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The RICHMOND PLANET EDITOR MITCHELL IN THE FAR WEST. A FAREWELL TO OMAHA—A ROUGH CROWD—POLLING THE PASSENGERS ARRIVAL AT CHICAGO—THE COLORED PEKIN THEATRE—ITS HUMOROUS ATTRACTIONS—THE PYTHIAN TEMPLE SITE—VALIDATING A TICKET---A LAUGHABLE DESCRIPTION OF A LONG JOURNEY. VOLUME XXVI, NO. 1. EDITOR IN THE A Colored T A FAREWELL TO OMAHA- ARRIVAL AT CHICAGO OROUS ATTRACT DATING A There are some bar-rooms in Gambia that will not serve colored patrons so we were told, but most of the theatres will accommodate colored people. The hotels discriminate against colored people and so do the lunch rooms. Outside of the professions there are few colored men engaged Still, the colored people are progressing in those with whom we came in contact were refined and intelligent. They have mixed schools in this city. TEACHES WHITE CHILDREN We met Miss Eulalia S. Overall colored, who is a teacher in Mason School, Room 4. She has had quite an experience and is the only colored teacher in the mixed schools of Omaha. By her superior qualifications she has secured a permanent certificate in the public schools. She had some trouble once with a white family, who objected to her, but that passed by and she now instructs white children with no embarrassment whatever and she has won the cordial support of the white patrons. She is tall, about 6 feet, and good looking, a typical western lady and her amiable qualities seem to have made her a general favorite. AFTER FREE LAND We left Omaha Thursday morning for Chicago over the Northwestern R. R. bidding Mr. T. P. Mahammitt fare well at the station. We entered the day coach and secured a seat by the window. There was a crowd of white men of the roughest kind and characters, who were returning from the opening of land in Tripp county. South Dakota where the government had been holding a drawing for near million acres of arable land. Omaha was the gateways to this section of the country, every available space was crowded. Men cursed and swore. They chewed tobacco and spit on the floor. A POLL OF PASSENGERS Soon after the train left the station, three white men passed through the cars polling the passengers as to whom they would support for president of the United States. A tall, six foot, powerfully built westerner looked on with satisfaction and whenever a passenger said, "Bryan," he would smile approvingly, with the remark, "You certainly look good to me." The poll of the coach in which we rode stood, 27 for Bryan, 16 for Taff and 7 for Debs. There was a call for luncheon in the dining car and later we cast another lingering glance at the white folks across the aisle to our right who were playing cards and cursing in a manner that would have reflected discredit upon a mining camp in the Far West. NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM We came to the conclusion that there was no difference between the lower class of white folks and a similar class of Negroes. They were on the same level and the race of neither did not figure in the equation. For the first time on our journey we passed from a day coach instead of a Pullman to the dining car. We were ushered to a seat by the polite waiters and as we waited for the meal we gave ourselves up to thoughts of the discomforts of the coach we had just left to the comforts of the one we longed to obtain. We could stand it no longer and upon being told that there was a Pullman Parlor car on the train we hurriedly left the table and sought the porter of the parlor car in question. THE PULLMAN PARLOR CAR "I wish a seat in this car, if you please," was our remark to the colored porter. "Certainly." he said. He showed us to a vacant arm-chain. We told him to bring our luggage from the day coach and we returned to the dining car to finish our meal. A few moments later, after having suffered the discomforts of the trip for four hours, we were gazing upon the rapidly changing scenes in Iowa and thinking of days that to us would never come again. We went to the writing desk and wrote several letters on the paper of "The Colorado Special." Darkness settled down on the outside and when we reached the Illinois state line we never knew FRIENDS TO MEET US Suffice it to say that the train pulled in the Northwestern station and we hurriedly left for the streets of Chicago, meeting at the gates the two stately but smiling military forms of Major R. R. Jackson, commanding and Major A. A. Watkiss, Assistant Surgeon General of the Eighth Illinois Regiment of the Illinois National Guard. They had come to meet us and they assisted us with our luggage to the elevated railroad train from which place we were carried to the admirably located apartments of Mrs. C. J. Martin. THE COMMANDER OF THE UNI FORM RANK R. R. Jackson is Major-General of the Uniform Rank of Knights of Pythias and is a soldier and disciplinarian of the "first water." We laughed and talked and when they left we tarried not as to the order of our going, but a few minutes later were sleeping as peacefully as a babe, oblivious of our surroundings as well caressless of the obstacles and difficulties that were yet to confront us as the result of this, our long journey. AWOKE IN CHICAGO Morning dawned and when we arose it was to go to the Northwestern station on the northside. We entered the palatial dining room and we were conducted to a table by the polite colored headwaiter, whom we later found to be Mr. G. G. Wilson. Before our breakfast had been concluded, he approached us and during the conversation stated that the manager had made enquiries concerning us. The badge of the American Bankers Association upon the lapel of the coat enforced man had set afloat enquiries in the plates. We passed around our enquiries plate visiting cards and the Mechanics' Savings Bank became, too the subject of much comment. THE PYTHIAN TEMPLE We returned to our headquarters at Mrs. C, J. Martin, 3254 Wabash Avenue. Later, we visited some of the points or interest in Chicago. We saw the site for the Pythian Temple corner of 33d and State Streets. It is a three story structure. It is 100 by 105 feet. There are two elements in Chicago. One is in favor of disposing of the present site at a profit and purchasing Turner Hall, a large spacious building, well-suited for lodge meetings and with an auditorium and a bowling alley for other purposes. The other side is in favor of pulling down the buildings on the present site and of erecting a new structure thereon. TWO PROPOSITIONS OFFERED One side contends that Turner Hall can be secured for about $65,000 while a new structure will cost over $100,000 and the present building will be a total loss. The other side states that Turner Hall backs up to the elevated railway trains and that the constant noise will injure its value and impair its usefulness. Major-General R. R. Jackson seems to be leader of the Turner Hall proposition and Grand Cancellor A. A. Wesley, the champion of the new building idea. There are many fine points made by both sides in support of their contentions and we found ourselves agreeing with first one side and then the other, finally regretting that we had expressed any opinion whatever upon the subject. THE OFFICE AND HOME OF THE MAJOR-GENERAL The Major-General's office on State Street is a most attractive place. An orderly remains in charge and from this place all of the business of this department is transacted. On the RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1908 walls are photographs of officers and groups of staff officers. Chalas are in evidence for meetings and there is a neat, trim, military appearance about everything, and it is deserving of commendation. We had arranged to dine with Major General R. R. Jackson and his family at their cozy residence at 6 o'clock and we were on hand to enjoy a most appetizing repast. We met his accomplished daughter and a few moments later were enroute to the residence of Attorney S. A. T. Watkins THE REFUGE OF A LAWYER We met his Madame and for the first time in our lives stood on the threshold of the cosy Watkin's mansion. Mrs. Watkins hand and her artistic taste were everywhere in evidence. A son was sick in bed, but was rapidly improving. An agreement to visit the theatre that night was heartily agreed to by both Major General Jackson and Attorney S. A. T. Watkins and a few moments later we were all on the way to the colored place of amusement, known as the Pekin Theatre. THE PEKIN THEATRE This place is a remodelled structure, having embraced two stores. It is owned and operated by a colored gentleman and we were introduced to the proprietor. As we entered, we saw a box-office with a lady selling tickets. They ranged in prices as follows: 10, 15, 25 and 35 cents. The boxes, which were nothing more nor less than raised platforms on the main floor and in the galleries were occupied. To the left was the open door to a bar-room, which appeared to be liberally patronized between the acts, which intermission came frequently, but at regular intervals. PLENTY REFRESHMENTS Whiskey seemed to be the most popular remedy, if we were to judge by the orders which came thick and fast, while beer came second to cool the parched throats of the pilgrims who were out for an evening's enjoyment. The performance consisted of moving pictures, a vaudeville and a tragedy. The players were white and colored. The latter were predominant and in absolute control of the vaudeville department. We secured seats on the main floor and the performance began. The first scene was that of an African king, a brawny, dancing colored man of brown complexion with a tuft of hair on either side. AFRICAN COSTUMES About the only clothes that this chief wore was a breech-clout about the centre of his body to hide that part of his nakedness. His subjects were similarly attired, with the exception of the women who wore dresses, which appeared to be about twelve inches long, measuring from the waist. The king was seated upon a platform upon the top of which was an arm-chair. He held a gun which from the looks of it, might have been used in the Middle Ages. At his feet, scampered a jester or clown, wearing a monkey's face, which he styled Beppo. His naked subjects danced before him. One of the women wore a "Merry Widow" hat about five feet in diameter. A MISSIONARY'S PREDICAMENT The entrance of a messenger, who told in an excited manner of the capture or a stranger stopped the proceeding and caused the issuance of an order. It was obeyed for shortly thereafter a tall black, colored gentleman wearing a stove pipe hat, with clerical collar and coat and with a Bible under his arm appeared upon the scene. He delivered an address to the king, who looked at him with down-right contempt. "Oh king," said he, "I come from U. S. A." This raised the ire of the king. He left his throne with the instructions, "Beppo, guard the throne!" He handed the monkey man the antiquated gun and he hopped upon the DELANEY JONES KILLED. An Accident at Elba—Locomotive Leaves Brack. The northbound passenger train on the R. F. and P. R. R. of the Atlantic Coast Line system was the cause of an accident at Ebal Station Friday morning at 5:45 o'clock, Nov. 27th. Two locomotives were pulling the train. The leading one jumped the track and partly demolished the garage of the Foster Motor Car Co., wrecking 50 feet of the wall. Delancy Jones, a colored brakeman was riding on the front of the leading locomotive and he was terribly mangled, dying soon after being placed in the ambulance. Yard Conductor Thomas J. Walton (white) was slightly injured and Thomas West, another colored brakeman considerably brushed. The track was not injured and the cause of the accident is a mystery. The train was only detained an hour by the accident. It returned to Byrd Street Station and went North by way of the James River bridge. Returned From Ohio. Mr. D. J. Chavers, who has been visiting his sister in Springfield, O. for several months returned to the city last Wednesday much improved in health. He brought with him one of the blanket ballots used in Ohio during the last presidential election. It is a curiosity in this state. An Irish servant with Peculiar Case—Fannie Pope and Daughter Arrested. Mary Murphy, an Irish servant girl who has been in this country only about a year died under peculiar circumstances in this city. It seems that she came to this country direct from Ireland and boarded with John Kennedy at the northeast corner of Fourth and Baker Streets, to be exact it is 400 E. Baker Street. Archie Vaughan, a drug clerk in the Northside Pharmacy at Fifth and Baker Streets was her companion and the result of her relationship with him was a visit to a lying-in-house run by Mrs. Agnes Hermance, 1210 E Marshall Street where she remained until she was carried in a carriage driven by George Woodson, to the Retreat for the Sick, dying on the way there. The investigation shows that A. M. Vaughan, the druggist gave her medicine and had the criminal operation performed on her for the purpose of producing an abortion. A warrant is out for Vaughan and on last Wednesday Mrs. Fannie Pope and her daughter Ardella of 308 N. Tenth Street were arrested upon the charge of murder. Some say that Vaughan performed the operation himself. False Report Circulated. To Whom It May Concern: Be it known that the rumored report of Mr. George L. Vaughn's having owned one-half capital stock of the New York Cafe is absolutely false. Mr. Vaughn was simply one of my employees, and because of my discovery of his incompetency, I discharged him November 21. Since he has been discharged, he is endeavoring to put in the mind of the public that he sold his interest in the business when he had none. I much regret that the public has been misled to that extent. Having been detrimentally misused by Mr. Vaughn, I take this method of informing my friends of the true state of affairs in regard to this matter. I hope that in the future, Mr. Vaughn will endeavor to reform himself along this line and realize the danger in taking such steps as he has in this matter. R. C. JACKSON, Prop. WANTED—A young man, barber with good habits and first-class workman. Guarantee $10.00 a week and all over this amount, fifty per cent. Write to HARRY R. ELLIS, 110 William St., New Bedford, Mass. Rev. Dr. Brooks Here. Rev. W. H. Brooks, D. D., Pastor of the 19th Street Baptist Church preached a powerful sermon at the Ebenezer Baptist Church, 12 o'clock Thanksgiving Day. The edifice was packed to the doors. The discourse produced a profound impression and has been the subject of much favorable comment all of this week. He elft last Thursday evening for his home in Washington. —Miss Robena Jenkins of Manchester, Va., who is attending V. N. and I. I. this session was in the city. (Manchester) this week visiting her parents. She was a visitor to our office while here. ED. DAVIS A CORPSE Killed in a Scuffle.—Only One Witness.—"The Wages of Sin is Death." Ed. Davis, colored saw his last day on earth just previous to Thanksgiving Day and was lying stark and stiff in Price's Undertaking Rooms Friday, November 27th, while charitable friends were taking up a collection to bury him. "He was never any account and he would not work. He was just a plain gambler, a general good time man," said a man who stood by as the face was exposed to view. PECULIAR CONDITION "There never was a bazaar at this hall where there was a dance that Ed. wasn't there." was the other compliment paid to the departed. It was said that he lived with the woman who shot him as man and wife although not married. The woman Janle Walker said he had an altercation on the street Wednesday night and slapped her. The quarrel was taken up again at home, 710½ Catherine Street and she said that Davis beat her again and getting the revolver from the bureau drawer said he would kill her. THE ONLY WITNESS In the scuffle that ensued the weep on went off and the bullet entered Ed. Davis' chest, killing him almost instantly. The woman was arrested and is now in jail. She was the only witness to the tragedy. $150.00 Endowment Paid South Boston, Va., Nov. 26, '08 This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pythias, N. A., S. A., E. A., A., and A ($150.00) One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the death-claim of Brother Thomas R. Duncan, who was a member of Pride of the South Lodge, No. 66, of South Boston, Va. Signed—M. H. Coleman. Administrator. Witnesses: J. W. Mitchell. H. C. White. D. D. G. Rev. Dr. Jones Speaks. Mr. Editor—We are getting on nicely with our work. We have a good set or people. Though times have been dull, my people have been blessed with work in the Carnegie Mills the greatest in all the world. At this writing I have Rev. W. D. Woods of Roanoke, as my guest. He will leave for home on the 30th. We think we have one of the best churches in the western part of the state. They want to build a house of worship in the near future. We have very good health here. The Lord's blessings have been with us since coming to this state nearly four years ago. For thirty-five years I have not been without a charge 12 months and this makes us think that the Lord called us to the work. We can lay down and get up in peace, apprehending no danger. We can go when we want to and where we want to and any way we want to. My wife brethren in the ministry were very kind. We all meet together and speak often questions for the betterment of mankind. I am also the President of the colored Minister's Union of Pittsburgh composed of more than fifty members, one of the best in the country. I shall let my friends hear from me from time to time through your paper. Free Invitation! Your are cordially invited to visit No. 314 E. Broad Street and inspect our little cozy store, which has recently opened up. This is a new enterprise Store in the city. You will find there a nice line of clothing, shoes and hats for boys and men, and also gents' furnishing goods. Polite attention and reasonable prices. You will save money by calling on us for your boy's and children's clothing as we have made a speciality of this line. Goods sold guaranteed for the price paid or money refunded. (MISS) ESSIE G. MILLER, Manager Notice! LOST—A certificate, No. 306 for three shares of stock in the American Beneficial Insurance Company. The finder will be rewarded if returned to 517 N. 6th Street. Signed—DAISY REID. DR. JONES AND HIS WIFE INJURED. The Work of the Deadly Street Car Thanksgiving day was dark for Dr. Miles B. Jones and his Madame, gauged as it is by the terrible accident that befall them. They had been talking to Dr. R. F. Tancil, and had driven away when he heard Dr. Tancil say, "Look out, doctor!" Dr. Jones, who was driving down 29th Street South, turned the horses to the right. The carriage wheels on the left were on the truck and also one of the horses. As they were pulled to the right, the car struck the carriage throwing Dr. Jones and his wife under the horses heels and smashing the carriage. Mrs. Jones was badly injured about the hips and she has been paraded one side ever since. The surgeons no longer think her spine is not injured. Two of them have been in consultation over her at her residence, 908 N. Third Street. She has shown slow improvement and there is hone of her complete recovery. REMOVAL SALE! $8,000 worth of goods must go regardless of cost. 250 men's suits, original price $12.50 to $15.00 and $18.00; now at $5.50, $6.00, $7.50. 250 overcoats, original price $10 to $15 and $18; your choice now, $4.50, $6.00, $7.00 and $10.00. 200 boys' and children's suits, original price $2.50 to $8.50; your choice now $1.00, $1.00, $3.00 to $5.00. 250 pairs knee pants, original price 50 cents to $2.50; your choice now 39 cents to $1.50. 300 pairs men's pants, original price $1.50 to $6.00; now $1.19 to $3.69. You will also find at the removal sale $1000 worth of gents furnishing goods to which we have applied the knife. All of our regular fleece underwear is offered to you at 44 cents a garment. You will find at this cut price sale $1000 worth of shoes for men, women and boys which can be had at greatly reduced prices. This is no fake sale, nothing but a genuine deal as we must get out and give up the store by the first of January. Come early and make your selections before the stock is picked over and thereby avoiding the rush. You will find a large canvas cloth displayed over our windows at $52 E. Broad Street, near Sixth and Broad Streets. All goods sold for cash. I. J. MILLER. Prop. Richmond, Virginia. A Card of Thanks. Col. W. Henry Stokes of 1106 W. Leigh Street returns thanks to Planet Co. No. 8 and Planet Auxiliary, No. 1 for the surprise led on him Wednesday day night. Nov. 18, 1908. He has now quite ill but he is slowly improving. Died in a Theatre Capt. Arthur A. Splitzer (white), was found dead in one of the seats of the Dixie Theatre, Brook Avenue and 100 West Streets at 4:15 Saturday afternoon. Dropped Dead John H. Wills dropped dead at First and Broad Streets Saturday evening from heart disease. There was much excitement there while waiting for the arrival of the coroner Killed by Telegraph Pole John Wade Collins, a 12 year old white boy climbed a telegraph pole at 35th and Clay Streets last Monday night. The pole broke off, catching him under it in the fall and killing him instantly. The pole was rotten and it was all his own fault. The Only Colored Member John Mitchell, Jr., attended last month the National Convention of American Bankers' Association at Denver, Col. Mr. Mitchell is the only colored member of the association. He is president of the Mechanics' Savings Bank, Richmond, Va. but is better known as the editor of "The PLANET" one of the Negro's best journals.—Los Angeles New Age. Our Repairs. The PLANET Office has been painted inside, out and out, the walls handsomely papered by Blackwell & others; William Ellis, Jr. paper, paper. REV. DR. GRAHAM'S GREAT EF FORT. Fifth Street Baptist Church Has a Home Rally. Dr. W. F. Graham returned to Fifth Street Baptist Church as Pastor the first of last April, and in seven months and a half the church has shown most gratifying progress under his leadership. More than fifty persons have joined the church. The congregations are growing, the choir, under the leadership of Prof. Alexander McCoy is rendering music that is charming the entire city. The Pastor's sermons are the talk of the hour. All departments of the church are working harmoniously and Dr. Graham teaches that his deacon board, trustees, Sunday School and B. Y. P. U. officers are doing their very best to keep old Fifth Street in front rank. REACHED FIVE HUNDRED DOL- LARS. FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS IN ALL This makes about $1500.00 raised on the church debt in seven months and a half. The membership is perfectly elated over their success. The church the first of January will begin a new registration of all the memb- ers, and the efficient and up-to-date church church is arranging his books to that end. In a Class by Himself John Mitchell, Jr., editor of the Richmond PLANET, banker and general man of the race, has just returned from the American Banker's Association annual meet at Denver. It took nearly four columns of the PLANET to tell what he saw and beard. John Mitchell, Jr., is truly in a class by himself.—Dallas, Texas Express. UNABLE TO SCORE Greek Meets Greek—A Drawn Battle SHAW UNIV, RALEIGH, N. C., Nov. 28.—In the great football game played here against Lincoln University Thanksgiving Day neither team was able to score. Eight hundred people witnessed the game coming from all over the state. It has been twenty years since Lincoln has been unable to score, and this is the first time in fifteen years she has played away from home. They were tendered a grand reception and a hearty welcome by the 600 students and faculty of Shaw. Notice! We wish to announce to the many friends and patrons of the Y. M. B. A. Wood and Coal Company that Mr. John J. Spottswood formerly with the Richmond Steam Laundry has been selected as collector and solicitor. Any courtesies extended him will be appreciated by us. Y. M. B. ASSOCIATION Y. M. B. ASSOCIATION, THOMAS H. WYATT, Pres. B. H. PEYTON, Secretary. $^{2t}$ STOCK FOR SALE People's Pleasure Park Co. Inc At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the People's Pleasure Park Company, Inc. it was decided to offer five hundred (500) shares of the capital stock of the company for sale at the rate of ten dollars ($10) per share cash or on weekly or monthly installments. Books now open at No. 206 W. Broad Street. J. B. JOHNSON, President. WM. H. TYLER, Secretary. Let the PLANET do your job-work PTED FROM THE SENSATIONAL PLAY OF FERENC MOLNAR- COPYRIGHT,1908,BY HENRY W.SAVAGE THE DEVIL Dramatized by OLIVER HERFORD "I COME FROM NOWHERE; I G COPYRIGHT, 1908. BY HENRY W. SAVAGE B. B. "I hope you will forgive me," his smooth, suave voice went on, breaking the stillness almost melodiously, and he bowed again. "I permitted myself to fall asleep." Still Olga could not find tongue, and she drew yet farther away. The man, or the devil, watched her as she groped for the shawl, found it and quickly wound its filmy length around her beautiful shoulders and arms. An expression of cynical amusement crossed his face. "Excuse me, but I awoke just as you were about to unbutton your blouse," he said. "Propriety should have made me close my eyes, but"— "Oh!" Olga cried, shocked into speech. "Oh, I know, madame," he said, with a deprecating gesture and another profound bow, "you think I am suspicious, and you only came here"— "To have my portrait painted," Olga said quickly. "Precisely," he acquiesced, with the same cynical expression. "Only yesterday I met a lady at the dentist's, and I observed that she permitted him to extract a perfectly good and very pretty tooth." "But I"—Olag began, accepting the defensive position into which he placed her when he interrupted her. "Yes, you, I know, speak the truth. I am even at liberty to believe you, but I cannot." For an instant Olag recovered her self possession, and her indignation sprang into a flame that she should be addressed in this manner by a man whom she had never seen before—an intruder. "I don't know why I permit a stranger to talk to me in this fashion," she exclaimed. "It it amazes me." The man stepped toward her. Terrified, she turned and fled toward the door of the studio. "Karl; Karl!" she called. The stranger smiled as the doors were flung open and Karl burst into the room. The young artist paused, astonished at the presence of the stranger. He was more amazed when the man cried out in the voice of genial comradeship: By FERENC MOLNAR I GO EVERYWHERE; I AM HERE." "Hello, Karl! How do you do?" "Why, how do you do?" Karl faltered, looking blankly from Olga to the mysterious visitor. "I don't" "You don't remember me," the other said. "Don't you recall me at Monte Carlo?" "Oh, yes, at Monte Carlo," Karl said, with dawning recollection. "It was an eventful day," the stranger said. "Yes, yes, of course I remember. It was last fall, when I had lost all my money playing roulette. Some one stood behind me, and it was you. I was afraid when I turned and saw you, because I fancied I had seen you a moment before beside the crouper grinning at me as my gold pieces were swept away. But when I had lost everything you offered me a handful of gold." "Which you refused, but I saw the longing to accept in your eyes." "I did not know you." "But I offered it again and you accepted." "Yes, and in ten minutes I had recouped my losses and won $20,000 besides." Karl cried, with growing enthusiasm. "I remember indeed. Your money seemed to possess mystic luck. When you put it in my hands it glowed, and I thought it was hot. It seemed to burn me." "You were excited, my boy," said the other genially. "But you repaid me and invited me to dine. I could not accept because I was forced to leave for Spain that same evening. I promised, however, to call on you when you needed me, and here I am." He bowed to Karl and Olga, who stood in speechless astonishment at this strange dialogue. She could understand nothing of this uncanny stranger, this specter in black and white, who seemed to emit a lurid radiance, as if his red waistcoat were alive. "It was kind of you to come," Karl said. "I am glad." "You were not here when I entered," the visitor said, "and I took a seat in that comfortable armchair. The warmth of the fire affected me, and I permitted myself to fall asleep." He indicated with a sweeping gesture the big pulpit backed armchair. Ola started and cried out: "That chair was empty. I remember quite well when my husband was here. There was no one in it. I am absolutely certain." Karl was so strangely affected by the stranger's presence that he did not notice Ola's agitation. The other regarded her with his expression of cynical anusement, bowed gravely and said: "Then I was mistaken, madame." "Won't you sit down?" Karl said. "Allow me to present you to—but I can't remember your name." "It does not matter," the other said, with an expansive outward gesture of his restless, eloquent hands. "I am a philanthropist traveling incognito. You may call me anything you like: call Adapted by JOSEPH O'BRIEN THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA me Dr. Millar." "Dr. Millar," Karl repeated, seeming for the first time to have some doubt as to the character of his guest. "Oh, you may rest assured my social position is beyond question," the stranger said, as if dividing his thought. Karl did not heed the irony of his speech, but presented him to Olga, who distantly acknowledged his bow. As Karl appeared to succumb to this strange influence she felt herself growing indignant. Millar seemed bent on provoking an outburst, and his astonishing remarks in another would have seemed vulgar insolence, but in him they possessed a singular meaning that made both Kari and Olga shiver. "Under different circumstances I should now take my hat and say goodby." Millar said after the introduction. "But my infinite tact compels me to force my presence upon you in this most unpleasant situation." The innuendo stung Olga, and she turned to the artist. "Karl, I can hardly believe it," she exclaimed indignantly. "Think of it—this man dared to"—"How long has your husband been dead?" Millar Interrupted, with exasperating coolness. "I am not a widow." Olga said, surprised that she should reply. "Oh, you are divorced?" "I am not." "Then if you feel that I have afronted you I should think your husband would be the proper man to appeal to," he said, with the utmost coolness. He seemed like a trainer prodding tame animals with sharp prongs out of the lethargy of their caged lives to stir them to viciousness. Turning to Karl, he went on: "However, if you wish it I am also at your disposal. But do you not see, madame, that it would be an admission on your part?" He spoke as one who had read every secret thought of each. Bewlildered. Karl cried out: "What does all this talk mean? I don't understand anything. You come in here unannounced; I don't know how nor from where. You make us feel quite uncomfortable, just as if you had trapped us in some compromising situation." "Yes, yes, that is it." Ola cried, relieved at Karl's outburst. The stranger looked at him anused ly. "You may be as impolite to me as you wish; I cannot go," he said. "Why?" Ola demanded. "My departure now would mean that I leave you because I have interrupted you. On the other hand, by remaining I prove that I suspect nothing." "There is nothing to suspect," Karl declared angrily. "I do not want you here." "Then that is settled. Let us talk of something else." the visitor remarked with the most casual inattention to Karl's rage. "The weather- isn't it snowing beautifully? Art- are you preparing anything for the spring exhibition at the Royal academy?" "Perhaps I may send something." Karl answered sullenly. Olga's bewilderment gave place to panic. In her mind was formed the purpose of snatching up her waist and rushing from the room. Before she could do it the stranger was there, holding the waist out and bowing profoundly. "Permit me, madame," he said. With a cry of astonishment Olga snatched at the garment. "Who are you? Where do you come from?" she cried. With his restless, vibrant hands in the air the stranger said: "I come from nowhere; I go everywhere; I am here." He touched his forehead with his long white fingers, and his black eyes were fixed upon her. Clutching the silken garment she had worn, Olga rushed into the studio. Millar, man or devil, looked after her and chuckled. CHAPTER VII ARL threw himself into a chair as Olaa fled into the outer studio and sat there, not looking at his unwelcome visitor. Dr. Millar seemed to find his dejection amusing. He allowed the silence to remain undisturbed while he puffed a cigarette. Then he said, half to himself, half to Karl: "Full of temperament, that woman, and pretty, too, extremely pretty." "Yes, she is pretty." Karl acquiesced without looking at him. "It's a pity she doesn't love her husband," was the next cynical remark that fell on Karl's ears. He wheeled in his seat and looked at the visitor, who went on with perfect coolness: "How do I know? It was apparent when she fancied I had insulted her and turned to you for protection." Karl angriily slammed down an ash tray he had picked up in his nervous fingers and began to pace the floor. J. M. "I WAS THINKING WHAT A SPLENDID COUPLE YOU TWO WOULD MAKE." Miller went on in a light tone: "She does not love her husband. He must be a genius or a very common place man. Marriage always is a failure with such men. Common men live so low that women are afraid some one may steal into their lives at night through a cellar window. Genius-well, genius lives on the top floor, up toward the clouds, and with so many gloomy steps to climb, and no elevator, it's very uncomfortable for a pretty woman. Her ideal is one easy flight of stairs to comfortable living rooms on the first floor." Karl maintained silence and continued to walk the floor. He looked at his watch and started toward the door of the reception room leading into the hall, which was locked. "This is the second time I have seen madame's shoulders." Millar remarked casually, blowing cigarette rings in the air. "What do you mean?" Karl demanded, stung to speech by jealousy. "Ah, I saw them first in Paris, at the Louvre, fashioned of snow white marble. They were the shoulders of Venus. Am I right, Karl?" "I don't know," the artist snapped. "Well, you must take my word for it then." Millar said lightly. "I have seen both. And since Alcamenes I have known but one sculptor who could form such wonderful shoulders." "Who?" Karl asked, turning to him. "Prosperity," Millar replied sententiously. "Such tender, soft, exquisite curves are possible only to women who live perfectly. Madame must be the wife of a millionaire." Karl fell to pacing the floor again, glancing impatiently at the door through which Oiga had fled. "Is she dressing?" asked Millar slyly. "Yes," Karl answered nervously. "Is there a mirror in your studio?" "Yes." "Madame must be very respectable." "I WAS THINKING WHAT A WOULD Millar said in an insinuating tone. "She takes so long to dress." "Your remarks are in very bad taste." Karl cried angrily, walking up threateningly to his visitor. Millar stood erect, without changing his expression of ironical amusement, and said: "Do you wish to offend me?" "Yes," Karl snarled. "Then you, too, must be respectable," the visitor said coolly, adding, as Karl looked at him with wonder. "In a situation like this only a very respectable man could behave with such infernal stupidity." Karl was about to retort when the studio door opened and Olga entered. He turned quickly toward her, and she went to him without noticing Millar. "What time is it?" she asked. "Your husband will be here in ten minutes." Millar interposed. Olga turned toward him and cried accusingly: "Then you were not asleep in that chair when my husband was here. You heard him say when he would return." "Madame is mistaken. Feminine presentment always feels the approach of the husband ten minutes ahead of time. Were it not for those ten minutes there would be fewer locked doors." As he spoke he walked over and unlocked the door leading into the hall, then turned and looked at them calmly. "Is this never to finish?" Olga asked. "I tried to change the subject, but Karl would not let me," Millar answered. "I have not spoken a word." Karl protested. "By your actions, Karl; by the way you jumped up, impatiently consulted your watch, rushed to the door. Poor chap, he was afraid," he added to Olga. "Afraid!" Karl exclaimed. "Yes, afraid that your husband would come before you finished dressing. And you were right, Karl." "Why, my dear Olga"—Karl began impatiently, when the other interrupted him. "Please, please, let us be logical," he urged. "Look at the situation. The husband enters suddenly. 'Well, here I am, back again, my daring,' he announces. 'Where is the picture?' I must see the picture! There is none. Karl did not work on the picture. Your husband is worried. He does not speak, but he is irritated. He wants to speak, and the words stick in his throat. You look at each other, unhappy. Nothing has happened, but the mischief is done. What mischief? Appearances. Whatever you say makes matters worse, and a compromising situation like this is never forgotten by the husband. You go home together in silence." "Ah, if it were like that!" Karl broke in. "But we are not alone. You are here." Millar shrugged his shoulders. "Ah, that is it! I am here, and with one word I could dispel the illusion," he acquiesced. "But I know myself. I am cursed with a peculiar, sinister sense of humor, and I am afraid I would not say the word; hece when the husband enters we are all silent. Then I say, I regret to have arrived at such an inopportune moment." I take my hat and walk out, leaving you, madame, your husband and Karl." He seemed to find keen pleasure in the possibility of forcing the two into a position which would cause them suffering and weaken the barriers of self control they had built up around that boy and girl love that had come back so vividly to both. Had they regarded him as merely human it is certain that Karl would have kicked this SPLENDID COUPLE YOU TWO MAKE." cynical being out of the studio with his infernal innuendoes. But there was something supernormal about him. He dominated both the artist and the wife, and they were completely under his spell, struggle as they would to break it. Ola shrank from the cruelty of their tormentor. "If this is a jest it is a cruel one," she cried. "True, madame. But there is another way. If you wish it I can be quite truthful. Should your husband arrive I can tell him the portrait has not been touched and ask his pardon." "Pardon for what?" "For having seen your shoulders." "This is a trap," Ola cried, turning toward Karl for protection. "What do you want? You overwhelm me with false instinations. I hardly know you five minutes, and I imagine I feel your long fingers at my throat." "Other pretty women do not feel them quite so soon," he murmured, bending toward her. Enraged at the attitude of the man, Karl stepped toward him. "Stop! I won't allow any more of this," he commanded. The entrance of Helurich checked his speech. The old servant said: "The tailor has sent some evening clothes, M. Karl, but they are not yours." "They are mine," interrupted the stranger. "Yours?" Karl said in amazement. "Yes. They were crushed in my trunk," the other said coolly. "I told the tailor to press them and send them here for the evening. I must dress, as I am invited to the ball of one of the most beautiful women in the city tonight at the residence of the Duke of Maranese." "But the duke is not living there any more." Olga interposed. "He is in Madrid." "Yes, I know that. I met the duke in Parts." "He has sold his house to us. We are living there now, and the ball is given by me," she went on. The man looked at her, his black eyes seeming to burn through her own. Shrinking, fearful, fascinated, Olga was held in the spell of those eyes. "Was I mistaken? Am I not invited?" he asked. "Yes, you are invited," she faltered. She could not resist the subtle influence of the man, even while every instinct of good made her recoil from him. With a triumphant smile he bowed and said softly: "Madame, a little while ago you asked me what I wanted. It was your invitation that I wanted. I thank you." "But my husband," Olga said, already repenting of the advantage she had given him. "Oh, he will be delighted to see me," the stranger assured her confidently. "He speculates in wheat. I have information that will be of value to him. The crop has turned out worse than was expected. You love your husband. You should be happy that the wheat crop is bad." "I am," Olga assented. "We want wheat to be bad because the price will go up." "Your husband will make another fortune, and you will have the new gown you want." "How do you know I want a new gown?" Oiga asked, falling in once more with the devil's humor of the man. "I observe that you have a new hat and a pretty one. Surely you want a new gown." "You must be married." "Married! Not I," he exclaimed. "A wife is like a monocle. It looks well, but one sees more clearly without it." "Your views seem against marriage. Why? Oiga asked. The tone of Millar became suddenly serious as he said: "You want Karl to marry. I want to prevent him from marrying." "Please let's not discuss that," Karl protested. "Pardon me, Karl, but an artist should not marry," he went on. "Your future wife will swear to stand by your side for life—until the wedding day—and the day after she will be in your way." "Not the true wife," Olga declared. "Ah, but the true wife is always the other fellow's wife," he answered. Millar had talked so absorbingly that Karl and Olga unconsciously drew near to each other. They stood in front of the high pulpit back of the armchair, each one resting a hand on the chair back. Although they were quite unaware of it, their position suggested that of a young couple before the altar about to be joined in wedlock. The cyclical humor of the situation struck Millar, who walked around them, stood in the chair and leaned over the back, like a preacher in his pulpit. "You are a pessimist," Olga declared, looking up at him. "No, not a pessimist; only practical." "I agree with you," Karl said. "A man should stay at home." Millar leaned down, placing his hands over Karl's and Olga as they rested on the back of the chair. Looking at Karl, he said: "Why didn't you stay at home? You ran away to become an artist. You refused a professional position and ordinary morals, a decent occupation at so much a week. You wanted to go out and seek the golden fleece of fame. Now fight your battle; fight it alone; don't get married." As he spoke he lifted the hands of Karl and Oiga and placed them together, holding them clasped in his own. They thrilled at each other's touch; they looked into each other's eyes, and they hardly heard the cynical devil's voice as Millar leaned yet farther toward them and said: "I was thinking what a splendid couple you two would make." CHAPTER VIII LGA felt herself yielding to the devilish instmation of Millar. She made no effort to withdraw her hand from Karl's. She was completely under this sinister, dominating influence. Karl's will seemed equally impotent. He could not shake off the mysterious obsession. This man was more than a mere physical presence; he was a part of their very selves—the weaker, sensual impulses against which they had fought, but which now seemed gaining the mastery. The struggle went on in the soul of each Millar's voice fell melodiously on their ears: "The most important thing to you in life is to find your proper mate. Generations of conventional treatment will try to prevent you from doing so by pretending it is impossible. But down in your hearts, in their depths, where truth is not perverted by the veneer of convention, I know and you know that it is the simplest thing on earth. Here you are full of talent and longing; here is a woman, beautiful, passionate"—Karl made a last struggle against the inevitable consequence of this demon's urging, drawing Olga away from him. "I beg of you, don't!" he cried. "When I look at you I fear. Please don't speak of it. For six years we have lived peacefully." "Say what you will," the soft, even voice persisted. "I can read your eyes, and they are telling me. Don't believe him. He lies," he went on to Oign. "He dreams of her—you—every night and you of him, and he knows it, and you know it. Ah! I understand the language of your eyes. No matter what you say, that little love light in your eyes discredits you, reveals your inmost thoughts, and I read them through." "Let me speak," Karl pleaded. "For six years we have lived quietly, in peace, good friends, nothing else. Ola has not the least interest in me, and I-I am quite, quite indifferent." "Any one who thinks Karl capable of a base thought must be base and contemptible himself" Ola cried. The two were almost hysterical as they stood beside each other, warding off the evil that seemed to emanate from the mysterious person who towered over them from the pulpit backed chair. Karl held Ola's right hand in his. His left hand was on her shoulder protectingly. Millar spoke quickly, leaning far down toward them: "It is not a base thought; it is a beautiful thought, a thought shedding happiness, warmth and joy upon your otherwise miserable lives. But happiness, warmth and joy have a price that must be paid. He who loves wine too well will go to a drunkard's grave, but while he is drunk with wine angels sing to him. "Whatever the price, his happiness is cheaply bought. The poet sings his greatest song when he is about to die and is a poor, weak human mortal to live without wine and song and women's lips. A little stump of a candle shines its brightest ere it goes out forever. It should teach you that one glow of warmth is worth all this life can give. Life has no object to be thrown away. It must end. Let us end it well. Let our raging passions set fire to everything about us, burning, burning, burning, until we ourselves are reduced to ashes. Those who pretend otherwise are hypocrites and liars." The two listened spellbound to this amazing sermon of sin. Karl's arm slipped down to Olga's waist. He felt himself drawing her closer to him. "Don't be a liar," Millar urged, his eyes still burning into them; "don't be a hypocrite. Be a rascal, but be a pleasant rascal, and the world is yours. Look at me. All the world is mine, and what I have told you is the honest confession of all the world. We are baptized not with water, but with fire. Love yourself, only yourself. Wear the softest garments, sip the sweetest wine, kiss the prettiest lips." No subtler tempter ever spoke to the hearts of a man and a woman. Karl was leaning over Olga now. He saw her eyes, her lips, soft, warm, rose colored; he felt her arms as she clung to him, while over them both gloated the sinister figure of Millar, the devil, trumpphant, confident that his work was done. There was a crashing ring at the doorbell that acted like an electric shock on the group. Karl and Olga came to their senses, dazed, trembling, thankful. Millar stepped down from the chair, baffled, and turned his back upon them. "My husband!" Olga gasped. "Mr. Moneybags," Millar sneered contemptuously. CHAPTER IX LGA and Karl quickly drew apart. Both were relieved. Oign felt as if she had stepped back from the brink of a terrible precipe over which she had almost fallen. Her face was colorless, and there were lines of agony across her brow. The two unhappy people stood staring at each other for a full minute before Heinrich entered and announced Herman. It had been growing dark in the studio during the remarkable discourse by Millar, but so absorbed had both his listeners been in their own tremendous emotions that they had paid no heed. Now, as Herman entered his first exclamation was: "How dark it is in here! I am sorry I am late." Heinrich turned on the lights, and the apartment was suddenly illuminated. Karl and Oign had not yet recovered their self possession, but Karl managed to indicate with a wave of his hand his strange visitor. "Dr. Millar," he said. Millar nodded absently and barely replied to Herman's cordial greeting. He was still enraged at the interruption which had prevented the success of his infamous plan. Herman turned quickly to Karl and Oliga. "Well, children, where is the picture? I am anxious to see it," he exclaimed. "There is no picture," was all Karl could say. Oliga, filled with apprehension at she knew not what, was silent. "No picture!" Herman exclaimed. "What have you been doing all this time?" "It has been dark for an hour," Karl explained. "Yes, but Oliga has been here two hours." Herman said, looking at his watch. There was an instant of silence that threatened to become painfully embarrassing. Oliga was about to speak when Millar unexpectedly stepped forward briskly and politely: "My dear M. Hoffmann, it was my fault," he explained. "I came a moment after you left. I had not seen Karl in two years. We chatted, and the time flew past. It was an extremely interesting conversation, and madame was so kind as to invite me to the ball this evening." "You will accept, I trust." Herman said, with ready hospitality. "Yes, thank you," Millar said. "I have come direct from Odessa, where I have had a talk with the Russian wheat magnate." "Ah, I know. I shall lose money. The wheat crop is bad," Herman said impatiently. "Oh, isn't that good for us?" Oiga asked. "No, dear, it is not. I am short on wheat." "What does short on wheat mean?" Oiga asked. "It means digging a pit for others and falling into it yourself." Millar remarked cynically. "However," he went on, "things are not so bad. I have reliable information that the later crop will be abundant." "Good! I am delighted to learn this." Herman said, very much pleased with THE PLANET SATURDAY...DECEMBER 5. '08 Millar, who now spoke pleasantly and ingratiably. Karl had paid little attention to the colloquy between Herman and Millar. He tried to speak to Olga, but could not catch her eye. She seemed to wish to avoid him. She watched her opportunity, however, and managed to whisper to Millar: "I want to speak to you alone." Millar brought his subtility into instant play. Turning to Herman, he asked: "By the way, have you seen the sketch of madame Karl made yesterday? It is atrociously bad." "No. Where is it? I would like to see it." Herman cried cagerly. "It is in the studio." Millar said. "You must show it to me, Karl," Herman said, walking toward the studio door with the young artist. "I am sorry you didn't start on the picture today, but I suppose it can't be helped. What in the world were you talking about all that time?" As they went out talking Oiga followed slowly. As she passed Millar he said. "I will await you here." Oiga went with Karl and her-husband. She had hardly left the room when the door from the hall opened and Mimi entered. As Millar turned toward her with his ironical bow she drew back, afrighted. "Oh, excuse me!" she murmured. "You wish to see the artist?" Millar said. "Yes, please." He walked over, took her by the shoulders and coolly pushed her through the door into the hall. "Wait there, my dear," he said. "He is engaged just now." Then he turned to meet Olga, who entered suddenly, looking suspiciously around the room. "I thought I heard a woman's voice," she exclaimed. "The serubwoman. I sent her away," Millar explained. "I wanted to speak with you alone." Olga began, turning toward him and speaking very earnestly, "in order to tell you"— "That is not true," Millar interrupted her cynically. "What is not true?" "What you wanted to tell me," he said, with exasperating savvity. "You really want to talk with me because you regret that my sermon was interrupted by Mr. Moneybags." "No, no. I simply want to tell you the truth," she protested. "You may want to tell the truth, but you never do. I might believe you if you told me you were not telling the truth." "Must I think and speak as you wish?" she cried desperately. "No, not yet. What may I do for you, madame?" "Please do not come tonight," she implored. Millar smiled deprecatingly. She went on rapidly, speaking in a low tone that she might not be overheard by Herman and Kard. "I am myself again—a happy, dutiful wife. Your frivolous morals hurt me. Your words, your thoughts, your sinister influence that seems to force me against my will, frighten me. I must confess that I had become interested in your horrible sermon when thank God, my good husband rang the bell and put an end to it. He came in at the proper moment." "Yes, as an object lesson," Millar sneered. "I observed you closely. We three were beginning to understand one another when he came in." "Won't you drop the subject?" Olga asked. "Are you afraid of it?" Millar bowed deeply, as if granting her request, but he replied coolly: "I shall come." "And if my husband asks you not to come?" "He will ask me to come." "And if I should ask you in the presence of my husband not to come?" "I will agree to this, madame." Millar said, looking at her, with amusement "If you do not ask me in the presence of your husband to come tonight I will not come. Is that fair?" "Yes. That is more than fair. It is the first really nice thing you have said." Ola said, greatly relieved. She wanted to be rid of this terribly sinister influence, to be out of reach of the being who seemed to compel her thoughts to link her present with the past. She wished to feel again the sweet, wholesome purpose that had inspired her yesterday, to go ahead with her unselfish plans for Karl's future. Now that he had given his promise she was eager to be away, and as Karl and Herman entered she suggested to her husband that it was time to go. "Yes. Put on your coat." Herman said, turning to talk to Millar, whom he found interesting. Karl helped Olga on with her coat, and the touch of it brought back the feeling that had surged over him when he had leaned down to kiss her a few minutes before. "Now I see how unworthy is my sketch," he said softly. "Do not look at me like that," Olga protested. "Why not?" Karl asked hopelessly. "Even when I don't look at you I see you just the same." Olga covered her face and turned away from him. "Karl, you shall not do my portrait," she said. "Come. Herman, let us go home," she called to her husband. Herman and Millar were deep in the discussion of a subject on which the stranger seemed to me amazingly well Informed. The business instincts of Olga's husband were uppermost, and he did not like to be drawn away, but he said: "We shall continue this talk this evening then." "No. I regret to say that I can't come. I have made my apologies to Mme. Hoffmann. I had forgotten an engagement with the Russian consul for this evening." "Ah, the Russian consul will be at our house! Olga, dear, add your entreaties to mine. Persuade M. Millar to come." In dreadful embarrassment Olga turned to the smiling, cynical mask of a face that looked at her triumphantly. She could not refuse. "I hope we may have the pleasure of seeing you this evening," she said and turned wearily toward the door. "Thank you, madame," the fiend replied. "I shall be more than delighted." Karl interrupted to say that he would not reach the house that evening before 11 o'clock. He explained that he expected an art dealer. In reality he had just recalled his promise to stop at the house of Mimi. Herman, suspecting his design, made some jesting allusion to it, which caused Oiga to ask what he meant. He evaded her question, and Millar, seeing another excellent opportunity to point a moral, declared that he heard a knock. He walked over to the door, opened it and to the amazement of the others ushered the embarrassed little model into the room. "The art dealer," he said sarcastically. "I will repay you for your invitation. Madame, I shall manage to forget my overcoat, and in five minutes I shall return for it and break up the chat which you anticipate with such displeasure." Olga could not deny the insinuation. She did feel jealous of the pretty model; she did wish that the girl and Karl might not be left alone, and she felt almost grateful to Millar for his promise. Karl had ushered Mimi into the studio, casually explaining that she was a model, and then he bade his guests goodbye. Left alone, he threw himself face downward on the sofa, where Mimi found him a few minutes inter. (To Be Continued.) Substitute for Confetti. The time may be opportune for an appeal to inventors to consider the urgent need there is for some substitute for confetti. To admit that rice was bad is not to make the substitute any better. It is comparatively painless when thrown, but the absolute impossibility of removing it from clothes or carpets without picking it off by individual particles should be enough of itself to condemn it in the eyes of all reasonable people. Think of Living. Reader! to thee thyself, even now, he (Goethe) has one counsel to give, the secret of his whole poetic alchemy; Gedeken zu lieben. Yes, "think of living!" Thy life, wert thou the "plutifulest of all the sons of earth," is no title dream but a solemn reality. It is thy own; it is all thou hast to front eternity with. Work, then, even as he has done, and does—"Like a star unhasting, yet unresting."—Carlyle. Having a Shy at Literature. A young professor of mathematics, immense at mathematics and games, dangerous at chess, capable of Haydn on the violin, once said to me, after listening to some chat on books: "Yes; I must take up literature." As though saying: "I was rather forgetting literature. However, I've polluted off all these other things. I'll have a shy at literature now."—Arnold Bennett, in T. P. Weekly. Influence of the Pessimist The presence of one who is a victim to moods is always a calamity in a home. One by one the family seek to escape from the influence so distressing. Moodiness carried to its last extreme is insanity, and has often neither the apology of a good reason to offer nor the excuse of a bad one.—World and His Wife. Snake Superstitions The Sanskrit name for a serpent means "having poison in the dye," that is, the fatal power to kill at a glance. Perhaps from some such notion as this the gratifying superstition arose in Morocco that if a magic rain fell on April 27 and got into the eyes of snakes and scorpions, they would go blind. A Turkish women's paper, with a woman as editor and with women as contributors, has been in existence for several years. It informs its readers that "any contribution that is in accordance with Mussulman faith and with Ottoman morals will be gratefully received." A. Tea Substitute. It is a very well-known fact on the continent that a raw egg is a certain restorer of tired nerves. A French or a German woman will eat a couple of raw eggs for a pick-me-up just as the English woman takes a cup of strong tea, and feels much refreshed thereby. Loyalty to Friends Never permit yourself to comment unfavorably upon a friend. If you have a complaint, carry it in person to the individual concerned. Loyalty is the life breath of real friendship, and if there were more loyalty there would be fewer broken friendships. Remedy for Hoarseness Bake a lemon for 20 minutes in moderate oven; then open at one end and dig out the inside; sweeten with sugar or molasses, and eat. This will relieve hoarseness and remove pressure from the lungs THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Christmas Hints For Santa Claus' Helpers—An Embroidered Pincushion—Doily Sachet and Other Presents Easily Made. Any of the gifts pictured in this column may easily be made in an evening. The pincushion shown is worked out in serim and decorated with empire wreaths in shaded green ribbon. The sachet shown can easily be made out of a small dolly, which may be embroidered in any appropriate flower. MATERIALS REQUIRED. A half yard of white linen scrim. One bolt of empire green baby ribbon. One-half yard each of two lighter shades of ribbon. Two yards of cluny lace. EMBROIDERED PINCUSHION. The sachet pads are held in place by baby ribbons harmonizing with the embroidery tints. A party bag that is decidedly unique resembles in shape a Chinese lantern. Three yards of pompadour ribbon five inches wide were used in making it. The ribbon was cut into six pieces of equal length, pointed at one end. The pointed ends were sewed to- gether, forming the full bottom of the bag. A casing of white satin ribbon an inch wide was sewed around the bag eight inches from the top. Into the casing thus formed was run featherbone, then covered with fancy stitches of pink and green rope silk matching in shade the figures of the ribbon. The bag was drawn in the usual way, having a frill two inches deep at the top which was faced with white silk. The featherbone ring keeps the bag in shape, so that when it is opened all its contents are visible, which in itself is a boon to any one who has searched in an ordinary workbag for some elusive article that cannot be found until the bag has been turned upside down and inside out. This feature makes it an excellent model to be carried out in black ribbon for a convenient shopping bag. The tea strainer pincushion is a useful article that needs no particular skill in its development. You buy the strainer and paint a simple flower upon MATERIALS REQUIRED. Pasteboard photograph frame. Half yard heavy green linen crash. Three skeins green silk. Three skeins brown silk. DOILY SACHET. it, then fill with horsehair and secure this by a cardboard disk, covered with a bit of any bright silk, etc. Conceal the edge of the strainer with a frill of ribbon from one to two inches wide and tie a bow to the handle, by which the cushion hangs. Gifts For Young Girls. Hand embroidered turnovers and cuffs. All dainty neckwear. Gold and silver pencils. Overnight bags (leather). Silver garter clasps. Morocco workbox, fitted. Ivory or pearl manicure set. Good standard books. Set of the American poets. Engraved initial or school stationery. Silver toilet utensils. Cologne and toilet water. Sofa pillows. Bureau cushion and cover. Down quilt. Shirt waist box. Silk for dress or blouse. Hand embroidered handkerchiefs. Bows for the hair. Silver slipper buckles. Carbon prints or photographs. Good framed pictures. Plain gold bracelets. An Artistic Pillow An artistic looking sofa pillow may be made from coarse crash. In constructing it use two pieces about eighteen inches square—the front and the back. The former can be decorated with three large conventional tulips placed side by side and running to the top of the cushion. These are cut from leather, painted in natural shades and then glued to the cover. The deep reds and soft greens are most effective on the neutral background of crash, and this pillow will be decidedly hand-some. A Literary Face. The correspondents of most Welsh newspapers and magazines are tin-workers, collars, shoemakers, blacksmiths, tailors, farm laborers, and others in similar humble labor walks of life. And many of the articles which come from the pens of these men are worthy of wilder circulation than is possible in the Welsh language.—London Western Mall. A BRIDGE PURSE A Useful Trifle to Carry When Playing the Game. As there is no sign of the fascinating game of bridge losing its attractions for smart society, the bridge purse seen in the illustration will be an acceptable gift for the girl who likes to make her game more exciting by playing a penny or so a point. To make the purse commence with 85 chain, miss 1 chain, 1 double into every stitch, 1 chain turn. Second row—1 double into 70 stitches (taking up in this and every row the two top threads), 2 chain, miss 2 double, then 12 double into the next 12 double, 1 chain turn. Third row—12 double, 2 into the 2 chain of last row, 70 more double, 1 chain turn; repeat these last two rows until you have worked 26 rows altogether — that is, 13 stripes — then 1 double into end of stripe, 4 treble into next stripe * , 1 double into next stripe * , 1 double into next, 5 treble into next *, repeat three times, 1 double into next, 4 treble into next, 1 double into next (the last stripe), and fasten off—this is the right side—then fold together and sew up on the wrong side. Cut off a length of silk about five yards and with it crochet 1 double on to the inside of the purse on the right hand side 25 chain, draw through the first loop of 2 chain, 2 double on to the ring, 25 chain, draw thread through the next loop, 2 chain on purse, and repeat until all the loops are filled (this requires a little care so as not to get the thread entangled, but it saves breaking off and threading in the ends every time); then do double crochet MATERIALS REQUIRED. One ball of crochet silk, any color preferred. One yard and quarter of narrow ribbon to, match silk. One small ivory ring. A few steel crochet needles. A PRETTY SILK PUSE. to nicely cover and fill up the ring fasten off and neatly run in the ends of silk. Fold the ribbon and sew on to the top of the ring. GIFTS EASY TO MAKE Ideas For Christmas Any Needlewoman Can Carry Out. Among the new fancy articles that are being made for Christmas is a folding hatrack which very much resembles a candlestick shade. A semi-circle is first cut out of buckram or tailor's canvas, the outer edge being twenty-two inches and the height five inches. It can be covered with denim colored linen or flowered cretonne and is bound with gold braid, which is glued on, or with silk braid to match the cover. Three clamps or hooks are sewed on the ends, and when these are fastened together the whole forms a cone on which the hat can rest on the table or the hatbox. Another acceptable gift is a handmade medicine case, which would be found most useful when traveling. It is made of plain linen bound with red braid. Cut a piece of the linen 14 by 12 inches and fashion it so that it forms four well shaped flaps. Bind these with the braid. Then take about ten inches of red silk garter elastic and stitch it to the center of the linen in six different places. In the elastic put five two ounce bottles. MATERIALS REQUIRED One-eighth yard of cretonne. One-eighth yard of China silk. One piece of cardboard. One spool of black darning cotton. One spool of white darning cotton. Half yard of ribbon. DARNING COTTON HOLDER These can easily be obtained from any druggist. The two cross flaps are finished with a button and buttonhole. A darning cotton holder is a most welcome gift to a mother. Two oval pieces of cardboard, about four and a half inches long by two and a half inches wide, are covered with flowered cretonne or any odd pieces of silk and a lining of white. Two spools of darning cotton, one black and the other white, are placed between the two pieces and held there by a piece of ribbon, which passes through the center of the spools and the upper and lower pieces of cardboard, being tied finally in a large bow at the top. Oh! Quizzing Bess--Did you tell Ten you would be his sister? Learning Life's Lessons Learning Life's Lessons. Alcott; Our bravest lessons are not learned through successes, but disadventure. LINCOLN HAIR POMADE MAKES KINKY HAIR SOFT REMOVES DANDRUFF KEEPS HAIR FROM BREAING 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 The Lincoln Pomade Co NORFOLK, VA.. U. S. A. Agents Wanted Everywhere. Write for particulars. If your dealer does not keep it, send 20 cents in stamps or silver to THE LINCOLN POMADE CO, Department B, Norfolk, Va, and we will send you a bottle to return mail. I heard him in the courtroom. His speech transmitted the crowd, "Never," said he "should violence or robbed me." Rise calm o'er passions, slow to judge; Heed well the ancient saw, "Obedience to authority leave the courtroom." You cheat! We had this climbed Till you butt in, you this dough head dolt! Too bad you can't be lynched!" And when the ump went down mid blow and kick, "Twas my friend's hand that fired the MOTOR LANGUAGE. Dyer—What do you call your machine, an automobile or a motor car? Hyer—I call it either when it runs. When it doesn't, I call it other things. Who Knows. Who Knows. To stop all false is New York's cry- A need that's human. Perhaps we need well-by and by Produce a noblesse by Selected "Your story's original, but I shall have to reject it," said the editor. "The public wouldn't believe you." "Why not?" inquired the timid author. "Well, in the first place, you tell about a man putting up a stove and you let him accomplish that feat without once knocking a picture off the wall, dropping the hammer on his wife's head or failing from the step ladder himself." -Decroit Free Press. A Libelous Omission "What do you mean by calling me that?" demanded the trust magnate, pointing to the offending line in the paper. "Soulless individual," read the editor. "Why, you never objected to being called a soulless individual." "That isn't what you call me," thundered the visitor, hotly. "You have it 'soulless individual', which means an individual without a sou." Abused Nevada Law Nevada passed a law several years ago allowing hunters to shoot wild horses and to sell their hides. This opened the way to a new and profitable industry, and within a few years 15,000 wild horses were killed. But the hunters got to shooting horses that were branded and shod, and upon the plea of the ranchmen the legislature repealed the law. Schoolbox Definition Some funny things happen in the schoolroom. A Brooklyn teacher called upon a small boy to define "multitude." "A multitude" said the boy, "is what we get when we multiply." When Philosophy Fails. "Urging unhappy people to think of their mercies," says the philosopher of folly, "is like trying to persuade a kitten who is unable to get out of a bathtub that she is happy because the water isn't turned on." —Mr. Joseph Evans, our agent at Pittsburgh, Pa. desires all his customers whose subscriptions for the mail service last past due to call and settle at once. HER POCKET She was a dainty, tiny thing, With curly hair and dreamy eyes, I watched her fortuitously, and wished That I could draw as dear a prize. When, suddenly, she seemed alarmed, Began to act a trifle queer. Poke anxiously around her waist And in her gloves to wildly peer. She next removed her hat a bit And wedged a finger 'neath the brim, I saw her grit her teeth and clench Her pretty hands, so small and slim. A strange squint gleamed within her eyes; She seemed to lose her sweet repose, And, stretching wide her pretty mouth, Deliberately pinched her nose! I looked at her in true alarm, Alas! that all my scattered wits Could not recall a thing to do For pretty maidens having fits! I watched her grab each arm in turn, And pinch it firmly every place, Until I saw a tiny hump And a tiny hoof She clutched it. Were it made of gold She could not wear a look more pleased, A handkerchief-size two by twice. She drew—and then, at last, she sneezed Mrs. Mugins—My husband is a perfect crank. Mrs. Bugins—All husbands are, dear, Mrs. Mugins—But fancy a man who complains that my mustard plasters are not as strong as those his mother used to make. Breeft. No wonder on the sandy shore The breakers wildly roam. The winds come up with sullen roar; The summer girl's gone home. —Washington Star. Some Satisfaction In That Mrs. Hewligus—You say that if a burglar wants to get into the house he'll get in in spite of everything you can do to keep him out. Then what is the use of your taking so much pains to fasten all the doors and windows? Mr. Hewligus—I want to give him all the trouble I possibly can, blame him!—Chicago Tribune. Heartfelt Sympathy "It is said that Emperor William has 45 castles in Germany." "Poor man!" "Why do you say poor man?" "I was thinking of the price it must cost him to heat them, if there is a coal trust in Germany."—Chicago Record-Herald. The Sure Way. Dorothy's mother found her with an alarm clock on her foot, and the alarm set for six o'clock. "Well, for goodness sake, Dorothy, what mischief are you up to now?" Beating His Rival "What are you crowing about? Griggsby's airship showed itself su- perlor to your's in every respect." "Yes; but as mine was teste$ on a fine day the photographs turned out perfect, and Griggsby made his ascent when it was too dark even for a time exposure."—Puck. Extenuating Circumstances Head of Firm—You are late this morning, sir. I call your attention to the fact that I am always here on time. Castleton—True, sir. But you don't have to sit up nights with your own daughter.—Life. Quite the Contrary Mrs. Upsome—Is your dentist one of the "painless" kind? Mrs. Oylwell—Not at all. He's so sympathetic that he says it hurts him just as much as it does me—Chicago Tribune. Unprofitable. Kind Old Lady—Why, my dear little boy, what is the use of crying like that? Little Boy—Taunt no use. I've been cryin' like this all mornin' an' nobody didn't give me a penny yit—Judge. The bases of new forms. Hats off to the dancing zones who scorn to watch in the old zets, who curse out new paths for themselves and leave them a broad and open for others to follow in their footsteps. These are the ones who have the right kind of conceit, the conceit which is appreciated and brings its own reward. JOSHUA BANKS & SONS CATERERS EVERY FACILITY CONSISTENT WITH FINE CATERING Special Attention Given to Balls, Suppers, Installations and Snouts at the Shortest Notice. Your Patronage Solicited. 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DECEMBER 5, '08. Some folks find it very difficult to tell the truth under any circumstances and then they are the first to get offended if you tell them frankly that you do not believe them. --- It seems to us that the white folks are setting a very bad example for the colored folks, if we are to judge by the scandals that they are publishing in their own newspapers. --- There is no question but what business is "picking up" since the election and that the success of the Republican ticket means increased prosperity for the nation. --- We have received "Living Hymns." a collection of popular songs by Rev. L. B. Goodall. The price is ene ly ten cents per copy and may be obtained from the author by address ing him at Charlotteville, Va. --- Some people who pray the loudest are the slowest about paying their bills. They are always ready to settle in the currency or heaven that has no real value among these people on earth. --- We received an Invitation to the reception and banquet of Ocean Spring Commandery. No. 3. Knights Templars at Fitzgerald's Auditorium, Atlantic City, N. J. Thursday evening, November 26, 1908. B. G. Fitzgerald, Eminent Commander; C. G. Johnson, Recorder Colored people will do well to give no encouragement to the ill-mannered uncouth, disreputable colored folks amongst us. We are in a measure held accountable for their actions and we should do all in our power to either reform them or put them where they can do no harm either to ourselves or to the white folks, who are so constantly prating about our weaknesses. President Roosevelt has announced that he will re-appoint Dr. W. D. Crum, Collector of the Port at Charleston, South Carolina. This will be gratifying information not only to the colored people of the country, but to the other colored men who are employed under the present administration. Senator B. R. Tillman may groan in the anguish of his heart, but such sounds coming from that quarter will be music to the ears of the distinguished occupant of the White House. President Roosevelt delivered an address at the laying of the corner stone of the new Y. M. C. A. Building of the colored folks at Washington Thursday, November 26, 1908. It seems to us that the best speech made was that of Mr. John D. Rockefeller, when he gave $25,000 towards that is neither here nor there. It is that he neither here nor there. It is a gratifying fact that the distinguished representative of the American people consented to appear upon such an occasion after the "hard knocks" he had given a race that had stood by him upon every occasion and voiced his praises from one section of this country to the other. We had hoped that he would have dropped some reference to the members of Companies B, C and D of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, who stand disgraced on account of the rigorous order promulgated by him in the Brownsville affair. We confess that we have lost confidence in the statements of President Roosevelt. He has veered so far from his preachments when it came to actual performances on questions of human rights that it makes us tired to even ponder on the many things that he likes so much to say. For example read the following: "As for the white man, let him remember in this as in all other matters, that to do justice to the colored man is demanded, not only by the interest of the colored man, but by the interest of the white man also. Sooner or later in this community every class of citizens will feel the effect of the raising or degradation of any other class. All men up is a much safer motto than "Some men down"; and it is to the interest of every class of any community that the members of every other class shall feel that industry, sobriety, good behavior, the conduct that marries a man as being a good neighbor and a good citizen, should receive a proper reward, so as thereby to put a premium upon the development of such qualities." This is model language, well-calculated to inspire and please every colored man or sound judgment in the United States, and yet how does it square with his action in the Brownsville case and his brutal treatment of Sergant Mingo Sanders and his colleagues, whose industry, sobriety, good behaviour, as testified to by their white officers were most exemplary from every standpoint? In this case President Roosevelt reversed his policy of "a square deal," and set up the motto of "all men in those companies down" instead of some of the men up. Mr. Roosevelt seemed to fear that some persons would misconstrue his remarks for he hastened to add: "I am not speaking of social relations." "I am not speaking of social relations: I am speaking of equality of treatment before the law, of equality of opportunity to earn a living, of equality of opportunity to earn the respect that should be accorded to the man who behaves decently, and is a good neighbor and good citizen." Sergeant Mingo Sanders behaved decently and had a record that shines as bright as that of any man In the army and there were numbers of other colored men, who were equally as faithful, but President Roosevelt consented to the mutilation of their records and the denial to them of the fundamental guarantees that are found in the Constitution of the United States. For this reason, his words inspire no hearty response as of yore. They fall upon deaf cars, so to speak and all await the time, when he will make a legitimate effort to undo the wrong perpetrated and accord to colored men in the army the same rights and privileges that he has vouch-safed to white men in this same organization. IS NOW NON-SECTARIAN Stockholders of Swarthmore College Vote For Change. Philadelphia, Dec. 2.—Swarthmore college, founded and nurtured by Friends, and for thirty-nine years holding a high place among schools controlled by that society, passed into the ranks of non-sectarian colleges. By unanimous vote of its stockholders at the annual meeting in this city a provision which made the school technically sectarian was abolished, and the Friends, who have made the school what it is, united to make it in fact what it has been in spirit, non-sectarian. Dash For the South Pole In Auto. Christchurch, New Zealand, Dec. 2. The British whaler Nimrod, which is conveying Lieutenant E. H. Shackleton on an Antarctic expedition, left here bound for the South Pole. Lieutenant Shackleton contemplates making the dash for the pole in an auto. The car is of a unique make, having special features for ice work, which will make dog training unnecessary. The car, according to the plan, will run about twenty-five miles a day. THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND. VIRGINIA. MINE BLAST DEALS DEATH FEAR GAS WELL CAUSED IT It Is Said Diggers, Blasting Below, May Have Tapped Vein to Gusher, Three Men In the Cage Were Hurled Through Roof of the Shaft House. The squeaking iron bucket, operated in the 500-foot shaft leading to the Rachel and Agnes mines of the Pittsburg-Buffalo Coal company, at Marianna, Pa., since last Saturday, when a terrific explosion in the mines wrecked the up-to-date elevator in the shaft and snuffed out the lives of 136 miners carried to the surface the bruised, mangled and burned remains of the victims of the disaster. The general belief is that not many more bodies will be found. That a few bodies are buried under state or other roof structure and the bodies of underground construction was conceived, and it may be several days before these are found. The workings in which the catastrophe happened is known as the Rachel and Agnes mines, in reality a double mine, with underground connections. Construction work was practically finished, and Deputy State Mine Inspector Henry Loutit a few moments before the explosion had completed a two days' inspection, which had revealed no cause for apprehension. Mine Foreman Henry Thompson and two miners entered the cage, and it was started towards the bottom of the 500-foot shaft. There was an ominous rumbling, then a trembling of the ground round about the mouth of the shaft as from an earthquake, and an instant later there was a terrific report, and the cage was hurled up the shaft and through the roof of the shaft house, the mine foreman and the two men still in it. The bodies of the men were hurled through the top of the building and far beyond it. Thompson was dead when picked up, while the others, although mortally injured, were hurried to a hospital. The cause of the disaster is a mystery. Some say it was an abandoned gas well that was tapped by the miners others; others say the mine has been known to be gaseous. A. Legalized Triple Lynching The town of Tiptonville, Tenn., bordering on Reelfoot lake, which recently has been the scene of many stirring incidents, witnessed the "legalized" lynching of three negroes who were arrested for murdering on Sunday Special Deputy Sheriff Richard Burruss and wounding John Hall, a deputy sheriff. The execution of the negroes was given a semblance of leagility by a hurled "trial" arranged with the understanding that the men would be condemned to death as soon as the "trial" was over. The negroes lynched were Marsbull, Edward and James Stinneback. These brothers created a disturbance at a religious meeting near Tiptonville on Saturday night. When Officers Burruss and Hall attempted to arrest them the negroes shot the officers. Will Oppose Re-Election of Penrose. In a statement made by Representative-elect Captain Ira McJunkin, of Butler, Pa., it is said an effort will be made at the coming session of the Pennsylvania legislature to elect State Treasurer John O. Sheatz to succeed Bois Penrose in the United States senate. According to the statement, a thoroughly organized movement is now on foot and it is asserted that the "invasion of the Penrose ranks will produce a political upheaval unprevented in the politics of the state." Captain McJunkin also states that Treasurer Sheatz is heartily in favor of the course outlined and has indicated his willingness to join the issue against Penrose. Four Perish in Crash of Liners. In a thick fog off Sandy Hook, the steel freighter Georgic, of the White Star line, rammed and sank the lightly laden Panama line steamer Finance, outward bound with eighty-five passengers. The Finance went down within ten minutes after the collision, carrying to their death three of her passengers and one of the crew. The rest of the passengers, who included nineteen women and fourteen children, as well as others of the crew, were rescued by the boats of the Georgic. The freighter was not damaged. The dead are: Miss Irene Campbell, Charles H. Schweinler, Henry Muiler, all of Panama, and William H. Todd, third assistant engineer. Will Eight Miners' Demands On behalf of the anthracite coal operators, a statement has been issued explaining the position of the operators with regard to the new working agreement that is to be entered into when the present three-year agreement, based on the award of the strike commission of 1902, which expires April 1 next. The operators declare that there is no possibility that they will accede to the demands which the United Mine Workers of America have decided upon, but have not yet formally presented to the operators. The operators say they have been given to understand that the miners have drafted a new set of demands, which the miners' union agreed to waive in 1906, when the working agreement was extended to March 31, 1909. The stand of the operators will be for a renewal of the agreement for another three-year term, or longer. Fleet on Way Home. With the long homeward bound pennants of the vessels streaming in the breeze that blew across Manila har Gor, in the Philippines, Uncle Sam's great fleet of battleships started from here Tuesday on the last leg of their cruise around the world. They will stop at other ports before seeing the Atlantic coast of the United States rise before their eyes, but the stay at Manila was the last long sojourn of the fleet before reaching home. First Whipping In Years. First Whipping in Years. For the first time in eight years the whipping post was used at Hagerstown, Md., when Jim Wilson, a colored man, was lashed by Sheriff George W. Earnshaw for wife-beating. Wilson was convicted before Police Justice Hoffman, who sentenced him to receive ten lashes and to serve six months in the house of correction. Wilson was sullen and refused to appeal for mercy, although he squirmed as each blow of the whip fell upon his bare back. Headquarters For Union Engineers. Warren S. Stone, the grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, announced that the plans for the brotherhood's new headquarters building in Cleveland, O., have been completed. A twelve-story building will be erected in the downtown district. Work, he said, would begin next March. The building will cost $1,000,000. The erection of the building will mean a permanent home for the brotherhood. Lamphere Guilty of Arson. Ray Lamphe, charged with arson and the murder of Mrs. Belle Gunness and her three children by setting fire to the Gunness house on April 28, was found guilty of arson by the jury at La porte, Ind. Within five minutes after the verdict was reported, Judge Richter sentenced the defendant to the state penitentiary at Michigan City for an indeterminate term of from two to twenty-one years, fined him $5000 and disfranchised him for five years. Shot Dead Hunting Rabbitts. Frank Koons and Elmer Hoffman, of Cementon, Pa., cousins, aged sixteen, went gunning for rabbits near Laurys. Koons was ahead as they went through a wire fence. The trigger of Hoffman's gun caught in the wire, causing a discharge, and Koons fell, shot through the abdomen. He died within five minutes. Cheap Paper In Sight. Paper is to be manufactured from cotton stalks, a heretofore useless byproduct, according to a report issued by the bureau of manufacture. A company capitalized at $500,000 has been organized at Atlanta, Ga., for the purpose. It is claimed that paper can be made from cotton stalks at a cost of about $15 a ton. Newberry New Head of Navy Beginning Tuesday the navy of the United States had a new official head. He is Truman H. Newberry, of Michigan, formerly assistant secretary of the navy, who has acted as secretary since the retiring secretary, Victor Metcalf, of California, was incapacitated by illness. Postal Deficit $16,873,222 In his annual report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1908, Postmaster General Meyer gives the total receipts for the year as $208,371,886, thereby shwing a deficit of $-6,873,222, the 'argest in the history of the department, with an additional loss from fire, burglary, etc., of $37,056. Lost $12,000 Necklace Otto C. Heinze, a broker, reported to the police of the Tenderloin station in New York that his wife had lost a $12,000 necklace of sixty-three pearls on Thanksgiving night while attending a theater. Taft On the Water Wagon Comment was made at a small dinner at Hot Springs, Va., on the fact that Mr. Taft's wine glass was turned down. "Yes, and it is going to stay turned down," he said. "I am not going to drink anything again, ever." Dice On Wax to Get $40,000 Within an hour before he was to receive a fortune of $40,000 left him by General John A. Halderman, a former close friend, who died recently, Samuel E. Taylor, a contractor of Atlantic City, N. J., dropped dead in New York. Blind Bees Make Best Honey. Blind bees are makers of the best honey. This is a discovery announced by H. R. Latifier, who is at the head of the mathematical department of the Maryland School for the Blind at Baltimore. Hitchcock Gets Cabinet Post. Frank H. Hitchcock, chairman of the Republican national committee, has been offered and has accepted the position of postmaster general in the Taft cabinet that is to be. Bear Admiral Russell Dead Rear Admiral Alexander Wilson Russell, of the United States navy, retired, died at his home in Philadelphia, aged eighty-four years. Death was due to heart failure. Gets $200 For Pearl Found in Oyster. John A. Cobine, a sporting man of Trenton, N. J., found a pearl in an oyster. He sold it to a jeweler for $200 cash. WHY BUTTER IS HIGH Markets Cornered By Produce Men, Is Report. Chicago, Dec. 2.—Manipulation of the leading butter markets of the country by a coterie of Chicago, Elgin and eastern produce men, is said to be responsible to a large extent for the present high price of butter. While supplies of butter are larger than is usually the case at this season, values are materially higher than a year ago, with prospects of further advances before there is any relief. Rumors of a corner in June storage butter, which is the best of the season's pack, have been circulated for some time, and while vigorously denied by the principals, the fact remains that the stock of choice storage butter is tightly held, with prices high and on the up grade. MR. ARCHBOLD UNDER HOT FIRE Prosecutor Sought Information Regarding Loans of $2,700,000 Made to James McDonald By a Subsidiary Company, But Witness Declared He Could Throw No Light Upon the Question. New York, Dec. 2.—Seeking to unravel the puzzling ownership of the Security Oil Company of Texas and other oil companies which the government charges are controlled by the Standard Oil company, Frank B. Kellogg, federal counsel in the United States suit to dissolve the so-called oil trust, subjected John D. Archbold to a grilling cross-examination. Mr. Kellogg also sought information regarding certain mysterious loans of $2,700,000 made to James McDonald by the Anglo-American company, a Standard subsidiary, but Mr. Archbold, a director of the Anglo-American company, was unable to throw any light on the question. Mr. Archbold seemed to think that there was no one this side of London who could help Mr. Kellogg with the information he desired. For over a year the government's counsel has been trying to obtain information regarding these McDonald loans, but has failed. The government alleged that the loans were made to enable the Standard to secretly purchase the Manhattan Oil Company of Ohio. Mr. Archbold said that he and Henry H. Rogers resigned as directors of the Anglo-American company shortly after their election a year ago. The vice president of the Standard denied that the resignations were brought about by the present government proceedings. Mr. Archbold was closely questioned about many pipe lines and refineries which had been purchased by the Standard. He denied that the refineries had been bought that they might be dismantled, thereby removing competition. They were secured, Mr. Archbold said, to succeed to their volume of business. Of the total amount of illuminating oil refined by the Standard in 1906, Mr. Archbold stated that 63 per cent was sold abroad. Export figures of other years further showed that the Standard exported the major bulk of its illuminating oil. The line of testimony with regard to the immense foreign trade indicates that one of the defenses of the Standard is that the present combination makes it possible to obtain this foreign trade which, the company will endeavor to show, brings a trade balance in favor of the United States. This foreign business, Mr. Archbold went on to say, was secured in the face of the competition of 400 foreign companies. Mr. Archbold said that products of the Standard reach every part of the world, and further declared that it was the aim of the company to reach direct every consumer in the Far East, as was done in this country. "Our state department has helped us much," said Mr. Archbold. "In fact we have been better treated with reference to our foreign business than with our business at home." SHE WANTS TO BE A POLICEWOMAN Mrs. Goldbier Appeals to Bayonne Council For Job. Bayonne, N. J., Dec. 2 Her two years of letter writing to the common council of this city urging her appointment to the municipal police force having failed to secure for her the uniform, badge and poviers appertaining to the guardians of local peace, Mrs. Julia Goldbier personally appeared before a committee of that branch of the city government and made a stirring but ineffectual argument and plea. She was assisted in her presentation of her case by her husband, who is an advocate of the desirability and necessity of police women. Mrs. Goldbier and her husband argued that women police would do more to elevate the moral tone of the city than can men, and that especially in dealing with women and girls on the streets at night their work would be more effective. Saw Vision of Dead Grandson and Died New York, Dec. 2.—After exclaiming "Why, Frank, when did you come here?" Mrs. Margaret Smith, a wealthy resident of Seaford, N. J., dropped dead in the parlor of her friend, Mrs. Fay, at 324 West Fortieth street, about nine hours after the death of her grandson, who died without her knowl- edge at his parents' home, 112 West Sixteenth street. Frank Kane had been ill for some weeks with gastritis. He had always had a deep love for his grandmother. Tuesday he remarked that he wondered if he would see his grandmother before he died. He said suddenly expired a few minutes later. DECEMBER SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 FIGHT AGAINST CANNON IS OFF Taft Assured That Uncle Joe Will Fall in Line. THOROUGH TARIFF REVISION Cannon and the Present Regime In the House Will Put Through Mr. Taft's Progressive Program—Their Acceptance of President-Elect's Terms May Be Reflected In Change of House Rules. Hot Springs, Vd., Dec. 2. — The threatened fight by Mr. Taft against the re-election of Joseph G. Cannon as speaker of the house is off. It was learned from a reliable source that the president-elect has received assurances that Cannon and the present regime in the house are ready not only to make the revision of the tariff thorough and honest, in accordance with the Taft pledges on the stump, but to put through the rest of the Taft program of progressive legislation. In other words, Mr. Taft has accomplished in a little over two weeks just what he started out to accomplish, and he is ready now to accede to the re-election of the speaker. In what form these assurances came to Hot Springs is uncertain at this time, but there is no doubt that they were conclusive. There would not be much surprise here if it turned out later that National Chairman Frank H. Hitchcock brought the olive branch from the Cannon crowd. Hitchcock was commissioned by the president-elect to look into the speakership situation. He came to Hot Springs shortly afterward from Washington and proceeded to discourage the idea that there was to be any fight between Mr. Cannon and the president-elect. Mr. Taft will undoubtedly meet the speaker when he (Taft) goes to Washington next week, and at that time the details of the understanding will be worked out. The Taft progressive program includes besides tariff revision legislation looking toward the prevention of the over-issuing of railroad stock and bonds, also legislation providing for an enlargement of the machinery to carry out the Roosevelt policies already enacted into law, and for an increase in the staff of the department of justice with a view to the more effective prosecution of violations of the interstate commerce act. Mr. Taft's friends have declared ever since the intimations of a fight against Speaker Cannon began to come out that the president-elect had nothing against Mr. Cannon personally. All he wanted was definite assurance that the speaker and his supporters in the house would play fair on the tariff and that the progressive policies which Mr. Taft had outlined in his speech of acceptance and on the stump would not be obstructed. The falling in of Cannon and his friends behind the Taft program may, however, be reflected in changes in the rules of the house. The movement that has already been started by several Republican congressmen to refuse to caucus on the rules is sure to gain an impetus from any concessions that Cannon and the other leaders of the house may make to Mr. Taft's demands. BABY EMPEROR IS ENTHRONED Pu Yi, Three Years Old, Assumes Rule of China. Pekin, Dec. 2.—With all the ancient ceremonial that has grown around the throne of China in the course of centuries, the little three-year-old ruler of the Middle Kingdom, Pu Yi, was enthroned. Mandarins and other officials, repledent in the particolored jackets that mark their dignities, assembled here from all parts of the empire to give personal testimony to their loyalty to the new regime. It had been understood that the ceremony of ennforcement would be postponed until the latter part of January, on the Chinese New Year's day, when the era of the late Emperor Kwang Seu would have ended. Owing to the desire of the official class to have its status settled as soon as possible, the ceremonies were fixed for Wednesday. All of the prominent Chinese whose names are known to foreigners were present at the ceremonies. Among them were Yuan Shi Kai, Prince Chung, Chang Chin Tung and Chen Tung Liang Chang, former minister to the United States. LABOR LEADER REWARDED Daniel J. Keefe Appointed Commissioner of Immigration. Washington, Dec. 2. — Daniel J. Keefe, of Detroit, Mich., was appointed commissioner general of immigration, to succeed the late Frank P. Sargent. Mr. Keefe is president of the International Longshoremen's union. The Democratic national committee issued a statement in October asserting that Keefe had been promised by President Roosevelt the position of commissioner of immigration in return for his advocacy of the election of William H. Taft. Mr. Keefe denied this and declared that on Aug. 16, six weeks before, he saw President Roosevelt, he announced that he was opposed to Bryan and would vote for Mr. Taft. --- Receipt That CURES Weak Men FREE. Any man who suffers from nervous debility, loss of natural power, weak back or falling memory, brought on by excesses, disi- pation, unnatural drains or the follicles of youth, may cure himself quickly and gentlely, has long homes with a simple prescription which I Will Send FREE, in a Plain, Sealed Envelope. This prescription comes from a physician who has made a special study of men, and I am convinced it is the surreal acting combination for the cure of deficient manhood and vigor failure ever put together. MR. A. E. ROBINSON. CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS Friday, November 27. In attempting to cross a lake at Orono, Me., the thin ice broke and James F. Aldrich, of Little Falls, N. Y., was drowned. Dean Frederick Howard, of the musical college of Drake university, and well known in musical circles, died suddenly at Des Monies, Ia. Baroness Alice Decartier de Marchiene, wife of the chief counsellor of the Belgian legation, died at Phoenix, Ariz, where she had gone for her health. Three women and one man were baptized in the chilly waters of the Delaware river at Gloucester, N. J., by Rev. Hickers Gill, pastor of the Helping Hand church of that place. Saturday, November 28. Colonel Harry C. Page, one of the oldest newspaper men in New Jersey, and editor and owner of the Bayonne Herald, died at his home in Bayonne, N. J. Acting as her own detective, Miss Amelia Ernsten captured Edward Kelly, a hold-up man, in Chicago, who six weeks ago robbed her of $125 and a gold watch. Of the estate of $665,000, half a million dollars was left to the American Bible society by Bloodgood H. Cutter, the poet, of Little Neck, L. I., who died last September. Dr. John Bell Henneman, of the University of the South, at Sewanee, Tenn., one of the most prominent educators in the south, died in Richmond, Va., after an operation. Monday, November 30. In a head-on collision on the Seaboard Air Line railroad near Ocala, Fla., five persons were killed. F. W. Vanderbilt has given Yale university $50,000 to enlarge Vanderbilt square, at New Haven, Conn. President-elect Taft will preside over the conference of the governors and the national conservation commission at Washington, Dec. 8. Pleading guilty in the United States court at Baltimore, Md., to accepting rpbates from the Pennsylvania railroad, the Baker-Whitley Coal company was fined $3700. Joe Berenksi and John Bardale, while hunting near Steubenville, O., fired a shot into a can that contained nitro glycerine and were instantly killed by the explosion. Tuesday, December 1. Comptroller of the Currency Murray issued a call on national banks for a statement of their condition at the close of business Nov. 27. Chairman Stellwagen, of the inaugural committee, has appointed Major General J. Franklin Bell, chief of staff, U. S. A., to be grand marshal of the inaugural parade. One man was killed, five others seriously injured and many passengers badly shaken up when train No. 5, known as the Chicago Limited, on the Pittsburg & Western branch of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, crashed into a "buckled" freight train near Valencia, Pa. Wednesday, December 2. Burglaries blew open the vault of the State bank at Port Huron, ill., and escaped on a handcar with nearly $5000 in gold, silver and currency. After an idleness of thirteen months the old open hearth department of the Illinois Steel company's plant at South Chicago was reopened and 1000 men resumed work. Chief of Police Biggy, of San Francisco, who has been prominent in the bribery case as custodian of former Mayor Schmitz, fell from a police launch and was drowned off Alcatraz island. In San Francisco bay. A meeting of the officers and board of governors of the Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence has been called by the president. Judge Albert McClellan Mathewson, to meet in Philadelphia on Dec. 12. PRODUCE QUOTATIONS BALTIMORE - WHEAT steady; No. 2 spot, $1.06%@107; steamer No. 2 3 spot, $1.06%@122; southern, $1.01%@1 1.04%; CORN mat, $1.01%@64%; steamer mat, $1.01%@64%; steamer mat, $1.01%@64%; southern, $63@68; BUTTER steady; creamy separator extras, $13 @ 31%c; held, $23@24c; prints, $23@33c; Mary, land and Pennsylvania dairy prints, $17 @ 31%c; prints, $17@33c; West Virginia and Virginia, $32c; West Virginia, $31c; southern, $30c. Live Stock Markets. PITTSBURG (Union Stock Yards)— CATTLE higher; choice, $5.50@6.75; prime, $6.10@6.40 SHEEP and LAMBS higher; prime wethers, $4.25@4.50; culls and common, $1@2; lambs, $4.50 @6.75; veal calves, $8.50@9.00 HOGS active and higher; prime hoives, $6.10 @6.75; veal calves, $8.50@9.00; heavy Yorkers, $5.90@5.95 light Yorkers, $4.75@5; pigs, $4.25@4.00; roughs, $4.50@50 THE PLANET SATURDAY...DECEMBER 5. '08. Homemade Presents For the Dainty Woman—Shoe Case For Traveling—Nightdress Case—Holder For Baby Ribbon. For women who travel as well as those who stay at home there are many novelties in workbags and sewing cases being shown in the shops which are not only attractive, but essentially practical. While the cost of SHOE CASE FOR TRAVELING. these is not exorbitant, any one of them may be made at home from odd pieces of ribbon, chintz, silk or linen, which, with the addition of a bit of hand embroidery, make pretty gifts. The shoe bag or case is a useful article which also may be constructed at home at a trifling expense from almost any material one chooses, provided it is heavy enough to keep its shape. Either linen or cretonne is particularly effective, the four pockets accommodating two pairs of shoes or slippers. These pockets are bound and fastened to the case with ribbons or tape matching or harmonizing with the materia of the case, in the top of which are set four brass eyelets. In this way the necessity of tacking in place is avoided, the eyellets being slipped over brass hooks screwed in door or wall. A convenient pocket incushion and pin case are bowed with ribbon and set above the shoe pockets. When travelling the case is simply rolled and tied with a matching ribbon tacked at one end on the outer side. A pretty case for the robe de nuit embroidered with a heavy mercerized thread on a heavy linen identifies the long envelope case with its embroidered buttoned flap as that in which the particular girl carries her dainty night robe. This is made of heavy white butcher's linen in envelope pattern, embroidered in white cotton thread, and may be lined. If one elects Pole de Chute MATERIALS REQUIRED: One yard of heavy butcher's linen. Three skins white mercenzed cotton. One and a half yards China silk. Sachet powder. One pearl button. NIGHTDRESS CASE. with a dainty pink and blue china silk, beneath which is laid a single sheet of sachet scented wadding. Every girl who uses baby ribbon would be delighted with a case filled with three or four different shades as a Christmas gift. Here are two attractive ways to prepare such a gift: For the first take a long, shallow paste- board box just wide enough to hold a ten yard roll of baby ribbon and long enough for as many bolts as you may wish to give. Cover this box neatly inside and out with wall paper or a pretty fancy silk, first having made as many small slits on the top as there are bolts of ribbon. Paste the covering on the box, and if it is found difficult to turn in the edges neatly around the slits do not attempt it, but cover the roughness with a narrow edge of gilt paper for braid. Put the ribbon in the box, first having removed the paper and rewrapped the ribbon and put one end through each slit so it is about an inch on the outside of the lid. If these ends are fastened through bodkins, for which narrow strips have been provided on the top of lid to hold them in place, it will add much to the convenience of the gift. Workbag For Christmas A capacious workbag is made of silk a yard and a quarter long Across each end featherbone is sewed; then the selvage on either side is gathered up as close as possible and secured so that the two pieces meet. Ribbons tie the opening together in the middle, and the bag is carried by handles of ribbons that start from big bows on either side where the silk is drawn up. ```markdown ``` ATTRACTIVE TRIFLES. Artistic Gifts That Take Little Time to Make. The mission photograph frame is carried out in heavy green linen crash. The colors used in embroidering the conventional design are the dark shades of green and the bronze browns. Pretty opera bags are always a welcome gift, and half a yard of handsome ribbon will make up into a most desirable receptacle for glasses. Candle shades covered with pale pink baby ribbon in little crinkly loops are attractive and as presents would please most housewives. Perfumed coat and skirt hangers are popular, and so are the ribbon cases that contain the glass tube hatpin holder. Really beautiful utility cases that can be hung upon a wall or rolled for traveling are made from ribbon. To make such an article get half a yard of ribbon that is six inches in width. Turn down an inch wide hem at the top and along the bottom gather and sew on a thin piece of silk the same size. This is then divided into pockets and the upper edge shred. Runners the length of the case, dividing it into sections, should then be put on the inside. Through these articles of the toilet such as a shoe horn, button hook, manufacture implements, etc., and a sewing outfit with pockets for needles, spool of thread and silk, scissors and at such necessaries are put. A little pin cushion is set firmly at one end. The pockets receive bolts of baby ribbon buttons and all the trifles that go to furnish a workbasket. Cardboard boxes neatly covered with ribbon and furnished with three spools of baby ribbon in dainty colorings are a gift within the skill of the amateur seamstress. A loop should be added MATERIALS REQUIRED. One small linen doily. Filo embroidery silks. Sheet of cotton wadding. Ten cents' worth of sachet powder. Three yards of baby ribbon. inside the cover to hold a couple of bodkins and a pair of tiny scissors. A ribbon covered glove case is equally simple of construction. It should be interlined with perfumed cotton and fitted with a soft silk lining. A pretty finish is to turn back one corner, holding down with a bow of ribbon. Another acceptable present that can be made by the artistic girl is a set of name cards, hand painted. These are sure to give pleasure if given to a woman who entertains largely. Those in the form of floral wreaths cut out so they slip on the edge of the tumbler are new; also dainty figures of women copied from some old painting and provided with paste board backs so they stand. These figures can carry big muffs as reticules that can be lifted and show a blank space for the name underneath, thus making them available later for framing when pasted to a flat surface and surrounded by a gift mat. College Flags College flags are quite simple to make for Christmas gifts, but require care and much precision in putting the letters on as well as in cutting them. A good plan is to cut the letters from stiff cardboard and trace around them on the felt, afterward cutting with a sharp knife. In mounting on the felt background paste them on with a very thin coating of photograph paste and couch around all edges with many strands of silk caught down at regular intervals with a single strand of the same color. Couching means to hold the heavy cord or many strands of silk along the edge of the thing to be outlined and stitching across it and through the material with the single thread in the needle. ```markdown ``` Hanjkerchief Case A handkerchief case is a pretty gift that can be made from ribbon by first cutting two pieces of cardboard into heart shapes. These hearts are covered on both sides and form the bottom and the cover, respectively. The broad flowered ribbon used is gathered on both edges, one of which is sewed to the heart at the bottom. Then a lining of plain soft silk is set in, and the edge of the ribbon is connected to the upper edge of the lining. A ruching of narrow ribbon trims the cover and a bow acts as a hinge. A loop answers the purpose of a lid lifter. Gifts For Fifty Cents For the young man of the family sleeve buttons, silver pench, coat hang, er, sofa cushion cover, penknife, cigar cutter, leather collar box, satchel tag linen table cover or a photograph frame for his room. For little girl, dolls, games, workbox, skates, string of beads or a muscle roll. For small boy, baseball, games, studs, face mask, penknife, stamp book, skates, books or a box of paints. For smaller boy, train of cars, locomotive, skates, transparent slate. - For fine printing call at the PLANET Office IT WILL PAY YOU To interest yourself in promot ing the CIRCULATION of the RICHMOND PLANET. WE WILL SEND YOU THE PLANET AND THE ST LOUIS, MISSOURI, SEMI-WEEKLY GLOBE DEMOCRAT, ONE OF THE LEADING REPUBLICAN JOURNALS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR $2.25 PER YEAR FOR BOTH. WE WILL SEND YOU THE PLANET AND THE COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE FOR $2.25 PER YEAR FOR BOTH. WE WILL SEND YOU THE PLANET AND McCLURE'S MAGAZINE FOR $2.25 PER YEAR FOR BOTH. FURNISH THE PHOTOGRAPHY TAIN PEN, GOLD POINT; ONE ONE BREAST-PIN, GOLD FILL EN LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS CLOCK, ONE DOZEN NAPKIN DOZEN TOWELS, ONE CHOCO PAIR VASES, ONE PAIR KID HAM, ONE TURKEY FOR TEN NEW SUBS OR THEIR EQUIVALENT, WE WILL SEND PICTURES, ONE ONLY, OF PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT, DR. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, BATTLE OF SANTIAGO, LAND BATTLE OF QUASIMAS NEAR SANTIAGO, JUNE 24, 1898, SHOWING THE NINTH AND TENTH COLORED CAVALRY IN SUPPORT OF ROUGH RIDERS. SIZE 20X28 AND 20X24 INCHES, LAND BATTLE AND CHARGE OF THE 24TH & 25TH --- THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA IF YOU WILL TALK WITH YOUR NEIGH FOR TWO YEARLY SUBSCRIBERS COLORED INFANTRY IN RESCUE OF ROUGH RIDERS AT SAN JUAN HILL, JULY 2, 1898, SIZE 20X28 AND 20X24 INCHES, ADMIRAL DEWEY'S GREAT NAVAL BATTLE OFF CAVITE IN MANILA BAY, MAY 1ST, 1898, NAVAL BATTLE, DESTRUCTION OF ADMIRAL CERVERA'S SPANISH FLEET OFF SANTIAGO DE CUBA, JULY 3RD, 1898, SIZE 22X28 INCHES; LAND BATTLE, CAPTURE OF EL CANEY, EL PASO AND FORTIFICATIONS OF SANTIAGO, JULY FIRST AND SECOND, 1898, SIZE 22X28 AND 22X27 INCHES. WE WILL SEND YOU ONE OF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING BATTLES OF THE CIVIL WAR ON THE SAME TERMS. THE PICTURES LIKE THE OTHER BATTLES ARE FINISHED IN COLORS. THEY ARE 22X28 INCHES AND RETAIL AT ONE DOLLAR EACH. WE WILL FURNISH FRAMES FOR ANY OF THESE FINE CHROMOS FOR 2 DOLLARS & 50CTS. EACH ADDITIONAL. BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG, BATTLE OF SHILOH, BATTLE OF FIVE FORKS, VA. BATTLE OF ATLANTA, GA., BATTLE OF SPOTTSYLVANIA, VA., BATTLE OF VICKS BURG, MISS., BATTLE OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN TENN., BATTLE BETWEEN THE MONITOR AND THE MERRIMAC, BATTLE OF BULL RUN, VA., BATTLE OF CHANCELLORVILLE, BATTLE OF THE BIG HORN, (CUSTER'S LAST CHARGE) STORMING OF FORT WAGNER, S.C., (COLORED TROOPS IN THIS FIGHT), BAT OF NEW CRLEANS, 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, 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 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 'Y NOR MORE THAN FORTY, TO DET THE PRIZE TO WHICH THE WORKER TLED. IF ANYTHING IS DESIRED NOT SPECI FIED IN THIS LIST, WRITE US ABOUT IT AND WE WILL TELL YOU IN WHAT CLASS IT BE LONGS JOHN MITCHELL, JR., 311 North Fourth Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. A LANET WEEKLY READING UNITED H. T AND R $2.25 T AND YEAR ND PIC THEO- WASH- D BAT JUNE 24. H COL- UGH RI LAND & 25TH ```markdown ``` REQUISITE FORWAR SHOULD YOU DESIRE ANY COLORED JOURNAL IN THE UNITED STATES, WE WILL SEND IT TO YOU IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PLANET AT A GREATLY REDUCED RATE FOR BOTH. FURNISH THE PHOTOGRAPH, ONE FOUN TAIN PEN, GOLD POINT; ONE LADIES RING, ONE BREAST-PIN, GOLD FILLED; HALF DOZEN LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS, ONE ALARM CLOCK, ONE DOZEN NAPKINS, ONE HALF DOZEN TOWELS, ONE CHOCOLATE POT, ONE PAIR VASES, ONE PAIR KID GLOVES, ONE HAM, ONE TURKEY FOR TEN NEW SUBSCRIBERS WE WILL SEND ONE CH PIECES; ONE NECKLACE PEARE, BYRON WORKS; PLAIN GOLD RING, ONE 1,000 ENVELOPES, 1,000 PRINTED AND DELIVERY ONE HALF CORD OF SAV FOR TWENTY NET WE WILL GIVE ONE HAL WITH OPALS, RUBIES OF ELRY BOX FINISHED IN ONE SILK SHIRT WAIST DRESS, ONE GOLD WA RANTED FOR TEN YE CHAIR, ONE LOAD OF O SOAP, EITHER WASHING BARREL OF BEST FLOU ETS, ONE MANICURE SE WORK BOX, ONE PAIR S DIES. FOR FORTY YEAR OR EQUIVALENT, WE W ING MACHINE, ONE D GOLD WATCH, ONE PA RINGS, ONE MUSIC BOX, ONE READY MADE DRE TLEMEN'S CLOTHES, CANE, ONE GOLD-HEA CHINA SET, ONE DOL KNIVES AND FORKS, O SILK DRESS, ONE WEEK SHORE, RAILROAD FA PAID, FOR ANY RICHMO THESE OFFERS MAY TAGE OF BY SENDING SCRIBER'S NAMES AT KEEP A RECORD OF THE THE NUMBER IS OBTAINED, WE RD THE PRESENT INDICATED PERSON WHO TRIES TO GET BERS AND GETS TIRED M IS WISH AND WE WILL SE T FOR THE NUMBER HE OVER FIVE. THE NUMBER WILL BE FOR N VE NOR MORE THAN TEN A MAN TEN NOR M HAN N T LESS THAN TY NO ORTY, TO DET THE R THE WORKER TLED. IF ANYTHING IS DESIRED NO THIS LIST, WRITE US ABOUT TELL YOU IN WHAT CLAS ALL SEND ONE CHINA SET, THIRTY-ONE OR ONE NECKLACE; DICKENS, SHAKES ABYRON WORKS; ONE UMBRELLA, ONE GOLD RING, ONE PAIR LACE CURTAINS ENVELOPES, 1,000 SHEETS OF PAPER AND DELIVERED; ONE TOILET SET, FULL CORD OF SAWED WOOD. FOR TWENTY NEW SUBSCRIBERS: ALL GIVE ONE HANDSOME GOLD RING PALS, RUBIES OR PEARLS; ONE JEW- BOX FINISHED IN GOLD OR SILVER; BASK SHIRT WAIST; ONE READY MADE ONE GOLD WATCH, FILLED, WAR- D FOR TEN YEARS. ONE ROCKING ONE LOAD OF COAL, ONE GROSS OF EITHER WASHING OR TOILET; ONE OF BEST FLOUR, ONE PAIR BLANK- E MANICURE SET, ONE SEAMSTRESS' BOX, ONE PAIR SHOES, GENTS OR LA- FOR FORTY YEARLY SUBSCRIBERS: NIVALENT, WE WILL GIVE ONE SEW- MACHINE, ONE DIAMOND RING, ONE WATCH, ONE PAIR FINE GOLD EAR- ONE MUSIC BOX, ONE PHONOGRAPH, READY MADE DRESS, ONE SUIT OF GEN- N'S CLOTHES, ONE GOLD-HEADED ONE GOLD-HEADED UMBRELLA, ONE SET, ONE DOZEN SILVER-PLATED AND FORKS, ONE HAT-RACK, ONE PRESS, ONE WEEK'S TRIP TO THE SEA- RAILROAD FARE AND HOTEL BILL FOR ANY RICHMOND WORKER. CASE OFFERS MAY BE TAKEN ADVAN- OF BY SENDING ONE OR TWO SUB- SIDES NAMES AT A TIME. WE WILL RECORD OF THEM: AS SOON AS THE IS OBTAINED, WE WILL SENT INDICATED. O TRIES TO GET FORTY GETS TIRED MAY INDI- ED WE WILL SEND THE NUMBER HE HAS SE- WILL BE FOR NOT LESS MORE THAN TEN AND NOT M N HAN TWENTY N N Y NOR MORE T T THE PRIZE TO R R TLED. IS DESIRED NOT SPECI- WRITE US ABOUT IT AND IN WHAT CLASS IT BE- WE WILL SEND ONE CHINA SET, THIRTY-ONE PIECES; ONE NECKLACE; DICKENS, SHAKES PEARE, 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 ADDRESS ALL ORDERS TO 311 North Fourth Street, ND, CHELL, JR., Fourth Street, VIRGINIA. ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` THE PLANET LESSON TEXT -1 Kings 3:4-15. Memory verses, 10, 11. GOLDEN TEXT.—The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.—Prov. 9. TIME.—About 1822 B. C. (or 971). The early part of Solomon's reign. early part of Solomon's reign. PLACE—Globe, a sacred place five or six miles northwest of Jerusalem, where the tabernacle had been erected for a time, and with its buildings had been a center of religious worship. Comment and Suggestive Thought. In Joel (2:28, 29) there is a prophecy quoted in the Acts (2:17-18) that "your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams." Visions and dreams bring before us the ideals and possibilities which we can press forward to make real and true. The whole church should keep before her the vision of a perfect church and a perfect world, the city of God. How Solomon Reasoned Out His Decision—V8. 68. Solomon, before deciding what to choose, carefully considered his circumstances and needs, thus showing that well-balanced mind on which it was possible to bestow the gift of wisdom. First Consideration—The memory of what God had done for his father was a motive for walking in the same ways, receiving the same favor, and carrying out to perfect fulfillment what his father had begun. Second Consideration—His work was laid upon him by God. Solomon had not sought the place as did Absalom and Adonijah. V. 7. "Thou hast made thy servant kilg" The fact that God has put a man in any position of trust or duty creates an obligation to fulfill the trust and perform the duty. Third Consideration.—His youth and inexperience. "And I am but a little child." He was young and inexperienced compared with his father, who came to the throne after a youth of activity, and ten or twelve years of special training, and seven more as king over a small kingdom. "I know not how to go out or come in." This expression is proverbial for the active conduct of affairs. See Num. 27:17; Deut. 28:6; 1 Sam. 18:13. This was a strong reason for asking of God the things he decided to ask. Fourth Consideration.—The greatness of the work to be done. V. 8. "Thy servant is in the midst of thy people." That is, is set over them as a king. They were a turbulent people, often going astray, often contending with each other, with strong wills and an impulsive temperament. Probably there was a strong party opposed to him, and brothers of full age ready to lend it. "Which thou hast chosen." It was not only a great nation, but the nation chosen to represent God before the world and carry out his king's dom and teach the world his truths. All this was a far greater responsibility than the ruling of an ordinary kingdom. "A great people, that cannot be numbered." This was a common and natural expression for a large number. See Gen. 13:16. From the number of men given in 2 Sam. 24:9 and 1 Chron. 21:5,6, it is inferred that the population was about 6,000,000. It would have been very difficult in those days to get the exact number of the people. Solomon Chooses Wisdom.—V. 9. "Give therefore." In view of all the above considerations, and because God had the gifts in vast abundance, and he alone was the source and fountain thereof. "An understanding heart." Wisdom for the administration of his duties, wise principles, and wisdom in the application of them to the nation. V. 10. "And the speech pleased the Lord." Why? (1) It was right, noble, unselfish, like God himself. (2) It rendered it possible for God to give him large measures of the best things in all the universe. (3) It furnished an opportunity to give many other things. God loves to give. He gives us all we can beneficially receive. The more he can give us, the better he is pleased. V. 11. "Because thou hast . . . not asked for thyself." The selfish man cannot receive the gifts God gave to Solomon, and he ought not to receive what he selfishly asks for himself. Selfishness is of hell, not of heaven, and bears the blossoms and fruits of the place to which it belongs. Note that the religious, unselfish life is the essential condition on which the best earthly gifts can safely be bestowed. The spiritual city of God must come before it is possible or safe to have the outward glories and riches and pleasures which are the fruit of the perfect spiritual life. Just as fast and as far as society becomes Christianized throughout, so far will it be able to work out the most helpful things which the laws of nature and the will of man can produce. The world has been deprived of the best worldly conditions possible, because it was not safe to entrust all these forces and powers to selfish men, and to a community where ignorance and vice are unrestrained. But just as far as any nation becomes Christianized are all these things added unto them. He Gained the Blessing He Asked For. — He became very wise in many directions, his organizations, commerce, fortifications, temple, palaces, waterworks, literature, his wide-extended kingdom, his ability to keep the nation at peace internally and with surrounding nations, are proof of his wisdom. WRAP FOR WINTER WRAP FOR WINTER DRESSY GARMENT THAT CAN BE MADE AT HOME. Saving of Some Few Dollars Easily Accomplished, and Costume Will Look Well Throughout the Season. When the family purse is looking a trifle slim, the problem of the winter wrap is always doubly serious. "What is the best investment for a semi-dressy wrap this season?" writes one correspondent. "I have looked in all the shops for a reasonably priced coat," writes another, "and I can find nothing I would have under $30. I simply cannot pay this price, and as I am handy with both machine and needle do you not FASHION Simple Semi-Fitted Coat. think I could do better than this by making the coat at home?" These two questions are worth answering in detail. Certainly the best investment for a semi-dressy wrap, which can be worn over a number of one-piece or two-piece dresses to church, calling, receptions and perhaps even to the theater or evening function over an evening gown, is something long, simple and inconspicuous. The separate wrap is, above all things, long and graceful. Simplicity of design is less apt to attract attention and prove that its wearer has but one good out-door wrap than the more pronounced patterns, loaded with trimming. Next to black broadcloth comes velvet, and this is particularly effective over silk or broadcloth suits. It is not so good, however, over coarse cloth mixtures. Silk wraps are never a good investment for women who must use one coat or cloak very hard during an entire season, and neither is silk a warm enough fabric for the average climate in this country. So much for the first question. Now for the second. The success of making an outer garment at home depends upon two things—the tailoring ability of the home sewer and the quality of the fabric employed. The woman who imagines that she can cut the price of a $70 garment in two by making it at home is greatly mistaken. She will do wonderfully well if she gets it for $20. This $10 saving does not represent the retailer's profit by any means, because the retailer pays for the wholesaler's labor and "style." Say you wish to duplicate a black broadcloth wrap trimmed with heavy silk braid and ornaments. Just what will it cost? For a coat in two-thirds or three-fourths length you will require at least four yards of broadcloth 52 inches wide. If you are very tall and you use the full-length sleeve now in favor, you may require even more, according to the pattern selected. This will cost $10. Your lining, in quality of satin which will wear, will cost you at least six dollars more, for it does not pay to use slimy satin for lining, and taffeta is little used in coat linings this year. Add to this at least five dollars for findings, cords, braid, buttons, etc., and some outside tailoring which is absolutely essential to the correct fit and set of the garment. So, you see, without your time and labor, you will invest at least $21, showing a saving of nine dollars on the investment. And to make this a real satisfactory saving you must exercise great care in the tailoring and finish of the garment. A novelty in lining for wraps to be used for dressy wear is the white, pale gray or delicate mode lining, which will not soil light frocks, run to the waist line only, and then the tails of the long coat or wrap are lined with self-tone. For instance, a black broadcloth wrap to be worn with light waists or frocks will be lined through the sleeves and waist sections with white satin and the tails with black satin. Heaviness is the general attribute of the up-to-date wrap, as will be seen by referring to today's illustrations, copied from the greatest wraps on exhibition at late fall openings. In all the world, a late home is the sweetest of the things - Douglas Jerold. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA DAINTY QUILTS OF DOWN. Elaborate Ornamentation a Feature of Modern Bed Coverings. Although the edict of up-to-date hygienic science against the feather bed prevents the modern woman from enjoying the luxury of slaking into a bed of down, yet she may at least slumber beneath a coverlet of the soft feathers, for despite the vogue of blankets the down quilt continues to hold its own in the fashionable boudl. This season an attempt is being made to get away from the stereotyped patterns of materials which have been used for covering these quilts for so many seasons. It is doubtful whether anything will be found prettier than the flowered satins, sateens and silkolines, with their huge bunches of pink, blue or yellow blossoms and green leaves. Plain satins are being used for many of the new quilts, one of ivory satin beautifully quilted being an attractive addition to a luxurious bedroom. Another new style of quilt has two colors of plain satin used for its covering, the quilt being tufted with narrow ribbon. The center of one quilt was of white brocaded satin with a broad band of lavender satin quilted for a border. The other quilt was tufted with tiny lavender ribbons. Another quilt was covered in the center with a white striped silk having an old-fashioned design of palm leaves. There was a broad band of blue satin for a border and outside of this a band of the palm leaf silk. ARMLETS OF GOLD OR SILVER Metal Circles to Be a Feature of the Winter's Fashions. Armlets will be in vogue this season and they will be an entirely new fashion. By this is not meant the simple band of black velvet which every now and then becomes stylish, but the metal circlet of classic origin worn by all women of martial aspirations in olden days, from Boadicea to Brunilde, and which at times in the modern period has been affected by belles of all countries. The new, or, rather, revived, armlet comes in gold, silver, platinum and copper. When of the last-named metal, it is lined with velvet to protect the flesh; but if made of any of the first three it is worn next the skin. It is a broad band of the plain metal. Not a single jewel must be set in. Its gleaming surface must clasp the arm midway of shoulder and elbow. Of course, only the woman with a rounded arm can wear it. It is out of the question for a woman whose biceps are either lumpy or flat. But on a well-rounded arm it is a thing of beauty, and carping critics to the contrary notwithstanding, there are many women in New York so equipped. CAPUCHIN AND CLOAK. Of ivory satin edged with plaited lace with a cluster of white marguerites. In making garments for girls it is always important to arrange for lengthening the same. First—One of the usual methods is to have a series of tucks at the hem. This is somewhat of a trimming and later proves convenient by letting out the tucks, one or more, as is required. Second—If the dress or skirt is plain the hem may be let down and a facing put under. Third—If number two does not give sufficient length, then instead of facing when letting out the hem add an extension hem that will give the necessary length, being careful to match the design if there is any in the material. A row of feather-stitching may be made over the joining or a finishing braid may be placed over it. Fourth—Several rows of insertion may be set in near the bottom of the skirt. Fifth—For girls a little older, a circular or pointed yoke may be put in at the top of the skirt. To Remove Knots If a loop forms on the thread when hemming or overhanding, hold the thread firmly as it comes from the material, put the needle into the loop, the thread on tension, and the loop will disappear; remove the needle, pass the thread through the fingers from the material toward the needle, and the knot will be removed, and you have been spared much annoyance and perhaps breaking your thread. Always hold the thread firmly at the material. Black and Green. The dead black coat suit has returned to its own. It will not be left alone, however, as the triple revers and cuffs on it will be of the brightest apple green. Some tailors go so far as to add a three-inch shared band of green on the skirt. It is grettier without it. 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Lightning Strikes a Pen A clerk in a Liverpool (Eng.) office was sitting at his desk during a recent thunderstorm, when what he describes as a ball of flame struck the pen in his hand, producing a startling report. Curiously enough, the pen was not damaged, nor did the clerk himself suffer any injury. Old Heads on Young Shoulders. Our children are growing more independent. It is not the fault of the parents nor of the children; we are not careless, and they are not ungrateful. The conditions of life are responsible for the modern "youth."—Famillen Zeitung, Vienna. Lessons from Good Books A man is known by the company his mind keeps. To live continually with noble books, with "high erected thoughts seated in the mind of courtesy," teaches the soul good manners. —Thomas Easley Aldrich. Have Queer Belief An amusing superstition of old Monmouthshire, England, is that a snake has four legs, all of which will duly come out if after thoroughly killing him you hold his body over a hot flame. knights of Pythias, 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. It pays an endowment and burial benefit of of $200.00 for all ages. It pays $4.00 per week sick dues. The badge costing 75 cents each is the only absolutely necessary regalia. For information concerning the organization of lodges apply at the main office. The Courts of Calanthe The Courts of Calanthe Is the Female Department of the Order. It requires a membership of thirty persons to organize a court. Its members are pledged to exhibit Fidelity, exercise Harmony and prove Love one for the other. It pays an endowment and burial benefit of $150.00. It pays $3.00 per week sick dues. The only expense for regalia is the cost of the badge, 50 cents and a rosette, costing 25 cents for funeral occasions. THE BANDS OF CALANTHE or Children's Department also constitutes a feature and persons cannot do better than to enter the little ones into this mystic circle. The expense is nominal and the benefits all that could be expected. It pays from $1.00 to $1.50 sick dues and death benefits of from $30.00 to $40.00. If you have no Pythian Lodge or Court or Band in your neighborhood, orguiz one. For all information concerning the Children's Department address For all information concerning special races of membership in the lodges and courts, address KNICHTS OF PYTHIAKS. C. B. F.C.B. The Court Is the Female Department of the thirty persons to organize a co- Fidelity, exercise Harmony and an endowment and burial bene- dues. The only expense for a rosette, costing 25 cents for a THE BANDS OF CALA- stitute a feature and persons a circle. The expense is nomin- $1.00 to $1.50 sick dues and d Lodge or Court or Band in you. For all information concern- For all information concern membership in the lodges and Ful Record Treatment. 35,000 Cases complaint received. Headaches, Fevers, Billous- erh, Rheumatism, etc. cured as if needy relief. Cures complete and on Earth. Painless! Pleasant! as long as you live. Trial treat- monials, etc., absolutely free by l: write to-day. GARRAR, Charleston, W. Va. CONFECTIONER. R PURE ICE CREAM. ICES, ETC. N TO FAMILY TRADE. 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Little Meat: Good Health Italians of the poorer class generally enjoy good health. This is partly attributed to the fact that the working class of Italy eat less meat than those of other European nations. Self-Made Men. Of course everybody likes and respects self-made men. It is a great deal better to be made in that way than not to be made at all.-Oliver Wendell Holmes. Material in Battleship In a 14,000-ton battleship there are about 13,200 tons of steel, 400 tons of copper, 140 tons of nickel, 140 tons of lead and ten tons of tin. N. A., S. A., E. A., A. AND A. organization is one of the most powerful has been phenominal. The Grand Dauver all of the cities and counties in need to organize a new lodge. The largest features, but the principles loaded on Friendship, based on Charity the respectable, upright people of their heartiest support. An endowment and burial benefit of per week sick dues. The badge of regalia. For information concerning hurts of Calantia in the Order. It requires a memorial court. Its members are pledged and prove Love one for the other. Benefit of $150,000. It pays $3,000 per regalia is the cost of the badge, 500 funeral occasions. ANTHE or Children's Department cannot do better than to enter the ritual and the benefits all that could death benefits of from $30,000 to $4 our neighborhood, orgruiz one. ing the Children's Department ad is the most powerful in the col- cal. The Grand Lodge of Virg and counties in this state. New lodge. The benefits paid the principles are greater to based on Charity and estab- right people of the state will import. burial benefit of of $200.00 for s. The badge costing 75 cen- tion concerning the organiza- tion. Calanthe requires a membership of are pledged to exhibit for the other. It pays pays $3.00 per week sick of the badge, 50 cents and men's Department also con- can to enter the little ones int all that could be expected. from $30.00 to $40.00. If you b orruiz one. Department address. 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'Phone 5688. —Nelson's Hair Dressing can be bought at Jennings and Brown Drug Store, Pittsburg, Pa. VIRGINIA—In the Law and Equity Court of the City of Richmond, the 16th day of October, 1908. Lucinda S. Daggett Plaintiff against Addie S. Long, Charles S. Long, her husband, and Cassander N. Sellers, their attorney in fact. Defendants, The object of this suit is for specific performance of a Contract, and to compel the defendants Addie S. Long and Charles S. Long to execute and deliver to the purchaser Lucinda S. 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. q. DR. P. B. RAMSLY, DENTIST, 115 East Leigh St. 'PHONE, 816. —Subscribe to The PLANET. THE ECONOMY, IN CHANCERY. ment also con- ne little ones into this mystic ld be expected. It pays from $40.00. If you have noPythian address, TAYLOR, W. M., Hill St., Richmond, Va N MITCHELL, JR., 311 N. 4th St., Richmond, Va STRAUS' SPECIAL Old Yacht Club, PURE WHISKEY Will Satisfy the lover of the right kin of stimulant. Special prices We have all grades of good liquors, Cigars and Tobacco. Call and see us. ISAAC STRAUS & CO. 422 E. 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Graham's Vegetable Hair Dye the best on market giving a rich natural color, $1.00 per bottle. By mail, $1.25. Mrs. Graham makes a specialty of massaging armless beautifying ladies faces for parties and public gatherings, 35 cents. Mrs. Graham skampoos the head and puts it in a healthy condition, 25 cents. All ladies who attend parties and other social gatherings should have their finger nails manicured and made beautiful, 25 cents. Mrs. Graham's preparations sell all adornments. Ladies living in other cities and towns can make good money by selling their preparations. Write for terms to Mrs. J. A. Graham, No. 108 E. Leigh St., Riocomond, Va. We are selling old papers at fifteen cents per hundred. Bell THE PLANET SATURDAY...DECEMBER 5, '08 ROAD AND FARM IMPROVEMENT CONCRETE CULVERTS Easily and Cheaply Built—Some Details of the Work. The greatest trouble heretofore in making concrete culverts, drains, etc., has been to remove the core, which is very easily remedied by building the core, as illustrated, in four sections, two sections being joined together, so that when removing from the completed culvert it folds together and is removed in a moment's time. Again, by having the core circular in form you gain greatly in the strength of the completed work, as the arch will withstand a greater pressure than the usual square form used for this purpose. This simple machine can be built by anyone, declares A. A. Houghton, in Orange Judd Farmer, and is made as follows: At both ends of a board ten inches long, $2 \frac{1}{2}$ inches wide and one ```markdown ``` Fig. 1.—Construction of Core. inch thick, make a mark three-quarters of an inch from the bottom. Place this beside a wide board of same thickness on your workbench, and after setting your compass at seven inches, draw a quarter circle from one of the 3-quarter-inch marks to the other; this will describe just one-fourth of a circle 14 inches in diameter. The board is cut along the circular mark just drawn. Now on the bottom edge make a mark at each end of this board just three-quarters of an inch from the end along the bottom edge; draw a line from this mark to the end of the circular cut just made and saw off this little three-cornered piece, which miters the board at an angle of 32 degrees, and so allows the four segments of circle to fit together to form the completed circle. Use the board you have just cut as a pattern and cut 15 more exactly like it. Now take one inch strips which are seven, eight or ten feet long, whatever length you desire to culvert, and nail to these circular pieces, as shown in Fig. 1. Place one of each of the quarter segments of circle at each end and two at equal distance apart in center, and when you have nailed the strips as illustrated one-fourth of it is finished. Two of these sections are joined together with strap hinges, as shown in Fig. 1, a hinge being placed in each of the four corners where the sections are joined together, and which allows them to fold down together. Now for the folding brace to hold the sections upright while making culvert, use eight pieces of board one inch square and five inches long; at one end of each one cut a long, slitting miter, as illustrated in Fig. 1, to allow them to fold nearly together. Join two of each together Fig. 2.—Removing the Core. with hinges in center as completed brace, and at each end, as illustrated in Fig. 1; the two hinges at ends of completed braces are fastened to sections, as illustrated, and hold them upright or allow them to fold down as required. The core is now complete and will mold an opening in culvert 15 inches in diameter. When a larger or smaller opening is desired you can simply change measurements in cutting the material to make the size desired. In operation, boards are set at each end of the culvert, also at sides; the bottom is filled with concrete mixture to the depth of two inches; then the semi-circular forms are set in place, with edges together, and the concrete mixture filled in around them and on top to the depth of three, four or six inches, according to the pressure that is to be placed on the culvert. For ordinary usage a four-inch depth on top is sufficient. When finished the concrete is allowed to set or harden for several days, when the side boards are removed and the braces on center forms or core pushed back, folding the forms together, so that they can be easily removed, as illustrated in Fig. 2. With this simple machine a neater, stronger and more-satisfactory culvert can be molded, with less labor and more certain results than with any square form. Poultry Products Secretary of Agriculture Wilson places the value of poultry products produced in the United States last year at $600,000,000, which is $100,000,000 more than the value of the wheat crop. WORK THAT PAYS. E. L. Vincent Tells How He Did Little Investigating That Proved Valuable. Being of an inquiring turn of mind, I once upon a time took it into my head to follow the roots of a couple of hills of corn to their source, with a view to determining as well as I could what kind of cultivation we ought to give the plant while it is in the process of maturing, and I must say that some things I learned were an eye-opener to me. It was along in August that I did this investigating. By that time the stalks were perhaps fully grown; the plant had, in fact, done almost all it could do in the way of growth. All that was left was to bring the ears to perfection. With a good hoe and a pick I carefully traced the roots of two hills of corn, one in one row and one in that adjoining, directly opposite the first one. I had not gone far when I made my first discovery. And that was that I had all my life long been hurting my corn crop by using cultivators that ripped things up away down into the earth. That seemed to be the thought in early times, to dig down as deep as possible. The first cultivator I remember seeing was one with a stiff, rigid frame, bolted together so firmly that it could not be adjusted to the width of the rows. The teeth of that cultivator were long, scoop-shovel shaped things, running deep by nature; and we used to think we ought to show them down half way to China or we were not doing anything worth white. Now, I discovered that all, or almost all, such work does is to tear the fine roots of the corn plant loose, really setting it back, instead of furthering its progress. After that cultivator, came another still more illly contrived, so far as its use in the cornfield is concerned, than the first. That we knew as the horsehoe, a good tool in its place, but that place is not, and never was, the cornfield. That had a regular shovel plow running ahead, with two legs following, and two more that might be put on if a man wanted to do still greater damage to his corn crop. The thing that impressed itself on me was, that only light cultivation is needed in the cornfield. What we need is a tool that will thoroughly dig up the soil on the surface and not run more than two or three inches deep. Another discovery I made was that the roots of the corn plant are not all directly under the stalks. I found them far out in every direction, like the roots of a big tree. A little thought will tell us why this should be so. The cornstalk is heavy, especially when it is well laden with ears. When the wind strikes it, there is a strong purchase and if not well braced, the whole hill is likely to go over. I remember how this worked one year when we were troubled terribly by the gray grub which works at the root of the cornstalk. Hundreds of cornstalks went down in our field that year; and always when we dug down at the base of the stalks we found that the small roots had been cut off by the grub. Nature is wise. She provides the corn plant with wide-spreading roots. Still another reason for this is to be found in the fact that corn needs a great deal of fertilizer to bring it to maturity. Here and there, everywhere, the fibrous roots run, in search for his food. If they do not find it, a small crop is the inevitable result. Deep cultivation hinders the plant from getting this sustenance so necessary to its life and growth. Even when we send the teeth of the cultivator far down out in the middle of the space between the rows we are injuring the growth of the plant and so lessening our chances for harvesting a good crop.—Farmers' Voice. AGAINST THIS WINTER'S COLD. How You Can Keep the Water Tank Free from Ice. If builders of cement tanks would make the inner edge of the top which is six inches wide, about one inch lower than the outer edge, and in freezing weather sprinkle salt on the top, says Prairie Farmer, they would find that it will work its way down on the Tank with Beveled Edges. inner edge of the tank, and loosen the ice from the same, so that it can readily be removed, thus obviating the necessity of a tank heater. FARM GLEANINGS Instead of raising woods in the garden grow some late crops. After the early vegetables are out of the way raise something else that will mature late in the fall. Use the split-log drag on the earth roads. It has proven to be successful and if there is any one thing needed in the country it is better roads. Whether 'tis better to feed or to sell is the question agitating the corn raisers. Cement plits filled daily with fresh water makes a good clean wallow for the hogs, particularly when the weather is warm. Irish Cows Good Milkers Irish Cows Good Milkers. Irish cows yield from 300 gallons of milk to over 1,000. In one case the yield was 1,469 gallons. Canada Larger Than United States The total area of the United States is 3,002,340 square miles; of Canada 3,303,220 square miles. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA BERKARD SHAW'S ELECTION The golden rule is that there is a golden rule. The ideal wife is one who does everything that the ideal husband likes—and nothing else. Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. He who believes in education, criminal law, and sport needs only property to make him a perfect gentleman. Do not waste your time on social questions. What is the matter with the poor is poverty; what is the matter with the rich is uselessness. A gentleman of our days is one who has money enough to do what every fool would do if he could afford it—that is, consume without producing. Our plan is to govern by humbug, and let everybody into the secret. The French govern by melodrama, and give everybody a part in the piece. Man gives every reason for his conduct save one; every excuse for his crime save one; every plea for his safety save one, and that is cowardice. We live in an atmosphere of shame. We are ashamed of everything that is real about us—ashamed of ourselves, of our relations, of our incomes, of our accents, of our opinions, of our experience. The more things a man is ashamed of the more respectable he is. ADVICE TO THE RAW YOUTH. Better homespan suits than breaches of promise. A breach of extraordinary promise often results in alimony. A youthful face is often an asset, and after experience, ascetic. A girl loves well-creased trousers, and her mother watches them. A painstaking refusal is sometimes worse than a peremptory rejection. There is safety in numbers, but that applies to your bankbook as well. Be an eccentric and let her admire you. Then you're safe either way. Remember that the more radiant the socks the cooler should be the head. On your knees is no fit talk for a gentleman to hear. Tell her you're a big boy now. Some sacrifices can be afforded in affairs of the heart. (Id. exception, page 1 of the notes.) Making funny faces is a nice, charitable way of giving a girl a giggle, but make sure you can afford the sacrifice. Do not loiter at the sill; it's compromising. If you cannot tear yourself away you will be called a "stick plaster." SUNFLOWER PHILOSOPHY When a woman wants to be in bed by ten o'clock she should begin undressing by nine. When a man takes off his socks you can see a scar on his toe where he cut it as a boy. What has become of the old-fashioned woman who called the children's crying "bellering? One of the funniest things we know of is the manner in which a young man drops out of the social world when he gets married. We would like to know some one who is generally admired. We never knew any one who was not frequently abused like a thief. When a wife dies the husband nearly always says: "Well, I was a great trial to her. I might have done much better: I would do better if I had my life to live over." But when a husband dies the widow nearly always says: "Well, I did my duty."—Atchison (Kan.) Globe. WORDS OF WISDOM Go forward, face new times, the better day.—Browning. "Those who do most in the world are those who love most." Happiness is a perfect activity in a perfect life.—Aristotle. A happy disposition is largely a disposition to make others happy.—Puck. One life permeates all things, and there is no corner of the cosmos too remote to feel its heart-throb.—Henry Wood. Nothing can work me damage except myself; the harm that I sustain I carry about with me and am a real sufferer but by my own fault.—St. Bernard. I have always thought the actions of men the best interpretation of their thoughts.—Locke. Plenty of Applicants "Last week I decided that I needed a little training down," said the amateur athlete, "so I advertised for a coach." "Did you get one?" queried his friend. "No," replied the a. a., "but 5 hackmen called."—Chicago Daily News. The People's Restaurant: POLITE ATTENTION..... Mme. SYLVIA L. MI WITH THE SAGES. Nothing misfortunate matters much if so be you can smile about it.—Landor. No one is useless in the world who ligtens the burden of it to anyone else.—Dickens. Character is, for the most part, simply habit become fixed.—Rev. Chas. H. Parkhurst. We may measure our road to wisdom by the sorrows we have undergone.—Bulwer Lytton. Had we not faults of our own we should take less pleasure in complaining of others.—Fenelon. A happiness that is quite undisturbed becomes tiresome; we must have ups and downs.—Mollere. Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of colestial fire called conscience.—George Washington. It will generally be found that the one most active in fault-finding is the most in need of self-reform.—Royston. You must love your work, and not be always looking over the edge of it wanting your play to begin.—George Eliot. He who comes up to his own idea of greatness must always have had a very low standard of it in his mind.—Ruskin. Pardoning mercy is of all things in the world most to be prized, for it is the only and sure way to happiness.— Spurgeon. There is no pleasure beyond the rules of righteousness; there is no pleasure in what injures another.—W. L. Watkinson. It is with men very much as it is with fragrant flowers; the more they are bruised the more abundant their perfume.—Abelie. Fun is good, truth is better, and love best of all.—Thomas. CYNICAL PHILOSOPHY. An epitaph is generally epitaffy. Some men do their best, even their best friends. A heavy sermon maketh a light collection plate. Platonic affection is seldom practiced on a girl if she has money. A woman's heart strings are almost as easily broken as her shoe laces. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread, but angels can use their wings. A fellow may think of a girl every minute, but really second thoughts are best. Somehow or other most men who marry brunettes prefer blondes, and vice versa. Some men belong to church and others imagine that the church belongs to them. The fellow who spends all his time looking for four-leaved clover won't have much luck. A man should never marry until he is thoroughly equipped to fight the battles of life. 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NO FEET IN THAT POT. Suddenly a naked messenger ran excitedly up to the king talking his African jargon. They were preparing to cook the missionary. "No, no," said the king, "tell them not to dare put his feet in that pot. It'll spill the stew." He danced around and then proceeded to tell his subjects how to find the North Pole. "You go," said he. "We go," they responded. "You keep a-going." "We keep a-going." "Going." "Going," they responded. "Going." "Going." "Then you see the North Pole." "Then we see the North Pole." "Do you see the pole there?" exclaimed the king, pointing in the direction of the audience. "Yes, we see the pole," said some of them. "You are a liar; you don't see anything of the kind," said the king as he cut a pigeon's wing, danced back to his throne wiggling the middle part of his anatomy as he cleared the footlights and the curtain descended shuttling him from view. VISITORS LAUGHING It is impossible to fittingly describe the side-splitting features of this humorous entertainment. We knew how to laugh, but Major General Jackson went us one better and it was only after he had gone to the refreshment department (for the purpose of counting the number of patrons that had been served) as we entered that he and his friend Watkins were able to regain their equilibrium and return to view the next act. BORROWED MONEY ON UNIFORM The next funny feature was the appearance of a finely uniformed band, wearing Prussian helmets. They were without a bass-drum, and after a few moments the bass-drum player arrived having his drum and wearing his helmet, but being otherwise attired in his street clothes. The leader of the band angrily demanded to know the cause of his tardiness. He explained that he had placed his uniformed band in the street, he came to get it, the place was closed. "Here's the ticket," said he in proof of his statements. WANTED HIS OWN BAND The band played and the bass drum player did so well that they all praised him. But the bass drum player was mad over the reprimand. When the next piece was played he played so badly that he put them all out. The bass drum was taken away from him. He left in anger declaring that he would go and organize "a band of my own." When last seen he had a split bass drum and a damaged snare drum with a sawed off man to help. The latter declared with disgust that he couldn't play without more men to organize "a band of mah own." THE SALOME DANCE By far the most artistic performance was the much mooted and much criticised "Salome dance" which was executed by a colored actress. When she first appeared her wavy skirts showed but little of her form. Then the scene changed, the theatre was darkened and variegated colors of light were thrown upon the stage in circular form with this girl as the central figure. The swish of her skirts could be heard and the glitter of the ornaments seen but the flesh-colored tights revealed her form as she executed the motions of the dancers of the Old World. Sometimes she was spinning around like a top while the red, white and blue lights added to the magnificence of the scene before us. THE PLAY CRITICISED The play is said to be immoral and this dance is said to be barred in some communities, it being alleged that a white actress went through these motions with no other attire than a diamond solitaire in her hair. The Pekin Theatre was packed with an audience made up of white and colored people, but with the colored people largely in the majority. We had the opportunity for which we longed, to judge the character of this place of amusement in the great metropolis. THE SUMMARY OF THE SHOW. n order to meet the demands of its patrons, its standard was lowered to the level of the vaudeville. And yet we admired the effort of the management to raise its standard by the introduction or performances of a higher order. The disappointing feature of it was that it was necessary to call in competent people of the white race. We commended the judgment of the owner. We had enjoyed ourselves and as we passed out to five cent vaudeville and moving picture shows, we found the Negro comedian in evidence and only the slang utterances and plain jokes heard around the bar-rooms and the street corners were cited and repeated to make people laugh. A DEADLY COMPARISON There could be no surprise that thousands of white people refuse to consider the Negroes of this country other than a joke and pass by in silence all references to their most remarkable achievements. We saw Dockstaders' Minstrels the following night. The expensive white theatre was rammed, jammed and packed with a mass of humanity paying from 50 cents to $2.00 per seat and yet the audience in the belin Theatre with Negro performers was far superior in every respect except the stage setting to the most studied efforts of Mr. Dockstaders' trained white minstrels. A KNOCK AT A DOOR-WAY We called to see Mrs. C. A. Curl, the next morning at 2935 Armour Avenue. We pressed the button but found that the bell didn't ring. We knocked again and then we heard a voice angrily demanding to know who was knocking on that door. The response caused the door to open and a head to appear. Then a look of embarrassment and surprise as the lady looked up in the smiling counterance of the editor of The PLAN-ER magazine, who clearly did so, Madame, but to knock when the bell didn't ring." "Yes, sir," she replied. "Mrs. Curl lives upstairs in the next side. Walk up." MRS. IDA WELLS BARNETT. We did so and were soon talking to that well-known lady and discussing matters with the attractive lady clerk, who claims Mrs. Curl as a relative. We visited Mrs. Ida Wells Barnett, whose husband is Assistant District Attorney at a salary of $3,000 per year. She is one of the best known ladies in this country and as an agitator and race defender has no superior. We fallad over the perceptions of the past when we with her had joined hands in the antllynching crusade. She has abandoned the life of single-blessedness and is raising a happy, bright-eyed family. A BUSINESS PLACE We saw Faulkners News and Book Store across the street, but had delayed to such an extent that we were unable to get there. He is doing a fine business there. There are many professional colored men in Chicago in law, medicine, surgery and other vocations. Two days were not enough to cover the ground or to ever approximately get a view of the situation. TROUBLE ABOUT A TICKET We went to the depot of the Big Four R. R. to have our ticket validated. The ticket agent looked at it and made the remark that it could not be done there. "Well, where can it be validated?" "In Denver" was the response. "I have no right to validate it here." This was equivalent to telling us that the return part of our ticket was worless. We looked at him, with a smile. "Will you please tell me where the General Offices of the Big Four Railroad are located and the name of the General Passenger Agent here?" He told us and thanked him for the information given to the matter adjusted in short order. We found the Passenger Agent and explained to him the situation. It only took just long enough for him to direct his clerk to fix that ticket to enable us to get out of this difficulty, and after thanking him go on our way rejoicing. A Neat Job. "The thieves arrested the other day were discovered to have made a clean haul the night before." "What was it?" "They buried a soap factory." — Baltimore Attica. Not a Failure of Fact Assistant—How could you tell that dumpy little boy on she had such a fine form, in the Dressmaker—What joy dear, was merely a figure in speech—Baltimore American Hors D'ouvres. Indignant Patron—Why, this is an outrageous price for just a small plain dinner. Bland Proprietor—You forget, sir, the number and variety of microbes you've eaten—Puck. Bustig and Sustiment The fact I looked at him with innocent soulful eyes. The man to whom she was appealing looked at her calmly. "Without security?" he retorted, crushingly. "Not on your life."—Baltimore American. / Their Golden Bond "How did these two ever come to marry each other?" "Well, she was the only woman he ever knew that would listen to his anecdotes over five minutes at a time, and he was the only annn she ever knew that could look at her that long without getting neuralgia."—Puck. Consideration "You know," said the observant girl, "handsome men do achieve great success in life." "I suppose," answered Miss Cayenne, "that is why most artists who paint campanion bargers take palms to make the candidates appear cross-eyed."—Washington Star THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND. VIRGINIA The "Mock Marriage" idiocy. Another case, this time near Pittsburgh, of two vulgar tools who went through a "mock marriage" ceremony and are new consternation-stricken to find it legally binding! If they would be particularly unhappy in spending their lives together as husband and wife, there would be fine poetic justice in compelling them to do so.—New York Tribune. Hat as Badge of Slavery With the ancient Greeks the hat was simply an appurtenance of the traveler. The free citizen preferred to go bareheaded and only put on his broad-brimmed petasus for protection against the sun when on a long journey. The uncovered head was part of his dignity, for the slaves and workmen wore always a kind of pointed skull cap. Ancient Mining Center. An Egyptian mining center—probably worked as early as 2500 B. C.—was in the eastern desert, between the Red sea and the Nile. The lately discovered remains described by C. J. Alford include small irregular stone huts, arranged in groups of two or three, to towns large enough for 1,000 men. As some criminals are said to "see red" and go for their enemy, so some women when stung with a political idea, however little urgent, practical or immediate it may really be, "see red," and go blindly for that one aim by any means and in spite of any objection by friends or foe—Frederic Harrison. These Women! A woman gets one dozen plint bottles of beer, ten five-cent cigars, a loaf of rye bread and a dime's worth of cheese and bolognese, calls it a Dutch lunch, invites 15 men as a surprise on her husband, and then leaves them to themselves, expecting them to get real tough.—Atchlone Globe. Bible in Native Dialect A missionary deacounse in Liberia has edited in native dialect a book containing the ten commandments, the apostles' creed, the doxology and a number of the best-known hymns. The book is not only the first published in the dialect, but the first successful attempt to make it a written language. Snakes as Ghosts. The Zulus and other primitive peoples regard snakes as ancestral ghosts, the notion arising partly from the uncanny nature of the serpent, partly from its fondness of living near graves and then crawling into houses—as though it might be revisiting an old home. Every Man a Debtor to His Profession. I hold every man a debtor to his profession; from the which as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavor themselves, by way of amends, to be a help and ornament thereunto.—Bacon. There are no undertakers in Japan. When a person dies it is the custom for his nearest relatives to put him into a coffin and bury him, and the mourning does not begin until after burial. Stockings of Human Hair Stockings made from human hair are worn by Chinese fishermen as the best preventive of wet feet. They are drawn over ordinary cotton stockings, being too rough for putting near the skin. Journalistic Notes There is no foundation for the rumor that our contemporary, the Egyptian Daily Post, is starting a "Page for the Home," to be conducted by "Mummy."—London Globe For Cheerfulness Make life a comedy—act a cheerful part. In balancing matters it is believed the cheerful actor will stand a better chance than the glum grumbler who thinks he is sincere. Have Well-Known Names In the United States there are 30 towns or villages named Berlin, 21 named Hamburg, 23 named Paris and 13 named London. Almost Too East "Noo York," said Uncle Roooster, "is certainly a fast place. Durned if they don't start a sellin' the eventn' papers that before breakfast." Realization It is when a college student finds himself in a hospital that he realizes the perils of not being a mollycoddle. —Pittsburg Gazette Times. Daily Thought: Hope is a lover's staff; walk hence with that and manage it against despairing thoughts.—Shakespeare. Romance. A good many people who have loved and lost are kicking on the amount of alimony they are compelled to pay. Can Not Be Manufactured. All great force is real and elemental. There is no manufacturing a strong will.—Emerson. Friendship and Justice When men are friends there is no need of justice - Aristotle. Following It Out. "Hush! Miss Pessy is going to sing Tm a Little Faded Flower." Tm a Little Faded Flower," "Is she? All right. Let her fade away."—Baltimore American. Terrier—Don't you have any dog- watch on this craft? Tabby—No. This is a cat-boat. Lite. Dignity of the English Walter. The English hotel waiter belongs to a race which is slowly but surely becoming extinct, and carries about him the melancholy aura of the doomed. Every headwaiter at a British inn has in him, at least, the making of a duke's butter. No glimpse of avarice mars the perfection of his monumental manner, and if, at the last, he descends to accept your vault, it is with something of an air of a discrown king.—Sketch. Hadherway. The oldest named country home is in Jackson county, according to a Columbian who is a friend of the owner. The name as it appears at the front gate is "Hadherway," and never fails to attract attention from passerbay. For years the wife wanted to leave Kansas City and go to a farm. When the family finally moved they named the home "Hadherway."—Columbia Herald. Smallest of Humming Birds At the children's museum, run by the Brooklyn institute in Bedford park, the smallest of the humming birds has just been mounted by the side of a conder, the largest bird that files. The humming bird is so small that the conder could easily take the whole body in its beak without injury to the humming bird. Optimistic Baltimoreana Conspicuously displayed in wholesale houses throughout the city are placards that read: "Make a noise now like an order." This style of sign serves as a follow up system of its predecessor, lately sidetracked: "We are advance agents of optimism—no calamity howlers here!"—Baltimore American. Egg Shell Gas Mantles Egg shells as gas mantles is an idea from Germany. The contents are drawn or blown out, the ends are neatly cut off, and the bodies of the shell is fixed in position like the regular article. The light thus obtained is very good, while the new form of mantle is durable. When Mounting a Photograph To get the best artistic effect the print should be slightly out of the center. The top margin should always be narrower than the side margins, both side margins should be equal and the bottom margin should be wider than those at the side—Home Chat. His Motives Misunderstood "Our pastor is such a thoughtful man," said Mrs Jenner Lee Ondego. "When he is going to preach a missionary sermon and take up a collection for the heathen he always an nounces it two or three Sundays beforehand." The Better Way: Chasing rainbows is thought to be a futile pursuit, but, after all, the fellow who will walk five or six miles a day in the open country, trying to locate the end of this arc of promise, will win large dividends in health. Judge. A Horseshoe Breaker Charlemagne was said to be the most powerful man physically of his time. One of his favorite feats of strength was to break the heaviest horseshoe by gripping it with one hand.-Sunday Magazine. Tell the Real Truth Fond Mother-Now, Johnnie, you must study hard at school, and remember that when you grow up you can become vice-president, without half trying—Illustrated Sunday Magazine. Queer Swiss Customs Saanen cheese is made in Switzerland land from cow's milk. It is the custom to make a saanen cheese at the birth of a child and eat it at the burial feast of a son of the child for whom it is made. What Ma Says. Ma says that you can never tell what a man is going to be like after he's married any more than you can tell if a dress is going to fit until you wear it. Newspapers In Manuscript Regularly prepared manuscript sheets were circulated as newspapers in China, Rome and Venice long before the invention of printing. The Fall. Pride starts away on a vacation and returns home again to suffer the fall of knowing that he wasn't even missed.-Detroit Free Press. Tumbles After all, falling 4,000 feet with a balloon isn't always as bad as stepping on a banana peel. Ask Your Heart Go to your bosom; knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know.— Shakespeare. Gifts The average man always envies another man if he can hone his own razors or do his own plumbing. Human Nature It's human nature for most of us to expect credit afterwards for the good things we do unconsciously. Area of New Orleans In point of area, New Orleans is the second largest city in this country. Not Fit for Publication "Isn't it scandalous about the Wapsleys?" "What about them? I understand that Mrs. Wapsley has secured a divorce, but I haven't learned any of the particulars." "Nobody else has. The case is such a nasty one that the records have all been hidden."—Chicago Record-Herald. Straighten Your Hair DEAR SINS: I have used only one bottle of your pomade and now I would need be without it, for it makes my hair soft and straight and easy to comb and also starts a new growth. If your drugstore or supply you wish the gummie, you will send you one bottle regular size for * * * * $ 50 Three bottles * * * * $ 1.40 Two bottles * * * * $ 2.50 One bottle, small * * * * .25 The Ozonized Ox Marrow Co., 139 East Kinstle St. Chicago, IL. MADE is made only in Chicago by the above store. GERMS AND MILK According to a recent dictum of science, the number of germs in a single teaspoon of milk, one hour after it has been hurried away from the cow on its career of death and destruction, has been reduced by modern methods from one or two millions to about 250. These germs are not in the milk at the time it leaves the cow, but, unless something is done about it, they begin to arrive in large quantities from this moment. They come in excursion trains or on foot. The line of germs waiting to get into an ordinary bottle of milk has been extending far out into the street. Police germs have had great trouble in preserving order, and, of course, had there been a riot much damage might have been done to property. All this, however, is now an affair of the effete past. The regulations are so strict that only a given number of germs may pass, and even these have to give the countersign. But even 250 germs to a teaspoon seem a good deal. What is to be done about them? We are informed that they are not all unfriendly. Many of them are neutral. Many of them come in quietly, sit down, occupy themselves with domestic amusements, and do no harm. But among these there is still the likelihood that a real enemy to the system may get in. Until not a single germ can pass the sentry, therefore, is our milk likely to be safe. All babies are hereby warned to drink it at their peril. They will be duly notified when science has barred out successfully every intruder, no matter what his age, nationality or previous condition of servitude.—Life. By Way of Encouragement BAY OF Encouragement. "Miss you, I earned your first dollar, I earned." "I earned it, young man," said the financial magnate, "many years ago by doing just what you are doing now, as my first assignment on a newspaper. I went out to interview a man, and it may interest you to know that I got a good deal more information out of him than you're going to get out of me."—Chicago Tribune. ```markdown ``` "I understand," said the chief of police, "that you intend to give the Salome dance here." "Yes," replied the manager of the traveling theatrical company, "we have arranged to do so, but I assure you that we have made it entirely unobjectionable. There is nothing about the dance that you would not want your wife or your daughter to see. It is artistic—nothing more." "Then what the dickens do you want to give it for?"—Chicago Record-Herald. At Sixteen. sixteen At sweet sixteen, we will Most every charming maid reveals, And this it is, revised to date. 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