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RattIesnAse Prices.

Rattlesnales, live ones, are surpris-
ingly cheap. For 81 you can purchase a
fellow that will begin buzzing like q
peanut vender's steam whistle as soon as
he sees you and keep it up as long as
you remain in sight, while his slender
black tongue darts in and out like a
sewing machine needle. For SIT you
can buy a six footer whose bite would
seem a reasonable excuse for drinking a
whole keg of whisky at sitting. The
astonishing feature Of the rattlesnake
trade, however, is that the snakes are
cheaper dead than alive A prepared
skin the size of the $17 live RATHER
may be purchased for So, although there
is enough of it to make two o. three
pocketbooks of the kind that cell for $25
apiece New York Sun.
TkE ELECTRlC SUCKER
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THG ELECTRIC SUCKER.
A Germans Account OK q wonderful Fish
Found In the Nile.

Found In the Nile.
In an article in Ueber Land und
Nicer on Electrical Phenomena In the
Animal World, F." Dr. Frolich tells about
a sucker first found in the Nile and its
tributaries by modern scientific men in
1881, but well known to the ancient
Egyptians as the sucker thunderer
god, being worshiped as such in a
sucker god temple in the city of the
thunder sucker, or Oryrrhynohos The
reason they called it the thunder suck
er, instead of the thunder fish,, 3" was
because they knew Of another fish,
known to the English speaking people
as the electric cat (fish), to the Germans
as the zitterwels, or the shad that
makes one tremble. 1t grows to length
of about foot, Of which the head and
nose take up a quarter, and at the deep
est part measures more than quarter
of its length.
just why the modern scientific men
did not know Of this fish before is a
question layman finds 1t hard to an
swer except that the sucker is a bottomy
fish. The old Egyptians probably learned
of the animal after Nile food, when
some philosopher was meditating over
a mud puddle left by the receding wa
ter. He saw funny fish struggling in
the water, and, out of a desire for
knowledge, reached for the fish and
touched it. If there were any disciples
of the philosopher hard by, they proba-
bly, saw the philosopher act surprising.
! ly-as the stoic Indian did when he got
hold of a galvanic battery. Thereafter
the fish was worshiped, having a name
which associated it with the thunder
god Of the skies, - although the ancients
knew nothing Of electricity according t.
the learned Of today.
A peculiar thing about the various
electrical fish is that should one swim,
even at a considerable distance from 9
human bather, the bather would know
of its proximity by an electrical sen
station, while many OF them have bat
teries actually fit to kill horse on con
tact These fish are far ahead of the hu
man beings in the matter Of weapons
''for they stun their prey at great dis
] tance in the water. /"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-23
A New Firm.
ELIzAnErn. n. ].

ELIZ ABETH. n. j.
A New Firm starts out for grocery
business at No. 1t77 Elizabeth Avenue
There you will find Fowlks, Monroe &
Co doing cash grocer business.
The firm was organized Feb. >, 1896,
business planted and store opened for
business May 8, 1896. Now. good peo-
pie build up your race. Now is your
chance, don't be foolish and let your
own fall
OJOcK nOiuerS anu OTliCerS OF h0SelIe,
as follows: w. b. Monroe, President
and recording secretary Jesse Eatmsn
vice president aud treasurer; Joseph
w. Fowlks, secretary and business
manager
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Lynohed.

NASHVILLE, TENN, April 3.-Te'e-
gram from Topelo, Miss, sixty miles
southeast of Memphis, says that this
morning at 2o'clock Negro Is years
old was taken from the jail by mob
and lynched in front of the court
house The mob went to the sheriff
home, overpowered him with shot
guns and marched him to the Jail and
forced the key from him. The men
were masked aud their identity is un-
known. The prisoner attempted to
rape n prominent white lady at Plan
tersville about two weeks ago
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-23

A lawyer of Biddeford, Ne, is afflict-
ed with peculiar mania for collecting
lamps Of all sorts. His house is filed
with every kind of a lantern he has
been able to buy, including IA full line
of bicycle lamps. He visits Boston fire.
quently and always brings back with
him new lot of lamps. His craze costs
him good deal of money, and he de-
clares that he is aware Of the folly of it,
but is entirely unable to resist it
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FIRST BAPr. CHURoH-Collegs (t3th J
Street. between Broad and Marshall.
-Sunday-schOol, $3.50 a. m. preach
ing-summer months excepted-11 80
q. m, $3.50 and p. m. Communion.
the second Sunday in each month
0usiness-meetings, LIST and 8rd Mon
day nights in each month; prayer
meeting every Wednesday evening at
8 O'Clock; choir practice every Fri
day eyenisg at 8 o'clock. Christian
Endeavor meeting, Tuesday at $500
M, and Wednesday at $3.50 D. m.
J. III. HOLMES. Pastor.
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To the Public

The place for the rich and the poor,
Federal Street Market, is where pur-
small amount of money and spend it
in such a way as TO have a big dinner,
and then have cake and cream. Why,
don't you know he has opened an Ice
Cream Saloon, and dispensed with the
wines and liquors2 You can take your
wife Or best girl there anu sit and chat
with ease and comfort. 1t is so quiet
and nice in there now, and he is so po-
lite and courteous. Come, will show
you the place.
ANDREW AARoNsoN, GIT,
LIST and Federal SITS
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w. S SELDEN,
Funeral Director
l50S +. Broad st.
RFstDENcE ANn WApr Roo,

15OS T.. Broad st.
RESIDENCE AND WARE Rooms:
1908 E. Leigh ST., Richmond. Va.
Long experience and new methods
thoroughly understood, ensure salts
faction. Having made new and extern
sive improvements in all of the branch
es of the undertaking business, 1 re-
spectfully thank the public for their
past patronage and ask the contin-
uance of the same. All orders prompt
ly filled. Country orders solicited.
We, the undersigned gladly recon-
mend w. s. SELDEN to the public
generally as a worthy and faithful un-
dertaker, Revs Daniel James, Archer
Ferguson and Mr.. John Heney, No
1000 Graham and Marshall st Fulton
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A great tali1er had enscOnced himself
In the, study Of Laplace, the great
mathematician, who went on with his
work. After while the visitor remark
ed;
lyon are busy, NJ lie Marquis. Per
haps / disturb your
Not in the least Pray go on; am
not listening "-Familienblatt
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In all the Southeastern States
consisting of Delaware, Dis
trict of Columbia, Maryland,
Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Flor
ida and Alabama, there are but
eighteen other weekly papers
credited with SO large an issue
as is accorded the Planet pub
lished at Richmond Va and
the publishers of the American
Newspaper Directory will
guarantee the accuracy of the
circulation rating accorded to
this paper by a reward of One
Hundred Dollars, payable to
the first person who successful
ly assails it.
George P. Rowell's Newspaper Di-
rectory.
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Subscri be for the Planet

First, YOU TRY every store in town,
and you probably may save enough to
make il worth your trouble; you cannot
call Then send your child who will
receive as much attention as you will /;
our goods are all one price and the best
nj the lowest nricaS
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NOTICE,
To the Public :

To the Public =
/ have removed my law
ONCE from sixth street TO No. 8l2 r.
Broad St., between Sth and eth SITS.
under the Planet Office where shall
be glad to meet my many friends and
thousands of clients. who have hereto
fore favored me with their patronage.
Hoping to continuein their confidence
as heretofore,
Respectfully,
GILES B. JACKSON.
Correspondence strictly conf
deutial.
Phone. S42. 8m44-oe.
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Federal Street Market.
ANDREW AARONSON, ACT.
Corner LIST & Federal SITS.
Richmond. Va.

WE DO NOT PRETEND ANYTHING,
We KNOW how 10 SAVE MONEY
for you and WE DO 1T. We handle
nothing but the best goods and sell
them as cheap as the cheapest.
Read few of our specialties:
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ST. FRANCIS HOME
and FOUNDING ASYLUM
JACKSON STREET.

Near First. Richmond. Va.
This Institution in charge of the Sis
ters of st. Francis, receives, cares for
and educates neglected infants and
children. Orphans and others whose
parents are not able to provide for
them. The best possible care is given
to these infants and children in hous-
ing, food, clothing, med ical attention
and schooling. Steps are also being
taken to provide a home for these chill
dren for the Summer.
For Admission application should be
made in
Richmond, Jackson ST.,
Near First.
Norfolk, 118 Brewer ST.,
Sisters of st. Francis.
Lynchburg, Miss Lille Reade,
m9 40 Fifth Ave.
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W A n TED-1O intelligent colored
III men to fill responsible positions !;
good salary to right parties with
opportunities for promotion. Address
in own hand writing,
UNITED MIG. PUBLISHING Co.,
Richmond, Va.
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It had been evident for some time
that Col. Dupont would not be seated
as SenaC from Delaware. The com
Dined democratic aud populist vote
makes "A majority OF 1 in che Senate,
and that WAS the margin upon which
Col Dupont was kept out OF the seat 20
which he was enJItied. If the popu-
lists had voted against Col. Dupont on
conviction, there would be mo kick
coming TO the republicans, but they
didn't
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LIFE POSITION.

Mr. Cleveland has rewarded Com
missioner Lochren for carry ing out his
pension policy oy giving him life job
as u. ). Judge for the District of MIN
nesota. Dominick L. Murphy, OF Pa f.,
now First ID, putty, has been nominated
GO succeed LOcnren as Commissioner,
and y. L. /. Dana. now chief If d.
vision in the Office, to succeed Murphy
There Will be no Change in the Cleyc-
Land Pension policy-until after the
4Lh of next Mnrch
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RICH. HAPPY AND SUCCESSFUL,
PLEASE READ THE roLLowING

Brook yh, Aug. is, iSo1-This is to certify that
came to New York from Albany. WAS a
Stranger IN strange city, out of work and ON I
OF money l had no luck in anything under
TOOK; What TO do did not know. Afriend ad-
Vi so me 70 go and see Dr. Shea. 1 did He
ana treated me as a brother. Through him
got good position that very week had been
10 others they took my money and did me no
good l bless the day first met Dr. shea. I
would advise all in bad luck, sick or in trouble
TO go 70 him at once. Sincerelv
Albert Ayers 2Q97 Atlantic -
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-01-02
AN EDITORS NIGHTMARE.
He Was Fifteen Years In SURPRISING an
Insistent Contributor.

He Was Fifteen Years In suppressing an
Insistent Contributor.
The former editor of The Scotsman,
when he retired to enjoy his we'll earn
ed leisure, gave Alexander Russell this
advice, 1.-The conduct Of daily paper, !"
he said, els always very serious thing
full of dangers and difficulties, but in
addition to it's usual anxieties you, my
friend, will every night have to keep
the most vigilant watch lest that man
Hill Burton should contrlve to insert
his theory about Scotch cheeses into
your columns.
It is not necessary to partlcuIarlze
what it was; it will suffice to say that
this theory-based upon the exposure OF
Scotch cheeses in front of the shops, and
the treatment to which they were con-
sequently exposed-was not compll-
menta1y Or likely to recommend them
to the purchaser.
ebay and night" said Russell, flor
Is years, I never forgot my predeces-
sor's warning. A hundred times that
theory endeavored to gain Abundance
into my columns, and by most unlocked
for channels; sometimes it lurked con-
cealed in an article about the Crlmean
war, sometimes in one of the divorce
cases, sometimes in one on the division
of the Free church in Scotland, or even
in the disruption itself; but it was al
ways detected and struck out.
cit was a duel to the death. for l
knew that Hill Burton would never re-
lax his efforts to get his views upon
Scotch cheese into print while there was
breath in his body. On the morning OF
the last day of the fifteenth year he ran
into my Office waving a paper in his
hand and crying out, It's in, it's in!
"'What, cried I, mot in The Scots
man surely?'
"'No, said he, lin Chambers '1nfor-
nation For the People. -
"My relief Of mind is not to be de-
scribed. Pearson s Weekly.
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WOULD BE A SENATOR
POLITICAL AMBITION OF CHARLES j..
BONAPARTE OF BALTIMORE.

A Granddaughter of the First Consul Is q
Candidate For Senator Charles II. Glib
sons PIace-Romantic History of the
Maryland Bonapartes.
The Napoleonic revival would indeed
be complete should Bonaparte be sent
TO the United States senate. There is a
prospect that this very thing may hap
pen, for Charles Joseph Bonaparte OF
Baltimore, granddaughter of the first
consul, is an aspirant for the honor.
Mr.. Bonaparte is a wealthy lawyer
and has been for several years prominent
in Republican circles in his state. His
political ambition and the possibility
that he may figure extensively in the
political affairs of this country recall the
romantic story of the life of his grand
mother, Betsy Patterson.
1t was in 1903, when Napoleon was in
the full flush of his greatness, that
French frigate dropped anchor in New
York harbor. The commander was
Captain Jerome Bonaparte, the young
brother of the great Napoleon. He had
been cruising with his ship in the vicin-
ity of the West Indies. Young Bona
parte was received with great courtesy
by the New Workers and then went on a
tour through some of the principal cities.
In Baltimore he found society at his
feet. Receptions and balls were given
in his honor, and at one of these he met
E1izaheth Patterson the dauohter of a
wealthy shipowner. She was then 10
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-01-02
DENVER MINING EXCHANGE.

selves hoarse in their efforts to buy
shares for which customers in all parts
of the Union are clamoring. Almost
any stock which is dumped on the mar
ket is eagerly snapped up. There are ten
purchasers to every block of a thousand
shares. That is why the brokers push
and jostle and shout. They are trying to
fill barrel out of a quart measure
In the mining exchanges at Colorado
Springs and in Cripple Creek itself the
same scenes are occurring. Chicago has
got it bad. Gotham has heard the news
with incredulous ears, but while Wall
street yet remains apparently undis-
turbed the calm may be broken at any
moment and everything else be forgotten
in the mad race for mining stock.
In Denver over 2,000, 600 shares have
changed hands in a day. The three ex-
changes of Colorado Springs have turned
over 1,1S0,000 shares in few hours.
Pueblo has a new mining exchange
where $4,000 shares were handled re-
Gently in day.
1t is the small investors who are Gre
ating all the excitement. The man with
a million to invest does not telegraph
strange broker to buy stock which he
never heard of until few hours before.
1t is the man with a few hundred dol
lars who does this, and his name is le-
gion. He would rather have 10000
shares at one-half a cent share than
500 shares at 81 share. To use racing
term, it is the "long shots" that the
public is after, and very ''long shots"
some Of them are getting. The fascina-
ton comes when the buyer persuades
himself that these shares which he buys
for onehalf cent each may in month
or two be selling at 81 each.
But down below all these shaky air
castles there is firm foundation. The
gold boom is not all built on wind. We
don't have to believe all the reports that
come from Cripple Creek either. Tt is a
strange strike that has been made out
on those Colorado hills, and the stran-
gest part of some of the stories told about
the new gold camp is the facts in them
The streets of Cripple Greek are
paved with gold. Sounds like a Mum
chausenism, doesn't it? Well, that state
ment is very near to the truth. The ex-
PLANTATION is that low grade ore is reck-
Oned Of SO small account in these golden
booming towns that it has been used to
grade the streets with. Ore that will as
say $12 to the ton is not thought worth
sending to the smelters. The railroad
running into Cripple Greek is ballasted
with ore that is worth $10.75 a cubic
yard. There is no use sending such stuff
to the smelters nowadays. They are
running night and day separating the
yellow metal from ore that yields
8, 10, % times as much. Ore that
produces less than $50 to the ton ia
stacked up in great heaps to wait for a
day when more smelters can be built or
a cheaper process shall have been dis
covered. This gives you some idea Of
the richness of the mines there.
Here is another strange fact about the
camp. When gold was discovered there
three years ago, the scientific men went
down and looked at the ORE Then they
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-01-02
The Original John Bull.

DR.. John Bull was the first Gresham
professor of music, organist of Hereford
cathedral and composer to Queen Eliza
beth. John, like true Englishman,
travelled for Improvement, and, having
heard of famous musician at ST.,
Omer, he placed himself under him as
novice, but circumstance very sooE
convinced the master that he was infe-
rior to the scholar. The musician showed
John song which he had composed in
40 parts, telling him at the same time
that he defied all the world to produce
a person capable of adding another part
to his composition. Bull desired to be
left alone and to be INDUCED for short
time with pen and ink. In less than
three hours he added 40 parts more to
the Song, upon which the Frenchman
was SO much surprised that he swore in
great ecstacy he must be either the devil
or John Bull. which has ever since been
proverbial in England.
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precious metal fairly oozed out in gold
en- drops. Then they believed the min
ers, but they said that they should have
to reconstruct their books on mineralogy.
The richness of some of these holes liz
the ground is almost beyond belief. On
Gold hill, which is the great center Of
attraction at Cripple Creek, are dozen
shafts. The men who own them are al
ready prospective millionaires. Some
of them have actually taken fortunes out
of the ground and have only started to
work their claims.
Others who have just money enough
TO meet their living expenses are refus-
ing offers Of 100000 and treble that
sum in hard cash for their claims. Each
one is certain that his hole in the
ground is worth a cool million. and he
is going to wait until he gets it, Or per-
haps he intends to take the gold out
himself when the facilities are increased.
None of the big mines is being work
ed for anything near what it can be,
yet it is estimated that the Cripple Creek
camp is producing over 81 900, 900 worth
of gold every month.
There are bonanza kings, Of course.
Winfield Scott Stratton is the most
prominent of them all. Every newcom-
or at once hears about him and is told
his history. Three years ago Stratton
was a wandering carpenter and pros
pector He worked with the jackplane
and ripsaw when it was necessary to get
enough to ''grubstake'' him in another
hunt for gold. He walked into Cripple
Creek when the boom first struck it and
was one of those who staid when the
others left.
Once he sold the Independence mine
for $40, 900, but the purchaser backed
out. Stratton went back into his shaft
and finally struck richer ore. Now he
has hole 800 feet deep and has taken
out 100000 in gold. There is yet
So, 900, 900 in sight.
The Portland mine is another Alad-
din's cave 1t is owned by three men,
James F. Burns, James Doyle and John
Harmon. Three years ago Burns was a
discouraged plumber, Doyle was digging
irrigating bitches, and Harmon was
working like slave in a railroad grad
ing camp. Today they are all million
aires. Their mine pays regular month
ly dividend of 2 per cent ON capitali-
cation of $3,0OO,OOO. The ore they
bring up averages $72, but some Of it
assays thousands of dollars to the ton.
But let no one think that the mines
whose stocks are quoted at y, 1 and 2
cents a share are all Portlands. Some
of them may be miles away from Gold
hill. The men who are On the spot
and have been there for two or three
years have taken care Of all the claims
which have any prospect Of "panning
out big"
The men who own the Independence
with Stratton have bought up 100 acres.
Others have done the same 1t may be
possible, of course, that every hill in
that section Of Colorado is full of gold,
but there are grave doubts about this.
The soul of the cheerful promoter, how
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-01-02
Wholly Cnprepared.

Mrs. Colonel Yerger is continual
source of embarrassment to her husband.
Colonel Yerger recently gave din
ner party to few select friene5. Of
course he was called on for an after
dinner speech. Colonel Yerger got up,
and. assuming an imposing position,
began:
Ladies and gentlemen, unprepared
as I am-being wholly unprepared to
make a speech-being unprepared"
He was unable to proceed. There was
a painful silence, which was broken by
Mrs. Yerger saying:
"Why, colonel, you knew it perfectly
this morning" Tableau. Texas Stiff
ings.
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INTERIOR OF CRIPPLE CREEK EXCHANGE.
ever, knows no doubt. He would tell an
eastern man that Pixies peak itself was
solid sylvanite that fairly reeked with
gold and would prove the same by a
gaudy map and figures that could not
possibly lie.
The Denver Mining Exchange has
sent out a warning to investors, telling
them to beware of worthless stocks. It
is easy enough to dig a hole in the
ground and print few hundred thou
sand shares of stock. Just now it is easy
to sell that stock too.
But the tales which visitors to Grip
pie Creek tell are not all of the wonder
full gold deposits. There are other amaz-
ing things about the place. They say it
is a moral camp. 1t is fact, too, al
though almost as hard to believe as that
the streets are paved with gold
Of course the adjective is used in a
comparative sense. Murders are rare
there. Gambling houses exist in large
numbers, but they are largely patronized
by strangers. In the old days they used
to sing:
It's day all day in the daytime,
And there amt no night at Creole.
But Cripple Creek is not Creede
Folks sleep O. nights there-and dream
of shares and dividends and assayers'
reports. Buckskin pants are not the
style and revolvers are not worn out
side, when worn at all. The camp is
simply new western city, and not at
all like traditional gold camp. There
were about 35, 900 persons there at last
report, but every train lands hundreds
of new arrivals there, and each and ev-
cry one hopes to be caught up by the
tidal wave of success and landed high
on the golden shores Of prosperity.
SEwELL FORD.