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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-09
A PECULIAR PROPOSITION.

anu puzzled to know how that we
can raise $l5 600 for the University or
College and cannot raise $l4 600 for the
Seminary. z ease inform me who can.
If we can raise the SIS 600 why not i'm
mediately raise the $4,000 and be our
own masters 1t is useless to attempt
to overthrow Holy Writ. The borrow
er is servant to the lender, although
the lOaner may not consider himself to
be mas ter. The mortgage of the Semi
nary is colOred man. What is gain
ed by changing it to white persons?
Do you dislike to be servant to a per-
son of color, some say an AfrO-Ameri-
canP By the way, / understand an
Afro-American to be an American citi-
zen, born In Africa, as English-Ameri-
can, ScOtch-American, Irish American
ETC., American citizens born respec-
lively in England, Scotland, ireland or
Germany.
If we must have a University. isn't
better for our Capitalists, our Rocken-
fellers 60 form a corporation and es-
tablish such, and maintain it. without
imposing a heavy financial burden IN
on said Baptists? / think, and / think
soberly, it will be more to our credit
and honor. to show our aptness for
keeping house, managing, controlling
educational, financial and religious
business by cancelling the Seminary
debt, without borrowing, complete the
Seminary, thoroughly equipped, and
put it in attractive, running order, and
thus show what cOlOred Baptists can do
although they receive no State annui-
ties
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-09
Fine Sherry Wine

You can buy gallon of fine Sher-
ry Wine for.-..-.......................
fine Old Rye Whiskey, per gall
Fine Old Medford Rum. years
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-09
THE BAPTIST HAVE DONE WELL.

1t is reported that some colored
Methodist institution of learning have
succeeded because they received help
from the states in which they are loca-
ted. In the absence of such HELM /
think the colored Baptists have done
we'll, and can do better if much that is
envious be laid aside. Borrowing mon
ey to relieve the Seminary of a finan-
cial burden reminds me of man rid
ing home from mill with two bags of
meal on his horse with himself He
sympathized with the horse. He said
that the two bags laying directly on
the horse was too heavy for. the horse.
He put one bag on his shoulder. and
rode home with he other bag laying on
the horses back. How much was the
horse relieved of the weight of the
meal2 How much wi we be relieved
of the financial burden by raising
; goo for the University, and borrow
ing $l4.O00 for the Seminary
A SEMINARTAN.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-09
Mountain Rolled Butter.

Finest Mountain Rolled Butter.
This kind OF Butter is scarce.
1t is fresh and sweet, per pound
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-09

Published every Saturday by John Mitchell,
Jr-, proprietor. at Sl4 +. Broad St, Richmond,
PHONE o35.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-09
OLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP co.

General Offices: Planters Bank Building.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-27

A we'll known French writer on naval
affairs says that the 'Ammen RAM"
the Katahdin, Is a vessel that is ure
to command more than usual interest
among those who have to take thought
for the fighting ships of the future,
because she is protected from gun-fire
in a manner which is almost perfect.
This vessel. which is now lying at
the Brooklyn Navy Yard, has been
visited by many foreign naval ex-
perts as well as by non-combatants,
who go to see her O of mere curios-
ity. The upper part of her hull, the
deck, is convey in form, and when
sch is at sea, with her green color. she
will remind II of an immense whale
with a smokepipe ~prOtruding from its
back. The French writer alluded to
says that a ship of form and construc-
ton analogous to the Katahdin would
possess, at an equal speed. many and
great advantages over the armored
battle-ship of to-day, hampered with
it's enormous superstructures; Ii
could not only inflict the most serious
injuries upon her enemy with her
great ram bow, but she could get suf-
ticently near to a hostile vessel to
launch her torpedoes without danger
from the enemy's artillery. In trials
she has shown that when under way
her hull is so protected by the wave
as to be practically invulnerable; shell
might ricochet on her deck, but, ex-
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-27

I think you are mistaken. l always
believed that you and Nell"
EN-, EN-" he cried, 'do you think
me so base. Can you fancy"
"Hush!" l said. And just her Deb
and Jack came up and we Strolled
home.
All through the night l lay awake.
In the morning came Nell's letter.
"Oh. darling En-" she wrote, Il an
so terribly unhappy! i cannot keep it
to myself any longer! / am a failure,
Em!-a failure. And l did so hope for
success! oh, l do not mean that ! can
not earn my living. l still hope to do
that. butt see it at last, quite plainly
1 shall never. never rise above medi.
ocrity, never make a name, never be
more than a hack writer, ~scramblinS
for my bread and butter and thankful
if l can make it. And | had such
dreams, EN-, such plans, such ambi-
tons! thought myself clever! Clever!
l am a fool! l gave up-well! Never
mind! 1t is a relief to tell you, dear"
There was more, but when l had
read so far my mind was made up. l
had money in the bank-enough-that
mother had left me. and | went to
Morris and told him that | wanted him
to take me to New York. ! said l
gathered from Nell's letter that she
was not feeling well, and | wanted to
bring her home for awhile to rest. l
spoke with quiet ~frankness. as Il sister
might. He looked at me strangely.
We started the next night.
1t was early on a Sultry September
morning that we reached New York.
l can still see the unsWept, half-de-
serted streets and smell the odor of
stale vegetables which greeted us. Nor
ris took me to breakfast somewhere-I
forget where-and then we rode in q
cable car for what seemed to me an
interminable distance. AT last we
reached the "Windermere," a tall,
dingy apartment house, nea the river,
1 remember l walked through a dingy
hall to a more dingy elevator and were
guided On the fifth floor through pas
sages dingier still, to Nelfs door! l
trembled and pushed Morris III front
of me. Come in. cried her dear
voice, and-there she stood! Thinner,
paler, a little careworn, but, it seemed
to me, more beautiful than ever! She
did not see me, and M~orris-forgot me!
"Nell!' he cried, and opened wide
his arms.
"Morris!" she answered, and, like G
tired child, crept close to MIN.
And so it ended as Yes, as l hoped
it would end.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-27
MEXICAN CIGAR WRAPPERS.

Use in This Country Not Yet In
creased by thc Cuban EevUIu
ton.
There is a growing idea among
smokers that. owing to the troubles
in Cuba, there will be a scarcity Of
Cuban leaf tobacco, which will soon
affect 10Th the quality and quantity
of domestic clear Havana cigars, and
a rumor is prevalent that already
many of the so-called clear Havanas
are covered with Mexican tobacco,
and that it can not be detected by
experts. The best informed persons
in the trade deny this rumor, and
state that most of the large American
firms have enough Cuban tobacco to
last them for a year or more, and
that there is little or no tobacco in
Mexico suitable for the fastidious
smoker. They say also that Mexican
tobacco is detected easily at sight,
and while it may be possible in future
years to produce a tobacco for wrap
pers which will compete with the Gu
ban article, it will be a long time com-
ing. as mp to date no effort has been
m:de by the Mexican growers to cater
to this market. The Mexican leaf Is
thicker and dulled in appearance. with
the rich gloss Of the Cuban yari-
ETY. so attractive to American smok-
erS. What is still more to the point,
it rapidly deteriorates in appearance
after being worked up into cigars.
Still another reason is that all The
available Mexican wrappers worth
anything are called for by the MeXic-
an trade. one firm OF which is sail
to be under contract with English
men for 100000 cigars every two
weeks.
The government statistics also give
an Important hint in this matter. The
total export of filler tobacco FROM
Mexico for 1893 was only 4S,451
pounds, of a value of 81 1855; in 1894,
A, 1O1 pounds, valued at 81 ,125, and
in 1895, 57,4SO pounds, valued at S13,-
507; while the total amount of wrap
per tobacco for 1895 was but 10
pounds valued at 81. This country
imported from Cuba in 1893. 81 .604.-
S91 pounds, valued at $S.94O,O oS; in
1894, some 14,57S,OOO pounds, valued
at $5.S2S, 964, and in 1895 some DO
Az 900 pounds, valued at S7.233,474.
The total amount of imported wrap
per tobacco from Cuba paying duty
into the United States Treasury dur
ing 1895 was 2S,1 1873 pounds. valued
at $3S,32O. These are the facts in the
matter. and as soon as Mexican tobac-
co begins to come in for use on do
nestle made clear Havana cigars its
arrival will be shown in the weekly
tables of imports published in trade
and shipping organs. What is very
likely is that the consumer of Havana
cigars will soon have to face a darker
tobacco on his cigars than he has been
wishing for lately.-New York Sun.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-27
Drilling Holes i'm Iron Plates with
Rifle Balls.

A novel method of %perforating iron
plates is reported from Salt Lake City.
The city is being supplied with electric
ity for lighting and power generated
fourteen miles away in the Big Cotton
wood Canyon. 1t was found necessary
for the purpose of pipe connections, to
cut four forty-eight-inch openings in
the seven-foot ~penstock, the plates of
which We're half an inch thick. The
workmen began to cut with cape CHS
els, but the progress made vas too eX-
asperatingly slow for the engineer of
the works, r. NJ. Jones, who is known
throughout the West as the cowboy
engineer" Mr.. Jones took up his rifle,
and using steel bullets cased with cop
per. shot a line of holes through the
plates from a distance of about thirty
feet. The intervening edges were
afterwards easily cut out, and in q
very short time the job was finished,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-27
Jakey's Aunt.

'Hi there, Jake! Wot yer dreamin'
fur in broad daylight" called a jeer-
voice, and a handful of mud spattered
against his face.
This was not an unusual attention in
the alley, where mud was easily found
in the vicinity of cutters and there
We're times when Jakey would have
accepted it with unconcern, but nov
he said, sullenly: "Lemme lone, can't
yer?'
"S'posin' l don't? Wot yer goin' ter
do bout ity' questioned the tormen-
tor. Wouldn't knock me down, would
yer? Oh, I'm afraid. See me trim
bic" He swayed with knees shifting
each other as in terror. A laugh went
up from some boys playing at jack
stones with pebbles. "Oh, me! oh, me!
I'm afeared of baby Jake"
The veins stood out on Jakey's fore
head. his hands clenched. He sprang
down the steps and planted his head
In the stomach of the offender. Both
boys fell together, but Jakey was up
first and off down the alley followed
by applause of spectators and threats
of the enraged bully, who raced after.
His bare feet carried him swiftly
around the corner. where he lodged
into a sheltering doorway to watch his
larger pursuer pant by. Tommy Ma
gee had vowed to wipe the street.
with him, and would fulfill that vow
We're the object of it again within his
, reach.
"Ill light out. No use Twin here
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-27

hull, so much to engines of propulsion
and the remainder to cargo. For Il
given speed the weight of the engines
for ships of the same size will be much
the same. The builder, therefore, must
choose between assigning weight to
hull or giving it to cargo. A very
strong hull means reduced carrying
capacity, a great carrying capacity
means a hull of the lightest possible
construction. To these elementary con-
ditions is due the difference between
a ship of war and a merchant ship;
the merchant ship must necessarily be
constructed to carry the greatest
weight of cargo possible, consistent
with n hull strong enough for navlga-
ton and with propulsion sufficient fer
the speed required in its business.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-27
With the TheOsOphfsts.

"Hello, said Mahatma, as he met the
Elemental in the Astral, what are
you up to to-day?"
"Oh, just knocking around" replied
the Elemental.
"How's things in Thibet?'
"Wcll, we're having just the same
kind of n spring we had 5000 years
ago, wet and backward. So long
Cleveland Plain Dealer,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-27
Hair and Patriotism.

"Have you got anything that's good
fur TO keep the hair from fallin' out?"
inquired the customer from the other
end of the township.
We've got HiggintOp's Brazilian
Hair R~estorer," replied the druggists
clerk.
'Hain't We got any United States
Hair R~estorer?'
There isn't any in the market"
"Well. l amt a burned Brazilian
rejoined the customer, turning away in
disgust.-Chicago Tribune.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-27
Dangers of Cycling in Hot

of Cycling in Hot Weather.
The world is largely composed of W
classes of people-those who don't
know how to take care Of themselves,
and those who, possessing h a knowl-
edge, have not sufficient self-control to
utilize it. For such as these \particu-
LARRY, and for the public generally, DIR.
]. +. Whitmyer gives some valuable
hints as to bicycling in very hot wealth
er. The habit os stopping by the way
side and Immediately indulging in Il
drink of iced water, cold beer, lemon
ade or any other drink is to be con-
demned and carefully avoided. The
~cyclist should sit down and get thor
oughly cooled off before drinking any
| thing that is cold. The practice of
avoiding intense thirst by chewing
gum may be INDUCED in safety if. the
pure and old-fashioned spruce gum is
used, but the chewing of the modern
gums" im%pregnated with all sorts IF
! powerful ~tavoring substances, may
prove actually more injurious to the
! stomach than the sudden shock in
| ficted on it by ice-cold drinks. People
need to be very sure they are abso-
lutely free from any sort of heart
trouble before they ride uphill, and
/ even then. if they are prudent. they
will not do it. The wise bicyclist never
| rides up hill. Riding up hill is always
a dangerous thing, but particularly so
in warm weather. 1t causes the heart
to overact at a furious rate. and this
overaction. when continued for any
lonrtb Of tin,a mpSt nunnt1a1v c1Ocn
an enlargement or dilation of the or
gan, with such. symptoms as shortness
of breath, rapid and feeble heart action
and loss of flesh and strength. The
bicyclist who is not consumed with
vanity dismounts at the foot of the
hill and wheels his machine to the
summit. Another most serious danger
to the health of the wheelman is in
riding Immediately after a meal. The
wheel should never be mounted until
the process Of digestion is we'll under
way-say. from an hOur and a half to
two hours. Long rides should never be
taken without proper training. Many
young people, who cannot stand the
prolonged strain of a century run
do themselves an injury which may
not be recovered in weeks by attempt
ing to do so. Another danger to cyclists
is sunstroke. In taking long rides in
the country it is best to ride before
noon and after 4 o'clock in the after
noon. When seized with a feeling Of
exhaustion, fatigue, headache, of faint
ness the rider should dismount at once
and lie down in a cool and shady place.
Riders who are subject to such seiz-
ures should carry a small quantity of
aromatic spirits of ammonia. A tea
spoonful in a little cold water will do
wonders. The run" however, should
be discontinued at once.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-27

Readers will please take notice that
Bacillus Al, SO called by its discoverer,
Prof. Conn, il a mild, beneiicent organ
ism. calculated to improve the flavor
of butter and cream. Great caution
should be exercised not to confound
him with Bacillus 16 to l which is war
ranted to spoil anything and every
thing.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-27

Rhodes and Jamieson's little Trans
vaal speculation has resulted in con
siderable profit to the Beers. They get
half a million in fines out of the agita-
tors, besides a claim for damages
against the British South African pos.
sessions and unlimited prestige.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-27
A QUESTION OF SHIPS.
A Floating Vessel Weighs the Same
as the Water 1t D~isplaces.

The fundamental principle of navi-
CATION. and therefore the controlling
elementary law of maratime strategy,
is the physical law of displacement
that a floating vessel invariably weighs
neither more nor less than the quantity
of water which its immersed part dis
places. 1t is 4 consequence Of this
that the weight of a ship of given size
is constant. Within certain limits a
builder may distribute the weight as
he pleases. He may assign SO much to
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-27

Much is said of the bicycle as a dis
turbing element in business. One state
ment is that 1900 tailors are out Of
employment in New York because the
vast army of wheelmen have ceased to
wear fine clothes on Sunday. On the
other hand, the profits of the rubber
men last year We're over $3,OOO,OOO.
There are always two sides to a bust
ness revolution.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-27

Bernard Krammer is under arrest at
Alpena, Mich, charged with maintain
ing a lottery in disposing of custom
made suits. He gets a club of sixty
persons each to deposit 81 a week.
The first two whose names are drawn
get their suits for 81, the two who
draw out the next week pay but So,
and so Oh. The unfortunate ones who
are not lucky enough TO have their
numbers come cut until the end put
up $50 for their new suits.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-27

All over Eastern Asia is consumed a
drink known as "arrack." The best of
it is distilled from the uneXpanded
flowers of certain varieties of palm. A
vile kind of arrack is made from i'm
pure molasses that is left over as re-
fuse in the manufacture of raw sugar.
1t makes the drinker crazy, and under
the influence of it whole parties of
Malays sometimes run amuck' to-
gether, the sport only concluding with
the death of all participants, as well
as the destruction of numbers of inno-
cen people.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-27

An old resident of East Tennessee
tells of a tornado in 1927 which picked
,ao<u he'd and -dannSited the wafer.
rocks and fish IN a hill half a mile
away. No n who has been through
a tornado ever doubts Il tornado story.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-27

The Unspeakable Turk now sets up
the claim that children of American
parents, if born in Turkey, are Turk
ish subjects. He will have to get that
notion out of his head if it takes sew
eral more American war ships in Turk,
iSh waters to do it.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-27

President Kruger's remark that Cecil
Rhodes is acting as though he were
egging on a dog fight fits the case ex-
actly. Rhodes has never done more
than to say sic 'em" while he looked
on to see how far his selfish scheme
would carry itself.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-27

1t is stated that since trees have
been extensively planted in Southern
California the rainfall of the region
has become much more uniform and
favorable to agriculture. But there are
other parts of the state in which the
saw mills are wiping out the forests
and planting the desert In the midst of
natures bounties.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-27

In Paris than in London, for, on the
other side of the channel you have the
civil and religious marriage, and you
two costumes.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-27

Delay is not always detrimental to
the interests of justice. Gen. Baratieri,
who commanded the Italians during
the recent disastrous battle in Abys-
sihia, has been acquitted of blame by
a court martial. Had the general been
tried Immediately after the fight he
would probably have been shot, as all
Italy seemed to be clamoring for his
life.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-27

Those who object to tea leaves for
sweeping carpets a use freshly-cut
grass instead. 1t answers the same
purpose for preventing dust, and gives
the carpet a fresh, bright look.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-27

"But what has become of Jack, your
little white dog"
This is Jack. AS l am in deep mourn
ing, | had Him colored black. It's
more in keeping."-Le Journal Anus
ant,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-27

Aubrey Beardsley is reported as able
to sit up in bed and make pictures. 1t
would be inhuman to express regret at
his recovery, but a long suffering pub
lie can scarcely repress a pang at the
thought of the awful possibilities Of
cOnvalescence.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-27
SwirdlCI.

"See here!' protested the irate Gus
toner, you can't swipdle me-. You
were to deliver ice for 500 a week to
make a wet spot eight inches in diam
eter upon the back stoop. This spot
is q fiat five inches. detroit Tribune.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-27

The records of the parish council Of
Inhberron, Worcestershire, England,
are preserved since 1867. They kept
their own poor, taxed and rated them.
selves and enjoyed self-government.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-27

A bouncing boy was born May 20 to
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph La1esh of South
bridge, Mass. The child when born,
was "a inches long, had S-inch arms
and weighed u pounds.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-27

Philadelphia has appropriated S15,-
600 to celebrate the Fourth of July.
The big village is evidently in for fun
this year.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-27

There are some who fear that Cuba
is not fitted for a republican form of
government. The spirit the islanders
show in fighting for their independ-
ence unaided is sufficient proof that
they are made of manly stuff and will
appreciate the liberty for which they
are sacrificing their property and offer
ing their lives.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-27

One hundred Chicago women swept
q street in that city the other day,
after a vain attempt to persuade the
authorities to do something.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-27

The moment the hull Is unnecessar-
lily strengthened the ship will cease to
be able to compete as a cruiser with
other ships of the same size and speed,
which, having lighter. hulls, carry
more cargo. 4. ship built with a hull
specially strengthened In order to with
stand the various shocks of battle can
not in peaceful trade pay as a COM
mercial enterprise. and the merchant
ship, with its hull lightened down to
the margin of safety, can never be ex-
posed to the same rough treatment for
which the man-Of-war, with its spe-
cially strengthened framework, is pre-
pared.-National Review.