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Richmond planet., 1897-08-28

Virginia Lodge held a meeting Mon
day night long to be remembered by
all who were present. The many visl-
tors we're gladly received among whom
were Deputy Grand Chancellor Thomas
Mitchell, Chancellor Commander War
wick A. Kyles and Lieutenant Junius
A. Smith of Planet Lodge; also Sirs W.
L. Thompson, Henry Stokes, John q.
Smith, Edward Turner, Eugene Rich
ardson, w Van Jackson, John Harper
and few others whose names were
obtained. The following persons were
initiated, Rev. w. K. Nash, William
Jones, Jefferson Johnson. Doctor Z.
K. Jefferson, Nathaniel Johnson, John
King, John Trent, James Harris and
K. w. Edwards After the initiation
all Joined in Co devour the contents of
the heavily ladened table which had
been prepared in honor of the new
Sir Knights.
Richmond planet., 1897-08-28
A Sururise Marriage.

On Wednesday Evening August 11th
at 8 80 p. m, Mr.. William Faller and
Miss BERTHE Aytes we're married at the
residence of Rev. Richard Wells.
The marriage was very quiet affair
and great surprise to the commune
ty. The couple aiil reside at the home
of the brides parents, 2O8H W, Baker
Street.
Richmond planet., 1897-08-28

Tomorrow willbe big time for the
Uniformed Sir Knights Of Tidewater
and they will be cordially treated by
their brethren of this city. About (SO)
eighty are expected to be pres-nt The
Sir Knights will comprise National,
Hannibal, Norfolk and Roanoke Divi-
sions and will be under the command
OF Major MeekIns of Norfolk.
Richmond planet., 1897-08-28

Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most won
derful medical discovery Of the age, pleas
ant and refreshing TO tho taste, act gently
and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels,
cure headache, fever, habitual constipation
and biliousness. Please buy and try box
OF Z. G. 9. to-day; 10, -, 80 sents. Soldand
guaranteed 70 cure by all drugg1sta,
Richmond planet., 1897-08-28

Mrs. Anna Taylor os Pure Gold
Court is tireiess worker for that
part of the organization and has done
much TO bring about its present sue
cess. She was Instrumental in the or
ganization of Annals Eureka Court
and also Court which is an auxiliary
20 Samson Lodge. She was elected as
Deputy at the meeting OF the Grand
Oours held in this atty and she is GER
tainly endeavoring to cover the field
aud fill the city of Richmond with
Courts of Calanthe.
Richmond planet., 1897-08-28

Blooming Lily Lodge, Is, held their
regular meeting Tuesday night The
Sir Knights connected with this lodge
are all thoroughly aroused to the
principles of Pythianism and the lodge
bids fare TO rank among the foremost
of the State.
Richmond planet., 1897-08-28

Don't Tobacco Spit aud Smoke Your life Away.
To quit tobacco easily and forever lee mag
netic. fun OF life. nerve and vigor. take No-To-
fsac, the wonder worker. t.iat makes weak men
strong. All druggists, SOC or 81, Cure guaran-
teed Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or New York
Richmond planet., 1897-08-28

Blooming Lily Division is making
rapid progress and will doubtless be
uniformed in the near future When
this feature Is met the Division will
equal any in the State. They are
making efforts TO go to Danville thor
oughly equipped.
Richmond planet., 1897-08-28
THE SOLEMN PROCESSION.


The crowd began to disperse as two
coIored men bore the lifeless form of
Joe Fife while Funeral Director Bliley
(white) with his fingers hooked in the
pants near the feet led the way. Just
outside OF the gate was the father Of
Fife There also was Funeral Director
A. d Price, representing the family.
DIR. MATTHEWS USUAL ACTION.
DIR. William P. Matthews, secretary
of the Anatomical Board resOrted { o
the same tactics, which he so unsuc-
eessfully employed in the Solomon
Marsb case.
He told Rev. s. @. Burrell and Mrs.
Fife, who together had called to see
him that he could not tell to what col
lepe the bodV would be assigned until
near the time for the execution.
When that was ascertained he could
call on the college aforesaid and If it
would waive its right to the body, the
family could have it
On the oath inst, he informed Rev
Burrell that it would be consigned to
the Medical College Of Virginia on Col
lege and Marshall SITS According by
the kindness Of DR. w. Augustus Lee
Rev. Burrell secured the following or
der:
YIELDED Up THEIR RIGHT.
CLAIBORNE EPPs, ESQ,
Sergeant of City of Richm nd,
Dear Sir r:-The family of Fife
condemned to be hanged tomorrow,
having asked for the privilege Of in
Richmond planet., 1897-08-28
PYTHIAN NOTES.

Samson Lodge, 10. held an interest
ing meeting Monday night at their
Castle Hall on Baker Street. The at
tendance was excellent.
Richmond planet., 1897-08-28

Excelsior Court held it's regular
monthly meeting Monday evening.
The attendance was good notwith-
standing the threatening appearance
of the weather.
Richmond planet., 1897-08-28

Fhe members of Eureka and Planet
Divisions are requested to assemble
at the Masonic Hall, Clay Street, Sun
day, August 29tn, at 10 80 IN for the
purpose of meeting the Battalion from
Tldewater Come in fatigue uniform.
By order of Sir Knight Captains,
JOHN ]. BLY,,
THOMAS M CRUMP.
NoMAn
Richmond planet., 1897-08-28

black tie which would be needed no
more by the prisoner in this world.
The body was taken down at 6:45 A..
NJ
Richmond planet., 1897-08-28

Everything is in readiness for the
entertaining of the Uniform Sir
Knights of Tidewater who will be the
guest of the Uniform Sir Knights of
this city to-morroW.
Richmond planet., 1897-08-28
JOE FIFE DIES.
He Meets Ills End Calmly
SAD TIMES AT THE
PRISON
Prayers for the Doomed Boy.
THE MARCH TO THE
GALLONS.
Passed Away Without a
Struggle.
A SUCCESSFUL EXECUTION.
The Last Ohapter in the Drama.
A SUCCESSFUL EXECUTION.
The Last ObaUter in the Drama

Joe Fife was hanged in the yard of
the city Jail Thursday, August 26th a.
6:2S A. NJ.
He was baptized Tuesday in the
bath-tub i'm the jail yard, Rev S. @
Burrell of the Young Mems Christian
Association performing the ceremony
1t was gloomy scene at the city jail
on last Thursday morning Ere the
Richmond planet., 1897-08-28

On the gallows as the doctors felt
the pulse and pressed their ears
against the body of the prisoner to
hear if possible even the iutteriHg of
the heart.
On the gallows was left the collar a nd
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-07-08
MISS FRANCES Nj. ABBOT. IN
THE JULY FORUM.

Foreigners are always puzzled by
our lack of social Standards. Our
country is so vast aud complex that
they never see it whole They are
always trying to find out who sets the
pace for American life; and they can
discover no order of precedence, no
rank in occupation, no dominant city
We have been gradually working in
to this state of affairs. We were not
democratic when the Declaration of
Independence was signed, nor when
Washington took the oath as presi
dent.
Many people have the idea that the
size of city determines its social i'm
portance, and that New York sets the
standard of living for the rest of the
country.
The fact that New York has be-
come the publishing centre of the
country has helped it's aggrandize-
ment more than anything else. The
great publishing firms, whether of
books or magazines, and the great
newspaper establishments are located
there. Society stories, both the ficti
tous ones of literature and the real
ones of the reporters, have their
scenes laid along narrow area ex-
tending from Washington Square to
the northern limit of Central Park.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-07-08
WOMAN'S SOPRANO VOICE.
Why She Can Reach Much Higher
Tones Than L. Possible for Man.

The scientist who discovered in the
human larynx the anatomical reason
why woman has a soprano voice and u
man a bass one was a woman, Mrs.
Emma Seller. says the Philadelphia
Times. She was n German, born in
Wurtzburg. Left widow with two
children to support, she resolved to be
come "A teacher of singing, but sudden
" lost her voice. Then she determined
to find out why; also to discover the cor
rect method of singing. SO that others
might not lose their voices. For this
purpose she studied anatomy. She dis
sected larynx after larynx and spent
years in her search. trying to find for
one thing why women's head tones
could reach high C while men had no
soprano tones. At length her search
was rewarded. She discovered under
the microscope one day two small,
wedge-shaped cartilages whose action
produces the highest tones of the hui
man voice. She made her discovery
public. 1t excited great attention
among scientists Her own brother, Il
ply stefan, praised the treatise in the
highest terms till he found his own
sister had written it. Then he dashed
it down, saying in a rage that she would
be better attending to her housework.
Mime. Sellers portrait, marble relief,
is in possession of the American Phil
osophical society of Philadelphia, of
which she was member. She wrote,
among other books. The Voice in Sing
ing" and THE Voice in Speaking"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-07-08
WINNING A WIFE IN GREECE.
Sponge Gatherers Engage in Sui
auueOus Con tests for Her HIND

Sponge Gatherers Engage in Sub
aqueous Contests for Her Hand.
In many of the Greek islands diving
for sponges forms a considerable part
of the occupation of the inhabitants.
A visitor to this unfrequented region
describes the following rather startling
custom. He says: "Himia, which is a
little island directly opposite Rhodes,
is worthy of notice on account of the
singular method by which the Greek
inhabitants of the island get their Nv
ing. On the bottom of the sea in this
locality the common sponge is found in
greater abundance than in any other
part of the Mediterranean. The natives
make it trade to gather these, and
their income from this source is far
from contemplate; their goods are al
ways in demand among the Turks. who
use an incredible number of sponges in
the additions prescribed by the Moham-
medan ritual. A girl in this island is
not permitted to marry until she has
brought up a certain number of sponges
and given proof of her skill by taking
them from n certain depth. But in
certain of these islands this custom Is
reversed. The father of a marriage
able daughter bestows her on the best
diver among her suitors. He who can
stay longest in the water and bring up
the biggest cargo of sponges marrirs
the maid-
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-07-08
THE GREATEST INVENTOR.
A Drummer Tells q story About the
Wizard of MenIo Park.

wizard OF MenlO fark.
A Blue line train was making blue
streak through the New Jersey all, with
the cowcatcher of the locomotive point
ed toward New York city, and drum
mer was talking right along ahead of
it as easy as the bird flies, says the New
York Sun.
II want to say to you, gentlemen"
he was saying, that Thomas Edison
Is the greatest inventor in the world,
not only in the quantity of his inven-
tons, bat in the quality of them, and
every new thing he turns out he gets n
patent on 1t before it is dry. Sensible
man is Tom, and a great snap is pat
ent when the monopoly In it is yours,
gentlemen. / know what I'm talking
about, for had one once that was a loo
loo, only it wasn't big enough. But
I'm getting away from my tale, as the
dog remarked when he barely got his
hind legs from under the wheels. Twas
in Edsons town the other day and
heard a new story on him. New 70 me,
anyhow. Man over there that | sell
goods to, and won't lie except when the
fishing season is on. told me, as an illus
tration of how absorbed Edison is in his
business, that one day Mrs. Edison came
to her husband in great glee and an
nounced that the baby had tooth.
Every well. my DEAR" replied her
husband, never stopping a minute from
his work Il haven't got time to bother
with your affairs. You just run along
and get = patent on it and have il
charged to nv account"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-07-08
Extinct Animals.

In n late number of Science DR.. c.
Hart Merriam closes an article which
crlticises in rather destructive way
some of chronological theories of Tbeo-
dore Roosevelt, with an appeal to mn
seumS, sportsmen and naturalists to
take advantage of every opportunity
before it is too late to secure and pre-
serve specimens of our larger mammals
from remote parts of their ranges.
Many species have been exterminated
in Europe by man, and in this country
the process has already begun. The
familiar story OF the vanishing buffalo
is only one of many. The giant grizzly
of southern California, the largest
carnivorous animal of the United States,
is about exterminate1. and it is doubt
fui if museum specimen will ever be
obtained. The large wolves have been
eSterminated over more than half the
area they formerly possessed, and no
one knows what forms have disap-
peared. An unknown form of elk or
wapiti, which within the memory of
men still living inhabited the Allegha-
mics from North Carolina to the Adiron-
dacks. has been wiped off the face of
the earth
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-07-08
THEY HELPED jim.
He Was Only n Little BoOtbIack and
Had nccn Ill.

Hau bScn III.
The rich men who build hospitals are
not the only benevolent ones. The shoe
black of whom DIR. Talmage tells this
story showed a spirit of sweet I'M
selfishness:
"A reporter sat down on one of the
city hall benches and whistled to one of
the sinners. The boy came up to his
work provolingly slow, and had just
begun, when larger boy showed him
aside and began the work, and the re-
porter reproved him as being a bully,
and the boy replied: oh, that's all
right | am going to do it for i'm. You
see, he's been sick in the hospital more'n
a month; so us boys turn in and give i'm
A lift
"'Do all the boys help him?' asked the
reporter.
"'Yes, sir; when they amt got no
Job themselves and jim gets one, they
turn in and help i'm; for he amt strong
yet, you See
allow much percentage does he give
your asked the reporter.
THE boy replied: 4 don't keep none
of it. ] amt no such sneak as that
All the boys give up what they get on
his job. I'd like to catch any Teller
sneaking on a sick boy, would
THE reporter gave him a 25-cent
piece. and said: You keep ten cents for
Yourself, and give the rest to Jim
"'Can't do it, sir; it's his customer.
Here, jim"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-07-08
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Rinc iia de Of DiamundS

a ring recently exhibited at Antwerp
was the admiration of diamond cutters
and merchants. because it was the first
successful attempt to cut ring out of
q single stone. There are n great many
difficulties in this method of cutting
diamonds, as the stones have a certain
cleavage and particular veins, all of
which have to be carefully studied in
order to prevent splitting just as sue
cess seems within reach. After several
years labor the feat has been accom-
plished 10y tie patience and skill of NJ.
Antoine, one of the best-kuown lapi-
daries of Antwerp. The ring is about
six-eighths of an inch in diameter. In
the Marlborough cabinet there is a
ring cut out of one entire and perfect
sapphire.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-07-08
LESSENING STATURE EUROPE
One of the Chief Contributing Causes
Is the Military Service Exncfed

one Of the Chief Contributing Causes
Is the Military Service Exncted.
This relation between stature and
health is brought to concrete express
sion in the armies of Europe through a
rejection of all recruits for service who
fall below a certain minimum standard
of height, generally about five feet, says
Popular Science Monthly. The re-
suit of this is to preclude the possibility
of marriage for all the fully developed
men during their three years in the
barracks, while the understood indi-
viduals, exempted from service on this
account, are left free to propagate the
species meanwhile = = not apparent
that the effect of This artificial selection
is to put distinct premium upon in
ferlority of stature III so far as future
generations are concerned? This en-
forced postponement of marriage for
the normal man implies not merely that
the children of normal families are
born later in Ife-that would not be of
great moment in itself-it means far
more than this. The majority of chill
dren are more often born in the earlier
half of married life, before the age OF
IS. Hence a postponement of matri-
mony means not only later children.
but fewer children. Herein lies the
great significance of the phenomenon
for us. Standing armies tend in this
respect to overload succeeding genera
lions with Inferior types of men.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-07-08
q BORING ALLIGATOR.
Snid to Have Made a Hole in a Me-
Orleans LeSPe.

Snid to Have Made a Hole In new
Orleans Levee.
The high wind that prevailed did con-
siderable damage to the levees along
the Algiers shore, says the New Or
leans Times-Democrat of late date. The
wind after sunset blew especially hard
against that side of the river. The
waves were blown over the revetment
and in some places did much damage to
the earthwork The guards were very
active. They reported promptly all
washings, and where the occasion de-
manded it the damage was promptly
repaired.
One of the curiosities of the flood In
this section developed at the Morgan
railroad wharf early one morning.
I here had been trouble there for some
days with seepage, and force of men
had been employed closing the crcv-
ices and cracks through which the wa
ter percolated. There was an unusual
quantity at one place one night, and
the foreman of the gang, going over to
the spot the other morning to ascertain
the reason, announced the hole had
been caused by an alligator, which had
burrowed through from under the
wharf. His trail could be plainly seen
in the mud, and the workmen, in speak
ing of it to Sergt. Cologne, command
ing the Algiers station, said that they
Judged that he must have been at least
four feet long. They think the wa
ter covered all the resting places that he
might have had under the wharf, and
he decided to bore a hole through the
bank, and thus mix his time between
dry land and water
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-07-08
HE SWORE AT THE MULES.
And the Bishop Forthwith Dismissed
the DrfXer.

And the B1AnOp
the Driver.
bishops coachman must not swear.
especially when he is on the box and
the bishop inside, says the Pail Mali
Gazette There is a certain place III
Spain called Corrales and it is in the
province and diocese of Zamora, ard
the bishop of Zamora recently went In
his coach and four (but they we've
nlules) to hold a confirmation at Cor
rales When the children of the diocese
were duly confirmed the mules, being
confirmed already in stubbornDess and
original sin, refused to start and backed
tie carriage. with the bishop inside it,
against the churchyaEd gate, thereby
making a breach in the sanctuary of
the churchyard wall. AT this point the
coachman is reported to have uttered
one of those thunderous Spanish curses
ia which the language of Spain Is so
infinitely superior to the language OF
France. and which even q bishop must
feel has the dignity of power. Unfor-
tunately for himself the mayor of Cor
rales, Sig. Tome, had just taken leave
OF the bishop and was standing by the
carriage when the word reached him.
lie sprang forward and fined the coach
man four pesetas ON the spot for bias
phemy and PROCLAMATION, for in Spain
the mayor carries the court with him
wherever he goes. The bishop also got
out and dismissed the blasphcmer on
the spot; then the mayor got on the
hny and himself drove monSiegneur
back to his episcopal residence The
confirmation has ever since been known
by title which may be freely trans
lated the blue blazes confirmation OF
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-07-08
THERE'S NOTHING SO GOOD.

There is nothing just as good as DR.
Kings New Discovery for Consump
ton, Coughs ann Colds, SO demand it
and do not permit the dealer TIC sell
you some substitute. He will not
claim there is anything better. but IN
order to make more profit he may
claim something else to be just as
good. You want DR.. Kings New
Discovery because you know 1t to be
safe and reliable. ana guaranteed to
do good or money refunded. For
Coughs. Colds. and Consumption and
for all affections of Throat, Chest and
Lungs, there is nothing so good as Is
DIR. Kings New Discovery. Trial
hortle free at Henry Hinrichs Drug
Store. Regular size so cents and SLO0.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-07-08
DANGER IN NEWSPAPERS.
One Causes n Loss of Eighty Quart
nf NiIk

One Causes Loss of Eighty Quarts
of Nilk.
For several weeks the streets in the
extreme southern section of the city
have been Uttered with papers, hand
bills and other rubbish of all sorts and
sizes, says the Philadelphia Record. The
evil was due in Il measure to the habit
of certain merchants of the neighbor-
hood who, to advertise their wares,
have flooded the district with printed
dodgers" both large and small. This
condition of affairs led to an accident
recently which might have proved seri-
Gus. A milk wagon drawn by IA meek
looking brown horse was jogging peace
fully along the street, when sud-
denly "A double sheet of newspaper
borne along by the wind swooped down
upon the horses head. The paper
stuck there, and twisting itself about
the frightened brute's head trans
formed the formerly peaceful animal
into a perfect demon. With a wild
flourish of its hind legs which shattered
the dashboard of the wagon the horse,
blindfolded as it was with the paper
tore furiously down the street. The
wagon struck a pile of stones, and, al
though 1T was not overturned, the milk
cans were, and their contents poured
into mortar bed which lay along the
south side Of the stscet, where a row of
new houses was being erected. At the
same time the trees broke and the horse,
laundering into Il bed of sand, fell in
heap. Then another gust of wind
came along, whisked the newspaper Off
the horses head and carried it over an
adjoining housetop. The horse was
captured and found to be uniniured,
but the milkman bemoaned the loss of
so quarts of milk.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-07-08
THE TAME FAWN.
An Old Dame Who Narrowly Escaped
with Her Life.

with Her Life.
Although it does not appreciate con-
fnement in a paddock, il is easy to
tame fawn and it makes delightful
pet until it attains to years of indiscre-
ton, says the Badminton Magazine. A
tame roe used to follow the children
everywhere round the old castle of
Duntroon and even up the stairs and
into the rooms. One of his little play
fellows had been obliged to give up his
room to a gentleman who had come to
stay there and the surprise of the guest
was unbounded when the head and
neck of a roe protruded through his
half-open door. Dear mel" he said,
game must be extremely plentiful in
these parts"
Yet, just as a kitten would be the most
delightful of pets except for its I'M
fortunate habit of growing into a cat,
so roe and especially buck, becomes
too much of handful as pet when it
grows up. Their beautiful little horns
are both sharp and dangerous and a
tame roebuck very nearly put an old
woman off the road and into the Crinan
canal by it's obtrusive attentions. 1t
meant no harm; it really expected to
get lump of rock salt, with which it
had usually been rewarded for its
caresses, but the old dame did not ap-
preciate its uncanny approaches and
narrowly escaped with her life.