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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-18
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-18

INFANTS WEARABLES INCLUDING
KNIT SACoUES. R0OTEES. LEtiGINS,
HOODS. MITTS, BIBS, WHITE
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-18
Toys.
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some boxes contain one large bot
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Pun Boxes. Inkstands. Photo
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-04-21
A aammoth Ami. p,.


Probably the biggest apple pie ever
baked was the big feature at a recep-
ton of Artie Phillips, a member of
the Twentieth Kansas regiment, on
his return to his home in Muvane.
This soldier boy, in one of his letters
from Manila, said he would give four
years of his life for one of those nd
pie pies such as his mother used to
make. At the reception rendered him
by the people of Mulvane he was pre-
scented with a pie, square in form,
measuring five feet one way by two
feet the other. In the pie were two
and one-half bushels of apples, ten
pounds of -four, ten pounds of sugar,
six pounds of lard, two pounds of but
ter and commensurate amount of
other articles which go in this kind
OF pastry. The pie was properly
baked and eaten with relish.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-04-21

shows had seen one with set of false
teeth and another with an artificial
knee joint and lower portion of left
foreleg. I soon discovered that this
was no aged dog, and inquired of his
mistress, Mrs. j. Leggatt, OF Church
house, Southan, the reason of these
unusual decorations for q show dog
and not performing one. She told
me that "Artful Stockbroker"-for
that is this most excitable young bull
dogs name-is one who is always spoil
ing for fight whenever he sees an
other canine, no matter of what breed
or size, but that when he has his spec
tacles on his nose and his pipe in his
mouth he Is too much interested in
them to risk an encounter which might
cause the loss of his cherished possess
sions. Certainly, when bereft of them
in the show ring, he was breathing out
slaughterings on all sides, and Mrs.
Leggattt had no easy task to prevent
deadly battle with some brother bull
dog.
"Artful Stockbroker" is a brindle,
who was two years old on November
~. He is by Stockton ex Merit Only,
and was bred by Mrs. Benham. He
fully lives up to his name, and his mis-
tress says of him: "He is so artful
that he knows everything we are talk
ing about"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-04-21
HEAP ON THE SHOOT.
A Country Where They Make peo-
pie Hop a Wing Dance. :.
Thrilling Stories of BIoodshed ana
Intimidation Told by a Stranger
Who In No Slopcb of a Pre-
varicator Himself.

Yes, siree," said the tallkative man
In the lunch room to Washington
Star reporter, ''the men down that
way are heap on the shoot, and no
mistake. They had me hopping a wing
dance all the time was there, keep
ing out of range of their artillery, and
40 times the balls whizzed so close to
my ears that could just shut my ewes
and hear the hum of the celestial harps.
They, just like to shoot down that way.
and that's all there is about it. It's
part of the game, shooting, and you're
not in the wade at all if you don't
make some sort of bluff at shooting,
anyhow. Was walking down the street
the last time was down there, when
a couple of fellows coming from oppo-
site directions met.
Pretty raw day, huh, Zeb?' saws
one to the other.
Raw, nothin',' says the other. It's
just the kind of day, and e suits me
down to the ground
bling, bangi went the guns at the
same instant, and they were so close to
me at the time that thought heard
the wind moaning through the reeds on
the banks of the River Jordan. When
dived into doorway and turned to
hook around an express cart was takir'
'em both to the undertaker's. That's
what you'd call quick action, hey?
Another time I was walking with
a good-natured man met down there.
when one of his friends came along.
Howdy, JIM says be to the man I
was walking with. Hear you've got a
new 12-pound hod-carrier up at your
house. You've got none o. the best Of
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-04-21

hearse, turning to the left, attempted
to cross the Broadway cable car
tracks. Columbus avenue car No. &c.
going at full speed south bound, was
not seen by the driver. The gripman
threw off his grip and set the brake,
but 1T was too late. The car, crashing
into the side of the hearse. overturned
it. The glass sides of the hearse were
shattered and the coffin was tossed
Into the air and fell into the street,
rolling over twice and resting upon it's
side.
The crowd shivered, some women
shrieked and three of them tainted.
The coffin lay across the tracks and
traffic ceased while the coffin was car
ried to the sidewalk. where it re-
manned until, half an hour later. an
other hearse was secured and the fu-
neral procession went on to the Gem
etery. The driver of the wrecked
hearse, John Leiber, of Hackensack
road, Hoboken, and the gripman,
Thomas Reeves, of SOP East Eighty
ninth street, were arrested and taken
to Jefferson Market court. Both men
were discharged when the circum-
stances were explained
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-04-21
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-04-21

me-had new arrival myself this
morning and he weighs just IA pounds.
"Bingety-bangety-bangi went the "A
guns OF those two men, and when ii
was all over / saw the man I'd been
walking with sitting down on the pave
ment and feeling of hole in the back
of his head. The other man was being
taken away for burial.
whats the matter?' I asked the
man was walking with, when saw
him in the hospital couple of DAYS
later, after the doctor'd plugged up the
holes in him.
~ don't let no man brag over me, :
said he.
Went out driving one afternoon
with a man in a blackboard. We got out
in the country ways and came up to
a man standing in the road.
'Howdy, H. said the man I was
driving with to the man standing in the
road. What do you think of this boss
that you
"Bim-bim-bangl went their bankers.
and crawled over the back of the seat,
went on all fours to the shrubbery
alongside the road and waited for the
last trumpet to sound.
"The man I'd been driving with was
feeling where his left ear ought to have
been when finally looked up. Other
wise he wasn't damaged. The other
man had both of his arms shattered at
the elbows, and he was walking down
the road.
81 didn't notice that you two had
anything to shoot about l said to the
man I'd been driving with. What hap
penedP
Well, y'see,' he said, Hi, he sold me
that boss for few dollars, the boss
being cripple at the time, and 1 took
a-hold of the animal and doctored him
up, and made a good 'un and a sound
'un of him. Hi, he didn't like me a-cack-
lin over him, reckon, when asked
him what he thought of the boss. and
when 1 seen he was a-going to draw, I
was right in line myself, and so we had
it,
Yes, Stree" continued the talkative
man, 1T doesn't take anything at all
to get them to blazing away at each
other down that way, and / wouldn't
care to-"
How long did you say you were
down in AriZona?" asked one of the
men the talkative man was addressing.
Huh? Arizona?" said the talkative
man, in mystified kind of way. "Who
said anything about Arizona? was
never in Arizona in my life. It's Ken
lucky I'm talking about"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-04-21
STONE OF GRATITUDE.


The topaz is called the stone of graft
tude, and the old Roman books record
the following legend from. which the
stone derives this attributes:
The blind Emperor Theodosius used
to hang a brazen gong before his
palace gates and sit beside it on GER
tain days hearing and putting to right
the grievances of any OF his subjects.
Those who wished for his advice and
help had but to sound the gong, and
Immediately admission into the pres
ence of Caesar was obtained.
One day a great snake crept up to
the gate and struck the brazen gong
with her coils, and Theodosius gave or
ders that no one should modest the
creature and babe her tell him her
wish. The snake bent her crest slow
ly in homage and straightway told
the following tale:
Her nest was at the base of the gate
way tower, and while she had gone to
find food for her young brood a
strange beast covered with sharp
needles had invaded her home, killed
the nestlings and now held possession
of the little dwelling. Would Caesar
grant her Justice?
The emperor gave orders for the
porcupine to be slain and the moth
er to be restored to her desolate nest.
Night fell, and the sleeping world had
forgotten the emperor's kindly deed,
but with the early dawn great SER
pent glidsd into the palace, up the
steps into the royal chamber and
laid upon each of the emperor's closed
eyelids cleaning topaz. When EN-
peror Theodosius awoke he found he
was no longer blind, for the mother
snake had paid her debt of gratitude.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-04-21
DEVOTION OF A DOG.
Runs After n Railroad Train SO as to
BE Reunited with the ChildreR
He Loved.

On incident occurred at Perry, Okla,
q few days ago which illustrates the
devotion OF dog to children. Mrs.
E. Butler, the wife of groceryman,
who mysteriously disappeared from
Perry some weeks ago and who came
from Atchison, Kan, last year, was
leaving Perry for Ohio, former home.
The family dog was given to a neigh
Dor. When the train arrived on which
the Butler family was to leave the
dog had broken a big rope with which
be was tied at the home of his new
master, and had appeared at the train.
His new master and another man held
the dog by leather collar, but when
the train started the dog bit both
men and got away. He took after the
train, barking at every jump, and for
more than a mile he could be seen
running after the car with all his
might. The next morning when the
next northbound passenger train
rolled into Red Rock, a station 90 miles
north of Perry, the dog was there, and
made a spirited attempt to get aboard.
he had to be fought off by the train
crew. When the train started he ran
after 1t, and as far as the train could
be seen the dog was close behind it,
barking as he ran.
The dog had not been away from
the Butler children for any length of
time for two years. He had followed
the children by day and kept watch
over the little beds by night.-St. Louis
Republic.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-04-21

"of course, had sense enough e
know that IL was Il villianous fraud
nut I've never been very scrupulouS
and il was easy to persuade myself
that L owed Harvey Farnham a good
turn for what he did for me in the
past. Besides, l wanted the money!
and there was five thousand in notes
tWildred was too sly to give q check
on the table for me to take or leave
l didn't see that 1 was going to do
much harm to anybody except the in
Surance companies, who are rich
enough to lose, as Farnham hadn't n
relative in the world; but before
Heaven, If l dreamt OF the truth I'd
have let MILDRED do his worst before
I'D have gone in with him!
AS for the Santa Anna, I knew
that every board of the hotel was as
sured-the landlord would lose moth
ing-and after I'd kindled the fire I
knocked like mad on your door. ]
Fancy, though you didn't know It, 1t
must have been that which first began
10 rouse you. didn't give myself
much time to get out, after taking on
the disguise (Which / flatter myself I
did pretty welD, but / Just managed
1t. tell you l was desperate when I
walked in here and found You; but
now l was never so thankful for any
thing in the course of my life"
"The present question is, then" I
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-04-21
BY HARRY MooD REYM Ds


eyes mechanically perused the printed
matter. Cunningham, who was also
restless, and who could not bear to be
left to the mercy OF his own thoughts.
read necessarily, however, and at the
end of half an hour or so handed
over his paper to me.
Look at this he said with some
eagerness, pointing out a paragraph.
/ glanced at Ii carelessly at first but
IN an instant / was as keen as Cun.
ningham had been.
Another Fortune for n Millionaire"
the paragraph was headed, and be-
meath was set forth the interesting
fact that Mr.. Wildred Carson, who
was shortly to marry Miss Cunning
ham, the celebrated beauty and heir
ess, had just heard of a legacy of half
million pounds left HIM by an Ameri-
can friend, Mr.. Harvey Farnham. late
~ burned to death in a San Francisco
hotel.
80 you see, it wasn't only the mine.
and the money he would have maid
for the mine, he wanted" said Cum
ni7gham, ooh, he's a marvellous
chap, this wildred"
| acquiesced in this opinion, and re-
called n remark made in the club by
mutual acquaintance. Carson vii
dred is always inheriting fortunes
from some chaps that die in the four
corners of the globe" he had curiousIy
remarked. Isl wondered grimly. as I
remembered the speech, whether all
these benefactors had met their death
after the manner of poor Harvey
Farnham.
lime was pressing now, and our
idea was to go straight to Karine. I
TO appear only as the supporter of her
brother. A desire for the punisb-
ment of Wildred might have held a
prominent place both in Cunningham's
mind and mine, but our first thought
was to save Karine from becoming
the murderer's wife. So we started at
once for Haslemere.
The door was opened by a smiling
footman. He was not the man I had
previously seen, and evidently, iudg-
ing from the genial flush on his face
and the twinkle In his eye, something
agreeable or amusing had taken place.
He tried TO draw his countenance in
To the conventional lines of footman-
like solemnity, but his eyes lighting
upon Cunningham, the expression
changed to one OF surprise. Very poss-
IDLY he noted the similarity of color
ing between the brother and sister.
and certain vague haunting likeness
that would show itself at times.
IF Miss Cunningham is at home.
tell her that her brother has come and
wishes to see her Immediately upon a
matter of Importance" said my COM
panion, valiantly taking the bull by
the horns.
Miss Cunningham is not at home.
sir" replied the servant. "She-that
is-in fact, sir, she has just left us for
good and all. She-she was married.
sir, at half-past ten O'Clock this morn.
ng and the wedding breakfasts only
been over since an hour ago"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-04-21

said, whether you will go straight
10 England viii me and tell all you
know about Carson Wildred? If we
stop on this side to prove things step
oy step as we went, we would labor
under two disadvantages. 1t would
mean indefinite delay, and you would
GET into trouble about that business at
the hotel tonight. To sail at once for
England and let matters hene take
care OF themselves for the present is
our only plan, / think. What do you
say?'
You are sure that WiIdred can't
swear my life awayT'
las sure as am that we are both
alive at this moment"
Then I'm in your hands. I'll save
my sister and get even with Wildred
Tor making tool and a dune of me. !"
by the time we have landed on the
other SIDE" 1 answered, "thereU still
DE clear fortnight to do the first, and
think we may accomplish the latter
transaction simultaneously"
We had stormy passage. and ar
rived at Southampton four-and-twenty
hours later than we should have done.
st was Cunningham who bought a pa
per as we got into the train. was
700. completely preoccupied - have alb
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-04-21

mo sir. I heard Lady Tressidy saw
only this morning that even She
hadn't been told. Mr.. wildred had
some idea OF surprise, believe, SIR"
AT Haslmere station they could only
INFORM us that the party of which we
were In search had had tickets for
London, and had left about three
quarters OF an hour before our arrival
Even If we could have told our story
with sufficient succintness to have
Wildred met at Waterloo by the police
there would have been no time to do
So We must simply follow as we
could. Luckily there was slow
traln due in n few moments, other
wise think we q at least) must have
gone mad with the strain of waiting
AT Waterloo we heard of them. A
porter had taken their luggage and
put IL on cab. The gentleman and
lady had driven away in a private
carriage. What direction had been CIV
en- 10 the coachman or the cabman he
nad not happened to hear.
L now proposed that Cunningham
should proceed Immediately to Scot
land Yard, while / busted myself else
where. He was the one who could
tell or the plot by which he had per-
sonated Farnham in America, by Will
nreds desire and in the hope of obtain
ing substantial bride. The authori-
ties were already in possession of such
separate information as 1 could give,
and now that they would learn from
Cunningham how Farnham had never
gone to America at all, a very differ
ent and more lurid light would be
shed upon the past.
Meanwhile I would drive to Charirfg
cross and might yet be in time to in
tercept the couple if they were intend
Ing to depart for France.
AT Charing Cross they had not ap-
peared, and, Fastening to a telegraph
once, sent messages containing Will
dreds description and Karine's to ev-
cry one OF the principal railway sta
tons in London. Replies were paid.
and were to be received for me at
Charing Cross Hotel. Having done
so much, | drove to the piers from
which the Holland boats sailed; then.
having discovered nothing, back to
Charing Cross again. The train which
would catch the night boat at Dover
was Just about going 0lt, but Wildred
and Karine were not visible.
Meanwhile l would drive to Charing
and gone l betook myself to the hotel.
where my kilograms were to await
me. l also looked for Cunningham.
who was to have met me there after
Scotland Yard, and decided upon forth
coming arrangements. Dispatches
were awaiting me from the head por-
tiers of the various stations-Victoria
Euston, Paddington and so On-but no
Cunningham had as yet appeared.
opened the message from Padding
ton last; the others had no news for
me, but 1t seemed that at Paddington
a lady and gentleman, apparently an
swering the description given, had
taken tickets for Maidenhead. All the
blood in my body seemed to mount to
my head. Unless there had been n
mistake in the identity, Wildred must
have carried Karine OF to the House
by the Lock-
1t was horrible to me that she
should be there. The thosght of the
house, and what believed had hap
pened to Harvey Farnham under its
roof, was abhorrent. why had he
chosen to take his young bride, on
the day Of their marriage to that
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-04-21
CHAPTER XVII.

The poor wretch, who had n'ade such
a wreck of his young life. was white
as death and shaking like an aspen. u
could see the beads of sweat oozing
out on his pale forehead. "For Gods
sake" he implored, don't say that to
me; 1 can't bear it! Until you told me
just now L swear to you by all hold
Sacred-by my sisters love, which I
so little deserve-that L never dreamt
of Harvey Farnham being dead. A
'cablegram came from Wildred com
manding me rather than asking me TO
go to England, saying that It would be
much to my advantage to do so. and
that my fare and all expenses would at
once be sent me in advance. / didn't
mean TO let my sister know of nv pre-
sence-I would have spared her that
but ! fancied myself standing among
the crowd in the park, watching her
drive by, or something of the sort.
Even glimpse of her face would
have been sweet.
But when 1 arrived one OF the first
things Wildred did was to tell me that
ne had heard my sister often speak of
me, and that he would secretly arrange
a meeting between us. I could not re-
9sist the temptation of having a few
words with her when il was offered
for the asking, and L saw her at the
Aouse by the lock. An excuse was
made to bring her and LADY Tressidv
there--something about a portrait of
Narine that was in q queer loom no
called the 'studio'-and while Mildred
was showing Lady Tressidy over the
mouse l saw my sister and had a talk
with her.
When 1 had been in England about
three or four weeks, keeping out of
the way of any one who might possi-
bly, remember me, Wildred suggested
rhe scheme of my travelling back to
America, impersonating Farnham. and
finally finishing the plot as I did fin
ish 1t tonight. He admitted that n
was for this that he had sent for me
but swore Farnham himself was in
the thing as deep as he; that il meant
fortune to them both, which they
were to share, and which could BIO had
in no other way. He explained that
Farnham had had bad luck in specula-
lions, was bankrupt, hadn't the pluck
10 begin over again on the lowest
rounds OF the ladder. nor to undertake.
carrying out this plan himself. He
would funk the fire business, MILDRED
said, and might. instead OF escapinp
actually be burnt to death. The oh.
iect TO be gained, OF course. I was
made TO believe, was getting the life
assurance. Farnham was supposed TO
have several policies, each one for an
enormous sum; he had left everything
of which he should die possessed, life
assurance and all the rest. to wildred
who would actually go halves with
Farnham when the money should be
secured.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-04-21
THEY ARE INsEPARABLE.

cherished warm attachment to the
dog, who returned it. They did not
separate, but slept in the same kennel
and wherever the dog went the goose
followed, and they were rarely, il
ever, more than few feet apart. The
sequel of the story is rather sad. The
owner of the dog had to leave and the
goose was left to pine without its COM
panion- The incident is described by
writer in the Field.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-04-21
Thi. hoy Was rmpartIa1.

A Baptist and a Methodist minister
were by accident dining at the same
house. The hostess was embarrassed,
not knowing how to ask one minister
to say grace without offending the
other. The small son quickly grasped
the situation, and, half rising in his
chair, moved his finger rapidly around
the table, reciting:
"Eny meme miny mo,
Catch niger by the toe.''
BE ended by pointing his finger at
the Baptist minister and shouting:
You're It'll" The reverend gentle
man accepted the decision.