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PRAVEN Rev. Dr. White to the Brotherhood Office of the Corresponding Secretary of the Va. Bapt. State Convention. No. 5. Prospect Walk.. Clifton Forge. Va.. March 1. 1913. To the Churches and Friends of the Virginia Baptist State Convention. —Greetings: --- Dear Co-Workers: It is through a well-directed providence of Our Heavenly Father that we have been brought through one of the midstest Winters in our annals. And on the verge of Spring, we find pleasure in calling your attention to the Forty-sixth Annual Session of our Convention, which will convene in the Queen Street Baptist Church. Rev. Dr. T. H. Shorts, pastor, Hampton, Va., Wednesday morning, May 14th, 1913 for a five days' session. At this session we hope to have every nook and corner of our great State represented. And not only do we hope and pray for representatives from within the State, but we are expecting all of the loyal chrobes and braithen outside of the State who have in any way affiliated with the grand "Old Body" in the past, or who may desire to affiliate in the future, to be present. May I not ask the sister churches without the confines of Virginia, who, through prayer and guidance of the Holy Spirit, have called to their pulpits as spiritual leaders many of the noble sons of Virginia, whose wisdom and eloquence helped to lay the foundation of our superstructure in the past, and whose watchful eyes and guiding hands are over it now to send these heralds of the gospel, their family, back to this soiling session of the convention, that there may be a reunion of the redeemed host of the Lord who are going forth to take the world for Christ. OUR EDUCATIONAL WORK AND ITS NEEDS. Our educational work under the direction of President R. C. Woods is in splendid condition, so far as the management is concerned, and the numerical strength of the student body can make it. I have made four trips to the Virginia. Theological Seminary and College this scholastic year, and, on one of these trips, spent five days in inspecting the work and examining conditions; thus, I know whereof I speak. The appeals of President Woods are laudable and worthy of all acceptance. The building is too congested; the class rooms are inadequate for the work that is to be done, the dormitory space too small to house the students. Thus the best efforts of President Woods and his strong faculty, to thoroughly prepare men and women to meet the perplexing problems of life, are being handicapped by the above mentioned conditions. Brethren, something should be done, and something must be done, to relieve this condition. If six thousand dollars were contributed to our educational work at this coming session of the convention (which sum is small providing every friend donates liberally), then the present embarrassment could be relieved and plans of adjustment set in motion, which would bring grand results in the future. The Women's Baptist State Educational Convention is now ready to begin work on the girl's dormitory, providing the churches and friends will do their duty in relieving this embarrassment. Brethren, let us rise; God has given us another far-sighted leader in the person of President Woods. He has also given us the opportunity to assist him in rendering the very best service to the denomination and race by rallying to this support. Then let us rally and supply the institution with every necessary equipment essential to the educational work of this age. Let not geographical location nor state lites serve as a barrier to deter financial help from any source. The influence of the school has not been confined to the limits of the State, for her sons and daughters have carried light and hope east, west, north and south, even to the heightened lands of heathland. And her claim for support from a generous public should no more be hammed in on state or geographical lines, than her ingence for good should be circumscripted within the same narrow limits. FOREIGN MISSION. AND ITS CLAIMS UPON US. Upon our foreign mission work I have no need to write at length. For all of you brothers, who name the name of Jesus, know full well that Christ came all the way from Heaven to do foreign mission work on earth. After lighting the torch of salvation He gave it to His disciples in the great commission, "Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature." Our brethren are on the field. They have gone in our stead, and we are to maintain them by regularly and liberally-contributing to their support. The famine and pestilence of the past year in Africa worked great hardships upon our mission stations and missionaries in those localities. Lamentable letters describing the sufferings of both missionaries and natives have come from the field to our Foreign Mission Board in Philadelphia. Dr. L. G. Jordan, the corresponding secretary, has sent out many appeals in their behalf. May the Lord grant to you, brothren, that liberality of spirit which will enable you to send at least two thousand dollars ($2,000) to this coming session of the Virginia Baptist State Convention for foreign missions HOME MISSIONS AND WHAT IT TAKES TO MAINTAIN THEM. Our state mission work for a number of years has been greatly handled by the lack of funds. We have been unable to maintain a well-equipped missionary on the field. On account of which non-maintenance, the principles for which we stand have been grossly misrepresented; through which misrepresentation, many of the churches, that should be loyal to the "old land mark" set by the fathers, are indolent and dormant. In order to bring our home mission work up to the standard, the churches compiling the Virginia Baptist State Convention must contribute a sum sufficiently large to pay an adequate salary and traveling expenses of a proper missionary, whose duty shall be to traverse the entire State for the purpose of creating sentiment for the work, instead of "lifting" after collections to maintain himself. In order to meet the running expenses of the Convention and launch a plan by which all the Baptists of the State may equally and proportionately bear these burdens, we urge upon the churches to strive to increase their donations to home and state missions to such an extent that when the gavel shall call to order the great Baptist host at Hampton on the 14th day of May, we will have for that department of our work at least two thousand dollars. Then, dear co-workers, let us march to the hugle call of that Prince of leaders, our noble president, Dr. R. H. Bowling, and raise six thousand dollars for education, two thousand dollars for foreign missions, and two thousand dollars for home and state missions, which will comprise the ten thousand dollar battle cry, as is found on the sixty-ninth page of our nineteen hundred and twelve conventional minutes, and also reiterated in the recent call of our worthy President. Trusting that the richest beneficents of God's blessings may rest upon you and crown your labors with temporal and spiritual success, I am Yourms humbly. THOS. H. WHITE. Cor. Sec. Va. Bant. State Convention MEN'S DAY—3RD ST. A. M. E. Bishop Coppin Preaches Sunday. Bishop L. J. Coppin preaches at 11 A. M. Symposium, 3.30 and 8 P. M. Principal speakers: Rev. W. J. Young, Centenary M. E. Church. Ross, J. C. Stephenson, Charles R. Hannigan, Scott Burrell and Editor J. W. Poe. Special music will be rendered. Rev. S. S. Morrison leaves for conference Tuesday, 15th. Another Band of Calanthe in Charlotte County, Va. Mrs. Anna Taylor, G. Worthy Mother of the Bands of Calanthe arrived at Saxe, Va. and was met by Rev. George L. Coleman who carried her to Galilee Church where a large band of over the children were ready to be inducted into the mysteries of the Order. Mrs. Gallie Landau, Mary Matron and Mrs. Lucy W. consisted in the ceremony and all in a way delighted with the exertion. YAEL 86578.00 IN WIIR. Mrs. Lolla C. K. Thomas, wife, of Mr. John Thomas, Jr. of 519 Goddin R. received from the will of P. L. W. Pupundetor $3575.00. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1913. Little Nettie Moore Carried from Home Tulsa, Oklahoma, March 30, 1913 To the Richmond PLANET: Dear Sir: There was a white woman who went to Norfolk, Va. on a visit some time last year, and brought a little colored girl to this country. She has been working her and not allowing her to go to school or even talk to any colored people in any way. This has led me to believe that the girl has been brought from home without the knowledge of anyone. The girl is now with a colored family here and I shall keep her until I can get some information. Please do all you can through your paper to locate some of her people and let me know before I go to the court to have her placed in a good home or sent to her people and if it is foul play I shall see that the law handles the parties. The name of the girl is Nettle Moore. Her mother's name is Margaret Moore and she has a sister by the name of Margaret Moore in Norfolk, Va., where this white woman got her. She is 12 years old, yellow complexion, medium height, good hair heavy eyebrows, seems to be a little doubt as to her age. The name of the woman who brought her here is Mrs. William T. Marke of Lamater, Okln, where they came to and since moved to Tulsa, where they are now. We wont let them have her until we hear from some one in Virginia. She has aunts in North Carolina. She says her mother and father are dead and she has an aunt and one sister in Norfolk, Va. Her church is Baptist. Please give notice in all churches in the neighborhood of Norfolk. She staid with Mr. Baxter in Norfolk, a man who was a sailor or a captain. I don't think anyone let her come out here from what the little girl says. From what I can learn she has been kidnapped. Please do all you can and oblige. BARNEY CLEANER. Deputy Sheriff. Tulsa, Oklahoma. A GREAT DAY IN DANVILLE. --- In spite of the bad weather, a constant rainfall, Sunday was a gala day in Danville among the Knights of Pythias. The high tide of enthusiasm was noticeable in the brotherly feeling, and spontaneous expressions of good will and new resolves for the good of the Order heard on every side and on every speech. In a downpour of rain a column of men stretching the length of two city blocks marched from the Castle Hall to Loyal St. Baptist Church, at which place they were joined by the members of the Court, dressed in white, a color discordant to the overhanging clouds, but hard-monizing excellently with the evident spirit of the occasion; and when the opening ode was sung it seemed that every soul was glad and every heart firm for the cause. It was a scene inspiring and gladdening, as the chorus pealed forth "God save the Knights." After the ode the District Deputy Grand Chancellor, the presiding officer, Sir G. W. Rison, made a brief and encouraging talk on the work and progress of the Order. The proclamation was read by Sir W. J. Simon, who also spoke on the origin and the principles of Pythianism. Sir Simon showed himself versed in the history of the Lodge. The next speaker was Lawyer W. P. Allen who introduced Rev. A. A. Galvin. The lawyer expressed himself as doubly pleased at the delightful task assigned him; first, because the occasion was evidence that Knights were not brave foolishly, but that they shielded themselves with faith in God, the Supreme Being, whom finger was ever writing in the affairs of men, spelling blessings here and floods and calamities yonder as in Dayton and Indianapolis last week. Second, He was glad because it was his honor to present to the audience a gentleman who had introduced himself to this community and established himself in the hearts of the people by strength of character, exemplary living and the forces of pulpit oratory in a manner and with a success that made the retelling of it a happy and delightful job. Rev. Galvin more than equalled the compliments in a powerful and non-firing sermon. The Rev. vividly narrated the story of Dusan and Pythius, bringing home the moral lessons to be gathered therefrom as his narrative was unfolded, warning the Lodge against such tyrannies as profanity, delinquency, rule or rule, riot, injustice to be helds of true life. quence as he oxolled the sweeter virtues of true friendship. The Courts were wreathed in smiles, when the Rev. dug up the root word of Calanthe—a beautiful flowers, not only in face but beautiful in charity and in Christian character. The sermon was one of the best ever heard in Danzville on an anniversary. The program in full consisted of the following: Opening Ode, Lodge; Invocation, Chapplain, Sir E. D. Banks; Scripture Reading, Rev. S. A. Cornick; Music, Congregation; Remarks, D. D. G. C. Sir G. W. Bison; Address, Sir W. J. Simon; Music, Congregation; Introduction of Dr. A. A. Galvin, Lawyer; W. P. Allen; Sermon, Dr. A. A. Galvin; Prayer, Rev. S. A. Moke, Muscle, Congregation; Benediction, Dr. A. A. Galvin. The collection was presented to Dr. A. A. Galvin by Sir B. Dills. Returning to the Castle Hall brief and enthusiastic speeches were made by Sirs John Adams, Thomas Brown and H. A. Keon. All of the speakers told of the opportunities of the Lodge in Danzville, and pledged hearty work in the coming year. Lawyer Allen was called upon to give a talk on an "Oath" which was used in pointing out to the members their obligation and duties to their fellowmen, the Lodge and Grand Officers. The Lawyer was frequently interrupted by hearty applause. The good feeling created by the day's exercises and the sincere approval of the work of the D. D. Grand Chancellor, resulted in Sir G. W. Rison being endowed for re-appointment for the ensuing year; and a resolution being enacted authorizing an invitation to be extended the Grand Chancellor John Mitchell Jr. to make an official visit to Danville. The Western sun went down upon a satisfied body of men and women of a day well spent for the advancement of the Lodge and the glory of God. --- Prizes Won-at Washington Park. Prizes won at Washington Park by parties guessing the correct number of the lot drawn for school site and next nearest lots in rotation: Paid Isaac Perley, 2214 Moor St., $20; paid Mattie C. Mayo, 710 E. Baker St.$, $5; paid Alexander Johnson, 906 N. 6th St.$, $5; paid Willie Dudley, 1422 W. Moore St.$, $5; James W. Robinson, 1225 St. John St.$, $5; paid Mike Danbridge, 809 W. Franklin St.$, $1; Baxter G. Thornton, 908 N. 1st St.$, $1; paid John H. Barbor, 207 E. Leigh St.\ $1; paid L. Thompson, 712 E. Grace St.$, $1; paid Mary Tignor, 109 S. 3rd St.$, $1; Paid Dr. P. B. Ramsey, T15 E. Leigh St.$, $1; paid Louise Lewis, 500 Seminary Ave., Glinder Park, $1; Dr. Ramsey, 527 N. 2nd St.$, $1; paid Ada C. Albert, 111 Halfaft St., Peterburgh, $1; paid Purcell Smith, 604 N. Franklin St.\ $1. FOR SALE 6 room frame. St. James St.. $1400 8 room brick. St. James St.. $3600 3 room frame. N. 3rd St.. $1300 6 room frame. N. 3rd St.. $2250 6 room frame. John St.. $2200 6 room frame. John St.. $1500 6 room frame. Orange St.. $950 6 room brick. N. Fourth St.. $3300 6 room frame. Taylor St.. $1850 6 room frame. Chaffin St.. $1600 Apply to B. A. CEPIAS, Corner Second and Leigh, Sts. Phone. Monroe 588. Mr. Thomas Ross and companion and M. Ross left last week for Philadelphia. Deacon Ben Ross found many friends after the fire had robbed him of all his personal property. James Booker. Who was found on the Southern Road in a helpless condition is said to be slowly improving. Revival starts at First Union Baptist Church, Sunday, trusting a good message. Pythians Pay $950. in Two Months. $150.00 Endowment Paid. Staunton, Va., Murch 31, 1913. This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr. Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pythias, N. A., S. A., E., A., A. and A. ($150.00) One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the death-claim of Brother George H. Wills, who was a member of Staunton Lodge, No. 62 of Staunton, Va. Signed—Selena A. Wills. Beneficiary. Witnesses: J. H. Allen, D. D. G. C. Robert A. White. M. L. Brown. --- $50.00 Endowment Paid. Newark, N. J., Feb. 20, 1913. This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr. Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pythias, N. A., S. A., E., A., A. and A. ($50.00) Fifty Dollars in payment of the death-claim of Brother David Bradford, who was a member of Ziontown Lodge, No. 184 of Ziontown, Va. Signed---Walter G. Bradford Beneficiary. Witnesses: Mary Carter. Mary B. Jones. Anna E. Lane. $150.00 Endowment Paid. Bristol, Va., Feb. 27, 1912. This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr. Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pythias, N. A., S. A., E., A. A., and A. ( $150,000 ) One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the death-claim of Brother Albert Pope, who was a member of Zenith Lodge, No. 111 of Bristol, Va. Signed Mrs. Sallie Pope Benefectary. Witnesses: A. D. Henderson, K. of R. & S. Edward Huntley, C. C. $150.00 Endowment Paid. Richmond, Va. March 15, 1915. This is to certify that we have received from John Mitchell, Jr. Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia Knights of Pythias, N. A., S. A., E., A., A. and A. ($150.00) One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the death-claim of Brother Benjamin Johnson, who was a member of Fulton Lodge, No. 42 of Richmond, Va. Signed - Lewis and Scott. Assignees: Witnesses: W. E. Hardy. Robert Gray, D. D. G. C. $150.00 Endowment Paid. Norfolk, Va., March 10, 1912. This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pythias, N. A., S. A., E., A., A. and A. ($150.00). One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the death-claim of Brother John Evans, who was a member of Friendship Lodge, No. 3 of Norfolk, Va. Signed--D. J. Roberts, Guardian. Witnesses: Thomas Clark, C. C. H. M. Perkins, M. of F. J. J. Corprew. W. R. Henry, D. D. G. C. $150.00 Endowment Paid. Danville, Virginia, 1913 This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pythias N. A., S. A., E., A., A. and A. ($150.00) One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the death claim of Brother Green Hampton, who was a member of Macedonia Lodge, No. 59 of Danville, Va. Signed—Fannie Hampton Beneficiary. Fannie Hampton, Guardian Witnesses: William Carter. J. H. Adams. T. H. Just. Gee. W. Rison. D. D. G. C. $150.00 Endowment Paid. Newport News, Va. This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pythias, N. A., S. A., E., A., A, and A. ($150.00) One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the death-claim of Brother C. J. Owens, who was a member of Cavaller Lodge, No. 56 of Newport News, Va. Signed--Louie M. Owens Benefectary. Petersburg Defends Lawrenceville. Petersburg, Va. With the sun shining bright from the skies and the birds singing their sweet songs of praise over the diamond where two teams met and one of these teams won what the world calls victory. These two teams were Lawrenceville and Petersburg. To my mind those who saw the game agree that there has never been such an interesting high score game. McClaney, better known to the baseball fans on the hill as Smoky Joe pitched a game; let me tell you, he pitched a game. The boys on the hill batted like hands. Flood who pitched for Lawrenceville allowed the boys to hit him freely until the seventh inning when he put the halter on his balls, but too late. Flood, is indeed a good pitcher, but he had poor support, which caused the score to be 15 to 1 in Petersburg's favor. The boys from Lawrenceville seemed to make errors at will. Reynolds who played left field for Lawrenceville did a good bit of field work. Reynolds made one of the best catches in the game and also brought the only score to his team. Lawrenceville didn't have what it takes to play baseball with the boys of the College Hill. Capt. Taylor led the batting contest. Salor landed the ball in the back of the field for fun. Powell, Martin, Jackson, Croker and Payton are others who distinguished themselves in the game for Petersburg. Lawrence, the Norfolk boy who played for Lawrenceville played good ball at times, but he didn't seem to have been made to play shortstop, because of his costly errors. Austin, Irvina and Macon also played good ball for Lawrenceville: V. N. I. L. I. is expected to have a good team this season and the results of last Saturday's game prove it, because there were but a few errors made, and none costly. Prof. Rogers seems to be very proud of the team, and also the boys and girls of the College Hill. Peterburg plays Union next Saturday at Union. Local Notes. Much activity is manifest among local followers of the diamond and the best baseball season yet is predicted by the wise ones. A movement is on foot to have some of the best colored teams in the country play here this season. This will be accomplished through what may be termed a co-operative league. If this movement succeeds Rickmond will see the best colored players in action here. The Athletics of the Southside, last year's champions, have been in practice some time and claim to be ready for all comers. They have a fine park at 11th and Exercit Sis, and many exciting games are scheduled to be played there this season. Union plays Petersburg here Saturday. The Spartan Athletic Club expects to put a good team in the field. The Olympias have not as yet been heard from, but it is expected that they will come across, as usual. The Violet Social Club boys will be there with the goods this season. This is a new one, but good material is there in plenty. Democratic Leader to Speak Here. Bishop Alexander Walters, the leader of the colored Democrats, in this country will speak at the City Auditorium next Monday night. He comes on the invitation of the True Reformers through Grand Worthy Master Floyd Rose and his associates. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. WED HER BUTLER St. Louis Woman Kills. Herself When Followed by Colored Husband. St. Louis, April 1.—Mrs. Julia McKarlane Gerhart, divorced wife of Charles B. Gerhart, brother of Frank H. Gerhart, progressive candidate for mayor of St. Louis, died this afternoon as the result of taking poison with suicidal intent at the home of Mrs. Adeline Cox. Later Mrs. Cox announced that after her divorce Mrs. Gerhart had married a colored man. Mrs. Gerhart, as she was known here, took the poison two days ago, and since then had been unconscious. She had been brooding because her colored husband had followed her from St. Paul and insisted on seeing here. Mrs. Gerhart was divorced last November, and fifteen days later, according to Mrs. Cox, she married a colored man, L. W. Kellogg, of St. Paul. Kellogg formerly was a butler in the Gerhart home. Mrs. Gerhart was an ardent horsewoman and huntress. She was granted allmony of $2100 a year. Mrs. Cox said that soon after Mrs. Gerhart came to her boarding house Kellogg began to call on her. Mrs. Cox objected, but Mrs. Gerhart answered that the colored man was her butler and came to see her on business. A month ago when the man called at the house Mrs. Cox refused to admit him. Thouponou, she said, he showed a marriage certificate, and said to Mrs. Cox: "That woman is my wife, and I have a right to see her." Mrs. Cox said she took him to Mrs. Gerhart and asked if she was his wife. Mrs. Gerhart, according to Mrs. Cox, did not answer. There after Mrs. Cox would not allow the colored man in the house. Mrs. Gerhart was the niece of the late Chief Justice George D. McParlans of the Missouri supreme court. St. Paul, Minn., April 1.—Inquiry at the district court here failed to disclose the issuance of a marriage license to L. W. Kellogg and Mrs. Julia McFarlane Gerhart. Kellogg's name is not listed in the city directory. Washington, D. C., Post. Deacon Benjamin Jackson, who has been indisposed is much improved Mr. A. Cary of Columbia, Va. called on us last week. Mrs. W. W. Hill of North 7th St. continues to improve. The wife of Rev. Dr. S. C. Manuel will soon be able to leave her room. Her improvement is noticeable. Rev. D. Webster Davis, D. D. continues critically ill at his residence here. All hope for his recovery has been abandoned. Rev. Dr. W. T Johnson has been appointed one of the curators of the Hampton N. and A. Institute to succeed W. P. Burroll, removed from the State. Mr. Alex Moorefield of North Second St. is out again after suffering from an accident two weeks ago. Miss Mary A. Wallace of Bowling Green road, Henrico Co. Va., who was called March 23, 1913 to do field mission work spoke last Sunday on 19th St. city at 4 P. M. We pray for her success. Calanthe Exercises at Peake's. Peake, P. O. Hanover Co., Va. March 31, 1913. Dear Editor of The PLANET: Please allow me a space in your paper to publish the Anniversary Exercises of Georgetown Court. No. 152. Order of Calanthe, which took place at the Georgetown Hall, March 30th at 2 o'clock. Sang Opening Ode. "Welcome to Joy and Peace." Scripture lesson by Sister Emma D. Tunstall; prayer by Worthy Orator Susio A. Fox. Address on the work of the Order by Register of Deeds Sallie Anderson also a wonderful address by the W. C. Violet Fells. A beautiful solo by Worthy Inspector Nannle Weathersea. A fine address delivered by Past Worthy Inspector E. Tunstall. a recitation by Arrane Hill. Financial Secret. a fine solo by Worthy. Receiver of Depositus Shannon Johnson. "Let Showers of Blessing Fall On Me." Rev. J. L. Brown, the pastor of Chestnut Grove and Mount Zion Baptist Churches of Hanover County, Va preached the sermon. It was an excellent one. An address was delivered to the audience by Mrs. Elizabeth Bray. What we need, ladies and gentlemen, is the Courts and nothing else. VIOLENT FELLS. W. C. GALLLEY ANDERSON, R. of D. SHEMANDOAH By HENRY TYRRELL Founded on BRONSON BOWARD'S Great Play A Stirring Story of Military Adventure and of a Strange Wartime Wooing Copyright 1914 by G. P. Putnam's Bons. SYNOPSIS Bernardage is ready to fire on Port St. Lucie. Frank Haverill, General Haverill's supergene son, is hiding in Charleston. Edward Thornton annoys Mrs. Haverill. Lieutenant Kervichal West protects the Union army in a duck. Professor is fired upon. Haverill unjustly suspects West. He sends Frank a miniature of Mrs. Haverill to help reform him. Frank collects in the Union army. Captain Robert Eillingham, Confederateades Madeline West, Lieutenant West. Captain Robert Eillingham is with "Stonewall" Jacksack in the valley of Virginia. Gertrude decides to return to the Eillingham home at Bell Boquet, in the valley. She gets through the Union line accompanied by Belle Lloyd, a Confederate. They meet Thornton, who is a prisoner. Thornton escapes, captures Lieutenant Jacksack from him Mrs. Haverill's miniature. Belle is Frank Haverill. He is taken to Libby prison. Marle Mason finds her boy, Captain Cox. Mix Union officers selected as hostages to protect Confederate prisoners threatened with death are returned to Libby prison. Bodie escapes from Libby prison. McCullan, Burnside, Halleck and Hooker are successively beaten by Lee and Jackson. "Stonewall" Jackson is killed. Grant takes supreme command of the Federal armies, and Sheridan invades the valley of Virginia. Gertrude loves West, but disappears before he reaches Hellebourt. West recognizes Bodie as Frank Haverill. Gerald Haverill, not knowing Bodie has killed him, dangarsion on. Gertrude is captured by West's soldiers. West takes Mrs. Haverill's miniature from Thornton. Bodie is wounded and captured. Haverill plans to exchange Kingham with Bodie. Thornton stabs Haverill finds the miniature on West's person. CHAPTER XX The Double Wedding. THE double wedding was to take place at St. John's, Washington. In that venerable and plec turreque old church across the park from the White House the gallant and impetuous Captain Heartsease, after an intermittent courtship that had lasted considerably longer than the late civil war, was finally to claim Jenny Buckthorn as his unbushing bride. And the added feature of the occasion, arranged at the eleventh hour in consequence of the arrival of Colonel Robert Ellingham, late of the Confederate army, from a veritable Odyssey of experiences after Apoptonatt, to be united inseparably with gentle but unaltering Madeline West. 1 Such an occasion, of course, would be incomplete without Madeline's brother Kerkival and Colonel Billingham's sister Gertrude. That happy pair of "newlyweds" were even now has tending on from Richmond for the grand matrimonial celebration of the war's ending. DeKlingham had promised to come with them. The headquarters of the joyous and eventful reunion was to be the hospitable home of General Buckthorn The return of General Haverill was for the very day of the wedding of his former ward, Robert Ellingham. That the call of his own home had not brought him back long before seemed unaccountable to all—most of all to his own wife, Mrs. Constance Haverill. Mrs. Haverill and her daughter Edith, as she now called your Frank's widow, sat together in the early morning room of the Haverill residence the day before the—before the day. Edith's little son, a sturdy four-year-old, was playing soldier with some other children in the dooryard outside. "It seems hardly possible, that the war is over," said Edith, standing at the window. "With the troops returning and the flags flying and the bands playing, every day is like a holiday. And so it is, I suppose, for those fortunate women whose husbands are coming back to them." "Yes, Edith dear," sighed Mrs. Havertil, "to those women whose husbands are coming back to them. Ah, forgive me, pet! I was selfishly thinking of myself, but you know that in my heart I also share your grief." "Dear, it is months since you have shown me any letter from General Havertil—from Frank's father. And did you not expect the general home before now? "That is what I meant when I spoke just now. "I wonder if it is because I am here? He has never seen the, and sometimes I fear he has never forgiven our marriage—Frank's and mine." "Nonsense, Edith child!" Mrs. Havertil rejoined quickly. "If only that were all! He will at least be eager to see you now, and little Frank." "And yet, in his official report to the government, when he fold the whole world how bravely Franklin's father died, General Haverill only wrote the name of Lieutenant Bedson. It looks as though nothing, in his mind, could stumble for the diaryrace his son brought upon his name." Mrs. Haverill rose from her chair and turned away, brushing her handkerchief-covered her eyes, as she said, more to herself than to Edith: "I know him no well—the pride that conquers all the tenderness in his nature. He can be silent and, cold when his heart is breaking-yes, and when my heart is breaking too!" A message came a little later from General Buckthorn saying that Captain Heartsease had something of importance for Edith and Mrs Haverill and inviting them to come over to his house as soon as possible to receive it. "My dear madam," said Captain Heartsease, addressing himself to Edith, "I have here the notebook of Lieutenant Frank Bedice, otherwise Haverill, in which Miss Gertrude Ellingham wrote down his dying message to his young wife—to you, madam." Edith seized the precious relic, clasped it to her heart, kissed it and then tried through eyes brimming with tears to scan his blurred pages while chokingly uttering her thanks to Captain Heartsease. "How did it come into your possession?" Mrs Haverill asked him. "Why, you see, Miss Ellingham- now, I should say, Mrs. Colonel Ker- chival West—sent it to me from Rich- mond as soon as she learned I was here because it was uncertain at what time the colonel would be released on his parole, and"— "Here they are" called the deep, boarse voice of General Buckthorn as he bluerized in, attended by the faithful Sergent Barket. "Ladies, we- 177 "Every day is like a holiday." come to our camp. Jenny, haven't you collected the captain yet? Order him to the billboard room, can't you? "Bout face! Martin!" commanded Miss Blackburn, in her strictest milt- fary style. Heartsease marched. Jenny slipped an arm around Blackburn's waist and walked with her toward a window above Mrs. Haverett would have followed, but General Blackburn approached, her gravely and gently, to whisper: "Will you come with me, Mrs. Haverett?" I must have you by yourself, to prepare you for something that is going to start you, but will you go good Your husband is here, and you are go- ing to meet him alone in the library." The old soldier I knocked, opened the door, lowered Mrs. Haverill in and then retreated "Constance" exclaimed General Haverill, standing stern and impassive. "My husband—may I still call you so after this long separation, without one word?" "Where is the miniature portrait which I gave you in Charleston for my son?" "Why, your son is dead, John, and my portrait must be in the grave with him. Don't you know?" For answer General Haverill took the worn case from his pocket, opened it and held it forth in his extended hand. She looked at it, then at him, in wondering interrogation. "It might have been in the grave with Kerchival West," he said. "What do you mean by that? You must tell me." "I mean that I have it not from my son, but from—the other. You are silent? Well, you know now why I also have been silent so long." The unhappy wife's agitation was pittable as, with brave, self conquest, she said proudly: "My chief witness to the truth is dead. The other you have had sufficient opportunity to examine, I should suppose. As Colin West is not here I shall remain silent—even though that alliance part us, you and me, forever." "Ahil yet," he went on, pleadingly now, "as I look into your eyes I swear I can see only truth and loyalty there." "No, John," she answered gently, turning away from him, "I will not accept your blind or unwilling faith." Before he could reply the door opened very suddenly and Jenny Buckthorn peered in. "Oh dear, I was looking for Captain Heartsease. Please excuse—Why, General Havenert! Papa said you had come back, and I wouldn't believe him. And you haven't seen Edith yet." "Not yet, but I am curious to do so as soon as possible," he replied. Then he murmured to himself, "My son's wife!" Jenny led the way back to the drawing room, the general and Mrs. Havenill following. Eldin came forward to meet them eagerly, yet timidly. General Havenill took her hand and kissed her on the forehead, saying: "You shall take the place my son once diled in my heart." "You will see his own face, again, sir, in our little son's," she replied. "I am happy that Frank won your for grievance at the last and that the boy will soon be old enough to understand your words telling how his father died a hero." "My mother repaired the general vaguely. "YES, sir—in the dispatch to the government from Cedar Creek. You gave the name of Lieutenant Bedioe, but"—"Ah, yes. He died before I reached him, but my prayers went up for him then, as they do now." "Here is his notebook, with his last message to me." continued Edith, biting her lips to keep from crying. "He says: 'Tell our little son how his father died, not how he lived. And tell her who filled my mother's place so lonely'." Here she broke down. Mrs. Haverill had turned away, sobbing. "Go on, my child," urged General Haverill. "My father's portrait of her, which she gave to me in Charleston, helped me to be a better man. It was taken away from me while I was a prisoner in Richmond by Captain Edward Thornton, Confederate secret service." "One moment, please!" cried General Haverill, reaching for the notebook "Let me think. Thornton was taken a prisoner and searched-by Kerkalvill West, and then he broke away and wounded Colonel West, and he had in his pocket—Oh, Constance, my wife. In the presence of all, let me humbly beg your forgiveness for my unresponsiveness and misunderstanding, these long months past." "Can it be that you did not receive, Constance—a mother—a letter after Frank's death?" ventured Edith. General Haverill only shook his head, bowed in penitence. Mrs. Haverill went up and kissed him and clapped her in his arms. "Well, that's settled," growled a voice as from the battlefield. "Now let's have a—ahemi—I mean some refreshments. Barket, old Margery to serve the tea and things in here and bring up Heartsease, and then we'll swap stories about how some parts of the war might have been fought out, but weren't." "I didn't you long to see your friends, and so forth, at home when you were in that prison?" she asked. "Aw—naturally. However, there were quite a jolly lot of chaps there, and we had our own fun. We got up a regular orchestra and gave concerts, don't you know. I had a banjo with one string, and I played one tune on it—Turkey in De Straw, if I remember rightly. It went like this." Here the captain stopped to drum it out on the piano with one finger. "Oh, bother that!" Jenny exclaimed. "Tell them about the awful dangers you went through when you escaped from prison. I'll bet you were badly scarred more than once." "No—only once, and that was all the time. One night I came face to face with a Confederate officer. It was Captain Thorutton." "Oh! What did you do?" everybody exclaimed, breathlessly. "I killed him," answered Heartsease, with sudden intensity, looking up from the piano an instant, then dropping back mechanically to his one fingered "Turkey in de Straw." That was all he ever said on the subject, and it was not until long after ward through other sources that the detailed story came out, of how he had encountered the vindictive Thornton and after a desperate hand to hand combat had slain him with his own weapons. "And 'twas ather Colonel West-he was a lookin', too. I'll go ball," put in Barket, who was waiting upon General Buckthorn at the moment. "That Thornton was a often civil." "Mention of the military prisons reminds me," said General Haverill, "that I have a letter written shortly after Cedar Creek by a Captain Cox of a Kentucky regiment. Captain Cox was in Lilyd with—with Lieutenant Kellie. He himself escaped from there some time later with the considerable number of Union officers who crawled out through Captain Rose's tunnel from the collar. He mentions another comrade—Captain Hunt, as I remember—who was finally exchanged when dying of consumption and lived just long enough to reach home. The conversation now turned to Kerchival West and the last engagement in which he had participated, in the Sheenandoah valley. As Sergent Barket admittedly knew more about this than any other man alive, including Colonel West himself, the company now unanimously decided to give him the floor. Barket was in his element, especially when he observed that old Margery, the cook, had lingered in the background among his attentive audience. He had half a dozen teacups and a sherry glass or two arranged on the hearth rug to represent the Union and Confederate lines, while he illustrated the cavalry charges and artillery fire with fourths of General Bockhourn's walking stick. "Just in the hottest of this battle of Sayder Creek, whin Colonel West and I rode to the front to rally the rightment and turn upon the victorious infantry—it was at this pint, forenist the brow of the hill, ye mound—enforce the colonel be called out ahead widnt any coat or hat and wid only a shilck in his hand, and yells out: 'Charge, breest General Sheridan's come back.' They gave wan big cheer and we swept clan over the second battery." "Hoo-oo!" cried Marlery as Markets stick smashed a line of teacup artillery. "The attack on our left tank was checked. But whin we abstopped to take breath, where was brave Colonel West! Heaven only knows. After the foilst was over Miss Gertride and the other gals searches for him on the tie, and this of a suddint. Miss Gertride rides off all by herself and disappears behind the schoolhouse." "No, Hirtley; it was the church. And the colonel, and I were married there." Gertrude herself, on the arm of Kerchwal West in a brand new uniform suddenly appeared upon the hear, her dag been inscribed in by the meld at the front door, inscribed while the battle of Odara Gaza was raging. Nor did they come home. Close to their song followed a great civilian, who on second place played in in Bob Billingham—and which but was Madeline West could not be far away. "Welcome National Billingham!" rumbled General Billingham. "We had a long fight to keep you out of Washington, but we're delighted to see you within the lines now." "I see that dag has just been raised again over Fort Bummer, on the fourth anniversary of the day in Charleston which we all remember so well," said General Haverill, in a tone of thankfulness that had no ring of trumpth. "I cluck," replied Bob, "that Virginia will be about right for us—Madeline and myself. The Old Dominion is dislipidated, fenceseless and war trodden but he soll is elastic and his air has something inspiring in it still. Made line says she loves Belle Bosquet. She would hardly recognize the old place now, but I hope her presence there will bring it back to life again." "The schoolhouse and the church which somebody was speaking of a minute ago," said General Bucktown in what sounded like an aggrieved tone "must be our national headquarters from now on." "Not forgetting the hospitals," added General Haverver, with a fond gaze at his wife and Edith "they are still in full commission. It is for us, as immortal Lincoln said, to strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and for his onphan; to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations." A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS Keep your head cool your feet warm, your mind busy. Don't worry over trifles. Plan your work ahead, then stick to it, rain or shine. Don't waste sympathy on yourself. If you are a gem some one will find you. Don't white. Tell you you are a failure and they will believe you. Talk and act like a winner and in time you will become one.—Red Man. A Short Love Story. In a certain school in New York city the English teacher offered a prize for the best story to be written by a class of little girls. The children, who were just reaching the romantic age, begged to be allowed to have it a "Love Story Competition". With amusement the teacher agreed, and the result was an enlightening in many ways, also enlightening: Professional writers have sweet great gifts of agony and rambled through 300 pages trying to tell the story of woman's victory over man, which one little girl accomplished in a dozen words: "She talked until he thought she was good. Then they were married"--Woman's Home Companion: Patti's First Audience Adelaide Patty once gave the following account of her first audience: At six years of age I was a prima donna of the nursery. When I had been put to bed on my return home with my father and mother from the opera I used to make sure that they and the rest of the family were asleep, and then I would hop out from beneath the countertace and Gauzy myself a great cantata, bowing to the pianists of a huge audience. I must admit that my audience was a little apathetic, but, after all, that is not to be wondered at, for they were only a row of dolls which I had ranged on chairs before me. A Kinging Name "Well, said the man with the round face, 'my daughter has married a boy who, I think, will be able to send his name rising down the corridors of time all the way.'" "I'm glad to hear that," his companion replied. "Let's see. Whom did she marry? "A young fellow named Bell."-Lou don Telegraph. Wanted Holiday Fare An English lad went to visit his two Scotch cousins last summer during his vacation. His breakfast every morning consisted of plain oatmeal, and he became thoroughly tired of it. One morning when he felt that he could endure it no longer he said: "Say, Freddy, don't you ever have milk with your porridge?" Freddy turned to his brother and grinned. "Eh, James," he said, "the lad thinks it's Christmas."—Everybody's. Devonshire Terrace. Dickens was twenty-seven years old when in 1850 he moved from Doughty street to Devonshire terrace. George du Maurier lived for some years in I1 Devonshire terrace. In this celebrated house Dickens wrote no fewer than ten of his books—"The Old Curiosity Shop," "Harnaby Rudge," "The Christmas Carol," "American Notes," "Martin Chuckwelt," "The Haunted Man," "The Battle of Life," "Dombey and Son," "The Cricket on the Hearth" and "David Copperfield." Devonshire terrace was situated at the corner of the Marylebone road and used to be called the smallest terrace in London.—London Standard. CERTIFIED CLEAR "I wonder why so many trains are late?" said young Mrs. Torkins as she watched the man chalk up the figures on the blackboard. "Well," replied her husband, "for one thing, traffic is much heavier than it used to be." "Of course." And the heavier a load in the barrier work a locomotive has to pull it!" - Washington Star. Cruel. First Doctor - operated on him for appenditis. Second Doctor - What was the master with Man - Life. Economy Hints A penny saved to a penny earned— Benjamin Franklin. THE problem of taking the best care of her clothes is one that constantly confronts the girl who has a limited wardrobe, a limited space in which to keep it and limited spare time. Not only must garments be kept clean and fresh, but there is constant mending and repairing to be done, and then comes the often perplexing question as to how the articles can be stored without being wrinkled. The modern flat or house is seldom built with ample closet space, and if a girl is compelled to live in one room there seem to be so many things to be placed in the closet that it is extremely hard to keep the garments from being crushed. A pole put in lengthwise is useful, for on this a number of hangers may be suspended. When the wardrobe is all fixed for one make up your mind that no dress shall be put away there until it is in the best of shape. Keep your closet tidy by keeping your clothes well aired, brushed and pressed. Put in first such frocks as you may have for evening use. Press these be fore hanging them up; then they will be ready for wear at any moment. A word to the girl who has but one room in a boarding house: If you wish to keep your clothes nice and yet save money invest in an electric or gas iron and a small ironing board. Clothes cannot be kept wet without pressing, and the expense of having one's suit pressed by a tailor every time it gets wrinkled is too large for the ordinary business girl. Now we come to the care of suits. These should be thoroughly brushed and any mud or dirt spots removed before the garment is bung up. Upon taking the suit off, if possible, put it outside to air. Then in the morning give it a ten minutes' brushoff and put it away or put it on, as the case may be. Velvets and heavy broadcloths especially require heavy brushing, as the dust becomes grinded in the goods if it be allowed to stand too long. Grease spots should be removed with gasoline or benzine before banging the garment with other clothes. Walstats can be kept in a number of places. If a shirt waist box is an unknown quantity and an extra drawer an unheard of luxury, walstats may be hung on a hanger just as well. Mending and pressing, if needed, should be done before putting them away. Shoes receive no little attention that it is a wonder if they are even mentioned in an article on clothes. So many girls seem to think that if the upper part of their body is properly clothed their feet will escape observation. This is a very erroneous impression, and the sooner corrected the better. Shoes should have trees to keep them in shape. These should be put in immediately upon removing the shoes. A good brushing at the same time leaves them ready for use. A little vannele rubbed in while the shoe is still warm will keep the leather soft and pliable and will keep patent leather from cracking. How to Wash the Face How to Wash the Pack. When the water used for the facial bath is hot enough to sting the skin it is too hot to be beneficial. It is likely to cause the skin to become ultra sensitive and it will burn and grow red. Hot water for bathing the face should be just hot enough to be used with perfect comfort. After playing golf or motoring it is well to use a cleaning cream, rubbing it well into the skin and removing it after four or five minutes with a piece of absorbent cotton. Then dip a soft cloth to warm water and hold it against the face for a minute or two. Dry the skin gently with a towel with a gentle rotary movement. How to Make Nail Buffer. What do you do with the wrists to your overnight gloves? You must be longer throw them away; for they make a splendid covering for a nail buffer. Make a finger shaped roll on five inches long of lannel or soft cotton rags, rolled tight until about an inch in diameter. Sew them at the edge, then slip over it the wrist of an ad white glove. Fold it over and over fit, tying the end with a ribbon or elastic that is easily removable when a fresh cover is wanted. This makes a very pliable nail burner that gives a wonderful polish and costs absolutely nothing. 1 2 3 4 How to Clean Coat Collars. To clean coat collars try the following way: Instead of a cloth, which has to be kept in motion for a long while to avoid leaving a ring in place of a spot, use an old toothbrush. Dip it into the naphtha until thoroughly saturated, then a few brisk rubs and the spot or grime has left for parts unknown. The most delicate velvet can be cleaned in this way, though it would not be admissible to use a brush on any fabric like satin. How to Clean Leather Bag Shabby leather bead may be improved in appearance by being rubbed over with wall beaten white of an egg and then polished with beeswax and turpentine, the final rubbing being given grith a soft clean cloth. How to Freeze Air To freenbent the air of a skirchow ground coffee should be sprinkled on a shovel or coal scoop previously heated in the fire. A match should then be held to a small piece of computer gum, and when it is slight, it should be placed in the center of the shovel. This burning coffee gives an aromatic scent to the room which is very refreshing. It all came about while four housekeepers were talking over the extravagance and work connected with entertaining and how the true spirit of hospitality seemed to have been overlooked in the mid 19th and endeavor of each hostess to have a little more or things a little different in comparison with others. Then it was agreed that each one would give a luncheon, the cost for the four not to exceed a dollar; that they would wear wash gowns not to exceed $2 in cost—that is, the material—and that they would bring their sewing, while one of the number would read aloud for an hour, and each one was to tell some current news item or interesting incident. Gossip, in the strict sense of the word, was to be imbued, and meetings were to be held once in two weeks. This is certainly a step in the right direction. Would there be more economy clubs! GARDENING HINTS. How to Make an Attractive and Healthy Lawn. There is surely nothing more beautiful than a fine green lawn and really not so difficult a thing to obtain if gone about in the right way. The proper way to start is after the lawn has been graded to put in it a top soil of at least six inches, and have a gradual sloping grade for drainage, or if the ground is low and damp it will be best to lay drippings from two or three feet beneath the surface. Soil that is rich is very often acid, which can be corrected by applying air saturated lime in sufficient quantity to correct the acidity. With sandy soil the question of fertility is of prime importance after the grading. The entire area should be covered with well rotted manure. Where this is not possible a chemical fertilizer should be used. After this fertilizer has thoroughly mellowed the soil and a smooth surface has been secured it is then time to sow. A day should be selected when the wind will not blow the seed. In an ordinary open lawn a good mixture is Pod pratens mixed with Agrostis acuminus. For under the trees where it is difficult to secure any kind of a lawn the ground should be covered with myrtle or hedgerow ivy. After the seed has been sown the ground should be raked and gone over with a heavy roller until perfectly level. When the grass is three to four inches high it should be cut with a acrylic until strong enough to bear the mower. Should any bare spots appear these must be made mellow and again sodded down. The best season for making a lawn is immediately after the spring rains and before the best of the summer tends to dry out the ground. POINTS FOR MOTORISTS How to Take Proper Care of Spare Tubes and Envelopes. The average motorist has learned by experience to take proper care of the mechanism of his car, but he too often neglects his tires. Ordinary care accorded spare envelopes and tubes is good insurance and will save the motorist much trouble and money. A few suggestions at this time regarding the proper care of tires may benefit the reader. Never carry spare tubes unprotected in the tool box. They will inevitably come in contact with sharp tools and greasy substances, resulting in their serious injury. It is a well known fact that oils and grease are dendy enzymes of rubber. Exposure to strong light and varying degrees of temperature is also very injurious to rubber, robbing it of its elasticity and making it brittle. All of these dangers are overcome by the use of waterproof cloth bags made especially for carrying spare inner tubes. These are supplied by all accessory dealers. Motorists sometimes carry spare tubes in the original cardboard boxes. The lofting of the car in motion causes the tubes to chafe against the sides of the boxes, eventually weakening or wearing away the rubber. Unless the tubes are to be stored in the garage they should always be taken from the original boxes and placed in tube bags. Robespierre Bouqueta Hobbespierre bouquets are one charming phase of the dainty gowns worn on the lapel of a street coat, plumed to the neckpiece or stuck at one corner of the big square muff. They consist of four small roses in "old toones," a spray or two of tiny white blossoms on moss colored stems and a single green thistle. The white blooms and the thistle must be purchased of an artificial flower dealer, but the roses may be home made. Take a half finger's length of inch wide panne velvet in pale pink, double it, shirt the two edges tightly, produce celyx with a few threads of yellow floss, and that makes one rose. A deep purple rose should be clustered with bright green floss, a brown taupe rose with emerald and a Parma rose roset with orange. When all these retrel exotics have been clustered with the thistle and the fine white flowers their common stem should be wound with in foll, as that makes the illusion the more complete. Helps For Shiny Garments The back of a skirt has an unhappy fashion of sewing shiny. Remedy this by rubbing over it on the right side ammonia and water in equal parts and then framing on the wrong side while it is damp. The ammonia takes away the "shine," and the framing ammonia over the skirt until it is dry or it will crease again. When a shiny garment is beyond the help of ammonia, the skirt beorn worn off. lay it flat on the skirt and rub it gently with the mud and rub it on the material ammonia. CURE YOUR COUGH The quicker you rid yourself of your cold, cough or grip the bother—because many times they are the fore runners of more serious illness. JEFFRIES NO. 1. NO.1 TRADE MARK COUGH MIXTURE. Get Jeffries No. 1 Cough Mixture today. It's a guaranteed remedy. It never fails. Will relieve immediately. For throat and lung trouble it has no equal. A sure preventative for pneumonia. SEE the trade-mark on every bottle. Price 25c. Sold by all druggists. If your druggist hasn't it phone, write or call Thoe. Tabb Jeffries. 814 E. Broad Street, Richmond, Va. The Distinction "Actors certainly mix things up in the way they talk." "How so?" "When they are a long time at one stand they call it a run."—Baltimore American. WISDOM IN DRESS. Buy the Most Expensive Tailored Suit Your Purse Will Afford. It is almost impossible to economize on a tailor made suit, as it must be reproducably cut, however simple and unmodified, and good tailors are usually expensive. A respectable wardrobe should contain two tailor made suits. This is best accomplished by the purchasing of a tailor made every spring and fall. In this way the suit ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` of the previous year, with slight renovation, is available for back wear. The frock illustrated is of the dressy tailored type in corn-colored fallie silk. The drapes is disposed in a particularly graceful fashion, while rows of buttons outline the panel which divides the skirt at one side. The poke, vest and underleaves are of cream colored embroidery. PAPER BAGS. Every Housekeeper Will Find Many Uses For Them. There are very few housekeepers who do not find uses for the ordinary paper bags that are continually accumulating. A most excellent way to keep these bags so that they will always be not only easy of access, but also in good condition, and in assorted sizes is to have a pine board three inches wide by one inch thick neatly planed. Screw two wire rings in the top by which the board may be bung to the wall or pantry door and drive three nails with the heads dled on off the board. The bags will slip on and off the nails easily. Another good idea is to reserve a small drawer in the kitchen or pantry for them. Before being placed in the drawer they should be carefully smoothed and folded. An enamel cloth bag tacked upon the pantry door is also a convenient receptacle for these bags. An ingenious housewife has fashioned a bag convenient for holding paper bags and also for odd ends of string. The bag is made by cutting two pieces of linen or dock of the length required. One piece is four inches narrower than the other. The parchment strip is stitched across its width to the wider strip to form five pockets. The two strips are placed together and stitched and bound all around with braid. The middle pocket is made wide enough to hold buns and small paper bags. The end pockets are lashed for strings. SATURDAY APRIL 20 2019 Farm and Garden It Has Given Good Results in Sheltering College Hens. This shed roof colony house, designed by the Massachusetts Agricultural college, has its wall made of commercial roofing without boards. It is boarded up eighteen inches around the bottom to give stability to the frame and also to form a scratching base so that the paper will not be worn through near the floor. In building this house the frame was put together, then boarded up eighteen inches around the bottom and seven-eighths inch strips nailed on the outside of the studding from the boarding at the bottom to the top in order to bring the studding, out even with the boards. Two inch mesh wire was then Photograph by Massachusetts Agricultural college. SHED ROOF COLONY HOUSE stretched over the studs, and over the wire was nailed the commercial roofing. The wire was used to give stiffness to the roofing. The frame for the blue or floor is made of 2 by 4'. These are fastened to the runners by lag screws. Inch mesh, wire is stretched over the opening in front. A canvas screen is hinged at the top and lowered in very stormy weather or on extremely cold nights. This building was used during the winter for a pen of Silver Penciled Wyandotte. There were no frozen combs, and the egg production was good. They were placed in this house about the 1st of February. MATERIALS Stripe and braces, 7 2 by 2's 10 feet long; 3 2 by 3' 12 feet long. Hafters 4 by 3' 9 feet long. Hafters 4 by 4' 8 feet long; 6 2 by 4' 6 feet long. Runners 2 4 by 4 a 10 feet long (chest- put) Floor, 100 feet matched stuff Roof, 2 rolls commercial roofing. 60 running feet of 4 inch by 2 inch strips. 15 board feet for door. Estimated cost where good lumber and material are used (without labor): $13.50 ORCHARDS MEAN HOMES. It is a fact not generally conceded that those who have good orchards seldom desire to sell their farms. A good orchard is significant of a good home, and as a rule a good home is not for sale. Why not plant an orchard and make the home more attractive?—Farm and Ranch. The Value of Leaves. Leaves are nature's own fertiliser, and the wonderful richness of forests and newly cleared land is due to the amount of decayed leaves and vegetable matter in the soil. This is humna, and every farmer ought to know the value of humna in the soil. They Clean Up Fields Your pastures may be poor, the pillars may be cut, by numerous gullies, and the place may be overrun by wild vines and tough shrubs, but a flock of sheep will make it as clean as though swept by a broom within a couple of years. HONEY AND WAX The excessive rearing of broods at the wrong season or increase, in the number of colonies greatly reduces the surplus honey crop by consumption. Instead of mating with the bees the beekeeper has better devote his time to getting this in shape, timing season—picking hives together, for instance—and all things in readiness to June. It is a mistaken economic strips of foundation in all strips or foundation in either ton boxen or the brood franzen, for while the full sheets will cost a little more, yet the compensating advan- tages of the full sheets will more than pay for the added cost in straighter and better comba. There are three principal brood dis- ses. Type of these—American foul brood and European foul brood—are known to be infectious. From these Two diseases there must be different in the third one, an apparently noninfectious disorder, the so-called "picked blood." Larvae dead of this latter disease are practically free from microorganisms. The exciting cause of this disorder is not yet known. European farmers think of nothing so much as they do of feeding the soil. Only two methods of restoring fertility to the soil are known to man, and these methods they practice ceaselessly. One is to grow on it and plow into it the leguminous plants—clover, alfalfa, rye, vetch. The other is to feed it fertilizers—a combination of the expensive minerals known to farmers as "commercials" (ultrate of soda or other nitrogenous salts, and, best of all things, barnyard mud. FIGHT THE SAN JOSE SCALE. Lime-Sulphur Spraying Recommended to Kill the Insect. From November to April is the season for spraying to control the San Jose scale and at the same time put a stop to a pest attacking the foliage of apple trees, the leaf bilister mite. The best time is at the close of winter, just as the buds are beginning to swell. The insect is rather hard to detect until it becomes so abundant that attention is called to its work by the dying of twigw or branches or of the whole tree. It is exceedingly small, about half as big as the head of a pin, and is covered with a flat, round, dark or grayish scale in the center of which is usually to be discerned, a small raised spot surrounded by a shallow depression. As it becomes more numerous the twigw or branch takes on a scurfy, ashy appearance. Affected trees or shrubs will be likely to die unless proper treatment is given. The method of control is a thorough spraying with a lime-sulphur solution. This material is now put up in concentrated form by several manufacturers and is on sale in stores, or it may be made at home. Any state experiment station will give directions for making and using. It is best applied by means of a spray pump giving a fine, moist spray. The same material is used in more diluted form in summer as a substitute for bordeaux mixture, but it should never be applied in the stronger "winter strength" to trees that are in leaf--New Hampshire Experiment Station. Here's a Temporary Fence. It is often a great convenience to have a fence which may be readily moved from place to place and yet be strong enough to act as a barrier against stock, more especially against sheep and swine. The style illustrated herewith will prove suggestive to the farmer handy with tools, as most farm- END OF PORTABLE FENCE era are. The two ends of a section are shown in the figure. Each section is twelve' or fourteen feet long, with a brace piece 1 by 4. The crosspieces are 1 by 6. On the left at A is the tongue end, the tongues a a a of which bit 1 in the groove end at b b b or for the corners at c c c—American Agriculturist. Musty Wheat. When wheat is thrashed wet it will always become musty and have a musty smell to it. The only thing that can be done is to dry the wheat thoroughly and run it through a fanning mill, blowing out the dust, and injured grain. If the wheat has smelt in it it should be treated with one plot of 40 per cent formaldehyde to forty gallons of water, using sufficient water to thoroughly moisten the wheat. Cover with burlap sacks for twenty-four-hours and then spread and dry. The musty smell of wheat cannot be removed when wheat has been, injured by wet weather.—National Stockman and Farmer. Helping the Farmer The plant breeders of the Wisconsin experiment station have increased the average yield of barley six and one-half bushels per acre by producing a new and more prolific variety. The Michigan experiment station has developed varieties of wheat that yield more than double the state's average. Corn breeders everywhere, in experiment stations and on farms, are increasing yields by breeding more productive varieties. Plant breeding need not be confined to experiment stations, but is a fast, easy study for any one Bigger Goose Egg Supply. Unless the luggage are regularly removed as soon as the goose has laid about fifteen or eighteen she will probably want to sit. If they are regularly taken away, however, she will lay double the number, and some may be set under benz. The frame interior will need attention on bright sunny days. Some fresh air should be admitted every day if the weather will permit. The average length of a woman compared with that of a man is an 67 to 80. Beds Should Be Taken Down and Thoroughly Washed and Alred. Be Careful Not to Wring Them Tight and Rinse Free From Soap—When Dry Do Not Hang Blankets Too Near the Fire, as They Shrink. The beds should be taken to pieces and the frames or woodwork washed and carefully wiped. All the "comfortables" should be hung out of doors to be well aired. To wash the blankets first shake them well and then let them soak in warm water, if new adding ammonia or a handful of borax previously dissolved to draw out the grease. Let them remain about fifteen minutes, then wring out and proceed with the washing. Prepare water with soap jelly—the water must not be too hot, just comfortable for the hand to rest in—and there should be enough melted soap to make a good lather. Put the blankets in, one or two at a time, move them up and down, squeezing and pressing them; then put them in a second tub of the same kind of water to repeat the process. Rinse well till free from soap and then wring. On no account wring tightly, or it will flatten the pile, and if the wringer is used let the rollers be as loose as possible. Shake the blankets well before hanging up to dry and hang them quite straight and singly on the clothes rope in a gentle wind. See that they are fastened securely and well raised above the ground. When dry take them down, stretch them well and hang them near a fire for some time, as it is most important to have them dry. THE LINEN CLOSET. Beautiful Floral Designs In the New Display of Damask One of the most certain tests of the taste of the mistress of the house-and, let it be whispered, of the purse of the master—is the beauty and quality of the table linen. Linens of medium quality, weight and price, but of the fine designs, will usually be preferred by the woman of average income, and this season affords such variety of charming combinations of style and pattern that the housewife who once begins to buy will be sorely tempted to spend all her allowance on linen. Among the simpler styles and grades one can never go astray in choosing the conventional patterns showing the flour-delis, snowdrops or the plain bar and checks. These have the merit of being wholly unpretentious, but always in excellent taste. For those who buy more elaborate linens there are beautiful patterns of tulips, roses, chrysanthemums and ferns scattered or clustered around the border on a plain background. Still more effective, though requiring a larger surface for its development, is the large, many fingered leaf palm. Perfectly plain satin damask of the finest quality made up into cloths and napkins lends itself well to the display of silver and crystal. Linen with borders in the moire or watered ribbon effect should have monograms in opposite corners of the cloth or else near the center and in the exact corner of the napkins. The Irish and Scotch weavers continue to show the distinctive patterns of their native flowers. The English factories put out some fascinating heraldic designs, while the French clothes are characteristically lighter in weight and less stately in design. The Austrian looms cling to simple but beautiful floral designs. Washing Chamols Gloves Washing Chamois Gloves The wearing of chamois gloves both summer and winter is a practical fashion of the times. While these gloves soil easily, they may be easily washed, and because this is so the wise woman always has a double supply, so that while one pair is being washed and dried the other may be in service. Two things should be remembered about the washing. Use only pure white soap and not too hot water. Rub the gloves very gently between the hands. If there are any particularly trying spots rub them with a not too harsh ballbrush. When the gloves are clean rinse them in tepid and soapy water and put out the moisture. Do not rinse the gloves in clear water. It is the soap in the rinsing water that keeps the gloves from becoming hard when dried. Before putting the gloves on a towel to dry inflate them well, so that the fingers are of their proper shape. A. Vegetable Party. Invitations for a vegetable party were sent on the backs of old seed packets, and each girl was told to wear something representing a vegetable. The young men later found their partners for slipper by guessing the vegetable represented. The house was brilliantly decorated with strings of peppers, onion tops, etc., and it was amusing if not beautiful. The centerpiece was a huge cabbage hollowed out and filled with a mass of green onions and red geraniums. A wreath of round red ribbed twined around this. Little contest books ornamented with painted vegetables having faces were given the guests, and prizes were given for correct answers to the questions within. The answer to such was the name of a vegetable. BREAKFAST - DISHES. Remains of a Ham 'Furnish Material For Toothsome Tidbits. Fried ham rolls are one of many de- icious breakfast dishes which can be made from the remains of a ham. Mix half a pound of finely chopped ham with four ounces of bread crumbs and two mashed potatoes. Melt two tbits. Using Ropes to Make Rescues at Dayton. The waters at Delion rose so rapidly that many who started to escape found they could not successfully breast the waves. Ropes were stretched across the streets in many places, and by clinging to these ropes those who were marooned reached safety. + - + - + - A + L + - = ? MORT. P. BURGER. HISTORY OF THE WORLD TWO-IN-ONE PUZZLE. Add and subtract according to pictures, etc., and you will then be able to find out the name of the city that Admiral Farragut took. After you have done this find the picture of Admiral Farragut. Answer to yesterday's puzzle: Paul Jones. Picture face down on bags on cart. spoonfuls of butter in a saucepan and add it to the mixture and three table-spoonfuls of white or brown sauce. When hot stir in a well beaten egg. Season highly with paprika and a few drops of lemon juice. Spread on a plate and let cool. Shape the mixture into even sized rolls, brush over with egg, roll in bread crumbs and fry in deep hot fat to a golden color. Drain the fried rolls on a cloth or paper, dish up and serve plain or with tomato sauce. Pad the daly petals lengthwise with four strands of daring cotton, that the flowers will stand out in bold color. Using mercerized cotton of a medium weight, embroider the petals with satin stitch at right angles with the padding. Blue and red embroidery brightens the simple sailor collar of tan linen pictured, which is designed for the schoolgirl, but is equally good looking for her older sister. The guy the matches the embroidery, and it is knot Lentil Omelet.—Cook half a grill of lentils in stock or salted water till tender and drain, then Melt two tablespoonfuls of butter in a saucepan, fry in it a poached, minced shallot, put in the lentils and fry for a few minutes. Molten with two or three tablespoonfuls of brown sauce, season with pepper and salt and keep hot. Break asegn into a basin, heat up well with two tablespoonfuls of milk or cream, season with salt or pepper and pour into an omelet pan containing about two tablespoonfuls of butter shot. Stir over the fire with a fork till the mixture begins to set. Spread the cooked lentils over the omelet and fold in the sides. Let it take color, a nice golden brown, and turn out carefully into a hot dab. Bacon Toast With Tomatoes.—Cut some streaky bacon into rather thin slices, place them in a saucepan with just enough water to cover and let its contents boll for a few seconds. Then drain the slices of bacon carefully, put them in a frying pan and fry until crisp over a quick fire. The bacon should be of a delicate brown when cooked. Have ready some oblong slices of toasted brown bread, butter them well and trim the sides to the size of the bacon. Cover the pieces of toast with the bacon and dush up; put a small, round slice of fried tomato (these can be fried in the bacon fat) on the top of each slice of bacon, and send to table hot. SMART COAT COLLARS Bulgarian Embroidery Exploited on the Newest Models. An extremely effective round collar for a coat or one piece dress can be made of medium weight white linen with an embroidered design of dales. Over a well fitting pattern cut the linen collar first stamping the border of dales, placing one delay head close to another until the collar is edged with the flowers. Allow two inches of material to extend beyond the border. ```markdown ``` D. J. FARRAR, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. ALL KINDS OF CARPENTRY. OFFICE ROOM, NO. 406, MECHANICS SAVINGS BANK BUILDING Thorne Muros-2887. RESIDENCE, 610 N. FIRST STREET—SHOP IN REAR. Phone, Muros-2166. Special Attention Paid to the Taking of Contracts for Building of Any Style of Architecture. Job Work a Specialty. Phone, 577. Richmond, Va. A. D. PRICE, Funeral Director, Embalmer and Liveryman. All Orders promptly filled at short notice by telegraph or telephone. Hello routed for meetings and also Entertainment. Plenty of room with all necessary conveniences. Large Piece or Band Wigens for Hire at reasonable rates and nothing but first-class Carriage, Baggage, etc. Keep constantly on hand for funeral supplies. No. 212 East Laugh Street. (Broadman Bun Bun.) OPEN ALL DAY AND NIGHT—Close on Sunday All Night. Pad the daisy petals lengthwise with four strands of darning cotton, that the flowers will stand out in bold reef. Using mercurized cotton of a medium weight, embroider the petals with satin stitch at right angles with the padding. Blue and red embroidery brightens the simple sailor collar of, tan linen pictured, which is designed for the schoolgirl, but is equally good looking for her older sister. The gay tie matches the embroidery, and it is knotted in the newest fashion. For the Tea Table. A woman who has lived abroad for many years where they make a cup of tea as carefully as they make a cake says the lemon should never be cut until it is to be used. Have a small, sharp knife on the table and cut each alice as desired, never cutting a dishful of lemons to stand for an hour or even a few minutes. A good tibbit for the tea table can be made with biscuit and marmalade. Break each piece in two, making thus two squares; put on a row of Neuchatel cheese around the edge and a drop of orange or tangerine marmalade in the center. This makes just the right sized water and has a juicy flavor. Instead of lemon in the tea try a maraschino cherry and a teapoufish of the wine that comes with them. Or another flavor that may be used in tea is rum. This is called Russian tea. One uses no sugar or cream or lemon and just a teapoufish of rum. Fulled Bread. Remove the crust from fresh bread and tear the center in small pieces with two forks. Dry in a very slow oven until crisp all through. The center of blissful may be prepared in the same way or take a freshly baked loaf and while it is still warm pull the inside out of it in pieces a little smaller than the palm of your hand. Bake the pieces on a floured baking tin in a hot oven until they are of a delicate brown color, when they should be crisp and of a nice nutty flavor. These are most digestible. How easy it is for one benevolent being to diffuse pleasure around him, and how truly is a kind heart a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity to frenze into smiles.—Washington Irving. other Johnny, did you take you agh meet, me regularly in school, as I told you? Johnny Noe. Tommy Dodd liked it, an' he given an apple for it—Boston Transcript. THE ECONOMY, 316 North Third Street. FINE TAILORING CLEANING DYING AND REPAIRING. CHITMAN M. WHITE, Proprietor. STRAUS' SPECIAL Old Yacht Club. Will Settle the Lover at the Right Kind of Stimulation. Special Primer We Have All Grades of Good Liquors, Cigars and Tobacco, Call and See Us. ISAAC STRAUS & CO.. 422 E. Broad St., Richmond, Virginia H. F. JONATHAN. FISH OYSTERS PRODUCE 114 N. 17th Street, Richmond, Va. All Orders Will Receive Prompt Attention. Long Distance Phone, Madison-751. RAILROADS. N. & W. NORFOLK ONLY ALL RAIL LINE TO NORFOLK. Schedule in Effect May 14, 1841. Leave Byrd Street, Norfolk, Massachusetts, from NORFOLK; 80:10 A. M., 70:00 A. M., 60:00 P. M., 40:10 P. M., 30:00 P. M. FOR LYMPHURBURG AND THE WEST: 70:00 A. M., 70:00 A. M., 60:00 P. M., 70:00 P. M. Arrive Richmond, for LYMPHURBURG AND THE WEST: 81:40 A. M., 70:00 P. M., 80:00 P. M., 70:00 P. M. P. M. From the West: 70:00 A. M., 60:00 P. M., 80:00 P. M. Daily, daily except Sunday, Sunday only, Public Park, Parlor and Stoops C. M. COUNTY STREET CARK. D. P. A. NORFOLK, IN. ATLANTIC COASTLINE TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND DAILY. For Florida and South: 8:15 A.M. M. 2:00 7:25 P. M. 1:00 A. M. Charleston. For Norfolk: "8:16 A. M. 9:00 A. M. "8:00 P. M. 4:10 P. M. "8:00 P. M. For N. Carolina: "8:15 A. M. 8:00 A. M. A. M. "2:00 P. M. A. M. 2:00 P. M. For Petersburg: 1:00 A. M. 8:15 A. M. A. M. 8:15 A. M. 8:00 A. M. 2:00 A. M. A. M. 4:10 P. M. 8:00 P. M. "8:00 P. M. 7:25 P. M. 9:20 P. M. 11:45 P. M. For Goldsboro and Payetteville: "8:15 P. M. Trusil arrive Richmond daily: 8:15 A. M. "8:00 A. M. A. M. "8:15 A. M. "8:00 P. M. A. M. "11:45 A. M. 8:00 P. M. "8:15 P. M. 6:25 P. M. 6:25 P. M. 8:00 P. M. "10:15 A. M. 11:45 P. M. *Krept Sunday.* "Wednesday only." Time of arrival and departure and restrictions and guaranteed. C. R. CAMPBELL, R. R. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Premier Carrier of the South. information and not guaranteed. 6:10 A. M. -Daily-Local for Charlotte Burnham and Raleigh. 10:45 A. M. -Daily-Local -for All publicehouse. Draws- Room Bound- ing Our to Ashtonville. 10:45 P. M. Except for all publicehouse. Draws- Room Bound- ing Our to Du- station. 6:00 P. M. -P. M. Atlanta and Wringham Drawing Room Sleeping Limited-For all point. 1:45 P. M. -P. Palm end at 6:00 P. M. YORK AR LINE. 6:30 P. M. Monday -West Point, con- necting for Wringham Wednesday and Friday. 8:00 A. M. -Except Boundary and Friday. 8:00 P. M.-Monday, Wednesday and Friday-Bound to West Point. TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND. From Boundary. 6:30 A. M.; 8:45 A. M. 8:00 P. M. 6:30 P. M. Except Boundary. 8:00 P. M. daily. From West Point. 8:45 A. M. daily. 11:25 A. M. Wednesday and Friday; 4:50 P. M. Except Sunday. B. R. BURGERS D. F. A. 867 West Main Street. "Phone: Melissa Johnson." C. & O. 8:00 A. Daily—Post trains to Old Prent. 4:00 P. Newport News and Norfolk. 7:40 A. Daily—Local to Newport News. 8:00 P. Daily—Local to Old Prent. 8:00 P. Daily—Loveville and Clarendon. 11:50 P. Lilburn. 6:45 P. Daily—M. Louis-Chicago for 1st. Pollman. 8:00 A. Daily-Charlestownville, Week days Hickens. 8:15 P. Week days, Local to Gardenville. 10:00 A. Daily- Loving Lovin' Gump. 8:15 P. Week days, To Lynchburg. TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND. Local from East-6:05 A. M. 7:00 P. M. Through From West-11:05 A. M. 8:00 P. R. Local from West-8:00 A. M. 9:00 P. M. 7:30 P. M. Through-7:00 A. M. 8:00 P. M. James River, Lim-7:00 A. M. 8:00 P. M. SEABOARD AIR LINE Southbound trains scheduled to arrive Hibern mond daily: 12:00 A. M. - Local to Norfolk, 12:00 M. - Hibern and coachee, Albany, Hibern patterson, 12:00 A. M. - Norfolk, Hibern patterson, 12:13 P. M. - Florida Lineded daily day: 11:05 P. M. - Hibern and coachee, Spruce Jackville, Albany, Hibernation, and Norfolk patterson, 12:00 A. M. - Norfolk, Hibernation, and rive Monday daily: 12:00 A. M. - Except Monday, 12:00 P. M. - Hibernation, and Norfolk ALPHEUS, SCOTT CHURCH HILL Funeral Director and Embalmer OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. Office and Warehouse: 8000 1/4 P Street, Office 'Thomas, Madison 2807-14. Residence—1015 St. James Street 'Alexphene, Madison 6010. LADY ATTENDANT. Richmond, . . . Virginia. OLD PAPERS PLANET OCEAN JOHN M. Higgins, DEALER OF GROCERIES LIQUORS CIGARS. GOOD HALL, VALLEY PEN TOWN. East Franklin Street. SATURDAY...APRIL 12, 1913. DRASTIC CUTS IN NEW TARIFF BILL Many Articles of Clothing and Food on Free List Sharp Reductions Made on Necessaries of Life—Many Steel Products and Woolen and Cotton Goods Greatly Reduced—Income Tax to Make Up Deficiency. The Sixty-third congress met in extraordinary session in response to the call issued by President Wilson, and the Democratic party assumed full control of the government for the first time in nearly two decades. The senate was ready for business the minute Vice President Marshall let fall his gavel and administered the oath to Senator Sherman, of Illinois, and Senator Goff, of West Virginia. South Trimble, clerk of the house, called the house to order and the oath was administered to all the members, the body being newly elected every two years. With the preliminaries out of the way, the house turned its attention to the choice of a speaker, and Champ Clark speedily was re-elected. The tariff revision bill was then presented by Mr. Underwood, chairman of the ways and means committee. The bill removes the duty from many articles of food and clothing, makes sharp reductions in the rates on all necessaries of life; an increase on many luxuries, and an income tax provision that would touch the pocket of every American citizen whose net income exceeds $4000. Sugar would be free of duty in 1816, the bill proposing 25 per cent reduction now and the removal of the remaining duty three years hence. Irraw wool would be made free at once, with corresponding reductions on all woolen goods. The free list, one of the longest ever proposed to congress, follows: Meats, flour, bread, boots and shoes, lumber, coal, harness, saddlery, iron ore, milk and cream, potatoes, salt, twine, corn, cornmeal, cotton bagging, agricultural implements, leather, wood pulp, lilies, printing paper not worth more than 2½ cents per pound, type writers, sewing machines, typesetting machines, cash registers, steel rails, fence wire, cotton ties, nails, hoop and band iron, fish, sulphur, soda, tanning materials, acetic and sulphuric acids, borax, lumber products, including broom handles, clapboards, hubs for wheels, posts, laths, pickets, staves, shingles. The principal items taken from the present free list and taxed are: Diamonds and precious stones, furs, coal tar products, 10 per cent; volatile oils, 20 per cent; spices, from 1 cent to 2 cents per pound. While wheat flour is put on the free list, a duty of 10 per cent is imposed against countries which levy a duty on American flour. This will exclude flour from Canada and many other countries. Comparison of Rates. Representative Underwood, in his statement accompanying the bill, gives the following comparative table to show reductions in duties on necessaries, each item, both the present tariff and the proposed tariff, being reduced to an ad valorem basis, the rate being the percentage of value: Article. Law. Law. Cream of tartar. 25.45 17.85 Medicinal preparations. 59.05 31.11 Castor oil. 33.19 15.00 Wash blue. 23.59 15.00 Saltpater. 9.27 6.37 Common soap. 20.00 5.00 Saleratus or bicarbonate of soda. 21.54 8.50 Sal soda, washing soda. 20.93 16.25 Borax, refined. 21.22 1.31 Limo. 9.17 6.00 Chins and crockery, not decorated. 55.00 35.00 Grindstones. 9.21 8.82 Bicycles. 45.00 25.00 Pocket knives. 77.68 35.00a55.00 Razors. 72.36 35.00a55.00 Scissors and shears. 53.77 30.00 Knives and forks. 41.58 27.00 Furniture. 35.00 15.00 Cattle. 27.07 10.00 Macaroni, etc. 34.26 23.81 Rice, cleaned. 54.05 3.32 Eggs. 36.38 14.29 Stocks, etc., of fruit trees. 54.44 27.58 Mineral waters. 43.56 30.00 Spool thread. 22.95 15.00 Cotton cloth. 42.74 22.69 Cotton clothing. 50.00 30.00 Stockings, hose and hose, selvedge. 75.93 60.00 Men's and boys' cotton work gloves. 89.17 35.00 Knit shirts, drawers, etc and underwear. 60.27 25.00 Collars and cuffs. 49.10 20.00 Blankets. 72.69 25.00 Flannel. 92.29 20.00 Clothing, ready made. 79.26 25.00 Women's dress woods. 99.70 31.00 P India rubber, manu- factures of ..... 35.00 10.00 Lead pencils ..... 30.00 25.00 $80,000,000 Loss In Revenue. The bill, it is estimated, reduces the customs revenue approximately $80, 000,000 a year. This amount is to be made up by the income tax. The measure represents the efforts of President Wilson and the house tariff makes to carry into effect the Democratic platform pledges of down- ward revision in the interest of the consumer. Protection to the farmer would be cut throughout by more than 50 per- cent. Protection to the steel and im- plement manufacturer would be cut fully as much. Heaviest reductions fall upon food-tufs, agricultural products, woolen and cotton clothing. The free wool proposal, backed by President Wilson and accepted by the house committee, is expected to provoke a hard fight within the Democratic ranks. It is not clear whether the Democratic opponents of free wool and free sugar in the senate will be able to force a compromise on one or both those provisions. The decision to make a gradual reduction in the sugar tariff was reached after Louisiana cane growers refused to accept a compromise that would have established a one cent a pound tariff for three years, with free sugar in 1916. Under the income tax provisions in excess of $4000 will pay 1 per cent tax up to $20,000; 2 per cent from $20,000 to $50,000; 3 per cent from $20,000 to $50,000; and 4 per cent above that figure. The corporation tax, levying 1 per cent on corporation income above $5000 is retained as part of the income tax. To encourage foreign trade, the bill aims to reverse the maximum and minimum provision of the ayne Aldrich law. The new rates would be the maximum, and the president would have authority to negotiate reciprocity treaties and make concessions to countries that grant favors to American exports. It is estimated that approximately $100,000,000 may be derived from the income tax, including the corporation tax. PEOPLE TO ELECT SEN TORS Connecticut's Action Changes the Constitution. Election of United States senators by direct vote of the people became a provision of the United States constitution when the Connecticut legislature, following up quickly the action of the Pennsylvania and Tennessee legislatures last week, ratified the amendment providing for the change. Thirty-six states, the requisite three-fourths of all in the Union, have approved the change. It remains only for the governors of the states which have acted favorably formally to notify Secretary Bryan and for him to issue a proclamation announcing the change. The amendment to the constitution is the second within the last few months, the other being that authorizing the collection of an income tax by the federal government. In ratifying the amendment the Connecticut wenaite voted unanimously, while the vote in the house was 150 to 77. When told that Connecticut had ratified the amendment the president said: "I am sincerely glad that the amendment has been ratified so promptly and a reform so long fought for at last accomplished." Woman Is Elected Mayor In Kansas A woman mayor and a majority of women in the council of Tyro, a small town west of Coffeyville, Kan., were assured by complete returns of Monday's election. Mrs. H. C. Defenbang was elected mayor. Mrs. E. F. Heirling, Mrs. Myra Newton and Mrs. Maggie Park were elected to the council. A salivary tube containing twenty milligrams of radium, worth $2500, which has been inserted in a cancer on the liver of Malcolm Watson in the Methodist hospital in Philadelphia, is expected gradually to kill the growth. Dr. G. J. Schwartz, a Pittsburgh surgeon, performed the operation before a number of well-known surgeons, locally applied cocaine was the only narcotic used. TANFF MESSAGE READ BY WILSON The President Sets Aside an Old Custom. ATTRAGTS GREAT ASSEMBLAGE Cenfines Himself to Tariff, Urging Moderate Revision, But Makes No Specific Recommendations. Setting aside the custom of more than a century and going back to the precedent established by Washington and John Adams, President Wilson delivered in person his first message to congress urging the immediate and thorough, though well considered, revision of the tariff downward. Senate and house assembled in joint session to await the president. The galleries were filled by national figures, Mrs. Wilson and her three daughters and the women of the cabinet circle prominent among them. The diplomatic gallery probably contained a representative of every nation with an envoy in the foreign corps in Washington. Distinguished public men, who have received the thanks of congress and were therefore entitled to be on the floor of the house, availed themselves of the right, conspicuous among them being Admiral Biewy, who never before had exercised his privilege. President Wilson slipped away from the White House quietly after the cabinet meeting, accompanied only by his secretary and one secret service man, and upon arriving at the capital was escorted to the rostrum in the house, where Speaker Clark sat at one side and Vice President Marshall at the other. The president was cheered as he mounted the rostrum. He began to speak immediately. There was the closest attention as the president, speaking in an ordinary tone, explained his coming in person to deliver his message. Throughout the president's voice carried to every corner of the big hall. A murmur of conversation that excepted the gallery when the president began was soon bushed. As he closed his introductory remarks, explaining his presence before them, senators and representatives joined in applause. The vice president headed the procession of senators as it left the chamber. The visit of the president to congress had lasted ten minutes and became history. It was an unusually short document, one of the shortest delivered to congress in many years, and the reading was followed with closest attention. The message dealt solely with the tariff, excepting that the president recognized the importance of other subjects eventually to come before congress and said that at a later date he might communicate his views on the currency and other questions. At present he wants nothing to interfere with the tariff. This the president considers a "clearly defined duty." He set forth his views in general outline, but refrained from making any specific recommendations, mentioning any special schedules or presenting any statistics. Lightening of the burdens of the people, the abolition of privilege and safeguards against monopoly are the aims of the president, but with these objects in view he warns against any "headlong haste" which would cause "unset; confusion." Representative Sims reintroduced his bill for the abolition of the commerce court. $16.000 Paid For Bull ahd Cow. Francis M. Jones, of Uluca, N. Y. has sold to Stevena Brothers, of Liverpool, N. Y., a bull and a cow for $16,000. The animals are brother and sister, and the cow holds the world's record for seven days in butter production and is expected to win the world's record for thirty days. Her production for seven days was 43.43 pounds and her record for thirty days will be about 167 pounds. $4600 Job For Clark's Son. Bennett Champ Clark, the son of Speaker Champ Clark, has been appointed parliamentarian of the house. The job, which carries a salary of $4600 a year, makes his adviser to his father on all disputed points of order. Clark is twenty-three years old and a graduate of the University of Missouri. He is the youngest man to hold this responsible post. GENERAL MARKETS PHILADELPHIA — FLOUR dull; winter clear, $4 @ 4.25; city mills fancy, $4.85 @ 8.20. RICE FLOUR steady; per barrel, $3.55 @ 2.50. WHEAT quiet; Near 2 red, $1.02½ @ 1.03½. CORN quiet; No. 2 yellow, 60½@ 61c. OATS farm; No. 2 white, 40½@ 41c; low rooftop, 38½c. POILTRY; Live steady; bens, 18¹¹c; low rooftop, 12¹²½c. Dried farm; thick fowls, 19¹¹c; old rooft arc, 14c. BUTTER steady; fancy creamery, 35¹¹c. BIGGS steady; selected, 20¹²c; nearby, 12¹¹c; western, 18¹¹c. POTATOES steady; bush, 70¹¹³c. Live Stock Markets PITTSTRU OH (Ualton Stock Yards) --CATTLE strong; choice; $8.70@9; prime; $8.40 $8.50; SHEEP strong; prime weathers cattle and calves; $14.50; lambs; $4.50 $2.40; sheep calves; $10.50 $11. HOOS lower; prime heavies, $2.56; mediums, heavy Yorkers, light Yor- ers and pads, $9.75@$9.80; rougha, $8 @$8.75. Two Exceptionally Nice Fish Dishes For Fondal Appetites. Shattuck Halibut.—Wipe a one and one-half pound slice of chicken halibut with cheesecloth wrong out of cold water. Put in a buttered copper platter, frostproof baking dish or draining pan of correct size and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Arrange on top five three-fourth inch slices cut from peeled medium sized toodles; then sprinkle. HALIBUT WITH TOMATOES. with one-third cupful of thin strips of green pepper, cut lengthwise, from which the seeds have been removed. Bake in a hot oven twenty-five minutes, beating four times during the baking, using for the first boasting one-third cupful of melted butter and afterward the liquid in the pan, says the Woman's Home Companion. Herring Salad—Cook salt herring fifteen minutes in boiling water, to cover. Drain, cool and separate in flakes; there should be one cupful. Add an equal measure of one-third HERBING BALAD inch cubes of cold boiled potatoes and one-fourth the measure of finely chopped whites of hard boiled eggs. Mix thoroughly, molten with French dressing, cover and let stand in a cold place one hour. Molten with Huntington dressing and mold in a salad dish on a bed of crisp lettuce leaves. Sprinkle-with the yolks of two hard boiled eggs, forced through a potato ricer or purée strainer, and garnish with rings cut from whites of hard boiled egg and thyme sprigs of parsley. TRY THESE FORMULAS. They Are Good For In Between Season Candiments. Lemon pickles are a condiment which is especially tempting in hot weather and a supply made now will be appreciated in the summer. Scrub the rind of twelve lemons and make three or four lengthwise slits in each lemon. Fill these slits with salt and let the fruit stand in an earthen dish for a week, turning them every day in the brine that forms. Remove the lemons and add to the brine a count of elder vinegar, one lemon and an ounce of green ginger root cut off. Boil the liquid, skim it and pour it over the lemons. Seat in glass jars. Orange marmalade is an appetizing substitute for fresh fruit which, just when it is most crevassed, in the early spring, is scarcest. A tried recipe calls for a dozen largeanges sliced thin (using the skin, with seeds and core removed). To this old seven pounds of granulated sugar and boil until clear. Pack in glasses or white porcelain marmalade lars. Another marmalade which will help make up for the absence of fresh fruit until berry season arrives is made of grapefruit. To make it cover six small grapefruit with water and boll until soft, taking care when testing not to puncture the skins brain and set aside until cool enough to handle. Pare the grapefruit this with a sharp knife and shred this rind. Cut fruit in two and remove pulp. Add a quart of water to five pounds of granulated sugar and boll clear. Add rinda and boll ten minutes, then add pulp and boll until it will thicken when cooled. The Pocket Again On one or two of the new blouse models the waist is furnished with a useful little pocket placed on the left side of the chest, and, thanks to our golfing sisters, the skirt of the ordinary walking costume is now often supplied with a similar though larger receptacle. Necessitated in the case of the golfer by the need of carrying balls, it has been adopted by her less athletic sisters as a means of carrying handkerchiefs, penny purse, etc. By penny purse is meant that in which just the necessary small collis for fares, etc. are deposited, that containing more important moneys being much more safely tucked away, either in a hidden pocket or in the usual bag, without which very few women are to be seen nowadays. To Clean Tennis Balls. Tennis balls can be cleaned with pipe clay mixed with enough water to form a smooth paste. Add to this a melted tallow candle and allow it to cool. Then brush all the dust off the balls, take a lump of pipe clay tallow mixture and dissolve it in cold water to the consistency of cream. Apply to the balls with a sponge, let dry and wipe off gently. Bacon's lame is mainly due to books written in his spare hours while he was England's chancellor, Humboldt's days were so occupied with his business that he had to pursue his scientific labors in the night or early morning. Burns wrote, his most beautiful poems in his spare moments while working on a farm. Grote wrote his "History of Greece" during the odds and ends of yne matched from his duty as a banker. "Moments are the golden hour of time" if nightly used. Omaha Moving Picture Show Wrecked. Photo copyright, 1913, by American Press Association. This photograph shows what was left of the Diamond moving picture theater after the storm had paved through Omaha. The loss of lives here was heavy. Many bodies were not recovered for days because of the delay due to a snowstorm. Everybody has seen the acrobat dislocate his joints. By means of flexions and contortions that have been practiced from a very early age the spinal cord has been converted into what is to all intents and purposes a rubber tube. He can throw his head low enough to put his neck between his legs and bend his back into a bow almost as complete as that of the fire-side cat. A medical man has classified these dislocations and says that the digestion of such men is almost always perfect, provided they do not carry their exertures to success. He thinks the circulation is stimulated to a degree where waste products of the body are more easily eliminated—Farper's. Radium and Gema- It is possible to change the color of precious and semiprecious stones by exposing them to the action of radium. A German who has devoted himself to this study has obtained remarkable results. He bought sapphires of different kinds and put them in a box with a small quantity of radium. At the end of a month the transformations were as follows: White sapphires had become yellow, blue green, violet blue, wine colored stones red and dark blue violet. - Harper's. Mr. Cleveland's Portrait During his first administration, says Hilary A. Herbert in the Century, Mr. Cleveland, disliking a certain portrait of himself painted at that time, had it relegated to the garret. President Harrison caused it to be brought down. In his second term Mr. Cleveland spoke jocularly of the portrait and asked Tom Reed if he did not think that one who had twice been elected president was entitled to have two portraits. "Well, yeas," said Reed in his well known drawl. "If he has grown any handsome." The Bad Soldier In one of the barrack rooms a soldier, not having much time to dream for guarrel, had cleaned his boots very well in front, but hardly at all behind. One of his chums, holding this, said: "Why don't you clean the backs of your boots, Pat?" "Oh," said Pat, clapping on his helmet and hurrying out to parade, "a good soldier never looks behind." In consequence the adjutant awarded Pat three extra parades, and a few days after his chum, seeing a great difference in his boots, remarked, "I thought a good soldier never looked behind, Pat?" "No," replied Pat, "but the adjutant does."—London Answers. Sennibela Riah "My dear, listen to this and tell me what you make of it!" exclaimed the elderly English lady to her husband on her first visit to the United States. She held the hotel menu almost at arm's length and spoke in a tone of horror. "Baked Indian pudding! Can it be possible in a civilized country?"—Youth's Companion. And This In England! A state paper of the time of William Rufus describing the royal household mentioned a hundred servitors in the king's kitchen and only four in the laundry, indicating that washing was not of much account in those days. Even so late as the reign of Charles II, Popes thought it worthy of record in his diary that on Feb. 24, 1634, his wife took a birth - London Telegraph. Needed to Be Explained. Mrs. Hemnessy, who was a late arrival in the neighborhood, was entertaining a neighbor one afternoon when the latter impaired: "An what does your old man do, Mrs. Hemnessy?" "Sure, he's a dillmond cutter." "You don't mangle it!" "Yes; he cuts th' grass off th' baseball ground." - Lippincott. The Treacherous Honeysuckle "Lionesses are far more dangerous than lions," said an animal trainer. "Their tempers are more uncertain. They are more treacherous. They are more miffy. If a lion is in a bad humor he shows it. He growls and angrils and makes his slick. You know what is in the wind and prepare accordingly. But a lioness in a bad humor is as affectionate as a girl. She brushes, purring against your leg, and she minds you with the joyous alacrity of a good fox terrier. 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In its entirety it was beneath notice, but the captain, Billy Peters, was an angustiest to be feared, and his theatrical runs had made the Mudville team treble, though as yet it had never succumbed. Thus it was that the Mudville team sent for a football the genuine article before the theatrical played with any amiel. AN UNEXPECTED CRITERION OF GRASS CAUGHT PETRUS FISH thing, from a cut down pallow to a bag of folder. But there was soon to be a fierce contest between Mudville and Huckleberry center and also with the use of the first real football seen in that section of the country. At the appointed time the teams were called to the field to line up by a sheriff who had formerly been a horse car conductor in Chicago and had kept the whistle as a son of his employment. The Huckleberry won the toss and chose the north end of the lot, from which a stiff brace was blowing. The Mudville captain then lined his men up facing the Huckleberry ties and prepared himself to kick off. Now was the opportunity of the sheer liff who noted as unpure. With the greatest ease he glanced the hand-on-football career in the center of the field. A murmur of admiration waned up from the spectators. A real football was something worth driving miles to see, and it was so ideal that the Huckleberrytes exchanged glimpses of disap pointment when they saw the pigskin so prominently displayed. Then the shefflet bow his whistle, and the captain of the Midville team advanced to put the ball in play. Baising his foot as if to drive the ball over the heads of the opposing team and into the next township, he made a feint unnoticed by his opponents, and the ball rolled slowly to the feet of Captain Peters of the Huckleberrytes. A mighty roar came from the crowd. Peters, overjoyed at what he considered a golden opportunity to distin- gush himself, grasped the ball and, added by his quickly formed interference, made a dash for the goal. Rapidly closing in, the Mudwilliams opened every inch of the ground. Bud Brinker, added by Ben Phillips, the sturdy center, the heaviest pin on the team, threw himself in the path of the oncoming rush and temporarily stunned the title of victory for his opponents. But Peters, like a whirlwind, dodged from the outstretched arms, circled the struggling, kicking mass and resumed his interrupted run toward the goal. Flushed by the triumph, within his grasp, Captain Peters looked back with a derisive grin on his face. This grin was his undoing. An unexpected tuft of grass caught his foot, and without warning he fell to the ground. The entire pack at his heels piled on top. Such a clanor, Mudville and Huckleberry Center in chorus vented their feelings in yells, catcalls and groans. Some time elapsed before the mass of tangled humanity could straighten itself out. Finally when the bottom of the beap was reached and Captain Petern was revealed what a sight it weal! From his mop of blond hair to the big "H" on his sweater he was covered with deep orange, piquetuated here and there by unnumbered seeds. The wonderful pigskin, now reexposed as a pumpkin painted for the petern, had been smashed into a hundred fragments, and the nearest opponents portions of it on various parts of their anatomy. For a minute it seemed as if a riot were imminent, but finally, when the hammer of the situation made itself felt among the members of the rival teams and the spectators as well, one giant length went up to the blue skies, and from that day to this the game of the rival teams is talked about in the country store, though the Mindville team received their genuine football the next day and won four straight games from the Huckleberryites on the strength of it. A BOUQUET OF VIOLETS. When the good princess fell ill, there was grief throughout the country. But, although the sorrow of many was genuine, there were those, of course, who cared nothing for the princess except for the favors and honors she could grant. So it was that many courtiers sent great bouquets of flowers to the princess' room, but, always attached their cards, whosoon were in scribed their names in big letters. Yet there was one exception. The princess notched that every day there lay on the table, amid the other grand bouquets, a modest little bunch of violets. There was never a card. Day after day the violets came until the princess began to disregard the other fine flowers and to look eagerly for the violets alone. "Here," thought she, "is some one sending a little gift, not in the hope of obtaining reward, but just for love of me." At last the princess regained her health. Perhaps the fresh, dainty violets helped in some measure. In any event, the princess always felt more cheerful whenever she raised them tenderly in her hand and sniffed their fragrance. And the very first day she was free to make inquiry she commanded that the person who each day had left the little bouquet of violets should be brought before her. Shortly afterward there was led before her a poor little girl, who timidly hung her head and was afraid to look at the princess. "You know, you helped my mother when she was sick a year ago, your impurity, so I wanted to send you a little remembrance when you were ill though I wished I could have done more." Gently drawing the little girl to her, the princess kissed the upturned face, "My dear," said she, "I appre- cated your little love token more than any other gift that came to me. Your name came from the heart." Nor was this the end of the little girl's good fortune for the princess made her one of her own maids and gave her every advantage to become a grand lady. The Mandarin The players all draw their chairs into a circle, and one of them commences the game by saying, "My ship has some home from china." Her next door neighbor says, "Isabel, and what has it brought?" The first player replies, "A fan" and begins to fan herself with her right hand, all the other players immediately copying her. The second player then turns to the next with the same remark. When asked what her ship has brought she says, "Two fans" and commences to fan herself with both hands. On hearing that a ship has brought home three fans the players all nod their heads, keeping their hands on the move the whole time, and so on until, by the time seven has been reached, hands, heads, arms legs, feet eyes and mouth are all moving. The fun lies in watching the movements of the other players, who in their turn are convulsed over the absurdity of your own movements. The Mulberry Bush. Joining, hands, and forming a ring, the players all dance round, singing: Here we go round the mothberry, the Here we go to the mulberry bush, the mulberry bush, the mulberry bush, Here we go to the mulberry bush On a fine and frosty morning, Then letting go of hands, they sing: This is the way we wash our clothes, wash our clothes, wash our clothes; This is the way we wash our clothes, on a fine and frosty morning. The actions of ironing, washing, combing, walking, reading and sewing must accompany each verse in the right order. Copundrums What is the difference between a deer feeding from its pursurers and a decrepit witch? One is a hunted stag, the other a stunted bug. When does an ill fitting pair of trousers remind you of two French ports? When they are too loose and too long (Toulouse and Toulon). Why is a situation without work like a good dinner catch by an invalid? Because it is a sign of cure. Why is a fender like Westminster abbey? Because it contains theashes of the grate. Find the Silver Trick. Tell a person who holds a dime in one hand and a cent in the other to teckon four for the silver and three for the copper. Then bid him triple what is in the right hand and double what is in the left and give you the added product. If this is an even hand, ber the silver is in the right hand, if odd it is in the left. Mother's Little Helper. Mother's little helper. When it's a cleaning day. Helps to dust the ornaments And put them all away. Helps to brush The smallest rugs And hang them In the yard. Mother's little helper Works, oh, dreadful hard! - Subscribe to The PLANET. THE LAND OF PUZZLEDOM. No. 2034.—Unstamped Letters. Lots of correspondence never reaches its destination because the senders neglect to put up the necessary stamps. Can you tell in each of the following hold up letters what American city it came from? 1. Don't forget to bring me an automobile that winds up. 2. I want a new bed for Dalkey May, my big doll. 3. Please bring a little rocking horse with long tail. 4. I am a lame boy, who cannot run nor walk, so I am hoping for a wheel chair. 5. I am fond of the two ma has given me, but I do need another doll. 6. Could you manage to leave a goat at my house? Not a butter. 7. Have been too busy to write before, but can tonight. No. 2085—Anagram Cities. (The words in quotation marks spell American cities.) 1. As mother has gone out today We'll go "on in a simple" way. 2. There was a bargain sale of shoes. But I "wanted nothing" I could use. 3. Fried food does not agree with me. So I "broil meat" more frequently. 4. Our motorcars are fine indeed. "Ma races not," but I like speed. 5. "Ten gloves" are all the style this year. But I'm afraid they're rather dear. No. 2086—Enigma. He was an actor-acrobat. Most agile and elastic. Who oftentimes arose from that In characters fantastic. He lost his health. Physicians said He needed change of air. A wise old plumber shook his head— "Tis that which needs repair." He packed up his in trunk and grip To seek the lonely shore. Where he might watch a passing ship And hear the breaker roar. He learned to set them in the bay, Green labbers to baggage. And drove to town on Saturday In one of antique style. But, home returning after dark, He fell extremely flat. When he upset his ancient ark Against a block of that. 4 JVTRY G What well known saying? No. 2088—Acrostic. Look at this verse and con it well; Over and over, its letters tell. Very plainly you here may see Earth's dearest gift to you and me. No. 2069.—Anagrama. Nothing cureth wall frosting. Flet! a rabbit archer. I bourn Honer' s jar of oil. Mum are dull. A Moses Holly quilt. Liver here. Eating gloom. Ban acacias. The able ragged choir fighteth. A high cloth spun fine. My heroine sell pets. Dash on coilly. Out a sinful web. Hissed big frog. If fuel color knew. Slap on hand. Fops fell aim. Lul! that sweet candy shop. Comment of shorn face. Thin as a post. Youth's Companion. No. 2020—Transpositions Transpose letters and change a man to what he would not be; tranquil to a clangor of bells; an aromatic plant to a young animal; concrete mineral matter to promise to pay; heavy hair of animals to what every one has. No. 2091—Four Aunties. An outer chamber this one shows; This next, a date, preceding; This one, from hunters, keen in chase, Across the plain goes speeding. This sets examples in precision Successors may hold in derision. My first is a bird that wears bird in air. And is famed for its beautiful song; My second an article good horsemen wear To hasten their charges along. My whole is a flower of various hues. In grandmother's garden "twas seen. Now, if you are clever, these lines who peruse. My name you will easily glean. Answer.—Lark, spur—larkspur. Key to Puzzledom No. 2075. - Additions: Carnation, blue pink. No. 2076. Letters. Prelixed: Aunu vaunit, gaunt, maunt, daunt, haunt, faunt. No. 2077. Chain Puzzle. Near, area each, chop, equal, alto, tone. No. 2078. Riddle. Measurable. No. 2079. - Pictured. Words: Stock still. No. 2080. - Homonyms: Entrance, desert, subjects, object. No. 2081 - Numerical Enigma: Mediterranean. Words—Err, enamine, tan, end. * No. 2082 - Word Syncopations: B-link- ard, ap-nahy, a-nile, ag-litate, al-ashed, r-nsped. No. 2083. - Word Puzzle: W-rat-h, start, s-canty, h-a-g, a-pin-o, pearly, c-am-p, ever-e. A "Different" Bathroom It was a pleasant surprise recently to find, instead of the conventional blue or green bathroom, a cozy room in yellow and brown. The woodwork was built, and on the door was a rich brown linoleum, covered with a brown and yellow rag carpet rug. The curtains were of ecro acrim and the bath met a pretty yellow. Rescuing Suffering at Dayton. Photo copyright, 1913, by American Press Association. Cables were strung from telegraph and telephone poles to reach persons marooned on housetops or upper floors. The crowd in the foreground had thus been rescued and are waiting to be taken away in carriages or auto. Houses Smashed by Dayton Flood. THE RAILWAYS OF THE WESTERN UNION ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT IN THE WESTERN UNION. THE RAILWAYS OF THE WESTERN UNION ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT IN THE WESTERN UNION. Many houses in Dayton were swept from their foundations to be hurled against other buildings by the water which swept through the streets as if through a millrace. How Ohio Flood Stopped Traffic. The image provided is too blurry to accurately recognize any text. It appears to be a blank or heavily pixelated area with no discernible content. Therefore, no text can be extracted from this image. Photo copyright, 1912, by American Press Association. This shows debris caught against the Pennsylvania railroad bridge at Columbus, O. Ordinarily the surface of the water is sixteen feet below the bridge. A Wonderful Cataract The falls of Igunzu, situated near where Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil meet, form one of the most wonderful cataracts in the world, being greater in extent and more varied in character than the better known falls of Niagara. The first plunge of the Igunzu falls is 210 feet, followed by two others of 100 feet each, while between the two series of falls there are cataracts, and rapids covering a vast expanse and surrounding picturesque islands. The Berry He Who When Bishop Henry of the Methodist Episcopal church was a young preacher he once gave a lecture in a rural community. Wishing to be witty, he announced to his audience that he was a berry and called upon them to state what kind of berry. Nearly every berry known in the right, was guarnished, and the answer refused to share the qualities of any of those named. 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Not a building was left here with its roof intact, and many walls were blown down. HELPFUL WAYS. Kerosene an Excellent Cleaner—Care of Gas Stove. A housekeeper who prides herself on her excellent management gives the following secret of dueting: She always dips her dusters in paraffin oil after washing them and says it is really astonishing to find how much more effective they are. This is only one of the numerous uses to which she puts kerosene. A kerosene soaked rag removes all of the grease from the kitchen sink and leaves it bright and shining. In the same way her stove is kept clean. In speaking of stoves it is worth mentioning here that vaseline is considered an excellent substitute for blackening for the gas range. After work on the range has been finished for the day a rag greased with vaseline should be rubbed over the range inside and out. If this is done while it is still warm, the gas having been burned off, the effect is most satisfactory. Valuable Laundry Hints. Never put things out of hot sunlight through rubber wringers. It injures the rollers. A new stiff brush makes the best sprinkler for dampening clothes--better even than a tin salt sprinkler. Before washing lace curtains tuck a strip of muslin along their outer edges and let it remain until they are dry, and you will thus avoid the usual trouble of sagging. Rubber rollers may be cleaned by rubbing them with a rag dipped in paraffin. The water in which rice has been boiled may be saved and used to stiffen small articles. This is worth noting by the bachelor girl who does her own cooking and also washes her own muslin collars, etc. These muslin collars, she should also remember, must be thoroughly dried before being put away or they will turn limp again. To these may be added many scraps of valuable information for use in the kitchen. To Clean Oilcloth. Oilcloth may be channeled and brightened by washing with clear water in which a little borax has been dissolved. Wipe with channel that has been dipped into milk and wrung as dry as possible, or lukewarm water applied with a scrubbing brush will answer equally well, with a final polish with a woolen cloth wrung out of skim milk. To clean paint provide a plate with some best quality of whiting and have ready some clean warm water and piece of channel, which dip into the water and squeeze nearly dry; then take as much whiting as will adhere to the painted surface, when a little rubbing will instantly remove any, dirt or grease; then wash the part well with clean water, rubbing it dry with a chamois. CANDY KID IS CUTE Marshmallow, Raisins and Almonds Held Together by Toothpicks. Isn't this the cutest little candy kid you ever saw? He's the product of the fertile brain of a Vavar girl, who first made his like for a midnight "spread." The little fellow illustrated and twelve of his kind served recently as favors at a little girl's party. How do you make him? The easiest thing imaginable. Get a goodly supply of strong toothpicks, some large ```markdown ``` THE CANDY KID. at raisins, marshmallows, almonds and figs. Then you are ready for the Frankenstein trick, making a man. It is best to begin on the legs and arms first, and to make the legs stick two of the raisins on two toothpicks and to the ends of each pick place an almond for feet. The arms are made in the same way, except for the hands the almonds are blanched. Now run two marshmallows through a toothpick for the man's body and head—he hasn't any neck. Have ready some melted chocolate, dip an orange stick in the mixture and with it make large blotches for buttons on his coat, and use the same brown mixture for his features, which you see are as grotesque as possible. Now attach arms and legs to the body, and when a fig has been rakishly placed on his head for a bat the little mankin is ready for the party. The Lord and the Scooby The Larder and the Cookery. Butter in best kept in stone jars with stone lids. Bread will keep better in a wooden box than in tin. Some people think the flavor of pumpkin pie much improved by a little quince preserve. Boiled rice covered with grated cheese and baked brown in the oven makes a good luncheon dish. To pop corn successfully first put it in a steamer and shash cold water over it. The kernels will be large and tasty. Yarnish the Genders A good way to make your candles last longer than usual is the following: Hold each candle by the wick and give it a coat of white varnish. Lay them away for a day or two to harden. The varnish prevents the grease from running and preserves the life of the candle many hours. How to Use Bonbon Tones Save all the little tongs that come in boxes of bonbons for hulling strawberries. They perform this task rapidly and neatly without staining the finger tip. If a berry has a defect it can be sliced away with one of the arms. "I want to get rid of some bonds." "Out of my line," replied the lawyer. "But these are matrimonial bonds." replined the caller, putting a different face on the matter — Philadelphia Lodger. eau » A YW 8 | 7 AVA . So ba oO ‘DEFIES THE SIX: GREAT POWERS Monten2gro Throws Down Gaunt: tet to. All Europe, BLOCKABE OF COAST. BEGINS Mancuvering of Austrian Trocps Near the Boundary Considered Unfriendly by Little Kingdom, The ite Jonsdum of Mantenesro bas throat sown the Rauntlet tu the BIA great powers of Europe, She dechnes to yleld ty the demand of the powers to abandon her vat tempts to gain pensesaion of Scutart, and bas afticially announced that “there will be ne departure from an at: Utude whieh conforms to the necesst- tes of the ptate of war existing be tween the alltes and Turkey.” An international fleet, comprising watshipx of Austria Hungary, Maly, France, Germany and Great Britain, “fe now blockading the Montenegrin port of Antivarl. There include four Austrian warships, the Reitish cruls ers Yarmouth, Infleathle and Glouces ter: the German cruiser Rrestau, the Hatlan cruiser Yes and the Frepeh cruiser Edgar Quinet. Russia is not represented by a warship, but has we gutesiet in the naval demonstration, Oo Saterday the [ntivh admiral Rent the follewing inesnage ty he -Monténegfin premier, Dro deme novices: | “TE have the honor to inform you that the tsternational fleet in assem: Died in Montenegrin waters an a pro:! test ag@inst the non-falfliment of the’ wishes of the great powers I deste to call your ercellency’s attention to the presence of the feet ay a provt that the great powers are wcting in concert ant request that thetr wisher be fulMlled without further detay Please inform me immediately that your government 18 ready to carry aut the wikhes of the great powers.” To thin the Montenegrin premier re plied In a note expressing regret at The presence of the feet, which be considered a vlulitton of the neutrai ity proclaimed, by the powers at the beginning of the war, and to the det ment of Montenegro The premler evi Unued: : “Desplte the pressure whieh rs présence of the feet implies, there wi! be no departure from an attitude (Ls conforms to the necessitles of the state of war ealsting between the allies ast Turkey” A brigade of Austrian troops: tress Cattaro han teen menenvering neat the Montenexrin boundary The cute | mary notices has not been given the! Montencerin ‘govarnment, and Aus! tria'’a action is considered unfeyendty/ and menacing es fe Will Not Yield, Saya the King. King Nivbolas, of Montenegro, {1 quoted tn the Tetbpr in Paris as et ing that he has Ivarned with sorrow that the cruiser Edgar Quinet ts rep resenting Prane in the paval demon stration on the Montenesrin coast “Ht tk a bitter tony," said the King, “that the name of the — ilistrlous writer, Eduar Quine, the uphotder af peoples strngaling for independenes and unity, stontd be asaociated with an eaped:ien against the small but vallant Champion of Bathan independ ence. You toy say that despite the meagires of everein taken by Europe against her, Montenegro will yield on ly to violen «Tr cemune tor Europe to add the edientle of srmed force to her tnyustce ct” : Penna. In Line For Direct Senator oe Penneylvania fatned Che ranks o the states ratitiying the propose. amendmen? to the United States con Jstilution providing for the direct elee ten of United States senators, Bei. the More fifth te fallin ne The Jot teoalution ratifying (he proposed amendment, whieh pare the howe ey a vore wh WE to By eral weeks acu, was passed by tte tate Senate te vete of A tom Sey Alor MeNetes, ot Philadelphia, en: Bot vate . The vate of anty one more atate L needed te conplere the ratifiewteun, By threstourths of the mates ne + Bary Co put the amendment into eft The resolntion was called ap Senator Methet, and without. a wes of detate was pnt on final passa Bome senators did not realize wr! was before the senate. When they Jearned that ht wan the question of direct clection of senators they bas fened to, he wre they were record.) for the renelution . Senator Mpteenol of Philadelphia. {ntroduced LPertding for 1+ necessary my br ihe election of United Staten: re. EE provider that senatore shail be elected in the eame manner as the goverror. Th: governor aball have tho right to fill vacancies until the following generut election. . A If the amendment fa ratifed Penn sylvania ie: will choose & Bntte! Bates senator In the fall of 1414 te succeed Senpatur Penrose. 1 Found With Head Crushed; Arrest & With bis head crushed. beyond re A Live Wire Story From. « - Litee Wire. Play awthorne of the U! S. A. "Novelized by Albert Payson Terhune From the Great _ Play of the Same Name by James Bernard Fagan . Every ore should read how a young American saves a tottering European kingdom and wins the hand of a princess. ‘ We Have Secured It For Ghis Paper jeognition and literally pounded tn" the earth, the tody.of aman wa found by Albert Shatto and Fred Gol dy, fishermen, who had neen ou th river near Wijlamsport, Pa. Hearfog xroons, they turned antde from their path and by the Hgnt 0 ener torch made the find. At the morgue the man was {dentified as Jamen Kilgallon, of Wilkes-Barre, Pa. | The crime was committed at a tramp’ campigg, place, half a mile cant of Use oty Tints, and three awn who were In the camp. more asteated by pote whe burried gut by auto. Since then five others have been ar. Texted and are in Jai) awalting a bear: tng. . é There were bloodstains on all of the eight prisoners, and they ull bore marks uf a fight, The decd was com- mitted with a jagged stone, about twelve inches long and four to atx inches thirk and wide, Tho atoné ta covered with blool, and ane of the prisoners hax eut bands which appear to bave been the result of bandling the stone | The men arrested when the body was found gave thelr names ug John Carroll, of Philadelphia; Pat Ryan, of Shenandoah, and Tom Wyan, alias “Boxton Tom," of Harlem, N.Y. Later Wiliam Kelly, of Centralla; Harry Smith, altax James Clork, of Harris- burg: Jim Spencer, of ¢Deatur, Til, aod William Jona, allas Amos Brisbt- DIN, of Shamokin, were arrested American Killed In Duel. Rudolyih Warren, aged. twenty-five years, von of Jere Warren, a wealthy ‘American sugar mill owner, whow Hannibal Mesa, son of the late Tirs Mesa, admits shooting in a duel in Havana, Cubayon Saturday morning, died. aa Mesa, who caught a Ward Miner. from Havana for New York immediately at ter the shooting, may bo arrented «mn bis arrival in New York, although the police have not yet begun to act, ow ing to the Intervention’ of most pow erful influences, It (6 declared. tha: four Cuban copgreramen witnessed the duel as xeconds. Warren had previously had several physical encounters with Meas. They were reputed {o be rivals for. a wo. man’s, affections. As a result Mesn challenged Warrei, which, accarding to the Cuban code, conferred the choice of weapons on Warren. The duet} was al thirty-five paces Warren felt at ‘the first fire. Mess was not ‘harmed. Warren was taken to a hospital, where te made a state: Ment to the folice that he bad. acct: THE Ri OND PLANET, RIC IND, VIRGINIA Gentally shat nituself while handitn a revolver, : | Hasn't Tasted Food In Eight Years. | Frank Foland, who says "he lives “po where In particular.” was plicd fn the Momsburg, Pu, lockup ani fed . He haw an injured neck, and all of hin food must do down through a tute, For elxht years, he declares, no sollds have passed town his throat “" Toland bas a funnel, of tin, anda short plece-ut rabber hove. The hose ig placed tn his throat apd the funnel fnvetted In it. Then soup ts poured down through the funnel and ft passer Into the stomach Hin neck wax caught between two fron stringers while he wan at work as a Steel erectop in Albany, N.Y. eight years ago, and aince that time he has tasted nothing that went fnto bis xtemacn. . Foolish Act Coats Her Five Fingere. Miss Minnie Pears, while visti the hone of an orange grower nev Mobile, Ala, @as asked to Kor he hard ehe could strike acstick of dyu mite with azctron spike, She hit its Bart that every finger on ber le: Lara wae Mew n oft . SUSAN GLEANINGS. On Monday, March 21at, Mr. Ieee Siulth departed thin Ufe at bie home near Vort Haywood. Hs funeral took place Wednenday afternoon at Antioch Church, Rey. A. C. Brown ley oMfetating. “Fle wax a member of the Odd Fellows, which body turned cut at hin funeral. ” Mre. Lula Johneon and Mr. Henry Hawkina xtiit continue on the alck Mat. Tre B. ¥. P. 1. consecration meeting wag largely attended Sunday afternoon’ and a good spiritual moot ink was held. There was also a Xety xweet trio rendored by Mra. M. © Thomas. Mina Annio B. Waite and Mr. Willie Hu Mtoe. 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To the Brotherhood of the Virginia ~Bapust State Convention— ~ Dear Co-workers; There remata- oth yet three months in which to make preparation for the Forty-eixth Annual Session of our Great Convan- tion which Is to moet in the historic city of Hampton, with the Queen St. Baptist Church, Dr. Thomas H. Short pastor, Wednesday after the second Loré’s day in May, and It is hoped that “we will be’ able to report the ‘|Rrextest year’s work of our history | but in order to do this It js necessary {that we begin now an. aggressive jcaropaign, arousing tho people and Jinteresting them for the work of jour ‘Convention, is.a work for the poople by the people. iF First of all I thank the Blessed Jord far my present condition. I have passed through a terrible or- deal." Ho brought me as it were to death's door, but I waited patiently and he has delivered me. from the grave.. Physically I feel practically well. My greatest trouble now is {fom norvousness and this I think Is well under controls The Star. of Hope still hange before me and I feel that the,Lord will spare me to do further service for his Kingdom. The many letters of sympathy that I received from the brethren during my Sfiness and the toterest manifest- ed’ were a source of much consolation and I assure you all, that they were greatly appreciated. | ” * CHANGES. \ I notice that several of our vretn-| ren havo changed fields during this conventional year and I regret that! fsonie of them have left the State, but this need not work any fll to our ‘Convention nor the principle for which {¢ stands for we realise that neither membership nor. tuterest in our Convontion {# Umited to Virginia, but we look with pride, to our breta-, ren, both North and South who de-| Ught in the work that was s0 dear to our Fathers. - | Two epecial features claim our at-! tention. thin year, viz. Foroign Mie- sion and Education. Dr. u. G. Jor- dan, Forelgn Minsion Secretary, 18 continually making appeals for funds to further prosocate the forefgn mis- | sion work. Let there, be no falling oft" tn Interest. Our’ brothers and, rinters across the wators are groping In darkness, ignorance and sin hun- gering and thirsting for the word of life. Let's not forget them. Our Forelxn Mission Boafd bas moved its headquarforg from Louiaville, Ky: to Philadelphia, Pa. and this should not! only Rerve as a convenience to us but | ns an Incentive to grester effort. ‘ EDUCATION. : Our school at Lynchburg is In:t splendid condition. Dr. Wood ts in-} Jeet bringing things to pass. Its, ¢ sreatest need {s more money not to bring the school up, but to keep it abreast with the times. Dr. Wood nan injected in the work the pregress vo idea and this must be Ived up| « ‘0 by the uso of modern convenien- es and {mprovements throughout the ,® ulldings and grounds. I appeal. herefore, to the constituency of the ‘onvention. Let's march on to]. inmpton prepared to meet the aft-{ ation for wo are well able. I «rite unto you fathers because] ‘ou have known from the beginning. | | write unto you young men because ‘© are strong and the word of God vidsth in you, not only so, but rovidentially the Lord has so dis- riduted you that you have become he apecig] reprenentatives of the tate. f = Drake and others at Harrisonburg, lubbard at Bedford City, Wynn at} ,, rew, Austin at Staunton, Bell at} ~ yachburg, Jones at Newport News, tones at Danville, Brown at Peters- urg and others at Roanoke, Char/. || tiervillo and in the best city and cuntry churches fn the state and ur big hearted Graham and Hall ith thelr associates In the North will lay their part as they have always ono. Let the entire brotherhood rally » tho flag. Tho Battle Cry is Tes housand Dollarn ($10,000). Every dividual who gives as much as one ollar will have thelr mame appear our talnutes, ~ Trusting that I shall see you all | Hampton I am as ever, sl Yours for the work, we R. H, BOWLING, President. me ee eee eg as Notice! All representatives to the Grand Lodge, Knights of Py:aias which will meet in Newport News, Va. in June, 1913, will please communicate with District Deputy Grand Chancellor C. G. Davis, 617-27th Bt., Newport News Va. or W. F. Clarkson, 753 Hampton Aventis, Newport News, Va., Chair- man of Home Committee. | Do You Know Them? gee” 7 Renver. Colo., Jan. 34, 1913. To Whom It May Concern, or the Pastor of the Charch: Beer Sir: T am trying to locate s « Vicky Powgligor some of her childres, I wish ye inform them about her son, Dante! Lav w- eM. If you can find an! of Daniel 1.. Powell. in Ri pleace ‘let them commun! me immediately. 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