge, 50 cents and a rosette, costing 25 cents for funeral occasions. THE BANDS OF CALANTHE or Children's Department also constitutes a feature and persons cannot do better than to enter the little ones into this mystic circle. The expense is nominal and the benefits all that could be expected. It pays from $1.00 to $1.50 sick dues and death benefits of from $30.00 to $40.00. If you have no Pythian Lodge or Court or Band in your neighborhood, orgniz one. For all information concerning the Children's Department address. For all information concerning special rates of membership in the lodges and courts, address KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAVS E.C.B. only absolutely necessary reg apply at the main office. The Court Is the Female Department of thirty persons to organize a co Fidelity, exercise Harmony a an endowment and burial benn dues. The only expense for a rosette, costing 25 cents for THE BANDS OF CALA stitutes a feature and persons circle. The expense is nomi $1.00 to $1.50 sick dues and d Lodge or Court or Band in you For all information concern For all information cone membership in the lodges and THE PEBBLE IN HIS SHOE. Down along a primrose way Where gentle breezes sweetly blew A pessimist fared all the day And wore a pebble in one shoe. His face was blackened by a frown. He seemed to bear a nameless dread; He heard no music slitting down Through leafy branches overhead. Although the world was at its best, With Peace untroubled on her throne, He carried sorrow in his breast And hopelessness was in his tone. Down along a primrose way Where gentle breezes sweetly blew The pessimist fared all the day And wore a pebble in one shoe. - S. E. Kleer, In Chicago Record-Herald The Black Sheen "What," asked the man who had returned to his native town after an absence of many years, "became of Ed. Ferguson?" "Ed? Oh, he's doin' fine. Got the best livery stable anywheres around here and runs the depot hack." "Let's see, he had a younger brother, hadn't he?" "Yes; Lem. He never amounted to much. Wrote poetry and painted pictures. I guess the family kind of disowned him. At least, he went away several years ago, and I dunno what ever became of him."—Chicago Record-Herald. Disconcerting Candor "I was very glad," said Dr. Goodman, "to see you in church last Sunday—glad, and also flattered. I had hardly hoped that my eloquence would prove more attractive to you than your regular Sunday morning game of golf." "Oh," replied the man who believed in being candid at all times, "it wasn't your eloquence, exactly. I have recently been having a severe attack of rheumatism in my right shoulder."—Chicago Record Herald. Why He Didn't Go The German emperor recently canceled an engagement to take lunch-eon with Prince von Hohenlohe-Bartenstein, Prince von Stolberg-Wertnigerode, Prince von Solms-Lich, Prince von Stolberg-Rossia, Prince von Salm-Hostmar, Prince von Benthelm-Steinfurt and Prince von Salm-Salm. The people of Germany can't understand why he didn't go. It is probable that he was afraid of getting hyphenated. —Chicago Record-Herald. Retold. Little drops of water Little lack of sand Make the crushed pumice And the wiser land. De Auber—How do you like my landscape? Do you think I can improve it any? Miss Cutting—You might try. You can't make it any worse! With a Steel Pick. He tried to pick the winners, But somehow they had him beat; But now each day At two per pay— You'll see him pick the street. —Chicago News. How She Lost Her Prestige. Mistress (angrily)—How dare you talk back to me in that way? I never heard such impudence! You have a lot of nerve to call yourself a lady's --- N. A., S. A., E. A., A. AND A. organization is one of the most powerful has been phenomenal. The Grand Court all of the cities and counties in need to organize a new lodge. The biggest features, but the principles handed on Friendship, based on Charity, the respectable, upright people of their heartiest support. An endowment and burial benefit of per week sick dues. The badge of regalia. For information concerning courts of Calantia in the Order. It requires a memorial court. Its members are pledged and prove Love one for the other. Benefit of $150.00. It pays $3.00 per regalia is the cost of the badge, 500 funeral occasions. ANTHE or Children's Department cannot do better than to enter the final and the benefits all that could death benefits of from $30.00 to $40 our neighborhood, orgrniz one. Using the Children's Department ad Mrs. ANNA TAYLOR, W. M., 120 W. Hill St., Richmond mering special rates of courts, address 311 N. 4th St., I maid. New Maid—I don't call myself that how, ma'am; but I was a lady's maid before I got this job. Enforcing Colored Preacher tern, dis unseeml He—I like the English method of spelling best. She—And why, pray? He—Well, take "parlour" for example; having "u" in it makes all the difference in the world.—Chicago Daily News. "How do you like your new neighbors?" "I haven't called on them. I didn't like the looks of their furniture as it was being carried in."—Detroit Free Press. "Do you think he can afford to keep an auto?" "He ought to. He's been an amateur photographer for three years and that didn't break him.—Detroit Free Press." Young Stoutly—Where's my father? Oh, he's off to the cattle show! I never see much of him. His main hobby in life is fat pigs. Miss Prettypert—I wonder he doesn't take more interest in you. Miss Pinkleigh (at the reception)—I suppose you are acquainted with war in all its horrors, major? Maj. Prison—No, indeed. I'm still in the bachelor ranks.—Chicago Daily News. The Professor's ignorance The Professor—The dragon fly moves through the air either backward or forward. The Scholar—Great Scott, professor! Haven't any of you smart fellows discovered which way it does fly?—Yonkers Statesman. The peasant in the fable was elected justice of the peace, and he hadn't fined more than a motorist or two before he got an idea. "They're so blamed easy, b'gosh," quoth he, quaintly, "why not soak 'em for enough to build a new town hall?" It looked good to him, and straightway he began imposing such enormous fines that soon motorists were actually reducing their speed to the legal limit. "Alas! I've killed the goose that laid the golden egg!" he cried, hereupon, and dolefully wondered how he should ever look his constituents in the face again.—Puck. Condemned Prisoner (down south) —See here, what does this mean? I am told that two niggers are to be hung at the same time as I am. Sheriff—Yes, on the same gallows, at the same moment. Prisoner—Now, see here, I don't want to die alongside of a couple of niggers. Can't you hang me separately? Sheriff—Well, the best I could do would be to swing you off quietly the day before and then give out that you'd committed suicide. Prisoner—The day before! Hum! Come to reflect, I think it's about time this race prejudice was obliterated in the south. I'll hang at the same time as my colored brethren.—N. Y. Weekly. Discriminating Advertising Mrs. Highwind—Here, my dear, is an advertisement I have written, asking for summer board. Please leave it at the office of the Daily Reliable on your way down-town. Mr. Highwind—My dear, the Daily Sensation has a much larger circulation. Mrs. H.—Very likely; but the people who take the Daily Sensation are not the sort of people I care to board with.—N. Y. Weekly. Somewhat Different She—And why, pray? Not Acquainted He Ought To. Personal. Limited Service. SHORTSIGHTED The Color Line. ment also con- he little ones into this mystic uld be expected. It pays from $40.00. If you have noPythian address. 311 N. 4th St., Richmond, Va Colored Preacher—Bredren and slater, dis unseasonably levity mus' stop. Dis yee church ain' no circus. Stop dat laughin' in yo' corner, Brudder Beeswax. Wat's it 'bout? Brudder Beeswax—I don't know wat dey is laffin' at. Colored Preacher—If dis yee levity don' stop right now, I will do somefin ter make you solemn, you triflin niggahs. I'll pass de hat ag'in—N. Y. Weekly. BOARDING & LODGING Rates Reasonable. All the Comforts of Home Orders received by letter or telegraph MRS. BOOKER LEFTWICH. PROPRIETRESS 816 N. 2nd St., Richmond, Va BLACKWELL & BRO. ONE OF THE LEADING PAINTERS Practical House and Sign Painters. Graining and General Contractors. .....ALL WORK GUARANTEED..... Cards, Letters or Orders. ...Give us a trial, you will never regret 18.... Address, 608 St. St. Peter Street, RIC HMOND VA. Phone 5688. Nelson's Hair Dressing can be bought at Jennings and Brown Drug Store, Pittsburg, Pa. Furnished Rooms, 50c. up. Meals, 50c. up. THE MT. CLEMENS HOTEL AND MINERAL BATH HOUSE AMERICAN AND 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 It is the only Hotel and Mineral Bath House owned and conducted by a colored man at any of the health resorts in the United States. Write for Special Rates. GEO. I. HUTCHINSON, PROP. 48 Welts St., - Mt. Clemens, Mich. Established 1899. Phone 4160. JOHN FOXEL, Dealer in General Line of FANCY AND STAPLE GROCERIES, NOTIONS, FRESH MEATS, CLGARS, TOBACCO, ICE, WOOD, COAL, &c. 11 8. 4TH ST., RICHMOND, VA. ```markdown ``` Virginia's Most Successful Hair Culturist. ...PARLORS.... 108 E. Leigh St., - Richmond, 'Phone, 1024. Private Parlors, Confidential Interviews and Correspondence. The largest and most up-to-date Hair Dressing Parlors in Richmond. The very best preparations that can be made for the hair, scalp, face and skin. Graham's Superior Scalp Food for growing hair on bald heads and bare temples, 25cts. per jar. By mail, 35cts. Graham's Superior Orange Flower Skin Fo' for developing and beautifying the skin, 25cts a jar. By mail 35cts. Graham's Superior Velvet Liquid Powder for giving the face a beautiful fair color, 25 cents a bottle. By mail 35cts. Graham's Vegetable Hair Dye the best on market giving a rich natural color, $1.00 per bottle. By mail, $1.25. Mrs. Graham makes a speciality of massaging and beautifying ladies' faces for parques and public gatherings, 35 cents. Mrs. Graham scampoos the head and puts it in a healthy condition, 25 cents. All ladies who attend parties and other social gatherings should have their finger nails manicured and made beautiful, 25 cents. Mrs. Graham's preparations sell at sight. Ladies living in other cities and towns can make good money by selling these preparations. Write for terms to Mrs. J. A. Graham. No. 108 E. Leigh St., Riesmond, Va. SCHOOL SHOES. 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. 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 lever of the rights kind of stimulant. Special prices. We have all grades of good liquors, Cigars and Tobacco. Call and see us. Richmond, Virginia. S. W. ROBINSON. NO. 23 NORTH 18TH ST. DEALER IN FINE WINES, LIQUORS, CIGARS, &c. All Stock Sold as Guaranteed. PROMPT ATTENTION. Your patronage is respectfully solicited GEORGE O. BROWN, PHOTOGRAPHER, 608 N. 2nd St., Richmond, Va. Fine Photographs. True to Life. High-class service. Latest Improvements in Photograph to Our customers. Reasonable imates and Prompt Services. Pictures Enlarged from Old negatives or Photographs. 3-na 303-5 North Third St FINE CLEANING, DYEING ANI REPAIRING CHITMAN M. WHITE, PROPRIETOR. A. Hayes OFFICI AND WARE-ROOMS, 727 North Second Street. RESIDENCE, 725 N. 2nd St. First-class Hacks and Caskets of all descriptions. I have a spare room for bodies when the family have not a suitable place. All coun- try orders are given special attention. Your special attention is called to the new style Oak Caskets. Call and see me and you shall be waited on individually. a THESDARY EPR f Vee SASS aah, PT] A ate. Se poo VW —... gS => ane In large dairy stables it is always advisable to have small gates or doors hung fn alley ways to prevent the stock from going where they are not wanted when being stabled. If such = = 4 =a Pres = if = = a HY = sa NUT GHHY ees = tH RU Eas SST Pann ess Se HAMA eee =i hi La Fame SUL oe — cre ‘A tiled 5 Cue etakak gates are closed at the proper lime considerable disturbance can be averted. I have seen various kinds of gates used, but the one pictured is by far the best. Instead of swinging upward and be fng hooked to the ceiling or a joist ‘overhead as some do, it slides back and forth upon a length of gas pipe serving as a track, by means of iron straps attached to the long pleces that compose the outer ends of the gate. The ras plpe ehould be at least two Anches through and in length twice the width of the gate. The gate should be made to fit the place where needed, and can be constructed of any strong, Might lumber. If the feed room is in easy reach of the stable, says Farm and Home, the alley leading to it should by all means be protected by one of these gates, In case of a cow getting loose In the night, as cows frequently will, it might be the means of saving her life from eating too much grain. DAIRY DOINGS. Do not try to milk a cow by squeez- ing her horns. Always do your milk. ing at the udder end ‘A good feed for young calves fs ten pounds blood meal, five pounds bone meal and 20 pounds each of ofl meal, oatmeal and cornmeal. To make a dairy herd profitable the feed is only half, The method and regularity of care with the comfort of the animals is of equal if not of greater Imporfince. When butter does not come the ait ficulty is usually due to one of two things. Either the cream Is not sour enough, or {ts temperature {s too low. If you have a good churn you can usually make butter in half an hour Af these two points are right. ‘Two pounds of milk can be pro duced by the ald of silage as a dairy feed, where on any other system which does not include fresh pasture ‘one pound would be the limit. Care ‘must be used In feeding silage, but the Aifficulty Is not so much with the ailage as with sour and spofled rem: nants left In fecding utenstls. The best ration for a dry cow is corn silage and alfalfa, and when she becomes fresh continue to feed these with six or eight pounds of grain daily. itt ae ‘This term is one not very widely un. derstood. It refers to keeping the cows on a small area and cutting and Dringing their food to them, instead of permitting them to run in the pas- ture. The advantage of this system is that it gets the greatest possible ‘amount of feed from an acre of land. ‘The cows do not have the chance to trample out much of the herbage. Its great disadvantage is that it fs labor. fous and the cost for help is great, In this country it has not yet been ex- tenstvely practiced because land has een cheap and labor high. In Europe where land has been high In price and labor Jow, the soiling system has been extensively practiced. By it the farm- er loses what Is so important now in this country, the saving of having his grass crop harvested by the animals themselves, ‘Teen ‘Se Bie Sele Every breeder of dairy cows should have in his mind an ideal type towards which he shoula be constantly moy- ing. Most dairy breeding {s done with- ‘out reference to any type. Any kind of a cow fs bred to any kind of a bull, and the result is any kind of a type of calf. We will never get good dairy cows of uniform type until breeders become more particular as to the kind of dairy cows they intend to raise, ‘When type {s paid more attention to, the best bulls and the cows of the best type will sel! at fancy prices for breeders. There is at the present time & movement in (hat direction. Try for One. Every time ihe boy (or his father either) wins @ peetilum, no matter ‘what contest it is in, he stretches ‘@P 8 notch or two and begins to pian something Wager and better for next year. If he tries and fails and “comes” egutn, he will probably come out all right. If he fails and quits —well, he’s just a “quitter,” that's all. - “Quitters” never oll the wheels of progress very much. Qon't be a “quitter.” Mike? a, Gcharice Gace The sepesior smile ts a useful ac- complish<acat lor any young man, It is much Ia vo=ue at the universities, where it may be studied at its best on youre Don, Many men who learn nothing else at the universities learn this art, end fi=d it uncommonly use- ful In afterlife, It is an excellent cov. er for a nuked mind, and should be sought after by parliamentary candt- dates.—Oxford “Varsity. WHAT 18 YOUR COW WORTH? Take Time to Figure Out Her Value to You. We wish we could get every farmer and every farmier’s son to take a day off and figure out what his cow is worth. ‘That, of course, depends on what you have in view in keeping her, what work you expect her to do. If you are milking her and she gives 140 pounds or less of butter fat, it is very easy to determine what she is worth for that purpose. On lands In the corn belt it will cost from $28 to $25 to keep a cow during the year. If she does not give more than that value in butter fat, then for daily purposes she is not worth a nickel, We give the cost as above, because we notice that in thecow censuses that have deen taken that ts the estimated price given by thelr keepers. A cow not worth a nickel for dairy purposes had best be allowed to raise her caif; and then the question is whetber that calf at weaning time will be worth $30. Ordinarily it will be worth from $19 to $15. Therefore the question whether {t pays to keep an average cow for the chance of an average calf on lands in the corn belt is easily determined Suppose, however, ehe gives 200 pounds of butter fat and it is worth one year with another 20 cents a pound. Then your cow is making you @ profit in butter fat of about ten dollars a year and giving you a calf, which, after deducting the cost of feeding it until it is six months old, is worth $10 to $12. Then you have the skim-milk, say 4,000 pounds, worth from 15 to 20 cents per 169 pounds, de- pending ou the price of corn, or from six to ten dollars. You will have the manure, which {f properly cared for is worth six dollars a year. If your cow gives a still larger amount of butter fat than this you can very easily esti- mate the profit. What we are aiming at now, says Wallace's Farmer, is to get farmers to thinking about this question: What is your cow worth? How are you to find out? Why, there ts only one way; and that is to take thme to Weigh the milk often enough to de- termine how much each cow gives during the yearj and then test it often enough to determine the actual amount of butter fat ich gives. If we can only get you ifdo this the rest will de easy, but nti! farmers who are pretending to dairy at all take this matter up and determine what the cow fs worth it 1s useless to expect any great Improvement in the dairy busl- ‘mane LIQUID CISTERN IN STABLE. ft WIN Save Much of the Valuable Fertilizer. ployed behind the sock for catching have sosue provision for holding the Mquia that naturally accumulates be hind the stock "The accompanying diagram shows Ja mall clatern constructed in tay Z LP hes parma ntestes 7 Uf Peas Rae ot! f ea sce Ve PPI Berek i] ee Sp uid Ee ees PAG Een GL i = ee LORE en Gea. pee ena See ee SPT Sty. “Sa, A SE, See Liquid Cistern in Stable. Stable to every 12 animals, so that all the liguid that comes from thé stock is preserved and applied to the soll. The cistern fs two by three feet in size and 2% feet deep. ‘The walls were constructed of brick and plas: tered on the inside. A plank cover is used that fits down upon a frame made of two by four material, J located each cistern in the cen ter of a section of 12 animals, says the writer in Prairle Farmer, and con- structed the gutters so that they slope gradually toward the middle. Whenever I haul manure these cis terns are emptied and the contents spread upon the manure ang hauled directly to the eld. With this method of hauling stable manure I am able to conserve every particle of its fer- tilizing value, ‘Chena ante With Dloody milk, it is a good plan in cases of this sort to milk the cow defore the udder becomes too full of ‘milk or too distended. Do this even if it is necessary to milk three or four times a day. It is also recommended to give internally a tablespoonful of a mixture of powdered sulphate of iron, four ounces; granulated sugar, one pound; mix these well together and give one tablespoonful of the mixture once a day. If the udder seems to be much inflamed bathe {t with warm water for afew minutes at a time every time you milk. THS RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. ‘The Secret of Success. _ Each tite should become conscious of its own individuality and respon: sibility, and poise itself on its own standing-ground. When a woman has Jearned thet the center of the universe for her is where sbe stands, and has fully realized this idea of the central thought of being, she will comprehend that she can get no further than her own limitations, and must be con: trolled more or less by her own en- vironment. To quote from Persian anthology: “Scoop thou ever so deep in river or fountain thou can’st but fill the pitcher.” Motto from Ruskin. “Try to get strength of heart to ‘ook yourself fairly in the face in mind as well as body. I do not doubt that the mind is a less pleasant thing to look at than the face, and for that very reason it needs more looking at; 80 always have two mirrors on yout tollet table and see that with proper care you dress body and mind before them daily.” ies i ae ee ee We have broken our dog of a firntly fixed habit of sleeping upon the beds when the family were away by the following simple method: We spread an old sheet over the entire bed and Ughtly sprinkle it with cayenne pep- per. The sheet was left on but one day, and the dog has never attempted to get on a bed since—Good House- keeping. Cat Adopted Woodchucks. On the same day that a litter of kit- tens was drowned at the home of Frank Plotts, near Inez, Pa, Mr. Plott’s sons killed 2 woodchuck in the woods near the house and brought home from the animal's nest four young “chucks.” These Were offered to the mother cat, and to the surprise of the famfly she carried them to her bed and has since mothered them. Different. ‘The dominic hud eatd grace, when the fouryearold daughter of the host- ess jooked up and said: “That's not the kind of grace my papa says.” “Not” asked the minister, “what kind does he say?" “Why, last night be Just sald: ‘Good Lord, what a sup per.” Our Glorious Climate. “It 1s fortunate,” says the Biltville Banner, “that the trusts can’t raise the price on our delicious climate, and we are nearing the delightful season when we shall be able to roast beef- steak on the roof and boll eggs in the millpond!"—Atianta Constitution, Industry. Repetition is the mother, not only ‘of study, but also of education. Like the fresco-ainter, the teacher lays colors on the wet plaster which ever fades away, and which he must ever renew until they remain and brightly shine.—Richter. Who Pays for This? 4 man who had served 18 months of @ five-year term has just been re- leased from the Western penitentiary Decause it was shown that his con- viction was the result of mistaken identity—Philadelphia North Ameri- can. Circumvented. “Nurse, give me some strawberries, and give them to me quick, before my mamma comes,” said a three-year-old in one of the hotel dining rooms. “You know, I've got one of those mothers who's always mixing in.” Rome's Seven Hills. The names of the seven hills of Rome are: The Palatine, the Capito- line, the Aventine, the Carlian, the Esquiline, the Quirinal and the ‘Vim- tnal.—New York American. ‘One Reason. One reason why so many men do all their lovemaking before they are married is that the ladies are satisfied then to have more or less privacy about it. Success Is Due to Zeal. Experience shows that success ts due less to ability than to zeal. The ‘winner is he who gives himself to his work, body and soul. i a | _ In cleaning clothes with gasoline the ring left around the part cleaned can be removed by steaming it over the teakettle, | “We.” ‘The use of “we” among kicgs was begun by King John of England in 1119. When editors began to say “we” is not known. Ability. ||, Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability. Call of the Wild. ‘There are times in a man's life when nothing will satisfy him but a look at the elephant or tizer.—Atchison Globe. ) A Woman's Ability. A woman may be able to weave a spell without having the ability to @arn a sock.—Chicago Record. Man as Dictator. As long as there are 20 Jong shall man dictate to woman, Good Rule for Life. Itallan proverb: Take help of many, advice of few. Imeacinative. “He {s a man of great imagination isn’t he?” “I should say so. He has Deen keeping the books of a mining ‘orporation.""—Lite. Be Wise; Sleep Late. It ts the early worm that Js the first victim of the bird.—Charleston News and Courier. 2 E LE =? 5 MOTE] “ [LEER Sauk —eSie within | CAPe aie ONE BLOCK OF al a fia] STREET CAR UN i, 4/8 Bh aaa MAT anc you Ste 7 R0ag BR 2 TOA, a SaaS PARTS OF THE EB ee mee i TERMS Pat cease REASONABLE SECOND AND LEIGH STS. __ RICHMOND, VA, = ee Ae ne LE ME LR e e 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. fEverythingtverything’ «FURNITURE 3 FLoor Coverinosk 3 SYDNOR & HUNDLEY, : Leaders. : For Mending China. For mendiag Ghlaa the white of ese and pulverized unsiaked Ilme @ strong cement. Dip a small brush tn- to the egg white, sllchtly beat “and brush the edges to be joined. Then quickly dust one edge with a little of the lime and place the edges togeth- er accurately; hold in place firmly for a couple of minutes, then set aside to dry. This must be done quickly. Attractions of Flowers. A flower has an almost human way of first attracting insects. This ts by appealing to their fondness for sweet things. There Is secreted in every flower a store of honey, large or small, as the case may be, to. which the Midge, the butterfly, the bee, the blue bottle fly and other insects are at- tracted. In a Moreceo Harem, Every woman in the harem has her face decorated in the most curtous manner. The practice is to elongate the eyebrows to the ears and to embel- Ush the chin with litte points of black paint. In contrast with the mea, their complexions are very fair, as shey are shut within walls and’ are Rever exposed to the sun, Slander. | Slander is a restless evil which dis- turbs society, spreads dissension through citfes and countries. disunites the strictest friendships; 1s the source Of hatred and reveage, fills, wherever it enters, with disturbances and con. fusion, and everywhere is anvenemy ‘of peace, comfort and Christian good: breeding.—Massilon. A Fable. As they came out of chureb, so impressed was Brown with Rev. Dr. Bishop's discourse on the problems of Aife fm this sad world that he could not forbear exclaiming: “Beautiful, beau- tiful!” Said his wife: “I think you &re a very poor judge. The rim is en- tirely too large, and those flowers are very, very unbecoming!"—Judge. 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Some one says: “It is better to live with others, even at the cost of considerable jarring and friction, than to live in undisturbed quiet alone.” Gave the Soot. A cheap way to keep house plants free from disease ts to put a bag of ‘soot in a pail of water, let the contents settle and use a very weak solution for watering plants. Soot 1s a valu- uable fungicide. City's Benefactors. No greater good an befall a city than when several educated men, thinking {n the same way as to what 4s good and right, live together in tt— Goethe. Her Mistake. “I bad to leave my last situation be- cause the missus said they were going to lead the sinful life, and they would- n't want any servants about the place."—Punch. | raat | Feed the cow all the bay or other roughness the will eat, even If she running on good pasture. Her appe tite tells her better what she needs than you can tell. 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Kern, of Indiana, for vice president Mi Eryea \was wominated ca the frst ballot early Friday morning, after = Sar nce pees b, Page i i ‘* bl =a es ER eae . 4) SS . 3 , yj ed aN ec Oe ae ee aw” repens ar Me. eae = i 5 Raat = ue e Mae H ES EAL HN BES Mf ar oY | Ca | ‘@ session lasting throughout the night, The vote was: William J. Bryan, 9234; Governor John A. Johnson, 46; Judge George Gray, 59%. Tremendous ‘applause foliowed the announcement. George Gray, of Delaware, was Placed tn nomination by L. Irving Handy, of Delaware, and the namo of Governor Johnson, of Minnesota, was placed before the convention by W. 8. Hammond, of Minnesota. The nomination of Kern was made by_acclamation amid the resounding chéers of delegates and spectators. No ES es aR 4 t ee 71” Re ‘ ri Pe pee ny SEN NY SAL ed A pe Bie : EES mitt nl A JOHN W. KERN. ballot was necessary, as the tide of sentiment had sot irresistibly toward the Indiana candidate, state after state Fegistering their delegations in his favor and all other candidates with- drawing before the universal demand for his nomination On the call of states, Indiana pre. sented the name of Kern; Colorado, through former Governor Thomas, placed in nomination Charles A Towne, of New York; Connecticut presented Archibald McNeill and Georgia Clark Howell. For @ time it looked as though a bal- Jot would be required. But the steady line of states which jotped in second- ing Kern's nomination soon made it apparent that the chances of all other candidates had been extinguished. Mr. Towne in person was the first candl- date to recognize the decisive nature of the Kern movement, and in a ring- ing speech he withdrew his name from consideration and pledged his support to the ticket of Bryan and Kern. With- @rawals quickly followed, the support- ers of Howell, of Georgia, and Me Nelli, of Connecticut, leaving the In- Giana candidate alone in the field, Extracts From the Platform, ‘The platform i# considered by im- pertial critics as an unusually able document. Following are in part the planks relative to labor, corporations, publicity of campaign contributions, tariff reform, etc.: "Experience has proved the necessity of @ modification of the present law relating to injunctions, and we reiter- ) the pledge of our national piat- forme ‘of 1896 and 1904 in favor of the x ) which passed the United | senate in 1896, but which a Re- | congress bes even since re- ‘@bact, relating to contempts courts and providing for by Jury in cases of indirect con- ee ar Sa = Re - een aoc ‘that the parties to all ju- dicial proceedings should be treated with rigid tmpertiality, and- that tn- junctions should not be tesued in any cases in which Injunctious would not tnsue If no Industrial dispute were tn volved. We favor the eight-hour day on al government work. ‘We pledge the enactment of a gen eral employers’ liability act. ‘We pledge the Democratic party t the enactment of a law creating a de partment of labor. We favor the immediate revision 0 the tariff by the reduction of impor duties. Articles entering into competi tion With trust controtied produet: should be placed upon the free list an: material reductions should be made {1 the tariff upon the necessaries of life especially upon articles competiny with such American manufactures a! are sold abroad more cheaply than a home. We pledge the Democratic party te the enactment of a law preventing an} corporation contributing to a campaign fund and any individual from contrib uting any amount above a reasonable minimum and providing for the pub cation before election of all such con tributions above a reasonable mipi mum, We demand such enlargement of the powers of the interstate commerce commission as may be necessary ta compel railroads to perform thend dut fee as common carriers and prevent discrimination and extortion. We fevor an income tax and the popular election of senators, an ade quate navy, a generous persion policy. We are opposed to the admission of Asiatic immigrants who cannot be amalgamated with our population or whose presence among us would raise & race Issue and inyolre us in diplo- matic controversies with oriental pow. ers. BOYERTOWN HORFOR SUITS ‘Two Men Who Lost Wives tn Fire Ask $20,000 Damages. Reading, Pa, July 15—Thomas J R. Rhoads, owner of the Boyertown Opera House, which was the sceno o! @ fire last winter in which 170 per sons were Killed, was sued by Frank W. Cullen and Addison Schweyer. Both ask $10,000 damages for the loss of | thelr wives in the disaster. The statements as filed declared the negligence of Dr. Rhoads responsibie for the disaster, saying that the exits from the hall were only ® fourfoot doorway in front, also used as an on- trance, and a twofoot eightinch exit from the stage in the rear, Suits will be Brought by all the fam- files having losses, it is said. Dr. Rhoads is a very wealthy man, but these sults, if won, would make im a poor man. GRAND RALLY AT THE FIFTH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH. The Installation of the Pastor, Rev. OW. F. Graham, D. D.—Excelient Wore The Fifth Street Baptist Church will begin a week of rallying Sunday July 19, 1908 and ending July 26, 1908. A large rally has been plann ed and an excellent. programme for the installation of its pastor, Rev. W. F. Groham, D. D. The clubs seem to be working earnestly to raisc the required amount. All are Invit- ed to be present at the services and fuelp this noble church in its effort. The programme for the week will be as follows: Sunday, July 19th,, beginning of the rally.—Sunday School at 9:29, Barrel Day. 11:30 A. M., Sermon, Rov. J. Andrew Bowler. 8:30 P. M., Sermon, Rev. William Thomas. Thursday night, July 23—Instal- lation of Pastor, Rev. W. F. Graham, D. D. The following is the pro- gramme: Music, Fifth St. Baptist Church Choir; Scripture Reading, Rev. 8. C. Burrell; Invocation, Rev. R. Beecher Taylor; Music, Fifth Street Baptist Church Choir; Sermon, Rev. W. T. Johnson. D. D.; Music, Fitth Street Baptist Church Choir; Charge to the Chureh, Rev. W. H. White: Charge to the Pastor, Rev. W. T, Anthony, Pastor Zion Baptist Church, Man- chester. General Remarks—Revs, R. Beech er Taylor and S. C. Burrell, Drs. H. 1. Harris and J. A. Lewis, Hon. Giles B. Jackson. Short Addresses— Deacon J. B. Page, representing the Deacon Board Deacon B. H. Peyton, representing the Sunday School; Brother John W. Howard, representing the Trustee Board; Mrs. Annie Chaffin, repre- senting the B. Y. P. U.; Miss Mary Smith, representing the Church Aid Society Brother John R. Holmes, re- presenting the Usher Board. Dr. H. 1, Harris, Master of Ceremonies. Sunday, July 26.—11:20 A. M., Sermon, Rev. W. F. Graham, D. D.: 3:30 P. M., Communion; 8:30 P. ‘M., Sermon, Rev. H.R. Williams, Pastor Fountain Baptist Church. Committee—Deacons 8. P. Brown, R. W. Moss, Brethren john R. Holmes, John W. Howard, Deacon B. H. Peyton, Chairman; Brother J. H. Chiles, Secty, KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. Another New Lodge in This Cit; ted Friday night, July 10, 1908 “at the Pythian Casile in this city by Grand Chancellor John Mitchell, Jr assisted by District Deputy 8. S. Ba. ker, Sir George W. Dandridge, Sir W. H. Davis and others, ‘The following officers were Install- ed by the Grand Chancellor: Chan- cellor Commander, Nathaniel Smith; Vice Chancellor, Willie Carter; Pre- late, John Anderson; Keeper of Re- cords and Seal, George W. Giles; Mas ter of Finance, Joseph Scott; Master of Exchequer, James Quirley; Mas ter at Arms, Isaac Smith; Inner Guard, Benjamin Watkins: Outer Guard) Leroy Taylor: Master of Work, Horace Banks. Trustees: W. M.' Jobuson, Moses Cheatham, Henry Carlos, The members were greatly pleased ‘with the initlation and the lodge is ‘in @ healthy condition. The organ- izors were Sir John Ballard, Sir Hor ace Slayton, Sir Daniel W. Washing. ton. They were highly commended ‘by the Grand Chancellor. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. Receipt Free. Any mer who suffers with nervous debility, loss of natural power, weak back, failing memory or deficient manhood, brought on by excesses, dissipation, unnatural drains or the follies of youth, may cure himself » home with a simple prescription that I will gladly send free, in a piain sealed envelope, to any man who will write for it. A. E. Robinson, 3895 Luck Buiflding, Detroit, Michigan. 9100.00 Endowment Paid. Caianthe ($100.00) One Hundred Jennie James. Katie E. Lowry. Martha Harris, Deputy. $100.00 Endowment Paid. Richmond, Va., July 13, '08 This is to certify that I have re ceived from John Mitchell, Jr. Grand Worthy Counsellor of — the Grand Court of Virginia, Order 0! Calanthe, ($109.00) One Hundred Dollars in payment of the death claim of Sister Martha Morris, whe was a member of Mechanics’ Court, No. 45 of Richmond, Va. . Signed—Josephine Graham, Beneficiary. Witnesses: Lillie Hardy. * | Addie Lemas. Marietta L. Chiles. . Anna Taylor, $100.00 Endowment Paid. Richmond, Va., July 13, *08. This is to certify that we have re- ceived from John Mitchell, Jr. Grand Worthy Counsellor of _ the Grand Court of Virginia, Order of Calanthe, ($100.00) One Hundred Dollars in payment of the death- ‘claim of Sister Clarkte Neal, who Ras a member of Silver Star, Court, No. 65, of Richmond, Va. his Signed—Granville X Neal, mark Manuel Neal, Beneficiaries. Witnesses: Rosa Gibson. Anna Taylor, $150.00 Endowment Paid. Radford, Va., 1908. __ ‘This is to certify that T have re- celved from John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pyth- fas, N. A., 8. A. B., A, A. and A., ($150.00) One Hundred amd Fitty Dollars in payment of the death- claim of Sir Walter J. Lewis who was a member of Lovely Mt. Lodge, No. 57, of Radford, Va. Signed—Anna W. Lewis, Beneficiary. Witnenses: Rey. Isaac J. Hall. Rev. G. H. Pettis. Rev. C. H. Frazier. N. G. Henry, C. Samuel Lewis, M. of F. $150.00 Endowment Paid. Newport News, Va., July 8, "0S ‘This is to certify that I have re- celved from John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pyth- fas, N. A, S.A, BE. A, A. and A., ($150.00) One Hundred and Fitty Dollars in payment of the death- claim of Sir Lola A. Travis, who was a member of Athletic Lodge, No. 113 of Newport News, Va. Signed—Mrs. Annie Travis, Beneficiary. Witnesses: Nolie Clay. R. L. Graves, J.C. Allen, D. D. G. C. $150.00 Endowment Paid. Norfolk, Va., July 11, 1908. ‘This is to certify that I have re- ceived from John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of «ne Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pyth- fas, N. A, S.A. EB, A. A. amd A., ($150.00) One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the death- claim of Sir Clinton Gray, who was a member of Empire Lodge, No. 37 of Norfolk, Va. ‘Signed—Annie Gray, Beneficiary. Witnesses: HH. G. Johnston, C. C. Me Manning. F. EB. Puryear, K. of R. and S, M, Isbell, D. D. G. C. IN CHANCERY. ALEX, HARRIS, Defendant. The object of this suit is to obtain a Divoree, a Vinculo Matrimonti by the plaintiff against the defendant. And an affidavit having been made and filed that due diligence has been used by and on behalf of the plaintiff to ascertain in what county or cor- poration the defendant, Alex. Harris is, without effect and ‘that she, the Sad plalntift | does not know’ his whereabouts: it is ordered that the said defendant appear here within fifteen days after the due publication of this order and do whatever is ne- cessary to protect his Interest herein. A Copy—Teste—P. P. Winston, Clk. J. Henry Crutehfield, p. a. To Alex, Harris: You'll take notice that I shall on the 12th Way of August, 1908 at the joffice of Phil B. Shield, room num- bered 60, Chamber of Commerce Building situated 8. W. corner of Sth and Main Streets in the city of Richmond, Virginia between the hours Of 9 o'clock A. M. and 6 o” clock P. that day proceed to take the depostions of witnesses to Be a Farmer. Sener Pe Oe Cr eee ee eos PON the commencement of the new term, on the first of November, , 1908, St. Emma's Industrial and Agricultural College, at Rock Castle, ; Powhatan Co.. Va.. will be prepared to receive a limuited number of young men desirous of taking the agricultural course at that institution. ‘The few vacancies in the college will only be filled with young’ men , who desire to become agriculturists, as all of the trade branches are com- pletely filled. Under these circumstances, it will will not be possible to , transfer a student from the Agricultural course to one of the trade courses, , and unless an spplicant is firmly resolved to follow the agricultural course ) While in the college, it will be a waste of time for him to epply. ,_. “It is the aim of the college that a graduate of the agricultural course shall be skilled in the latest approved methods of agriculture; the haud- ling of suitable modern machinery; the preparing of land for planting and ; harvesting of crops, and shall be further instructed in the modern meth- ods of handling dairy cattle, stock and poultry, and also the raising of truck. | ___ For farther particulars, send for prospectus to the Director of the Col lege, at Rock Castle P. 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Pleasant! : } Will be a wall of defense to you as long as you live. Trial treat- } ment will full instructions, testimonials, etc., absolutely free by 4 } return mall. This offer is limited: write to-day L. C. FARRAR, : : . 501 Brooks St., = ge Charleston, W. Va. pat dae ME se a te Bee ba read as evidence in my behalf in a certain suit In Chancery, depending in the Law and Equity Court for tho city of Richmond, Virginia; wherein you are defendant and Tam plaintiff; and if for any ‘eause the taking of the said depositions be not commenced on that day, or, if commenced be not concluded on that day, the taking of the same will bo adjourned and continued from day to day or, from time to time at the same place and between the same hours until the same shall have been concluded. Respectfully, LOUISA HARRIS, By Counsel. J. Henry Crufehfield, p. a. Office: 1211% B. Broad St., Richmond, Virginia, at. _—— PROVIDENCE PARK. Get in the Band Ws At Once Be. fore All the Cushioned Seats ‘Are Taken. To mect the big demand for lots fn this addition, {t has been necessary to acquire additional property. The new lots front on Ladies Mile Road and Henrico Turnpike or Second St. Road. Nothing prettier can be had any- where. If you want to commence to secure a home for your family or want simply to have a safe place in which to put your savings or if you want to speculate, you can find no a or safer investment than right ere, The lots range in price from $75 to $120, payable $5.00 cash and $5.00 monthly. E. A, CATLIN, ‘ 6N, 11th St. > Here’sa oe eee —— MAKER. I have originated a little business which is a sure money maker. It is good for at least $20 weekly. Some do much better. You can make a Mving at home with this plan, or you can travel around the world on it No canvassing or manufactur- ing scheme. If you wish to make money, enclose $1.00 and a red stamp and I will start you. J.P. CLARK, Conway, -- Arkansas. iS OS Se ge, . " Y. 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PERRY ‘7 K.dscrh | => OPENING OF==— Fulton Park People’s Pleasure Park Co. Ine, Truly hoping that all persons desiring to patronize this Park will teke notice and govern themselves accordingly, We remain yours, The People’s Pleasure Park Co., Inc., J.B. JOHNSON, President and General Manager. ——_—_—_— SYPPLPLDS OG SESESSGDEEDESSGSFSESS4SESG90000S0FSE0S000. 3 HOWARD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL of MEDICINE. 3 $ notin mexouws, £755 Mines, MURIEL: UB Breer gat, $ Toe Forgrine Anatint Seon Sit begin. Oxtaber 216 Rg ight mouth: $ POOH Yes “Gheumd otha! ik Mtebiclie nuk Tea ORR $ counse iy “DeNTaL sunteny. “amnen VEine Chtonn hbear 3 PHARMACY. AN OPTIONAL FIVE-VEAI, COURSE BR Mone INE WS OFFERED. ; “ica abeine che enh Oiege Sul cgpieh at's 2 ggg tnd’ Mowat J Sinica! aticin "the" hint “seainn of Be Fost-ann ob ane Meta ae $ SESS TRLR ay 2 Sea cede wera far Bde Curt ad Yue $ ao rhsha ee maton cetalee write W. C. MeNEILN, Md D. Seeretary 9995995505 6O9655554666656664666666554554408640000242...9. eo a Re SA Reena et eee eee + PnucceTinecn . > N, WINSTON. courectiones: $ HEADQUARTERS FOR PURE ICE-CREAM. 7 KE WATER-ICES, ETC. <9 : $ SPECIAL ATTENTION TO FAMILY TRADE. 3 ; Picnics, Lawn Parties, Excursions, etc Furnished on Short Notice. ; Special Attention to Dealers " : and the Wholesale Trade. : WINSTONS $ 537 Brook Ave. *Phone, 2253. ; 50.O9O0000000S0000000050000600004404...54..... LEE i da . A Revelation N \ LUCINDA YOUNG, DE A\ Who in the year of 1890 Iatd op # mh her bed twenty-four days and | SAW DREAMS AND VISIONS, | i was commanded by God to write the | } wonders she saw into a book. This \ A SEVEN YEAR'S FAMINE. MRS LUCINDA YOUNG, Lambertville, N. J. SPECIAL RATES TO AGENTS. beta Mian: ete Cae aceite caus eens are eet : Ho! Ho! To BUCKROE! | "Tis Mount O. : F Mount Olivet Baptist Church ; WILL GIVE ITS ANNUAL EXCURSION TO : | BUCKROE BEACH : ; TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1903. O9$S66565066666660566646666564646450666606566656600646464. PPOPOPESDOLOOE DOLLS FIODPOOSS 9S ERS O0099000400606006 ; DINWIDDIE AGRICULTURAL & INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, Dinwiddie, Va. (1s miles from Petersburg.) Advanced and Elementary Academic Instruction. Courses In Agriculture and Domestic Science. : ‘Year begins October ist. s@rFor Seen: oltre od . 59OS6666666566566665006060046664644606464644444445464545544,. Fulton Park will be opened in full July 13, 1908 and dally thereafter during the entire season for the ac- commodation and pleasure of the best colored people in the city of Richmond, Va. and its vicinity; and we desire nothing more of the pa- trons than the very best order and decorum from the time you embark the cars in the City of Richmond to the time you disembark at Fair Oaks, Henrico Co., Va. We also desire the very best or- der and respect shown to all persons aboard said cars and during the time you may return at the Park, for upon your good order and Yeport- ment as ladies and gentlemen to and from said Park depend your admis- sion and the participation in the pleasures carried on there. Now to the rough and outlawed element of this State and community: “Don't deceive yourself, for we have ‘engaged officers in the county of un- questionable reputation to police the entire premises and they will prompt ly arrest any one guilty of violating any of the rules and regulations laid down by The People’s Pleasure Park Co., Ine. for its government and you will do us a great act of kindness by staying away for you are not wanted. Any party reported to us for mis- behaving and siving trouble while a- board the cars and en route to or from the Park WILL NOT BE AD- MITTED AT ANY TIME THERE- AFTER.