Richmond Planet

THE RICHMOND PLANET EDITOR MITCHELL IN THE FAR WEST. The Sights of Denver. Race Prejudice in the West. Mr. Burrell and His Invalid Bride. A VIEW OF THE GREAT AUDITORIUM—THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE—THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS—ABOVE THE TIMBER RIDGE—A PICTURESQUE VIEW AND AN INTERESTING RECITAL. VOLUME XXV, NUMBER 502 EDITOR IN THE The Sight Prejudice Mr. Burrell A VIEW OF THE GREAT AU ROCKY MOUNTAINS—A VIEW AN We had spent our first night in Denver. The morning was clear and fair. We stood on the corner waiting for a street car. We decided to walk a block and let the car overtake us. The air was cool, bracing and exhilarating. We walked on heartily enjoying the pleasurable sensations. We did not care to ride and we reached Brown Palace Hotel, thoroughly revived by our tramp of a mile or more. A PECULIAR CLIMATE. The street-cars run on a narrow gauged line. They are long, with one-half of the car enclosed and the other half of a summer kind. One hardly observes the narrowness of the cars until the attention is called to it. This city has a peculiar climate. It is a mile high, above the sea-level. At night, one will need his overcoat. In the day summertime prevails and that same overcoat becomes a burden. CONSUMPTIVE'S PARADISE The climate is ideal for consumptives and people so afflicted come here from all over the country. The residents here warn strangers about the danger of this right air and caution them to remain in-doors. Still, the streets in the business sections of the city are crowded with sightseers every night and on Sunday night, the rush continues until midnight. There is something peculiarly attractive about the stores of Denver. One never tires of seeing the same display over and over again. BROWN PALACE HOTEL Well, we entered Brown's Palace Hotel for the first time. Above the door was suspended a United States flag. Inside were the offices and corp of clerks of Col. Fred. E. Farnsworth, the Secretary of the American Banker's Association, who was just rounding out his first term in office. In that mass of white men,—gentlemen of wealth and leisure, and in that great corp of employees of that palatial establishment, we saw no colored face. We found ourselves the lone representative of a down-trodden and much misrepresented race. IN A STRANGE LAND To say that we felt the responsibility, but expresses it mildly. Yet, we were entering upon a week of suspense and anxiety. Our Board of Directors of the Mechanics' Savings Bank had ordained that we should make the trip and we had obeyed the order. Truly, we were a "stranger in a strange land." Yes, we had become an actor. We moved among those white gentlemen and ladies with that studied courtesy for which we have always been noted. "THE INITIATORY EXERCISES" There was no sign from us that we noticed a stare, or observed a comment of surprise as we passed in and out, from one room to another of this magnificent, palatial hostelry of the Middle West. We were at the desk now filling out our membership card. Now we are before the desk of the Assistant Secretary, who smilingly greets us, and extends his hand, with "How are you, Mr. Mitchell? When did you arrive?" We answer and he hands us our American Bankers' Association badge, together with a book of invitations. THE BEGINNING OF THE END. We breathe freely now for this lit- sae the souvenir opens the gates of hos- pitality in the city and no man, wo- sigh man or child will insult or question or the person who is known to have De- come into possession of it. We ex- in perienced neither trouble nor embar-rassment during our stay in the city. the We went to the great auditorium on bu Wednesday. It seats twelve thous- all and people when it is open to its wi fullest capacity. It can be divided into the theatres or smaller halls by a process of rails, on which whole tiers of seats are moved. AN ASTONISHED POLICEMAN. The stage is let down from the roof and is large enough to seat 200 people. We went outside or rather into the main auditorium to ascertain how this is accomplished. When we entered the auditorium a police officer was standing at the inside door. As we walked up attired in the height of fashion, with a silk tile adorning a cranium, that had never been brought this far west before, he halted us and placed his hand upon the lapel of our coat for the purpose of better observing the badge and of the officer. The first colored banker he had ever seen before. The look of astonishment on his countenance was something remarkable. THAT GREAT AUDITORIUM He had convinced himself. He looked into our face, but it was a respectful one now and he stood aside for us to enter this magnificently lighted auditorium of the Far West. Polite uniformed boys enquired the name of the state from which we hailed and pointed us the way to the location of the delegation from Virginia. Elegantly gowned ladies occupied the boxes from time to time and that princely Kentuckian, Mr. J. D. Powers, the President, welded the gavel. The scene was one that even now floats before our eyes as we think of the various phases and happenings of this truly remarkable session. THE ELOPING COUPLE We met our young and popular friend, Mr. George B. Burrell, who seemed never to tire of extending to us courtesies and granting favors. This reminds us of his case. He left Richmond suddenly and his destination was known only to a few of his personal friends. He was joined by Miss Lula Forrester, a well-known teacher in the schools of Richmond. It was at first thought that the couple would locate in California, but they had come to Denver where Mr. Burrell and his bride made their home with a maternal aunt of his wife. We visited the cosy residence where we found his Madame Ill and being treated by Dr. Joas, a well-known colored physician of Denver. IN THE SANTA FE OFFICES. She had lost flesh, but the same cheery voice despite her sufferings told that she was making herself contented in this strange land. She was much improved before we left the city. Mr. Burrell is employed in the Santa Fe office and seems to be a general favorite with his employers. We found him seated at his desk discharging his duties and as lively as ever. We were the recipient of his courtesies during our entire stay here and he was desirous that we should describe his condition and portray his chances to his mother, relatives and friends in that far away Richmond home. He is the son of Mrs. Luvenia Burrell. 1001 N. 4th Street, Richmond, Va. and brother of Mrs. Walter S. Peyton. MIXED SCHOOLS HERE White and colored children attend the same schools in this city. We saw white and colored girls going from school together and the same sight was visible with white and colored boys and yet race prejudice in Denver is almost as rampant as it is in Virginia. There are no "Jim Crow galleries" there, but when the first colored man buys a ticket in most of the theatres, all other colored people who follow will find themselves seated alongside RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1908 of the first one. We learned that colored people were admitted to all parts of all the theatres with the exception of the first floor and the boxes. The colored population is not dense enough as yet to give trouble, so to speak. EMPLOYED WHITE MEN. We found the Statesman office in charge of Editor C. A. Franklin and his mother. She has charge of the office and they employ white men to do the composition and press-work. Mr. Franklin is a practical printer himself. We called upon Mr. Rivers at his office but his Madame has charge in the absence of her husband. She is a compositor. No boot-blacks are allowed to ply their trade on the streets of Denver, save in front of some barber shop and there were very few of them in this capacity. They occupy shops for this purpose. WOMEN RIDE ASTRIDE A peculiarity of the western country is the riding of females on horse back astride. The divided sirt is everywhere in evidence. The state capitol building is imposing and the government mint, the most modern in existence, although a visitor to the mint at Philadelphia will hardly appreciate the one in Denver as all of the operations are seen from a gallery provided for that purpose. Many colored people are said to live on "easy street" in Denver, but they did not come under our observation and all that we saw were employed in the business houses, save the lawyers, doctors, printers, barbers and mining speculators. THE CREST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. The Moffat Road trip was an ideal one. The train was scheduled to leave at 8:30 Friday morning and it ran in four sections, within ten minutes of each other. It was absolutely free to the bankers and traversed a distance of some sixty miles. We were fortunate enough to secure a seat on the first train and we were soon on our way up in the foot-hills, some twenty miles from Denver, which nestled like a bird in the valley table land of the Rocky Mountains. This is the highest standard gauge railroad in the world and it has cost already several fortunes, being financed and owned by the gentleman whose name it bears. A LOVELY SCENE. At times the curves were so sharp that the passengers could see both ends or the train at the same time. Away to the East could be seen the other train that had left the depot ten minutes after our departure. It looked like a toy train with its puffing engine and enthusiastic passengers. As we arose higher and higher for miles and miles the verdant plains of the West could be seen in the distance. We passed through tunnel after tunnel.—some 27 of them and at times the train was over a precipice. A loose rail or a spiked switch and all would have been hurled hundreds of feet below. YANKEE DOODLE LAKE We curved around Yankee Doodle Lake.—a body of water of crystal clearness and said to be without a bottom, so deep is this natural expanse of water. We saw mountainers with their trusty rifles. We saw women with revolvers in their holsters that they carried at their sides in true Western style. Box lunch was served free to the bankers by colored help, a colored caterer having charge of it all. The clarified air had sharpened our appetites and everybody ate heartily. Here we were over 11,000 feet above the sea level witnessing scenes that could be remembered a life time and the sole representative of a poverty-stricken race amidst wealth and grandeur. It was an evolution that staggered us for a moment, and then we cast aside the thought of color, for there were colored men there but only one who was there in the role of a banker and not in the capacity of a servant. THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE We had reached the timber line. Above this point no vegetation can grow. It is the land of perpetual rock and snow and ice and as we looked out from mountain peak to mountain peak and then to at least two hundred miles of valley country beyond, our thoughts reverted to God and the wonders of his creation. A white banker from Washington state came toward us and introduced us to his wife. She was president in a national bank and he was the cashier. He was president of another bank himself. This was an anomalous condition, the like of which we had never heard of before. ABOVE THE CLOUDS. We had reached the highest point of the Rocky Mountains, known as the Continental Divide. We had been coming up grade. Now, to go further would be to take a down grade on the other side and then to the Pacific Coast. Photographers took the photographs of the bankers. Some venturesome tourists went to the top of the mountain peaks, stumbling over rocks and viewing in the distance the hundreds of miles of country that lay beyond. It was a thrilling sight unlike anything we had ever seen before. We had thought that when we reached Denver, we would find ourselves but a short distance, say from 300 to 500 miles from the Pacific Coast, but here we were as far from San Francisco as it is from Richmond to Denver and the fare is much greater. THE RETURN TO DENVER We were the first up to the top of the mountain and we were the last to leave. This Moffat Road route will save ten hours time in every trip to the coast. Its objective point is Salt Lake City, the capitol of Utah where forty years ago Brigham Young and his followers, who believed in plural marriages, where a man could have as many wives as he desired, was in full sway. The hoarse sound of the locomotive whistle gave notice to the bankers on the mountains that they must return or spend the night in this "land of snow and ice" caused a flurry and a hurried departure. A STRANGE SIGHT At one place on this remarkable railroad the train formed a spiral line around the mountain three times before it reached the top. To better explain it, each track was not more than 100 feet above the other and the train at each circuit had only gotten that much higher up the mountain. A passenger could get off on the lower track and let the train, running at 25 miles per hour, leave him and he could catch it again at a leisurely walk to the next track above after it had made the circuit of the mountain. He could let it leave him again and catch it again on the track just above. DOWN THE MOUNTAIN But it is well-nigh impossible to describe the magnificent grandeur of this dividing chain of mountains of the American continent. Suffice it to say that steam was not needed to descend to the plains below, but that the air brakes were always in service. It was about 6 o'clock when we reached the Moffat R. R. Depot and wended our way to a street-car line, after the most pleasurable trip to this, our long journey. Hampton Won. The foot-ball game between the Hampton team and that of Virginia Union University resulted in a score of 11 to 0. The home team took the defeat laconically. The game took place last Monday evening. Notice! All persons having furniture stored at A. Hayes, 727 N. Second Street and furniture bill not paid within ten days, the said furniture will be sold at public auction. The Opportunity of a Lifetime. A good mill and good machinery, a large mill pond, splendid fishing. a miller's house of three rooms and five acres of land. Only eleven miles from Richmond: on good road. Worth two thousand dollars. Price slx hundred and fifty dollars, ($650. 00); one-fourth cash, balance one, two and three years. J. H. CHAFFIN, R. F. D., 5, Richmond, Va. Strange Rumors The many friends of a prominent former teacher in our public schools, who was married to a gentleman from Pennsylvania in June last have been much alarmed by a rumor that has been persistently circulated that her supposed husband has been found to have a wife and that when this wife No. 1 put in appearance in Pennsylvania, the former Richmond teacher left her new home to reside with her brother in New Jersey, where she is still a resident. A careful investigation this week disclosed the fact that a lady from Richmond called on the former teacher in question at her place of residence in New Jersey, but she said nothing about her alleged troubles, but seemed to be happy, giving as her excuse for being there that she had decided to spend the winter in New Jersey. The alleged bigamist was in the same city just before her arrival and stated to this lady that the former teacher would be there to spend the winter. Further investigations from another source brought the information that the rumors came from relatives of the groom in Philadelphia, who still claim, it is understood that the facts are true. Whether a divorce has been obtained in the case of the first wife or whether a legal marriage was ever solemnized are questions that still await an answer. The report is that he had been married before and that this first wife is still living and her appearance upon the scene was not the wife. No, 2, who is now under the protecting roof of her brother in New Jersey. Notice! Rev. A. Cooke will preach at Macdonla Baptist Church, Sunday night, November 15, 1908 at 8 o'clock. The church is located on Grace Street between 17th and 18th Streets. REV, A. B. SMITH, Pastor. I. D. O. K. K. Mecca Temple, Improved Dramatic Order of the Knights of Khorassan, is arranging for a grand annual banquet at the Pythian Castle. Thanksgiving night. All members will wear the regulation fez and a Prince Albert or full dress suit. Ladies will be present and the entertainment promises to be a brilliant affair. Royal Vizier, John Mitchell, Jr., has appointed the committees to take charge of the entertainment. This is the social department of the Knights of Pythias. "No School" Call. The fire-alarm bells will strike 9, three times at 8 o'clock in the morning when it is decided to have any school on any given day for any cause. Since the condemnation of the Valley School building and the Richmond Normal School building, the Richmond Normal school pupils are being instructed In the Baker School Building and the Baker pupils meet in the Moore School building at 12:15 P. M. and remain until about 4 P. M., while the Moore School children go earlier, 8:15 and are dismissed at 12 o'clock. This arrangement is seriously affecting the efficiency of the school system, so far as the colored pupils and teachers are concerned. The Richmond School authorities are endeavoring to get an appropriation from the City Council to erect a new building for Leigh School, (white) and to take that building for the Richmond Normal School and to erect one new school at some other point for the Valley School. The trouble is that practically all of the school money has been expended in the extravagant out-lay for a Richmond High School for the white children, the amount doubling the original estimates as to the lot and the indications now are that this structure will cost in the neighborhood or over a half million dollars before the structure is completed. It seems that the better way would be to give the colored pupils the old Richmond High School building, place Valley School at Navy Hill and give Navy Hill the Leigh School building as proposed, or to build a new school building on the site of the Richmond Normal and High School building, give the pupils of the Richmond Normal School the old white High School building and thus restore the equilibrium of our public school system without further delay. It is plainly evident that the colored people are not receiving a sound deal that the colored people about time that the colored people organize and send a committee to the Richmond City Council and the Richmond School Board to look after the interests of their off-spring. Some people should get a "move" on themselves. —For fine printing call at the PLANET Office. CANNOT DRAW COLOR LINE. Restaurants, Hotels, and Other Public Places Must Serve Negroes. Corporation Counsel Thomas has ruled that hotels, restaurants, ice cream saloons, soda fountains and barber shops in the District are compelled to serve Negroes in the same room and at the same time as white persons, when the former present themselves and make the demands. The ruling was made some months ago, but was revived yesterday in response to a letter forwarded by President Roosevelt to the commissioners, in which Robert W. Brown, of 1737 Eleventh Street north west, alleged discrimination at the Union Station cafes. Dr. Brown declared in the letter that he represented 90,000 Negroes in the District, as well as the sentiment of all the members of that race throughout the country. He characterized the treatment accorded Negroes as "an injustice perpetrated on a helpless people, and in the shadow of the Capitol." Mr. Thomas said that there appears to be applicable to the situation section 3 of the act of the legislative assembly of June 30, 1872, which provides that proprietors of the establishments above named, in case of refusal to sell or wait on any respectable, well-behaved person, without regard to race or color, "shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon the conviction thereof shall forfeit his or her License." There is nothing in the statutes, however, which forbids the proprietors of these places to increase their prices to the extent that they will be practically prohibitory to unwelcomed guests. This course is pursued in other cities. —Washington D. C. Post, Nov. 6. Will Separate Them. The workmen are now engaged in erecting a new cell in the Police Court in order to separate the white people from the colored ones. ANDERSON—SEAY. Mrs. Martha A. Seay has announced the marriage of her daughter, Miss Adele O. to Mr. Peter Anderson, Jr., Wednesday evening, November 18, 1908 at the residence, 716 Bates Street at 8:30 o'clock. November 22, 1908 from 6:00 to 9:00 P. M., 737 North Third Street. —Mr. Richard T. Cogbill, Sr. of 1017 Hull Street, Manchester, Va. celebrated his 71st birthday Sunday, November 5, 1908. The family enjoyed themselves with the delicacies of the season. "Saints of Christ" Held a Hot Service. Claiming that the demonstrations of a body of Negroes, overhead engaged in a religious service, caused the ceiling in their establishment to shake to such an extent that the meat scales varied in weighing from 1 to 6 pounds, the managers of the H. L. Forrest meat market, at 204 Auburn Avenue, late yesterday afternoon had the whole body of Negroes, who called themselves the "Saints of Christ," arrested and sent to the police barracks. The Negroes were twenty-six in number, of both sexes and of all ages The arrest was made by Officers Tedder, Clarke, Bentley and Norris. The patrol wagon made two trips to the barracks. When giving in their names to the station sergeant each member of the order prefixed the title of "saint." They stated that their place of worship was Tabernacle, No. 1. Atlanta Constitution, Nov. 8, '08. Notice! M. W. Peyser, M. D. or this city will address the Richmond Medical Society. Friday evening November 20, 1908 at Miller's Hotel. Echoes From the Election The final result of the recent election in the country shows that Maryland went Republican, although by a peculiar twist in the blanket ballot, drawn to deceive, Taft will receive two electoral votes and Bryan, 6. Missouri went Republican, electing Herbert S. Hadley Governor, although the legislature appears to be Democratic on joint ballot. In Virginia, the Republicans claim to have elected Slemp in the Ninth District and Parsons in the Fifth District. The Democrats returned a plurality of about eighty for Saunders, Democrat, but it is announced that a contest will be made by the Republican, who claims that he was fairly elected. Judge Taft and his family are now at Hot Springs, Va. PRICE, FIVE CENTS THE INNER NEGRO. Beneath the physical import that marks The Negro characteristically, the sparks Of true essentials—conscience, soul and mind— Encase the inner being. Thus enshrined With touch of Psychic force and thoroughly stript Of animalities, refinery dipt In attributes divine, no human form Obstructs its passage through the pelting storm Of interposing obstacles, wherein Is found the end desirable to win A recognition in the standard scale Of quality, where naught can ever fall Save that which shows deficiency in worth— And nothing known of any race or birth. What boots it if some other race may claim Superiority in boasting name? Vain glorious pigmies with their mimic chime Cannot affect the ceaseless wheel of time; But will-set strength expands its fettered girth In forging rights of meritorious worth. The engine's polish does not prove at all The moving force within is great or small. —LUCIAN B. WATKINS, Author of "Voices of Solitude." HONOR ROLL—BAKER SCHOOL 7B GRADE—Alberta Smith, Jared Spotswood. 7A GRADE—Gilbert Walker, Annie Bowie, Rhoda Bowles, Fannie Pollard, Helen West, Ruth Cary. 6B GRADE—William Jackson, Henry Yancey, Leonard Cephas, Robert Lewis, Robert Johnson, George Hayden. 6A GRADE—Gertrude Chambers, Blanche Dickerson, Vivian Lemas, Hattie Lewis, Camille Mayo, Pauline West. 5B GRADE—Ethel Lemas, Lena Mays, Ardeia Johnson. 5A GRADE—Leonard Barcroft, James A. Chiles, Ophelia Gray, James Pierson, Lucy Smith, Mabel Washington. 4B GRADE—James Smith, Maria Ellis, Marie Ellis, Aubrey Chambers, Wilmer Jones, Daisy Crutchfield, Ruth Catlett. 4A GRADE—Gertrude Jones, Clarissa Kyles. 3B GRADE—Marian Anderson, Lottie Carey, Abram Harris, Benjamin Woolfolk. 3A GRADE—Emma Daggett, Alice Meade, Martha Smith, Hallie Smith, Rosa Trent, Robinette Lewis, Herman Giles, Eloise Williams. 2B GRADE—Isabelle Booker, Gladys Carrington, Bessie Goode, Estelle Goodman, Carrie Pierson, Sarah Walker. 2A GRADE—Lewis Anderson, Ellen Allen, Elizabeth Brown, Norvell Coots, Frank Entzminger, Emma Davis, Robert Greene, Georgiana Greene Bertha Jackson, Renetta Jackson, Charlotte Johnson, Josephine Johnson, Rommey Moone, Jennie Maden, Lillian Mayo, Marian Mayo, Fannie Morton, Joseph Purvall, Ruth Pollar, Ethel Robinson. Dividend Notice—American Beneficial Insurance Company, Richi- The Board of Directors of the American Beneficial Insurance Company has declared its Fifth Annual Dividend of 6 per cent. payable on and after the 16th of November, 1908 W. F. GRAHAM, Press. B. H. PEYTON, Secv. Enjoy Yourself—Buy a Home Seven acres of land, poor house, more than enough pine to pay for place. One of the best fishing places on James River, fishing rights open to public. On a good public road, eleven miles from Richmond. A great bargain. Price, $200.00. J. H. CHAFFIN, R. F. D., 5, Richmond, Va. KILLED HIS WIFE A White Man's Crime Joseph J. Hart, (white) killed his wife by stabbing her four times with a knife. The tragedy occurred at 2904 E. Leigh Street, Richmond, Va. last Saturday morning. It is stated that he was jealous of his wife, but the indications are that he is insane, and that the coroner's jury has found that he uttered the crime and evidence will be shown to show that he is not insane, but had come to believe that his wife was untrue to him. The couple had five children. Mrs. Ellen N. Akers of Chicago, Ill and Mrs. Marietta Lester and Miss Edna Debbress called on us. THE SEVENTH PERSON BY BEN M'CUTCHEON COMMENT 1908 BY BOO RICKARD CONCERT SYNOPSIS. CHAPTER I - Gerard Chambers, son of a wealthy importer and a student at an eastern college, was awarded a member of the Harvard organization, founded by Rodney Graves. The society was exclusive, only seven being admitted. The members held a degree from Harvard and held and each member was awarded the "call of deity," which amounted to an assignment to test his metal. CHAPTER II - Chambers read his destiny to pass as a sailor and not set for North America for a year. Then he was directed to go to Mexico for further instructions which he met to another year, exile, during which he made his own living unassisted, and keep everything a secret. CHAPTER III - Jerry then told his father, he had been. He gained his elder consent. He also became Bayless, his father's choice for his wife, with the fact that he would be away two years. She left him angrily. CHAPTER IV - Young Chambers had a berry bought again to prevent the boy's departure. Jerry obtained a berth as supercharger on an ocean freighter. His father took the hand of Miss Bayless, the woman he would seek the hand of Miss Bayless. CHAPTER V.-Jerry sailed the following morning on the Sister Mary. After the work Cap't Bulger told him that the boat was under South America, loaded with guns for enemies of that government. CHAPTER VI.-Sister Mary put in at Orlando, orders regarding the landing of guns. Jewel given opportunity to desert, passed it up. CHAPTER VII.-Jerry landed the guns as a Uranian cruise hove in view. At Sister Mary was chased, but escaped. Chamber was captured and thrown into a dungeon. CHAPTER VIII.- Marina Boostes, adopted daughter of Gen. Bostos, entered treet and minesite to his wounds. Batch of men entered the other. She was known as the "little saint of Urania" because of her nursing. CHAPTER IX.-Jerry, tried by Gen. Chamber, the following day. Upon promise of Maria's love, Capt. Pilaro pledged himself to free Chamber. The tri dashed away. CHAPTER X.-Shattered was secured the following day. Marina and Pilaro decided to join Gen. Barado's army, seeking to uncover the government. They united with the rebels, Chamber being a captive. CHAPTER XII -Cap. Filaro died of fever. Marina accompanied his body to Boston. In a fierce battle the former was Jerry frustrated an attempt to assassinate Gen. Baranda. Cant. Chambers was Jerry arrested and Boston's sword as a token of surrender. CHAPTER XII -Gen. Boston forgives his daughter, Marina. Her funeral party was attacked and she was reported missing. Dardan, capital of Urania, was returned and sacked. Chambers was made much of. By that time Marina was given up as dead. CHAPTER XIII -Jerry was given a big reception by the Uranian public and Honor. He then called for Havana in order to send to Mexico City for further instructions. CHAPTER XIV -Capt. Chambers was benized aboard the steamer. He met Benor Lopez, a wealthy Uranian, and his ship encountered a terrible storm when he was being feted. CHAPTER XV -The steamer was dashed on the rocks, nearly drowning. Jerry saved himself and Benor Lopez, by clinging to a mast. It's strange actions caused him to express the belief that she was dearest. CHAPTER XVL—After a long time on the rocks the party were rescued and himself too late to catch a bound him. He recognized Marina Bostos, a passenger of a yacht sailing immediately for Mexico. By a ruse he gained the deck. CHAPTER XVII—Chambers was assigned to catch a boat bound him. He discovered that Marina was being a prisoner on board, the pretence being that she was demented. CHAPTER XVIII—Jerry successfully escaped from the Crux. He discovered that Marina was being a prisoner on board, the pretence being that she was demented. CHAPTER XVIII—Jerry successfully escaped from the Crux. He discovered that Marina was being a prisoner on board, the pretence being that she was demented. CHAPTER XIX—The plotters took Mexico into Vera Crum, secretly, Jerry following by swimming, after he had knocked senseless the captain of the ship. He hurry to Mexico City within a few hours, he left the engineer to resume the chase. CHAPTER XXJ—Xerry reached Mexico City in time to receive letter of instruction, and finally trailed Marina's adductors and learned their plans. He then wired Chambers. CHAPTER XXI. -Young Chambers received the secret society's orders to prosecute the engineer, He again left Mike O'Connell the engineer, in charge of the shadowing of Marina and the plotters. CHAPTER XXII. -Mike trailed the fugitives to Jimines, using various ruses. CHAPTER XXIII. -At Escaillon Jerry received orders to search for a lost gold ship. They happened upon one of the plotters, who then threw them off the trail. CHAPTER XXIV. -The pair camped in the mountains. They discovered an old permit calling himself Jose. After aidining Jose, they were unseasoned death, Jose promised to tell them a secret. CHAPTER XXV. -Jose gave them a partial knowledge of the location of the lost. Their efforts were unsuccessful, however, the villain for provisions. While he was away and Jerry was exploring, Yaquil Indians found the camp. Jerry was stricken with fever. CHAPTER XXVI. -Mike returned, finding Chambers delirious with fever. He nursed him back to health. By trailing one of the plotters they found Marina in after overcoming all of the abductors. CHAPTER XXVII.-Marina and Jerry confessed their love for each other. The plotters were turned over to the authorities, and they were by his orders to search for the lost mines turned to the mountains, leaving his sweetheart. Mike refused to accompany him. CHAPTER XXVIII.-After days of seizing his preparations to depart made, stumbled his lost mine. He departed for El Paso, Texas. CHAPTER XXIX.-At El Paso, Charbers received new orders, compelling him to steal away from Gen. Bostos, Marina and Mike. The orders were secret, as he did not explain. He was sentenced to lead the siege of a tramp and beggar for six months. CHAPTER XXX. The Tramp. Jerry Chambers, the penniless tramp, reached the western corporate limits of El Paso a few minutes before four o'clock that afternoon. He felt the vagabond from the tips of his toes to the crown of his head. He felt more than this—he felt the coward, the criminal. He knew that Marina Bostos—was she ever more precious to him than now?—was suffering, and that he was the sole and direct cause of her suffering. He knew that Gen. Fernandez Bostos and Mike O'Connor were worrying over his absence, and that the three would carry heavy hearts with them to San Diego. He was not giving much thought to what might happen to himself, and his despair was so pronounced that he cared but little what fate had in store for him. "Capt. Jerry Chambers, right-hand man to the president of a republic, possessor of a nation's greatest expression of gratitude and honor; son of a multi-millionaire, discoverer of a gold mine, owner of the heart of the best woman in all the world—a tramp, and outcast!" he mused, as he sat beside the dusty road a few feet beyond a post that marked the western end of the city. "I am a fairly respectable-looking tramp now, but these new clothes will be nice and clean in a few hours. I don't think." He lay at the roadside, dreaming and pondering, until the lights began to twinkle in the city. Then, with a heart as heavy a burden as mortal ever bore, he trudged across a field to a railroad track a mile or so away. He walked along the track for several miles, when he saw lights in a small house a few hundred yards to the north. He was very hungry and he determined to apply at the house for the beggar's first bite. As he unlatched the gate the ugliest, florest-looking bulldog he had ever seen stuck his vigilant nose around the corner of the house and emitted an ominous growl. In an instant the gate was latched again, with Jerry on the outside. "Nice old fellow," Jerry said, in his most friendly tones, snapping his fingers. The dog slowly advanced and Jerry retreated a few feet. "Who's there?" came gruffly from the back yard, and a moment later Jerry was looking into the face of a big, raw-boned man of middle age. "What do you want?" the householder asked, eying the new-comer very closely. "Id like to get a bite or so to eat," said Jerry. "I'm as hungry as—" "Clear out, clear out!" snapped the man, advancing towards the fence with a vicious look in his eyes. "You don't look like a trump." "I'll trade a good 25-cent cigar for a sandwich," said Jerry, his legs trembling. The man leaned on the fence and subjected Jerry to the keenest inspection, and began to mumble: "Smooth-faced—six feet—well dressed—good lookin'—" Then he shouted so loud that Jerry was startled: "Bill, oh, Bill, come 'ere n' see if he don't answer the 'scription.' Then to Jerry: "You stand right where you are and don't make any gun play, or you'll wish you hadn't!" Jerry stammered something in his bewilderment, but the man, heedless of the words, merely shook his head confidently, all the time keeping his eyes on him. "Bill," a fierce-looking man with a flowing black mustache, joined the man at the fence. "What's up, Dick?" he asked. "Squint at this feller an' do a little thinkin'." Bill went out of the yard and stationed himself within six feet of Jerry. After a careful head-to-foot survey he said: "It can't be fur off, Dick, I'm damned if it kil. Git out that 'ere paper." Dick pulled a sheet of paper from his pocket and glanced over it, fre "Git the shurf," he finally said; "he'll soon set things straight." "The sheriff!" gasped Jerry. "What what—" "That's right—show yer innercence," laughed Bill, who a few minutes later was riding towards El Paso as fast as a saddleless horse could carry him. "What the devil does all this mean?" cried Jerry. "You'll soon see," said Dick. "Lean up agin that 'ere tree and keep your hands at your side. If you make a move I'll give you a pill," and the big man took a revolver from his hip-pocket. "Who—who do you think I am, for heaven's sake?" gasped Jerry, now as white as a ghost. "'Spick' Ransome, that's who I know you know," growled Dick, in a voice that almost took Jerry off his feet. "The shurf'll soon tell, and if you're him me n' Bill 'll be jus' a thousand better off. An' I reckon you have some idea what a hoss thief gifts down in this 'ere neck o' the woods, I figr.er." "Horse thief! For heaven's sake, I'm not a horse thief! I never stole a thing in my life! I never a mistake, and you'll soon find it out, too!" Jerry's face was red with anger and indignation and his brain was so hot that his fear of the man became dispelled. "This will go hard with you, even if you have got the drop on me with that cannon in your hand. I'll show—" "Now, jus' quille down 'n' keep your team at the rack a minit 'r so,' broke in Dick. "If you ain't 'Spick' Ran some, the nerviest hoss thief that ever put foot on Texas, my name ain't Dick Splavins. That's how sure I am. Why, this ere reward sheet 'scribes you to a dot. It couldn't be surer if the 'was a photograph 'longside the letterin." Within half an hour four other men came tearing down the road on horses, dismounting at Dick Splavins' home. "Bill said you had 'im fer sure," excitedly yelled one of the newcomers, THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA A dog runs down a fence. A man in a hat talks to another man in a hat. "I Reckon You Have Some Idee What a Hoss Thief Gits In This Neck o' the Woods." "I Reckon You Have Some Idea What a Hoss Thief Gits In This Neck o' the Woods." going so close to Jerry that the odor of bad whisky almost stifled him. "Danged if he don't seem to answer the 'scription all right, all right, eh, fellers?' The other men carefully looked Jerry over through their bleared eyes and nodded their heads. "The shurf 'll know fer sure," said one of the men. "Him 'n' Tom Norton's the on'y ones 'round ere' that's ever seen 'Spick' Ransome. Bill oughther be back 'ith the shurf purty soon. He was movin' like bell when i seen him." Tom Norton, owner of a small ranch a few miles away, was sent for, responding with all possible haste. He was an old man and his eyesight was badly impaired. He squinted at Jerry for fully five minutes and then said: "I don't just 'sartain it's 'Spick,' but if it was a boss race I'd put a hundred to one to win hands down." "That's near 'nough for us, eh, fellers?' shouted a reeling man, flashing a revolver over his head. 'Shell we wait for the shuff.' "Hain't no use to delay matters," said another. "Tom is 'bout as sure as a felter kin be, an' he ain't talkin' jus' for excitement's sake. Where'll we take him?" "Back in the holler," said Dick. "I'll git the rope and—" Jerry sank to the ground in collapse. "See the silukin' cur'!" sneered one of the men, kicking Jerry soundly in the back. Jerry attempted time and time again to protest his innocence of any criminal offense, but his words were drowned by derisive laughter. It was not long before this luckless son of Gemini, utterly devoid of physical strength, was being rudely dragged towards a tall tree in a hollow about 100 yards back of Splavins' house. The youngest of the Texans soon was climbing the tree to a strong limb 15 feet up. While the rope was being tied to the limb Jerry's hands were being bound behind him. The noose had just been prepared when the sheriff, whom Bill had telephoned to from the outskirts of the city, came up with Bill on their panting, lathered horses. "Not so quick, men," shouted the sheriff, dismounting and running to where Jerry lay on the ground. "Till 'tend to this matter if it needs 'tendin' to." A roar of protest rose from the throats of the would-be lynchers, but the sheriff asserted his authority so strongly that the men dropped back, and he brought a lantern to bear on the white face of the captive. "Tom Norton says it's "Spick' Ransome as certain as hell," said one of the men. The officer looked Jerry over carefully and then, his face the picture of fierce wrath, arose and addressed Norton in this manner: "You squint-eyed old fossil of a heathen, you, you couldn't tell a hoss from a cow! You'd jus' as soon swear this man's life away as to drink that rot-gut you're full of now! This isn't no more 'Spick' Ransome 'n you're a decent citizen. For a cent I'd drag you back with me and let this young feller make you sweat till your measly old hide didn't hold an ounce o' meat. And if it wasn't ferr your old age I'd make you skin up that tree and untie that rope. You git out o' here in two minutes or I'll make them spindle legs o' yourm move faster 'n they ever moved before. Here, Splavins, you drunken fool, until this young feller's hands and square yourself' 't him right. And do it damned quick!" For an instant the rough men of the ranches stood back like bronze statues, looking at one another. "Did you hear what I said?" roared the sheriff. A moment later Jerry's hands were free and he was on his wobbly legs. "An' he ain't 'Splick?' blurted Dick. "No more 'n you are, Splavins," snapped the officer. "Then, who in hell is he?" asked Bill. "That's none o' your business," roared the sheriff. "What are you goin' to do to square yourselves 'lh him? You can't jus' look it over 'n call it quits." Fifteen minutes later the hand of every one of the men had grasped Jerry's almost lifeless hand, and before another hour was gone the penniless Gemini was seated at a table that fairly groaned with wholesome food. He was the guest of honor. CHAPTER XXXI. Gen. Bostos, Moe O'Connor and Marina did not go sight-seeing that afternoon. It was not until Jerry Chambers had stepped out of the corporate limits of the city, however, that they abandoned all hope of his returning for the carriage ride. Marina fretted herself into a nervous, feverish headache and was forced to take to her bed. Mike tried to assure her that there was no cause for worry, but his optimism was only at Let the PLANET do your Job-work. fected. Down deep in his heart fear lurked. "Maybe he has become so absorbed in that business affair of his, whatever it is," said Mike to the general, as the two sat in a quiet corner of the hotel rotunda, "that he has had no chance to come back or get word to us. Jerry isn't thoughtless, so he must be unable to send word to us." "But his actions were so strange, so unusual upstairs," said the grizzled old warrior. "It certainly is very odd that he did not give you at least an inking of his business here." "General," said Mike, "that's what gets me most. Ever since I met him on that yacht he has been a big mystery to me, becoming more and more of a puzzle every day. I can't believe that he don't trust me, but so far as this business is concerned, he has not confided in me a little bit. At times, particularly to-day, he has acted in a very strange manner." "Can it be possible," ventured the general, after a long silence, "that he is mentally unseemed." "I don't think a brighter chap ever lived," said Mike, "but his actions might suggest that there's a screw loose somewhere. I know the number of the place on Montezuma street where he said he had his business, and I'll go down there and do a little inquirin'." The suggestion received the general's warm approval, and half an hour later Mike was standing before Emanuel Fosgate's desk. "Did you have business with a good-looking young fellow here to day?" asked O'Connor. "He said he had business at this number." "Yes. There was a young, good-looking fellow here at noon," said Mr. Fosgate. "His business here was completed in a very few minutes." "Thin, he hasn't been here since noon?" "I have not seen him since, sir." "Well, what do you think o' that! Would you mind tellin' me the nature of his business?" "I cannot tell you that, sir." "I don't know?" "I cannot tell you." "Did he appear right-minded, rational?" "I saw nothing extraordinary about him." "He didn't act strange—out of the ordinary?" "Well, come to think of it, he was rather charitable," smiled Mr. Fosgate. "Charitable—how?" "He instructed me to turn over to one of our institutions a good sum of money and a handful of gold nuggets, and I judge that he gave me everything he possessed." "That settles it," said Mike, decisively. "The lad is 'off.' I'm much obliged to you, sir. Good-day," and a moment later Mike was in the street. Gen. Bostos was awaiting him in the hotel rotunda, and Mike's expression and agitated manner brought him to his feet in expectancy. "General, the lad's daft—clean gone!" exclaimed Mike, in a loud whisper. "Instead o' losin' that money he gave it all away—every cent of it, and a bunch o' nuggets beside. He fixed up his business down there in a wink o' the eye. What's to be done?" The general, plainly perturbed, thought for a long time and then said: "There seems to be but one proper thing to do; we must notify the authorities and have him recovered." An hour later Gen. Bostos and Mike O'Connor were closeted with the chief of police, who after the general had offered a reward of $500 for the apprehension of the young man, dispatched his "plain-clothes" men to various parts of the city. The general added another $500 to the reward and the officer immediately telephoned to the sheriff's office. "Sheriff Cannell is not in his office at the moment—out after a horse thief," said the chief, returning from the instrument, "but his chief deputy will telegraph the young man's description to the adjoining county scats." When the sheriff reached the city late that night and learned of the big reward offered he uttered an exclamation of surprise and then proceeded to kick himself. "It wasn't 'Spick' Ransome at all down there," said he; "it was this young fellow the reward is offered for!" Jerry was traced to a village ten miles beyond the home of Dick Splavins, but there the reward-hunters came to the end of their string. He had proceeded to a water-tank two miles out of the village, where, in a nest of high grass, he fell asleep. By walking and stealing rides on freight trains Jerry, his once-on-a-time white shirt a study in streaks and spots and his clothes yellow with dust, reached a village just over the New Mexico line. His woey legs got him into the place in the dead of night, when the few streets were entirely deserted. The only lights came from a few oil lamps, and he made towards the most brilliant of these, which was at the corner of a general store that also served as the postoffice. He sat down on the store porch to rest for a few minutes before hunting a place to sleep. At one side of the door, tacked to the boards, were three or four placards. He got up, stretched and yawned, and went up to them: The one in boldest type read: $1,000 REWARD! !! THIS AMOUNT WILL BE PAID BY THE CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE CAPTURE OF A YOUNG MAN NAMED JERRY CHAMBERS-ABOUT SIX FEET TALL, SMOOTH-FACED, BLACK SUIT, WHITE SHIRT, GRAY NECKTIE AND STRAW TIE, WHITE WATCH WITH FOR WHEN LAST SEEN. CAUTION!! SAID PERSON IS MENTALLY UNSOUND! Jerry, his eyes bulging from their sockets, merely gasped, and if he had not leaned against the porch post he would have sunk to the floor. "Good heavens!" he managed to exclaim, as soon as the first words would come. "They think I'm crazy. I'm a lunatic and they're after me!" He laughed so heartily that his sides ached, and it was while he was laughing loudest that a pair of eyes peeped around the corner of the building. The next instant he was started out of his wits by finding his arms firmly in the grasp of somebody behind him. "Help! Help!" screamed the cantor. "Help! Help!" "Let go, let go!" cried Jerry, tugging to release himself. "You're pinching my arm! Let go, you damned fool, or I'll—" "Help! Murder! Help!" Just then a light appeared in an upstairs window and the white-capped head of a woman popped out. "Is it him, Knowlton? Have you got him?" came shrilly from aloft. "Help! Help! Call Harris—get a rope—come quick—" Jerry took only an instant's thought, and then, with a mighty effort, wrested himself from the man's grasp. His eyes were like the eyes of a madman when he turned upon the man, who had sunk to his knees and clasped his trembling hands before him, the most vivid picture of fright. "I wouldn't hurt you!" Spare me and my wife! Spare—" came from the terrified man. Jerry heard hurrying footfalls upstairs, and pushing the man over on his back, he started to run as fast as his legs could carry him. He did not stop until he had reached the edge of the village. When he sank almost exhausted in the tall grass he saw almost every house in the little burg lighted. He had not been there long before three men rushed past him on horses, one carrying a pitchfork and another a pole that resembled a clothes prop. "Great Scott!" flashed through Jerry's mind; "they're going to jab pitchforks into me if they ever catch me! How can I get away? The whole country will be up and after me before long, and the chances are a hundred to one against me! If they catch me they'll coop me up in a padded cell!" Not knowing where he was going, he started to crawl through the grass and bushes towards a forest a mile away. He was within 20 feet of another road when two other searchers dashed past him on horses. "Maybe he's in the woods!" he heard one of them cry out. "Let's surround it!" yelled the other, but they kept on as fast as their horses could go. Jerry broke into a laugh as he watched the dark figures, enveloped in a swirling cloud of dust, fly down the road, but his face was as white as a sheet and his strength was almost consumed by excitement. Just how he could have fallen asleep at such a time he never was able to explain, but when he next knew his senses to be awake the sun was peeping through the trees. CHAPTER XXXII The Late Jerry Chambers. Gen Bostos, intent upon locating Jerry if it lay within the province of efforts and money to do so, increased the reward to $5,000. He also employed the services of several private detective agencies. The tremendous inducement spurred the authorities of the entire southwest to the greatest endeavor. When it became known that Jerry Chambers was the son of one of the great merchants of the east the newspapers gave columns to the case. It was just such a case as to arouse the interest of the whole country. Wallace Chambers himself dropped business and hustered in a private train to El Paso, accompanied by his almost frantic wife. Marina Bostos, the picture of utter despair and absolute hopelessness, confessed her love for Jerry and declared that she herself would search for him. Instead of recovering from the nervous headache which took her to her bed on the day of Jerry's departure from El Paso, she contracted fever of a violent nature, and a doctor was in almost constant attendance at her bedside for weeks. Mike O'Connor told Wallace Chambers of what he had done to help Jerry and of the thrilling experiences in the mountains of Mexico. The great merchant immediately took a tremendous liking to the Irishman, and sent him out at the head of a dozen detectives to hunt for his son. It was on the 23d of October that the newspapers came out with "scarehead" captions over a story that the body of Jerry Chambers, distorted and so decomposed that it was almost unrecognizable, had been found near an island in the Rio Grande river, a short distance from its mouth. Wallace Chambers hastened from the Pacific coast to El Paso, where the body of the drowned man lay in a morgue. While he could not recognize it as that of his son, he was reasonably convinced that the long search had ended as the newspapers declared it had. When the body of "Jerry Chambers" was found in the Rie Grande river Gerard Chambers was No. 19 in a public workhouse in San Francisco. He had not seen a newspaper for weeks. Just how he had succeeded in eluding the swarms of reward-hunters he never tried to explain to himself. He simply kept walking, riding, running, dodging and swimming until he was far away. When he finally arrived in San Francisco no detective on earth could have identified him as the much-sought for young man. He wore a full beard and there was little flesh on his bones. He remained in the Golden Gate city until he was arrested for vagrancy and sentenced to a month's imprisonment in a workhouse. When he was released the case of Jerry Chambers had been dropped by the newspapers, and he did not know that he had figured as the principal in one of the most-talked of "mystery" stories that ever found space in the press. Christmas eve found him in the railroad yards of Portland, Ore. The snow lay a foot deep on the ground and the air was white with flakes. The empty box car in which he shivered was started to a sliding while he was in the midst of a dream—a mind picture of his last Christmas eve in New York. He wept when he was aroused to the awful reality. He decided to spend the night in the car and to beg his Christmas breakfast in the morning. As he lay in one corner, as far away from the draughty door cracks as possible, he fell to meditating. "Christmas in a tramp's clothing for the son of a multi-millionaire! A begar's 'hand-out' for a Christmas din- A man is sitting on a chair, looking down at two men standing in front of him. The man on the left is wearing a suit and tie, while the man on the right is wearing a shirt and trousers. They are engaged in a conversation. "Huxley," Cried the Old Man, "Throw This Worthless Fellow Into the Street." ner—and maybe not that!" he mused. "Ye gods, but this is a plight! And Marina! Sorrow, sorrow, sorrow—nothing but sorrow for her this Christmas day!" His cheeks, now shorn of their growth of long hair, were tear-stained when he fell asleep that night before Christmas—that night before the most glorious day of all the year. When the dawn came Jerry was awakened by the glad ringing of the church bells. He went to the door and looked through a crack. The sky was cloudless and the peeping sun strewed a pathway of diamonds before him. "There never has been a Christmas morn when I awoke with gloom in my heart, never a Christmas morning that did not bring me happiness," he said to himself, "and I'll not let this one be the first of unhappiness. I'll be glad and happy if I don't eat a mouthful all day! I'll smile until the day is gone; I will greet as others greet; I will wish as others wish; I will give as others—" Here he stopped and laughed. A few minutes later he was out of the car and trudging through the snow towards a street. He went to the back door of the first house he came to—a small, humble cot. "Will you give me a bite to eat this morning?" he asked of a sweet-faced young woman who responded to his rapping. "We haven't much for a Christmas breakfast," said she, almost apologetically, "but you may share it with us." As he sat at a table near the warm kitchen stove he mentally invoked blessings upon this housewife, and he had just begun to eat when her husband came into the room. "It isn't much," said the husband, a big young fellow with calloused hands, "but you are welcome to it as you are to the air." He sat down and talked. "Yes, it is tough to have to beg or shovel snow for a Christmas meal," said Jerry, "but it may be tougher not to have any at all." "Oh, don't be discouraged, old man," said the householder. "Some day things!" he cooing your way and you'll forget all about this menger bite. Don't get down in the mouth on Christmas day of all days. We're going to have a turkey dinner and we'll be glad to share the bird with you. Come around—" "I'm much obliged to you," said the truly grateful Jerry, "but you have done your share already towards making my Christmas happy, and I shall never, never forget it. What is your name?" "Richard Huntington," smiled the man. "What's yours?" "Just now I am nameless—I prefer to be nameless. The number of this house?" "This is 48 Jefferson street," answered the man. "What do you want to know that for?" "I shouldn't mind telling you," smiled Jerry, "but I know exactly what you'd think after I got through. So I guess it's just as well for me to keep mum." "But we should like very much to know," said the wife. "I'll tell you if you don't think I am crazy. Do I appear to be in-possession of my senses?" "You certainly do," laughed Huntington. "There really is nothing about me to indicate that I am more than a mere Christmas unfortunate, is there?" "You look like you luck, that's all," said the householder. "Well, I'll tell you why I want your name and address. Now, don't laugh; take me seriously. On the 20th of next June, if I am alive, you will receive by telegraph enough money to make you, reasonably independent. I shall not be wearing these rags then, and my pockets will not be empty. Check that day on your calendar—just for the fun of it." When Jerry departed from that little nest he was determined that they should receive on the day after his second year of absence from New York enough to pay for that Christmas breakfast, which he valued at infinitely more than the cost of the house and lot. He stopped at another house, more pretentious than the little cot he had left, but had the door slammed in his face before he finished asking for a pair of old shoes. "Oh, a little thing like that can't make me unhappy to-day," he said to himself, as he went out of the yard. "I'll be happy even if they 'sic' the dogs on me." It was not long before he was on one of the principal thoroughfares, where he stopped at many of the attractive windows. He turned down a fashionable avenue a few minutes before 11 o'clock, his feet almost frozen and his face purple from the cold. He reached a church, from which the music of a pipe-organ came to his sars. He hesitated a minute and then went into the temple of worship. A dapper young man in a frock coat eyed him coldly and merely pointed to the last seat in the last pew, into which Jerry sild. The church was crowded, but he had plenty of room. After the service Jerry trudged down the avenue until he came to a mansion on a corner. He turned into the cross street and looked into a window. There sitting at a table fairly heaped with flowers, sat a white-haired old man, his thumbs together and his gaze straight before him. Jerry moved along until he came to the gate, and, hesitating a moment, he opened it and went to the back door. His gentle knocking brought forth the butler. "Will you give me something to eat?" The servant gave him a frigid look, told him to wait and closed the door. He went to the white-haired old man. "There's a tramp at the back door, sir, who begs for something to eat," said the butler. "Well, well, give him a bite," said the old man, "and send him on his way. But wait, Huxley," he went on. "Bring him in here! I have eaten alone on Christmas day for 20 years, with just that vacant chair at the other end of the table, and to-day I am not going to eat alone. Bring him in after he has been washed clean." The surprised Huxley bowed and went away. He led Jerry to soap, water and towel, and after the young man was as presentable as it was possible for him to be, he was escorted to the rich dining room. "Fetch a chair to my right, Huxley," ordered the old man. "It shall be the seat of honor." Jerry sat down and immediately apologized for his appearance. "Tush, tush," said the old man. "I don't care how you look. I want to see a hungry man eat." "I don't think you will be disappointed in that, sir," smiled Jerry. The young man's voice, indicating refinement and polish, caused the old man to lift his brows in surprise. "Have you always been a tramp?" "Not always, sir. I have seen better days." "What is your name?" "I prefer not to tell you, sir." "Proud, eh? Oh, very well, then. How long have you been a tramp?" "Only a few months." "Can't you find work?" "I haven't found more than enough to keep body and soul together, sir, up to date." The men conversed throughout the sumptuous meal, the old man becoming deeply interested in his lone companion. He was surprised at his refinement and education. Before the dessert was brought in he said: "I'll see what I can do for you, young man. I believe that you deserve better things. How would you like to work in one of my lumber yards?" "I am grateful to you sir," said Jerry, and he was plainly embarrassed, "but—where is your lumber yard?" "Here in Portland," and the old man frowned a little. "As I said, sir, I am inexpressibly thankful to you for the interest and kindness," said Jerry, "but I don't think the climate here—so far north—will agree with me, and—" "Don't you want to work?" snapped the old man, red in the face. "Do you want to keep on being an object of charity?" Jerry could think of nothing to say before the old man fairly roared: "You are a lazy dog! Get out of this house and never let me see you again! Don't wait for the dessert, for you'll not get another mouthful in this house, sir!" At the first outburst Jerry was cut of his seat and coldly bowing his way to the door. "Huxley," cried the fuming old man, "throw this worthless fellow into the street." Huxley, a frail little Englishman of middle age, took on an expression of severity that caused Jerry to smile. He moved towards him, but stopped abruptly when Jerry flashed a vicious glare from his eyes. "Come on, sir, come on—no lottering, no lottering, sir," said Huxley in a cracked, trembling voice, touching his arm ever so lightly. The moment his fingers touched his arm Jerry's hands were clenched and his face was red. "Take that hand off of me!" said Jerry, softly—then fiercely: "Take it off, I say, or I'll throw you through that window!" The old man's chin dropped in amazement and poor Huxley backed up until the wall stopped him, his face as white as a ghost. "I'll walk out of this house," Jerry went on calmly, "without anybody's assistance. Open that door for me, Huxley." A minute later the back door was slammed against him. "God pity the poor rich!" Jerry smiled to himself as he turned up his coat collar and started for the street. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Of the famous ports of the world, Marseilles and Rio Janeiro have the deepest water at all stages of the tide. While the great zoological garden of London has 1,621 birds, there are 2,530 in New York's Bronx zoological park. Fortung's Smile Deceiving. Considering the sorrows of the millionaire, one must believe that fortune smiles on him only to give him the laugh. Mr. Hen Peck Says Mr. Hen Pock: "It is not surprising that troubles never come single; they are all married." Five hundred and fifty dollars has been paid for a single specimen of the Antimacus butterfly. With an ideal society there would be no temptations to resist—hence, man would deteriorate.—Life. Growth of Wheat in Canada. Wheat matures in Canada in from 90 to 100 days. THE PLANET SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 14. '08. Women in French Factories Women work in many of the manufactures in France, about 40 being employed in the De Dion works at Draper lathes. It is the first time that women have been intrusted with high-grade machines in that country. One woman was found who had worked at a Gleason gear-cutter for four years steadily, with the exception of a few weeks when she was injured. Woman, Vanguished Bull Lots of women have committed suicide, but without doubt at the crucial moment any one of them would have run if a bull had appeared upon the scene, and yet a woman in Indiana attacked one the other day with a pitchfork and vanquished the raging animal. Her courage has excited the wonder of every woman who has heard about it. The Diligent Apt It is not only man who may with advantage take lessons from the ant; the domestic hen would do well in one respect to imitate it. The white ants lays 8,000 eggs a day throughout the season—an amount that may well cause the hen to feel ashamed of her miserable total of three or four eggs a week. The Speak-Easy Beware of the man who whispers his airy nothings into the ear of the willing listener. Ninety-nine times in 100 the whisperer is a thief. He goes around like this: "Shhh! Plumton is a good fellow, but—Shhhh," etc. The whisperer is a backbiter, a spreader of scandal, a maligner, a human hyena. All of us know the whisperer. Home Built in Silence Like Solomon's temple, the residence of Samuel Andrews of Blossburg, Pa., was built in silence. Andrews is a deaf mute, and every stroke of work on his house, from laying the foundation to installing the plumbing, has been done by mutes, friends of Andrews, who live elsewhere in the state. Birthplace of Vegetables Turnips and radishes came originally from central Europe. The beetroot and the beet, which have been greatly improved by cultivation, are considered as the same species by botanists. The beet, only the stalk of which is eaten, grows wild in the Mediterranean, Persia and Babylonia. A Triumph in Science SECOND Biggums—"They tell me Prof. Hopkins has at last performed his airship." Sniggums—"He has. There are only two things left to complete." Biggums—"What are they?" Sniggums—"Hopkins says it'll be great if he can only make it stay up and go ahead." This Queer World And the mystery still lingers—why is it necessary to salt a fish caught in the salt ocean? A sea bass caught off Seabright requires just as much salt in the seasoning as a black bass caught in the saltless waters of Lake Erie.—New York Press. Brief and to the Point There is no superfluous verbage in the note which a tradesman sent to a dilatory creditor: "Sir, the inclosed is a bill. If you pay it, you will oblige me. If you don't, I shall oblige you." --- English Language Supreme There are now over 250,000 words in the English language acknowledged by the best authorities, or about 70,000 more than in the German, French, Spanish and Italian languages combined. Spread Happiness Is not the first duty of those who are happy to tell of their gladness to others? All men can learn to be happy; and the teaching of it is easy. —Maeterlinck. In Transit. "I wonder who arranges the signs in street cars?" said Thompson, pointing upward. "There is one describing a drandruff cure right beside one for pure milk—isn't that fierce?" The Peril of Reformers Many a reformer perishes in the removal of rubbish and that makes the offensiveness of the class. They are partial; they are not equal to the work they pretend. They lose their way; in the assault on the kingdom of darkness they expend all their energy on some accidental evil, and lose their sanity and power of benefit.—R. W. Emerson, in "New England Reformers." Greek Mythology. In Greek mythology, Narcissus is a beautiful youth, a son of Cephissus, and the nymph Liriope metamorphosed into a flower. For his insensibility to love he was caused, by Nemesis, to fall in love with his own image reflected in the water. Unable to grasp the shadow, he pined away and became the flower which bears his name. The nymph Echo, who vainly loved him, died of grief. Temperature of Ice Ice does not retain a fixed temperature below the freezing point. It cannot be heated above the freezing point under ordinary circumstances. Like any other solid, ice is cooled in the winter to the temperature of the air, be it zero or below, and becomes warmer as the temperature rises till its melting point is reached. Then it cannot be warmer. It changes its condition to the liquid form. Noise. Natur daw awl her big and little jobs without making enny furse; the earth goes around the sun, the moon changes, the elkipses, and the pollywog, silently and tafflessly, bekums a frog, but man kant even deliver a small sized 4th ov July orshun without knocking down a mountain or two, and turning up three or four primeval forests by the bleeding rutes.—Josh Billings. Extremely Bare "While I was downtown," said Mrs. Lapsling, laying aside her wraps, "I saw a wonderful old violin in a music store. The clerk said it was worth $5,000. It was a genuine Sardanapalus, and you know that kind is getting very scarce nowadays." New England Originality At a Lynn, Mass., wedding recently, bright, new coins were thrown after the departing bride and groom, instead of the traditional rice and old shoes. That was awfully reckless, considering how near Lynn is to Nahant and Boston. Clergymen's Salaries. The archbishop of Canterbury receives $75,000 a year, and the curate of East Kennett $200. It is said that the archbishop and the curate find it difficult to make both ends meet at the end of the year—Newark News. Reason for Divorces After a woman marries a man he sees, her the greater portion of the time in clothes of the kind that he never saw before marriage except on women who were running to a fire. —Atchison Globe. Like Shon Windows We are like shop windows, wherein we are constantly arranging, hiding or exhibiting those supposed qualities which others attribute to us—and all in order to deceive ourselves.—Friedrich Nietzsche. Advice to a Sweet Singer "My heart beats but for you," sings an eastern bardess. If she wishes to avoid trouble because of heart failures we would urgently advise her not to let him peraude her to become his for life. A True Hero A hero is a man who can pull out a handkerchief with a hole in it in a street car and not thrust it back in his pocket as if it were a smallpox flag—New York Press. Everything of Some Good Since follies teach wisdom, misfortunes prove to be joys and losses are often our gain, it would seem as if everything in the world is for good after all. Only Lasting Cure There is only one cure for public distress—and that is public education, directed to make men thoughtful, merciful and just.—Ruskin. One Marked Difference "Pray as you enter," is a sign outside a Chicago church. And unlike the new cars, the church presumably gives everybody a seat. Happy Manners. Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each, once a stroke of genius or of love, now repeated and hardened into usage—Emerson. Hard About the hardest task we know of is trying to entertain a bashful man. Night-Gowns for Dogs Night-Gowns for Dogs. Dogs' night-gowns made of soft flannel, lined with mauve colored satin, are announced in Paris. Death. Dying is about the easiest thing a man can do—when he understands it. Newark News. Be Ready. The man who is prepared treble his talents. Buvancy of Cork One pound of cork is sufficient to support a man of ordinary size in the water. New Music. A Virginia newspaper puts its announcements of births under the heading "New Music." Insolent Civility That Hurts. The insolent civility of proud man is more shocking than his rudeness could be.—Chesterfield. The Real and the Unreal. An acre in Middlesex is worth a principality in Utopia.—Maculay. ORCHARD AND GARDEN Continue to hoe and cultivate the strawberry bed, but do not let the runners set too thickly. Treat all surplus plants just as if they were weeds. No combination of chemicals will exactly take the place of stable manure, since the latter supplies vegetable matter and certain bacteria. The chemicals and green crops provide a good substitute. The little kingdom of Belgium is something of an apple orchard. There were exported last year 36,472,779 pounds of apples, valued at $815,914. An abundant crop is reported this year, selling on the tree at 48 to 58 cents per 100 pounds. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA For the Opening Chapter. Rugby The Devil Novelized by Joseph O'Brien from Oliver Herford's Adaptation of Molnar's Play. Illustrated by Berger The sensation of New York and the country. If you doubt there is a personal devil read the story in this paper. You will be sure when you have finished that he exists and that you should resist his wiles. "The DEVIL" is offered to our patrons because it is the sensation of the day. In addition to a most successful run in Europe, Oliver Herford's adaptation is being played nightly to crowded houses at the Garden Theater in New York. It is the theatrical sensation of Gotham to-day. The phenomenal success of "The DEVIL" at the Garden Theatre has determined Mr. Savage to cover the country with the play as rapidly as possible. Six companies have already been organized and will be rushed on the road. THE SENSATION OF NEW YORK WILL SOON BE THE SENSATION OF OUR TOWN. Dorothy Dix says: "Every one who can should see this wonderful play, but those who cannot should read the vivid story." Beatrix Fairfax says: "A lesson for all women and men in this wonderful story." The story grips tightly from the first instant—New York Sun. One of the strongest plays the stage has seen in a decade—New York Press. Astonishing. . . The audience breathless.—New York Herald. Twenty-one curtain calls after second act for "the only authorized version."—New York American. Mr. Savage before the curtain to acknowledge a cyclone of cheering for his unparalleled feat.—New York Morning Telegraph. Garden Theater far too small for the crowds who desired to see the novel production.—New York Evening Telegram. Mr. Savage's "DEVIL" is full of invitations to come early and avoid the rush.—New York Mail. Beautifully staged and exceedingly well acted.—New York Times. "THE DEVIL" is at the Garden for a long and merry run.—New York World. Uproar of applause followed the curtains on the second act.—New York Tribune. To Begin Soon. LINCOLN HAIR POMADE MAKES KINKY HAIR SOFT REMOVES DANDRUFF KEEPS HAIR FROM BREAKING OFF LINCOLN HAIR POMADE KEEPS SCALP FRESH CLEAN AND WHOLE- SOME MAKES HAIR GROW LONG AND LUXURIOUS WHICH WAY WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE YOUR HAIR-SOFT AND LONG SO THAT YOU CAN PUT IT UP IN THE LATEST STYLE OR SHORT AND KINKY A WOMAN'S JUST PRIDE IS HER A WOMAN'S JUST PRIDE IS HER HAIR. TO STRAIGHTEN OUT THAT KINKY, CURLY HAIR, PUTTING IT IN THE MOST PERFECT CONDITION TO BE COMBED INTO ANY SHAPE JUST TRY A BOTTLE OF LINCOLN HAIR POMADE. There is no other preparation on earth to equal Lincoln Hair Pomade in producing soft, beautiful hair. Lincoln Hair Pomade is a natural hair cleanser—a natural promoter of growth and naturally reduces the air in straight and combable condition; but also supplies the air with soft sheen and gloss. 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Oh, Phyllis, oft you've strained my purse On loving pleasure bent; But now we're through, it might be worse. You've helped to pay the rent. L'ENVOL Ye poets, when your lady's kiss Grows cold, pray don't repine. But scribble off some stuff like this And get six cents a line. Daphne, I judge. DO Beginner (wrathfully)—See here, I'm tired of your laughing at my game. If I hear any more impulse from you I'll crack you over the head. Caddie—All right; but, say, I'll bet yer don't know what's the right club ter do it wilt. Chinese Using Modern Umbrellas. The Chinese are giving up the use of their old oil-paper umbrellas, and a great number of foreign made umbrellas are used, of which Germany and Japan supply the bulk. Value of Education A man carves his own luck and the best tool he can use is a good education. It never grows dull, but is always bright and sharp for his purpose. When others fall or become rusty it always can be rilled upon to do its work. Strive for Enlightenment As with nations, so with individuals—education counts. Enlightenment brings men to the front, into the white light of prosperity and fame, while ignorance keeps them in the background, in the darkness of poverty and obscurity. Uncle Allen. "Whether you believe in praying for rain or not," remarked Uncle Allen Sparks, "it's a thundering sight better—if you don't mind my putting it in that way—than scolding Providence because you don't get it." Obtivion. A magazine writer says: "Nine thousand young women have gone on the stage in search of admiration and have passed into oblivion." That's calling Pittsburg a pretty hard name. It May. Napoleon said that the most beautiful woman was the mother of many children. This may account for the fact that few ladies are able to think of Napoleon as a hero. Deep-Sea "Misslons" England has a mission of deep-sea fishermen owning 11 boats, which systematically visit the "floating villages" in the North sea and off the Newfoundland banks. KEEPS SCALP FRESH CLEAN WHOLE- SOME MAKES HAIR GROW LONGAND LUXURIOUS --- Mr. Joseph Evans, our agent at Pittsburg, Pa. desires all his customers whose subscriptions for the Richmond PLANET are past due to call and settle at once. Food for Thought The ten-year-old girl who conquered a burglar with a broomstick is entitled to all credit for courage and vigor. Nevertheless when she adds a dozen years more to her age the wary unmarried youth may entertain doubts as to whether her energy might not some time be excessive for wedded bliss. The Horrid Man's Curl. "There's no sight so pitiful to me," said the pretty girl, "as the painful attempt on the part of the man beginning to be bald to make a little curl in the middle of his forehead of the few remembrances of hair. And still, I know they don't deserve my pity. I never have found a man yet with such a curl who wasn't horrid." Proof That Dreams Come True "Yes'm, I'm goin' to move to-morrow," said Bertha, the colored washerwoman. "Yes'm. I knowed it last week. I dreamt it. Whenevah I be gins to dream of packin' my trunk and gettin' ready to go someweah the lanawd, he comes the vey next week fo' the rent. Yes'm, I'm goin' to move to-morrow." Domestic Economy They had automobiled in 24 miles to see Mr. Highflyer's pet oculist, and on the return three tires, one after another, had blown up. Whereupon Mrs. Highflyer remarked, plaintively, and with intense conviction: "My dear Alfred, it would have been so much cheaper to have kept you at home and bought you a glass eye!" Real Estate "If you have the credulity to think your face is clean after you have carried it all over New York," said the business woman, "put a lot of cold cream on it, then wipe it off with a clean cloth. The amount of genuine soil you will find on that cloth will fill you with astonishment."—New York Press. "Taking the Waters." It is the regimen that thins. I remember asking a leading physician at Marlenbad whether he really believed in the claim that those famous waters reduce the weight of the fat people who imbibe them. He smiled and said: "Perhaps they may act as a dissolvent."—London Truth. The Need of the World The world must return some day to the word duty, and be done with the word reward. There are no rewards and plenty of duties. And the sooner a man sees that and acts upon it like a gentleman or a fine old barbarian, the better for himself.—Robert Louis Stevenson. Heaven on Earth Heaven consists of desiring, from the heart, good for others more than for one's self, and in serving them with a view to their happiness, not from any selfish aim of obtaining remuneration, but out of love.—Swedenborg. Making Shoes. Picture a herd of 8,300 kids and goats, 407 horses and colts, 700 calves and 488 steers. Then think that the skins and hides of all these animals supply one shoe factory in America with enough leather for only a single day. Few of Them Fail A girl regards her life as a failure if she has not succeeded in making a fool of at least one man. The Dark Ages. The dark ages are the ones during which our sophomores are inclined to believe they know it all. THREE Tests of Friendship. I do not wish to treat friendships daintily, but with roughest courage. When they are real, they are not glass threads or frost-work, but the solidest thing we know - Emerson. Cannot Fool Conscience "A man kin allus fix up arguments to quiet his conscience." said Uncle Eben, "but tain' no use. No matter how much you turns de clock back, downwun gwinter come jes' de same." Daily Thought. Never bear more than one trouble at a time. Some people bear three kinds—all they ever had, all they have now, and all they expect to have. Pay Up. If your bills are correct, pay them promptly and pleasantly, and people will respect you. Try this method and note the results.—The Oklahoma. Jap Company's Big Business. The Nitsui Trading Company of Japan does a $100,000,000 business with Europe, Australia, America and Asia. French Exports of Mistletoe. Nearly 200 tons of mistletoe are annually exported from France to England, principally for use at weldings. German Proverb. He is idle that might be better employed. JOSHUA BANKS & SONS CATERERS EVERY FACILITY CONSISTENT WITH FINE CATERING. Special Attention Given to Balls, Suppers, Installations and Smokers at the Shortest Notice. Your Patronage Solicited. Refreshment Cars and Boat Privileges Handled in Season. Address all communications to KLAM L BANKS, 511 N. 3d Residence: 1312 N. 26th St. RAILROADS. Richmond, Frederickskis g & Potomac R. R. SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE SPT. 6.1800 TO AND FROM WASHINGTON AND BEYOND. Leave Richmond Arrive Richmond *5.20 A.M. Byrd St. Sta. *4.50 A.M. Byrd St. Sta. *4.40 A.M. Byrd St. Sta. *12.01 P.M. Byrd St. Sta. *12.15 P.M. Main St. Sta. *14.15 P.M. Eglinton St. Sta. *14.15 P.M. Eglinton St. Sta. *5.20 P.M. Main St. Sta. *5.20 P.M. Main St. Sta. *9.00 P.M. Byrd St. Sta. *10.45 P.M. Main St. Sta. ASHLAND ASHLAND ACCOMMODATIONS—WEEKDAYS. Leave Elba Station - 7.30 A.M. 1.30 P.M. 6.35 P.M. Arrive Elba Station - 6.40 A.M. 10.40 A.M. 5.10 P.M. *Daily.* 7 weekdays. (Sundays only. All to us or from Byrd Street Station stop at Elba Station and departures not guaranteed. Read the sign. N. & W. NORFOLK & WESTERN ONLY ALL-RAIL LINE TO NORFOLK. Leave Byrd Street Station, Richmond. Is december 1, 1907. For Norfolk-9:00 A. M. 8:00 P. M. and 7:0 P. M. daily. For Lynchburg, the West and Southwest- 9:00 A. M. 8:00 P. M. and 9:40 P. M. daily ARRIVE RICHMOND. Parlor, 9:40 A. M. and 8:50 P. M. daily. From the W. W- 7:40 A. M. 8:05 P. M. and 8:50 P. M. daily. Pullman, Parlor and Sleeping Cars. Oat Dining Club. W. B. BEVIL, C. H. BOSLEY, Gen. Pass. Agent. D. Div. Pass. Southern Ry TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND. N. B.-Following schedule figures publishh only as information, and are guaranteed: 6:20 A. M.-Daily-Local for Charlotte 11:00 A. M.-Daily-Limited-Buffet Pullman to Atlanta and Birmingham, New Orleans, Maryland, Chattanooga, and all the South Through coach for Chase City, Oxford, Durham. 6:00 P. M.-Ex. Sunday-Keyville Local ready 11:38 P. M.-Fulman Fullman ready #$28 11:58 P. M. for the all South YORK RIVER LINE 4:30 P. M.—Ex. Sunday—To West Point—Co- necting for Baltimore Monday, Wednesday and Friday 2:15 P. M.—Monday, Wednesday and Friday Local to West Point. 7:00 A. M. 9:30 P. M. —From all the South. 4:10 P. M. —From all the North. Durham Chase City and local stations 8:40 A. M. —From Keysville—Local. 7:00 P. M. —From Point and from Salisbury more Wednesday from Fri. 10:45 A. M. 5:45 P. M. —Local from West Point C. W. WESTBURY, D. P. A. 9:30 E. Main Street, Phone 655. ATLANTIC COAST LINE (Effective January 8, 1988.) TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND DAILY For Florida and South-815. A. M. and 728. For North Carolina-928. A. M. 520. P. M. and 728. For Nothern-928. A. M. 520. P. M. and 728. For Peterburg: 8:00 A. M., 12:00, 11:00, "8:20 For Petersburg: 8:00 A. M., 12:00, 11:30 P. M. For Goldhope and Payettier: 8:00 Trains arrive Richmond daily-6:10, "8:10 Trains arrive Richmond daily-10:45 and 11:30 A. M., "1:10 2:05, 6:00, 8:00 and 10:45 *Except Sunday. **Sunday only.** *Beyond Monday Time of arrivals and departures and con- tours not guaranteed. C. S. GAMPRELL, D. P. & SEABOARD SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY SOUTHBOUND TRAINS SCHEDULED TO LEAVE RICHMOND DAILY. 9:15 A. M.—Local to Neilina, Raleigh, Charlotte, Wilmington. 1:25 P. M.—Sleepers and coaches, Atlanta, Birmingham, Savannah, Jacksonville and Florida polita. 10:45 P. M.—Florida Limited. 12:55 A. 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The election is over and the colored folks can now have time to ob serve conditions and make money. --- Supreme Court decisions at Washington cannot affect us one-tenth as much as hostile legislation at the capitol in Richmond. --- If we could get one young colored man in ten to look out for his own welfare by accumulating money and engaging in some profitable business, lectures upon the race question would be unnecessary. --- We have received the "Proceedings of the Eleventh Conference for Education in the South," Memphis, Tennessee., April 22-28, 1908. It contains much interesting and valuable information for both the white and the colored races. --- Colored folks see knives and forks, cups and saucers, crepes and laces, machines and cooking utensils, but not one in a hundred ever think of finding out how they are made and raise one penny towards the manufacture or production of even one of the many millions of utensils so necessary to our civilization. To send a people without this vital information to either Africa or to the North Pole would be a criminal absurdity. ---O--- We received an invitation to attend a dinner to Dr. Henry Clay Cress at Letts, 3354 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Ill. Friday evening, November 6, 1908. Owing to the distance, we have decided to attend it next time Mr. Thomas Wallace Swann, Chairman; Dr. E. D. Brown, Secretary; Mr. O. M Henderson, Treasurer. _____ ANOTHER ADVERSE DECISION. The United States Circuit Court handed down an opinion Thursday, November 5th, 1908 in the Brickhouse case. This suit arose out of the refusal of the election judges William Jessop and C. T. Brooks to allow a colored citizen named Brickhouse to vote in a congressional election in 1902 and was in the nature of a test case, relative to the validity of the "unconstitutional" constitution of Virginia. The opinion shows that Judge Nathan B. Goff and his 8 associates are "trimming their sails" so to speak in accordance with the recent Negro decisions of the United States Supreme Court. They will never remember being reversed by that tribunal, so long as they continue along the lines marked out and the present supreme tribunal remains as it is now constituted. Judge Goff indulges in the policy of evasion which has become such a characteristic of the decisions of the Supreme Court at Washington. We are frank to state that we have never expected any other result from this case, although there were thousands of colored people, who indulged in rainbow chasing in the direction of a United States Court. Judge Emory Speer of Georgia is rather a retinarkable character, in that judicial reverses by a higher tribunal do not affect him so long as he believes he is right and he gives counsel an opportunity as well as the annoyance of appealing in all cases where he rules in favor of human rights. Hon. John S. Wise of New York and James H. Hayes, Esq, and J. C. Carter, we believe were counsel in this case. They did their duty and the responsibility is with the court. THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT AND THE NEGRO. The Supreme Court of the United States has handed down another one of its decisions showing its antipathy to the colored people of this country and emphasizing the fact that none of us may expect to hope for justice within its confines. The fact that this expression of a legal opinion followed so closely after an election shows that it was swayed by political conditions and feared the effect of its utterances upon the colored vote in the doubtful states. When it is observed that the court's political complexion is Republican upon all but questions affecting the colored people of this country, we confess that it confirms the opinion previously expressed in these columns, that a Negro can get as much and more justice before the supreme tribunals in the states than he can in Washington. It was the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia that reversed the Corporation Court of Henrico county in the Fulton Park case, deciding that a specification in a deed that property should not be sold to colored people was null and void. As a result, colored people are in possession of the park in question. Who would have thought of going beyond the Virginia tribunal to test the matter? Certainly not the colored folks who have learned to know that Virginians "to the manor born" can be trusted upon questions involving constitutional rights and vital principles. It was the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia that practically ordered the release of Messrs. William Conquest and S. L. Burton, the alleged Accomac roters. But to the decision of that truly remarkable coterie of jurists at Washington. Here is what is said: "Washington, November 9.—In deciding the case of Berea College against the State of Kentucky favorably to the State, the Supreme Court to-day held that a State of the Union may constitutionally legislate to prevent the coeducation of the white and black races. The case was insisted upon the validity of the state law of 1804, prohibiting white and black children from attending the same schools. "The higher State Court took the position that the white and black races are naturally antagonistic, and that the enforced separation or the children of the two is in the line of the preservation of the peace. The opinion of the Supreme Court was handed down by Justice Brewer and affirmed the finding of both the Kentucky Circuit Court and the Court of Appeals. Justices Harlan and Day dissented." It will be seen even in this case that the Supreme Court of Appeals, a Democratic body was equally fair and outspoken in its conclusions as was the Supreme Court of Appeals of the United States. In our opinion both the courts of Kentucky and the one at Washington are wrong, but what was the use of going up to the city, where President Roosevelt resides to find it out? We now know in advance what to expect in the case of the colored soldier from New York, who is seeking through legal channels to be restored to the roster of the army, although he was removed therefrom by President Roosevelt's order. The telegraphic report says further: "Justice Brewer's opinion dealt entirely with corporations as affected by the Kentucky statute, and did not consider the question of its applicability to individuals. Proceeding upon the theory that a State has complete control over corporations as its own creations, he then construed the law of 1904 as in effect an amendment to the charter of Berea College and added: "It is undoubtedly true that the reserved power to alter or amend is subject to some limitations, and that under the guise of a new contract may not always be enforceable upon the corporation or the stockholders; but it is settled that a power reserved to the Legislature to alter, amend or repeal a charter authorizes it to make an alteration or amendment of a charter granted, subject to it, which will not defeat or substantially impair the object or the grant, or any rights vested under it, and which the Legislature may deem necessary THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA to secure either that objective or any public right.* * * We concern ourselves only with the inquiry whether the first section of the Kentucky law can be upheld as coming within the power of a State over its own corporate creatures. We are of the opinion that it does come within that power." The weakness of this legal position should be apparent to the most inexperienced person in constitutional law. There is no declaration that the charter of Berea College has been legally amended. It has been established though that the legislation was a species of class legislation and that it does impair and substantially defeat the object of the grant and rights vested under it. Justice Harlan, that "prince of jurists," in his vigorous and entertaining style strips Mr. Justice Brewer's argument of all of its sophistries and exposes it to the keen analysis of an aroused public opinion. Here is the report: "Responding to some of Justice Harlan's strictures, Justice Brewer said: "There is no force in the suggestion that the statute, although clearly separable, must stand or fall as an entirety on the ground that the Legislature would not have enacted one unless it could reach all. That the Legislature of Kentucky desired to separate the teaching of white and colored children may be conceded, but it by no means follows that it would not have enforced the separation, so far as it could do so, even though it could not make it effective under all circumstances. "In other words, it is not at all unreasonable to believe that the Legislature, although advised beforehand of the constitutional question, might have prohibited all organizations and corporations under its control, from teaching or colored to the public, and thus made at least uniform official action." And again: "Contending that it would prove impracticable and unsatisfactory to separate corporate from private schools, Justice Harlan, in his dissenting opinion, said the court should meet the entire question squarely and decide whether it is a crime, under any conditions, to educate white children and Negro children at the same institution. He did not concede that it should be so regarded. "Have we, he asked, 'become so inoculated with prejudice of race that an American government, professionally based on the principles of freedom and charged with the protection of all citizens alike, can make distinction between such citizens in the matter of their voluntary association for innocent purposes simply because of their respective races?' Further. If the lower court be right then a State may make it a crime for white arid colored persons to frequent the same market place at the same time, or appear in an assemblage of citizens convened to consider questions of a public or political nature, in which all citizens, without regard to race, are equally interested. "Many other illustrations might be given to show the mischievous, not to say cruel, character of the statute in question and how inconsistent such legislation is with the great principle or the equality of citizens before the law." "Justice Harlan added that he did not want to be understood as criticizing the system of separate public schools for the races, but that his censure was directed at the penal provision of the Kentucky law involved in this case. He considered it unconstitutional." This then was a keen, practical analysis of a most important question by a great constitutional jurist. His dissecting knife of criticism has laid bare the fallacies of Mr. Justice Brewer's argument, specifically called an opinion and it shows to the American electorate everywhere, the color bias that exists in the Supreme Court of the United States. If Mr. Justice Brewer is correct, then white teachers should be barred from instructing Negro pupils in every state in the Southland. Certainly if it is a criminal contamination for white and colored be educated then it is criminal con be educated then it is criminal contamination for white teachers to sit in the same school-room to instruct them. We do not subscribe to this argument that white teachers should not be permitted to instruct colored pupils, but we are showing to the public the logical deductions to be drawn from such a wretchedly absurd decision as the one just handed down by the Supreme Court of the United States at Washington. The Law on Notes. A note made on Sunday is void. Contracts made on Sunday cannot be enforced. A contract made with a lunatic is void. A note obtained by fraud or from a person in a state of intoxication, cannot be collected. Signatures made with a lead pencil are good in law. "Value received" is usually written in a note and should be but is not necessary. If not written, it is presumed by law, or may be supplied by proof. What Country Dwellers Need What Country Dwellers Need. A third of our population is urban; the rest is more or less rural. What the country dwellers need to make them happy are religion, education and material prosperity. The farms cannot employ as many laborers per acre as they did before the coming of agricultural machinery. Therefore they must either raise fewer children or export some of their population to the cities.—Harper's Weekly. Petroleum Next to Gold Jerusalem Next to Gold. Next to California the most valuable product of California. SHOT DEAD IN PISTOL DUEL Edward W. Carmack Killed on Street at Nashville. RESULT OF POLITICAL FEUD Victorlen Sardou, Dramatist, Is Dead. Kern Is Out For U. S. Senate—C. W. Eliot Resigns As President of Harvard—Going Home In Plaster Cast With Nearly All Her Bones Broken. Fatally Shot His Father — Orders Nineteen Locomotives—Pulls Nine Teeth For One. Former United States Senator Edward Ward Carmack, the editor of the Tennessean, was shot and killed in Seventh avenue, Nashville, Tenn., by Robin Cooper, son of Colonel Duncan C. Cooper. Mr. Carmack was going north in Seventh avenue, and Colonel Cooper and his son were approaching Seventh avenue in Union street. Soon after they came in sight of one another the shooting began. Robin Cooper fired three shots and Senator Carmack one. Colonel Duncan C. Cooper, it is said, drew a pistol, but did not fire. Senator Carmack fell to the ground with the trio of shots, dying instantly. Robin Cooper was shot in the right shoulder, but was not severely hurt. Three bullets struck Mr. Carmack. One entered the left side below the heart and another the left shoulder. The third bullet was in the neck and made a wound one and one-half inches long, and caused almost instant death. It is said that the trouble between the men is one of the results of the recent Democratic gubernatorial primary, in which Carmack was defeated. Carmack had, since he became editor of the Tennessee, been rather caustic in adversely criticizing what he called the Democratic machine, and had printed several editorials about Colonel Cooper. Within the last few days, it is said, Colonel Cooper told Carmack that these editorial critics must cease. Monday another editorial reference to Colonel Cooper appeared in the Tennessee, and this is supposed to have been the immediate cause of the trouble. As soon as Senator Carmack fell on the edge of the street curbing Colonel Duncan Cooper put his arm around Robin Cooper, and both walked a few feet down Seventh avenue to Dr. R. G. Fort's office, where the slight wound in Robin's shoulder was treated. Dr. Fort said that the wound was only slight. Shot By Crazed Man Edward M. Morgan, postmaster of New York city, who was wounded in the abdomen by a bullet fired by E. H. B. Mackay, an eccentric English stenographer, who then committed suicide is resting well, and unless complications develop he will recover. Evidently he had never seen the postmaster, for as he met Mr. Morgan he asked, "Are you Postmaster Morgan?" At Mr. Morgan's affirmative reply Mackay drew his revolver and fired a shot into the postmaster's abdomen. The wounded man fell to the sidewalk, and as two witnesses of the shooting came running up Mackay lay down on the sidewalk, opened his vest and sent one bullet into his head and another into his heart. He was dead when the first man reached him. --- Kern Out For U. S. Senate Kern Out For U. S. Senate. John W. Kern, the defeated Democratic candidate for the vice presidency, announced that he is a candidate for United States senator, to succeed James A. Hemenway. The incoming Indiana legislature will be Democratic on joint ballot by a majority of twelve. Others mentioned as probable candidates are John E. Lamb, of Terre Haute, who was in charge of the Democratic national headquarters at Chicago during the last campaign; Thomas Taggart, formerly national chairman; State Senator Slack, Benjamin E. Shively and Edward Hoffman, of Fort Wayne. --- Miss Ethel Roosevelt was riding behind the hounds in the Genesee Valley club's fox hunt, at Genesee, N. Y., when her saddle horn slipped as her mount was taking a fence. The thoroughbred became fractious, and it looked for a moment as though Miss Ethel was in for a bad tumble. Harry Wilson, of Genesee, dashed up in time to put Miss Roosevelt's horse under control. Explosion Costs An Arm Isaiah Roe, son of Deputy Sheriff Ashby Roe, of Gore, Winchester county, Va., lost his left arm and his face was horribly cut and burned by an explosion of dynamite with which he was trying to thaw out a traction engine. He was also injured internally by the force of the explosion and it is believed he cannot recover. He is twenty-four years old and unmarried. First President of Cuba Dead Thomas Estrada Palma, the first president of the Cuban republic, died Wednesday night at Santiago, Cuba. Morse Gets 15 Years; Curtis Set Free. From a cell in the Tombs prison in New York city Charles W. Morse now directs the efforts of his counsel to secure his freedom, he having been sentenced to serve fifteen years in the federal prison at Atlanta, Ga., for misapplication of the funds of the National Bank of North America and making false entries in the books of the bank. Alfred H. Curtis, former president of the defunct bank, who was jointly tried and convicted with Morse, was given his liberty on a suspended sentence. While Morse's lawyers immediately applied for and secured a stay of execution for ten days after sentence had been imposed, still it is probable that Morse will remain a prisoner in the Tombs, as Judge Hough has refused to admit the financier to ball. The Morse lawyers applied to the United States circuit court of appeals for a writ to show cause why their client should not be admitted to ball, and the writ was granted, but it is not returnable until Monday; hence it appears that Morse must remain a prisoner until the question of ball is settled on that day. Whether a new trial will be granted Morse is problematical. Judge Lacombe granted a writ of error to the Morse lawyers. This writ is returnable Dec. 3 and is based on the usual grounds—exceptions taken by the defense during the trial and exceptions to the indictment itself. This step had to be taken before application for bail could be made, and it also leads to the argument for a new trial. The Morse lawyers say their client has instructed them to fight "to the last ditch." Victorien Sardou, dramatist. Dead. Victorien Sardou, who had been ill for a long time, died in Paris from an attack of pulmonary congestion. He was the dean of French dramatists and a member of the French academy. The man whose first play was his *liss* and who then wanted to go to America to seek his fortune, died rich and honored, with the proud title of France's greatest and most prolific contemporary dramatist. Almost every land knows the stakes heroes and heroines born out of Sardou's resourceful mind. Mme. Sarah Bernhardt has won her great triumphs in roles he wrote for her, such as Tosca, Fedora, Theodora and Glimonda. "Mme. Sans Gene" was written for Mme. Rejane, in which she portrayed the outspoken, good-hearted wife of Marshal Lefevre. It was translated into English, and Sir Henry Irving and Miss Ellen Terry were seen in it at the Lyceum. The great English actor also appeared in "Robespierr" and other products of the genius of the master Frenchman. Going Home In Plaster Cast Encased in a plaster cast, which covers all of her body except the neck and head, Minnie Fisher, a circus rider, who was injured some time ago by being thrown from her horse at Ogdensburg, N. Y., left there for her home in Alabama. She is unable to move any part of her body below the shoulders and will lie on a cot during the railroad journey south. The accident in which the young woman was injured occurred during a performance at Malone last September. Her horse became frightened and bolted toward the spectators. The equestrienne turned the animal into a fence, and the rider was thrown heavily to the ground, nearly every bone in her body being broken. It will be three months before the plaster cast can be removed. President of Harvard Resigns Dr. Charles William Elliot tendered to the board of overseers of Harvard college his resignation as president of the university, and at o meeting held at 50 State street, Boston, the resignation was regretfully accepted by the overseers. He has held the office for forty years. Dr. Elliot's resignation is to take effect May 19 next, and in the interim the governing boards will select his successor. Fatally Shot His Father Fearful lest his father strike his mother, whom he was pursuing with an axe, Ernest T. Hayes, twenty, shot and fatally wounded H. T. Hayes at Belmont, a suburb of Charlotte, N. C. The trouble it is alleged grew out of the demand for money which he had given his wife. When the demand was refused the man seized an axe and pursued his wife. Pulls Nine Teeth For One Unable to reach a dental office and suffering untold torture from an aching tooth, James Ridley, residing in a remote part of the farming district of Lackawanna county, Pa., himself extracted nine teeth with a pair of pincers before he secured the right one. Ridley, for a greenhorn, made a fairly good job of it, but his gums were badly swollen and bleeding. Orders Nineteen Locomotives. It is announced that the Richmond, Va., branch of the American Locomotive Co. has been awarded the contract by the Virginian railway for nineteen locomotives. When the patterns and material have been received all of the shops will be put in full blast again, giving employment to 2000 skilled workmen. Big Battleship Launched Amid the shrieking of steam whistles, the flapping of flags and the cheers of a crowd of invited guests and shipyard officials and employees, the new battleship North Dakota slid off the ways at Quincy, Mass. Woman's Larynx Cut Out Baltimore, Nov. 11.—Dr. Chevalier Jackson, throat specialist, of Pittsburgh, at the Frank Memorial hospital, has removed the entire larynx from a woman patient. It is reported that the patient is doing nicely. The woman had for a long time a growth in the larynx, and later it had increased to such proportions that it was with great difficulty that she was able to breathe. Turkey Crop to Be a Short One Bridgeville, Del, Nov. 11.—Turkies never have been so scarce as they are this year, the recent heavy rains having killed off whole flocks of young birds, and as a result few farmers have any of them. Already they are being offered at 25 cents a pound, with but few of these offers being accepted. REBUKE FOR THE KAISER Severely Criticised in Reichstag For His Utterances. HISINTERFERENCECONDEMNED Socialist Says If Any Other Person Had Done As Had Emperor William He Would Have Been Courtmartialed—Chancellor Von Buelow Told the Emperor He Could Not Remain in Office Unless His Majesty Was More Reserved. Berlin, Nov. 11.—Emperor William never has been so severely judged by his parliament as he was during the debate in the reichstag on the interpellations concerning the conversations published with the permission of the emperor in the London Daily Telegraph on Oct. 28. The criticisms of his majesty's court, his ministers and his majesty's treatment of the constitution, as well as of his freedom of speech, went to lengths that astonished observers acquainted with the traditional caution of the chamber in dealing with the personality of the sovereign. And the emperor seemed to have no defenders. Chancellor Von Buelow made an address lasting fifteen minutes, but he lacked his usual spirit, and a person high in his confidence is authority for the statement that he also had told the emperor that neither himself nor his successors could remain in office unless his majesty was more reserved. Prince Von Buelow spoke solemnly and without making use of any dramatic effects. The house received his explanation in tey silence instead of giving it that cordial applause which as a general thing follows the chancellor's fine parliamentary declarations. The Conservatives, representing largely the landed nobility, were almost as relentless as the Socialists, the Radicals and the National-Liberals, and the proceedings are regarded by the extreme Liberals as the beginning of a long contest between the crown and parliament, that may end in Germany having a ministry responsible to parliament and not to the crown alone. When Herr Bassermann, the National-Liberal leader, a friend of Chancellor Von Buelow's and a specialist in foreign affairs, began discussion of the incident there was hardly a vacant seat on the members' benches. Herr Bassermann was followed by Herr Weimer, Radical, and he in turn gave way to Herr Singer, Socialist, who declared that if any other servant of the state had done such a thing as had Emperor William he would be brought before an imperial court for trial. Prince Von Buelow spoke earnestly in reply to the critics of the government and the emperor. He calmly and briefly explained the circumstances of the publication of the emperor's interview. He said he had decided to remain as chancellor, but he could not say for how long. He then said: "Concerning the statements attributed to Emperor William that a majority of the German people is hostile to Great Britain, the expression used by the Telegraph is too strong. Serious and regrettable misunderstandings have existed between Great Britain and Germany, but the German people desire peaceful and friendly relations with that empire, joined with mutual respect. "Too great stress also is laid upon the point in the interview dealing with our interests in the Pacific ocean, which are incorrectly presented as imminent to Japan. We never thought about East Asia except for the purpose of obtaining a portion of the trade arising from economic development, and we have no idea of undertaking a maritime adventure there. The extension of the German fleet is just as little intended for aggression in the Pacific ocean as in Europe. The task in Germany's policy is not to limit the development of Japan. "Some have gone so far as to imply secret designs against Great Britain in connection with the fleet, but these are entirely false." EMPRESS NOT DEAD Dowager of China is Very Ill, How ever. Pekin, Nov. 11.—A false rumor of the empress dowager's death was in circulation. The empress is not dead, but she is very ill. The emperor of China, who has been suffering for nearly two weeks from an intestinal disorder, is worse. His majesty refuses foreign medical aid or to take foreign medicine. He is unusually weak. Bursting Boiler Wreaks Steam North Bay, Ont., Nov. 11. — The steamer Temiskaming was approaching the landing at Temiskaming when the boiler exploded, wrecking the steamer and causing the death of at least five persons by explosion or drowning. Several passengers and crew were hurled into the water by the shock and many are injured. Killed On His Way to Get Work Killed On His Way to Get Work. Harrisburg, Pa., Nov. 11—Charles Johnson, of Lucknow, near this city, was struck by a Pennsylvania limited here and killed. He was on his way to get work when killed. 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S LAWYERS CRITICISED Federal Court of Appeals Denies Government's Application For a Rehearing of Famous Rebating Case, Court Says It Has a Right to Expect That Counsel Will Not Misuse Legal Terms to Spread Misinformation to Attract Wide Public Attention. Chicago, Nov. 11—The government's petition for a rehearing of the case in which the United States circuit court of appeals reversed the judgment fining the Standard Oil company, of Indiana, $29,240,000 for rebating, was denied in the court of appeals. It is authoritatively stated that the government will now attempt to bring the matter before the supreme court on a writ of certiorari. The government's petition intimated that if the opinion of the judges of the appellate court — Grosscup, Seaman and Baker—were allowed to stand, it would nullify nearly every shred of rate reformatory legislation of the Roosevelt administration. The petition closed with a statement that if that opinion were permitted to stand unmodified it would "tend to encourage disobedience to law, to impede the enforcement of salutary statutes, and largely to defeat their purposes." In its opinion overruling the petition for a hearing the appellate court meets the points raised by the government, and in closing pays its respects to Attorney General Bonaparte and other counsel who signed the petition: "Courts have the right to expect that counsel accustomed to practice in the courts of review not only know the meaning of legal terms constantly in use in discussions and opinions of these courts, but will not misuse such terms to spread misinformation respecting a judgment to attract wide public attention. "A remark the germaneness of which that, in the nature of the case, is bound the bar of the country will perceive when we say that all that has to be done to obviate the objection made is to insert a clause so that the portion of the opinion objected to will read, 'a view of the law that is embodied in the charge, and carried out in the rulings, excluding, as a result of the charge on that point, the profered testimony of one Edward Bogardus.'" In addition to this slight change, Judge Baker amplified the original opinion by two paragraphs, classifying the court's opinion as to what constitutes a separate offense, and dealing with the government's contention that corporations may use another to commit offense, thus escaping punishment. Immediately upon the overruling of the petition District Attorney Sims applied for a stay of mandate, which was granted, thus leaving the case still before the court of appeals pending the government's attempt to have it taken before the supreme court. GAIN IN FARM CROPS Estimate Shows An Increase of 3 Per Cent Over Last Year. Washington, Nov. 11.—The department of agriculture issued a preliminary estimate of the production of the principal crops of the United States. It shows that corn, wheat, oats and eight other crops, representing approximately 70 per cent of the value of all farm crops this year, aggregate about 3 per cent greater than a year ago and 2.4 per cent greater than the average for the past five years. For other crops the following figures are given for 1908 and 1907 respectively: Production percentage of apples, 43.4 and 32.1; grapes, 82.2 and 78.4; pears, 73.3 and 44.3; cranberries, 55.4 and 78.2; peanuts, 82.6 and 82.4. Condition percentages of oranges, 88.9 and 4.6; lemons, 92.9 and 93.3; sugar beets, 86.4 and 90.4; sugar cane, 98 and 91.1. CRUSHED TO PULP BY STONE Landslide at Quarry Horribly Mangles Boy Worker. Lambertville, N. J., Nov. 11.—Francis Culzio, eighteen years old, employed by the Delaware River Valley Construction company, at its quarry at Moore's station three miles below here, was instantly killed by a slide of stone. He was literally mashed to a pulp. It was the most horrible accident ever known in this vicinity. Owing to his condition it was necessary to bury him at ones THE PLANET SATURDAY...NOVEMBER 14. '08. CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS Thursday, November 5. James McCullough was scalded by the bursting of a steam pipe at the Aberfoyle mills at Chester, Pa., and may not survive. The Holland Torpedo Boat company won a suit in New York, securing a verdict of $48,482 from Lewis Nixon for breach of contract. Gus Jensen, charged with assault and battery with intent to kill, committed suicide in prison in Philadelphia by hanging himself with his shirt. While removing debris from the cellar of a building recently destroyed by fire at Erie, Pa., two men were killed and three injured when a wall collapsed. Friday. November 6. President-elect William H. Taft accepted an invitation to deliver an address at the unveiling of the Martyrs monument on Nov. 14 in Brooklyn. A. B. Worthington, president of the Muncy Manufacturing company, suffered an attack of apoplexy and fell dead in his office at Muncy, near Williamsport, Pa. John Wilson, motorman, was killed; Mrs. Edgar Austin was severely injured and a dozen trolley passengers were cut and bruised when a limited traction car was knocked from the track by a train at Laporte, Ind. Saturday, November 7. Snow to the depth of several inches, the first of the season, fell throughout northern New York Friday. The treasury bought 75,000 ounces of silver for delivery at New Orleans and 50,000 ounces for delivery at Denver at 50.365 per fine ounce. Frank Semple, sixty-seven years of age, who was in charge of the William Thaw estate and interested in many financial institutions, died in Pittsburg from pneumonia. S. M. Miller, engineer, and William Green, a twelve-year-old boy, were scaled to death, and Lillian Green was fatally burned when a lumber train on a branch of the Buffalo & Susquehanna railroad made a dash down a steep grade and jumped the track near Dubois, Pa. Monday, November 9. MONDAY, November 8. Charged with contract grafting, twenty-eight Canadian marine officials have been suspended at Quebec. While his wife was selecting a coffin for her father, John M. Hawkins, and invalid, blew out his brains at Salt Lake City, Utah. Because of illness, Major General John F. Weston will probably ask to be recalled from the command of the troops in the Philippines. Stiney Ushinsky disobeyed orders while resetting timber at Ellangowan colliery, Mahanoy City, Pa., and as a result was caught under falling coal and killed. President Roosevelt selected Job E. Hedges, of New York, as assistant treasurer of the United States at New York, to succeed Hamilton Fish, who resigned the office to become a candidate for congress. Tuesday, November 10. Whiskey valued at $125,000 and buildings worth $15,000 were destroyed by fire at Deatsville, near Louisville, Ky. In a street car collision at Montgomery, Ala., two negroes were killed outright and four white persons were injured. Princess Sophie Hohenberg, wife of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, has been delivered of a still-born son. The steel hull freight lighter Easton, being built for the Central Railroad of New Jersey, was launched at the yards of the Harlan & Hollingsworth corporation at Wilmington, Del. Wednesday, November 11. Wednesday, November 11. President Roosevelt's country life commission met at Richmond, Va., on Tuesday. Count Moltke, the new Danish minister to the United States, presented his credentials to the president on Tuesday. General Samuel Chamberlain, aged eighty-one years, a veteran of the Mexican, Indian and Civil Wars, died at Worcester, Mass., from infirmities incident to old age. The postmaster general announced that the president has decided to remove George M. Stewart, postmaster of Seattle, Wash., as the result of an investigation of charges that he solicited campaign contributions. PRODUCE QUOTATIONS The Latest Closing Prices In the Principal Markets. PHILADELPHIA — FLOUR quiet; winter extras, new. $375@3.90; Penn. ayliana fancy, clear. $4 @ 4.25; ctv mills, fancy. $6.75@5.90. RYE FLOUR firm, at 425 per barrel. $1.03@1.04. CORN quiet; No. 2 yellow, local. 70 @ 72c. OATS steady; No. 2 white, clipped. 53½ @ 54c.; lower grades. 52½c. HAY steady; timothy steady. 52½c. HAY steady; steady, hens. 12½c @ 13c; old rooster. 9½c. Dressed firm; choice fowl. 13½c; old roosters. 10c. BUTTER steady; extra creamy, 33c. EGG firm; selected. 33c nearby. 33c; pet bushel. 75@80c. Sweet Potatoes, East Entrance, Va. $1 @ 1.25 per bbl. BALTIMORE - WHEAT earlier; No 2 spot, $103@1.04; steamer No. 2 spot, 98%@1.04; southern, 98%@1.04; ORN, 98%@1.04; North, 98%@1.04; year, 66%@66%; OATS firm; white, No. 25%@53%; c. No. 2. 52@53%; No. 4 51@51%; c.; mixed, No. 2. 51@51%; c. No. 3. 50%@51%; BUTTER steady; creamy separator extras, 28%@29%; c. bold, Vizcaya prints, 28%@29%; c. land and Pennsy.vania prints, 17%@ 18c. EGGS firm; fancy Maryland Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia, 29c.; southern, 28c. Live Stock Markets. PITTSBURG (Union Stock Yards) - CATTLE choice $6@25. prime, $5.70@5.50 SHEEP steady; lambs lower; prime wethers, $4.15@ 4.25; culls and common, $1.50@2.50; lambs, $4@6; veal calves, $8@8.25 HOGS lower; prime haivies, $6@6.10; medtums, $5.90@5.95; heavy Yorkers, $5.55@5.90; light Yorkers, $5.40@5.50; pigs, $5.15@6.30; roughs, $4.50@5.40. SUICIDE ON EXPRESS TRAIN B. Frank Hall Shot and Killed Himself. Philadelphia, Nov. 11. — B. Frank Hall, a wealthy resident of St. Mary's, Pa., and a brother of State Senator J. K. P. Hall and Judge Harry Alvin Hall, shot and killed himself in a parlor car on the Buffalo express on the Pennsylvania railroad. According to a statement of Judge Hall, his brother had been "slightly deranged mentally" for the last few days, and at the time of the tragedy was on his way to Philadelphia to consult a specialist. With a brother and several friends, Judge Hall walked into the dining car of the express when the train left Lancaster. it was not noticed that Mr. Hall acted strangely, and after dinner the party returned to the parlor car. A few moments later the suicide asked to be excused for a moment. He stepped into the toilet compartment and closed the door. Almost instantly there was a revolver shot. The door of the compartment was forced open and Mr. Hall was found lying on the floor, with two bullet wounds in his head. Death was probably instantaneous. BISHOP OF WASHINGTON Rev. Dr. A. H. Harding Elected to Succeed the Late Bishop Satterlee. Washington, Nov. 11.—Rev. Dr. Alfred H. Harding, for the past twenty-two years rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church, this city, was elected as bishop of Washington to succeed the late Henry Y. Satterlee, at the fourth meeting of the thirteenth annual convention of this diocese. Rev. Charles H. Brent, bishop of the Philippines, who was elected twice, declined both times, and Rev. Dr. Mann, of Trinity church, Boston, elected at the third meeting, ayso declined. Four ballots were taken. PENNSY TO ELECTRIFY THE MAIN LINE PENNSY TO ELECTRIFY THE MAIN LINE Time Between Philadelphia and New York to Be One Hour. Philadelphia, Nov. 11.—Close on the heels of the electrification of the Pennsylvania railroad from Harrison, a Newark suburb, to Long Island City, comes the official announcement that the system from Manhattan and Jersey City to Philadelphia will also be electrified, and that the running time between New York and Philadelphia, a distance of ninety miles, will be reduced to one hour, thus placing William Penn's city practically on the outskirts of New York. The Westinghouse company is already at work on the new engines, which are capable of a speed of 120 miles an hour. It is also said that the next step in the general electrification scheme will be started on the division of the road between Philadelphia and Pittsburg. Both the Central Railroad of New Jersey and the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western system are considering making like changes. METHODIST EDITOR KILLED Motor Car Accident Causes Death of Bry, Dr. David Thompson St. Louis, Mo. Nov. 11. Dr. David Decamp Thompson, of Chicago, editor of the Northwestern Christian Advocate, died as the result of injuries received when he was struck by an automobile. His right arm was broken, his face cut and his body bruised. There were also internal injuries. Dr. Thompson was returning to the Loraline hotel, after attending a session of the Methodist foreign mission board. The night was rainy and he had his umbrella raised. As he stepped off the curb into Lindell boulevard the automobile struck him. 84-Year-Old Wife Murderer Viroqua, Wis., Nov. 11.—In a fit of insane jealousy, Eland Olson, eighty-four years old, killed his wife, one year his junior, and then attempted suicide. Olso on frequent occasions recently, it is reported, upbraided his wife, saying that she was receiving amatory attentions from a farm hand. A son of the aged couple found his mother weltering in her blood, with a deep gash in the back of her head, where she had been struck with an axe. The Roosters. As soon as the young rooster begins to crow, you should either feed him to the threshing gang or sell him in the market catalogued as the "old rooster" variety. Rooster flocks should be constantly culled and those do not meet the standard from a breed standpoint should be promptly disposed of in some way. From the roosters our flocks develop and by constant weeding out the flock gradually improves in standard. Wealth and Disbonesty If dishonesty always brought riches fewer candidates would consider it worth while to bid for the votes of the plain people. The Real Thing He—Why do you consider Miss Travers strong-minded? She—Well, she traveled across the continent three times without mailing a single souvenir post card.—Chicago Daily News. Reciprocation "Jane," floated downward a voice, "If that is Mrs. Soandso, I'm not in." "It is Mrs. Soandso," floated upward a voice, "and she's glad to hear it"— Half-Holiday. 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BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG, SHILOH, BATTLE OF FIVE FOR OF ATLANTA, GA., BATTLE OF YLVANIA, VA., BATTLE OF MISS., BATTLE OF LOOKOUT, PENN., BATTLE BETWEEN THE AND THE MERRIMAC, BATTLE OF A., BATTLE OF CHANCELLOVE OF THE BIG HORN, (CUSTER) STORMING OF FORT WARFLORED TROOPS IN THIS FIGHT NEW CRLEANS, LA., CAPTURE OF SITTING BULL, THE GRIFHEFTAIN; FORT PILLOW MAP OF PETERSBURG, VA., BATTLE, VA., BATTLE OF OLUSTRELL SEND FAMILY RECORD, SIX WHICH CONTAINS SPACE FOR PARENTS AND TEN CHILD SEND SOLDIERS WAR RECORD OF SERVICE IN UNITED STATES. IF YOU WILL TALK WITH YOUR NEIGH- BORDS AND INTEREST THE PLANET WE WILL HELP YOU TO OBTAIN A PREMIUM SHOULD YOU DESIRE A JOURNAL IN THE UNITED STAT SEND IT TO YOU IN CONJUNCT PLANET AT A GREATLY RI FOR BOTH. IN ORDER TO FURTHER INCREASE OUR STEA DILY GROWING CIRCULATION WE WILL OFF WE WILL SEND YOU THE PLANET AND THE ST LOUIS, MISSOURI, SEMI-WEEKLY CLOBE 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. FURNISH THE PHOTOGRAPH TAIN PEN, GOLD POINT; ONE ONE BREAST-PIN, GOLD FILLI EN LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS, CLOCK, ONE DOZEN NAPKIN DOZEN TOWELS, ONE CHOCO PAIR VASES, ONE PAIR KID HAM, ONE TURKEY. 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 COLORED INFANTRY RIDERS AT SAN JUAN 20X28 AND 20X24 ING GREAT NAVAL BATT NILA BAY, MAY 1ST DESTRUCTION OF SPANISH FLEET OFF LY 3RD, 1898, SIZE 22 TLE, CAPTURE OF E FORTIFICATIONS OF AND SECOND, 1898, INCHES. WE WILL S OF THE FOLLOWING WAR ON THE SAME, LIKE THE OTHER BAT COLORS. THEY ARE TAIL AT ONE DOL FURNISH FRAMES FOR CHROMOS FOR 2 DOL DITIONAL. BATTLE TLE OF SHILOH, BATT BATTLE OF ATLAN SPOTTSYLVANIA, VI BURG, MISS., BATTLE TAIN, TENN., BATTLE TOR AND THE MERR RUN, VA., BATTLE OF BATTLE OF THE BIC CHARGE) STORMING C., (COLORED TROO E OF NEW ORLEA ATH OF SITTING, DIAN CHIEFTAIN; FO FALL OF PETERSBUR CHESTER, VA., BATT WE WILL SEND FAM 28, WHICH CONTAIN GRAPHS OF PARENT WE WILL SEND SOLD TIFICATE OF SERVICE MY.) 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 E. OF NEW ORLEANS, LA., CAPTURE AND ATH OF SITTING BULL, THE GREAT INDIAN CHIEFTAIN; FORT PILLOW MASSACRE, FALL OF PETERSBURG, VA., BATTLE OF WINCHESTER, VA., BATTLE OF OLUSTEE, FLA WE WILL SEND FAMILY RECORD, SIZE 22 BY 28, WHICH CONTAINS SPACE FOR PHOTO GRAPHS OF PARENTS AND TEN CHILDREN WE WILL SEND SOLDIERS WAR RECORD (CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE IN UNITED STATES ARMY.) FOR FIVE NEW SUBSCRIBERS FOR ONE YEAR EACH LENT, WE WILL SEND CLE TOM'S CABIN, THE INTERESTING BOOK I WILL SEND YOU A WITH YOUR PICTURE THE YEAR EACH, OR THEIR WE WILL SEND YOU A COPY MIS CABIN, THE MOST INTEN- TING BOOK IN THE COUNT END YOU A GOLD-PLATED YOUR PICTURE THEREIN. 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 ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` To interest yourself in promoting the CIRCULATION of the FOR TWO YEARLY 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 DETI THE PRIZE TO WHICH THE WORKER ITLED. 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 man sitting in a chair. 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 ```markdown ``` REQUEST FOR WAR 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 ```markdown ``` V SIX THE PLANET THE LORD OUR SHEPHERD Sunday School Lesson for Nov. 15, 1908 Specially Arranged for This Paper LESSON TEXT.—Psalm 33; read also John 10:1-11. Commit entire Psalm. GILTON TEXT.—The Lord is my Shepherd. I shall not want.—Psalm 33.1. AUTHOR.—David. TIME—Either in his youth, or later in a review of his life. Barton places it during Absalom's rebellion, referring to 2 Sam. 17:27-29. Comment and Suggestive Thought. The Good Shepherd Shepherding His Sheep—Vs. 13. "On such a wilderness of mirage, illusive paths, lurking terrors, and infrequent spots of herbage, it is evident that the person and character of the shepherd must mean a great deal more to the sheep than they can possibly mean with us. With us, sheep left to themselves may be seen any day—in a field or on a hillside with a traveling wire fence to keep them from straying. But I do not remember ever to have seen in the east a flock of sheep without a shepherd. On such a landscape as I have described he is obviously indispassable." The sheep in modern times under civilized governments are as really protected by the shepherd as are those in the open fields of the orient; only in a different way. The laws take the place of clubs and crooks. Fences and police guards are but another mode of protecting the sheep from labyrinthine paths and desert dangers, and of guiding them to the green pastures and waters of rest. This is equally true of life. By a fuller knowledge of natural and divine law, by the protection, which Christian civilization beatows, and the guidance of God's word, many things are done for us which needed once more visible guidance. But it is the same shepherding as was given of old. The Good Shepherd loves his sheep with an everlasting love. He gives his life for the sheep. He left heaven, his home, and became man; taunt, suffered, died, that he might find his lost ones. "The shepherdhood of Christ and the fatherhood of God are the two most comforting assurances of Scripture."—Hugh Black. The Good Shepherd Knows His Sheep by Name. "It is a remarkable fact in oriental husbandry, that in a flock of hundreds of thousands each individual sheep has its name, knows it, and is known by it." This implies: 1. That the shepherd takes a living, personal interest in each individual. 2. That he knows each individual's peculiar circumstances, so that he ministers to each one what he specially needs and requires. 3. That he assigns to each one the work for which he is best fitted. 4. That he can accept the love and loyalty of each individual. Jesus, the Good Shepherd, does all this and more for his flock. "Every life needs shepherding; and a shepherd knows his sheep by their weakness and faults, and measures his care of them thereby; and when the Good Shepherd calls his own sheep, he calls them by the name which suggests at once their failing and his help, and his call thus becomes a tender appeal, for it is both a remembrancer and a promise"—Hugh Black. The Good Shepherd is Our Guide Through Life. "He leadeth me." "Guideth me on a journey from which it is easy to stray from the right path." "In the paths of righteousness." "In the right tracks, those that lead directly and safely to the place of destination."—Prof. C. A. Briggs. "Often have I roamed through the shepherd country in my youth and watched how hard it is to choose the right path for the sheep; one leads to a precipice, another to a place where the sheep cannot find the way back; and the shepherd was always going ahead, 'leading' them in the right paths, proud of his good name as a shepherd."—Song of the Syrian Shepherd "Thy rod and thy staff" "are not synonymous, for even the shepherd of to-day, though often armed with a gun, carries two instruments of wood, his great oak club, thick enough to brain a wild beast, and his staff to lean upon or to touch his sheep with, while the ancient shepherd without firecarms would surely still more require both." —George Adam Smith. The staff is the common shepherd's crook, by which he can draw a wandering sheep toward him or pull him out of some crevice or away from some polsonous herb. "They comfort me." "We must not miss the force of the good old word 'comfort' (con, together; fortis, strong). It means far more than simply to console. It signifies to tone up the whole nature, to strengthen a man so that all his energies can be brought to bear." —M. R. Vincent. "Goodness and mercy" (the qualities of God) "shall follow me," pursue me, hunt me. One need not seek anxiously for them as an illusive blessing, as the child seeks in vain for the rainbow; but they will pursue him and overtake him, if only he is a true sheep. "I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever." In his house, and under the heavenly influences of his house, wherever he may be. On earth and in heaven he will serve him day and night in his temple. A member of God's family here will be a member there where "they shall hufger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun strike upon them, nor any heat; for the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall be their shepherd, and shall guide them unto fountains of waters of life; and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes." (Rev. 7:16,17.) FOR THE BOUDOIR FOR THE BOUDOIR LINGERIE NOVELTIES ALL NOW IN LINEN AND LACE. Dainty Flowered Ribbon Affairs Are No Longer Seen—New Belongings Not So Expensive if Made at Home. It is the lingerie boudoir novelty that has taken the place of the dainty place of the dainty flowered ribbon affair which play such a portant portant part in the furnishings of dressing rogues. S bedrooms and dainty boudoirs. The correct thing now is to have all one's belongings of this kind made of sheerest lawn or linen, and either handsomely embroidered, inset with lace, or embellished with a combination of the two, even on the tiniest bag or handkerchief case. Dresser and table covers, cushions of all sizes and descriptions, bags and cases for the thousand and one details of a woman's toilet are all made of linen and lace or embroidery over a colored silk lining. To be sure, lingerie novelties are far more costly to buy than the exquisite flowered ribbon ones were, but when they are made at home they are less expensive if the materials alone are counted. The high price of lingerie bags and cases is due to the time devoted to the mass of needlework which adorns even the smallest work bag. Sheer linen squares embroidered in the corners or medallions of real lace let it, and joined with hand embroidery are lined with pink, blue or mauve silk and drawn up with ribbons to match. These make dainty holders for soiled handkerchiefs or are equally serviceable as work bags. Baskets for hairpins, ribbons and knickknacks are covered with embroidered linen and lined with silk. The handles are twisted with ribbons and a lace frilling finishes the rim of the basket top and bottom. Cushions made with alternating diamonds of filet lace and embroidery are used in sizes ranging from the tiny oblong baby pillow to the large couch pillow They are lined with silk and the covers are fastened on with ribbon lacings. Filet lace is a favorite at present for boudoir fingerie articles. It matches the lace used on dressing tables and for bed and window draperies. For pincushions plain satin ribbons still hold sway. The introduction of a filet square or medallion on the top of one of these ribbon cubes or rectangles is considered an improvement and much dainter than flowered ribbon. A useful little lingerie case is made with a linen-covered disc for the bottom. To this is gathered a width of sheer linen about six inches wide and having an embroidered and scalloped edge. A slit is left in the side through which the end of the bolt or spool or ribbon is permitted to hang. The top of the bag is gathered with a narrow ribbon. Cleansing the Teeth It is more important that the teeth be cleansed thoroughly at night before retiring than at any other time. A good alkaline mouth wash should be used. Rinse it thoroughly through the mouth and force it through the teeth by means of the tongue. Hold the liquid in the mouth two or three minutes. The mouth with this treatment is put in an anti-acid condition and offsets to a large degree injury to the teeth from acids. Use a fairly stiff tooth brush. Paris had the courage to bring out again the old-time brown linen "sausage" bag bound with brown braid and worked with the owner's initials in brown crewel on the ends, and Americans have harked back to their grandmothers' days and accepted the old style. This summer's travelers have been seen carrying the old-timers around with as much pride as their former owners showed. A bag of the kind for Christmas would suit a person who takes frequent journeys. Anti-Eat Diet Fresh fish boiled or broiled chicken, game, lamb or mutton, lean beef and veal (all sparingly), eggs poached on toast or broiled, lettuce, spinach, asparagus, celery, watercress, onions, radishes, white cabbage, olives, ripe fruits of the acid varieties, one glass of pure water or one cup of coffee or tea without cream, milk or sugar, sipped slowly after meals. Her Abiding Youth. "I am afraid I never will grow up and look like a woman," pouted the bride-to-be. "The other day, while I was having one of my new walking suits fitted and was insisting that it would have to be finished this week, the taller asked me: 'When does your school open?' And that frock is a part of my trouseau!" Up to Date in Agriculture However conservative the farmer is about his politics and his religion and his views on morality, he has rid himself of most of his old-time fixed ideas about agriculture and is leading the professional state experimentalists in the search for new methods.—Toledo Blade. Uses cf Adversity Prosperity is not without many fears and disasters; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. Certainly, virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant, when they are incensed or crushed; for prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue.—Bacon. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA DESERVES TO BE POPULAR. Cashmere, Just Now High in Favor, Has Great Possibilities. Cashmere is one of the victorious materials of the autumn and well it deserves the notice it receives, owing to its splendid capabilities in draping gracefully. And not alone for gowns is it utilized, but many of the imported chapeaus are covered with this fabric and faced with satin in same shade or in some harmonizing shade. This cos- THE WORLD'S FASHION tume in smoke-colored cashmere has vest sleeve tops and cuffs braided in self-tone soutache. Enameled buttons, one of the favorite autumn triminations, are used for decoration. The accompanying hat is covered with cashmere matching that used for gown and faced with satin. On top it is adorned with a gorgeous pair of shaded amethyst wings. A picturesque finishing touch is the white plertron collar with band of amethyst velvet. BEWARE OF FALSE ECONOMY. Cheap and Out-of-Date Goods Are Always Dear in the End. There are three dangerous rocks in the beginning of a season on which a woman who must practice economy is likely to founder. The first, cheap novelties; the second, advertised bargains which are sold cheap because discriminating buyers will not pay for wearing apparel a season old; and, third, hasty buying of the very new in fabric, color or shape. New shades of standard colors are especially dangerous, unless the person selecting them is a prophet. Not very many are, and even taut tailors go slowly in purchasing, until this or that dress form or color has "made good." Never buy a tailor suit of last year's cut because it is cheap, and because you think it can be recut at home and brought up to date. In nineteen cases out of twenty this cannot be done. If it were possible, tailors with their workrooms full of people at their disposal would themselves make changes and reap the benefit. When such garments are worked over at home they usually end in a homemade appearance, and, all counted, will cost more than a new season's gown—Harper's Bazar. Washrans. Old Turkish towels are singularly useless things unless they are turned into furniture polishers or washrags, and one of the objections to the last mentioned way of using them has always been that the hems were too thick and that they were hard to handle. This, however, is obviated when the raw edges are finished with a coarse buttonhole stitch. It is trouble whatever to do, and takes no longer than hemming does. The stitches sink into the loose threads of the toweling, and the result is perfectly satisfactory. The best thread to use for the purpose is white darning cotton; even when the stitches are as much as a quarter of an inch apart the material will not ravel. "Combing Jackets." Many careful women like to wear "combing jackets"—light little dressing sacques which cover the clothes or the lingerie—while the hair is being arranged for the day. An attractive idea for such a one is a square cape made on the circular style—which sounds like paradox. To be more explicit, take material a yard square, hem around and edge with lace, cut a hole out of the middle for the neck; now a silt is made on one side, and the garment may be thrown round the shoulders, with no extra fulness, to protect the frock or lingerie from the falling hair. For Little People. What Cheruit is making for children was learned in an early morning talk. "We are using a great deal of fur with embroidery," said the designer of the children's things. "For coats there will be many little velvet things braided with soutache. Evening dresses and dancing frocks are to be very dainty and often of tulle with hand embroidery. For older girls as practical dresses we are making cloth things, always with the waists a little high. The baby things are almost invariably empire." Bait. "Any fish around here?" asked the vacationist. "See them fellers haulin' seine over there?" "Yes." 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You run no risk, as we will cheerfully refund the money if combs are not as represented. If Agent has not called, write NEWTON NOVELTY MEG CO TEACHERS WANTED. We want 200 Colored Teachers to fill vacancies reported to us. We have never had such a demand for colored teachers. If you wish to secure a good place don't wait until the last minute. The best places are fast being supplied. Register now so we will have time to secure you just what you want. We prefer teachers holding certificates of some grade issued by the State Board of Examiners. Graduates of reputable schools without certificates may also register with us. Give us a trial. Terms ranging from 5 to 9 months. Salaries from $20 to $75 according to certificates. If you want ' further information send for our circular, enclosing two cent stamp for reply, to the 'GIRGINIA TEACHERS' CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION, 14 E. Thirteenth St., Manchester, Va. Let the PLANET do your Job-work. JOHN M. Knights of Pythias, KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAAS. ECB. 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 regalla. For information concerning the organization of lodges apply at the main office. The Court Is the Female Department of the thirty persons to organize a court. Fidelity, exercise Harmony and an endowment and burial benefits. The only expense for a rosette, costing 25 cents for THE BANDS OF CALA stitutes a feature and persons a circle. The expense is nominal $1.00 to $1.50 sick dues and do Lodge or Court or Band in you. For all information concern For all information concern membership in the lodges and Ful Record Department. 35,000 Cases complaint received. Headaches, Fevers, Billouserrh, Rheumatism, etc. cured as if speedy relief. Cures complete and on Earth. Painless! Pleasant! as long as you live. Trial treatmentals, etc., absolutely free by d; write to-day. The Courts of Calanthe The Courts of Calanthe Is the Female Department of the Order. It requires a membership of thirty persons to organize a court. Its members are pledged to exhibit Fidelity, exercise Harmony and prove Love one for the other. It pays an endowment and burial benefit of $150.00. It pays $3.00 per week sick dues. The only expense for regalia is the cost of the badge, 50 cents and a rosette, costing 25 cents for funeral occasions. THE BANDS OF CALANTHE or Children's Department also constitutes a feature and persons cannot do better than to enter the little ones into this mystic circle. The expense is nominal and the benefits all that could be expected. It pays from $1.00 to $1.50 sick dues and death benefits of from $30.00 to $40.00. If you have no Pythian Lodge or Court or Band in your neighborhood, orgrniz one. For all information concerning special rates of membership in the lodges and courts, address Charleston, W. Va. PURE ICE-CREAM. ICES, ETC. IN TO FAMILY TRADE. 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Please mention this paper when writing to advertiser. This organization is one of the most powerful in the country and its progress has been phenominal. 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. Cincinnati, O. N. A., S. A., E. A., A. AND A. organization is one of the most power- has been phenomenal. The Grand D over all of the cities and counties in ed to organize a new lodge. The largest features, but the principles ended on Friendship, based on Chas- the respectable, upright people of their heartiest support. an endowment and burial benefit o per week sick dues. The badge galla. For information concerning hurts of Calant in the Order. It requires a memb court. Its members are pledged and prove Love one for the other. feit 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 nal and the benefits all that could death benefits of from $30.00 to $40 our neighborhood, orgrniz one. ing the Children's Department ad Mrs. ANNA TAYLOR, W. M. 120 W. Hill St., Richmond ERNING special rates of courts, address JOHN MITCHELL 311 N. 4th St. THE ECONOMY, 303-5 North Third St FINE TAILORING CLEANING, DYEING ANI REPAIRING CHITMAN M. WHITE, PROPRIETOR. STRAUST Old Yacht PURE W Will Satisfy the kin of stimulant We have all grade Cigars and Tobac us. ISAAC STR 422 E. E. Established 1896. Phone 4160 JOHN FOXEL, Dealer in General Line of FANCY AND STAPLE GROCERIES NOTIONS, FRESH MEATS, CIGARS, TOBACCO, ICE, FOOD CO. BOARDING & LODGING Rates Reasonable. 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Daggett, a good and sufficient deed conveying all of their right, title and interest, in that parcel of land with the improvements thereon, lying and being in the City of Richmond, Va., fronting on Williams St. twenty feet, and running back between parallel lines one hundred and thirty feet, the same being an undivided interest in the real estate of which George W. Daggett died intestate, seized and possessed. And affidavit having been made and filed that the defendants Addie S. Long, Charles S. Long, her husband and Cassander N. Sellers, their attorney in fact are not residents of the State of Virginia, it is ordered that they appear here within fifteen days after the publication of this order, and do whatsoever is necessary to protect their interest herein. A Copy—Teste: P. P. WINSTON, Clerk C. F. WHITTLE, p. 9a DR. P. B. RAMSEY, DENTIST, 115 East Leigh St. 'PHONE, 816. —Subscribe to The PLANET. IN CHANCERY. ment also con- the little ones into this mystic ld be expected. 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POULTRY AND BEES PICKING OUT THE LAYERS. How You May Be Able to Tell Which is the Business Hen. An experienced, closely observing poultry raiser knows at a glance the laying hen. The small feminine neck and head count, the bright, alert eye tells a tale, the drooping tail tells another tale and when she picks her feet up and jumps them down we have another pointer. How manage the hears? There are several ways. The trap nest is a practical thing and would be especially valuable to the small breeder or to any poultryman or poultrywoman who had the time or would take the time to properly manage the traps. Most people know the meaning of trap guests, but for the few that might not know I will mention that they are a nest in a box that confines the hen until the owner releases her; hence it is known what hen laid the egg. And there are other ways to improve the flock. A close observance and constancy with them enables us to know by sight what hens lay every day and those that lay every other day or do not lay at all. We must never lose sight of the fact that the cockeels are half the flock in breeding value. Many of the same rules that apply to the race horse, the cow or the hen also apply to cockerels. The small neck and head, the alert eye and activity are all pointers in the right direction. I am one of those who believe the 200-egg hen will never be excelled to any great extent. But I do believe that any ordinary flock can be im proved to a point where the 200-mark would fit where the 150-mark now fits. If the time ever comes that egg records will be a part of score cards then the work of improvement will be on. PRACTICAL POULTRY HOUSE. One That Will Comfortably Accommodate About Fifty Hens. A good, comfortable house for the hens is shown in the illustration. It can be built, up to a certain extent, any size desired, or to accommodate comfortably from 25 to 50 hens. As suggested by the sketch, it should face the south or southeast, and preferably, occupy a warm, sunny location. The front part should be five feet high, the center eight feet and the rear four and one-half feet above ground. The roosts should be in the back part, leaving the front for A Comfortable Poultry House. scratching floor, with nests for laying arranged along the sides and in the corners. A small door should open into the yard at one end, but only in favorable weather need the fowls have access to this, and then not until it has been well carpeted with straw or hay, for to let hens onto the bare ground in cold weather will check their laying at once. Such a house, says Farm and Home, Should have either a good board floor or one made of cement, and be constructed through out of first-class lumber. Kept well painted, it will then last almost a lifetime. ALFALEA MEAL. It is a Splendid Feed for Chickens or All Ages. Alfalfa meal is said to be a fine feed for both growing chicks and laying bens, as good as the growing alfalfa is through the summer. This will prove a boon to the poultry growers in places where alfalfa is grown so largely. One lady cures limber neck in fowls by feeding dry feed only, and asafoetida. The latter is a fine disinfectant at any rate. Extra warm houses are not as much thought of as they were a few years ago. One poultryman in Iowa that I know of, writes a correspondent of the Indiana Farmer, in an climate that gets 30 degrees below zero, makes a success by using the open shed housing, and the following feed with about one-tenth part of beef meal, and some clover meal, for the morning feed. After this is cleaned up some wheat is thrown in deep litter. Hunting for this grain is kept them busy until noon. An oat moss, wheat is raked in the litter to keep them busy most of the day. At night a full feed of corn is given, warming it in the oven during coldest weather. Once a week green cut home, a d hang up a cabbage head for them to pick it and at all times, fresh water is kept before them. Curtain front houses are used, the curtains sewed to rings, top and bottom, two wires are stretched, and these rings slide back and forth on these wires. When weather is very in- element these curtains are stretched anugly, but on nice days they are drawn back. The top and bottom fastenings prevent the curtains blowing in the wind. Grit and oyster shells are always handy and eggs are gathered all winter through. OLD HENS NOT PROFITABLE Testa Show That Egg Production Decreases After the First Year. In embarking in the poultry business don't put too much faith to any one breed being the best. It has been demonstrated by the trap nest that there is more difference in individuals than in breeds. Hens must be properly cared for, no matter of what breed. When eggs are selling at fancy prices of what good is the breed if the hens are not laying. Under such conditions some poultry raisers blame the breed instead of themselves and change to some other kind of fowl. One of the problems of the poultry raiser is to find the most profitable age of the hen. On this James Dryan, an Oregon authority says: "Poultrymen who have kept in touch with poultry investigations during the past few years are pretty well informed on this point, but the importance of this subject is not yet generally appreciated. The writer carried on for several years at the Utah experiment station a line of experiments with the object of determining the value of the hen at different ages for egg production. The same hens were kept year after year under similar conditions and a record kept of production and of food consumed. These experiments proved that the hen is different from the cow, which retains or improves her production with age. The first year was the most profitable, and there was a gradual decrease in productivity each succeeding year. It is safe to figure this decrease at 25 per cent. each year. With average prices for food and for eggs it is not profitable to keep hens after they have finished their second year of laying. The first, or pullet, is very profitable; the second will give a satisfactory profit, but during the third year the egg yield will seldom pay for the food consumed. "These conclusions apply only, of course, where the eggs are sold at market prices. Fowls that have a special value as breeding stock should be kept longer, but the notion that 'the old speckled hen' is the good layer should not be cherished unless she is caught in the trap nest. The fact that she sings a joyful lay, paints her comb a brilliant red and scratches a vigorous scratch should not be accepted as sufficient grounds for commuting sentence. "It is safe to say that the poultry keepers of this state would be many thousand dollars in the pocket by rigorously killing off the hens every two years and replacing them with new stock—with the exceptions noted above. "Where the pullets and hens are allowed to run together it will be necessary to mark them, otherwise it will be difficult to separate the old stock from the young when it is desired to market them. The usual method of marking is to punch a hole in the web between the toes when the chicks are hatched. This is easily and quickly done with a punch which may be purchased from the poultry supply houses for 25 cents. A number of different markings may be made in this way. Where the practice is to dispose of the hens every two years it will be sufficient to mark them every other year." IMPORTANCE OF COMB. Breeders of Fine Stock Pay Much At tenton to Comb. There is perhaps no part of the pure bred bird that receives or should receive more attention than the comb. A good comb will often give style to a bird otherwise faulty. The bird with a good comb is often adjudged before the rest of it is examined. The standard allows eight points for the comb, all of these being for shape alone. It is well for the breeder of fancy fowls to know the comb requisites and to breed accordingly with an ideal in view. Where the breed requires a small, neat comb, care must be taken in feeding meat. Too much meat promotes growth of comb, and in the Mediterranean breeds may cause crooked or falling comb. Excess of heat will also increase the size of the combs. Long exhibition tours with constant showing in heated rooms will often permanently destroy the neatness of a comb. Particular Leghorn breeders will not permit the hen to mother the chicks after they can keep them comfortably in a roomy brooder, and will not use a brooder which has a cloth hover touching the heads. The comb is a good indicator of disease. It has been said that the hen carries her health certificate on top of her head. The exception to this rule is in liver complaints. The first symptom of this disease in its later stages is an unnaturally bright comb, often mistaken for vigorous health. The comb has diseases peculiar to itself. There is "white comb," a scurfy condition of the comb due to unsanitary surroundings, which is treated by washing with carbolic soap and anointing with zinc ointment. Favus is another disease of the comb, something of the same nature as white comb, but more severe. Favus is caused by a vegetable parasite or fungus; white comb is not. In Mars First Astronomer—What are all those spots on the earth? Second Astronomer—Merry widow hat formations.—Life. Between "Fans" Madge—What is a spectacular catch? Mabel- She ran to Europe for him. —Puck. Always Welcome. Even those who marry for love alone do not object to a little money on the side. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Tipping Barred. A well-known New York hostelry has inaugurated an anti-gratitude policy for at least the current season. The management makes official statement thus: "The servant's of the house receive full and satisfactory compensation for their services from the owners, and are neither permitted to accept nor do they expect to receive fees of any kind from guests." Mud Slinging at Rockville Center. The other evening white the cast for the play to be given by Reliance Hose Company were rehearsing in parish hall some dastardly person threw a large lump of mud in the window and struck one of our finest ladies of our village in the back of the neck. This cussedness must cease and the perpetrators must be punished. -South Side Observer. Baldheads as Immunes It has been said that there are no bald-headed men in the asylums for the insane. We suspect this is true; at least, save for rare and unimportant exceptions. This is an important thing for the anti-baldheads to speculate upon; it may well furnish them food for serious and earnest thought. Names of Type. The names of different sizes of type in use are as follows, beginning with the smallest: Excelsior, brilliant, diamond, pearl, agate, nonpareil, minion, brevier, bourgeois, long primer, small pica and pica. A numerical designation is now generally used in America, pica being twelve points and excelsior three points. Why Liquors Froth When liquors are bottled they contain a certain amount of sugar, which ferments through the action of minute pores or cells. These break the sugar up into liquid and carbonic acid gas when the cork is withdrawn and instantly makes its escape and, rising in bubbles, produces effervescence and froth. The Reform of Society The Reform of Society. It is a mistake to imagine that human society can be reformed by mere organization; for the church at least, treatment in the mass can never take the place of treatment of the individual. You must have that personal effort, the one life bending down to lift up the other.—Exchange. An Indian Alphabet The Cherokees probably rank the highest in the Indian tribes. They were originally one of the five nations on the Atlantic coast but were transferred to the west of the Mississippi. A full-blooded member of that tribe, Sequol, invented an alphabet for his people in 1824. > Hard to Do One of the hardest things for a husband to do is to arrange it so that the nights he comes home late to supper his wife is also late in getting it ready. If this were possible, a great deal of unpleasant conversation would be spared.—Detroit Free Press. When Graft Will Die The human race will not be absolutely perfect until a man can educate himself to walk by a two-dollar bill on the sidewalk and not pick it up. Then, indeed, would graft be dead in him—Manchester Union. Toast to Woman. Here's to the woman who has a smile for every sorrow, a consolation for every grief, an excuse for every fault, a prayer for every misfortune, an encouragement for every hope—Sainte Foix. Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.—Francis Bacon. Loving and Serving. So long as we love we serve; so long as we are loved by others I would say that we are indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend—Stevenson. Becoming Pikers. The treasury department reports an increased demand for one-dollar bills. Are we turning pikers?—Buffalo Express. Costly Tomb of Prophet. It is said that the tomb of Mohammed is the costliest in existence, and that $10,000,000 worth of diamonds and rubies were used in its decoration. Mammoth's Size Exaggerated. According to a recent report of the Smithsonian institution, the mammoth was no larger than the elephant of the present day. Success. Don't wait for the spirit to move you; move the spirit.—New York Press. English Mint's Large Profit. Every shilling turned out by the English mint shows a profit of nearly three pence. His Chief Concern The average man worries very little about his character as long as his reputation is in good repair. Diligence Above All. Diligence Above All. All things are subservient to diligence.—Antiphonus. His Busy Day. Gen. Winfield Scott, on August 20, 1847, gained five victories in a day while marching to the City of Mexico. -Toledo News-Bee. Some One Will Fall An excavation in the street may not be a temptation, yet some person will hurry along and fall right into it. MILLER'S HOTEL W.M.MILLER. PROPRIETOR WITHIN ONE BLOCK OF STRLET CAR LINES THAT TAKE YOU TO ALL PARTS OF THE CITY TURNS REASONABLE SECOND AND LEIGH STS. RICHMOND, VA. Everything Everything IN FURNITURE AND FLOOR COVERINGS SYDNOR & HUNDLEY, INC. Leaders. 709 711 713 EAST BROAD STREET. SLUMS Slums, regarded as a necessity, are raised in all large cities and cultivated by the whole people. As a rule, they require but little care, being extremely hardy, and having once taken root, spread rapidly. Slums are useful in many ways. They furnish material for writers on political economy, enabling them to support themselves comfortably. Slums also help religion, and furnish a never ending source of amusement for philanthropists. They are indispensable for settlement workers. They are also invaluable for physicians and surgeons, supplying these specialists with diseases. They are also a source of happiness for the well-to-do as the distant contemplation of them affords the necessary contrast to the most complete enjoyment. Without them there would scarcely be any real meiodrama. Several times foolish people have tried to get rid of them, not realizing that, although very expensive, they are indispensable. Without them we would have no sense of duty or civic pride—Life. The Plagues of Egypt The plagues which, according to the Bible, were brought upon Egypt for the king's obstinate refusal to let the Israelites go into the wilderness to celebrate a festival were: (1) The turning of the river into blood, (2) frogs, (3) lice, (4) files, (5) murrain, (6) bolls, (7) half, (8) locuts, (9) darkness, (10) the slaying of the first-born. Clara Morris and Husbands. It is folly to call the husbands the head of the house; he is not, says Clara Morris, the famous actress, in Housekeeper. It is but a courtesy title at best, since in truth he is but an incident in the home life, while the wife and mother is its whole existence: literally the sun of domestic happiness rises and sets in the face of the wife and mother. Beware of Mind Wobbling. To a certain degree we are the masters of our fate and the captains of our souls—as the poet says. By strong will and fidelity to ideals we can rise superior to circumstances. The trouble is that many waste time in letting their minds wobble. Get over the undecided habit of mind wobbling. Illustrated News The man in the street leaves no one in doubt as to his love for the picture page. Even the few stald respectable old-fashioned, influential papers that may be thought to regard pictures as infra dig, in the editorial columns are being convinced that the advertising man knows their value.—Process Engravers' Monthly. Freight Roughly Handled. 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All orders promptly filled at short notice by telegraph or telephone. Halls rented for meetings and nice entertainments. Plenty of room with all necessary conveniences. Large picnic or band wagons for hire at reasonable rates and nothing but first-class, carriages, buggies, etc. Keep constantly on hand fine funeral supplies. The J V Hawkin's HAIR GROWER & RESTORER [TRADE MARK REGISTERED] Has proved to be a fortune to many of the unfortunate, who are to-day delighted with its wonderful results. The merits of this great hair preparation naturally places it in a sphere all of its own, and the glowing terms in which our patrons speak of it reassures us of its satisfactory results. We can well boast of a large paronage throughout this and other States and also enjoys the commendation of the very best white and colored people in the home and community. In order to the merits and results of the J. V. H. will from time to time produce in print permission to do so. We have un among the many bearing witness of its correspondence of those expecting a mira- ration is a natural and pure compound, hesitate to put in print. We will just States Government has placed nation- which it is protected and we are in turn est methods and square dealings. will positively remove Dandruff have on Clean Temples or Bald Heads PRICKS.—30 cts. per box; eight Beautifier makes the use of pdx per en- less. Sale prices: 25, 50cts and $1.00 Order or Express Money Order all out of city orders. Address all co- 612 NORTH FIRST ST., Telephon Correspondence S W JO Funeral Directe Office & Warerooms, 207 HACKS F Orders by Telephone or T suppers and Entertain Telephon, 686 quantity. In order to convince the mans of the J. V. Hawkin's Hair Creation produce in print the photograph who have used our preparation witness of its genuine qualities, expecting a miracle or anything unpure compound, the ingredients of it. We will just here remind the man placed national patent rights on the land and we are in turn responsible to the dealings. Dandruff, Oure Scalp of its or Bald heads, where the roots are per box eight boxes, $2.80experience of powder entirely unnecessary roots and $1.00. Money can be sent to New Order A charge of 10c. Address all communications to J. V. HAWK FIRST ST., — RI Telephone, 4601 Respondence Strictly Confid I JOHNS Director and B erooms, 207 N. Foushee S CKS FOR H Telephone or Telegraph filled and Entertainment prompts 186 Residene the inmate's community. In order to convince the most skeptical readers of the merits and results of the J. V. Hawkin's hair Grower and Restorer, we will from time to time produce in print the photographs of those giving us permission to do so, who have used our preparation and are to-day taking witness of its genuine qualities. We do not desire the correspondence of those expecting a miracle or anything unreasonable. Our preparation is a natural and practical aid and the ingredients of which we would not hesitate to put in print. We will put behind the public that the United States Government has placed national patient rights on our hair preparation by which it is protected and we are in turn responsible to the government for honest methods and square dealings. It will positively remove Dandruff, Oure Scalp of all impurities, Restore Hair on Clean Temples or Bald Heads, where the roots are not dead. **PRICES:** -35 cts. per boy; eight boxes, $2.00express prepaid. The Face Beauty makes the use of powder entirely unnecessary, and is perfectly harmless. Salon charges $1.00 Money can be sent by Post Office Money Order or Express Money Order. A charge of 10cts. exura is imposed on all out of city orders. W I JOHNSON, Funeral Director and Embalmer. Office & Warerooms, 207 N. Foushee St. Cor. Broad. HACKS FOR HIRE. Orders by Telephone or Telegraph filled. 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Don't take a leap in e dark, but be advised by this wonderful man. Greatest Prophet in existence. He always Succeeds when others fail. This is the chance of a life time. Don't let it pass you. Office hours: 9 A. M. to 9:30 P. M. Sunday: 2:30 to 7:30 P. M. N. B.—Our consultation Fee is 50 cents. Stittings, $100. All letters containing $1.00 will be answered in full. MAIN OFFICE: 510 S. 8th St. Philadelphia, Pa. SEVEN MARY C. BROWN BIGHT THE SYLNET SATURDAY...NOVEMBER 14, '08 JUDGE GOFFS' OPINION. The United States Circuit Court Denies Relief.—The Brickhouse Case, Colored Men Have No Remedy in United States Court.—A Side-stepping Decision. Judge Nathan Goff handed down an opinion in the United States circuit court of appeals this morning in the case of John E. Brickhouse against C. T. Brooks and William Jessop, in which the validity of the present constitution of Virginia was attacked, on account of the failure of the members of the constitutional convention to take an oath to uphold the constitution of the United States and the constitution of the State of Virginia before entering upon the work of the convention. The judge holds that the contention presented by Brickhouse was without merit and that as the constitution had been declared valid by the legislature of Virginia and the Governor of Virginia, it was in fact the constitution of Virginia. The suit brought by Brickhouse has been under the consideration of Judge Goff for more than a year and before delivering the opinion he a-pologized to Major Anderson, who with R. C. Marshall and the late Frank W. Christian, was attorney for the defense, for the delay, but said that he had been ill for a greater part of the time and unable to give the matter the proper consideration. The case has been in the State and Federal courts for several years and has been hotly contested by attorneys on both sides. John S. Wise and Carter and Hayes were counsel for the plaintiff. The opinion rendered this morning marks a signal legal victory for Major Anderson and his associates. The suit arose out of the refusal of Jessop and Brooks to allow Brickhouse to vote in a congressional election held in Norfolk county, November 4, 1902, on account of his not being registered on the books for the Huntersville precinct of that county. It seems that Brickhouse's name on the registration books under the old constitution had been obliterated by having a bottle of ink spilled over the page on which it was written. When the list of registered voters was made up under the new constitution, Brickhouse's name was not carried on the new books, because the ink completely concealed it on the old. When Brickhouse came to vote on the day of election his name was not on the list of registered voters, and Brooks and Jessop, who were the judges of the election in that precinct, refused to allow him to vote Shortly after the refusal, Brickhouse brought suit through his attorneys and claimed $5,000 damages, because of the loss of his vote. Brickhouse took his case to the United States Court of the Eastern district of Virginia, claiming, under section 1779 of the revised statutes of the United States, that he had been deprived of a right which was guaranteed to him under the constitution of the United States, and that the parties who so deprived him of his right should be liable to damages. He retained Wise, Carter and Hayes as counsel, and one of the fiercest legal battles in years was begun. Brickhouse claimed that his name was upon the registration books for the prosecute which were in force prior to July 10, 1902, and that his name should have been on the subsequent books which were gotten up under a certain "alleged" constitution which the defended claims to have taken effect July 10, 1902, but which Brickhouse alleged were, together with the registration books, null and void and which in no wise affected his right to vote. In support of his contention that the constitution under which the second set of registration books were gotten up, was null and void Brickhouse declared that when the constitutional convention convened to form a new constitution for the State of Virginia the members of the convention failed to take the oath to support the constitution of the United States and the constitution of Virginia and therefore, without taking the oath, could not qualify as officers of the State, thereby losing all right to form a new constitution or to amend the old. The defendants on the other hand claimed that it was not necessary for the members of the constitutional convention to take the oath mentioned by the plaintiff and that having been duly elected by the voters of the State to form the new constitution they had the right to do so. The defendants claimed further that as the legislature of Virginia, the governor of Virginia and all the judicial, legislative and executive officers of the State had declared the new constitution the constitution of the State of Virginia and had taken an oath to uphold the constitution of the United States and the new constitution of the State of Virginia, this new constitution was the constitution of the State of Virginia and no other was in force after July 10, 1902. Judge Goff, in rendering his opinion stated: "Whether or not this constitution of Virginia is consistent with the requirements of the Federal constitution, relating to a republican form of government, is a question to be determined by the legislative and executive departments of the government of the United States. In regard to such matters the courts will not take the initiative, but will await the action of the departments mentioned, and when they have acted will be bound by the conclusions they have reached. If such action has not been taken by those departments or the government, the presumption is that the necessity for it did not exist, and the courts will not infer that they have either refused or neglected to promptly and efficiently discharge the duties imposed upon them." Judge Goff stated that whether or no the constitution was the constitution of the State of Virginia was a political question and not to be disposed of by the court but by the legislative departments of the government of that State. Those departments of the State having declared it valid and in force it is therefore the fundamental law of the State of Virginia and will so remain until changed by the people of the State or overthrown, not by the courts, but by revolution. It was shown that the supreme court of Virginia in three cases had decided that the constitution of Virginia which was put in force in 1902 was ordained and proclaimed by a convention duly called by direct vote of the people to revise and amend the constitution of 1869. The result of that convention has been recognized and acted upon as the only valid constitution of this State by the governor, the legislature (having been elected by the Judge Golf stated further that it did not follow that, from his conclusion, that the constitution did not contain certain provisions which were in conflict with provisions of the constitution of the United States, and the laws made in pursuance thereof. But the fact that there are such provisions does not make the whole constitution invalid but merely invalidates the provisions of the State constitution which are in conflict with the constitution of the United States.—Richmond Evening Journal, No- The Toilet Table A half-hour well spent upon the complexion at night is worth two in the morning. A good cure for brittlenails is to soak them daily in sweet oil warmed to blood heat. A tablespoonful of olive oil taken each day will aid the digestion and ease liver trouble. When the hands have been burned by the sun a good way to restore them to their delicate color is to apply lemon juice and glycerin, mixed, or a paste made of cornstarch and glycerin. Buttermilk also is excellent for removing tan and freckles. To cleanse the hands after very rough work use a good emollient or cream. Rub the hands with a small quantity of the cream, which will penetrate well into the pores of the skin. Then wash the hands in hot water and soap. This treatment makes them very soft. Medical Maxime If the patient is poor, it's a crime; if rich, a disease. Discrimination pays. Diagnose for the rich neurasthenia, brainstorm, gout and appendicitis; for the poor insanity, delirium tremens, rheumatism and gall-stones. Finally, fatten the thin, thin the fat; stimulate the depressed, depress the stimulated; cure the slick, slicken the cured; but above all, keep them alive or you won't get your money.—Life. Idleness Gathers No Sheave Idleness never made its way in the world and never will. The world does not owe us a living. Every man and woman alike owes the work world. Nathaniel Hawthorne says: "It is my creed that a man has no claim on his fellow-creatures beyond bread and water and a grave unless he can win it by his strength and skill." Sporting Manners: The manners of the sportsmen in the hills are more often than not of a mold which even the tourist would despise to imitate, possibly an inefficient knowledge of the arm of destruction accounting for the violence of the vocabulary heard among sporting parties more or less skilled.—Leeds Mercury. Irish Wit. An Irishman who was trying to sell his horse was asked by the possible purchaser if the animal was timid. "Not at all, at all, soir. He sleeps in a dark stable all alone every night, which is the same as saying, soir, that he's a brave fellow," replied the Irishman. And he sold the horse. Sparrow as a Songster It is a curious fact that, though the house-sparrow does not naturally sing, yet hand-reared house-sparrows have been made, by association with bullfinches, to acquire the song of that bird—a truly astonishing instance of hidden or latent capacity. Minerals in South Russia South Russia has among its valuable minerals rock salt, coal, coprolites, kaolin, sands for glass making and other purposes, manganese and iron ores, the latter being easily first in importance, free of phosphorus and with little sulphur. One Rule of Luck When a man has worked desperately for 15 hours a day for 15 or 20 years and got a little money ahead, it is amusing to hear his neighbors tell how lucky he has always been.—Norfolk (Neb.) News. Always Dominated From the time a boy sits under a street corner electric light playing with toads until he is blind and toothless he has to account to some woman why he didn't come home earlier. —Atchison Globe. THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND. VIRGINIA Night Doctor Only. A New York doctor has a new life He practices at night only. He found that so many night cases coming to the top of his office hours and visit wore him out, so he determined to save his energy for the night work which paid best anyway. He says he hinds patients prefer having a doctor who is fresh and wide awake in his of one who is tired out after a day's work. His Opinion: "De race has got ter rise an' shine ef ever it hopes ter git dar," said Brother Williams. "Too many of us thinks dat all we got ter do is ter go ter sleep in de hot sun an' rise up an' eat watermillions in de shade! Dey ain't no room in dis wort' fer de lazy man. He's always de one what gits run over, an' den lays dar an' howls bakeze he's hurt!"—Atlanta Constitution. Public Credulity After making full allowance for the increased spending power of the masses, figures prove conclusively that notwithstanding the wide diffusion of knowledge, the spread of education and the raising of the standard of intelligence among the people, the appeal of the quack and the charlatan to the credulity of the public meets with a readier response than ever.—London Hospital. The Thrifty Queen It has been sold time and again that Queen Victoria was the thriftiest of all monarchs. Nothing in the way of income slipped through her fingers. She inherited from her Dutch ancestry that singular faculty of saving much and spending little. One of her gardeners brought up a family of five children on $3 a week. The fact is considered creditable only to the gardener. Embassy a Sacred Spot The ground on which an embassy stands is in theory as well as in practice the territory of the nation to which its principal occupant belongs. Even if a criminal were harbored in an embassy the police could not enter the premises without permission. Keen Scent of Animals A fox can scent a man half a mile away if the wind be blowing in the animal's direction. A mouse can smell cheese 50 feet away. A dear may be sound asleep, and yet he will catch the scent of a person passing 200 feet off. Nothing New You hear many strange things told of life. Many of them are exaggerated, many are untrue. There isn't a great deal in life that is really strange. It's the same old story, and only wonderful to the young.—Atchison Globe. Forms of Duty. We require from buildings, as from men, two kinds of goodness; first, the doing their practical duty well; then that they do be graceful and pleasing in doing it; which is itself another form of duty—Ruskin. The Most Original Authors The most original modern authors are not so because they advance what is new, but simply because they know how to put what they have to say, as if it had never been said before.—Goethe Grievance That Rankles You can never make a woman believe that her neighbor has a right to have a runabout when she still owes her that cup of sugar she borrowed last spring. His Ailment "My husband, poor man," said Mrs. Lapsaling, "didn't get a wink of sleep last night. He was suffering dread fully from the embargo in the small of his back." The Character of Action It is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its character and make it either good or bad. Plutarch. Twenty-six whales were caught in one week off the coast of British Columbia—unless the story is one of them—Atlanta Journal. Limit of Time Without Food When the body of a starving animal including man, loses two-fifths of its substance, the inevitable result is death. _____ Dangerous Doubt The woman who thinks no other woman is to be trusted seldom succeeds in raising herself above suspic cloq. The first thing most men learn after they have gained success is to quit giving soft answers. In a Man's Life At some time in the life of every man he tries poetry and the chicken business.—Atchison Globe. Seven Have a Monopoly There are only seven establishments in this country with the facilities for casting bronze statuary. Then He Complains Then He Complains. Many a man never knows just what he doesn't want until he gets it. Fortunately for Some of Us. Considering the modern novel, it is scarcely safe to say that one's life is an open book. "Folk-Lore" Tales "Folktore" is the name given to the body of popular legends, fairy tales, old customs and superstitions. Dead Historians I for my part believe in the dead historians. I glory in the possession of some hundreds of volumes by them. A great deal of cant is talked and written on this subject. There is an idea in some minds that a book on history to be good must be new. In nine cases out of ten the new book is a commonplace restatement of facts that were better presented by an older writer.—London Sphere. Philadelphia. Philadelphia is the city of small homes for large families, and is famous for the scarcity of cheap and illventilated tenements. Down in the "Neck" even at this day you can rent a three-story house with marble stoop, marble window sills and caps, marble door sills, caps and jambs, marble vestibules, marble fireplaces and mantels, marble wainscoting, etc., for a few dollars, a month. Shelter and Friends Whatever may be the indistinctness of the future, the groups of friendships are there; and wherever they are is a shelter and a home. However strange to us the colony may be in which they dwell, if, as we cross the deeps of death, their visionary forms shall crowd the shore, and people the hills of that unvisited abode, it will be to us a better country, even a heavenly—Martineau. Trees Affected by Sulphurous Acid. It has been established by experiment that trees and plants suffer from the action of sulphurous acid, such as is thrown off in burning bluminous coal, when the percentage in the air exceeds 003 per cent, and there is a high degree of humidity, especially under foggy conditions. When the weather is clear and dry, or when there is actual rain, deleterious effects are much less noticeable. The Philadelphia Lawyer Is it possible that all the great Philadelphia lawyers are dead? We scold dearborn of one these days. Most of them that did not die moved to New York; but for a century it was a familiar saying: "If you want the law to go your way, hire a Philadelphia lawyer." In school it was: "Professor. I can't solve this problem; you'll have to send for a Philadelphia lawyer." The Mind's Engineer Men believe readily what they wish to believe. It is a demonstrated physiological fact that reason is not the captain of the mind, but an engineer which does the individual's bidding. Keen to argue for whatever course the inherited disposition directs it to pursue.—Prof. Percival Lowell. What? A woman whose husband sometimes jeets because she spends much of her time thinking and talking about clothes sends word that she wonders what 75 per cent. of the men would have to talk or think about if there were no such thing as baseball. When a man tells his wife that they must cut down living expenses he means that she must continue to set just as good a table on half the money, and that she must do without her own personal comforts while his habits remain the same.—Chicago Journal. A. Song of Success "Ha!" cried the boss of the ple trust as he finished fixing the new schedule of raised prices. "They can say what they like of me as a trust magnate and I will not deny it, for I am a ple rate king." Tried the Dog on Him The woman who hit her husband with a dog is unrepentant. It would have been more effective had she used a poker, but she glories in her originality and the husband is inconsolable.—Philadelphia Inquirer. Had a Cinch. It is said that George Washington used to cut ple with his knife. But, then, he never had to run against a candidate who manicured his finger nails.—St. Paul Pioneer Press. Think of This. Think over the worrying you did yesterday. It certainly did you no good, but it certainly did you harm. Think of this the next time you feel grumpy.-Atchison Globe. Un-fo-Date Boy Tommy (aged six, who has just been punished by his father)—Mamma. I don't believe I can stand your husband much longer. Chinese Youth Denied Tobacco. The board of education has ordered the prohibition of smoking by young persons under 17 years of age.—Shanghai Mercury. A Cook's Preference Other things being equal a cook prefers a place where she can break the most dishes with the least exertion—Dallas News. Washington No Light Weight George Washington was six feet two inches in height. He weighed about 200 pounds. Greatness. The thing that makes a man great is the adulation of the men who are not. The Active Soul The one thing of value in the world is the active soul—Eperson. Fulton's Power of Thought Robert Fulton, possessed to a remarkable degree the power of concentrated thought. He studied French, Italian and German and accrued a proficiency in the three languages. Higher mathematics, physics chemistry and perspective also demanded his attention as he progressed in scientific research.—Century Magazine. An Indianant Pussy. The family cat was crying and spilling papa's reading of the evening paper, and he insisted that his small daughter put her pet out of doors. This she did very unwillingly, and, coming back, seated herself at her father's feet with the remark: "You dess ought to see the look on 'at cat's face, papa'"—Delineator. Perpetual Asset. "Oh, I say," remarked the bluffer to his brother drummers in an endeavor to reawaken interest, "did you chaps hear that old Goldman, the proprietor of the Clowtown station restaurant, has just died?" "Has he?" drawled Snaffle, unsympathetically. "To whom did he leave the sandwiches?"—New York Globe. Ambassador Eric F. Ambassadors Free from Taxation. Ambassadors are to be invied for their freedom from the burden of taxation. They disburse not one cent in taxes, either directly or indirectly, and as for the custom house it is nonexistent so far as they are concerned. No duty whatever is charged in respect of wines, cigars, cigarettes, etc., that are consigned to them. Family of Centenarians Mrs. Pamela Priday, who died at Queuedeley, near Gloucester, England, at the age of 102 years, leaves 47 grandchildren and 75 great-grandchildren. Her father lived to be more than 100, her paternal grandparents were both centenarians, and the eldest brother was in his one hundredth year when he died. Women Are to Share With Men Women Are to Share With Men. Men and women are to have a common way of life—a common education—and they are to watch over the citizens in common, whether abiding in the city or going out to war; they are to guard together and to hunt together like dogs; and always and in all things women are to share with the men.—Plato. Your Friend's Picture. A philosopher says "What a lot of hypocrites we are! A man shows us the negative of a portrait of himself, we admire it and remark: 'Dt like one,' in the most cold-blooded fashion, knowing full well that we'll drop it behind the parlor sofa. But how else could we meet the situation?" Some Good Out of It. An old bachelor says that one good thing will happen when women are permitted to vote, and that will be that voters will not be required to state their age. They will simply say they are over 21 and old enough to vote, and that will be considered sufficient under the law. The Gambler's Prayer "I have met men connected with the turf who were evidently men of prayer, earnest, intense and unceasing, but their prayer was: 'Give me this day my brother's daily bread.'" said Canon Horsley, in an address on "Horseracing"—London Dally Mall. Duty of the Young to the Aged Who is more worthy of respect than a man weighed down by the weight of years? It is our bounded duty to render to old age and infirmity that same succor which we received from them in our infancy.—Saurin. The Unlucky Brother "He's so unlucky," says a Billville philosopher, "that if the world was blazing he'd be shoved to one side, and never get a chance to warm his hands at the blaze!"—Atlanta Constitution. An Argument Illustrated. "Calling names don't make any real difference," said the conservative campaigner. "No," answered the scientist. "If it did those Latin titles we have bestowed on germs would have discouraged them long ago." The Philosopher of Folly "I like a joke as well as any man," says the Philosopher of Folly, "but when a man occupying a berth in a Pullman sleeper tells me that he is bed-ridden, I get sore." Truth, Though Seeming Paradox. "At the risk of appearing indelicate," says the Philosopher of Folly, "I will say that some individuals—turkeys, for instance—are best dressed when they have nothing on." An Old Friend What has become of the old-fashioned woman who said: "Hear that child bark," when the child has a cold?—Atchison Globe. One may be familiar for years with the reception room of his neighbor, and never suspect that he is directly under his mansard.—Aldrich. Credit. Credit is the soul of our financial and commercial life; yet having too good credit keeps many a man broke. Advice for the Fashionable Be neither too early in the fashion, nor too long out of it; nor at any time in the extremes of it.-Lavater. Luck. Some men are so lucky that if they happen to slip on a banana peel they fall into a fortune. Dutch Proverb It is a bad hen that eats at your house and lays at another's. That "Rich Millionaire." Some of the paragraphers have been having a lot of fun with a newspaper that described a certain man as a "rich millionaire." Still, that may not have been so redundant as it looks. The man may have had enough real money to pay a fine imposed for the speeding that he did with his automobile. By the Hurricane Route. "He's long wanted to leave the country," says a Billville exchange, "but he never could afford the railroad fare, but just as he had given up all hope a hurricane came along and gave him and his house free transportation. It was providential and he pulled through at last."—Atlanta Constitution. The Kind of Bird She Was The young lady of the family had just returned from Paris, where she had studied under Marchesi, and Uncle Walsh, who had served her folks "sence beho de wah," was invited into the parlor to hear her sing. When she concluded her first aria he remarked: "Miss Lucy, yo' she equalizes a martingale." Eggs and Eggs. "Eggs are 33 cents a dozen, madam," said the dairyman. "Those are perfectly good eggs, but they are not invalid eggs. Invalid eggs are 45 cents a dozen. No madam, invalid eggs are not eggs that are on their last legs. They are eggs that are eaten raw by invalids, so they have to be just laid." The "Express" Rife An "express rifle" is a gun in which is used a large charge of powder and comparatively light bullet. Such guns are used generally by hunters of large game in India and Africa for the reason that the bullet has great penetrating force e with its heavy powder charge. Have Reward in Well-Being The men and women, though they be poor, ignorant, blundering, who day by day are quietly setting aside their own pleasure for the sake of some other person, taste a sweetness and get in themselves a growth which makes the world a better place to live in.—Merriam. Claret. "Claret" is a word unknown to the French cultivator. Vinum claretum—1. e., clarified wine—came into early use in English as "claret" or "clarry," to distinguish the beautifully pellucid wines of Bordeaux from those of Burgundy and other vinlands. Children Set to Destroy Moths In the rural districts of Saxony children were given a free day from school last summer so that they might gather moths of a species destructive to trees, for which they were given a couple of cents for every 100 caught. A. Question of Relative Merit A little boy of eight years attending school away from home wrote a letter to his sister from which the following extract is taken: "We had a spelling match in school to-day, and I spelled all the boys down and won the meddle."—The Delineator. Country's Heavy Fire Los The average fire loss in the United States is said to be more than $2 a head, as compared with only one-third of a dollar in six of the leading European countries. The difference is ascribed to less rigidly enforced building laws—Ohio State Journal. One of the World's Wonders The "Taj Mahal" at Agra, India, is a mausoleum built by Shah Jehan to his favorite suitana, Moomtaz-i-Mahul. It is of white marble and is said to be the most beautiful structure in the world. Pennsylvania at the Front: Pennsylvania leads in the slate industry, with Vermont, Maine, Virginia, Maryland, New York, California, Arkansas and New Jersey following in the order named. Will Sell Old Fire Engine. 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