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Richmond planet., 1886-06-12
THE annual report of the Boarc

The annual report of the Board
of Education of the African M. E.
Church, Bishop ]. P. Campell, D..
D., L. L. D., president. Rev, VIM.
D. Johnson, secretary of Education
Is before us and from it contents we
find that $43, l64.49 has been raised
during the'past year. The whole
is excellently arranged and shows
commendable activity on the part
Of the leaders.
Rev. VIM. D. johnson, seems to
be the right man in the right place.
and the sound endorsement of his
labors from the highest channels
should be source of qualification
to him and prove a stimulant in his
onward march.
Richmond planet., 1886-06-12
IRON CUMBERLAND. MD,

YUM IMDf
What They are Doing An Interest
ing Letter.
CUMBERLAND, Md, June 9TH, sc.
Editor of the PLANET -
Being a constant reader of your
most excellent journal, L hope a
paragraph or two from this city
will be of some interest to your ma
nv readers. Cumberland is situa
ted in the vicinity of the coal fields
of western Maryland & Alleghany
County, and at the terminus OF the
famous Chesapeake and Ohio canal,
ITS miles from Baltimore, and lay
from Pittsburg, Pa. 1t is principal
ly engaged in shipping, also having
iron and steel manufactures. one
large rolling mill, which is owned
and controlled by the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad company, giving
employment to upwards of FIVE hun
dred hands. Works of less dimen
sions employ a large number of col
ored men.
The population since last census
has increas considerably, making
it now in the neighborhood OF a.
900. OF this number there are
about / 500 colored people, more or
less. We have three fine colored
churches whose attendance is quite
large. Excellent schools etc. We
also have q fourishing grocery
store conducted on the CO operative
plan. The PLANET and the Peters
burg Lancet seem to be great
favorites among our colored readers
Many glowing comments have been
passed on the able editor OF the
PLANET for the bold stand he has
taken in defense of the race and
his fellowmen, and also the coward
ly. sneaking attack of the late
anonymous writer, threatening Mr.
Mitchel's lie.
The indications are that the
PLANET will be early sought for by
the colored readers of this city and
/ tru st that those who are not al
ready subscribers will subscribe
for the PLANET at once. 1t should
90 into the homes OF every Negro
in Cumberland. Promising to give
your readers much better letters In
the future, I beg pardon l54 Il his
b ritf e".1at.Yor.
Yours respectfully,
MORE ANON.
Richmond planet., 1886-06-12
people who elected him.


Harmony. unity of action will ac-
complish wonders while dissensions
will throw away the results of the
hard earned victory so manfully
fought for and SO grandly accom-
plished.
In the march of these events
there is no reason why WEI should
not have control of the colOred
almshouse on the ground of the
Democratic statements that they
had no objection to colored men,
managing colored institutions.
Let us have this done to start with.
Let oolored physician attend to
the wants of its inmates, see that
colored men are employed on all
and In other responsible
positions and the glad tidings will
be heralded that at last fairplay
and era of goodfeeling has put in
in the citadel OF Bour-
bonism.
Richmond planet., 1886-06-12
WHAT WILL THEY DOS

ALL hands in this city are gaz'
inc on the newly elected members
to the City Council. What will be
done for our people. To a great
extent that will determine their
actions in future campaigns. NOW
viii be demonstrated whether
liberal democrats are willing 10
recognize the colored brother. Can
they cast aside race prejudice long
noueh 10 heed not the whispers OF
nartisan Bourbons Haunting In the
faces Of weak kneed constituents
the ghost Of Negro supremacy
We hope they can. In the NEAR
time nothing can be successfully &C
compsished without a caucus anc
any man faltering should receive
the withering ourses of an outraged
Richmond planet., 1886-06-12
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Richmond planet., 1886-06-12

WE have received an invitation
to the commencement exercises of
the State Colored Normal School at
Fayet teville, n. c., June 18th. The
annual sermon will be delivered by
Rev, c. B. w. Gordon, the able di
vine of Petersburg. and the annual
address by Hon. is Leary. We
0o@prn tsapL TO Prof. E. E. -oSs2sa1s t,
Richmond planet., 1886-06-12

WE have received "Old Bland
ford Church." the music Of which
was composed by Miss Lucinda
Bragg Of Petersburg. 1t is dedi.
eated to Hon. of John Mercer
Langston. ex-Minister to Hayti,
and is a credit to the capable com
poser. John F. Ellis & CO., Wash.
ingtea, y. O. are the publishers.
Richmond planet., 1886-06-12
PETERSBURGss VOTE. .eJc

: PETERSBURG stands Republican,
but as the smoke of battle clears
away, we are left to gaze upon one
Of the most glaring attempts to
perpetrate a crime ever shown up
in this state. On the night OF the
election, two of the judges refused
to count the ballots or sign the
returns. They retreated from the
polling rooms deserted the ballot
box and thereby neglected and for
sock duty which they had sworn
to perform. What are we to think2
This happens, too, in the heavy
Republican Sixth Ward. In addi'
ton to tins the Bourbon press.
mItnout raitting for the counting
of the vote Of this ws.rrd heralds the
election OF Dobie, the Democratic
nominee for Mayer by over 100 ma
jority. and also the rest Of the tick
ct by substantial majorities. But
this 9Th ward has not been heard
from, the faithless judges cannot be
found, only one remains at hs post
and that is oolDred man, who
sticks by that ballot box under the
guard Of two policemen. Not only |
is that true but he suffers him.
self to be locked up in jail, still
guarding that ballot box and in i
Court swere that the box had not
been out Of his sight since he enter
ed upon his duties as Judge. An.
other instance Of Negro fidelity. |
Where were the white judgess
Why was it that they could notl
stand what this colored man could
Hon. John S. Wise then FASTENED to1
tie scene, and securing manda-
mus forbidding the canvassing oil
the vote and before Judge Hancock
succeeds in getting the court tol
complete the judges OF election who
had been brought into court toI
count the returns, thus achieving
one of the most glorious triumphs
recorded in the palmiest days of
the Republican Party, and electlng
the entire ticket by 265 majority
Mr.. Wise deserves the plaudits OF
the Republican thTong. Thus is
shown the duplicity and corruption
existing in the Democratic camp.
Again they endeavor to rob US of
the only Republican city in the
Stalte, the enly beacon light in the
darkness Of Democracy.
We understand that similar
frauds were perpetrated in Norfolk
and q contest is in progress. May
God speed the day when Right will
be triumphant throughout the land
and Wrong forsake her throne and
wander in desert lands.
Richmond planet., 1886-06-12

The initial issue of the TeGas
Blade Is before us, with w. Edgar
Easton as editor. 1t presents a
Hegs7 and creditable appearance.
II has our best wishes for its future
success. May its platform be
carried out to the letter.
Richmond planet., 1886-06-12

WK h ave received from Prof. B.
T. Washington, principal Ct the
Tuskegee Nor NAL School a pamph
let entitled, "Does 1t to Educate
the Negro"
Richmond planet., 1886-06-12

Rev. j. j. Coles, missionary TO
Africa, was joyously received by
his friends at Mt. Zion Baptist
Church at Red House Charlotte,
Co., Va. The elder gave a lecture
at the church May 2stb- A large
number OF persons were present.
r. c. BaFrette sent report 10 us
Richmond planet., 1886-06-12

The colored people Of this city are be
ginning to wake up to the fact that there
are two newspapers published by their
own race which they ought TO have in
their households. These papers in parti
cnlar are the Richmond, (Va.) PLANET,
and Petersburg, (Va.l LGncd. Both pa
pers are conducted with much ability,
and may look for, and could secure a
large number of subscribers in this city
had they good canvasser in this section.
= Cumberland, Nd, Three States.
The above is gratifying as is also
the endorsement By our spicy little
contemporary. We shsll heed the
advice given, and would add to
th ose who cone TO this office and
among the list ofexchanges enquire,
"Has the "Three States" Gomez"
that they had better enclose their
subscription and secure one Of the
smallest and most spicy papers in
all this land.
Richmond planet., 1886-06-12

0HORTHAND textbook and obstruction
My mail to Easrsr 1t, given by the auth0r
Dof the system for So Most popular and
easy method. Eadorsed by 1000 graduates
and professional stenograpners. Book a.
lone 81. D. L. Scott Browne, % Clinton
Place, New York. N. Y.
, 1886-06-05

1t seems that in certain far-away ter
there are great tracts of desolate desert
lands, where the very hills seem des-
titute of life and beauty, n where the
earth is shriveled from centuries OF ter
rible heat. And in these desert-tracts
grow a curious. mishapen, grotesque and
twisted plant that seems more like u
goblin tree than a real one.
OF all the trees in the world. you would
imagine this to be the most outcast and
worthless-so meager n living does it OBJ
tain from the waste of sand and gravel
in which it grows. And yet this goblin
tree is now being sought after and
utilized in one of the worlds greatest in
dustries-an industry that affects the
daily needs of civilization. Those wise
folks, the botanists, call our goblin tree
by its odd Indian name OF the Yucca"
palm.
This plant of the desert for a long
time was considered valueless. But not
long age it was discovered hat the fiber
of the Yucca could be made into an ex-
ccllent paper. And now one OF the
great English dailies, The London Tele-
grenh, is printed upon paper made from
this goblin tree. Indeed, The Telegraph
has purchased "A large plantation in
Arizona, merely for the purpose OF cult
waiting this tree, and manufacturing
paper from it. SO, you see, the Yucca is
now a newspaper plant.-St. Nicholas.
, 1886-06-05

The best place to study the ear is in a
street car, There is the chance to oh
serve in almost one sweep of the eye UNI
calmly ears, musical and unmusical ears,
and graceful curves and symmetrical
proportions in ears. AS a rule, musi-
clans, having intelligent minds and re-
ined natures, will have the most per-
fectly formed ears. Hence the ear has a
three-fold meaning: 1t is a useful organ,
an object of beauty, and a sign of char
acter. Men and women of very strong
and active passions are apt to have ears
in full blossom the year Troublesome
thing like an old toper's nose. In judy
ing character from the color of the ear,
however, due allowance must be made
for the natural complexion of the per-
son. If the hair is red or auburn and the
face ford, why the ear will naturally be
of the same color. A little observation
and critical discrimination will enable
any one to distinguish between ears of
healthy color and those made red by
the indulgence and excitements of
the appetites and passions Allow
ance must also be made for
very sensitive and blushing people, be-
cause some blush in their ears, as well as
in their faces, and if you We're to judge
of them by the color of their ears at that
moment, you would do them an injustice.
1t is the general color you must be guided
by, and it must always be remembered
that the ears Of some persons have too
much color and others too little. Very
large ears may indicate n ~large-hearted,
generous nature or proclaim a human
donkey.
Small ears, as a rule, belong to people
of feeble minds mot idiotic). foolish or
small and mean in nature, as well as in
mental powers. But in Judging from
the ear, the face and head should be
taken into consideration with it, and
especially should the shape, thickness
and color of the ear be consid red in con-
nection with its size. One thing is Ger
tain, and that is, the well rounded ear is
associated with a love for music, and the
more finely formed the ear, the more re-
fined the nature of the person. and con-
sequently, the more artistical its musical
taste, sense and observation-disclosures
American.
, 1886-06-05

The duke of Braganza, heir to the
Portuguese crown, is related to an I'M
usual number of royal families. He is
nephew of King Humbert of Italy, and
also of the Princess Clotilde, and there
fore cousin of Prince Victor Napoleon.
His grandmother, Maria da Gloria, was
niece of the second wife of Napoleon
Bonaparte. His grandfather, Dom Fer
nando. was cousin Of Queen Victoria;
and thus the young man may claim re-
%lationship to the royal families of Eng
land and Belgium, and all the connec-
tons of the prolific Saxe-C oburg-G otha
tribe. He is, moreover, granddaughter of
Dom Pedro of Brazil, and thus related to
the Neapolitan Bouubons. And now he
is about to marry into the Orleans family.
Foreign Letter.
, 1886-06-05
ON THE w.lre-Aouse GROUNDS.


An Old Custom at the National Capital
An Annual Lesson.
There are just two days in the year
when one may sec true Democracy at
the White House. One is on New Years
Day, when the people of all classes, col
ors and conditions shake hands with the
president, and for an hour or two take
possession of the state parlors with an
air Of ownership that makes them the
proprietors, for the time, of the execu-
tive mansion. The other day is Easter
Monday, when the children own the
White House grounds for the entire day.
1t is n very old custom at the national
capital, and a very pretty picture. But
its social phases have given the picture
character and interest beyond the mere
fun of rolling colored eggs. "Befo' the
YAH" the children were all white, and
pretty nearly all Of the same class. The
change has been somewhat graded.
Now the supreme equality on Easter
Monday takes in the blacklist, the dirti-
est, the raggedest urchin of the back
street or alley. Egg rolling is n curious
leveller, or, perhaps, powerful elevator is
the better expression. 1t lifts this same
urchin up to the condition Of self-respect,
and he feels himself to be Just as good
as anybody else Indeed, he forgets
that he is a black. dirty, or ragged, and
that his front yard for the other 1854 days
is the alley. SO they troop in by the
hundreds to the White House grounds,
all classes, conditions, and colors.
They are Of all ages, from babies
in carts. pushed by nurses, on up through
the years like steps, with big boys and
girls at the top.
They have no use for the policeman
who warns them to keep off the grass"
every other day in the year, and they re-
gard that guardian of the law with lofty
indifference. The grass belongs to them
on Easter Monday. They revel in the
right to run and jump. kick up their
heels, pelt and pound it, and SOW it with
egg shells before his face and eyes. He
dare not demonstrate, and they enjoy his
helplessness. The next day is a great
cleaning up day by the gardeners, who
go about patiently, and, of course, UNI
complainingly, to rake and sweep up the
debris of eggs, paper, and wrecked
luncheons.
Custom has made it the fashion for
parents, friends and visitors to go as
lookers-on, and the president, whoever
he may be, spends much of the time on
Easter Monday looking out of the win
dow, and smiles over the-games of ring
round rosy" and SNAP the whip" Easter
Monday at the white house grounds is an
educator. The children of the rich learn
1t is an annual lesson of possibility to the
ragamuflin, who there sees how small the
world is, after all. and that even he may
have his share if he chooses to become
worthy of it.-Washington Cor. New
York Sun.
, 1886-06-05


If you have a feeling of oppression and
uneasiness a little above the diaphragm,
and just below the right ribs, aggravated
by lying on the right side. look out As
sure as fate, your liver is disordered. Per.
haps not seriously as yet, but-fatal he
patio abcesses are not Hos
letters Stomach Bitters is the precise
remedy to regulate the liver, and prevent
its congestion and inflammation, and to
disperse such minor indicia Of its de
rangcment as yellowness of the skin and
ball of the eye, furred tongue, sour
ness Of the breath. nausea on rising in the
morning, dizzinyss, sick headache and
constipation. By relaxing the bowels
painlessly, it opens d channel of exit for
the superfous bic, checks a tendency to
congestion and engagement of the liver,
at the same time giving a gentle impetus
to its secretive action. and affords relief to
the stomach, which is usually inactive. out
OF order and oppressed with wind when
the bowels are %costive. Use the Bitters
also in fever and aguc, rheumatism and
kidney troubles.
, 1886-06-05

Hearken to the ceaseless demand and
the perpetual prayer of an even unsatis-
fled and an always suffering humanity
How is a book to answer the ceaseless
demand? Self-forgctfulness is of the
essence of enjoyment, and the author
who would confer. pleasure must possess
the art or know the trick of destroying
for the time the readers W personality.
Undoubtedly the easiest way Of doing
this is by the creation of a host OF rival
personalities-hence the number and
popularity of novels. Whenever a novel
ist fails his book is said to flag; that is
the reader suddenly las in skating) ONE
bump down upon his own personality,
and curses the unskillful author. No lack
of characters and continual motion is the
easiest recipe for n novel, which like a
beggar, should always be kept moving
on" Nobody knew this better than
Fielding, whose novels, like most good
ones, are full of Observation-Disclosures
Magazine.
, 1886-06-05
A THOUSAND DOLLAR MOTH,


By No Means Striking in Appearance
The Only One Ever Found.
1t is by no means the most beautiful
or striking in color, for it is painted, as
you may say, in a single color of grayish
brown, though in many, many tints of
that color. Its form is the more wonder
full, for its secondary or hinder wings
reach back into long tails an eighth of
an inch wide and over four inches long,
so that the insect measures about seven
inches from head to tip Of tails, and be-
tween four and five inches across. 1t is
of the general shape of what is known
as IL luna moth, the large, greenish
white-tailed moth; but in the luna the
tails are only two inches long. | do not
think any other moth or butterfly has so
great eccentricity of form. But the
most wonderful thing of all is that it is
the only insect of the kind ever found.
Thirteen years & n son of Professor
Meyer caught it in a barber shop in Rio
J~aneiro, into which it had flown during
the evening. He sent it to his father,
who had been u collector for many years.
When the box containing it was opened.
and the great entomologist dropped his
eyes upon it, he almost tainted with de-
light, and at once was offered 500
for it.
The news of the discovery of it spread
rapidly everywhere among collectors,
and dilligent search has been made ever
since to find another Of its kind, but in
vain. 1t stands alone, perhaps the last
of an almost extinct species, but surely
the only n that rests in air IN entomol-
ogist's pin. This fact that it defies dupli-
cation, together with its kingly form, will
help to remove the shudder that passes
over you as you hear its name, Jehovah,
for by this name the princely insect is
known among scientists-Endamonia Je-
hovah. 1t should be stated, however,
that its happy owner did not intend Civ
ing it this name, but somehow the real
name, Jupiter, was changed into Jehovah
when it was being catalogued, and so it
has remained.
1t is hard to place a value upon this
precious insect, for DIR. Meyer values it
almost as his own life; but / have been
told 81 900 would not induce him to part
with it. We can believe this when we
are told that a kind of beetle found in
the west was sold, for several years at
800 a specimen. Professor Meyers en-
tire collection is valued at $40, DOC. Con-
gr~egationalist.
, 1886-06-05

The PROCESS of Thought TrAnsferenoe.
AS to the process by which thought
Is transferred from on brain to another,
it is impossible at present to determine
The committee on thought transference
observe:
1T is quite open to surmise some sort
of analogy to the familiar phenomena Of
the transmission and reception of vibra-
tory energy. A swinging pendulum sus-
pended from a solid support will throw
into synchronous vibration another pen
dulum attached to the same support, II
the period or oscillation of the two be
the same; the medium of transmission
here being the solid material of the sup
port. One tuning fork or string in unison
with another will communicate its i'm
pulses through the medium of the air.
Glowing particles of a gas. acting
through the luminiferous ether, can
throw into sympathetic vibration cool
molecules of the same substance at a
distance. A permanent magnet brought
into a room will throw any surrounding
iron into a condition similar to its own;
and here the medium of communication
is unknown. Similarly we may conceive,
if we please, with many modern philoso-
pliers, that for every thought there is n
corresponding motion OF the brain, and
that this vibration of molecules OF brain
stuff may be communicated to an inter
vening medium, and 30 pass under GER
tain circumstances from n brain to
another, with a corresponding stimuli
taneity of impressions no more than in
, 1886-06-05
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