Richmond Planet

THE RICHMOND PLANET JUDGE MULLEN'S DELIVERANCE. Remarkable Public Explanation of a Jurist==Rev. Tarrte and His Troubles. A DEADLOCK IN THE CORPORATION COURT-THE COLORED PASTOR PROMISED TO LEAVE PETERSBURG. VOLUME XXVII, NO. 2. JUDGE DEL Remarkable Pub Tar A DEADLOCK IN THE PRO Judge Mullen's Final Reply in the Tarte White, Matter. Petersburg, Va., Dec. 4, 1909. Editor of the Index-Appeal. Since my return to the city, after an absence of over a week, I have been seriously considering the advisability of noticing the communication of Mr. R. H. Mann, that appeared in your issue of the 24th ultimo. When, at your suggestion, I submitted a statement for publication, my endeavor was to express myself in such a dispassionate manner as to give offense to no one. It seems it has aroused the bitter resentment of Mr. Mann, as is evident from his so-called reply. I refrained from going into print until called upon so to do by your editorial of the 17th ultimo. It was not my purpose to attack any one. In view of the state of the public mind as to some of my official acts, you thought I should speak. It was in deference to your judgment that I did so. It was necessary for me to give the reasons for Your editorial doubtless was prompted by what appeared in your issue of the 14th ultimo as to what was done in Court the day before with reference to setting aside the verdict in Joseph White's case. It appears from his communication of the 24th ultimo, that Mr. Mann's recollection as to what occurred in bile off their systems and comforts different from mine as given in my communication of the 21st ultimo. It is, I take it, a mere matter of recollection and immaterial which is correct. Besides Mr. Mann and myself, Mr. Robert G. Bass and four of White's attorneys were present. The recollection of three of these attorneys accords with mine, except that one or them could not remember whether the Court stated it would set aside every verdict imposing a jail sentence before or after the Commonwealth's Attorney gave notice he would press for a re-trial every time a verdict was set aside. White's other attorney that was present is out of the city, but I believe he would corroborate his associates. The Court certainly did not intend to say the "AntiTartre fact had been in fault throughout the whole controversy," which arose at a business meeting of Harrison Street (colored) Baptist Church, held June 24, 1907, at which certain members of this fact were expelled; for the Court by its decree annulled that action of that meeting. It also closed the church from August to December, notwithstanding the Tartre fact was in existence. The Commonwealth's Attorney cannot say I have, ever endeavored to have him blindly obey my suggestion as to his official acts. No Judge can be more careful than I have been to respect the prerogatives of officials under him. No clash, if clash there has been, ever occurred between me and the Commonwealth's Attorney until recently. When, in January, 1908, he declined to enter a noile prosequil in Tartre's case for an alleged assault upon one Mason, that case was tried as soon as possible, and the verdict of the jury not disturbed. So far as I know cordial relations continued until last March, when I must confess they became somewhat strained. He had the right to refuse to nolle prosequil the Tartre (Mason) case. While I differed and still differ with him, as to the wisdom of his course, nothing was ever said or done by me to embarrass him in the further prosecution of that case. He shall continue to carry, so far as I am concerned, "his sovereignty under his own hat." Judges must make, and this Judge will continue to make suggestions to his Commonwealth's Attorney: but he has never attempted, or will he ever attempt, to make of that official a mere "automaton." Nor will this Judge insist that that official follow any precedent of this Judge when he was Commonwealth's Attorney. In deferring to the twice expressed opinion of the late lamented Judge Bernard in the case cited by me in my communication of the 21st ultime. I was following what I had supposed was the invariable practice under similar circumstances. It is true the poor fellow whom I (Continued on eighth page.) EDITOR YODER SENTENCED TO JAIL A Long Fight Ahead—Will Go to the Supreme Court. The Richmond, Va. Idea, a pamphlet published weekly by Mr. A. A. Yoder, white, formerly of Lychburg, Va., has created quite a sensation by attacking the city officials and the present management of political affairs in this community, Matters came to a focus, when warrants were sworn out against the editor and publisher for criminally libelling Police Justice John J. Crutchfield, and Police Commissioner W. Douglass Gordon and Chris Manning, Jr. The allegations were that the Police Commissioners unduly influenced Police Justice Crutchfield in imposing a lighter sentence upon Sophie Malloy, (white), than upon Maggie Lee, (colored), both alleged to be guilty of running disreputable and disorderly houses. The case was tried in the Police Court last Tuesday, Magistrate Willbur Griggs, presiding. Mr. Yoder was represented by H. C. V. Meredith and S. S. P. Patterson, Esq., and the interests of the commonwealth were looked after by Commonwealth Attorney Minetree Fowkes and Hon. H. M. Smith, Jr. After hearing all of the evidence, the Magistrate imposed a fine of $100, on Editor Yoder and sentenced him to jail for fifteen days. An appeal was taken. Mr. Yoder was bailed in the sum of $300, with his brother, W. W. Yoder and B. H. Wiseman as bondmen. The case will be carried up to the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, if an adverse decision is rendered in the Hustings Court. JAMES—CLARKE Mr. and Mrs. Jas. M. Clarke, announce the marriage of their daughter, Olive Virginia to Dr. Fred W. James, which will be solemnized in the High Street Baptist Church, Danville, Va., on the evening of Monday the 27th of December, 1909 at 9 o'clock. The ceremony will be performed by Rev. Dr. W. T. Hall, assisted by Rev. Dr. A. H. Galvin. Following this, there will be a reception at the home or the bride's parents, 502 Gay Street, from 9:30 to 11:30. All friends are invited. At home 232 S. Main street Danville, Va., after December 31st. Grand Entertainment There will be a grand entertainment given at the second Baptist Church Tabernacle, (Manchester), Va., Monday night, December 13, 1903, for the benefit of Swansboro Public School. Manchester band will be out in full to assist in raising funds for this worthy cause. Admission, ten cents. MRS. VICTORIA MOONE, Manager. Physicians Say Jeff Cannot Beat Johnson. Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 2.—At the request of several Pittsburg gamblers a committee of physicians Tuesday night observed Jeffries while he was going through his training stunts here. The same committee a few days ago observed Johnson in action and to a man they have reported that the boilermaker has no chance in a finish fight with the negro. They believe that he has gone back beyond all redemption, and in a report made to their employers, predicted that the boilermaker cannot last more than fifteen rounds at the outside. As against this is the opinion of Dr. Paul H. Franklin, of the Oakland Athletic Club, who asserts that if Jeffries continues to make the same improvement he has made during the past three months when he enters the ring he will be as good as ever. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1909 Negro Breacher is Put to Death by Georgia Mob. Cochran, Ga., December 1.—John Harvard, a negro preacher, who shot and fatally injured Will D. Booth two miles from this place late this afternoon, was captured by a mob of enraged citizens five miles from here to night at 10 o'clock, and burned at a stake, more than a carload of lightwood, it is stated, being heaped about the body. AUTO SCARED NEGRO'S MULES Booth is a well-known business man of Hawkinsville, and was en route to Cochran in an automobile when the shooting occurred. He drove up behind Harvard, who was in front of him in a wagon. Harvard charged that Booth's machine frightened his mules. He drew a pistol, after a few words, and fired upon Booth, three shots taking effect. Booth returned the fire, and it was learned after the negro was captured that he carried two bullets, but neither struck vital spots, and he easily made his escape. He was found in a barn three miles from the place where the shooting occurred. LITTLE HOPE FOR BOOTH Booth was brought to this place immediately after the shooting. Surgeons to-night gave out the statement that there was little hope for his recovery. He has a wife and several children. Officers from Hawkinsville in automobiles and carrying track hounds went immediately to the scene of the shooting, but a party of enraged citizens was quickly formed and trafied the negro on horseback to his hiding place. He showed fight, but was suffering so severely from the effects of his injuries until he could offer but little resistance. PRAYED BEFORE BEING BURNED He freely admitted the shooting, and it is stated justified his action by the fact that Booth's automobile frightened his mules. Harvard was given an opportunity to pray, after which he was securely bound with chains to an improvised stake. The fuel was piled high above his head and the torch applied. He roaring of the flames prevented sound being audible, if any escaped the man's lips.—Atlanta, Ga. Constitution. Tuberculosis Meeting. There will be a meeting of the Colored Anti-Tuberculosis League of Richmond at the Fourth Baptist Church on Tuesday night, December 7th at 8 o'clock. A moving picture he is given by Dr. Trueman A. Parkes, Executive Secretary of the Virginia Anti-Tuberculosis Association, white SHOWING TUBERCULIOSIS CONDITION Addresses will be delivered by Dr. E. C. Levy, Chief Health Officer of Richmond and Dr. W. H. Hughes. This subject of consumption is one of vital importance to the colored people, and every man, woman and child is urged to be present and lend a helping hand. The meeting will open at promptly 8 o'clock and will be full of life and interest from start to finish. W. P. Burrell, President, will preside. Thomas Upshur Randolph Passes Away. Died November 7, 1909, in New York City, Mr. Thomas Upshur Randolph, in the 39th year of his age. His remains were brought to this city and his funeral preached from his mother's residence 3320 N Street, Friday, November 12, 1909, by Dr. Evans Payne. He leaves a devoted mother, one brother and a host of friends to mourn their lost. 1 Wonder Why. Editor of The PLANET: I wonder what we, the Colored people have such a hard time in this world. Everywhere on Earth we appear as an out-cast, and no where on Earth are we made welcome. Yet we may save nations by heroic struggles, and we may build mansions for other people to live in, still we are outcasts. We go out to labor, as many people of other races, doing our full duty to the satisfaction of those who may us; still earth has no where the same welcome for us, the Colored people. We have answered every call of man and womanhood as the people of every race, yet who has gladly received us? Generations after gen erations offer but a little sunshine to us as a race. We have heard the voices of every movement made by other people and where no objection came we entered and came out to battle besides others in life's great struggles and are yet not wanted. The doors everywhere open sadly before us, yet we beg and beg. Even the laws among the nations know us often not. Whom shall we call upon now? We have ever since the creation of man a tender child color. But falling to find a people a nation to use us as human beings like the people of other races, we can say our success is not so great. There may be the ninety and nine found but there is one yet lost. Will the people or nation find that one, a lost sheep that has suffered too many wrongs? Will the sheep herd go and look for the sheep? I WONDER. WHY NOT—B National Baptist Sunday School Union The regular meeting of the National Baptist, Sunday School, Union will be held at the Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, Rev. M. H. Payne, Pastor, next Sunday, December 12, 1999. An excellent programme will be rendered. The celebrated Fifth Street Quartette will sing. All are invited Be on time, 3:00 P. M. Board called to meet at 2:30 P. M. B. H. PEYTON, President. A. W. DANDRIDGE, Soc. Programme of Douglass Lyceum Third Wednesday in Decem bearer Devotional Exercises. Prayer. Roll Call—Answer by Quotations. Song. Introduction of President by Mr. W D. Jones. Instrumental Solo, Miss Eva Graham Recitation, Miss Jeanette Mitchell. Solo, Mrs. Z. D. Wood. Paper, Mrs. Madelin Moss. Instrumental Solo, Miss Eulalia Whittle. Recitation, Miss Mozelle Robinson. Debate: "Resolved That Secret Marriages are Detrimental to Society." Affirmative; Mr. F. L. Bryant, B. R. A. Adams; Negative; Mr. J. R. Adams Valentine, Rev. M. C. Ruffin. Journal, Palladium by Editor E. C. Burke. Remarks Red Cross Christmas Stamps Red Cross Christmas stamps will be on sale in all of the colored business houses of Richmond and the State or Virginia, in all the churches, Sunday-schools and Societies. These stamps will be sold at a penny apiece and the proceeds will go to assist in stamping out consumption amongst the colored people. The money will be used to pay for consumptives' beds in hospitals, to pay for nurses, to pay for medicine and to pay for the dissemination of information which will go to cure consumption. W. P. Burrell, President of the Colored Anti-Tuberculosis League of Richmond has been appointed state agent and stamps can be obtained by writing him at the True Reformers Bank, Richmond, Va. Negro Driver Runs Into a Lakeside Car Richmond, Va., Dec. 2.—Allen Acree, a negro driver employed by the Harris Grocery Company, was injured in a collision last night when his wagon ran into car No. 38 of the Lakeside line at First and Duval streets. According to those who witnessed the accident, the negro was driving his double team rapidly along Duval street going west, when he struck the car as it was crossing that street along First. The negro was thrown from his wagon and later taken to Virginia hospital for treatment. The glass in the front of the car was smashed, but no one was injured. The wagon and car were slightly damaged. BOTH SIDES TALKING. THE CHAMPIONSHIP CONTEST Jeffries Says He Will Win—Jack Johnson Predicts Great Victory—The Fight to be in California. CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP Jack Johnson Regarded With Increased Favor. Jack Johnson seems to be making friends nowadays. The big negro pugilist evidently has received some good advice from his manager and associates. He has dropped the overbearing, loud talking methods that caused a storm of criticism when he arrived here from Australia after whipping Burns and is creating a more favorable impression wherever he goes. At first, regarded as a pugilistic joke, Johnson has commanded the respect of the sporting public by whipping Al Kaufman and Stanley Ketchel and by signing articles to fight Jeffries without raising a rumpus. In Madison Square Garden Wednesday night Johnson was loudly applauded by hundreds of white men when he jumped on the platform, and as he skipped about the ring, showing remarkable boxing skill, words of praise were heard on all sides. Johnson's head was turned when he won the heavyweight championship from Tommy Burns. Prior to that mill the negro did not have a dollar. Sam Fitzpatrick had paid his way around the world to secure that fight, only to be turned down cold in the hour of triumph. Johnson left Australia with less than $10,000 in his clothes, but that was more money than he had ever dreamed of having. He could not keep his head from swelling as a result, and when he set foot on American soil he found that he was extremely unpopular with white men. It made no difference where he appeared in public, he was hissed and hooted. The night he entered the ring in Philadelphia, to box six rounds with O'Brien there was such a hostile demonstration that Johnson, usually good natured, was made a hatter. It was all he could do to keep from hitting out right and left as he left the ring and heard the It was then that Johnson was advised to show the American sporting public that he did not an overrated pugilist and could beat Kaufman, Ketchel or any of the other heavyweights who were he on his trail. When he made Kaufman look like a novice in a ten round bout therefore Johnson's critics paused in the use of the hammer. Then came the knockout of Ketchel and the negro's attempt to vindicate himself was even more successful. The fact that as soon as actual negotiations with Jeffries were under way Johnson displayed extreme fairness, a quality he has shown ever since also convinced white men that he was entitled to recognition. When bids for the fight were opened on Wednesday, Johnson was applauded when he said: "I want everything done fairly and above board. The promoters must have a square deal and when the matter has been settled all I ask is a fair chance to be terrified in the ring. I am not trying to get the best of anything by technicalities and am anxious to show everybody I am on the level." Johnson is supremely confident that he can whip Jeffries. He seems to be over-anxious to get into the ring with the world's former champion. He has stated all along that it made no difference who got the fight or whether Jeffries was in with the successful promoter or not. "I'll win, and that means I'll get the big end of the money." Johnson is receding from day to day. Many critics who saw Johnson and Jeffries in the Garden Wednesday night were positive in the opinion that if the men were to meet within a week the necro would win because of his superior physical condition. While it is true that Jeffries has taken off many pounds of flesh and seems as light as he was when he beat Fitzsimmons for the title there is no doubt that the boilermaker lacks the old stamina and will have to put in three or four months at hard labor before he can hope to withstand the grueling test. Jeffries shows signs of being wind broken after two or three one minute rounds of light snarring with Berger. This work is far different from rounds of three minutes each at top speed at the same time giving and taking heavy blows. Jeffries and Johnson are matched to go "forty- (Continued on Fifth Page.) PERSONALS AND BRIEFS. Mrs. Jas. H. Gordon, of Brooklyn, N. Y., was in the city last week. Mrs. Maria Robinson, of Atlantic City, is in the city. Mr. Peyton Johnson was painfully injured by a street car last week. Mr. Joseph Adams, who has been quite ill, is out again. Mr. Madison Jasper of Fine Creek Mills, Va., accompanied by Mr. Allen Jasper, visited our office this week. The Richmond PLANET can be purchased from our agent, Mr. Isaac Parham, 276 South Regent St., Porchester, N. Y. We have received a handsome calendar from Dr. Geo. A. Thompson, proprietor of the palatih pharmacy, 2 E. Duval street. We have received a lithographed copy of "An Ethiopian Likeness of Jesus, the Christ" by Sherman S. Furr as seen by him in a vision. They are 25 cents each and may be obtained from him at 1251 27th St., Newport News, Va. We have received a pamphlet entitled "What Newspapers say of the Negro Soldier in the Spanish-American War and the return of the Tenth Cavalry," compiled by Hiram H. Thwawatt, Principal of City School Thomasville, Ga. The pamphlet is highly interesting and is well worth the ten gents, the author is charging for it. Mr. Henry Mallory, senior member of the firm of Mallory Brothers, dealers in fish, oysters, game, fresh meats, poultry and green groceries, who has been quite sick for the past three weeks is slowly improving. During his illness the business in West Leigh Street is being conducted by his brother Mr. Robert Mallory, who is giving the same polite and efficient service as given by him. Mr. C. C. Johnson Here Mr. C. C. Johnson, of Atlantic City, N. J., is in the city. He will remain during the month of December. Damning the Negro. From an intelligent colored physician of this city we have a communication protesting against a letter, published recently in The News-Leader, denouncing the tipping custom, the colored waiters and incidentally the negro race genera. We sympathize with the colored physician. He pithily remarks that the best dog can be made vicious by continual abuse and threats. The correspondent to whom he referred did not express the feeling of the people of this city and State. The vast majority of Southern men dislike and reject the tendency to be little and denounce the negro. They have for him the kindiest feeling. They like to have him around them. We do not know of a more pleasant transaction than a well-behaved and efficient negro pleasantly serving a well-bred white man, receiving in recognition of his good nature and his obvious desire to please a suitable tip and bowing and smiling his thanks. Both parties feel better for it. We have observed that the most inverteate and intolerant detractor of the negro is the Northern white man, who has not been here long enough to understand him. We judge that the correspondent who wrote the letter that is criticized today had what is known familiarly as a grouch. Probably he had been to some of the cheaper places of entertainment here or elsewhere. Possibly he was looking for Delmonico service with a thirty-five cent meal and was disappointed when he didn't get it. Or maybe he saw somebody wise enough to tip judiciously waited on ahead of him or provided more carefully and abundantly. So he decided to expend his ill humor by growling dismally against the tipping habit, the hotels and the negro waiters and race as a whole. Usually we give people of that kind the snace they want and let them have their quarrel out. The opportunity relieves them. It gives them a chance to blow off, and consequently puts them in better humor. Usually they really do not mean anything and would not do the negro or anybody else serious harm if they could. With many persons to plons to swear the production of a good, hot article for the newspapers takes the bile off their system and comforts them as much as does a strong and vigorous outburst of profanity the unrighteous.—News-Leader, Dec. 2, 1909. PRICE, FIVE CENTS MOORE SCHOOL Roll of Honor. 7 A GRADE—Clara Hill, Elyen Branch. 8 B GRADE—Alberta Henley, Olivia Mosby, Malinda Jackson, Ethel Stith. 9 A GRADE—Annie Epes, Cornelia Horsley, Jerdenia Johnson. Cornelia Horsley, Jerdenia Johnson. 5 B GRADE—Ruth Cattley, Ruby Anderson, Lelia Lewis, Ollie Jackson, Daisy Green, Ary Britt, Virginia Ray, Lavinia Scott, Ethel Taylor. 5 A GRADE 1—Rosetta Mines, Richard Winston, Harry Howard. 5 A GRADE 2—Andrew Walker, Reginald Jackson, Annie Smith, Ruth Trent. 4 B GRADE 1—Leonard Carter, Arabella Coles, Elmo Jackson, Willie Smith, Clara West. 4 B GRADE 2—Wesley Taylor, Richard Johnson. 4 A GRADE 1—Marie Clarke, Fanny Ivey. 4 A GRADE 2—Edna Anderson, Mildred Johnson, Gertrude Robinson, Gladys Robinson. 3 B GRADE 2—Chas, Freeman, George Branch, Ara Harris, Josie Spain. 3 A GRADE 1—Fannie Johnson, Armistead Walker. 3 A GRADE 2—Norman Alston, Willie Harris. 2 B GRADE—Mattthew Brown, Floyd Booker, Arthur Randolph, Avis Bland, Teresa Howard, Myrtle Priddy. 2 A GRADE—Joseph Winston, Samuel Mosby, Alma Manny, Esther Johnson, Bernetta Hatcher, Rerer Bland, James Brown. 1 B GRADE—Harry Polindexer, Annie Hicks, Letcher Salie, Louise Lewis, Herbert Toles, Mabel Taylor, Mary Purker, Lucretia Wells, Wilhemia Patterson. 1 A GRADE—Wilie Edwards, John Fields, Samuel Walker, Rubie Peyton, Sarah Pearson, Hene Babel, Regetta Coles, Lillian Green, Carrie Peyton, Jennie Venable, Louise Wilson. NOTICE- I AM NOW PREPARED to furnish meals by day or week for families at the lowest prices; also boiling hams and roasting turkeys; and I am still freezing cream at 25c. per gallon, my old price. Parties desiring meals sent to their residences will comply with their desire. All orders promptly attended to and delivered. I thank you for your past patronage, and thank you for present. PETER THOMPSON, 422 East Marshall street. SEND ANTITOXIN TO MANY DOCTORS State Board of Health Shipped Supply Cases in November Richmond, Va., Dec. 4.—(Special.)—Enough antitoxin for 400 cases of diptheria was dispensed through the State Health Department by the physicians of the State during November. In addition to this, probably as much again was purchased from the regular drug stores, so that at least $00 persons were treated with antitoxin during the month. The distribution of this antitoxin has been one of the very important tasks undertaken by the State Health authorities during recent months. As every syringe of antitoxin represents so much power to ward off and cure disease, the health officials have been endeavoring to circulate it as widely as possible. By forwarding his request to the State Board of Health, every member of every Board of Health, and every private physician in the State can secure the antitoxin, at very low cost, for use in indigent cases, or cases in which its purchase would be a hardship. The State Health Commissioner is greatly pleased at the results of last month's antitoxin work. In a statement given out here today, he says: "The distribution and use of this amount of antitoxin is a great factor in health work. It means that many deaths were prevented and that a vast amount of sickness and suffering were saved to the people of the State. The people realize, what antitoxin will do for the cure and prevention of diphtheria and they are demanding its general use. One of the most pleasing features of the campaign has been the readiness with which the counties of the State are preparing to distribute antitoxin to their indigent patients. More than 29 counties now issue the remedy fre of cost to indigents, and others are preparing to follow their example. We believe that the fight against diphtheria will ultimately result in a practical eradication of the disease. Mr. F. Higginbotham, of New York, is in the city. He called on us in company with Mr. Charles S. Carter. «The Lure Ae of the , Mask a ‘en ; ‘\ MAC GRATH 7 oe eee REE nights inter, as Hitard and Sterribew were dining to gether at the club, the stew- ard came into the grill room and swept bis placid eye over the groups of divers, Singling out HU- lard. be came solemnly down to the corner table and Ieid a blue letter at the side of Hillard’s piate. “1 id not see you when you came in, sir.” said the steward. bis voice as solemn as bis step. “The letter ar rived yesterday.” “Thank sou. Thomas.” With no small aificulty Hillard composed his face and repressed the eagerness 19 his eyes. She bad seen: she had written: the letter lay under his hand! Whe sald that romance had taken fight? True. the reading of the letter might Gisitiasion him. but always would there be that vision and the voice com. ing out of the fog. Nonchalantiy be I Dae [Paw A ay LING ‘ps ‘ AY = . \s ry ey W ie turned the letter face downward and went on with the meal “I did not know that your mail ame to the club.” sald Merrihow. “It doesn't. Onis rarely a letter rifts this way.” “Well, go ou end read {t. Don't tet me keep you from {t. Some charmer, Tl wager. Here 1 pour all my adven tures into your ear. and 1 on my side Rever so much as get a hint of yours Go on, read tt.” “Adventures, Oddlesticks! ‘The letter ean walt. 11s probably a bill.” “A bill in a fashionable envelope Itke thar” Hillard only smiled, tipped the cra. die and refilled Merribew's glass with some exceilent Romanee Cont, “When does Kitty sail?" be asked after awhile of silence. “A week from this Saturday. Feb. 2. ‘What the deuce did you bring up that for? I've been trying to forget it” “Where do they land?" “Naples. They open in Rome the frst week in March. All the arrange: ments are complete” After coffee Merrihew pushed back his chair. “I'l Feserve a table in the billiard room while you read your letter “I'll be with yon shortly,” grate. fully. So with the inevitable black cigar between his teeth Merrinew sauntered off toward the billiard room, while Billard .picked up his tetter and studied It. His Gngers trembied slight ly as he tore open the envelope. ‘The handwriting. the paper, the modest ize, all these poloted to a woman of culture and refinement. But a sublie epirit of irony pervaded It all. She Would never have answered bis print- €d inquiry had she not laughed over it, for pinned to the top of the letter was the clipping. the stupid. banal clipping: “Will the iady who sang from “Mme. Angot’ communicate witb gentleman who leaned out of the win- dow? J. H. Burgomaster club.” ‘There was neither a formal beginning nor a formal ending. only four ertsp| lines. But these implied one thing And distinetiy—the writer had no de. sire for further communication “with entleman who leaned out of the win- ow.” He read and reread slowly: 1am sorry to learn that my singing dis- tured you. There was a reason At that Particular moment 1 was happy ‘That was all. It was enough. She had laughed. She was a iady bumor- ously inclined. not to say mischievous. A comic opera star would have sent her press agent round to see what ad- Vertising could be got out of the inci- ‘Sent. mitten one oun ave ap-| Pealed to ber primo tenor for the same purpose. A gentlewoman surely; moreover, sbe fived within the radius. the official radius, of the Madison square branch of the postoffice, for such was the postmark. Common sense urged bim to dismiss the whole gitelr and laugh over it as “the Indy ‘the fog” had done. But common eense often goes about with « pedant’s to pursue, common sense notwith standing. The vein of romance in him was strong. and all the commercial blood of his father could not subse gate it. He rang for paper and a Messenger and wrote: “Mme, Angot —There is a letter for you in the mail department of this office.” This time bis Inttlals were not necessary Once the message was on its way he sought Merrihew. whom be found knocking the balls about tn @ spiritiess manner “A hundred to seventy-five, Dan.” “For what?" ° “For the mere fun of the game, of “Make {t cigars. just to add inter- est” “Cigars, thea.” But they both played « very indi: ferent game. At 10:30 Merrihew's eyes began to haunt the clock, and Hil- lard grew merciful for various rea. “What time does the performance end?” be asked “At 10:50, but It takes about twenty minutes to scrape off the makeup.” Merrihew put bis cue in the rack He made off for the coat room Hillard laughed and went up to the writing room to fulfl a part of bis destiny. He took the letter out and read it again. He replaced the letter in its blue covering, and then for the Brat time his eye met the superscrip- tion. Like a man entranced he sat there staring. The steward bad brought the letter to him, and in bis first excitement this had made no im Pression upon bis mind. He had seen nothing peculiar nor strange. And bere it was, not his tnitials, but his name tn full ‘ She knew who be wast In a fashionable quarter of the city there stood a brownstone houke, with Erotesque turrets, winding steps and Blaring polished red tiles. There Was a touch of the gothic, of the Feuaissance, of the old English man. OF; Just a touch, however. a kind of blind man’s bum of a house. A Yery rich man lived here. but for ten months in the year he and bis family Guttered about the soctal centers of the World. And, with a houxe like this on bis hands, ove could scarce blame bitn. Twice a week during this absence a caretaker came in, fourished a feather duster and went away again. Society reporters always referred to this house as “the palatial residence.” This morning a woman stood in the alcove window and looked down Into the glistening street. ‘The venetian red of ber balr trapped the reflected sunlight from the opposite windows, and two littlé points of silver danced in ber blue eyes. Ah. but her eyes were blue—blue as spring water in the morning. blue as the summer sky seen through a cleft in the mountains, blue as Inpig Inzull, with the same Gbers of gold. And every feature and contour of the face harmonized with the mar- velous hatr and the wonderful eyes: a beautiful face, warm, dreamy, engag. ing. mobile. It was pot the face of a worldly woman; nelther was it the face of a girl. It was too emotional for the second, and there was not enough contro! for the first But the prophecy of laughter did not rome to pass. The little wrinkles faded. the mouth grew sad, and the silver points no longer danced in her eyes. The pain in her heart was always shadowing. She bad seen her fairest tream beaten and crumpled upon the eet of disillusion. Yet again the smile renewed Itself she was @ creature of varring moods. She twisted and untwisted the news- aper Should she? Ought she? Aad he not always regretted these singu- ar impulses? And yet what harm to ead this letter and return it to the ender? She was so lonely here. It ras like being among a strange people, © long ago was It that ber foot bad ouched this soil. Was ft possible that he was twenty-fite? Was there not jome raiscount. and was It not fifteen nstead? Wonld not this war of wis- jom and folly be decided ere long? She opened the paper and smoothed ut the folds. “Mme. Angot—There 8 a letter for you to the mall depart- nent of this office.” It was so droll. t was unlike aoything she had ever eard of—a personal inquiry column. where Cupids and Psyches billed and. coed. § The merest chance bad thrown: he original inquiry under ber notice. ler answer was an tmpuise to which he had given vo second thought till | oo late. She ought to bare ignored t But she was lonely: the people si new were out of town, and the jest night amuse ber ‘This mao was tn all probability a jentieman. since he was a member of Rentlemen's club But second thought onrinced her that this proved nothing. fe are often called gentlewen out of ompliment to their ancestors. Still. f this man only saw the affair from er angle of vision. the grotesque bu- nor of If and not the common vulgar | ceaticienah «ilies? Rinne cde tee ee oa ee THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND. VIRGINIA. cee, Ge Se. he ee ae ee that she was ip Amertea. about te step co se snien. rot omens No; she must not be found out. king. who had beeo kind to ber, and the court must never know. From thelr viewpoint they would have de clared that she was about to taruish ‘8 distinguished name, to outrage the oldest aristocracy in furope. the court of Italy. But she had her own opinion: what she proposed to do was in itself harmiess and innocent But this gentleman who leaned out of the window? She bad seen the mateb fare ip the young man’s face. Was ‘it the face she had seen fm that fash of Hight that Interested her suffictentiy to risk the note? Against the dark of the night {t had appeared for an to stant, clean, crisp. ruddy as a cameo The face warranted confidence. She had suog because she had been bappy. happy with that transient hap- ‘pioess which at times was ber portion Could she ever Judge another man bs his looks? She believed not. How sbe bad run! The man, bareheaded. xiting chase and the burly policeman Across the street! She stepped down from the alcove, wound the gray veil round the riding crop and toxsed them Into a corner Somehow to the daylight the magi Was gone from bis face. for she had recognized him that Grst day tn the park. He rode well She touched » bell, A maid appeared. “Rettina, you will go to the office of thls newspaper and inquire for a letter addressed to Mme. Angot. And be Quick, for 1 may change my mind.” ‘The maid was back tp a half hour. “There was a letter, then?" The polnts were dancing again in the blue ees “You may go. Perhaps,” and Bettl- na's mistress smiled—“perbaps | may let you read tt and answer it after 1 am done with It, ‘That would be rather neat.” The slight nod was a dismissal, and the maid went about her dutfes, which were not many In this house. Meanwhile the lady with the vene- tian bal toyed with the letter. Chub paper! Evidently be was not afraid to trust her. But would he amuse her? The contents give her a genuine sur- prise. She ran to the window. Ital fan! It was written In Itallan, with all the flourishes of an Italian. born She turned to the signature—Hillard. So be hid signed bis name In full? She ruminated. How came such a name to belong toa man who wrote Italian so beautifully? She looked at the signature again. John—Gtovannt She would call him Glovannt. | She had ten rather clever To have had the wit to look in the brary for the blue book and the club Ust—not every woman would have thought of that. ‘Then « new tnspira ion came to ber. She sent Retina for the card basket. She scattered the contents upon the foor and sat down Turkish-wise. She sorted the cards enrefully, and, 10, she wan presently re warded. She held up the card in tri amph. He had called at this house op Thanksgiving day. He was known, then, to the master and mistress. Very good. She now gave her full attention to the letter, which she had not yet perused: To the Lady in the For: To begin with, let ine say that 1, too nave laughed. tive there wax some derres of chagrin In my laughter. On my word of honor. ft was a distinct shock to my sense of dignity, when I saw that !iotle personal of tine in the paper. It my iret offense of the kind, and | am really nshained. [hut the aituation was not ordi. mary. Ordinary ‘women “do not. sing he streets after midnight. As you could not possibly te ordinary. my oenae has greater magnitude. ‘To indive personal oa Kentiewoman! A thousand. pardons! I doubted that it would come under: your notice, and. even if it did. I was eure that you would ignore it ‘To find a woman with "ap “appreciable sense’ of humor is rare. "To find one who couples this with aitiation ts rarer. atiit. How you found but ray name confusew me “Indeed"” murmured the lady. Doubtiess you have the club list tm your poune. Do you know, when the fetter was prouRin me I'taw nothing unusual about he address. it wan only when 1 began his letter that | comprenended how elev wr you were. ‘There are naif a Goren J Hw at the club. I tell you trothtuly seer my own hame that Your volee slat ed me 1 as martied because my thoughts were faraway. I wan dreaming of Italy, where I was born. though there. if no more itatian blood in my veins than there = tn youre . “What made bim think that, I won. ler?” A therefore write this in a language fx niliar to us both. certain you could, Hot ing Lecoca's sonics In italian tf you did ot apeaw and understand it thoroughly. iignora or mgnorina, ‘whichever Wt ay have we no mutual friends? Are you ot Known to some one who, known mee ome one who will speak for me. my haracter. my habits? “It ts rather ® dull letter so far,” ald the indy You say you aang because at that mo- nent you were nappy. This implies that Ou are nol always ao” Surely with a oice like Yours! one cannot possibly” be { SS {i | a a | | <P i AZ ah) SS sme Cie » SEQ Als (-* . ) A) | I i ty? Ons Gua.» ‘She hela wp the card tm triumph. unhappy. if only 1 might mest you! Wilt you not do. me that honor? tent there just 4 little pure, healthy romance waiting to Ge given lite? Your voice haunts me Out of every silence It comen to me—"Bhe Wo 40 innocent, so youtntulr” JOHN ‘HILLARD. The letter fluttered isto her inp. She ean - Fe on ber elbows It was not & osiah tone of it. Nothing vulgar Peered ont from between the Hines. ‘DIG be really love music? He ust, for it was not every young map who could pick out the melody of an old. forgotten opera Rather than tempt fate she decided not to answer this letter. It would be neither wixe vor useful. . Romance! The word came back to her With an unmusical laugh she stood up. shaking the letter to the floor. Romance! She was no longer a gitl, She was a woman of Sve and twenty, and what should a woman know of romance? Ah. there bad been a time when all the world was ro- mence—romance; when the night breeze had whispered it under her casement window. when the tsttice climbing roses bed breathed ft. when the moon and the stars bad spelled it Romance! She bated the word not less than she hated the ftallan inn guage, the Italian people, the country itself. She spurned the letter with ber foot and fed the newspaper to the fre. Bhe went downstairs to the piano and played with stroog feeling. Pres- ently she began to sing a baunting, melancholy wong by Abt She was mistress of every tone, every shade, every expression. The door opened gradually. Crash! The music was over “Bettina? Bettina, are you lsten- ing? “Lam always Ilstening.” Bettina squeezed into the room. “It is beaut! fui, beautiful! To sing lke that: There will be kings and dukes at your feet!” “Eoough!* “Pardoa, signora, 1 forgot. But lis ten. 1 bring a message. A boy came to say that the rehearsal will be at 4 this afternoon. It Is now after 12" | “So late?.«We must be oF “And the letter upstairs on the floor?” | “Some day, Bettina, you will enter | the forbidden chamber, and 1 shalt have to play iluebeand ‘This time, however, Ido not mind. Leave it there or burn it," indifferently Bettina knew her mistress. She thought best to leave the letter where it lay, forgotten for the time being. CHAPTER IV. OR two days the club steward only nodded when Hillard came In, He bad no letters to pre nent. “1 am thirty-three years old.” Hit lard mised as he sought the reading room. “Downtown I atm looked upan As a man of affairs, a business tan with the care of half a dozen fortunes n ws hands. Now, what's the mat er with me? 1 begin’to tremble when 1 ook that sober old stewart in the fave. If be had handed me a letter tonight 1 sbould have had to lean Against the wall for support. This Will never do ot all. 1 have not seen her face; 1 do not know ber name For all 1 know she way be this Leddy Lighttinger. No; that would be timpos sible. Leddy Lightfinger would have made an appointment. What possesses me to dwelfio this Tealm of fancy. Which 1s less tangible than a cloud of smoke?" He smoked thoughtfully “Or am I romantle? To create romauce out of nothing—1 used to do that when Iwasa boy. Bot I'm a boy no longer. Or am In boy thirty-three years old? She does not answer my letter. Sens! ble woman. Well, well,” reaching for the London Itlustrated News. “let's wee what the society folks have bees do- ing.” He dropped the paper. There was really nothing new In the world. If Glovann! returned to ttaly in the spring he was of m mind to go with him. He looked up and was giad to see Merrihew In the doorway. “Reen looking for you, Jack. Want your company tonight. Kitty Kilt grew fs giving @ little bite to eat after the performance and has aaked me to bring you along. Will sou come?” “With pleasure, Dan. Are you din- ing with any one tonight?” Hillard was lonesome, “Yes. A little bridge till 11." “You're hopeless. 1 can see you In limbo, matching coffin plates with Charon. I'll hunt you up at 11." “Heard the talk?" “About what? “Why. some one in the club hax been using the agony column. The J. H's are being used unmercifally, and you'll come In for It presentis, It's a case of wine on the man who did It” Hillard felt of bis collar and drew down bis cuffs. “Probably some Joke.” be ventured tentatively “If it fsn't the man who would xtoop to such tommyrot and tack the name of his club to It must be an ass” “No doubt abont that. Odd that this fs the first time I have beard abont it.” Bur sileotly Hillard was swearing at his folly. “1 may depend upon you tonight, then?” said Merrihew. “T shall be pleased to meet Miss Kil- grew." which was a white one Fiil- lard would bave pald curt toa Inun- dress rather than offended Merrihew. And promptiy at 11 be went up to the card room and dragged Merrihew awa>. Merrihew gave up his chair reluctantly. He was winning. The amateur gimbler never wants to stop. Op the way to the Killigrew apart- ment Merrihew's moods varied. At one Moment be was on the heights. at the next In the depths. He simply could not live without Kitty. Per- haps if this trip abroad turned out badly she might change ber mind. Seven thousand could be made to mus- ter. Twice fIillard enme very near making bis friend a confidant of his own affair, but he realized that, while Merrihew was to be trusted In all things, it was not yet time. ; He found a pleasing and diverting company. ‘There was Mere Killigrew. A quaint litle old Indy who deplored her daughter's occupation, but admit- fed that without her success beaven only knew how would have got slong. There Yas the genial Thomas cna . & low comedisn of genuine ul . whom knew a Smith. a light oom and Sorts moderately snecessful baritove, to whom Hillard took one of in tant and anaceountable nant and @ le disiikes. Sareea, Kitty fancied Hillard trom the start, and he on bis side found her well edu: cated, witts and unaffected. She was even prettier than ber photograph. “Merrihew's face beamed upon. them both in x kind of benediction, He bad Known all along that once Jack saw Kitty he would become a good ally in fighting down ber objections. _“Phink of singing In Italy! ried Kitty “Isn't tt fust wonderful?” “And has Merrihew told you to get a return ticket before you sail?" with half a jest! “Don't you think It will be success- fault @ shade of disappointment ‘There will be thousands of lonesome Americans over there. Out of patriot. ism, If for nothing else, they ought to come to see us." “They certainly ought to. But I'm ap old kill-Joy.” “No, no: go on and tell me all your doubts. You have been over tbere so many times” “Well, supposing your touristy are tired after having walked all day through the churches and galleries. they may want to go to bed early But you never can tell till you try You way become the rage on the con- tinent. Yet you go Into the enemy's country. It ten't the same as going to London, among tolerant cousina. In fs Me as i tee = —: | ¥ ~~ ,. =& f x =") > LS <8) \Y. Re Rs relents | 2 Sa fy Se fis 4 Sf fe be eee \¥—to 9 Soe Wee ne” Chan Aer pretegrage. Italy and tn Germany there is always so much ted tape—blundering. confus. fog red tape, custom duties, excessive charges. ut your manager must know what he Is doing.” “He bas everything in black and white, | believe. But your advice ts / sensible.” | “Do sou koow anything about Italy or Gerwany ?* Only what | learned in my geogra. phies.” laugbing—“Rome, Florence, Genoa, Venice, Nice, Milun, Strassburg, Cologue and on to Berlin. It ts like a fairy story come true.” “Avbo ia sour prima donna?" he asked “Ah?” Kitty's face became eager with excitement. “Now you bave put our floger on the mystery that ts bothering us all, Not one of us bas ‘Ace ber or knows ber name. She has ‘Dot rebearsed with us and will not till ‘we reach Naples, where we rest a Week. Whea we speak of her the wanuger siniies und says nothing, and 28 noue of us has seen the backer Mr. Worth things that sbe herself is the Prima donua aud backer tn one. We Think that abe Is some rich young wo- man who wishes to explolt ber volce. ‘There's a lot of them ty the world. 1 Wish | kuew her. Little has been sald about tbe venture In the papers, and Vm glad. We may prove a perfect faze, uud the less sald the better. As Wwe can't welk back. 1 must learn to swim. Luuch ts ready, every oue!” The muwuers and the outsiders flocked Into the small dining room. There was yleuty to eat; beer, soda, Whisky aud two maxuums of chan: Payne, Merribew’s coutribution to the feast. Hillard listened with increas: ing amusewent to the shop talk. It was after 1 when they returned to the sitting room. where the plano stood. ‘The wine was now opened, and tousts Were drunk. O'Mally told inimitable Stories, ‘There was something exceed. fogly droll in that expressive irish face of bis. Worth did not drink, bat Hillard did not like bis handsome face any the tore for this virtue. He sang re- ouarkably well, bowever, and with a willingness Hillard bad not believed he possessed. He wondered vaguely why be disiiked the man. Otherwise Hiltard enjoyed bimsett vastly, “Mr, Merribew bas beeo telling me ail about you,” said Kitty. “You wean, of course, my good quali- ties.” replied Hillard. “To bear ti utlk one would think that you possessed nothing else. But 1 am sure that you bave glaring faults sucb us a oan might pass over and a womao go round" “L believed that Merribew bad a se- rious fault ll tonight.” he said. Sbe looked at bim quickly and col- ored. “Has the foolish boy been telling you that I refused to marry bim? 1 lke hiw very much,” she added grave- ly, “but 1 shall never marry any man till 1 have cased to love the stage. I a Dot a whit less extravagant than he is, How could the two of us live op ao incom. which be himself admits that be cannot live within? A month after 1 am\gone he will forget all about me.” “Merrihew is the most loyal man 1 know.” Hilinrd dectared, “Of course he ts loyal! And be ts always iu ea uest—for the moment.” And then they both laughed. it was outrageously late, nearly 4, when the revelers took leave. Merri- hew was hoopy with that evanescent happiness which goes hand fo glove with late suppers and magoums. “Isn't abe a little wonder, Jack?” “Yes. abe ix, Dan. it might be a good thing for you to marry a sensible little woman {ike that. But sbe won't bave you. “No, abe won't.” Merrihew reached for bls wath. “Four a m.” “Sas. whet do you think of that man Worth” ‘eome” ee ee "Ob, go OB: You're as fine a roe chap as there is in New York. But tl man Worth has the looks of a indy ‘Killer. He's been eying Kitty, but It doesn't go. Hang tt. I can't see why ssbe won't marry me now.” “You must bare patience.” | “Or more moves. Can't O'Mally tel ‘& good story, though?” ! “Yes. but 1 should bate to turn bim joose ip my wine cellars. 1 imagine he will praise anything good to drink but water.” Merriiew roared. “Well, here's your station, Dan. Shall | see you tomorrow?" “Bight-thirty in the park. Nothing Uke a borse for a headache.” Hillard arrived home tired and ‘ sleepy, but as he saw a letter on the staud In the ball bis drowsiness passed ‘quickly. ‘There was no other bite en- ¥elope like it, She pow had tis house address; she was interested enough to Hook It up. She did not follow his lend and write Ip Italian; she wrote iu Eng- Ush—crisp English too. Again there was neither beginning nor ending. But this was a letter. ‘There was something | here of the woman, something to read and read again: 1 had old the maid to burn your letter, but she left it on the Soor where 1 had throwa. it, and 1 came across it Uns morning. "It" looked rather pathetic. So Lam writing you aguinst my better judg- ment. Yes, J know your name. 1 find that "1 am’ well acquainted with people you know. farm a woman who often sure Tenders to the impulse of the moment. i may or may hot auawer any future letter from you. You write very good Italian, but It will surprise you to learn that I de- test all things that are Italian “Once i loved them well. Why should you wish to. know me? Our ways are as divergent as the two poles. “Happy because I sing? There are some things over which we can sing or laugh, but of which we can- ot speax without crying. “Happy or un- happy. what can Uils matter to you? ‘To you I shall always remain the indy tn the fog “Are sou rkb, young, talented? Leare not in the least. "Perhaps it amuses ine to add to your confusion Pind me? Tthime not. Alisguided enerayt | Hilllard put the letter away, extin guished the lights and passed up to bis room. This was a direct challenge. He would accept It This time he Would use no persoual to tell ber that a letter awaited her. She should make the inquiries herself. And from the mail clerk he would obtain a deserip tion of the elusive Mme. Angot. Next morning he rode in the park with Merribew. Again be saw the velled lads on the Sandford black. Out of normal curiosity he telephoned the stables and made inquiries. ‘The reply was short. No ope at the stables knew the lady, but she rode the horse on Proper authority. That night he wrote: 1 shall keep on writing ti! you cease to reply. Let ine be frank with you. tam bored. So are you. ‘The pleasure you de- Five in keeping’ up this mystery eogages you. You bid-me to find you | accept the challenge. "You must Understand at once that It ts the mystery that interests me. itt the unknown that attracts me 1 am mentaily painting you in all sorts of radiant colors. You dety me to fad you. There in nothing 90 reliable aa the Unexpected, nottung to desperately une certain asa thing astured. T warn you that I shail lay ail manner of traps, way: lay your messengers, bribe them. i small find ‘out where you live. The rest will be simple. ee 1 have no desire to alleviate your con. fessed boredomn. "Your peramence, would be praiseworthy If well Uirected. Waters Wear away stone, the wind crumbles the marble, Out a woman Is not moved till she wishes to be. I never thought that 1 Should dabole in an intrigue of this sort, Snd 1 am surprised at the amusement ii afforda me. I'really owe Sou some grati- tude. “The few | have met who Know YOU tell me that You are & “nice Young man Every un has some portion of self love. “So bis next effort was a pas- slonate denial thut be was “nice.” When should be meet ber? The post- man brought bim a fetter which cou- talued ope word—Nimmer: He seat ber four pages. a frauk and witty de scription of bLimself and bts friends, Op the day she received this tetter ® cablegram came to ber from the far Mediterranean, Whatever it contained had the effect to cause all restralat to disappear from the tone of her witers. They became charmiug. and more and more Hillard found blmself loving a, voice. All his watcbing, all bis traps. came to no successful end. She was too clever for bim. He sought the wait department of the great newspaper: the clerk couldn't remember, there Were so many calling for mail. Let ters passed to and fro daily now, but always she declared that It was im- Possible for them to meet. No, it was out of the question to dine with him in @ restaurant. It was equally out of the question to cook a dinuer where She lived, as she and her maid dined at a small restaurant near by. Finally he proposed to bring the dinner ail cooked from the club, Two days went by without o sign; then the biue letter came. 1 surrender. The most fatal thing in Ife is curiosity. It has the power to lead ts into all manner of trouble, And | have my share of curiosity Remember, you hever would have foun¢ mel may dwell $5 @, Barret: | may be chew "Blindfolded geeraeal wes borrt pe “It ts a trapr” he erled. “They Sill aseassinate you! | No: you sbal not go! 1 Rome. at the carvivais, it is an old game. ‘They will rob you.” “Take the number of the cab as 1 get im. If anything should bappen, give the number to thanolice.” Giovanni, with a abiW movement of the bands, expressed bis resignation to the worst. He knew the futility of arguing with bis master. But be fol- Jowed bim down to the hall and tied om the bandage himself. He was honest about it. too, for Hillard could see noth- ing. Then the messenger boy took him by the hand and led him to the car- riage. As the two were climbing Ip Giovanni spoke rapidly in his native tongue. “There ts no number on the car. rage!” “Too Inte to bother now.” The carriage rolled off toward the club, where the dinner, hot aad smok- ing, was taken on CHAPTER Y. See MAR. “J OINDY th’ Elks?” asked the boy when Hillard was well under way once more. “No; it's a seance. They are going to call up my fate round a table.” | “Ugh! Aw, gowan! Dey don't call up no ghosts wit’ French cider and: bot bolds.” ‘The boy relapsed into sl- lence, By and by the carriage stopped. | “Dis ts where we alight, me lold!" the boy Jeered. “An* no lookin’, mind.” Hillard found the carriage steps and Janded safely. He stood for a mo- Ment, listening. They were in a quiet Dart of the city; po elevated or surface- cars were near. He was assured that the tocation was exclusive. Garrets: are not to be found in quirt piaces, “Lock out fer th’ steps.” said the boy, aguin taking Hillard by the band. “Aud you be careful of that basket” “I ain't lettin’ it drop any.” Winding steps, thought the blind. folded man. He could recollect none. It seemed to him that they stood there- five minutes before the door opened. When it did. the boy passed in the basket and resolutely pusted Hillard into the ball. The door closed gently. and the adventure was begun. Whith er would it lead him? “Take of the bandage the signor may now.” sald a voice in broken Eng lish. “Thanks!” He tore the handkerchief from bis eyes and biivked Tbe hall Was #o dimly lighted that he could see nothing distinctly “The sigvor’s coat and hat.” He passed over these articles, shook the wrinkles from his trousers, smooth- ed bis chin and stood at attention. The anid evel bis Wich abuahads corse. Yr | | LAs S 4 Yan ToaS CN) “aay iN hea L f A\ he e ii f ae ¥] ie al, then knocked timidiy on the door lending to the drawing room. “Avanti called a soft volce. Hillard gathered tn his courage. opened the door and stepped inside. On a divan uear & amp sat a woman 4p black. Only a patch of white throat could be seen, for ber shoulders were not bare and her arms only to the el bows. Her back was trned squarely But what a bead: He caught nis breath. It glowed like a copper beech fn the sunshine. “Madam?” he faltered. He spoke English and not very firmly The woman turned. Hillard took a step backward and blundered agatust & pedestal She was masked! Masked: Only her mouth and chio Were visible, and several little pieces of court plaster effectually disgnised these, There was a mystery. He to come blindfolded and she to weer a mask—extracrdinary! “And this.” she sald ironically, “ts the gentleman who leaned out of the window." He brought all bis faculties tozether. for be knew he woula need them in this encounter, “Supposing 1 bad fallen out of it—well. It could not have mattered 1 should not have been more at your feet thao 1 am now” TEis was very ood, consid. ering bow dry his tongue was. Hillard reached a ehatr successful- Jy enough, but be never could rec- collect how Ale eat down asa bashful man sits down In a erowded ballroom. witn nis knees arawn m ngnty and his feet at sympathetic angles, Presently she jaughed with malice. “You are uot comfortable io that thair.” “That ts true, and yet it is soft and Foomy. J am uneasy. Verbaps sou Fecall to my subcousclousness a period ip my former existence ov earth, or, if You will, one of my aucesturs.” “1 fail to anderstand.” “Well, @ iillard 200 years ago had his bead cut of by au dx. His execu- Uoner wore a mask." “A mistake. Your ancestor should have been hunged.” “And { along with him, would | imply se “Are you not Irish? l have known. ae ere owse Ages - y Ne ieee tee) SATURDAY. DEC. 11, 1900. courage to follow up an adventure like this.” “Thanks. ‘The compliment 1s rather ambiguous.” “My compliments cannot possibly be more ambiguous than your appearance. Surely there will be 22 hour for un- masking.” “It bas already begun, Mr, HUlard." ~So1 am the one who 4s to be un- asked? Well, 1 have only the mask nature give to me. 1 wish she bad ‘deen more liberal. But 1 shall see what can be done with it.” He took pote of ber teeth and felt a sudden tinge of rezret. One may dis- guise the face and hair, but the teeth are always the same, Two lower teeth ‘on the right side appeared to be gone; the others were Orm and glistening white. it was a pity, for a woman's teeth are as mucb ber glory as her bair. Silence. ‘The ruddy ight on her bair fascinated him “What Is It?" she demanded. “Your hair.” with a simplicity which silenced her. “You beve the most beautifnl bair | bave ever seen.” “Thank you. And set, for all you ‘now. It may bea tine wig.” “If it is | shall never be sure-of Anything again. Am I tp prosalc New York? Have you not by some carpet magic transported me to old Europe? Af a dozen conspirators came in tn <owis to render me the oath 1 should Got be at ali surprised.” “There ts no magic, only a mask.” “And there Is no way of seeing be- hind that?” “None absolutely none. 1 am told that you are a gentleman, ao t am confident that you will not stoop to use force.” “Only the force of eloquence, if ever 1 may lay claim to that again.” “You are beginning well, for 1 tet! you, Mr. Hillard. 1 shall expect but the most brilliant wit from you to- night. As for me, I shatl only inter. Polate occasionally. Now, begin.” “Iam pot used to dancing without the pole” “You must Warn Dancet* “Upon whbat—uothing? And how sbali 1 koow that my dancing pleases your" “L agree to tell you. 1 wear this cask tonizbt becauee Lam taking a Murreptitions wat out of my book of “You are. then, seeking a diversion? SRotbing uote oF vest Do vot tat ter yourselt that there 1s austuing per SOMA OF FoUMutiC oO My side. 1 ath tored.” “haw wholly a your hands,” be said “and they ace Very Geautitul bends.” “IS there anything wore beautiful chap @ cat's paw wien the claws are hidden? Never joage « wowan by ber bunds.” Nevertueiess sbe buried ber hands tn the deptus of « down pillow. ‘She bad forgotten uer rings. She slip. ed them of and managed to hide thes. “I promise t remember. Your tet ters"— he began dithdenuy. Where the eure wits is luuguer Was be to be tongued Und all the evening defore this Combine, whe, with tue wid of ber mask, was covery imughing et bis awk Wwurdvess? “My letters? A woman often writes what she will not say and says what sbe will not write, Did you aot ask ime to disillusion sou?" “Yes, but softly, softly. 1 begin tw believe one thing—you bronght me here to teach me a lesson. Gentlemen should kever usc the personal columa.” “Nor should ladies read i. 1 am not saving any mercy for myself!” with laughter. “Shall 1 begin with my past?” “Something less horrifying, if you please!” “1 object to the word nice,” be said. “1 should have preferred milksop: Hadn't you better try some new kind ‘of torture?” ‘This time her laughter was reinxed and Joyfnl, And somehow Hillard felt more at ease. He was growing accus- tomed to the mask. He stretched bis legs and Gneered bis nether lip. “Have you not somewhere an tn visible cloak?” “I bad one that night, which nature lent me." she answered readily. “I was so Invisible to you that I beard the policeman call out your name 1 thank you for insisting that 1 was not ‘a chorus Indy.” Here was a revciation which ac- counted for many things. “I haven't been very fortunate so far in this ad venture.” “That ts rank ingratitude. 1 am of the opinion that fortune has highly favored sou.” “But the mask-the mask! If you heard the policeman call my name you must bare heard him speak of one Leddy Lightfinger.” “| did. Indeed. And ts t not pos- sible that Iam that very person?” Hillard dropped his hand toward bis watch. “Why do you bate Italy?” She sat straight. and what Mitte he ‘could see of her mouth had hardened. “There will be no retrosrcciion this ‘evening. if you please,” her voice rather metallic. ‘The mystery lifted tts head again. ‘One does not hate a country without @ strong and vital reason. Was Glo- yanni party right, after all? Was this @ kind of trap~a play to gain his fnterest? Was her singing under his aitiiiain deidahe nian? the, whither is all this to lead? “To the door and tnto the fog again.” “On my word, I'm half inclined to believe you to be an anarchist or a red or something on that order.” “Pat yourself at ease. 1 am neltber Leddy “Lightinger nor a Socialist. ‘There are vo dynamite bombs in this house.” Her severity. her irony and ber ap- parent lack of warmth were mere mat. ters of calculation. Her plan was to inspire him with trepidation, to keep bim always at arm’s length, for bis ‘own safety as well as bers, She knew something of men. She was secretly = * : wd rs “RG 2 jp, ey | P(A. qy YY x igo mei —— “The sng you aang under my window.” pleased with his strong face and shape ly head. The chin was square. but pot bewvy: the mouth bumerous, kind ly and firin; the nose bridged, und the brown exes, sleepy, yet with latent Gres, were really handsome. She was Bot afraid to be alone with bln, vor was it really necessary to wear a ask. But the romance tn ber heart that she believed to be dead was not dead, only waiting to be rekindled. “1 will sing!” “That is more than | dared to bope.” “What shail it be?” she usked. ~The song you sang under my win. dow." “But that Is for the male voice!” “You sang it very well nevertheless I bave a goo! memory too." He leaned forward, his arms crossed o0 bis knees Was there ever im all the world such i“ ‘Arabian wight She sung. but without that buoyany note of the first ulgbt. Ove after an other be called out the popular airs of the old light operus. She had them al on ber tongue's end, Where bad be seen that copy of Botticelli before? If only there was s Uittle more light! “Pardon me,” be said. ~You asked”— She repeated ber question, wondering what bad drawn bls attention. “1 ike my grand opera after dinner After dinner 1 shail want Verdi, Ber loz. Gounod.” “But after dinner 1 may not care t slog.” She spoke tn German. He wax not expecting this tongue Besides, his German bad never been 2 finished product. For all that, he made a passable reply “You xpeak as wary languages as a Swiss hotel conclerge” “I wish I did. My mother had one fdea in regard to my yoath—I should speak four languages and eventually Decome a great diplomat. My mother bad one of the lovellest voices. It was joy to hear her speak, now Italian. now German, now French, We were great comrades. It was rare fun tc go with ber on an antique bunting ex- Pedition. They never fooled ber nor got the better of her In a bargain” She liked the way he spoke of bis mother “But you." he sald—“you are not Htaltan?* She smiled. Her Gngers stirred over the keys again, and Grieg’s “Paptilon” fluttered softly from flower to dower. {ro me conTINvED.} An Awkward Mistake, When Lord Dalhousle was com. mander in chief of the British Indian forces be visited the king of Oude at Lucknow and made a point of present: ing Lady Dalhousie, The king of ‘Onde, gilttering with diamonds, sat tn his gold chair and narrowly watched Lady Dalhousie advance across the marble floor of the great ball. He did not understand Lord Lalhousie’s pres entation. He thought Lord Dalhousie wanted to sell this withered woman to him. And, shaking bis head, twist ing his black mustache and smitins scorafully, he said as the countess courtesied low before his throne: “Take her away. Take her away. She won't do at all.” Meseite by Cccean Swelle. ‘The British museum contains a very curious chart made by vatives of the Marshall islands. A framework of sticks supports a series of diagonal and curved rods, which represent the swells produced by the prevailing winds. Shells fixed at intersections of these rods show the location of the istand of the group. Comparison with modern charts shows that the location of each island with reference to Its neighbors is indicated with consider- able accuracy, but the distances are hot so correctly shown. This, however, is no great disadvantage for the native vavigators, since the constancy of the winds at certain seasons enables them to steer by the swells alove, Theory and Fact. “T tell you that it is a mistaken idea that animals bave instinct,” re marked the newfangled naturalist. “ “Will you inform me, then, what makes a ben set on a doorknob’ asked an auditor. “My Investigations have only gone far enough to sbow that it is not in- ‘stinet.” replied the naturalist some- ‘What stidly.—Philadelphia Ledger. Subscribe to the PLANET. THE KICHMUNL * Simple, Attractive and Homelike. A Small, Well Proportioned House With Many Novel Features —It Can Be Built For About $3,000. jagilae eet Get sede j : age oor =. eee * : " i BPS: ME ae ae : e i Pe ee oaks Sess a ‘ i Si ee ee a > pe “ =| Se ~~ aa cee AS Ps BN | Bl ie ‘ 5 i al a Pee eee oe ee a ' NS Pao ete, || SZ (eed | SS ("BS || as tt - a iff | | Ket Here ts a design for a small house combiving siurplicity, beauty and homelixe appearance. ‘The brosd. low aod well sheltered frost porch, with large, square columns, the low overhanging eaves of the main roof and the Partectiy beepetisanch Wecmieeh: fw the icone story prorsie en cheeior ‘Which ls slaps apd at tbe onme tine becutiful. ‘The staircase ball te large, and the mbin landing fo provided with « window seat. Auarebed opening. baring square columns with heavy mission capitals and beams overhead, Jeads frow the ball to the living room. ‘The tlsslon design im carried to the bracket ahelf of 1 corner mantel of red tile In the living foom. ‘There te ihe ba, aichid ‘openiig: between the. Hrag oom and tee Giiing roost. A Pretty featore of the dining room isa deep Bay, which bas Sve iraded glast Cancenent windows. ‘Tule room als bass coved celllog aad a plate fact. Pantry cootaine porcelain ‘coameled sick, Kueading ‘beards, drawers and locker. The kitcben and pantry are finished natural and the rest of the Seat Bice ta Stsiaed taleaioa cal. Saavesenr. tp commie, coetalun fureace, frait room, fuel room and lausdry. Gler, 20 by 98 fect. First story 9 feet im height; second story, 8 feet 6 Inches; basement, 7 feet 6 Inches. Can be built for about $3,000, THOMAS L. WEST, Architect. th : | white soft string cot tito teagthe fer ristmas Presents the body aud eres. ‘Tbe heed ie stalf fd out with wadding, also the body, : Tt Sie: ts Sana toeneng ay Kring aneon = p= WE Ses as crise pleted of bang inte i 4é Ot some bright cola, Bann uve erack \ sabored Gareed Warten Lx esd nocd Anoet the wrint fe. ribbon eurtiaiiy BABY] ve pS) pe Baby's Bonnet Box. tes baby eas Aly hommes box: as won At first glance the Christmas gift for] as his mamma, but It Is a cunnine Nt King Baby, impregnable as he ts in bis! tie round affair covered with flowered pink and white well fed contentment, paper Iu a pretty, habsish, dates ot Seems the handeat problem of the hol’ forgecmenots, Tiss tw oue of the pret Iday season. He has no wants that are thest new ideas In connection with the obvious and patent, and it is evidently infant's layette and makes a charming quite hopeless to ask bim to follow bis, Christmas gift, Inside the box is fit Uf. Cap, y 1s <i pp £4 ( a5 o-- 1G nS la a mae oo g Pena. Sos te : Vie. fet alee vox Yon ur LOMDANIP's omNETs. ted with a round, scented lining of ‘silk, and the top of the lid is finished fm the same way. Gathering the silk Im rosette fashion and catehing up the ends in the center of the lid’ with rosette of baby ribbon is a dainty touch to the box. Baby Bibs. A baby cannot have too many bibs. and there is othing mother appre elates more than gift bibs for ber baby ‘A pretty bib fs made of sheer lavwn embroidered with the transparent eu Droldery “whlch consists of eatstiteb done on the wrong side of the material for the flowers and simple outline stitch for the stems and scrolls. Set the em broidered Jawn on to @ heavy linen back. Trim the bib with an edging of valenciennes lace. With this bib can be given one of the silver fasten. ers, which are new and useful. An acceptable present for a baby ts the sets of silver safety pins that come on three rings ted together with a stbbon. Each ring contains a dozen of the pins, and all the dozens differ in size. For the rubber blanket used on the eri there are slips the exact size made with smali buttons and holes so that @ fresh one may be put on with little trouble. These must bear the embrotd- ered initials of the new arrival. Not Meant For Him. Farmer—Hi, there! Can't you see that sign. “No Fishing on These Grounds?” Colored Fishermav—Co'se I kia see signs. I's cuilid, boss, but I ain't 80 ignorant ax ter fixh on no grounds. T'm Gxbin’ in de crick.— Driftwood. ‘The rate of increase tn the tempera- ture of the eorth is slow, only 1 de- gree F. being registered for every 225 feet in depth. At this rate 92 degrees Would be attained at a depth of 7.000 Fettical feet, which is a much greater depth than any reached in the mining ‘world. FIRST FLOOR PLAN. Christmas Presents k¥y¥-5/ BABY) en FOR | S¥y..5/ BABY) ~ ie OSS Lt ———— At frat glance the Christias jlft for King Babs, tmprenable as he fs in bia pink and white well fed contentment, seems the hardest problem of the hol day season. He bas no wants that are obvious and patent, aud It 4s evidently quite hopeless to ask him to follow bis ee tar eos big brothers and sisters’ example and “write out a list of the desires of his ‘heart for Santa to gratify. On a vew ‘ture just try how his highness will lke a toy belt. It ts made of a plece of two Inch satin ribbon long enough to fit about the waist comfortably and to tle in an attractive bow in the back with long ends. The portion that Is supposed to go around the waist of the Infant is doubled over to form a belt, from which hang pendent from satin streamers a whistle—silver if money ts not a consideration—a rubber doll and, on the third end, n small play ball. ‘The belt ts then completed. . String Doll. - Baster to make than the rag doll and much more hygtente, for babies have the bad habit of putting things in thelr mouths and the paint on rag dolls te often poisonous, is the string doll. It 4s evolved from quantities of heavy f i ae fi NNT Li, x A er SN Woy Wy Y/IW\’) (WH p(y \ oe e SECOND FLOOR PLAN. pe yy eS eg BOX FOR HIS LOKDSHIP'S BONNETS. Baby Bibs. ‘ian Dati: Dalian. Not Meent For Mim. G The Timely Prep- aration of Useful J Christmas Pres- FE ents --- Bags Al- ways Popular eR and Appreciated. Priscilla Bag---Silk Ss Bedroom Slippers | The girl who has time for a little fauey work at home, elther making ‘things for herself of preparing tor Christmas, should start work on the buttertly haudkercniers "They bave been suid tu the shops for some tue, Imported from Parts and costing quite a bit of mouey. A BIEL can wake thew at bome If she is clever with ber uvedie, If sbe bas been doing any of the vutterty up pllyue to underwear which bas been the faxbion this seuson she will be ex- ‘pert enough to start ou this other work. ‘The foundation ts a sheer tne hand- kerchiet with a tiny beustitebed edie Either ove or severai buttertlies are cut from sheer colored silk mull and applied to the tiven, ‘Tues can be ull of one color or tn different colors and embroidered at the edges and up the ceuter tu give the coloring of a reat butterfly. Some girls may prefer Just one but. tertly with widespread wings Io a faint color, such as laveuder, pink, yellow or bive. Lf she mukes a set for a Christmas gift It will be pretty to put a different colored one on each bandkerchiet. ‘bass es Oi, Bags of all kinds are always well ued presenta. ‘They may be wade at or round and be for either seful of oruamnental porposes, bat in any gules thes Are snvet acceptable, Sonn ot the bags thin season are bellt on 8 foundation of covered cardboard, and the ost beautiful of all are of pom Dadour tibbon gathered round a fat AER, Y) y 2 i K 1 g Bi Snes sone SE MATERIALS REQUIRED ) Cretonne { } Plain Colored Materiat j Whalebene Cord ectsgie ce basket, which forms the bottom. More useful. but quite as attractive in its way, Is the Priscilla bag seen in the cut. ‘To make it cut a 12 by 14 inet circle of cretonne, fold the sides to getber and shape as Ulustrated. Line with some harmoulzing plaln material mnaking two little pockets on the inside for needles, thimble and scissors. ‘The busy mother will be glad to receive this gift. Artistic Shield Cover. With lawo aud remnants of valen- clennes lace and insertion are easily made sets of shield covers, one to fit the medium sized shield and one the next smatier, which many women pre- fer with transparent frocks. ‘The covers are made in double bag form cut the sbape of the shield, but a little larger, so that they can easily be slipped Inside. The back of the shield is made of plain lawn, while the front is trimmed with rows of inser- ton and edged with Ince. Sometimes the lusertion outiiues the sbape of the ‘shield; again It runs dingonally across it ‘The covers are placed ina dainty tis. sue lined box before going on thelr way as Christmas presents, each one provided with the smallest white safe. ty pln for easy adjustment. & Comtereitls Prec Every yeur the bedroom slipper ap- pears in a new form. ‘This Christmas you wilt probably make a palr of these Comfortable foot coverings for some AN eZ \ ‘ey, \ Zi y ay hy oY we ee) SIG " A ON a wy Beane! eae i awe rs Pt a ee Vw {} 6 WY ey 5 § MATERIALS KEQVIEED \ i Dresden Ribbon f) Pair of Slipper Soles f} Ribbon For Rosettes Pea ACARI SILK REDKOOM SLIPPERS. vacky recipleat of Dresden ribbon. Of this ribbon you will require one yard, @ halt yard for each slipper. ‘Tbe ple- ture gives an excellent idea of bow the stipper i# put together. Tbe pla tueds ure one inch apart, and the rib- fou 1 wade into a box plait at the toe for fuliness. ERE iy “That is one of the most charitable hats I have ever seen.” “How can a hat be called a charit- able hat?” “You ought to get a look at the face it hides.” Unusual at Least. “Cold comfort this, fsn't it’ | “What tn?" | “Wearing wraps in July.” ___——_—=F? ——_—___1 ppee leony 7 : Ta © Kp ene SO ar ED ARS LOC Ryan a wxes fees Gate KEEPS KINKY, jREAETS ae We oi SCALP vain |] gee i ee | |recsn ‘SOFT Es in ad ON eGyf \\cunm emowes a aw wHOLE- nea = LINcoERE — SOME KEEPS b= = = ge | Manes HAR YS (=e Tinie FROM crow reanne|| BUCY NAY WOULD YOU RATHER KANE YOUR HAIR-SOFTAND |) c¥G a OFF |] LONG SO THAT YOU CW PUT ITUPIN THE LATEST STYLE, }|wxun0) | —— LL = A WOMAN'S JUST PRIDE IS HER TO STRAIGHTEN OUT THAT KINKY, CURLY HAIR, tarcvorxe 2 os Tie wost bexreer * CONDITION TO BE COMBED INTO ANY SHAPE JUST TR£ A BOTTLE OF LINCOLN HAIR POMADE. There ts no other preparation on earth to equal Lincoln, Hate Pomade In producing soft. beautitel bait. Lincoln Halr Pomade ts A natural hair cleauser-a uatural promoter of growth and oaturally Teduces the hair toa atralght and. combable condition: ‘but also supplies the air with a silky sheen and gloss. No matter how Tough or heavy your hair (snow, no matter how hard or cerly ft may be, the ise of Lincoln Hale Pomade will give you bale thee can well be the envy of others. Lincoln Hair Pomade ts the only ‘highly recommended preparation for this purpose on the market. it ts Lincoln Hair Pomade you want, #0 Tetuse weak and tn ferior substitwtes. Do not take anything that is claimed to be Just as good, but Insist on getting the genutne. quan PRICE, $5 CENTS. ame MANUFACTURED BY The Lincoln Pomade Co NORFOLK, VA., U.8. A. Agents Wanted Everywhere. Write for patticulars. If your deal- er does not keep it, send 20 cents in stamps or silver to THE. LIN-| COLN POMADE CO.. Department B, Norfolk, Va. ani se will fend you's bottle by reach wat The Hawkins-Price Co. 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We have received Volumes I and II of "The story of the Negro" by Dr. Booker T. Washington. This work is one of the most valuable additions as yet made to the literature of the country so far as it relates to the colored people of this country. It is a diplomatic plea in behalf of the Negroes of the United States and at the same time it pays homage to the better class of Southerners whose friendliness towards us constitutes a bright page in the South's history. We hope that the people of the world will read the production of this truly remarkable colored author. It will certainly give a clearer insight into existing conditions in this portion of the Master's vineyard. While there are often causes for radical disagreement with Dr. Washington, still when his efforts are regarded as a whole, it must be $ \mathrm{b}_{0} $ admitted that he is patriotic and we believe is actuated by the best of motives. This is what has caused us to be careful in our criticism of his acts in many instances, even when we agree with the strictures of his critics. We have given copious extracts from the work and we recommend all conservative colored men and --- women to read it. It is published by Doubleday, Page and Co. The price is $3.00 for the two volumes or it may be obtained through the author, Tuskegee, Alabama. A MINISTER THE VICTIM No atrocity in modern times has exceeded the brutal flendishness attending the lynching of Rev. John Harvard, near Cochran, Georgia, Wednesday, December 1, 1909. To a person vexed in the law, trained in the church and permeated by the civilizing influences now in evidence in the leading communities of the world, it seems inconceivable that people of this country could be found who would perpetrate such an outrage. Rev. John Harvard had committed no crime, if the telegraphic reports are to be believed. He was dangerously wounded by Will D. Booth, white, who was in turn said to be fatally injured. He had done nothing further than to defend himself and yet he was caught and burned at a stake, his death cries being stilled by the heat and smoke of his fiery prison. This brings to mind our oft expressed warning. Colored men, who wound or injure white men in this section of the country should defend themselves to the death and then save the last bullet for themselves and take their chances of "going shouting home to glory." It is far better to die like a hero than to be assassinated and burned like a felon. We will not comment further upon this outrage. It is too horrible. Hundreds of white men are condemning the murderers, but there is not one who has announced his ability to bring to dire punishment the fiends, who are guilty of this lates eabillition of race prejudice. The South as a whole will be a sufferer and we shall have for years to come bitter memories of this most diabolical crime ever perpetrated in the Southland. NEGRO KILLS WHITE MAN If Slayer Is Arrested Lynching Will Probably Follow. Augusta, Ga., December 2.—Charles Major, a negro farm hand, shot and killed Clifford Holley, a young white man at Gough, Ga., late today. The shooting grew out of a quarrel between the white man and the negro. The white people of Gough are incensed at the shooting, and are hunting for the negro. There may be a lynching if he is captured. It seems that the negro, Major and another negro, Rias Walker, started the quarrel, and that Clifford Holley and his father, W. D. Holley took a hand. Holley took the part of the negro Walker and Major, seeing that he was out numbered, used a Winchester rifle with deadly effect. $100.00 Endowment Paid. Danville, Va. Nov. 26, 1909. This is to certify that we have received from John Mitchell, Jr. Grand Worthy Counselor of the Grand Court of Virginia, Order of Calanthe ($100.00) One Hundred Dollars in payment of the death- claim of Sister Mary Morton, who was a member of Hermione Court, No. 127, of Danville, Va. Signed: MARIA A. CALLOWAY, CONSTANCE CALLOWAY, Beneficiaries Witnesses: Lillie B. Moore, P. W. C., S. J. Holbrook, Deputy. Aged Man Lives With Broken Neck. Considering his age, the recovery of George Morey, aged eighty-one years from a broken neck is regarded by physicians as one of the most remarkable incidents of surgical history. Morey is a farmer living near Norwalk O., and has been noted for his unusual activity. A month ago he was thrown against the side of his barn while pushing a heavy wagon into the structure, and his neck was broken at the second and third vertebrae. Morey has since been kept in a reclining position, with his head held rigid, and his physicians announced that the vertebrae are practically mended and that Morey will be able soon to go around as usual. Beach Hargia Jailed For Life. Beach Hargins, who willed his father, Judge James Hargis, the famous feud leader of "Bloody Breathtit" county, will spend the rest of his days in the penitentiary, the Kentucky court of appeals at Frankfort having affirmed the life sentence that was imposed on him. Church Opens Store The congregation of the Twelfth Avenue Baptist church, in Evansville, Ind., has opened a grocery store and meat market in a building near the church, and the proceeds of the sales will be used in paying off the church debt, which amounts to about $4000. Will Take Dead Brother's Place Louis T. Byrne, of Buffalo, N. Y., will be appointed to the vacancy at the United States military academy at West Point, caused by the death of Eugene C. Byrne, his brother, as the result of injuries received in a football game. Bishop and Wife Perish on Trail. Last June Bishop Stringer left Edmonton, Alberta, with his wife for Dawson City by the overland trail. Both perished on the way, according to Indian advices brought down. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA MINES AND BURIED TREASURES DISCOVERED The mineral wealth of the South has hardly been scratched. Untold millions in gold, silver, iron and copper mines await the fortunate man men who discover their true location A wonderful instrument called the Spanish Magnetic Needle has recently been perfected which has been used with wonderful accuracy in discovering both mines and treasures. The needle has interchanged parts designed for use to indicate the particular mineral sought for. Lost and buried treasures of money, gold and silver, are located. Successful miners and prospectors use these needles, but in the past they have been very difficult to obtain. We understand, however that the Prospectors and Miners Agency of Palmyra, Pa., handle a complete line of these needles and other mineral rods and would be glad to correspond with any one interested in the subject. They issue a large catalogue which will be mailed free to anyone writing them. Address P. and M. Agency 179 Second St., Palmyra, Pa. CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS. Thursday, December 2. After a strike of five months, four mills of the American Sheet and Tin Plate company, at Bridgeport, O., resumed operations with old employees who returned voluntarily. Six young men charged with embezzling amounts ranging from $4000 to $40,000 from national banks in Indiana were taken to Fort Leavenworth prison to begin sentences of five years each. During a fire at the Lake street school in Kalamazoo, Mich., 400 pupils marched from the building in perfect order. Smoke was filling several of the rooms before the fire was discovered. Friday, December 3. Fred Rosena, an Italian, was hanged at New Castle, Pa., for the murder of his cousin, John Coccho, on July 12, 1908. Julius C. Zander, a contractor, and John Luski, a digger, were killed at Detroit, Mich., by the caving in of a sewer trench. For saving the life of John Frederick, a civilian, Cook R. W. Evans, of the revenue cutter Forward at Key West, Fla., has been commended by the treasury department. Trinity college, at Durham, N. C., is to be endowed with $500,000 for the institution of a medical, pharmaceutical and dental department. The donors are the Dukes, millionaire tobacco men. Saturday, December 4. The plant of the Pittsburgh Sanitary Manufacturing company at Coraopolis, Pa., was destroyed by a fire. Loss, $75,000. William J. Chiera, thirty-nine years old, was instantly killed at Detroit, Mich., when an automobile in which he was riding turned turtle. Michael Stanton, a diven, was killed at Cleveland, O., while working under the river. The air was shut off accidentally and Stanton was smothered to death. T. A. Bagwell, a fireman, yas killed and several passengers slightly injured near Wichita Falls, Tex., in a collision between a Fort Worth & Denver passenger train and a Wichita Falls & Northwestern freight train. Monday, December 6. An unknown man forced carbolic acid down the throat of Miss Goldie Ingberg, of Pittsburg, Kan., killing her, and stole her diamond tarrings. Because a convict whom he whipped died in 1905, Assistant Superintendent Durham, of the Texas state renitentiary, was indicted for murder. His mind inflamed by reading trashy novels, sixteen-year-old Claudie Williams, of Cannelton, Ind., killed thirteen-year-old James Hall during a quarrel. Mrs. Henrietta Costley was walking over a Pennsylvania railroad street crossing in Sunbury, Pa., when a locomotive struck and drew her under the wheels and boltheaded her. Stephen Stalatstone was buried under an enormous fall of coal at Bear Valley, Pa., and when uncovered he was dead, while Floyd Latsha was fatally injured by a rock falling on him. Tuesday, December 7. Ten persons were killed and thirty-nine injured, six probably fatal, in Ohio during the three weeks' hunting season, which closed Saturday night. Bedros Hampartzoomian, the Armenian slayer of H. Tavshianjan, the wealthy rug merchant, was put in death in the electric chair at Sing Sing, N. Y. Myrtle Johnson, five years old, was burned to death, and her mother and two young brothers were fatally burned in a fire which destroyed their home at Connellsville, Pa. Six hundred cases of whisky and a large cargo of whisky in barrels sank when the steamer Park City, plying between Louisville and Valley View, went down near Glen Mary, Ky. Wednesday, December 8. Harvey Johnson, colored, forty-three years old, pleaded guilty in Philadelphia to the murder of Catherine King, also colored, and was sentenced to a prison term of sixteen years. Halley's comet was visible on Dec. 4 in a three-inch telescope at the observatory at Smith college, Northampton, Mass., according to a telegram received at Harvard college observatory. Faintning at the sight of blood. Harry T. Simmons, junior at the Western Reserve Medical college, fell to the floor in a hospital clinic at Cleveland, O., sustained a fracture of the skull and died on the operating table at which a few moments before he had been an assistant. LEOPOLD'S MALADY GROWING Paralysis In Belgium King's Arm Extending to His Hand. Brussels, Belgium, Dec. 8. It is reported that the paralysis in the right arm of King Leopold is extending and that he can write only with difficulty. He spends much of his time in an easy chair. He Favors Postal Savings Banks and Urges Ship Subsidy Law—Legislation Against Injunction Without Notice Recommended. Washington, Dec. 8. — President Tatt's first annual message was presented to both houses of congress on Tuesday by Mr. Latta, assistant secretary to the president. Great interest was manifested by both Republicans and Democrats. In his message, which contains some 17,000 words, Mr. Tatt reports the country to be in a high state of prosperity, and he adds that "there is every reason to believe that we are on the eve of a substantial business expansion, and we have just garnered a harvest unexamined in the market value of our agricultural products." The president expresses entire confidence that the duty imposed upon the executive, of enforcing the maximum rates of the new tariff law against nations unduly discriminating against the United States will not provoke any tariff war, and he favors no further tariff tinkering at least until the new tariff commission shall have completed its work of gathering information as to the relative cost of producing dutiful articles in this country and abroad. This task he expects will occupy two or three years. What Mr. Taft Favors. Corporations. — The president expresses opposition to the proposed immediate congressional investigation of the sugar import scandals in the New York custom house. Mr. Taft says he will send a special message to congress relative to amendments to the Sherman act and the interstate commerce law. The Tariff. — The president deems it unwise to attempt any further revision of the tariff until the facts are at hand, after careful and deliberate investigation, upon which such revision can be properly undertaken. Nicaragua. — The message contains no specific recommendation regarding the crisis at Nicaragua, but President Taft intimates that it may be necessary for him to send a special message to congress relative to this question. Finance.—The ordinary expenditures for the current fiscal year will exceed the estimated receipts by $34,075,620. If to this deficit is added the sum to be disbursed for the Panama canal, and the $1,000,000 to be paid on the public debt, the deficit will be increased to $73,075,620. The secretary of the treasury proposes to meet this deficit by the proceeds of bonds issued to pay the cost of constructing the Panama canal. The fiscal year ending June 30, 1911, will show a small surplus of $712,000. Shlp Subsidy.—The passage of a ship subsidy bill is earnestly urged by President Taft. Postal Savings Banks.—The establishment of postal savings banks is recommended, the president pointing out that they will not compete with other banks. He considers them necessary in order to offer a proper inducement to thrift. Injunctions—In compliance with the Republican platform, Mr. Taft recommends the enactment of laws under which no injunction or temporary restraining order may be issued without notice, except where irreparable injury would result from delay. The Courts.—The expedition with which business is disposed of both on the civil and criminal side of English courts under modern rules of procedure makes the delays in our courts seem archaic and barbarous. National Resources.—President Taft will send a special message to congress on the subject of improved waterways, the reclamation of arid land, the preservation of forests, etc. Political Contributions.—Congress is urged to pass a law requiring congressional candidates to file with the government a statement of the campaign contributions and expenditures, and similar legislation in respect to all other elections is suggested. The Nation's Condition."—"Speaking generally," says the president, "the country is in a high state of prosperity. There is every reason to believe that we are on the eve of a substantial business expansion." Government Service—Mr. Taft expresses the conviction that no other practical solution of the difficulties presented by the superannuation of civil servants can be found than that of a system of civil pensions. The Army.—Emphasis is laid on the need for an elimination bill providing a method by which the merits of officers shall have some effect upon their advancement. The laws regulating the organization of the nation's armed forces in the event of war need to be revised to permit of more consistent apportionment. The Navy.—Early in the coming session a comprehensive plan for the reorganization of the officers of all corps of the navy will be presented to congress. Foreign Relations.—The relations of the United States with all foreign governments have continued upon the normal basis of amity and good understanding and are generally satisfactory. Today, more than ever, American capital is seeking investment in foreign countries. The administration is lending all proper support to legitimate and beneficial American enterprises in foreign countries. The president earnestly recommends to the favorable action of congress the estimates submitted by the Store Will be Open Late Saturday Night. 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J., Dec. 8. — William Cooper, of Baltimore, found his son, Harry, in a madhouse under the name of Benjamin Franklin, and the authorities aided him in having the young man sent back to Baltimore. When James J. Jeffries was here a few weeks ago the boy went to the county clerk's office and asked for a license to fight the pugillist. No attention was paid to him at the time because it was thought to be a press agent trick. Some time afterwards the boy was found wandering about the city apparently deranged and he was sent to the county farm for thirty days. Afterwards he was sent to the State Hospital for the Insane. --- Young Man Now Seeks Annulment of Marriage. Trenton, Dec. 8.—Forced, as he alleges, to marry Miss Ella Redheffer, of Camden, at the point of a gun. William Marshall, eighteen years old, has filed a bill in chancery to have the marriage annulled. Marshall says that he had been acquainted with Miss Redheffer for some time prior to Aug. 12 last, when, in company with Edward Kemble, he met her at Seventh and Benson streets, Camden. Miss Redheffer invited the two young men to go to her home on Evans street. On accepting the invitation, it is claimed, they were immediately seized by two men in waiting and taken to the rear of the house. Subsequently Marshall was forced into the front room, whereupon Miss Redheffer's brother produced a lamp and locked the door. When he had done so, according to the bill, he drew a pistol, and, pointing it at Marshall's head, said: "You ruined my sister's life, and if you don't marry her, I'll blow out your brains." At this juncture the girl's father, Curtis Redheffer, is alleged to have put in an appearance and to have declared: "We will go up to Burrell." It developed that by Burrell Mr. Redheffer meant Rev. William H. Burrell, a clergyman living nearby. Marshall was so frightened by the experience that he says he accompanied the angry father, the girl and her brother without protest. After the ceremony the party returned to Mr. Redheffer's home at 442 Benson street, where Marshall alleges the father attempted to induce him to take up his residence with his daughter as husband and wife. MRS. WILHELM CONVICTED Gullity of Murder In the Second Degree For Killing Husband. Newark, N. J., Dec. 8—Mrs. Mary J. Wilhelm was found guilty of murder in the second degree, with a recommendation for mercy, by a jury in the court of oyer and terminer at Newark for the killing of her husband, Frank Wilhelm. He was shot to death in his home, 448 High street, Newark, Feb. 1 last. The defendant was brought into the courtroom between two constables. When the verdict was announced Mrs. Wilhelm looked faint, but said nothing. She seemed to be dazed at the outcome. The judge discharged the jury with thanks and Mrs. Wilhelm was taken back to the fall. Hogs Reach Record Price Kansas City, Dec. 8.—Hogs sold as high as $8.40 a hundred pounds at the Kansas City stock yards, the highest price in the past twenty-seven years. The former high price this year, $8.37, was paid Sept. 14. In July, 1882, several loads sold at $8.80 a hundred pounds, as several million hogs in Illinois, Iowa and Missouri had died of cholera that year. --- THE PLANET Both Sides Talking. (Continued From First Page.) five rounds or more." If the bout should end with the forty-fifth round the men would be in the ring exactly three hours, of which two hours and fifteen minutes would be consumed by actual fighting. Jeffries, never an aggressive pugilist, must contend with the greatest defensive boxer in the world, which is taken $t_0$ mean that the mill may be a long drawn out test of endurance. For that reason Jeffries, it is believed, will have to be absolutely fit as to stamina, which involves lung power, if he expects to beat this formidable colored man. —New York Sun, December 3, 1909. RICKARD GETS THE BIG FIGHT Jeffries and Johnson Accept His $101,000 Purse. After considering the matter for twenty-four hours Jeffries and Johnson, through their managers, announced at Hoboken yesterday afternoon that they had decided to accept the bid of Tex Rickard and Jack Gleason for the heavyweight championship fight to be decided next July. This bid consists of a purse of $101,000 and 100 per cent. of the moving pictures, divided equally between the pugilists, who must pay 33 1-3 per cent. of the profits from this source to the promoters. Final articles of agreement incorporating this bid will be signed by the interested parties today and will stipulate, it is believed, that in addition to the $20,000 forfeit already in the hands of the stakeholder Rickard and Gleason must post $20,000 sixty days before the date of the mill, July 4, and the remaining $50,000 forty-eight hours before the men enter the ring; also that Jeffries and Johnson must each put up a $10,000 forfeit to guarantee appearance. Rickard and Gleason in these articles will reserve the right to select Salt Lake City, Ely, Nev., or California as the place for the fight. But it is the opinion that under certain conditions the big pilgrims will settle their differences at Colma, Cal., in the arena owned by James W. Coffroth. While Rickard denied emphatically yesterday that Coffroth was in the deal he admitted that he might have to lease Coffroth's arena, which would have to be enlarged to accommodate at least 40,000 spectators. Rickard stated that Salt Lake City had a chance to get the fight, however in spite of the existence of an anti prize fight in the State of Utah. He stated that he had received assurance from Salt Lake city business men that there would be no interference, but that if he decided upon that place the citizens would have to post $161,000, the entire amount of the purse as a forfeit to go to the fighters and promoters in the event of inability to pull off the battle. Rickard wired to persons in Salt Lake City early yesterday that the fight might take place there, whereupon County Attorney Job P. Lyon of Salt Lake county said: "My attitude toward the Jeffries-Johnson fight is no different from that toward any other prize fight. Such contests are illegal in the State of Utah and I shall do all in my power to prevent the fight or to punish the offenders afterward." Gov. Spry of Utah when asked about the mill said: "I cannot make a statement as to my attitude until I find out what the law is. But if I am convinced that prize fighting is illegal I shall prevent this affair from taking place." Richard admitted that if it is impossible to fight in Utah, California will have second call and that if anything should happen to block proceedings even Colma the battle-ground would be located in Nevada, where finish fights are legal, upon the payment of $1,000 license fee. "This will be the biggest prize fight the world has ever known," said Riekard after he learned that his bid had been accepted. "I made my bid as a matter of pride and if I break even on the venture I shall be satisfied. I think nearly 50,000 persons will want to see Jeffries and Johnson fight and I shall set apart a reserved section of seats for women. I am in no deal with Coffroth whatsoever. Gleason being my sole partner. We've got the money to put up for this mill and we intend to have settled on the level without it." When Managers Berger and Little informed the stakeholder at Hoboken that they had accepted the Riekard offer Promoter Tom McCarey was apparently warm under the collar. He declared that he had come all the way from Los Angeles to bid for the fight, only to be made to look ridiculous. "Let me read Rickard's bid again!" he shouted as he grabbed up the paper. Rickard and Gleason did not object to this and McCarey proceeded to show that the wording of the bid involved two separate offers one of a $101,000 purse and the other one of 100 per cent. of the pictures, with a third of the profits to the promoters. "Do you mean to say this is one offer combined?" asked McCarey. "Certainly it is!" replied Gleason. "The offer was worded that way to make it more clear. What's the use of all this talk anyway? Hasn't our bid been accepted by both fighters?" "Sure it has!" chimed in the fighters' managers. "This is a frameup, a four flushing game all the way through" ex- CHRISTMAS! 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Ask for Our Yearly Tuning Contract. claimed McCarey hotly. "My offer is better than Rickard's. Yes, and Graney's offer is better than mine. You can figure it out too. Just put a price on the value of the pictures and I'll show you!" "It's all over!" laughed Rickard. "We are wasting time!" "I had an offer in of $125,000 which included the entire privileges," said Gleason. "Yes, and it ran last!" cried McCarey. "If you will say that the pictures are worth $200,000. I'll raise that sum in forty-eight hours and buy the privileges outright!" "We'll sell our third of the profits to you now for $66,000!" yelled Gleason. "Will you put up or shut up?" "I'd get a fine deal in the minority, wouldn't I?" snapped the Los Angeles man. "It's a frameup, I say, and the fighters are in with it. Why didn't you let me know I didn't have a chance to get the mill with the best bld? Why didn't you tip Graney off?" "You're talking through your hat!" laughed Gleason. "We have got the fight by the consent of the principals and you are a bad actor. The only thing left is the signing of a contract, which will take place tomorrow." Graney did not take part in the above controversy. He just listened. He had been conferring with Richard and Gleason before the meeting was called and it was said that he was trying to land the job of referee. Sporting men who were there said that Cofforth had been "double crossed" or was a silent partner in the deal. They said also that Rickard had "sewed" Johnson up several weeks ago by a secret deal and that when Cofforth learned of it he decided to let Gleason bid for him and trust to luck. Furthermore it was stated on good authority that Gleason had been "sewed up" with Jeffries and Berger for more than a month and that the inevitable result was the combination between Gleason and Rickard. Regarding the selection of a reiteree Rickard said that if the fighters could not agree on this point he would favor the selection of an Eastern man. Charley White, for instance, though White's name had not been considered as yet. One of the Californians present said that the Velsh. Eddie Smith or Billy Roche would be the third man in the ring if the fight took place in Frisco or Colma. Gleason controls the hall park in San Francisco and his friends said that he intended to ask for a permit to hold the mill there. But it was also stated that there was little chance for the repeal of the ordinance which prohibits bouts of more than twenty rounds in the city of San Francisco. While it is the opinion of the promoters and the theatrical men that the moving pictures under certain conditions may net at much as $500, 100 after being shown all over the civilized world, it was pointed out yesterday that in case of rain or a dark day the pictures would not amount to much, also that if the light did not last more than a couple of rounds there would be small profits. It was also argued that if Johnson should win, the pictures THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA A Real Christmas Surprise Is Here for You. This Sale Ends Christmas Eve. Old INSTRUMENTS Taken in Exchange and Liberal Terms Made, if desired Cable Piano Company, 213 E. Broad St. Phone. Madison-2734 40 USED PIANOS. 4 Conovers, in Perfect Condition, Regular Price, $550. XMAS PRICE. $325.00 1 Handsome Emmerson, Upright Piano. Regular Price, $450. XMAS PRICE. $225.00 4 Large Size Wellington Planos. Regular Price, $350. XMAS PRICE. $175.00 Old INSTRUMENTS Take Terms Mad Cable Pian 213 E. 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I am glad Johnson agreed to it; because now there will be no further hitch and we can soon begin training for the fight. All I want is a battle-ground where there can be no interference and I will do the rest." "Graney's bid was perhaps the best," said Johnson, "but there was no guarantee. He offered 90 per cent of the gate and the entire pictures, but it looked too much like a gamble to me. Rickard's offer was more of a sure thing, so I took it." Rickard is a soldier of fortune. He is well known in Nevada and California as a man who will take long chances. He pulled off the Gans-Nelson fight at Goldfield two years ago and took in nearly $70,000 in receipts. He has been identified with mining and sporting ventures for many years and was sized up concisely by a fighting man yesterday who said: "Rickard will bet his money on any kind of a chance."—New York Sun, December 3, 1909. 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For standing up and pummeling each other to a finish, these two hulking fighting machines are to receive, jointly, $101,000 cash plus two-thirds of the receipts from moving picture privileges. These latter receipts are expected to reach from $200,000 to $400,000. If they are placed at $300,000, the two-thirds to the fighters amounts to $200,000, making their total compensation $301,000 for perhaps a couple of hours' work. If this historic purse is divided on a two-third basis, the winner of the mall at San Francisco next July will pocket $200,000, while the beaten man will have to solace his vexation with half that amount. Many splendid men, men of the highest character, the finest gifts, the most commanding abilities, men who have serve their race and their age well and written their names large in history have failed to earn an aggregate of $200,000 in their entire lifetimes. In one of these pugilists will take in that sum in the course of a summer's evening, Jeffries, is a retired boiler-maker. He will doubtless resume his trade one day when he has received the fatal punch. Johnson is a negro. Both of them, are to be rewarded for their peculiar prowess aburdly out or all proportion to their usefulness to society. In fact, they are not useful to society in the least; in the opinion of some, quite the contrary. It is ridiculously contrary to what civilized standards should be that, simply by reason of their abnormally developed bodies and extraordinary dexterity with their hands in a specialized direction they should earn in a single appearance more money than infinitely more useful men can thriftly pick up in a lifetime. But these men are masters. They are, or are supposed to be, the two supremely best men in their field in the world. In art, in law, in medicine, in play-acting, in aeronautics, in any profession you can name, the acknowledged master gets a master's reward; and to a very large element indeed the manifestation of supreme skill in jugglism is far more interesting than any of the above. The rewards for any pursuit are governed largely by the difficulty of the pursuit and the fewness of those who can practice it well. Both these canons—they are Adam Smith's, we believe—are fulfilled in the case of Jeffries and Johnson. It is extremely difficult to get in the heavyweight championship class (any reader who doubts this statement may start out today to try it and see), and the number of those who reach it is exceedingly small. You have to pound and buffet and hammer your way up from the very bottom. Moreover, when you have laboriously reached the top-notch class you can never tell how long you will last there. You can never tell when some bouncing husky will come along, with a stouter chest, a more rakih jaw, a long --- Provides a wide range of most attractive and useful Christmas Gifts, and we earnestly urge you to call and make an early purchase. Make your purchase NOW and it will be delivered Christmas Eve. Everybody Ought to Have a VICTOR TALKING MACHINE. It's a Gift that Lasts and proves an ever welcome Entertainer. The CABLE PIANO COMPANY has the Largest VICTOR Stock Machines, Records and Supplies South of New York. GET A VICTOR FOR XMAS. $10 up to $100. Easy Terms. Come and We Will Gladly Play Anything You Want to Hear. New Records on Sale, 28th of Every Month. SMALL GOODS DEPT Very Low Christmas Prices Violins, Banjos, Mandolins, Guitars, Accordeons, Music Boxes, Autoharps, Cornets, Clarionets, Occarinos, Harmonicas, Music Rolls, Satchels, Sheet Music, Cabinets, Piano Scarfs, Music Books of All Kinds. AND REMEMBER They All Go to This Christmas Surprise Sale at Prices that Will Astonish You We Carry the Largest and Finest Line of Violin, Mandolin Banjo & Guitar Strings in the South, Also Fixtures for all Kinds of Small Instruments. THEE'S A BARGAIN FOR YOU IN THIS WONDERFUL XMAS SALE. IT'S THE BEST CHANCE EVER OFFERED YOU FOR DEPENDABLE GOODS AT LOW PRICES. er reach and a deadlier hook, and knock you out of it and well into the middle of next week. Champions age fast. Their great plums are very few. It isn't in the least as though they cut a melon such as this, say three times a week. Probably it will be years before the winner of the fight next summer gets such fat pickings as these again. As for the loser, probably he will never get them again. His day star will be set. We doubt if any school teacher or bank clerks or mechanic earning $20 a week will think that he has much reason to envy either of them—Richmond, Va. Times-Dispatch. Dec. 3, 1909. BY WILLIAM F. DONOVAN. Trainer Harvard Athletes. Boston, Mass., December 4.—Jim Jeffries's physical condition, in which the American sporting public is so deeply interested just now, in view of his prospective fight with Jack Johnson for the world's heavyweight championship, evidently proved satisfactory to the big crowd that saw him work out here. In the first place, Jeffries has what a fighter ought to have to start with; that is, the speed and the punch. As far as weight goes, it is just about right. I should say, for a man that is due for a long stage of training. It is much better to have a man weight twenty pounds over his normal weight starting in than five pounds underweight, as that gives something to work on. If Jeffries had been fighting right along he would probably weigh in the neighborhood of 225 pounds in ring condition. He would be about ten pounds heavier now, according to all the rules of physical growth, but because of his long lay-off and the indolent life he lives he has taken on more than this. HOW THE BIG FELLOW LOOKS He looks to me to weigh something like 240 pounds, and consequently is in much better shape than when he appeared in his theatrical work here last spring. The extra fat he carried then over his abdominal muscles has disappeared to a marked extent, and with the time he has at his disposal between now and the probable date of his fight will be able to remove this to its last vestige. That his stomach muscles are in more than fair shape just now was shown when he propped his feet on the lower rung of a chair on which sat one of his trainers and then, bending backward, Jeffries raised and lowered himself with alternate twists and turns twenty-seven times. This was a test that would have tried any first class athlete in the best of shape. Yet Jeff went through it without apparently being bothered. Then, too, his exhibition of rope-skipping, one or the hardest of exercises, followed by his shadow boxing, showed the remarkable speed of foot and hand possessed by the big bolleraker. Because this speed Famous $10. & $15. SUITS are Easily the Peer of Garments Sold Hereabouts for Almost Twice as Much. Fashioned, too, in a Faultless Way, with Great Care Exercised in their Tailoring, so that they may be Right up to "THE FA MOUS" Requirement. They Must be "Right" to be Here. Garments most Expertly Tailored and Created in the most Fashionable Manner. They were Built in one of America's Greatest Tailor Shops, where only Expert Workmen Find Employment. Real Worth $15 to $25. "THE FAMOUS BRAND OF TAILORED TROUSERS, $3 & $4. DON'T FORGET THE LOCATION N. W. COR. WE HAVE NO CONNECTION WITH ANY OTHER CLOTHING STORE IN THIS CITY. The Famous CLOTHING CO. action is over a short period it leaves open the question whether or not Jeffries can go over a long route, Jeffries has always been a law unto himself, and was the despair of Billy Delany, one of the greatest trainers and makers of champion pugilists in the history of the game. Jeff always knew himself better than anybody else, and this was proven time after time when he was preparing for his matches. ALWAYS IN GOOD SHAPE He never went into the ring unless he was in the best of shape. He judged himself harshly, but results invariably bore out his theory that by following his own plan he could get right. He is doing the same. I think, in this case. He is working easily, steadily and along lines which will leave him with his full vitality when he gets ready to settle down for the hard grind preceding the tapering off to the point where he can safely say, "I'm all right." Jeff's breathing was a matter of son's comment. True, his wind is not anything like being at its best, but few men who are not in the best of shape could do the work he did and not puff. Jeff always had difficulty with his nose, which was badly smashed in one of his earlier flights. This has rendered breathing difficult to a certain extent, but an operation which he has in contemplation is expected to remove this trouble. The fact that he has fought successfully in the past with fast men with his nose in this same condition means that, even if the operation is not fully successful, it will not interfere with his final condition and his development of his lung capacity in the least. This will come from his road work and the heavy grind of the gymnasium and the many bouts with his sparring partners while doing the actual and rugged training that will precede the contest with Johnson. ENDURANCE A KEYNOTE Endurance must be Jeffries's keynote. The route is a long one, and whether the fight is short or long, Jeffries must be prepared to travel at top speed for an indefinite period. A factor in this will be the texture of his muscles. Even now he is possessed of a remarkably smooth moving muscular system. There is not that bunchy or knotty appearance so common in big men who take part in rugged athletics. Everything looks symmetrical, and there is a balance that gave him the smooth action of a man of considerably less weight and bulk. This was instanced when he indulged in footwork in the shadow boxing and the rapid shifting in his bout with McCormack. There was a marked absence of apparent effort in his movements, which were rapid and, considering the size of the man, rather graceful. Then, too, there was an economy of exertion. This fact would mean much where stamina is to be so great an essential. Over a long route every waste effort is just so much ammunition lost. And judging by what Jeffries showed, taken in connection with his ring methods as shown in his just fights, he will not be the man to toss away an ounce of needed strength. THE JEFFRIES OF OLD So far as his foixing skill is concerned, he appears to have, in baseball parlance, "everything." He did not cut loose, of course, and the rounds were short, but this was not done for Jeff's sake, but rather because McCormack was not his regular sparring partner and was not in anything like shape to travel through a fast exhibition with a man of Jeffries's speed. All in all, I was agreeably surprised at Jeff's shape. If he shows the same relative improvement in the next few months as since his last appearance in Boston, he will be ready to get down to hard pan, feeling that he should start the final period of actual training with complete assurance that he will go through the strain and round to the condition of the Jeffries or old. FIVE PROBE FOR BIG INSURANCE CO. Irregularities in Phenix May Cost $1,000,000. PRESIDENT IS ACCUSED It Is Alleged He Speculated With Funds of Company and Is Removed From Office—Facts Reported to District Attorney For Criminal Action. Made False Reports. The directors of the Phoenix Insurance company, a $1,500,000 Brooklyn fire insurance concern, with offices in New York city, have removed from office, at the instate of the state insurance department, George P. Sheldon, who has been the president of the company for twenty-two years. The department believes that the company has lost $1,000,000 of its $13,000,000 surplus under his management and accuses him of speculating with the funds of the company, maintaining a speculative margin account on its name putting up its assets as collateral, drawing on the account in the brokerage office and converted the proceeds of the draft to his own use. The company is accused of making false reports to the department for the last ten years and of lending its money, in violation of law, to President Sheldon and Secretary Charles F. Koster. Superintendent W. H. Hotchkiss, of the insurance department, has called District Attorney Jerome's attention to the case. The directors chose as president in place of Mr. Sheldon, E. W. T. Gray, who has been auditor of the Continental Insurance company. Some Securities Missing. Some Securities Missing. Superintendent Hotchkiss says that no evidence has been discovered that the securities of the Phenix are not now intact, although some of them were not in the company's vaults when the examination began in October, and no evidence has been found that the assets have been so depleted that the public which holds its policies need be much concerned. Whether or not the capital is impaired has not yet been determined. The stock is $50 par. The last quotation was $250 bid and $270 asked. The directors who permitted Mr. Sheldon to run the company are held by the department to be equally responsible to the public. The present directors are: George Ingraham, vice president; Charles F. Koster, secretary, who is accused of borrowing money from the company; John Cartledge, E. C. Converse, B. J. Greenhut, George H. Hard, Frank J. Logan and William J. Logan. It also appears that the company used to lend money to insurance officials. Superintendent Jim Pierce borrowed $39,500, some of which was not repaid until after his death; Chief Examiner Isaac Vanderpool borrowed $100,000; Deputy Superintendent Robert H. Hunter, $60,000, and Third Deputy Superintendent William H. Buckley, $61,000. The loan to Hunter still shows $18,000 loss. Baby May Become Father's Brother. Chicago, Dec. 8. Dec. 8 If Joseph Waldo Dux, Jr., seven months old, is adopted by his grandparents he will legally become his father's brother. A petition was filed in the circuit court by Joseph Dux, a sculptor, and his wife, the grandparents of the child, asking for leave to adopt him as their own because of their love for him. Strangled by Stomach Pump. Brockton, Mass., Dec. 8. Richard Frederick Watson, of Boston, was strangled to death here while using a stomach pump in an effort to rollieve an acute stomach trouble. The Conquest of the Pole By Dr. FREDERICK A. COOK Copyright, 1909, by the New York Herald Company, Registered In Canada In Accordance With Copyright Act. Copyright In Mexico Under Laws of the Republic of Mexico. All Rights Reserved OVER the newly discovered coast lines was written Bradley Land, in honor of John R. Bradley, the benefactor of the expedition. As we passed north of this land there was nothing substantial upon which to fix the eye. There was at no time a perfectly clear horizon, but the weather was good enough to permit frequent nautical observations. The course was lined on uninteresting blank sheets, but there were elusive signs of land frequent enough to keep up an exploring enthusiasm. Thus day after day the marches were forced, the incidents and the positions were recorded, but the adventures were promptly forgotten in the mental bleach of the next day's effort. The night of April 7 was made notable by the swing of the sun at midnight. For a number of nights it made grim faces at us in its setting. A teasing mist, drawn as a curtain over the northern sea at midnight, had given curious advantages for celestial staging; settling into this haze we were NEW YORK CITY. NEW BY THE NEW YORK CITY CO. THROUGH NANSEN'S SOUND. unable to determine sharply the advent of the midnight sun, but here was a spectacular play which interested us immensely. Now the great bulk was drawn out egg shaped, with horizontal lines drawn through it. Again it was pressed into a basin with flaming fires, burning behind a curtain of frost; blue at other times, it appeared like a huge vase, and it required very little imagination to see purple and violet flowers. The change was often like magic, but the last display was invariably a face—distorted faces of men or animals were made to suit our fancy. We had therefore followed the sun's northward advance—from its first peep at midday above the south ice of the polar gateway to its sweep of the northern ice at midnight. From the end of the polar night late in February to the first of the double days and midnight suns we had forced a trail through darkness, blood hardening temperature and over leg breaking irregularities of an unknown world of ice to an area 200 miles from the pole The Midnight Sun Now we had the sun unmistakably at midnight, and its new story was quite an incentive to our life of shivers. Observations on April 8 placed camp at latitude 86 degrees 36 minutes, longitude 94 degrees 2 minutes. In spite of what seemed like long marches we had advanced only 106 miles in nine days. Much of our hard work was lost in circuitous twists around troublesome pressure lines and high, irregular fields of very old ice. The drift ice was throwing us to the east with sufficient force to give us some anxiety, but with eyes closed to danger and hardships the double days of fatigue and glitter quickly followed one another. The temperature, ranging between 36 and 46 degrees below zero F., kept persistently near the freezing point of mercury, and, though the perpetual sun gave light and color to the cheerless wastes, we were not impressed with any appreciable sense of warmth. Indeed, the sunbeams seemed to make the frost of the air pierce with a more painful sting. There was a weird play of orgles, seemingly most impressive at this time-clouds of steam rose from the frozen seas. In marching over the golden glitter snow scalds the face, while the nose is bleached with frost. The sun rose into zones of fire and set into burning fields of ice, but with pain we breathe the chill of death. In camp a grip of the knife left painful burns from cold metal. To the frozen finger the water was hot. With wine spirits the fire was lighted, while oil delighted the stomach. In dreams heaven was hot, the other place was cold. All nature was false. We seemed to be nearing the chilled fname of a new hades. In our hard life there was nothing genuinely warm. The congenial appearances were all deception, but death offered only cold comfort. There was no advantage in suicide. We should have enjoyed this curious experience, but with endless bodily discomforts, combined in aching muscles and an overbearing languor, there could be no real joys from the glories of nature. The pleasure was reserved for a later retrospect. We now changed our working hours from day to night, beginning usually at 10 and ending at 7. The big marches and prolonged hours of travel with which fortune favored us earlier --- North of Bradley Land. Amazing Sensations of Dr. Cook and His Two Companions [NINTH ARTICLE] no longer possible. Weather conditions were more important in determining the day's run than the hands of the chronometers. When the storms threatened the start was delayed, and in strong blows the march was shortened, but in one way or another we usually found a few hours in each turn of the dial during which a march could be forced between winds. It mattered little whether we traveled night or day—all hours and all days were alike to us—for we had no accustomed time of rest, no Sundays, no holiday, no landmarks or mileposts to pass. To advance and expend the energy accumulated during one sleep at the cost of our pound of penicunan was the one sole aim in life. The observations of April 11 gave latitude 87 degrees 20 minutes, longitude 95 minutes 19 seconds. The pack disturbance of Bradley Land was less and less noted in the northward movement. The fields became heavier, larger and less crevassed. Fewer troublesome old foes and less crushed new THE SUNSHINE ice were encountered. With the im- proved conditions the fire of a racing spirit came for a brief spell. Passing Highest Reach Passing Highest Reach. We had now passed the highest reaches of all our predecessors and had gained the inspiration of the farthest north for ourselves. The time was at hand, however, to consider seriously the necessity of an early return. obstly the necessity of an early return. Nearly half of the food allowance had been used. In the long marches supplies had been more liberally used than antecipated, and now our dog teams were much reduced in numbers. A hard necessity had forced the cruel law of the survival of the fittest, for the less useful dogs were fed to the steady working survivors. Owing to the food limits and the advancing season we could not prudently continue the outward march a fortnight longer. We had dragged ourselves 300 miles over the polar sea in twenty-four days. Including delays and detours, this gave an average of nearly thirteen miles daily on an air line in our course. There remained an unknown line of 160 miles before our ambitions could be satisfied. The same average advance which we had made on the pack would take us to the pole in thirteen days. There were food and fuel enough to risk this adventure. Work and Observations. In the diary of the succeeding days' doings there appear numerous tabulations of work and observations. In the new cracks the thickness of the ice was measured. The water was examined for life. The technical details for the making and breaking of ice were studied, and some attention was given to the altitude of uplifted and submerged irregularities. Atmospheric, surface water and ice temperatures were taken, the barometer was noted, the cloud formations, weather conditions and ice drifts were tabulated. There was a continuous routine of work which does not appear here. It belongs to the specific details of the history of the exploration, which will appear in the later publication of scientific data. This work, like the effort of the foot in the daily drive of duty, became more or less automatic and does not at any time enter as an active part of the story. As we now run along over seemingly endless fields of ice the physical appearances come under a careful scrutiny. I watched daily for possible signs of dangerous failure in strength, for serious disability now meant a fatal termination. A disabled man could neither continue nor return, but every examination gave another reason to push human endurance to the limit of the strain of every fiber and cell. The hard work which followed, under an occasional burst of burning sunbeams, brought intense thirst. Forcing the habit of the camel, we managed to take enough water before starting to keep sufficient liquid in the veins for the day's march, but it was difficult to await the melting of the ice at camping time. In two sittings—evening and morning—each took an average of three quarts of water daily. This included the tea and also the luxury of an occasional soup. There was water about everywhere in heaps, but it was in crystals, and before the thirst could be quenched several ounces of precious fuel, which had been carried thousands of miles, must be used. And still this water, so expensive and so Soup a Luxury. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Necessary to us, ultimately became the greatest bane to comfort. It escaped through the pores of the skin, saturated the boots, formed a band of ice under the knee and a belt of frost about the waist, while the face was nearly always incased in a mask of icicles from the breath—a necessary part of our hard lot in life, and we learned to take the torture philosophically. "From ice it comes, to ice it goes," like the other elements of the body, when the good preacher pronounces the last words "from dust to dust." From the eighty-seventh to the eighty-eighth parallel we passed for two days over old ice without pressure lines or hummocks. There was no discernible line of demarcation for the fields, and it was quite impossible to determine if we were on land or sea ice. The barometer indicated no elevation, but the ice had the hard, waving surface of glacial ice, with only superficial crevasses. The water obtained from this was not salty, but all of the upper surface of the ice of the polar sea makes similar water. The nautical observations did not seem to indicate a drift, but nevertheless the combined tabulations do not warrant the positive assertion of either land or sea for this area. An Air Line Course. This ice gave a cheering prospect. A plain of purple and blue rain in easy undulations to the limits of vision without the usual barriers of uplifted blocks. Over it a direct air line course was possible. Progress, however, was quite as difficult as over the irregular pack. The snow was crusted with large crystals. An increased friction reduced the speed, while the surface, too hard for snowshoes, was also too weak to give a secure footing. The loneliness, the monotony, the hardship of steady, unrelieved travel were now keenly felt. It is not often that man's horsepower is put to the test as ours was. We were compelled to develop a working energy to the limit of animal capacity. Day after day we had pushed along at the same steady pace over plains of frost and through a mental desert. As the eye opened at the end of an ice slumber the fire was lighted little by little, the stomach was filled with liquids and solids, mostly cold—enough to last for the day, for there could be no halt or waste of fuel for midday feeding. We next got into harness and paced off the day's pull under the lash of duty. We worked until standing became impossible—longer in light winds, shorter in strong winds, but always until the feet became numb and heavy. Then came the arduous task of building a snow house. In this the eyes, no longer able to wink, closed, but soon the empty stomach complained, and it was filled up again—not with things that pleased the palate, only hard fuel to feed the inner fires, while the ear sought the soft side of ice to dispel fatigue; no pleasure in mental recreation, nothing to arouse the soul from its icy inclusion. To eat, to sleep, to press one foot ahead of the other, was our steady vocation, like the horse to the cart, but we had not his advantage of an agreeable climate and a comfortable stable at night. Where Madness Sits. Words and pictures cannot adequately describe the maddening influence of this sameness of polar glitter, combined with bitter winds, extreme cold and an overworked body. To me there was always the inspiration of antidipation of the outcome of ultimate success, but for my young savage companions it was a torment almost beyond endurance. Their weariness was made evident by a lax use of the whip and an indifferent urging of the dogs. They were, however, brave and faithful to the bitter end, seldom allowing selfish ambitions or uncontrollable passions seriously to interfere with the main effort of the expedition. On the morning of April 13 a strain of agitating torment reached a breaking point. For days there had been a steady cutting wind from the west, which drove despair to its lowest reaches. The west again blackened to renew its soul despairing blast. The sun was screened with ugly vapors, and the path was as cheerless as the arctic night. No torment could be worse than that never ceasing rush of lee air. Ahwelah bent over his sled and refused to move. His dogs turped and looked inquiringly. I walked over and stood by his side. Etukishuk came near and stood motionless, staring blankly at the southern skies. Large tears fell from Ahwelah's eyes and piled a little frost of sadness in the blue of his own shadow for several minutes. Not a word was uttered, but I knew that each felt that the time had come to free the fetters of human passions. Slowly Ahwelah said, "Unne singg pa—oo-ah-tonle i-o-doria ("It is well to die—beyond is impossible"). Titles In Spain. The assumption of a title in Spain, whether inherited or conferred, entails the contribution of a lump sum to the national exchequer. The amount payable is graduated according to rank, a duke having to pay £1,000 for each of his ducal titles. The heads of some of the older families, where as many as fourteen titles are occasionally grouped, abandon a few titles until enough money is saved to take them up again, for they can always be revived on payment of the fees. Grandees of Spain have to pay £2,200 for their dignity, and as they number close to 300 their contributions make a useful addition to the national revenue.—London Mail. English Lord Chancellor. The lord chancellor, who presides over the debates in the house of lords, need not be a peer. Rhubarb. The rhubarb of medicine is a very different plant from that of which we eat the stalks in the form of rhubarb tart. It is smaller, with round leaves, and it is the root, not the stalk, which is valuable. At one time most of the rhubarb root came from Asin Minor. Now it is being grown in other localities. GARDEN FARM CLAMP BRACKET TO BUILDING Fastened to Structure Is Found More Convenient Than Hooks as Can Be Raised or Lowered. Two clamps six inches long may be used to fasten a bracket to the joist of a building and will be found more ```markdown ``` Clamping Bracket. convenient than hooks since it can be lowered or raised to suit the workmen by simply loosening the clamps and moving the bracket as desired. The clamps used in the accompanying illustration are similar to those which fasten a cutter to the beam of a plow and are fastened in the same manner. Brackets can be made out of two planks three or four feet in length, nailed together at right angles and braced by a third board as shown. The bracket is then fastened to the building by boring holes for the clamps and fastening the clamps around the loist. STRONG SLING FOR BARRELS Illustration Showing How to Fasten Rope to Bucket for Dipping Water from Well. The sketch shows a very handy way for fastening a rope to a barrel for dipping water from a well, or for swinging a paint bucket from the roof of a building. If necessary to Rope Sling for Barrels set the bucket or barrel down, wind the rope with wire or string to prevent slacking and loosening. As long, however, as the bucket hangs the rope will remain tight and firm. The idea of fastening the rope is clearly brought out in the sketch. CHEAPLY-MADE BEAN CUTTER Home-Made Harvester, Very Handy on Any Farm—Can Be Made from Plows of a Cultivator. A home-made harvester is shown in the sketch. Take off one gang of plows plows from a double cultivator and remove the shovels. In place of one shovel put knife 18 inches plows from a double cultivator and remove the shovels. In place of one shovel put on a knife 18 inches, with a bent end to bolt to the plow stock as shown in sketch. Hitch one horse to this and holding the knife on the ground you can cut off the beans rapidly. Single Germ Best Seed The department of agriculture is experimenting with a view to securing a single germ beet seed. Last year's investigations were successful in increasing the percentage of the single germ seed 50 per cent, as compared to 25 per cent, for the year single seed plants this percentage may be still further increased. Scald the Water Utensils Utensils and troughs for food and water should be frequently scalded with boiling water, afterwards being thoroughly cleaned. Though a little extra work may be required, this cleaning up is a good preventive of many diseases and may save work and loss later. Good Profit in Orchard. Many farmers consider their orchards as strictly a side issue. If they would give the trees proper attention they would derive a good profit. GOOD ROADS AID FARMERS Many Millions of Produce Hauled Over Country Roads of United States at Big Cost. There is no difference among well informed people as to the cost of bad roads; nor is there any longer a question as to where the burden of the cost is most severely felt. There are hauled over the country roads of the United States every year 265,000,000 tons of produce, equal to 30 per cent. of the railway tonnage of the country. The average haul from farm to railway is 9.4 miles and the average cost per ton per mile is between 23 and 25 cents. In Germany over better roads the cost is ten cents per ton per mile at the maximum and seven cents per ton per mile at the minimum. The loss suffered by the American farmer and consumer, figured on the basis of the German wagon road toil, is immense. If it were saved from year to year it would soon constitute a fund sufficient to improve all of the common highways of the country. L. W. Page, who has collected a great deal of valuable information on this subject, and who talks about road improvement intelligently and reasonably, is not among those who clamor for the federalization of the highways. On the contrary, he deplores the all too prevalent idea that nothing can be done in this country until the federal government puts its hand to the wheel, or its hand into its pocket. The states, in his opinion, should take the initiative, or, at least, prove their sincerity by setting an example for national government. STAIR STEP FROM SHOE BOX Illustration Given Herewith Showing Manner in Which the Arrang- ment May Be Effected. A handy shoe box can be placed under a stair step in the manner Stair Step Shop Box shown in the accompanying illustration. The step A forms the lid of the box which is hinged to the board connecting the two steps. The dotted lines at C show the boards forming one end of the box and D is a small block nailed to the floor to which the end boards are fastened. In case the stairs are set against the wall and a banister forms the outer end, about six inches of the step may be left on either side of the lid to obviate this difficulty. FARM HORSE WITHOUT SHOES Should Be Allowed to Go Without Shoes for at Least Three Months Every Year. Every farm horse should, if possible, be allowed to go without his shoes at least two or three months every year. In fact, it is hardly necessary to shoe a horse on the farm unless he is to go on the hard roads or work on hard soil where he is required to do much heavy pulling. Without shoes a horse's hoof will grow out and regain its natural shape which is always more or less changed by continuous shoeing. Horses condemned by the street railway companies hoofbound, cracked and otherwise injured have been taken on farms, their shoes pulled off, and turned out to pasture, thoroughly cured within six months. In fact the farmers around the large cities used to find this class of animals a cheap supply, many of which turned out to be first-class horses, showing that all that was needed was rest on the ground without their shoes. DISK HARROW IS VERY USEFUL Rapidly Coming Into Vogue as Most Important Tillage Implement in Grain Farming. The disk harrow is coming into vogue as the most important tillage implement for grain farming. Nothing will conserve more moisture by using it on stubble after harvest and before plowing time than the disk. It may be used as a cultivator for sum- A Disk Harrow. mer fallowing. On ground where small grains are to follow such crops as beets or potatoes the use of the disk will often make plowing unnecessary. 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B.—Our consultation Fee in 50 cents. Sittings, $1.00. All let- ters containing $1.00 will be answered in full. THE PLANET Judge Mullen's Deliverance. (Continued From Fifth Page.) caused to be released, died shortly after he was discharged; but, though it was apparent during his last trial he was a sick man, it did not occur to me, nor, I submit, to Judge Bernard, that he was dangerously ill, or too unwell to be subjected to the ordeal or a trial. If it had, Judge Bernard would never have allowed the trial to proceed. It was not suggested by his counsel, nor suspected by the Court or Commonwealth's Attorney. A very prominent attorney of a sister city, and who was Commonwealth's Attorney there for many years, told me recently that he had never known a Commonwealth's Attorney to refuse to *bounce* on a prosecution when such a course was suggested by the Court. Had my advice been taken, I submit in all Kindness, that all this clamor and hard feeling would have been avoided, and this man Tarttte would have gone to other fields. As He wrote in the press, as Commonwealth's Attorney suggests, always be with us, although he may eventually be lailed. The paramount concern of a Commonwealth's Attorney, in my judgment, is to administer his office in such a manner as to be most conductive $t_0$ the peace and quiet of the community and the protection of its citizens. It is not always wise to prosecute even the guilty to the full extent of the law. It is. I repeat, a common that is, a frequent practice to allow the accused to leave the State. A few days ago, this course was taken in Richmond in the case of a notorious gambler, who was corrupping the morals of the people. When I tried the recent case of Louis Sheffield, the Commonwealth's Attorney endeavored to differentiate it from the Tartre (Mason) case, and to minimize Sheffield's offense. It was a felony (Tartre's misdemeanor), and committed by a common thief, who has for many years been a terrible annoyance to the police, and suspected of the commission of felonies of the most dangerous nature. When he would belittle Sheffield's offense the Commonwealth's Attorney forgets his earnest appeal to the jury not to let the small value of the subject of his last larceny influence—the principal being the same regardless of the value of what was last stolen. It cannot be denied but that Sheffield was, and has been a "menace to this community"; but Mr. Mann says "I confess I know no way to treat, people who are a menace to the community than to send them to prison." But says Tartte through his counsel "dictaTed terms", and he rings the changes upon this. I do not so understand the letter of Tartte's counsel making overtures that don take either my or Mr. Mannan's making of it. Let the letter speak for itself, which letter reads as follows: December 31st. 1907 Judge J. M. Mullen, Petersburg, Va. My Dear Judge Mullen: We have received intimation from several sources—and we understand that the suggestion has found some lodgment in your mind that the resignation of our client the Rev. Eli Tartte from the pastorate of the First Baptist Church, colored. Harrison street, tendered some weeks ago, was not made in good faith, and that he had not then and has not now any intention of severing his connection with the church. We have had a conference with our client and he now begs us to assure you that when he resigns, he did so in hope of being speedily relieved of his duties as pastor of said church and or being allowed to leave the community and seek another field of labor. He thinks that, in view of the evidence prejudice existing against him in the community, as evidenced by the criminal prosecution recently instituted against him and the excessive punishment visited upon him by the jury—whose verdict you set aside—his usefulness in the community has been seriously impaired, and that it would be best for him to leave, provided some way can be found to relieve him of the burden of another criminal trial, and it was in the hope that this prosecution against him would be abandoned that he tendered his resignation. We think he is sincerely desirous of being allowed to seek another field, and he declares that if a way could be found by which the criminal prosecution pending against him may be abandoned or suspended, he is willing to sien any paper that you or the Commonwealth's Attorney may require, binding him to leave the city and never to return. He feels, however, that if he is to face another trial and take the punishment that may be imposed by a Petersburg jury, he should do so supported by the people of his old church, who have stood by him so faithfully during the trials of the past year; and, pending an adjustment of this criminal matter, he has thought it best to continue to occupy the parsonage of his old church, which he is ready to relinquish as soon as some satisfactory assurance of such adjustment is given him. Indeed, in anticipation of such adjustment, he has made his arrangements to move some time during the early part of January—not later than the 15th of the month. We should appreciate it very much if you and the Common- wealth's Attorney would confer and let us know at your early convenience what course will be insisted upon in this matter. We could hardly expect to have a trial at the January term, in any event, as Mr. Lassiter will then be occupied with his duties as a member of the General Assembly, and our client will therefore be entitled to a continuance under the act of February, 1906. Of course this letter is for the confidence and information of yourself and Mr. Mann, as he would not care at this juncture, to make any public declaration of our client's intentions. Very Truly Yours. DAVIS & DAVIS." Knowing the biteriness of the opposing faction against this man, the result of the Commonwealth's Attorney's refusal has been just as I wrote him, January 2, 1908 when I enclosed him this letter and which I took occasion to say: "If Tartte is tried, whether convicted or acquitted, he is going to remain in Petersburg, and will be the occasion of further trouble." Yet, so anxious have I been to get him away, I have urged his people to dispense with his services. They find no fault in him, think he is being persecuted, and are standing by him. Suppose he is sent to jail, will not they continue to stand by him? Why cannot some of the good citizens of this city, especially of the Baptist persuasion, take this matter in hand and try to devise some plan acceptable to both factions to quiet the disturbance? They can go to the root of the evil and see why it is these outbreaks are constantly recurring at that church. There have been repeated eruptions there, and long before Tartte ever came to Petersburg. The Court asks the law-abiding right-thinking people of this city to hold up its hands and assist it in its efforts to allay this strife. Why should the Court go counter to what seems to be the popular side of this controversy, unless it believes it is right. It is much easier to float with the current than to stem the tide. I am conscious of having done nothing save what I conceive to be for the best interest and welfare of this people. In his communication of the 24th ult. Mr. Mann alludes to the Police Justice, Mr. Chas, E. Plummer. This Police Justice informs me that he did not hear the evidence in the first trial in my Court for the alleged assault upon Levi D. Myers; but from what had been told him of that evidence by attorneys both interested and disinterested, and who did hear the evidence, he is satisfied he would have, upon that evidence, discharged the defendant, as the evidence so reported was different from that before him. He has since told me that, perhaps, he had said that, as the jurors were the triers of the facts at issue, the verdict should have been allowed to stand except for very cogent reasons. It will be remembered I stated in my communication of the 21st ult. why I set aside both the first and second verdicts in that case. I thought then, and I am of the same opinion still, they were good and sufficient reasons. In setting aside these verdicts, there was no intimation from the Court that the jurors were prejudiced. There was no occasion for the Court so to do. I thought, and still think, there should have been an acquittal at the first trial, but, it is a common occurrence for the Court and the jury to think differently as to what should be the verdict. The law, however, recognizes the fact that jurors may be influenced, though unconciously, by popular clamor. It provides for a change of venue, or for the summoning of jurors from another, jurisdiction, and it clothes the Court with the right and the duty to set aside the verdict. Mr. Mann comments upon what he considers the inconsistent position taken by the Court in intimating it might allow a verdict to stand imposing a fine. In my communication of the 21st ult., I alluded to this, when I said "not because that would have been right, but as being better for all concerned than a continued agitation of these charges." Mr. Mann also intimates I am consistent in trying these criminal prosecutions, but declining to try the civil case. I am not conscious of any bias against the Commonwealth. My duty, as I conceive it, is to protect these defendants from witnesses who materially changed their testimony, and if I deem it necessary, shall again examine them. No other judge not having heard the evidence in the first trial, would be in a position to afford this One eason for retiring from the civil case was that, in its determination, I would be both Judge and Jury, and I have already in a previous suit, adjudicated the matters giving rise to this controversy. I might and could assign other reasons, but the above is sufficient. And now Mr. Editor, I am done with the whole matter so far as the public print is concerned. You thought that, under the circumstances surrounding it, I should speak. Contrary to custom, and feeling this was an exception to the rule, I have done so. 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The reports from the city jail and city home for last Sunday are very encouraging. General Secty. S. C. Burrell visiti ed the penitentiary last Sunday. The boys' meeting was a great hit last Sunday. A large number was out. The mayor of the city of Richmond, Hon. D. C. Richardson, delivered an address to the men of the city that will ever be remembered. Subject: "Christian Manhood." Col. Thomas M. Crump was at his best, he sang from his soul. The men showed that they appreciated the privilege of hearing the Mayor by coming out in a large crowd. Every man is telling the other fellow what he missed. Come to the Y. M. C. A. building today 5 P. M. to hear the explanation on the Sunday-school. Bring a friend. Men be on time Sunday ready for hard work and the other man. A special meeting will be held Sunday 4 P. M. at the Y. M. C. A. building for boys. Mothers send your boys. An open meeting for men Sunday 5:30 P. M. at the Y. M. C. A. building. Be on time. Live singing. 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