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THE RICHMOND PLANET Santa Claus is lying in bed with a child sleeping beside him. A basket of toys is scattered around the bed, and a dog is playing with a ball. MERRY VOLUME XXVII, NO. 4. DR. TEFFT IS AROUSED The President or Hartshorn Memorial College Calls For a Remedy. The Editor Willing. Hartshorn Memorial College, President's Office. Richmond, Va., Dec. 20, 1909 Dear Editor:— In your issue of November 20th, you had an editorial entitled, "An Alarm Sounded," quoting from Mr. Stenone, &c. I wish you would prepare a good editorial, which you are abundantly able to do, showing the remedy for the condition of things. In which work, which properly belongs to colored men and women is slipping from their hands. It is an important matter. I am, truly yours. LYMAN B. TEFFT We have read with interest the virtual "call to arms" on our part, as suggested by the distinguished presiding genius of this celebrated college for colored women, and we are almost persuaded to lay aside all other duties and give our views upon this all important topic. However, we regard the future mothers, as being so inseparably connected with the solution of this question that we hope this great educator will also favor us with his opinion relative to the issues presented.—Editor Mr. Dammall's Funeral. The funeral of Isaac Dammallis, who was killed in the train wreck on the Southern Railroad, near Greensboro, N. C., took place last Saturday 3 P. M. at the First Baptist Church, Rev. W. T. Johnson, D. D., the pastor officiating. He delivered a most impressive sermon, telling or the many sterling qualities of the deceased, who had been a member of that church for many years. Many prominent ministers were present. Mr. Dammall's face was injured, his nose broken and his shoulder also crushed. Funeral Director A. D. Price had charge of the remains. The deceased was a member of the Masonic fraternity, and Odd Fellows and a St. Luke. Week, January 3, 1910, Rhoda Royal's Circus, Benefit of Acca Temple Mystic Shrine, 200 Perform- ent Contests, Two Contests, Daily, Horse Show, Buildin Mrs. Hugene Watts, of 56 South Main Street, Portchester, N. Y., is visiting her mother and many friends in Boston during the holidays. TIRES CONCEALED BEHIND ORGAN Boys Admit Robbing Motor Car and Tell Where Stolen Goods Could Be Found. J. J. Ballou, of 906 Floyd Avenue, was robbed of two automobile tires from his machine standing in front of his door Thursday night and yesterday Guy Barnes and Willie Northington, two boys, the eldest of whom is but sixteen, were arrested by Detective Sergeants Wiley and Bailey. Early in the day the detectives got wind that one of the boys had attempted to sell the tires. A short time later they caught the Barnes boy and got from him a contession that the tires were at his home, in the parlor behind the organ. They visited the home, 511 South Laurel Street, and inquired of the boy's mother, if she knew the whereabouts of the tires. She knew nothing about them, and then they suggested that they might be behind the organ, and Sergeant Wiley asked if he might have a look behind it. Mrs. Barnes readily granted permission, and as soon as the organ was dragged out a little way the tires were discovered. Mrs. Barnes was entirely ignorant of their presence, and was greatly shocked to find them in her house. The Northington boy was next found, and, after a little cross-questioning, he gave up. He was asked who cut the tires from the automobile. "We both did it," he answered, "and we carried them to Guy's home where we hid them behind the organ." Northington lives at 520 South Laurel Street. The tires were not taken out, but the Barnes boy, it is alleged, offered to sell them to a certain dealer, and was thus caught. Both were bailed, one by Judge Witt and the other by Justice Crutchfield.—Times-Dispatch Dec. 18, 1909. Rev. C. B. W. Gordon, of Petersburg, Va., is being greatly loved by his congregation. As a token of their esteem and affection they are to present him with an arm-full of trouble Christmas morning in the shape of an automobile. We hope that when he is perspiring with his troubles and aggravations, he will remember the intentions of the donors. 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 St. HRISTMAS Work on the new building of the Mechanics' Savings Bank is progressing nicely. The structure presents a fine appearance and the brick-layers are now working on the third story. President Mitchell has arranged for the installation of an underground cable, by which 'phone service will be available to all tenants from a supply station on each floor. The new elevator will take passengers to the roof. Some of the offices have already been engaged. The contract for the bank fixtures was awarded to the M. Ohmers' Sons Company, of Dayton, Ohio, about two weeks ago. They will be of bronze, mahogany and Italian marble. The twenty-two inch marble columns of pink color have been the source of much favorable comment. The white brick constitutes a feature of the building and the yellow brick trimmings are tasty and highly decorative. The structure has set all of Richmond to talking. The building will be four stories. BLAZE IN STABLE TERRIFIES STOCK Negro Helper Stumbled Over Lamp, Causing Damage Estimated at $2,000. Stumbling over a pile of feed with a lighted lamp, a negro helper in the stable of E. F. Haile, 1706 East Franklin Street, accidentally set the place afire last night, and it was not extinguished until after two alarms had been turned in, and damage amounting to between $1,500 and $2,000 had been inflicted. The helper was on his rounds at 10 o'clock when the fire started. It took but a moment for the blaze to spread, and in another moment the whole of the inside was in flames. Some one on the outside turned in the alarm, and after the first engine companies had responded, Chief Raffo, who was in charge, seeing that serious destruction was threatened, ordered a second alarm. The second alarm brought other companies and the fire was soon put under control. At the time of the fire there were many mules and horses in the stable, but all were taken out. With some of them the greatest difficulty was experienced. Some balked and refused to move, but they were finally driven out, and Franklin Street and the side streets were soon filled with scared mules and horses. All were finally caught and taken to other nearby stables for the night. Mr. Haile's stable was gutted, everything between the brick walls being burned and all the feed destroyed. The place is owned by Mrs Taylor Bowles. The stable, it is said, was fully insured.—Times-Dispatch, Dec. 18, 1990. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. FOUND BURGLAR HIDING IN STORE Officers Catch Well Dressed Thief After He Had Broken Window. Cramped for room and unable to hide his feet underneath the desk where he had taken refuge when the officers came in to answer the burglar alarm call, Charles A. Mann was discovered shortly before 1 o'clock this morning in James McGraw's hardware and cutlery store, 1440-1442 East Main Street, into which he had broken through a front window. Bicycle Officers Gerring and Atkinson, of the First District, answered the call of the clerk, who had been notified that the front window of the store had been broken. Both officers rushed up to the store on their wheels. The window looked as if a two-horse wagon had been driven through it. They went through the door, which the clerk opened for them, and began a search. They stumbled about for several minutes, and then Officer Atkinson fell over some obstruction behind the desk in the office. He glanced down as he caught himself, and discovered a pair or shoes. The Sherlock Holmes instinct came to him at once. He reasoned that one does not usually find shoes in a hardware store, and that if shoes were round they would be pretty apt to contain feet. He rapped them with his stick, and they moved. "Come out of there," said the officers in unison, and Mann came forth. "These feet of mine," he said mournfully, "have always been in my way, and they've queered most of my jobs. I'm your man." He was fairly well dressed. He had on two pairs of trousers, so that he could have carried off all the money in sight. Gerring and Atkinson searched him, and they found that Mann had his pockets filled with checks and notes. "You've caught me good this time," said Mann. "But there were three others with me. You've got me red-handed." But he refused to give the names of his alleged companions. He acknowledged to the two officers that he had been here but thirty-four hours.—Times-Dispatch, Dec. 18, 1909. STOCKHOLDERS ATTENTION! The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Mechanics' Savings Bank, will be held on Tuesday night January 4, 1910, at the Pythian Castle Hall, 727 N. Third Street, Richmond, Va., at 8:30 o'clock. All stockholders are requested to be present in person or be represented by proxy. By order of JOHN MITCHELL, JR., Pres. THOS. M. CRUMP, Secy. ```markdown ``` CHAPTER IX. A TANGLED SKIN. SANFORD knew how to order a dinner, and so by the time that Merrihew had emptied his second glass of Burgundy and his first of champagne he was in the haze of golden confidence. He would find Kitty, and when he found he he would find her heart as well. "Say, Jack," said Sandford, "what did you mean by that fool cable anyhow?" Hillard had been patiently waiting for an opening of this sort. "And what did you mean by hoaxing me?" "Hoaxing you?" "That's the word. I was in your house that night. I was there as surely as I am here tonight." "Nell, am I crazy or is it Jack?" "Sometimes," said Mrs. Sanford, "when you put the chauffeur in the toonneau I'm inclined to think that it is you." Hillard looked straight into the placid gray eyes of his hostess. Very slowly one of the white lids drooped. His heart bounded. "But really," continued Sandford seriously, "unless you bribed the caretaker you could not possibly have entered the house. You have been dreaming." "Very, well, then. It begins to look as if I had." It was apparent to Hillard that Sandford was not in his wife's confidence in all things. He also saw the wisdom of dropping the subject while at the table. They took coffee and liqueur in the glass inclosed balcony. Hillard found a quiet nook not far from the lift. He saw that Mrs. Sandford's chair was placed so that she could get a good view of the superb night. He sat down himself, slipped his liqueur meditatively, drank his coffee and as she nodded lighted a cigarette. "Well?" she said, smiling into his brown eyes. She was rather fond of Hillard, a gentleman always and one of excellent taste. There was never any wearisome innendo in his wit nor suggestion in his stories. "You deliberately winked at me," he began. "I deliberately did." "Sandford is in the dark. I suspect ed as much." "Regarding the wink?" "Regarding the mysterious woman who occupied your house by your express authority and who rode the hunter in the park." "Was there ever a more beautiful picture?" sweeping her hands toward the city. "The beauty of it will last several hours yet. Who and what was she?" "I wish I could find you a wife. You would make a good husband." "Thank you. I am even willing, with your assistance, to prove it. Who was she, and how came she in your house?" "She wished that favor and that her presence in New York should not be known. Now describe to me exactly what happened. I am worrying about the plate and the silver." He laughed. "And you will meet me halfway?" "I promise to tell you all I dare." "There is a mystery?" "Yes. So begin with your side of it." He was a capital story teller. He recounted the adventure in all its color—the voice under his window, the personals in the paper, the interchange of letters, the extraordinary dinner, the mask in the envelope. She followed him with breathless interest. "Charming, charming!" She clapped her hands. "And how well you tell it? You have told it just as it happened." "Just as it happened!" confounded for a moment. "Exactly. I have had a letter—two in fact. You did not see her face." "Only the chin and mouth. But if I ever meet her again I shall know her by her teeth." "Heavens! And how?" "Two lower ones are gone. Otherwise they would be beautiful." "Poor man! You have builted your house upon the sands. Her teeth are perfect. She has fooled you." But I saw with these two eyes! "There is a preparation which the atrical people use—a kind of gum. She mentioned the trick. Isn't she clever?" "Yet I shall know her hair," doggedly. She put her hands swiftly to her head. "Now, you have known me for years. What is the color of my hair?" "Why, it is blond." "Nothing of the kind. It is auburn. If you cannot tell mine, how will you tell hers?" "I shall probably run after every red headed woman in Europe till I find her," humorously. "Our ears never deceive half so often as our eyes." "Her face is not scarred, is it?" "Scarred!" indignantly. "She is as beautiful as a Raphael, as lovely as a Bouguereau. If I were a man I should gladly journey round the world for the Lure of the Mask Copyright, 1908, by the Bobba-Merrill Co. J. M. He recounted the adventure in all its color sight of her." "I am willing, even anxious." "Come, Mr. Hillard. I am just fooling. You are too sensible a man to fall in love with a shadow—a mask. One does not fall in love that way." "She is married?" "Certainly I have not said so." He flicked the ash from his cigarrette. "Have you those letters?" "One of them I'll show you." "Why not the other?" "It would be wasting time. It merely relates to your adventure. She sailed the day after you dined with her." "That accounts for the shutters. The police and the caretaker were bribed." "I suspect they were." "If I were a vain man, and you know I am not, I might ask you if she spoke well of me in this letter. Understand I am not inquiring." "But you put the question as adroitly as a woman. We are sure of vanity always. Yes, she spoke of you. She found you to be an agreeable gentleman. But," with gentle malice, "she did not say that she wished she had met you years age under more favorable circumstances." "Come, give me the death stroke and have done with it. Tell me what you dare, and I'll be content with it." She opened her handkerchief purse and delved among the various articles therein. "I expected that you would be asking questions, so I am prepared. I did not tell my husband for that very reason. He would have insisted upon knowing everything. Here, read this. It is only a glimpse." He searched eagerly for the signature. "Don't bother," she said. "The name is only a nickname we gave her at school." "School? Do you mean to tell me that you went to school with her? Where?" "In Pennsylvania first, then in Milan Read." O Cura Mia—If only you knew how sorry I am to miss you! Why must you say please? Why would you go to beautiful Venice? I have so much to say cannot be written. You ask about the adventure. Pouf goes my little dream of greatness. It was a blank failure. The officials put unheard of obstacles in our contracts were utterly disregarded. The contracts were laid not purchased in our costumes and scenery in Italy. "Costumes and scenery?" Hillard sought the signature again. The base of all the trouble was a clerk in the consulate at Naples. He wrote us that there would be no duties on costumes and scenery. Alas, the manager and his backer are on the way to America, saddder and wiser man! We surrendered our money to the maid and their them home. The rest of us are stranded—is not that the word?—here in Venice, waiting for money from home. If I were alone, it would be highly amusing, but these poor people with me! There is only one companion, we haven't the least idea who you recollect that my personal income is quarterly, and it will be two months before I shall have funds. There are persons moving heaven and earth to find me and my companions haven't the least idea of what I am about the Piazza San Marco, calling at Cook's every day in hopes of money. I am staying with my maid in the Campo Santa Maria Formosa, near our beloved home, and I am the least credit of my companions, and they believe that Venetians are generous people. Generous! Perhaps you will wonder how I dared appear on the stage in Italy. A black wig and a theatrical makeup—these are the most in an invitation to take supper with him, as were a ballerina! I sent one of the American chorus girls, a little minx for mischief. She ate his supper and then ran away. I understand that he was furious. I am a months move, and I may come and go as I please. Come to Venice. CAPRICCIOSA. Hillard did not stir. Another inbynth to this mystery! Capricciosa-Kitty Killigrew's unknown prima donna, and all he had to do was to take the morning train for Venice, and twenty-four hours later he would be prowling through the Campo Santa Maria Formosa. Mrs. Sandford observed him curiously, even sadly. Why couldn't his fancy have been charmed on an everyday, sensible girl, and not by this whimsical, extraordinary woman who THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. fooled diplomats, faunted dukes and kept a king at arm's length as a pastime? And yet— "Capricciosa," he mused aloud. "That is not her name." "And I shall not tell it you." "But her given name? Just a straw, something to hold on. I'm a drowning man." "It is Hilda." "That is German." "She prefers it to Sonia." "Sonia Hilda. it begins well. May I keep this letter?" "Certainly not. With that cara mia? Give it to me." He did so. "Shall I seek her?" "This is my advice don't think of her after tonight. If you ever see or recognize her, avoid her. It may sound theatrical, but she is the innocent cause of two deaths. These men sought her openly too." "What has she done?" "She made a great though common mistake." "Political?" "Don't be foolish. I am sorry I let you see the letter. I forgot that she told me her hiding place." "Her hiding place?" "Mr. Hillard, she is as far removed from your orbit as Mars' is from Jupiter's. Forget her." "My orbit is not limited. I shall seek her. When I find her I shall marry her." "I like you too much, Mr. Hillard, to stand by and see you break your heart against a stone wall." "Don't you see, the deeper the mystery is the more powerful the attraction becomes?" The door to the lift opened and closed noisily, and Hillard turned negligently. A man sauntered through the room. The moment he came into the light Hillard's interest became lively enough. It was the handsome Italian with the scar. "Who is that man?" he whispered. "Only a few weeks ago I bumped into him on coming out of the club." "Do not attract his attention," she answered. "Who is he?" he repeated. "A Venetian officer and a profligate. I entertained him once, but I learned from him that I had been ill advised." Hillard saw that this subject would admit of no further questions. The man with the scar had committed some inexcusable offense, and Mrs Sandford had crossed him off the list. It was after 10 when Hillard and his friend took their leave. "We shall leave in the morning for Venice," said Hillard. "Venice? How about Rome and Florence?" "Which would you prefer, Rome and the antiquities or Venice and -Kitty Killgrew?" "Kitty in Venice? Are you sure?" "She is there with La Signorlna Capricciosa. Oh, this is a fine world, after all, and I was wrong to speak ill of it this morning." "If Kitty's in Venice I'm an ungrateful beggar too. But I do not see why Kitty's being in Venice excites you." "No? Well, fate wrote that Kitty." G. Two dignified carabinieri rose quickly, mysterious prima donna and my lady of the mask are one and the same person." "No!" The two without further word-marched along the middle of the Corso to the hotel. The concerge started toward them, but suddenly reconsidered and retreated to his bandbox on an office. The strangeness of his movements passed unnoticed by the two men, who continued on through the lobby into the first corridor. Hillard inserted his key in the door of his room and swung it inward. He paused on the threshold with good cause. Two dignified carabinieri rose quickly and approached Hillard. There was something in the flashing eyes and set jaws that made him realize that the safest thing for him to do at that moment was to stand perfectly still. IGNORI," began Hillard calmly, "before you act will you not do me the honor to explain this visit?" "It is not he!" said one of the carabinieri. "It is the master, and not the servant. This is Signor Hillar, is it not? he continued, addressing himself to Hillard. "The signor has a servant by the name of Glovanni?" "Yes. And what has he done to warrant this visit?" "It is a matter of seven years," answered the spokesman. "Your servant attempted to kill an officer in Rome. Luigi here, who was then interested in the case in Rome, thought he recognized Glovanni in the street today. Inquiries led us here." "At any rate, it looks as though Glovanni had been forewarned of your visit," answered Hillard. "And may I ask what is the name of the officer Giovanni attempted to kill? "It is not necessary that you should know." Hillard accepted the rebuke with becoming grace. "And now, signor," with the utmost courtesy, "permit us to apologize for this intrusion. We shall wait in the hall, and if we find Giovanni we shall gladly notify you of the event." "Hello. What's this?" exclaimed Hillard, going to the table when the officers had gone. It was a note addressed to him: My Kind Master—The carabinieri are after me. But rest easy. I was not born to rot in a dungeon. I am going north. As for my clothes, they to Glacamo, baker, who lives on the road to El Denshak. He will understand. May the Holy Mother guard you should we never again! Hillard passed the note to Merrihew, "That's too bad. I've taken a great fancy to him. It seems that the peas- ant has no chance on this side of the water. His child a painted dancer in Paris and a price on his own head! It's hard luck. And the fellow who caused all this trouble goes free." "He always goes free, Dan, here or elsewhere." "Why, we'd have lynched him in America." "That's possible. We are such an impulsive race," ironically. "Yes, no doubt we'd have lynched him, and these foreigners would have added an other ounce of fact to their belief that we are still barbarians." "I hadn't thought of that," Merrihew admitted. Merrihew became impatient. "Now out with it. Where and how did you learn that Kitty is in Venice?" Hillard told him briefly. "And so they are all in Venice, broke? By George, here's our chance—everlasting gratitude and all that! We'll ball 'em out and ship 'em home! How is that for a bright idea?" "Let me see," said Hillard practically. "There are five of them—five hundred for tickets and doubtless five hundred more for unpaid hotel bills. It would never do, Dan, unless we wish to go home with them." "But I haven't touched my letter of credit yet. I could get along on two thousand." "Not with the brand of cigars you are smoking, 30 cents each." "No; we can't ball them out, but we can ease up their bills till money comes from home. Not one of them by this time will have a watch. O'Mally will remain sober from dire necessity. Poor Kitty Killgrew! All the wonderful shops and not a stiver in her pockets." Merrihew paced the floor for some time, his head full of impossible schemes. He stopped in the middle of the room with an abruptness which portended something. "I have it. Instead of going directly to Venice, we'll change the route and go to Monte Carlo. I will risk my four hundred, and if I win"— "Then the announcement cards, a house wedding and pictures in the New York papers. Dan, you are impossible. You have gambled enough to know that when you are careless of results you win, but never when you need the cash. But it is Monte Carlo if you say so. Two or three days there will cure you of your beautiful dream. After all," with a second thought, "it's a good cause, and it might be just your luck to win. The masquerading lady! Monte Carlo it is." Merrihew danced a jig. Hillard stepped to the mirror and bowed profoundly. The jig ceased. "Madame, permit me, a comparative stranger, to offer you passage money home. We won it at Moute Carlo. It is yours. Polite enough," mused Hillard, "but hanged if it sounds proper." "To the deuce with propriety!" cried Merriwhee buoyantly. "We'll start tomorrow? From her window Kitty looked down on the Campo, which lay patched with black shadows and moonshine. How still at night was this fairy city in the sea! There were no horses clattering over the stone pavements, no trains, no omnibuses. The stillness which was of peace lay over all things. And some of this had entered Kitty's heart. But for one thing the hour would have been perfect. Kitty, ordinarily brave and cheerful, was very lonesome and homesick. The dismal failure of it all! She had danced, sung, spoken her lines the very best she knew how, and none had noticed or encouraged her. It was a bitter cup after all the success at home. If only she could take it philosophically like La Signorina! And there were so many things she could not understand. Why should La Signorina always go velled? Where did she disappear so mysteriously in the daytime? And those sapphires and diamonds and emeralds? Why live here with such a fortune hanging round her neck? “Kitty?” The voice came from the doorway. Kitty was startled for a moment, but it was only La Signorina. Kitty furtively wiped her eyes. “I am over here by the window. The moon was so bright I did not light the lamp.” La Signorina moved with light step to the window, bent and caught Kitty's face between her hands and turned it firmly toward the moon. "You have been crying, cara!" "I am very lonely," said Kitty. "You poor little homeless bird!" La Signorina seized Kitty impulsively in her arms. "If I were not"—She hesitated. "If you were not?" "If I were not poor, but rich instead. I'd take you to one of the fashionable hotels. You are out of place here in this rambling old ruin." "Not half so much as you are," Kitty replied. "I am never out of place. I can live comfortably in the fields with the peasants, in cities in extravagant hotels. My mind is always at one height. Where the body is does not matter much." There was a subtle hauteur in the voice. It subdued Kitty's inquisitiveness. "Sometimes," said Kitty, drying the final tear—"sometimes I am afraid of you." "And wisely. I am often afraid of myself. I always do the first thing that enters my head, and generally it F. A good stroke sent the gondola up the canal is the wrong thing. Never mind. The old woman here will trust us for some weeks yet." She leaned to the window and called. "Pomp-e-o!" From the canal the gondolier answered. "Now then!" said the woman to the girl. Kitty threw a heavy shawl over her head and shoulders, while the other wound about her face the now familiar dark gray veil, and the two went down into the Campo to the landing. Pompeo threw away his cigarette and doffed his hat. He offered his elbow to steady the women as they boarded, and once they were seated a good stroke sent the gondola up the canal. Under bridges they passed They glided by little restaurants where Venetians in olden days talked liberty for themselves and death to the Austrians, and at length they came out upon the Grand canal where the Rialto curves its ancient blocks of marble. "There! This is better." "It is always better when you are with me," said Kitty. For years Kitty had fought her butties alone, independent and resourceful, and yet here she was leaning upon the strong will of this remarkable woman, and gratefully too. "Now, my dear Kitty, we'll just enjoy ourselves tonight, and on our return I shall lay a plan before you, and tomorrow you may submit it to the men." "I accept it at once without knowing what it is." "What a beautiful palace!" Kitty cried presently, pointing to a house not far from the house of Petrarch. The moon poured broadly upon it. The gondola posts stood like sleeping sentinels, and the tide murmured over the steps. Pompeo, seeing Kitty's gesture, swung the gondola diagonally across the canal. "No, no, Pompeo!" La Signorina spoke in Italian. "I have told you never to go near that house without express orders. Straight ahead." "Who lives there?" asked Kitty. "Nobody," answered La Signorina, "though once it was the palace of a great warrior. How picturesque the gondolas look, with their dancing double lights!" "The old palace interests me more than the gondolas," declared Kitty. But La Signorina was not to be trapped. From the Grand canal they came out into the great canal of San Marco, the beginning of the lagoon. "La Signorina"—began Kitty. "Theherl I have warned you twice. The third time I shall be angry." "Hilda, then. But I am afraid whenever I call you that. You do not belong to my world." "And what makes you think that?" There was a smile behind the vell. "I do not know unless it is that you are at home everywhere, in the Campo, in the hotels, in the theater or the palace. Now, I am at home only in the theater, in places which are unreal and artificial. You are a great actress, a great singer, and yet, as O'Mally would say, you don't belong." Kitty had forgotten what she had started out to say. La Signorina laughed. "Pouf! You have been reading too many novels. To the molo, Pompeo." At the molo, the great quay of Venice, they disembarked. The whilom prima dropped 50 centimeters into M. A gorious green emerald lay in the palm of her hand. Pompeo's palm, and he bowed to the very gunwale of the boat. "Grazie, nobilita." "What does he say?" asked Kitty. What does he say? asked Kitty. "He says 'Thanks, nobility.' If I had given him a penny it would have been thanks only. For a lira he would have added princippessua—princess. The gondolier will give you any title you desire if you are willing enough to pay for it." The Piazza San Marco, or St. Mark, is the mecca of those in search of beauty. Here they may lay the sacred carpet, knee and worship. There is none other to compare with this mighty square, with its enchanting splendor, its aunting romance, its brilliant if pathetic history. There were several thousand people in the square tonight, mostly travelers. The band was playing selections from Audran's whimsical "La Mascotte." The tables of the many cafes were filled, and hundreds walked to and fro under the bright arcades or stopped to gaze into the shop windows. The two women saw no vacant tables at Florian's, but presently they esplied the other derelicts—O'Mally, Smith and Worth—who managed to find two extra chairs. Through her veil their former prima donna studied them carefully, with a purpose in mind. The only one she doubted was Worth. Somehow he annoyed her. She could not explain, yet still the sense of annoyance was always there. "If it will get us back to old Broadway let us have it at once," said O'Mally. "Well, then, I propose to wait no longer for letters from home. My plan is simple. They say that a gambler always wins the first time he plays. I propose that each of you will spare me what money you can, and Kitty and I will go to Monte Carlo and take one plunge at the tables." "Monte Carlo" O'Mally brought down his fist resounding. "That's a good idea. If you should break the bank think of the advertisement when you go back to New York." "Be still," said Worth. "Dash it, business is business, and without publicity there isn't any business." O'Mally was hurt. "Mr. O'Mally is right," said La Signorina. "It would be a good advertisement. But your combined opinion is what I want." The three men looked at one another thoughtfully, then drew out their wallets, thin and worn. They made up a purse of exactly $150, not at all a propitious sum. But, such as it was, O'Mally passed it across the table. This utter confidence in her touched La Signorina's heart. She turned aside for a moment and fumbled with the hidden chain about her neck. She placed her hand on the table and opened it. O'Mally gasped. An emerald—a glorious green emerald—lay in the palm of her hand. "I shall give this to you, Mr. O'Mally." said the owner, "till I return. It is very dear to me, but that must not stand in the way." "Ye gods!" cried O'Mally in dismay. "Put it away. I shouldn't sleep o' nights with that on my person. Keep it. We'll trust you anywhere this side of jail. But you're a brick, all the same." And that was as near familiarity as O'Mally ever came. She turned to Smith, but he put out a hand in violent protest; then to Worth, but he smiled and shook his head. She put the ring away. It was her mother's. She never would smile scornfully in secret at these men again. "Thank you," she said quietly. "If I lose your money we will all go to Florence. I have another plan, but that will keep till this one under hand proves a failure." "O'Mally beckoned to a waiter. "Tom!" warned Smith. "You let me alone," replied O'Mally. "A quart of Astil won't hurt anybody." Early the next morning she and Kitty departed for Monte Carlo in quest of fortune. Fortune was there, waiting, but in a guise wholly unexpected. [TO BE CONTINUED.] CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE ARMY CHRISTMAS in the various forts garrisoned by United States troops never passes without a cut and dried celebration. Preparation for the event is made long in advance. Every soldier knows that something extra is going to be his portion for that day. The Christmas dinner, with savory extras in the way of food, is not the only special provision for the soldier's celebration. There is a relaxation of the rigor of military discipline, which to many enlisted men is even more welcome than the turkey and cranberries. On Christmas day the man in the barracks may do pretty much as he pleases. But "pigs is pigs," and soldiering is soldiering, so it follows that a few of the men are shut out of the general billiarity of the holiday because they must perform a soldier's duty as on other days. The guard mount is for Christmas as well as for all other days, and military regulations cannot forego this requirement, no matter how much the victims may growl under their blouses. Even the extra dinner in the barracks, while it is a rare treat to most of the men, makes work for some of them which is regarded in the army as about the most calamitous detail in the business. Guard duty and kitchen work are things studiously to be avoided by the enlisted men. It is not pleasant for a soldier to be kept on guard, walking a beat or pacing up and down in front of headquarters when the rest of the fellows are inside the barracks singing songs, telling stories, eating turkey or out on the parade ground playing baseball or doing skylarking stunts. Accordingly the experienced soldier makes it a point to escape Christmas guard duty if possible. There are several ways of doing this. The first sergeant of the company sometimes, it is hinted, helps the veterans out by a passive co-operation, which throws the burden of the day upon young recruits who are passing their first Christmas in the service. He permits the old timers to swap dates for guard duty with the recruits so that the latter will find themselves detailed. Santa Claus also comes to the soldier. This is true literally and figuratively. He comes through the mats or the express companies in the shape of boxes or packages from the home folks. On his $13 a month the soldier does not have much of a surplus to spend in buying presents to send home, but this fact does not militate against his receiving mementos from the old hearthstone. It is always an event in camp or barracks when some man receives a hefty package "jes" "Fore Christmas." As a rule, the contents are shared with the soldier's cronies if they happen to be of the edible variety and any of the cronies fail to receive similar remembrances. GIFTS For the Mere Man. Novel Designs In the Ever Popular Pincushion---A Smart Fan Bag For the Debutante of the Season This pincushion is really a novelty, being made of cardboard covered with pink flowered cretonne. The top is covered with pink satin to match the flowers, and the ribbon bows match the top. Base two inches square, side three inches high, four inches wide at top. The base and sides are overcasted together and the sides sewed together by overcasting. The inside is stuffed with cotton until it rounds over sides at top. The top is then covered. Other useful and pretty pincushions are made in the shape of an apple and covered with a silk tinted to represent MATERIALS REQUIRED Pink Flowered Cretonne Pink Satin Cardboard Ribbon CRETONNE PINCUSHION. the red and green of the familiar fruit They are round and rather flat, giving a wide area to hold the pins, and they are stuffed with wool, which affords but little resistance and does not pack so tightly as cotton. The strong threads sewed through the center of the cushion make the de- pression on each side to represent the core, and all the finishing gathers of the silk are hidden under the green stem. Linen Tobacco Pouch. A tobacco pouch that is easily made by the girl who embroiders only a little is of gray, tan or dull blue home-spun linen embroidered with a conventional design of crossed pipes on one side of the pouch and with the monogram of the owner on the other side. Cut the linen in two pieces, with a rounding bottom and bulging sides narrowing to a neck and widening again above it. Stitch the two sides together to the neck, where there is a casing, and leave the upper part or ruffle open at each side. Line the bag with oilled silk if you can find it in a color that looks well with the pouch; if not, with a heavy waterproof silk. Embroider the pipes in Kensington stitch in a dark brown filo, using a lighter tone of brown in center of bowl for high lights. The mouthpiece and rim of the pipes can be worked in gold thread or, if you fear that may tarnish, in an old gold filo. The monogram on the other side of the pouch can be done in the same shades as the pipes. The letters should be heavily padded and worked in satin stitch. A cord should be used as a draw string rather than a ribbon, which is too feminine for such a bag. If a cord cannot be bought in the right colors one can be twisted by using several shades of brown and dull coppery red rope silk. Present For the Debutante With other quaint customs the reticule has returned to fashionable favor, and girls this winter will carry their party fans in reticules made of pieces MATERIALS REQUIRED Heavy White Satin Yellow Silk For Lining Ribbon For Embroidery Gold Cord FOR MILADY'S PAN. of their frocks or of satin, either white or colored. The reticule pictured is of white satin lined with a pale yellow silk. A tiny floral design carried out in ribbon work is most effectively used. The bag is drawn up with gold cords. The spectroscope, by the aid of which we are able to tell what the sun is made of, was invented in 1859. THE PLANET FOR YOUR WEALTHY FRIEND. Articles of Small Cost That Are Sure to Make a Hit. The woman who wishes to make a present to a wealthy friend who has seemingly no need of anything you can afford to buy will be sure to make a hit if she makes her three or four protectors into which can be slipped delicate evening clothes. Choose a close cheesecloth in any pretty, delicate color. A soft gray is serviceable and washes without fading. Use the width of the material, doubling it across at the top and sewing the two sides and the bottom in a seam. Cut a small hole in the middle of the top fold and from it cut a straight slit about a yard long down the middle of the front piece. Bind around the hole and down each side of the slit with three-quarter inch white tape. The opening can be cut back and hemmed if preferred, or be bound with nar row wash ribbon in a contrasting color to the cheesecloth. Fasten tapes at each side of the neck opening and about six inches apart to the bottom of the silt. If the covers are intended as gifts and if there are several women in a family it is a good idea to work three initials on the cheesecloth just below the opening. Use white mercerized cotton and pad well underneath to make the letters raised. This marking is a convenience to tell whose frock the bag contains without opening it. For the Traveler A dainty convenience for traveling is a little safety pin case made of linen and embroidered in a conventional design. Two pieces of stiff paper or cardboard are cut the size of the oval in the design, and one piece is for the cover of the case, the other for the back. 2015 The design may be transferred to the linen by means of carbon paper and embroidered in a plain kenning stitch b The poppy is red and the leaves green with binding and bows of red ribbon Cover each side of the cardboard with the linen and stitch on the ribbon binding Two pieces of white flannel with pinked edges are sewed in at the top to Pins of different the flannel, and pins will be fou in at the top to hold the safety pins Pins of different sizes may be put into the flannel, and a few black safety pins will be found useful. It is an attractive little gift and would be thoroughly appreciated by women at home as well as by the traveler. Something For the Baby Something for the baby is one of the most important of Christmas gifts. A sleighbell ring will delight his young fancy, for it has gay ribbon, and when he shakes it the bells tinkle merrily. A small embroidery hoop is wound tightly with ribbon, and five strands of the ribbon are stretched across the MATERIALS REQUIRED Small Embroidery Hoop Ribbon Bells hoop. A bow of the ribbon finishes where the strands are sewed on, and a bell is sewed to the other end. A practical idea is to take a hoop from a butter tub, make notches in the wood and tie it together tightly before winding with the ribbon. It takes only a few minutes to make the ring, and the ribbon and bells are inexpensive. Any one who has a few moments to spare might make half a dozen or so and send them to some children's home or hospital, for there is always sure to be some very wee ones there. Table Cover Design. An attractive design for a table cover may be carried out in stencil and embroidery. A model was developed in monk's cloth of a warm tau shade stenciled in peacock blue and orange outlined in deeper shades of the same color. Tapestry dyes for stenciling may be bought in any shop selling art materials. Where the desired shade cannot be purchased it is easily obtained by mixing the dyes. GIFTS FOR GIRLS. Homemade Music Roll—The Latest Novelty in Belts. A homemade music roll is a smart present for the girl who sings or plays. In this receptacle she may carry her loose sheets of music when going about from place to place. Leather rolls for the same purpose are much more commonplace than a dainty homemade one of silk or art linen. As illustrated the roll is of art linen in a full shade of brown, enlivened with MATERIALS REQUIRED Dull Brown Linen Lining Silk Cardboard Gold Gimp LINEN MUSIC ROLL touches of embroidery in brown and tan tones. To make the roll a strip of linen is cut the size of an ordinary music roll. The embroidery is then worked on the linen and the strip lined with copper colored taffeta silk. For the ends two circles of cardboard are covered with linen on one side and silk on the inner side. To these pieces the roll is sewed, an opening being left in which to insert the sheets of music. The whole affair is bound with brown ribbon, and the handle is of plaited cords. The Suspender Belt. The suspender belt illustrated is a novelty that any girl would appreciate as a little Christmas remembrance. And as for making, there is little to be done once a pair of silk suspenders are purchased and ripped apart where they are crossed in the back. Two small sized buttons are sewed on one end of the belt the required size to be looped by the buttonholes in the kid wishbone-like shape part of the sus- FRONT BACK RIGHT REVERSE MATERIALS REQUIRED One Pair of Silk Suspenders Pearl Buttons Sewing Silk OF BLUE SILK. pender, and on the other underside of the belt a single button is sewed to the elastic. This button fastens the belt into position, the overlapping part with the kid end being really only for ornament. As may be supposed, a light colored pair of suspenders are the best selection. Pale blue, for instance, with white kid trimmings, are daly, but for actual service the darker tones are naturally better. A plaid or striped suspender belt would be stunning. Dressing Table Accessory. To make a pretty handkerchief bag two embroidered handkerchiefs are laced together on three sides with ribbon through the beading which forms a part of the fancy border. Ribbon is run through the beading on the fourth side and used as drawstrings for the bag and loops to hang or carry it by. The handkerchiefs may be laced together entirely and used as a baby's pillow, or by inserting a sheet of scented cotton wool in stead of the pillow a sachet for a wardrobe drawer may be made. Homemade Brassieres. If you have a stout friend make her a brassiere. It can be of four widths of three inch grosgrain ribbon, the edges lapped, not stitched. These are held in place with wide featherbone in front, where it is hooked, and on slightly curved lines over the bust. It is held in place by a ribbon over each shoulder, which hooks to the featherbone at each side. Less pretentious ones are made of cambric cut like a short, low necked basque and severely featherboned at each seam. They are buttoned or booked down the front and are cut off two inches above the waist. For Christmas bargains, read our advertisements and patronize our advertisers. They are kind, polite, and obliging. THE RICHMOND PLANET RICHMOND. VIRGINIA The Deacon's Christmas Eve BY GERALD PRIME P. This very night they're coming home. Their faces will appear Once more around the Yuletide feast, Our sons and daughters dear. Then there'll be all the babies, too, To jolt upon my knee And make our big, old fashioned house A scene of revelry. The hemlock wreaths hang on the wall. That spray of mistletoe Recalls, old dear, our sparking days, Some fifty years ago, When first I kissed you underneath The bough of fateful pearls. I seem to see you once again, The sweetest of all girls. ```markdown ``` H. THE MOTHER OF THE TEDDY BEARS. [Copyright, 1900, by American Press Association.] ONCE upon a time—not so many years ago either—there sat in the doorway of a small cottage in Germany a young woman with smiling eyes, a child loving heart and an invalid body. The children of the little village all knew her and sat in groups around her doorway listening to stories, telling her of their childish adventures, and then, greatest joy of all, receiving in turn some delightful toy that her deft fingers had been fashioning while they talked to together. Day by day the children gathered about this doorway. They told of the latest flower that had blossomed on the mountain side, of the wonderful span of horses that Hans, the best carver of the village, had cut from a single block of wood, of the dear little blossoms that baby Gretchen had painted upon the set of wooden dishes that were to go to the Christmas market. And to them all the young woman listened, smiling, while she plied her needle or cut-snip, snip-with her scissors. And while they talked or while they listened the eyes of the children rested eagerly upon the busy fingers, for they firmly believed that in those fingers lay a magic which none others possessed. And why should they not believe it, for when the sun began set The pantry shelves are loaded down With every kind of cake And pies of mince and pumpkin such Fling down toward the mountain crests and it was time for them to run away home to their suppers of bread and milk the fingers were always stretched out toward some new member of the group, and upon them rested a wonderful animal—a kitten, or a rabbit, or a duck, or a tiny bear—and the likeness was so wonderful that the children always breathed forth deep "Ob's" and "Ab's" and knew for a certainty that there was magic in the maker's fingers. No one else in all the country could make such animals as these—not even Hans, the marvelous carver. Always the busy worker sat in her doorway, where she could see the rugged mountains, the green grass, the nodding flowers. Perhaps it was the strength, the grace and the beauty of these that wrought themselves into her simple work. Then it came about—and no one was more surprised than this child loving young woman herself—that she found herself making hundreds and hundreds of toy animals, for toy buyers from England and America had heard of her wonderful ducks and rabbits and bears and they wanted them for the children of their countries too. And who, do you ask, was this young woman in faraway Germany? I can only tell you this: She is known now far and wide as the "mother of the Teddy bears." JULIA DARROW COWLES. Touched a Tender Spot. The Lover—I am in the dust at your feet. The Malden—You are not. I gave this room a thorough sweeping today. Luella's Christmas Gift. By ROBERT DONNELL "It was the funniest thing ever," said the bachelor boarder. "You see, Miss Luella and I are going to be married, so I can tell it. Miss Luella took a sudden fancy to hang up her stocking Christmas eve, just for the fun of it. She hung it below the mantel, setting a mouse trap on the turned over edge "I FOUND NO INTRUDER." to hold it there. When she got up in the morning she ran to see if St. Nick had remembered her—and he had. "When she shrieked I grabbed one of my Indian exercise clubs, wrapped a quilt around me and rushed into her room to kill the burly burglar. She was still shrieking. I looked under the bed, in the clothes closet, every A A BRAL, LIVE CHRISTMAS PRESENT. where, but found no intruder. I found him in the stocking. "I drowned him—in the washbowl. Then I took advantage of the occasion to tell Miss Luella that if she actually wanted a real live Christmas present she could have me." Another Dia. Mrs. Stubb—Gracious, John, but I guess the last man on earth will 'be lonesome. Mr. Stubb—Don't worry, Maria, he'll have company. There'll be a woman there. 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Local to Gorionville. 8:30 A. Daily. Lynchburg, Lington, C. Forge 5:15 P. Week days. To Lynchburg. TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND. Local from East-6:25 A. M., 8:25 r. M. Through from East-11:40 A. M., 7:00 P. M., *10:30 P. M. Local from West-*6:30 A. M., 7:45 P. M. Through-*7:50 A. M., 3:35 P. M. Jawas River River-*8:50 A. M., 6:50 P. M. *Daily except Sunday. Higgins, Dealer in CHOICE GROCERIES, WINES, LIQUORS and CIGARS. PURE GOODS, FULL VALUE FOR THE MONEY. 1610 East Franklin Street. [Near Old Market.] Richmond. Virginia. —Subscribe to The PLANES. THREE KEEPPS SCALP FRESH CLEAN AND WHOLE- SOME MAKES HAIR GROW LONG AND LUXURIOUS A. B. TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND S. E. BURGESS, D. P. A. 920 E. Main B.S., Phone 488 Merry Christmas FOUR THE PENET Published every Saturday by JOHN MITCHELL, JR., at Bill N. Fourth Street, Richmond, Va. JOHN MITCHELL, JR., - EDITOR. All communications intended for publication should be sent so as to reach us by Wednesday. coin price is $150 per year in inflation. 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It is a voluminous document giving an exhaustive description of this famous institution of learning. --- DEFENDING THEMSELVES The following telegraphic report explains itself: Abbeville, La. Dec. 20.—A thrilling man-hunt terminated here today when Boy O'Haro, a negro desperado killed himself after a chase which began Tuesday, when he shot Officers Holly and Thomas. At the entrance to the Choctawwhatchee Swamp, a cordon or 100 men surrounded the negro. Wounded, barefooted, and tired, he saw that escape was impossible, and placing the barrel of his shotgun to his breast he pushed the trigger with his toe. O'Hare's body was tied to a buggy and dragged to Abbeville and placed in the courthouse, where it lay for several hours. It may be that Boy O'Haro was a desperado. If he was, he has folowed the example of many a brave white man, who has gone the way of all the earth. Certain it is, he set an example that every law-abiding self respecting colored man might imitate. He was not guilty of any heinous crime against women. He had not murdered any one for money. He had shot officers in a square fight and he had been chased by blood hounds. He did not intend to be burned at a stake or have an entire community in arms as a result of his capture. He saw death and he went to meet him. He saw torture and he shrewdly stepped aside and let it pass. He set an example that every colored man in this country would do well to emulate. To show that colored men are awakening to the need of protecting themselves to the last ditch and then "go shouting home to glory," is further evidenced by the following: Magnolia, Ala., Dec. 20. —Search in being continued tonight for Will Montgomery, one of four brothers, charged with the brutal murder late Saturday night of Algernon Lewis, a young white man, which crime precipitated a race riot here today and the killing and burning of one of the Montgomerys, the probable fatal wounding of Ernest Slade, a white man, and the wounding of several other whites. Mr. Lewis was waylaid by the Montgomery negroes, it is charged, while he was on his way to his home. After being shot to death his body was left in the public road. This afternoon "Clint" Montgomery and several other negroes were found barricaded in a house, which was soon surrounded by a determined body of white men. All of the negroes except Montgomery surrendered. Montgomery fastened the upper, after defying the men to attempt to get him. One of his companions was compelled to fire the building. When the structure became enveloped in smoke Montgomery threw open a window and began shooting at the posse, using a magazine shotgun. Ernest Slade fell mortally wounded, his face and body filled with shot. N. G. Carlton, Tom Shields, and William Lindsey were also wounded, though not seriously. A fusillade of shots struck Montgomery as he was attempting to leave the house. His body was riddled with bullets and it was allowed to be consumed in the burning building. Nearly all of the other negro residents or Magnolia fled. At 9 o'clock tonight all is quiet. The other negroes arrested were taken to the county jail at Linden. It is very significant that these evidences of bravery took place within a short time of each other and the horrible lynching by burning of the colored preacher, whose only crime was that he defended himself to the extent of shooting when he was shot at and wounding when he was wounded. The worst element of white people as in contravention to the best element of the same race or people are being taught a lesson. Liberal minded white men are gradually upholding brave colored men who stand up for their rights against the other elements, who are proving a draw back to the South's prosperity. We shall watch with interest the result of these evidences of a people's awakening. For our part, we are in favor of self-defense. We hope that the better class of colored people will do all in their power to win the respect and esteem of the better class of white people and take the same summary means of establishing their right to life, liberty and happiness and to the possession of fire. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA: arms with which to legally defend it against the lawless elements which now seem to have full swag in many portions of the Southland, 0 COLORED FOLK'S PROPERTY. The report of Auditor Morton Marye, as made to the Governor of Virginia, Hon. Claude A. Swanson, for the fiscal year ending September 30th, 1909, is now before us and it is fully up to its usual standard of excellence and thoroughness. That part which relates to the colored people of this state is especially gratify'tg. it shows that the colored people of Virginia own real estate and personal property to the value of ($26, 600,280) twenty-six million, six hundred thousand, two hundred and eighty dollars. Of the real estate ($13,510,049) thirteen million, five hundred and ten thousand and forty-nine dollars are owned in the counties and ($5,978,528) five million, nine hundred and seventy-eight thousand, five hundred and twenty-eight dollars are owned in the cities. Of the personal property ($5, 998,736) five million, nine hundred and ninety-eight thousand, seven hundred and thirty-six dollars are owned in the counties and $1,112,967) one million, one hundred and twelve thousand, nine hundred and sixty-seven dollars are owned in the cities. It may be well to remark that the colored people of Richmond lead in the value of their property real and personal. They own real estate to the value of ($2,657 517) two million and fifty-seven thousand, five hundred and seventeen dollars and personal property to the value of ($473,465) four hundred and seventy-three thousand, four hundred and sixty-five dollars. The value of the property of the colored people in Richmond, including the real and personal is ($2,530,982) two million, five hundred and thirty thousand, nine hundred and eighty-two dollars The colored person is not proud of this showing is devoid of both racial feeling and state patriotism. It shows that in our relationship with the friendly white people of this commonwealth, we have profited by their advice and increased our holdings by their encouragement. It is needless to indulge in dire forebodings and to prophesy of impending disaster, for the industrial and financial indications are all the other way. If we can instruct the rising generation along the lines of progress and train our off-spring to practice good manners, there will be revolution in the sentiment of the country in our favor. While the industrious, well-behaved, good meaning colored people are improving their financial condition and indirectly adding to the material wealth of the communities in which they live, the lawless, disreputable colored people are building up brush fires in our rear by their outrageous conduct and this will tend to destroy much of the product of honest toll. For this reason, we should study out some method to curb and control the wild dissolute colored elements, which cause us so much concern and no end of annoyance. We cannot rely entirely upon the police power of the respective communities in which we live to do it. We must do much or the work ourselves and our organizations owe it to themselves and to the race and to the government to make an honest persistent effort to reform and re- claim the mass of poverty and crime which causes the associated press dispatches to teem with the disreputable actions of many of our people who might be restrained and taught better. If the facts and figures that we have cited will tend to awaken colored folks in good circumstances to positive action, then this article will not have been written in vain. MOB VIOLENCE IN ALARAMA Montgomery, Ala., December 20—Barricading themselves in a house, Will, Sheldon and Clinton Montgomery, colored, wanted for the murder Saturday night of Algeron Lewis, a young white man, late this afternoon opened fire on a sheriff's posse near Magnolia, Marengo county wounding four white men, two fatal. The house was set on fire and Clinton Montgomery was cremated, the other two brothers being captured when they dashed from the burning building. The sheriff of Marengo county, with a number of deputies, left the scene of the clash almost immediately for Linden, the county seat, hoping to save the two colored men from being lynched. The sheriff's posse is reported as having under arrest Will Montgomery, one of the three colored men charged with killing Algeron Lewis. Marengo county has a large colored population, and a race riot is believed imminent. It is fifteen miles across the country to Linden, the county seat of Marengo. Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 20.—Governor Corner tonight ordered a company of militia at Selma to proceed to Magnolia, the scene of the reported race riot in Marengo county without delay. A report reached the Governor's office that armed colored men attacked the sheriff of Marengo county at Magnolia, and that five white men were wounded. Selma, Ala., Dec. 20.—The latest reports received from Magnolia late today were to the effect that fighting between the whites and blacks was then in progress, and that several persons had been wounded. N. C. Carter was reported seriously wounded. Mr. Lewis was waylaid by the Montgomery colored people, it is charged, late Saturday night while he was on his way home. After shooting him to death his body was left in the public road. A short time thereafter the murder was discovered and a posse was soon in pursuit of the colored people. Notwithstanding the biting cold, sleet and rain, the search for the murderers continued all day Sunday and today. Magnolia is not on a railroad and has no telegraph office. Rosebud, Tex., Dec. 20.—Coke Mills, colored, who shot and fatally wounded City Marshal Williams today, was taken from jail by a mob tonight and lynched. Abbeville, Ala., Dec. 20. —The most thrilling man-hunt which ever occurred in Henry Co., terminated yesterday afternoon when Boy O'Nara the young colored man desperado, killed himself when surrounded by a posse. Since Tuesday last, when the colored man shot two officers, the chase had continued. Blood-hounds pursued him so closely that he shot one of the dogs. One mile south of here, at the entrance to the Chotawhatchie Swamp, a cordon of 100 men surrounded him. Wounded, barefooted and tired, he saw that escape was impossible. Rather than fall into the hands of his pursuers he placed the barrel of a shotgun to his breast and pushed the trigger with his toe. His body was tied to a buggy and dragged to Abbeville and placed in the courthouse, where it law for several hours. Magnolia, Ala., December 20.—Magnolia is quiet at 9 o'clock tonight following a day of intense excitement with much bitter feeling manifested between the whites and blacks of this community. Ernest Slade, one of four white men shot by Clinton Montgomery, a desperate colored man, is fatally injured and his death, expected at any minute, may serve to further fan the flame of race hatred. Clinton Montgomery's charred body lies in the ruins of a small negro house near the town, the work of a posse of citizens this afternoon. Brister and Shelley Montgomery, brothers who burned colored man, barely escaped early this morning when the sheriff engrongo county captured them and chilled the manhunters, taking them to the county jail at Linden. LYNCHING THREATENED St. Louis, Mo., December 20. Because of threats to lynch a colored man held for murder, eight companies of militia were ready to start for Belleville, Ill., tonight, and Sheriff Cashel was waiting at the St. Clair county jail with a heavily-armed force of de- Rumors that an o be made upon the in which Will Clark, man, suspected of shooting car employees in East St. Louis Saturday night, is confined, caused the preparations for an emergency. The sheriff asked Governor Deneen to order the troops in readiness when reports reached him that friends of the East St. Louis men were planning a descent upon Belleville, fifteen miles away. In East St. Louis there was little tonight to indicate that the warlike preparations were needed. Friends and fellow-employees of E. V. Goudey, the motorman who was killed, and M. P. O'Brien, the conductor who was seriously wounded, were outspoken in their condemnation of the negro, especially after it was reported that Clark, had confess. denial of the confession disproved the evidence of mob spirit. By a. Ed. Grillo: Though Jim Jeffries is not yet fit to stand a gruelling night, yet his condition is such that he could start in tomorrow for a long period of hard training. The fact of the matter is that the former champion does more work every day now than the average athlete could stand. Aside from his fifteen or twenty minutes work on the stage, he goes through over an hour's work in his dressing room before he makes his appearance, and he seldom misses about two hours' work in a gymnasium in every city he visits. And Jeffries does enough his work either. He hummer and tongs, and anything at top speed. Speed sort of mania with Jeff. He does not care for any kind of work that does not require speed, and this because he has trained himself for years in this direction. When he first started in on his pugilistic career there was much complaint from those who saw him that he was too slow to ever make a champion. Jeffries took the tip and tried to improve himself in this respect. Everything he tackled he tried to do as fast as possible with the result that he taught himself the fast. When a man of Jeffries' weight and size can work incessantly for three hours in a gymnasium and not feel any ill effect from the strain, he is, to say the least, the road to getting in good condition, and Jeffries comes pretty near to doing this once every day. As condition seems to be the only question as to whether Jeffries can beat Johnson, it must be of some importance to know just what the big fellow is like at this time, and a careful observation of him leads to the belief that with three months' actual training in the mountains of California he will display at some wonderful stamina, speed, and hitting ability that brought him from obscurity to the top of all the pugilistic stars. While there is no way of getting a correct line on Jeffries' weight, because he does not bother about getting on the scales, yet it is a safe prediction that when he enters the ring in the best possible condition he will have but less than 15 pounds f... at the present time and 15... distributed over t... huge really very little. In deciding to he... Corbett help him in his training, Jeffries has made a wise move. Corbett was undoubtedly the most scientific boxer the game has ever produced and while no longer a young man he is still in good physical condition and his speed will do much to help Jeff. Boxing four or five rounds twice a day with Corbett should put Jeffries on edge. It is questionable if any fighter ever had so capable a lot of assistants as Jeffries will have when he starts to get ready for the fight. In addition to Corbett there will be Jack (Twin) Sullivan, the boxer and good hustler, Gotch, Roller, and Wermick are all expected to stay in the camp next spring, and this outfit of huskies should be able to give Jeff all the work he wants. ARMED FORCES GUARD MAGNOLIA Believed That Threatened Race War Has Been Averted. Magnolia, Ala., December 21.—With State troops and armed deputies patrolling the streets and the public roads leading into the town, and with thirty-three of the colored ringleaders corralled in an improvised stockade, the threatened race war is believed tonight to have been averted. Excitement, however, has not been altogether allayed, and tonight every white man's house in Magnolia, and its several miles around, is guarded against threatened revengeful acts on the part of the colored who resented the burning day of Clint Montgomery, one of the four colored desperadoes, brothers, charged with the killing Saturday night of Alkernon Lewis. This section for miles around was stirred this morning by reports that the colored men were planning to attack the town tonight, burn the residences and murder every white person they could find. The reports were apparently well founded, and by 3 o'clock this afternoon Magnolia was filled with armed white men and a serious clash with the colored men was imminent. Doubtless the arrival of the seventy-five soldiers here at 6 o'clock prevented bloodshed. Several of the colored men connected with the alleged plot to burn the town had already been apprehended, and only the cooler heads among the citizens and Sheriff Grant and seventy-five armed deputies prevented summary vengeance being meted out to them before the Selma troops reached here. The officers assert that they have matters well in hand tonight. Last night Sam Shields, a relative of Tom Shields, one or the four white men shot by Clint Montgomery yesterday, reported that he overheard a number of colored people plotting a systematic attack upon the whites. There was a large gathering of colored people at a house near town, and Mr. Shields says they planned to go from house to house in Magnolia, applying the torch and killing the occupants as they made efforts to escape from the flames. Runners were sent out after midnight conveying this information to the whites. It was learned that for several weeks past the colored people have been purchasing firearms, and this added color to the reports that they were planning a combined attack upon the whites. A visit was made today to the home of Dick Montgomery, father of the four brothers whose acts led up to the present strained conditions, but he was not found. He is prominent in colored secret societies and the report spread this afternoon that he was rounding up members of his lodges in the outlying country for the purpose of making a determined attack upon the whites. Tonight a report reached here that a white man had been shot and fatally wounded by colored people, but it could not be verified. The thirty-three colored men who tonight are held in a guarded store building here will tomorrow be taken to the county jail at Linden. Other arrests of colored men are expected to be made tonight. The soldiers from Selma reached Magnolia after nightfall, and at 8 o'clock tonight sentries were placed around the vacant store-house where thirty colored men are confined. Ernest Slade, the white man who was desperately wounded yesterday when Clint Montgomery fired on a posse, has been taken to his home at Lamison. He is terribly wound- ed, but surgeons give hope for his recovery. Will Montgomery is still at large, with posses and dogs hunting for him. The other two Montgomery colored men, Fletcher and Shelly, are in jail at Linden, and there is no present danger of violence to them. Sheriff W. S. Grant, of Marengo county, and Colonel J. E. Carter, of Selma, commanding the troops, are in charge or the situation here. They do not expect any trouble tonight. State Masonic Grand Lodge In Ses- sion Large Number Reading Slowly. Happily. M. W. Grand Lodge of Virginia, A. F. and A. M. The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Virginia, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons met in its annual communication at "low six" at Masonic Temple, with M. W. Geo. W. Ramsey in the chair. The welcome address was delivered by District Deputy, J. C. Robertson, and responded to by Hon. A. W. Harris and Dr. R. E. Jones. After the appointment of committees, the task was to call off until 10 A. M. Wednesday. Owing to the large number of delegates present, the sessions were held in True Reformers' Auditorium. GRAND ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER The Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Virginia met in its 36th annual convocation at Masonic Temple, Clay Street, on Monday evening, and after transacting routing business, elected the following officers for the ensuing year: OFFICERS ELECTED GRAND COMMANDERY King Baldwin, grand commandery of Knights Templars completed the work of its thirty-second annual conclave Tuesday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock. Officers were elected as follows: Right eminent grand commander, Nelson Harris, Richmond; deputy grand commander, Achilles Williams, Richmond; grand generalissimo, Alexander Jones, Norfolk; grand captain general, James H. Brooks, Petersburg, grand secretary James H. Hayes, Richmond; grand treasurer, James H. Barrett, Richmond; grand senior warden, H. Richmond; grand junior warden, C. Richmond; grand junior warden, C. Richmond; Suffolk-grand warden, R. W. Anderson Richmond; grand standard bearer, W. F. McGlone, Brighton; grand sword bearer, T. L. R. McGill, Portsmouth; grand marshal — ; grand tiller, J. P. Graham, Richmond. GRAND LODGE The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Virginia held its election as follows: George W. Ramey, Norfolk Va., M. W. Grand Master, J. Cornelius Carter, South Boston, Va., R. W. Deputy Grand Master, Rev. P. F. Morris, Lynchburg, Va., R. W. Senior Warden, J. W. Barnes, Portsmouth, Va., R. W. Junior Grand Warden, P. G. M. Douglass Johnson, Petersburg, Va., Grand Treasurer, Dr. H. L. Harris, Richmond, Va., R. W. Grand Sect'y, H. G. Warren, Tazewell, Va., R. W. Grand Lecturer, Rev. W. F. Grasty, Danville, Va., R. W. Grand Lecturer, Wilson F. Foreman, Norfolk, Va., R. W. Grand Senior Deacon, Rev. L. L. Downing, Roanoke, Va., R. W. Grand Junior Deacon. We Pay 4 per cent. Interest on Time Deposits THE MECHANICS' SAVINGS BANK OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. NOW OFFERS TO THE PUBLIC the facilities which it possesses for the safe-keeping of money, jewels, insurance papers, deeds, wills, stocks, bonds, and all valuables of whatever description at a reasonable cost. It holds choice real-estate, of which it will dispose on long time payments. It requests the patronage of the small depositor and the favor of the large one. Interest paid on all time deposits, remaining (60) sixty days and over. glar-proof round-door will be a wonder to the uninitiated. PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN UNEASY ABOUT THEIR DEEDS, INSURANCE PAPERS AND THE LIKE, will breathe a sigh of relief when they transfer them to the vault of the Bank, where they know that they are safe from fire and theft. There is a specimen SAFETY DEPOSIT BOX at THE MECHANICS' SAVINGS BANK, which THE CASHIER OR THE TELLER WILL show you and either will explain its workings. The stock of the MECHANICS' SAVINGS BANK is now selling above par--to be exact it CITY BANK NOW OFFERS ities which it poss money, jewels, ins stocks, bonds, and scription at a reas It holds choice dispose on long tide the patronage of t favor of the large time deposits, rem over. The modern glar-proof re PERSONS W ABOUT THEIR DE AND THE LIKE, when they transfer Bank, where they from fire and theft There is a sp BOX at THE MEN which THE CASH show you and eith The stock of BANK is now selli ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` GOV. DENEEN REFUSES To Re-instate Frank E. Davis As Sheriff of Alexander County. Gov. Charles S. Deneen has refused the petition of Frank E. Davis for re-institution as sheriff of Alexander county. The Governor was unable to see in the defense sufficient evidence or any evidence at all that would lead him to form an opinion that the deposed sheriff did his duty in trying to protect his prisoners. Will James and Henry Salzner, from the mob Nov. 11th. The Governor in plain English has cited the duty of a sheriff in the event of mobs, riots, tumults, etc. This citation of the law on the question of a sheriff's duty and its effect will be far reacning. Every sheriff in Illinois may now know his duty. None but honest and brave men will aspire. The voters of counties will also open their minds to a proper consideration of aspirants to the office of sheriff. The Governor's decision in the whole matter is as follows: "The sole question presented, is does the evidence show that the said Frank E. Davis, as sheriff of Alexander county, did, 'all in his power to protect the life of such prisoners and perform the duties required of him by existing laws respecting the protection of prisoners?" "The measure of the duty of the sheriff is to be determined from a consideration of his powers. He is vested in his county with the whole executive power of the state. He wields within his jurisdiction all the power of the state for the preservation and protection of the public peace. In his capacity as conservator of the public peace, it is within his power to call to his aid when necessary any person., or the power of the county. The law has made it a criminal offense for any person over the age of eighteen years to neglect or refuse to join the posse comitatus. In case the preservation of the peace and good order of society in any community shall require it, the sheriff has the power to summon and enroll any number of special deputies. Such deputies when enrolled have all the powers of deputy sheriffs and are subject absolutely to the orders of the sheriff. It is made a criminal offense to decline to be enrolled as a special deputy. The sheriff has the power to arm such force of special deputies to suppress riotes. After having commanded the riotous persons to disperse the sheriff or his special deputies are justified in taking life, should such riotous persons refuse to disperse. "The sheriff is the keeper of the jail and has custody of all persons confined therein. In case of mob violence which the sheriff and his deputies are unable to suppress, the sheriff may call upon the Governor for troops. "Such being the tremendous powers vested in a sheriff, what are his duties with respect to the protection of a prisoner who has been committed to his keeping? "Upon this question the legislature has spoken in such terms as not to be misunderstood. It has cast upon the sheriff the very highest degree of care. The legislature in the nob violence act of 1905, has said that in case a prisoner is taken from the sheriff and lynched, the sheriff, after having been removed from office, must, before restatement show that he did all in his power to protect the life or such prisoner. The legislature has in this statute specifically deemed the duty of the sheriff No part of his power can with safety be neglected. The very highest degree of care must be exercised for the protection of the prisoner. The sheriff must take every precaution that human foresight can reasonably anticipate. In tact under this statute, the sheriff is practically the insurer of the safety of the prisoner. "The law guarantees to the prisoner a fair and impartial trial, not by mob violence, but by the orderly proceedings of duly constituted courts. To this trial the personal presence of the prisoner is necessary. To await his trial the state has deprived the prisoner of his liberty. By the statute in question, however, the whole power of the state surrounds the prisoner and guarantees to him the protection of his life. "Measured by these standards it does not appear that Frank E. Davis, as sheriff of Alexander county did all in his power for the protection of the prisoners." "The crime was of such a nature to excite great public indignation. Ordinary prudence would dictate that at such a time riots, tumults and breaches of the peace might be expected. No attempt was made then, or at any time, to summon or enroll any special deputies. Not the slightest preparation was made to resist the mob. No showing is made that the jail in Alexander county would not have been safe for the confinement of the prisoner, William James. The sheriff knew some hours before taking William James into custody that mob violence was threatened. Knowing this, he neither enrolled special deputies nor communicated with the Governor advising him of the fact and requesting the aid of troops, although two companies of state militia were stationed in the city of Cairo. In the face of this the sheriff took his prisoner, almost without any protection outside the county. When the sheriff left the train at Dongola no attempt was made to communicate either with the Governor or with the sheriff of Union county. While the sheriff had the prisoner, William James, in custody it does not appear from the evidence, in my judgment that reasonable precautions were taken for his protection. "After the execution of James the mob repaired to the county jail. Although cognizant of the temper of the mob and knowing that it was seeking one Alexander, another colored man suspected of being impli- THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. THIS BANKING INSTITUTION is no longer an experiment. It is conceded to be run upon and in accordance with the most improved rules of the best banking concerns in the United States. 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Neither the sheriff nor his deputies made any showing of force. The most that was done was to ask for volunteers. Although it must have taken some time to beat down the cell door, yet the sheriff is unable to identify a single person composing the mob, or to identify a single person whom he asked to aid him in suppressing the mob. After Salzner was taken from his cell, no effort was made to follow up the mob and to rescue Salzner. "In view of these facts only one conclusion can be reached and that is that the sheriff failed to take the necessary precaution for the protection of his prisoner. "Mob violence has no place in Illinois. It is denounced in every line of the constitution and in every statute. Instead of breeding respect for law, it breeds contempt. For the suppression of mob violence, our legislature has spoken in no uncertain terms. When such mob violence, threatens the life of a prisoner in the custody of the sheriff the law has charged the sheriff at the penalty of a forfeiture of his office to use the utmost human endeavor to protect the life of his prisoner. The law may be severe. Whether severe or not, it must be enforce "Belleving as I do that Frank E. Davis, as sheriff of Alexander county did not do all within his power to protect the lives of William James and Henry Salzner, I must deny the petition of said Frank E. Davis for reinstatement as sheriff of Alexander county, and the same is done accordingly." — Cairo Ill. Baptist Truth. $150.00 Endowment Paid. Richmond, Va., Dec. 20, 1909. This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr. Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pythias, N. A., S. 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The Famous CLOTHING CO. ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` McCLURE'S MAGAZINE Contents for January, 1910. Drawing by Wladyslaw T. Benda Frontispiece The Heart of an Orphan. A Story Amanda Mathews Recollections of the Kings and Queens of Europe. I. Memories of Eliazbeth of Austria Xavier Paoli The New One. A Story Clara E. Laughlin Apparitions. A Poem Mahon Leonard Fisher ```markdown ``` OF DIRECTORS: A., President. Bce-President. C. Cashier. Mitchell, Jr., Whiting, R. Jefferson, Taylor, S. M. Crump, Sec., Jackson, H. Powell. OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS: JOHN MITCHELL, JR., President. H. F. JONATHAN, Vice-President. THOMAS H. WYATT, Cashier. John R. Chiles, John Mitchell, Jr., H. F. Jonathan, R. W. Whiting, Thomas H. Wyatt, E. R. Jefferson, D. J. Chavers, John T. Taylor, Thomas Smith, Thomas M. Crump, Sec., J. J. Carter, A. D. Price, P. B. Ramsey, H. L. Jackson, H. Powell. --- The Galvanizing of Olaf Larsen David Henry Day What the Public Wants. A Play Arnold Bennett A Belated Boom. A Story Stella Wynae Herron The Ferrer Trial. Perceval Gibbon The Neighbors. A Poem Theodosia Garrison Billions of Treasure. John E. Lathrop and George Kibbe Turner. The Richmond PLANET Depot is 276 South Regent street, Portchester, N.Y. ISAAC PARHAM, Agent. RIV1 ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` ARISTOCRACY OF CIRCUS RING COMING Famous European and American Performers With the Rhoda Powers and the Boyz The largest, most brilliant, and highest salaried galaxy of circus performers ever attached to a winter circus in America will be seen here the week commencing January 3, when the Rhoda Royal Circus, Hippodrome and wild west will give daily exhibitions in the Horse Show building. The big show has been on a tour of the largest American cities. The show comes to Richmond under the auspices of Acca Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine and the Shriners will march at the head of the glittering street pageant that will mark the formal entry of the Rhoda Royal Winter Circus into Richmond. Two special trains of forty cars each will bring the performers, stock and equipment of the circus, hippodrome and wild west to this city. The circus exhibitions will be given in two great rings in the Horse Show building. Among the features are: A school of fifty performing horses; the famous Siegrist family of aerialists, ten in number, giving sensational exhibitions on the high wire; Capt. Walter C. Sharp, with a troupe of former cavalrymen, appearing in dare devil riding and driving acts; John Agee, champion rough rider of the world; the Duttons, sensational equestrienne; the Tybell Julian Sisters, whirlwind artists, who fly like butterflies in space; the Nelson family of acrobats; the Kakanzee-ju troupe of Japanese mid air riders; Virgil Barnett, sensational bare back rider; the Brachards, European contortionists; a battle on horseback between a vigilance committee and train bandits in the Wild West; quadrille on horseback in which ranchmen, cowboys and cowgirls take part; the comic antics of a troupe of forty clowns, including funny men of international fame. There are fifty feature acts in addition to the usual circus ring programme. Special arrangements have been made for the many thousands of colored patrons of the circus who will flock to the Horse Show building during the mid-winter circus week. A large section of the big auditorium will be reserved for colored people and every provision made for the comfort and convenience of the big crowd expected at each performance. These seats will afford as a fine a view of the two rings and the platforms as any in the spacious building. The Rhoda Royal Circus. Hippodrome and Wild West is not only larger in size than most of the circuses that have appeared here under canvass, but in quality far surpasses them. Among the 200 specialty artists are the artistry of the circus ring in Europe and America. SIX —nnianaates eee = ZAIN ae ‘(ea anea AE NE: Wer es Wy y \ > ve onc. ® THE BIRTH OF | CHRIST Sean ee a Se | Sere verwen, 11, 12 GOLDEN TEXT.—“Ang thou shalt call hin name Jemus: for he shall save hia peo- ple from thelr sina" Mate. 1-21 TIME — December Hc PLACK- Bethichem of Judea. a malt town five or six milee south of Jerusalem Suggestions and Practical Thought. A Journey Across the Centuries with the Wise Men of the East—all @rough the Rible we read of angels Visiting this earth on messages of Mercy. We are taught in Hebrews hat thyy are “all ministering spirits sent forth to do service for the sake of them that shall inherit salvatiotn.” Tt requires no great strain on the im- @gination to conceive of the three wise fen coming to earth to see together with us what the King they had sought sad found had been doing ali these centuries since that wonderful visit I. We Visit Bethlehem. —Desertbe the situation, and note what had taken Place here, expecially as a city of David. How Mary and Joseph came to be there when Jesus was born The manger in the inn, The angels Ahnouncing bis birth to the shepherds, Repeat the song of the angels, and its interpretation tn John 3:16. The Coming of the Wise Men—We see them in the far east gazing at a new star in the heavens. Perhaps they ‘will tell us why they followed the star, at such great cost of time and treas ure and comfort, over dreary wastes, amid hunger, and thirst. and cold, and toil, “in perils of rivers, perils of wilderness, perils of robbers;" Ike “the queen of Sheba who came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon: and bebold a greater than Solomon is here;" lke the merchant who sold all that he had to obtain the pearl of great price What Motives Led Them to Un dertake the Journey?—We are in formed by ‘Tacitus, by Suetonius, and by Josephus, whose works these wise men doubtless could have read, that there prevailed throughout the en. tire east at that time, an intense con vietion, derived from’ anclent prophe cles, that ere long a powerfal « arch would arise in Judea and gain dominion over the world. Versi, lived a Uttle before this, owns (fourth Eelogue) that a child from heaven was looked for, who should restore the golden age, and tke away sin They could bav J more def aitely about this hope from the Jew who were scattered everywhere with their Scriptures and thelr hopes, since the Habylonian captivity ‘They neded the forgivenes of sins and the agurance from God as to the conditions ou which they could be for given They found the King, not in Her od’s palace as they expected, but in & manger in 4 common village Inn, of royal descent from the Father in heaven and the royal line of David on earth, aud in those circumstances through which he could best realize bis kingdom in the hearts of men. ‘They expressed thelr allegiance and worship by gifts, falling down, wor shiping, and offering. The first, the worship of the body; the second, of the soul; the third, of their goods With these three, our bodies, our souls, our goods, we are to worship him. 1. With the Wise Men We Draw Thirty Years Nearer, and Watch the King Doing His Kingly Work, (Draw the facts from the class.) Curing sin, disease, sorrow, and death. (Name tnstances.) Teaching God's heavenly truth. Changing men's lives. An example of the perfect life. | Giving his Ife to save men. | Rising from the dead, the proof and ‘power of immortal life. | Everliving King and Redemer; ‘thus manifested as seeking not his own honor or wealth, but giving him. self to serve and bless and help the people over whom he is king. Ti. Let Us Watch the Glorified King Organizing and Developing His Kingdom. (As recorded in the Acts.) ‘The review of last Sunday will fur ‘ish material for this picture, trom the day of Pentecost and its gift o power, through the chureb at Jerusa. Jem, the missions of the apostles and of Paul, to the gospel proclaimed and churches formed throughout — the known world. IV. With Our Wise Men Let Us Move Swiftly Down the Centuries, and Glance at What the King Born at Beth- Uhem Has Been Doing to Change the Kingdoms of This World Into the Kingdom of Heaven. — What the Christ-King did while living on earth, and after his ascension in founding and developing the early church amid great opposition of Herods who would destroy both the King and his works, ‘and in confiicts with the world pow. ‘ers of evil under the Rowan emperors has been continued with increasing ‘succes down through the centuries. “The best ‘gift Is to en ter the King; to strive with all our _ bring 2) se under his Prva wo lor an glee ent aren ter the coming of his fort the sorrowing. to join in the stip port of missions at home and tn for eign lands; to de full of enthusiasm for “¢iucation, missions, social serv. fee, pure politics, good government, true religion, and a hundred aspects of the Christian ideal.” Let this Christmas feeling last al the yeer round CONCRETE FOR HOG TROUGHS Fast Displacing Wood on Large Num. ber of Farms—How One Is Easily Constructed. Concrete hog troughs are fast dis placing those made of wood on a large number of farms, and we are told tn “Concrete Construction About the Home and on the Farm” that a desirable hog trough can be made by building a bottomless box, six feet long and 12 inches broad by 12 inches deep. From a twotnch plank saw out two triangles having a base of 12 Inches and a height of eight inches Place these five feet six inches apart and nati a plank one inch thick on each side of the triangle. Place the taverted V-shaped trough thus made inside the bottomless box and put small triangular strips around the edges to make a square edge. Fill the space left with concrete mixture, one part Portland cement and three parte Bo Pee At Sow Su Constable Tebugh clean sand or sandy gravel, tamp hard &nd smooth off to top of box. Let stand until dry, In one week remove the outer forms and paint with a mix ture of one part cement to one part fine clean sand mixed as thick as ream, turn the biock over, remove fnmer form and paint inside with pure cement. Should a trough with a round Bottom be desired, an inner form can be made by sawing a log the right length, stripping tt of bark, and spilt ting tc half. Put this in the bottom less box described above, flat side down, grease well and proceed as with triangular trough. Woben fencing can be used for re-enforcing the concrete. SLING FOR INJURED COLTS Can Be Made from Large Cottonseed Meal Sack Sewed Tightly Over Stee! Tubing. A’ good way of caring for tnjured colts is given by a writer in an ex- ebange. He says: 1 recently had a ten-months-old colt ott teres nie pet ob tt bra and forearms so that ft could not lle tow, to ee atent in doves nes to ease the colt. | had none on hand, cloth part, I secured a large cotton. seed meal sack wide enough to sup- port the entire under surface of the colt's body. The ends of this sack one and one-balfinch steel tubing, al- lowing the ends of the tube to project ih : ee Sia | mh : e ‘oul i satan 1 did not want to cut the rope I had on band, for hanging this sling from the celling, I threw one end over a beam Just above the colt's withers and shoved each end through the gas pie and drew them up so the sling rested snugly against the colt’s chest. The ends of the rope were then thrown over @ joist above the colt’s loins and drawn up so as to bring the other end of the sling against the colt’s ab- domen and then fastened securely. In a few minutes the colt caught on and was soon resting comfortably in the sling. ‘TIMELY LIVESTOCK NOTES. The rung hog cannot root for a Itv- ing. Look after the watering places in the pasture. Some of them may be ried up or have become filthy and un- fit for use. Experiments with alfalfa as a feed have proved beyond a doubt that it ts far ahead of any other roughage for sheep. The pig and cow pasture should be separate. It Is a good plan to keep a good ‘brood sow as long as she will raise two good Itters of pigs each year. ‘The sow is not at her best till she has raised several litters, and she should ‘remain profitable till six to ten years of age. ‘There will be n good market for your lambs; never fear about that Top them off as quick as you can. Put a small quantity of copperas tn the drinking troughs and tanks for stock. It purifies the water and rids it of the green scum known as algae. | ‘There are 300,000 horses in the lit tle country of Belgium that has less than one-sixth the area of South Da kota. Never mate a big ram with a small ewe. Best to breed animals of the same type. ‘A horse ts more liable to scare with than without blinders. Fatty hogs in a bunch will thrive better than a large bunch. See that the water supply ts pure ‘and clean. See that the supply of salt does not get low. ‘A horse suffering from coltc should ‘be kept quict. / Spray the Cows. Spraying the cows will discourge the Sies and keep up the milk suppiy. ‘Too much trouble? Well, trouble of this kind usually pays big. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. ng me URE IN Za / \ Sy 1 Da l ye y | Y \ WN} ima atau, Ii URS Al A - 4 = Al 7% | il o> YOU [> | {Ys os Want a ti Pair of \& \) ~~ REGAL SHOES\ vege 98 aaa a0 ee eS aan | N. WINSTON, | A EOE CONFECTIONER. ; Headquarters for Pure Ice-Cream 3 Wholesale and Retail. $ Special Attention to Family Trade, Picnics, Excur- : sions, Sunday Schools, Lawn Parties, Etc 3 Furnished on Short Notice. $ Choice Pound and Wedding Cakes fur- $ nished to Order. Foreign and Domestic : $ FRUITS AND DELICACIES. 3 > / $ N.WINSTON, $ 537 Brook Ave., Richmond, Va. 3 $ Phone, 2253. 3 Law of the Household. Would we codify the laws that should reign in households, and whose daily transgression annoys and mortl: fies us, and degrades our household Mfe—we must learn to adorn every day with sacrifices. Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices. Tem: perance, courage, love, are made up of the same jewels. Listen to every Prompting of honor.—R. W. Emerson. Lower Down on the List. Having Just had her child baptized in church she waited in the vestry till service wax over to bave the regis- trar's certificate indorsed in the usual manner. The vicar, not being sure of the date, remarked in an interrogative tone, “This ts the twentieth, 1 think?” “Indeed, no, sir!” replied the worthy matron indignantly, “she’s only the sixteenth, the wee 'amb.” Too Pleasant to Be Proper. Reading in bed has long been con- demned as ® harmful indulgence. Now comes the London Lancet and says that it is no more harmful to read in bed than anywhere else if you have the light placed right and do not hold the book too close te your eyes. Hut reading in bed Is such a pleasant thing that it really does not seem as if it could be right ee, fe eee ‘The mock duck egg so commonly Seen in Chinatown is coated with a mixture of lime, clay, spices and rice husk, which excludes air. After many moons the yolk turns dark green or black. The older and blacker the bet- ter it 4s, according to the Chinese taste. It never is absent from great ceremonial dinners, boiled. The Mind's Power. “Zola,” said a psychologist. “once wrote in a lady's album that his fa- vorite anusement was writing and his favorite wish a sudden death.” Zola died suddenly. “And it isa strange thing,” said the . phychologist, “that those who prefer a sudden death usu- ally have their preference gratified.” —Philadelphia Bulletin, | The Best. An almost forgotten poet, Robert ‘Hinckly Messinger, quaintly wishes for eld wood to burn, old books to read and old friends to talk with in an Ideal old age, and he might also have added, old tunes to be played in the Jong twilights while he dozed and bce in'bis easy chair. ore te A certain English mayor, whose pe- riod of office had come to an end, was surveying the work of the year. “I have endeavored,” he said with an alr of conscious rectitude, “to administer Justice without swerving to partiality, ‘on the one hand, or impartiality, on the other.” : Acme of Real Stupidity. It is claimed that in his ‘boyhood Shakespeare was so etupld that he Aid not know enough to come in out DOOD OODO POD OOOO SOOO OHO OOD $$$ of the raln. Perhaps through this atu- pidity he got so wet that he became the great intellectual ocean whose waves touch the shores of all thought. The New Writing. Advice to an ambitious writer from a literary bureau: “Let your story al- ways have contained in it the ele ment of love, but always treat it In a strikingly original way. ‘The old forms have gone out.” The Philosopher of Folly. “Why is {t" asks the Philosopher of Folly, “that after a fellow has taken a week off, he always wakes up with the feeling that.he ix about to be evicted and arrested for obtaining money un- der false pretenses” Not Finished. “Americans are 0 unfinished, has been the complaint of Europeans, We ‘are and glad of It. Yankees are start- Ung the world with thelr achtevements and will, we belleve, stick to the habit. Uneasy Lies the Head, Ete. “When you feels a hankerin’ foh great authority, son,” sald Uncle Eben, “do a little preliminary praectie- an’ as a baseball umpire an’ see whether you really enjoys it.” No Jewish Lullabies. It 1s remarkable that notwithstand- ing the love and devotion of a Jewish mother there seems to be no trace of a real Jewish tatlaby. Those known are of a recent origin. Show Worthiness! | Do something worth living for, worth dying for; do something to show you have a mind, and a heart, and a soul within you,—Dean Stanley. Science and Trade. ts Science fs a cunning old fellow and when he joins hands with trade things will be doing that Horatio’s philoso- phy wots not of. Score One for Sweden. It is to the honor of Swedes that the fact of » woman working for her liv- ing in no way lowers her social post- tion. ae a Frederick the Great had tender feet and used to have an old double who broke in new boots for him. Best Lightning Rods. Hollow copper rods have been found to be the best lightning rods, Given Time to Think. Condemned to death, a prisoner tn Greece is kept in confinement for two yeare before the sentence is carried out, Disease Known Only to Humans. Leprosy is the only exclusively hu man germ disease. It is impossible to give it to any other animal. Rnights of Pythbtas, N. A.,S. A, E. A., A. AND A. SOE This organization is one of the most powerful in the country and its RS Qh ogress has been phenominal. The Grand Lodge of Virginia has juris- ky ‘iS Ricton over allof the cities and counties in thisstate. Thirty males ef ee ¥ are required to organize a new lodge. The benefits paid constitute one nN GAG of its strongest features, but the principles are greater than anything CGe™ Pec) | else. Founded on Friendship, based on Charity and established on Be Sisk ie,' nevolence, the respectable, upright people of the state will find it an order S RO worthy of their heartiest support. Bane?” It pays an endowment and burial benefit of of $200.00 for all ages. It pays $4.00 per week sick dues. The badge costing 75 cents each is the only absolutely necessary regalla, For information concerning the orgauzaition of lodges apply at the main offiee. The Courts of Calanthe —%, Is the Female Department of the Order. It requires a membership of ™ thirty pers ms to organize a court. Itsmempers are pledged to exhibit Fidelity, exercise Harmony and prove Love one for the other. It pays an endowment and burial benefit of $150.00. It pays $3 00 per week sick dues. The only expense for regalia is the cost of the badge, 50 cents and arosette, costing 25 cents for funeral occasions. For all information concerning special rates of membership in the lodges and courts, address John Mitchell, J ohn Mitchell, Jr., 311 N. 4th Street. | occu aamee |THE ECONOMY, ETRE, “You look very kad, little boy,” said the benevolent old lady. “Can I be of any Leip to yout The little boy, who had been read. ing @ class of literature beloved of his kind, threw down the book and struck an attitude. “Hist, old woman,” he declared “Thou canst be of signal service to me an’ thou wilt. Seest yon terbaccy shop across the way? Take this bronze coin and command the scurvy keave with in to supply thee with two Cigarettes and a lucifer. Be secret; nother, and betray me not, or thy life thfall pay the forfeit, 1 will await thee here. Begone!” i ELINE AMENITIES Wey ) oi f ei) ane Reda seu lll” SSS ‘There Was a Difference. Two weeks after he had faced the Parson with the only girl he met one ‘of his bachelor friends. + “Tsay, old man,” remarked the b. f. Yyou don't look the part of a happy benedict. What's the trouble—have you suffered a disappointment?” “You have said it,” answered the other, sadly. “My wife can't sing.” “Can't sing!” echoed Lis friend “Why, in that cuse I think you are 'tc be congratulated.” “That isn't the trouble,” replied the young husband. “She thinks she can sing.” A Requisite. Staylaight—Ob, Miss Wobbins, may Teome to see you again? Miss Wobbins—Well, I cannot see how you can very well, unless you go this time!—Lite A Return Short. “If you want to be up wo date, Mrs Hasher, you'll have to get a side board,” remarked young Slopay. “And-ff you don't come up to date with your payments soon, Mr. Sloray,” rejoined the landiady, “you'll have to Bet outside board.” THEY MERELY TALK —WMa) 7 C wy i TR ee ¥ A A af or mie ff Chawles—During your long night watches before the mast don't the waves seem to talk to you? Old Salt—Yep. But they don’t ax foolish questions. THE ECONOMY, 303—5 North Third St SEIN EY TAILORING CLEANING, DYEING ANL REPAIRING CHITMAN M. WHITE, PROPRIETOR. BOARDING & LODGING Rates Reasonable. _ Al! the Comforts 2% oftome 4 4 Orders recetved by letter or telegraph : MES, BOOKEK LEFTWICH. | Peornireasae ~ N. 2nd St., Richmond, Vs | BLACKWELL & BRO. ONE OF THE LEADING PAINTER: Practical House and Sign Painters Graining and Geveral Gontrac tors. ALL WORK GUARANTEED... Cards, Letters or Orders. 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Did she tell yout” “Ob, ‘hip! I noticed that she was Muping today!” Virtue of White Clothes. White clothes do not get dirty any sooner than-black clothes; they sim- ply show the dirt more—greatest vir te nee ase and courts addreee STRAUS’ SPECIAL ———— CIAL Old Yacht Ciab, Will Batisty the lover ot the right kin of stimulant. Prices. Gigare cad Sobesaa” ae MESES, un ISAAC STRAUS & CO., 422 E. Broad St., Richmond, Virginia. a as ae, H F Jonathan FISH, OYSTERS AND PRODUCE, 114 .N. 17th St, RICHMOND, VA. ALL ORDERS WILL RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION. Long Distance ‘Phone, 752. SCHOOL SHOES, ———_—__ Capitol Shoe & Supply Company, No. 210 East Broad Street. A complete stock of Boys,” Misses,’ Men's, Ladies,’ & Children’s Shoes. ALL THE LATEST STYLES, eee OOOO OOO OSCE DR, P. B, RAMSEY, DENTIST, 115 East Leigh St. ‘PHONE, 816 60 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE Track Marne Par Seats Anyooaunning antece Sere quickly sonora Gur oninion face Chetser eS Srariiotes Mets eatanea adear tate eae Scientific American, Seacrest co lo iit Fee ee WINN §.0o, 29 sor ew Jor a Let the PLANET do your Job-work | S. W. ROBINSON, ‘NO. 23 NORTH 18TH ST. Dean ox FINE WINES, LIQUORS. CIGARS, &c. (OG All Stock Sold as Guarentess.-wee | PROMPT ATTENTION. ‘Your patronage ie revpecttully solicited. BENEATH THE MISTLETOE Judith MRS. SANTA CLAUS. MRS. SANTA CLAUS. BY ELLA E. BARNES. [Copyright, 1809, by American Press Association.] FOR several years the proverbial Santa Claus with white beard had visited our Christmas tree to distribute the gifts and dispense his mithful cheer. Last year he could not come, and as the age is one of womanly achievement he asked permission to send his wife. Of Mrs. Santa Claus we had all heard, but none had seen her, and the announcement of her coming provoked great interest. Many were the queries regarding her appearance, but none could be answered. A knock at the door announced her arrival, and in came the kind old lady, covered with (cotton) snowflakes, rosy and animated after her long journey, but radiant with loving good cheer and affection for all. She wore a long cloak of bright red homepun (a real antique, borrowed for the occasion and a wonderful poke bonnet, an ancient calash, trimmed with gleaming holly and adorned with flowing strings of red and green ribbon. Upon her hands were huge fur mittens, and beneath her cloak, which she threw back from her shoulders, we saw her spotless crossed kerchief and a wonderful lawn apron with green sprigged border. These she was pleased to exhibit to the ladies, for she took a womanly pride in her dress, although she confessed that the styles did not change IN CAME THE KIND OLD LADY. very often at the north pole, and, anyway, she was too busy to think of such things. Afer a short rest, through which she rather gassed her Christmas salutations, she ood to make a short speech before beginning her gracious labor of distributing the gifts from the laden tree. She said in part: "Ever since I married Mr. Santa Claus, over 150 years ago, I've tried to be a real helpmeet to him. But I've never gone around to entertainments before. I've done the work in the background, so to speak, as good wife should. However, this year Santa's been dreadfully overworked. Why, just think of all those Philippine children added to the American list not so long ago, not to speak of the Alaskans and others. Then there's that bothersome crowd at Panama. So Santa said to me, real coaxing: 'Hannah,' he said, 'this year I'll have to ask you to help me out by going once before the public. There's a tree I've always attended, but I can't possibly get there this year. I'll send the presents as usual, but you go down for me, won't you, and distribute them R for me? A great many ladies speak in public these days, and you needn't be afraid. So, though I'm bashful, I'm here, and please excuse any mistakes I may make. Santa sent his love and best wishes, and I've brought you each a polar snowball as a kind of curiosity. I picked them up just before I started out. They're in my bag here. This bag was one of my wedding presents, and I carried it on our first journey. Of course it's old, but I think so much of it I'd never give it up. See the letters on it—H. S. C. They stand for Hannah Santa Claus. "Twas the first monogram I ever had." The old lady proudly exhibited her old fashioned sole leather satchel and from its capacious depths distributed the polar snowballs. These were formed of white cotton, and each when unwrapped was found to contain a thy numbered star. The gifts upon the tree had been previously numbered, and the snowball indicated to each person the gift to be received. Mrs. Santa Claus herself gave the presents and kept the company amused by her comments upon the beauty and usefulness of the various articles. The evening was one of great pleasure and merriment. At its close Mrs. Santa Claus was invited to come again; but, while she thanked the ladies for their kind thoughts, she said, "I'll have to see what Mr. Santa Claus says, for I always do exactly as he wishes." **Christmas day Saturday be** A great winter that year you'll see And full of winds both loud and shrill. But in summer, truth to tell. High winds shall there be and strong. Full of tempests lasting long, Full of battles they shall multiply. And great beasts shall die. They shall be strong, and kee He shall be found that stealth aught. Though thou be sick, thou diest not. Ancient Ships The earliest known picture of a sailing ship, which decorates an Egyptian amphora in the British museum, dates from some 8,000 years ago. This depicts a vessel with an exaggerated prolongation of the bows or stem post and a high stern, both suggesting something of the modern Venetian gondola, a suggestion furthered by the low, graceful lines of the craft itself. This is a mast, with sail, placed very far forward. For hundreds, even thousands, of years these Egyptian vessels were less ships than boats, though by the time that Thebes was sending regular fleets to the land of Punt for ivory, gold and spices they had developed into vessels of sixty-five feet in length. — "Sailing Ships and Their Story." Pat-An' phwat the mischief is a chafin' dish? Mike-Whist! Ut's a fryin' pan that's got into society. — Boston Transcript THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA A Stepped, thoughtless 'neath the mistletoe Hung high above the car pet square. While out of door fell fleecy snow Heighho! Heighho! Surprised beneath the mistletoe! HE did not know she was so near The kiss provoking mistletoe. The bough upon the chandelier Was deftly fixed, but not too low. Oh, no! Oh, no! In ambush was the mistletoe. S O NCE in the mesh and fairly caught. She showed no sudden haste to go. Two victims with a single thought Are brave beneath the mistletoe. Just so! Just so! The courage-giving mistletoe! ITH cheeks suffused a rosy red That shamed the holly's livid glow She held aloft her charm- ing head, The lawful kiss did not forego, And, lo! And, lo! That kiss beneath the mistletoe! S A CHRISTMAS CONSERVE. By ELLA STEPHENS. [Copyright, 1909, by American Press Association.] Take oranges and lemons, too; Remove the juice and pulp And add the rinds, grated most fine Or by machine ground up. Next put through the grinding machine Or chop in wooden bowl The walnuts and the raisins good And almonds, blanched when whole. Dissolve the sugar in a pint Of excellent grape juice; Then add to it the other things And gradually reduce By simmering all quite slowly down Till like a marmalade. Put into glasses, seal and place Within the pantry's shade. With Christmas roast or toothsome game This conserve is delicious, Or thinly spread on buttered bread At tea time proves propitious. Christmas Firecrackers In many parts of the south for years after the civil war it was Christmas instead of the Fourth of July that was the season for firecrackers. Every Christmas the storekeepers laid in large supplies of firecrackers, and the small boy of that period felt sadly slighted by Santa Claus unless he found at least one of his stockings stuffed with bunches of the little red explosives. In these districts such a thing as a firecracker on the Fourth of July was unknown. Of late years, however, the firecracker has been restored to its proper date in nearly every community and Christmas noise is confined chiefly to the blowing of horns and the heating of toy drums. What's In a Name? Papa—Boys, what do you want for Christmas? Billy—I want a bobsled. Bobby—I want a billygoat. Papa—Suppose you swap. Old Carving Terms At the banquets of the eighteenth century the man who carved needed to know words as well as the use of knives. Venison he "broached," the pheasant he "allayed," the rabbit and woodcock he "unlaced" and the crab he "tamed." Dismembering a swan was "lifting" him, and the crane under his knife was being "displayed." The peacock was "disfigured." POULTRY AND BEES HOMING PIGEONS NOT KNOWN General Public Has Vague Ideas of Their Appearance, Capabilities and Nature. There seems to be so really little known by the general public about carrier pigeons, and so many people have such vague ideas of their appearance, capabilities and nature that possibly a few words from one who has bred, trained and flown these birds and made their habits a study, might be of at least passing interest. In the first place let me say that the carrier pigeon proper, which now goes by the general name of homing pigeon, or homer, is entirely different from the English carrier, with its big bunch of flesh around its beak, and large eye cere, and it must not be confused with it. The English carrier, though a long-necked, powerful, almost "clipper-built" bird, is simply a fancy show pigeon, and entirely incapable of either rapid or long-continued flight. The homer, on the other hand, is quite an ordinary bird and by the casual observer might be easily taken for a common pigeon. The head, however, is rounder and the carriage or position much more sprightly and nervous. The eye is full and quick and surrounded by a small cere or ring of flesh, but this should be slight and not in the least resemble the cere of the English carrier. The wings are strong and full at the shoulders, and should be carried above the tail, with the P Homing Pigeon. strong and elastic flight feathers broad, the webs overlapping one another, thus offering the greatest amount of assistance to the atmosphere in flying. The chest should be broad and full, with plenty of room for a good pair of lungs; but the one point in the homer which outshines that of any other pigeon is its brain, and without a head built to hold this, and without a fell-developed brain in the head the bird is worthless. Many people have an idea that a homer can be trained to carry a message, but this is erroneous. It simply brings its message home. That is, it always seeks its own loft and is sent away, then liberated, and then returns, or endeavors to return, to its own particular perch, and it can be found any night sitting on its own and proper place. This love for home and the power of finding it are the points we wish to develop, and from careful selection and care have within the last 40 years been brought almost to perfection. Speed at the same time has also been developed. CARE OF AUTOMATIC FEEDERS Simple Directions for Making a Poultry Self-Feeder with Hints for Handling. An automatic poultry feeder to hold charcoal, grit or anything which it is desired to keep before the fowls all the time may be made from a cigar box and a quart milk bottle or other bottle having an equally large mouth. The box, which should be shallow, has a single cross-piece reaching diagonally from one corner to another, with an opening to fit the mouth of the bottle cut in the middle, about half the depth of the cross-piece. Stand the bottle over this and fasten the bottle upright by a strong rubber band passed around it and an upright strip of wood, and which is also used to hang the feeder just high enough so the fowls can reach to feed from it, but cannot scratch dirt into it. The box being shallow, the space beneath the bottom is proportionately small, so that as fast as the food is picked out by the fowls more falls down to take its place, consequently it is only necessary to see that the bottle is kept full. These devices for keeping feed or other material always before fowls are perhaps all right if they are not neglected and allowed to become clogged or foul with dirt or droppings. Always replenish the supply every day or two, as in this way one can be sure that the boxes are clean—and cleanliness is the most important thing in poultry work. Egg Wisdom. The nonsitting varieties lay white-colored eggs. The best winter layers produce a brown egg. The egg gradually decreases in size and weight as the laying season prolongs. The size of the egg, as a rule, increases with the age of the hen. FRESH-AIR POULTRY HOUSES Demonstrated Time and Again They Are Best for Health—Drafts Should Be Prevented. It has been demonstrated time and again that fresh air and open front poultry houses are best for the health of the flock. In northern climates, however, the open front should be supplied with burlap curtains in order to prevent a direct draft of cold air. There is always more or less drafts of air in the poultry house, but any house without heat, whether open or closed, will be cold enough in winter weather, but the open front house will have less chill and will be warmer and more comfortable. The one secret is to Bantam House. guard against cold air currents about the roosts at night. The fowls must be comfortable on the roosts when the body is not being warmed by its own exercise. During the day the fowl can keep itself warm if you give it enough to do and an inclination to do it. Feathers are excellent non-conductors of heat and nature has provided the hen with sufficient protection. A design is given above of a neat and convenient house and yard, suitable for keeping a few Hantams in confinement on a small city lot. It is quite inexpensive if made plain, or may be made quite ornamental. ALFALFA GOOD FOR THE BEE Coming When Natural Bloom Is Past Finds Little Honey-Makers In Best Condition. Alfalfa is with us a No. 1 honey plant, coming at a season when natural bloom is largely past. It finds bees in their best condition for work (provided the apiarist has faithfully attended to his duties), and climatic conditions most favorable to it for secretion of nectar, which are the succession of long, hot, dry days of May and June in this valley. I consider that alfalfa, in this climate, is one of our best plants for both comb and extracted honey, says a writer in Missouri Valley Farmer. On my present range I am satisfied that 100 colonies will gather every drop of nectar that can be profitably taken; if each colony is in its best working trim it will keep a man comfortably busy. I am obliged to extract about once in every 21 days, for the reason of rapid evaporation rendering honey too thick and waxy to be thrown out, also conditioning the honey for early crystallization. HOUSE FOR NUMBER OF HENS Illustrations Showing Handy and Up-to-Date Coop That Can Be Made Warm. I consider my poultry house handy and up to date. It can be made warm as desired by lining with tar paper and putting building paper on the outside, then covering with drop siding, writes as desired by lining with tar paper and putting building paper on the outside, then covering with drop sliding, writes End View. C. E. Likens in Missouri Valley Farmer. The house can be built as large as needed. The one I am using is 12 feet square, large enough for 25 to 35 chickens. The nests can be built one on top of the other, any number to accommodate SMALL DOOR FOR CHICKENS ROOST S NEST S NEST S INCUBATOR DOOR 2X0 NEST S Floor Plan of House. the hens. A place can be arranged in one corner for the incubator. The cost will $14 to $16 or more, according to the way it is built. Traveling Bees. An eastern beeman has conceived the idea of inducing his busy little friends to work overtime says Farmers' Review. His plan is to keep them where it is summer throughout the year. To do this he proposes to send them south in the autumn and to the Pacific coast during the winter, returning to the east for the blooming season in that section. By adopting this unique scheme he figures that there will be no loafing on account of the season. Thus a continual flow of honey the year 'round would double the income. The scheme may work, so long as the insects do not resort to labor union tactics. Poultry Demand It is predicted that the poultry demand will be greater this fall and winter than ever known in the history of this country. In the first place last spring's hatch was small, and next the new business has increased the demand. His Experience. Pekem, who had loved and won, once let this sentence fall: "That man was lost and lost. Never than have lost at all." Rubbing It In. Sapleigh—Yaas, seweal years ago I fell in love with a girl, but she wejected me, doncher know—made a wegular fool of me. Miss Knox—Now, that what I call a measly shame. 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The funeral services were conducted from the Mt. Salem Baptist Church, Monday, December 20, 1999. Rev. E. C. Thompson was Master of Ceremonies. Singing by Rev. M. F. Washington; Scripture Reading, Rev. Wm. J.; Anthony; Prayer A. Rev. C. H. Phillips; Singing A. Jackson. Rev. A. Griffy delivered a touching discourse (Jm Hebrew 11:10. Prayer by W. Johnson; Eulogistic remarks by Revs. C. H. Phillips, D. D. Wm. T. Anthony and E. C. Thompson. Pall bearers were—G. J. Jackson, and J. W. Freeman, M. Talem Baptist Church, Penola, Va.; John Winston and C. T. Winston, Ebenezer Baptist Church, C. H. Brown and R. Jackson, M. Talem Baptist Church, Hewlett, Va. Rev, W. J. Thompson, was born in 1856. He confessed religion when he was twenty years of age, was baptized and joined M. Talem Baptist Church at Hewlett, Va., and served as a faithful member for thirty-six years. He was married to Miss M. J. Berkley, and lived lovingly together for twenty-six years. He was ordained to the ministry by Revs C. H. Phillips, D. D., and W. F. Bogis at which time he took charge of the M. Talem Baptist Church, at Hewlett. Four churches were pastored by him. M. Talem, Hewlett, Va. 19 years; M. Talem, Penola, Va., 17 years; Ebenezer, Negro, Va., 15 years and Bethany, M. Pelier, Va., 15 years. He was a faithful leader on his fields up to the time or his death, and made many friends while preaching the gospel. His last sermon was delivered at Mt. Salem Church, Penola, Va. With a following of 547 members, he worked at all times, sick or well, and his members were ever ready to follow him. During his illness, he was visited by untold numbers of friends, both white and colored, and when he grew too feeble to be seen his wife's attention was called to as many as six letters a day, and sometimes more inquiring as to the health of this great leader. While on his bed of affliction, the family asked him if the Lord would call for him, how would it be? He said, "The road is clear, I am at the gate waiting to enter." He had long wanted to see Rev. A. Gray, and when he came, his wife told him that Rev. Gray had come, though he was speechless he opened his eyes, looked at Rev. Gray and smiled. Many ministers visited him during his illness, among them Rev. W. L. Taylor, D. D., Rev. C. H. Phillips, D. D., and Rev. E. C. Thompson. Dr. Lewis, a physician of Richmond, also called. Rev. Thompson is survived by a devoted wife, mother, brother, two sisters, many nieces, nephews, and numerous friends to mourn their loss. "This tree shall not die, but live in our memory." Philippines As The Humorist Sees It. "The Philippines are a bunch of trouble gathered together on the western horizon of civilization. They are bounded on the North by rocks and destruction, on the East by typhoons and rainstorms, on the South by cannibals and earthquakes, on the West by hoodoism and smugglers. The climate is a combination of electrical changes and is especially adapted for raising "cain." The soil is extraordinarily fertile in producing large crops of insurrection and trickery. The inhabitants are very industrious, their chief occupation being trench building, the manufacture of bolos, knives, and reloading Remington cartridges. Their amusements are cock-fighting, monte-dealing, stealing and cheating. Their diet consists of boiled rice, stewed rice, fried rice and rice. The penal marriage ceremony is very impressive especially the clause wherein the wife is given the privilege of working as much as the husband desires. The beast of burden is the carabao, and on a ten mile journey only three days' rations are required, while on a trip of one hundred miles the driver would die of old age before reaching his destination. The rivers are serpentine in course, their currents running, in opposition to all known laws of gravitation. Manila, the principle city, is situated on Manila bay, a large body of land locked water, full of sharks and Spanish submarine boats, which the U. S. has forgotten to raise. Cavite, the next city of importance, is noted for its natural naval facilities and its number of saloons and Chinamen. The principle imports of the islands are American soldiers, arms, ammunition and tobacco; while the principle exports are home-sick soldiers, "vino" friends, rice and "wooden overcoats." Malaria is also very much in evidence here, and the islands on several occasions have been shaken with a chill. Luzon, the largest of the group, is in communication with the rest of the islands by substituting the mosquito for the carrier pigeon, the former being the larger and better able to endure the journey. The native costume is a flour sack tied around the waist, but all children under twelve years of age, have to wait 'til the next year for their clothes. The towns are an aggregation of filth, mosquitoes, flies, carabas and bed-bugs, the family all sleeping together on terms of equality. The native drink is "vino," which consists of concentrated tarantula, cacao juice, snake oil, barbed wire, and lightning. The Philippines would be an appropriate gift to a deadly enemy, for the climate is pleasant and healthful for roaches, tarantulas, scorpions, centipedes, monkeys and snakes. The natives are all friendly, at the point of a gun. The islands in general are: A God-forsaken, cannibalizing, Agiun-aldo infected blot on the face of the earth. LUCIAN B. WATKINS. Sweeper Reached in Safe, Got Money and Then Got Drunk. After dropping $12 in a sewer, Clarence Fauntleroy, colored, confessed to Detective Sergeant Wiley yesterday afternoon that he had robbed the safe of W. H. Nelson, a druggist at Fourth and Leigh streets, of $59, and then took the detective to his home and showed the officer where he had hidden $40. Fauntleroy was employed at the store to do the sweeping, and yesterday morning he found a chance to rob the safe, which was open at the time. While both Mr. Nelson and the clerk, Mr. Jones were out, and he was inside, he noticed that the combination had not been turned on the safe. It required but a twist of the hand to open the safe and another twist to take out the money. He got the money and went on with his sweeping. After he had gone, Mr. Nelson had occasion to look in his safe. He found it cleaned. Sergeant Wiley was notified. The officer found Fauntleroy exceedingly drunk. He brought the negro out of his home, and the latter dropped twelve bills in a sewer cap. But the detective was watching him, and while he held the culprit he asked an obliging citizen who was passing by to reach down and get the bills. "You've got me, Mr. Wiley," said Clarence. "I'll show you where the rest of the bills are. Detective Sergeants Wiley and Bailey went to Clarence's home, and Clarence forked up $40. As there were $2 in a check, Clarence had got rid of only $5, and he had had a great spree. Now he has to reckon with Justice Crutchfield and the law — Times-Dispatch, Dec. 18, 1909. The Wonder Comb----50 Cents We have a pomade called "Wonder-Uncurl." If you will heat a Wonder Comb, and use it to draw this Wonder-Uncurl through your hair, your hair will dress better than ever before, and grow thick and long. If you send sixty cents, we will send the Wonder Comb, a trial jar of Wonder-Uncurl, and two samples of Complexion Wonder. The latter will make your skin lighter colored every time it is used, and will make you (man or woman) look better than ever in your life before. Berger & Co., 2 Rector Street, New York City, N. Y. Portchester, N. Y., Dec. 19, 1909. Last Sunday the quarterly meeting was held at the St. Francis A. M. E. Zion Church. Five churches were represented. Pastors present were as follows: Rev. McMullin and Rev. Collins, of Mt. Vernon, N. Y., and Rev. Boyd, of Mamaraneck, N. Y., Rev. Haynes, of New Rochelle, N. Y., the five churches being represented in joint session. Rev. McMullin was the principal speaker in the afternoon. A glorious time was witnesses by all the flock, and was properly fed. REV. F. W. CREWS, Pastor. To the Public:— We, the friends and visitors, of St. Frances A. M. E. Church, do congratulate our pastor, Rev. F. W. Crews, in his improvement that he has visited the church, since he has been pastor. We venture to say that his record stands in this com- munity second to none. Subscribe to the PLANET. Only $1.50 per year in advance. Have you paid your subscription? If not, why not? MINES AND BURRED 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 or men who discover their true location. 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Who Will Give From One Hour at Least to One Day in Labor Free to Help Promote a Sure Plan to Deliver the Negro People From Poverty in America, Which is Now So Fast Overtaking the Race. (Special to the True Light Army Director General.) Office, 74 Highland St., Boston, Mass. Dear Sir: I understand that you have a sure plan to deliver the Negro people of America from the woeful and helpless condition which is so swiftly coming upon us as a race and that in order to get this plan to all the members or the race this year, you have called for 100,000 to 1,000,000 volunteer helpers of the race who are willing to give a day in labor or at least one hour in labor free to help the True Light Army to get this sure plan for our success to all of our people this year. Now, sir my name is _____. You may call on me at any time you will, and I will give you one _____ free in labor at my home district to help put your plan in the hands of our people. Take notice, all dear ones in the Negro race who will unite with the united workers of the True Light Army and help by giving from one hour to one day in labor free to help get our plans of delivering the Negro race from ruination in America. Please fill out the above blank, and mail it to the True Light Army, 74 Highland Street, Boston, Mass. P. S.—The labor will be light and easy. Any one who can walk a mile in two hours can do the work. MRS. JOSIE A. GRAHAM Virginia's Most Successful Hair Culturist. ...PARLORS... 108 E. Leigh St., - Richmond, 'Phone, 1034. Private Parlors, Confidential Interviews and Correspondence. The largest and most up-to-date Hair Dressing Parlors in Richmond. The very best preparations that can be made for the hair, scalp, face and skin. Graham's Superior Scalp Food for growing hair on bald heads and bare temples 25cts. per jar B. nail. 35cts. Graham's Superior Orange Flowers. Skin Fo. 'for developing and beautifying the skin. 25cts a jar. By mail 35cts. Graham's Superior Velvet Liquid Powder for giving the face a beautiful fair color. 26 cents a bottle. By mail 35cts. Graham's Vegetable Hair Dye the best on market giving a rich natural color, $1.00 per bottle. By maffi $1.25. Mrs. Granam makes a specialty of massaging and beautifying ladies faces for parties and public gatherings, 35 cents. Mrs. Graham shampoos the head and puts it in a healthy condition 25 cents. All ladies who attend parties and other social gatherings should have their finger nails manicured and made beautiful, 25 cents. Mrs. Graham's preparations sell at sight. Ladies living in other cities and towns can make good money by selling these preparations. Write for terms to Mrs. J. A. Graham, No. 108 E. Leigh St., Riesmond, Va. Your subscription for the PLANET is due. Have you paid it? If not, why not. Renew your subscription now as the holidays are fast approaching. Fifty years of success have proved the merits of this preparation. What is more attractive than a beautiful head of hair? It has been the ambition of women in all ages. The use of Ford's Hair makes stubborn, harsh, kinky or curly hair more pliable and closely easy to comb and arrange in any style desired consistent with its length, as long as the Pomade remains in the hair. This result is usually more pliable application according to directions. Two to four applications a month will keep the hair in satisfactory condition, and two to four bottles. regular sizes are usable, more for a year. Directions with every bottle. The Richmond PLANET can be purchased from our agent Mr. I. J. Holden, 974 Ferry Avenue, Camden, N. J.