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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-06-18

The Eldorado (Kansas) Republican
tells of the finding near that place Of
large land tortoise which bore on its
back the inscription, ~ M. p, 1906"
1.-THE letters" says the Republican,
ssprobably stand for Zebulon M. Pike,
the man for whom Pixies Peak is NAM
ed The tortoise must, therefore, be at
least ninety-four years old. Where he
came from or how he got here is be-
yond conjecture. The old Cherokee trail
crosses the river mile below town, and
the tortoise was probably marked by
Pike or some of his associates when
they crossed the plains from Louisiana
to the mountains that year"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-01-13
PERMANENT LABELS.
a Matter OF Some Importance to
Horticulturists Who Want to
Keep Names of Plantn.

The little wooden labels which are
used to mark the trees and plants sent
out from the nursery are not durable.
They are light affairs and generally are
fastened on with a piece of iron wire
which soon rusts of. fit does not rust
and break the limb will often grow
around it, and may become so injured
as TO break off. The name is written
on with common lead pencil and the
weather of one year will wear it off. and
thus the name is lost.
If 1T is desired to keep the name of
the plant on a label attached to II IL
may be done in this way: Get heavy
six or eight-inch label and rub it over
with white lead thinned with the least
bit of oil. Then with soft pencil. and
before the lead is dry, write on the
name and anything else you may wish.
This will last for several years.
Now procure some No. IA or No. fs
copper wire and cut it in pieces foot
or more long. Make loop on each end.
give the middle twist around the label
and hang it around a small branch.
hooking the loops together and pinch
ing them up tight. Such label fas-
tened in this manner will last for years.
Edwin c. Powell, in National Stock
man.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-01-13
THE ARMY SANDWICH.
One Kind THAI the Old Veteran
Doesn't Find Among the Many
Now Served.

81 read the other day." said a civil war
veteran, that there are made nova.
days, including some that are peculiar
to seasons and some that are made to
order, rs different varieties of sand
witches, and that you can always find
ready, in the big establishments where
such things are sold. 20 or 80 varieties.
I don't doubt that for a minute, but
I'd like TO bet that there's one kind of
sandwich that you could not find at any
OF them, at any season, and that is one
that, if not exactly popular, was at least
widely known, and, in some parts of the
country. extensively some 30-odd wears
ago, namely, the pork sandwich.
This sandwich was peculiar to the
army. When the dinner call sounded
you got your tin cup and walked up the
company street to where the cooks fire
was, and where the camp kettles hung
from pole supported at the ends by
crotched sticks driven in the ground.
Pork, hard bread and coffee for dinner;
and If there was plenty of hard bread
you helped yourself from an open box:
If there wasn't plenty, then the cook,
or somebody helping him, dealt it out
as the men came up, so many crackers
to man. Then the cook gave you your
slice of pork, you held out your crackers
and he laid it on the top one. 1hep you
got your coffee and started for your
tent, walking down the company street,
juggling the pork on top of the crack
ers in one hand. and the old pint cup
filled with coffee in the other. You did
it without dropping the one or spilling
drop of the other; there was skill born
of long practice.
"Scrumptuous dinner? Well, like a
good many other things, that depended
a heap on circumstances. If we hadn't
had anything to eat for a week, then a,
pork sandwich with cup'of coffee was
a great delicacy. If we hadn't had any,
thing to eat for week but pork sand
witches, then they got to be Just shade
monotonous." IN. Y. Sun.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-01-13

WIS preparing 10 grin IND carry her
books to the desk. She started and
nushed as approached her chair.
"Wil you allow me to help you with
these bouks?" said 1, as IL nothing un-
pleasant had ever happened between
us. Il have something TO tell you when
we get outside"
"Have you found the thief?" she an
swered, gravely.
81 have" said /, barely able to con-
ceal the note of triumph in my voice.
When we reached the street / told
her all.
81 am glad for your sake" she said.
"You have recovered your hundred dol
lars" She was still a deeply offended
divinity.
1.-The hundred dollars? That was of
no Importance. 1 should have given ten
times the sum to win the privilege of
taking back your umbrella and to hear
you say you forgive me. In time shall
hope to make your father forgive me,
too"
My father-knows nothing of this
wretched blun-business. I never told
him that his daughter had been suspect
ed of theft
''Then may take back your umbrella
this evening? You said that when l
found the thief you would forgive me.
Yop have great deal to forgive. The
best of us may blunder, Miss Robertson.
You must not expect too much of a
young man whose acquaintance you
made in the-library"
Every wen," she said, simply, and the
shadow was lifted.
Shall 1 go on? Is it worth while?
Friends Of ours sometimes speak of the
wonderful success of newspaper men as
amateur detectives. Then my wife
smiles quietly. But think that l also
can afford to smile. You would think
30, too, If you knew her.
THE END.
On the Lawyer.
The excited caller dropped into a
chair.
You're a lawyer, amt your" he
asked.
Eyes, SIR
81 want you to sue Teller for me-
What for?'
Damages. l want to stick him for
$4,000"
What has he done?"
Called me 'shyster.'"
What did he do that for?"
Il don't know. That's what L want
to find out. I'm going to make him
prove it."
And he called you a shyster, did he {?
Have you any witnesses to testify to
thatP"
'More'n a Dozen"
"H'mi Do you know what a SINISTER
is?"
No. haven't the least idee."
"A shyster is cheap lawyer"
"Goshl Sue him for S1O,oo0I"-Chi-
cago Tribune.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-01-13
GROW PRIME FRUIT.
Those VITO no II and Get Acquaints s
with the oonsuner Are Bound
TO Make Money.

Every grower OF fine fruit SHOULD aim
to get acquainted in business way
with his customers 1 have a friend
who grows superb berries, and in every
box he puts ticket giving his name
snd the variety of fruit, and in the
largest type he says: price always
i've cents above the market price,
With berries selling at eight or ten
cents ordinarily he gets five cents more
and that means a big profit. Can he
sell them2 Certainly. He sells more
than any other grower in the county
and gets his price. Then, too, his ber-
ries are so fine and large he gets them
picked for one-half cent less a quart
than others, ana he makes it pay both
ways.
In the fruit growing of the future
there must be q cutting down of the
acreage of the majority of the growers.
They must grow larger and better
fruit, of greater beauty and higher
quality, and the grower who gets the
closest in touch with the consumer will
get the highest price. Another thing
Will be the production on tremendous
scale by few growers, by companies,
with certain lines of fruits in certain
localities suited to them. The small
growers might do better by coopera-
ton, perhaps, as to methods of pack
ing and selling and transportation, and
1t will bring more money to pay some
specialist to place your products on the
market in more desirable shape.
1 have not said anything of the home
supply. 1t is one of the most impor-
tant things of all. Every farm home
should have the greatest possible va
riety of fruit. You do not take interest
enough to do this now. perhaps, but
think it over, and you will see how inn
portant 1t is. Plant your grounds with
beautiful trees and make home sur
roundings beautiful, your lawn attract
i've with beautiful flowers. and the in
side of your homes attractive as well.
There is nothing better than this.
II. Hale, in Rural World.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-01-13
wheB Il Paid.

1t was at the village sewing circle,
and the Improbable question of the
failure or success of marriage was un-
der discussion. Beulah Blank, a war
widow, thrifty to the last degree OF
New England thriftiness, kept silent
until some one said:
What do you think about it, Beu-
iah?"
well, l must say that it depends"
said Beuiah. Nov when a woman gifts
married, an her husband gifts drafted
into the army, and he gifts killed. and
she gifts pension of SIP a month as
long as she lives, il pays TO git married
That's what / think."-Youth's Com
panion.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-01-13

Miss Robertson's books to the desk for
her and begged for few words with
her on her way to lunch.
about the umbrella?" abe whis-
pered.
mo; about a more serious matter"
Miss Robertson looked startled, but
said nothing.
1t was an ideal spring day, and the
air was like breath of heaven after
the tomb-like atmosphere of the libra
~. We strolled along the old-fashioned
street in which the library is situated.
1t was hard matter to begin. Miss
Robertson said but little, waiting,
somewhat uneasily, for me. / plunged
in, and i take some credit to myself
for the delicacy with which did it.
1 began the story just as If she had
nothing to do with it. told her how
i had been asked to trace the person
who had palmed of an old story upon
the Gazette, how 1 had heard of q copy
of the Londoner in the Manhattan
library, and had finally discovered the
card bearing the name of the person
who had last taken out that copy of
the magazine. Miss Robertson had the
valuable faculty of assuming interest
In story whether or not she felt any:
her eyes grew big with excitement as
L reached the climax. We had forgot
ten all about luncheon What an
actress she wasl Not tremor of fear.
not even blushi
And you actually found the card,
Mr.. SEYMOUR Well, do 60 on; what
was the name upon the card?"
Yours" 1 said, slowly. / had TO bc
cruel, to be kind.
mime" she exclaimed, with puzzled
smile.
Unfortunately, yes" Ny manner
was grave. Her smile flickered and
died out. Then suspicion of the truth
dawned upon her.
"Well-but-then If my name was
upon that card-then you suspect
that 1 cheated your newspaper
She had stopped walking, and was
very pale. But her dark eyes flashed.
"Ohl" she went on, without giving
me time to answer, "how could any
one suspect me of such thing? You
don't know me, but you might have
known that L This comes of making
acquaintance In the street,"
Her tone was bitter, and her eyes
tasheds scorn. She grasped the iron
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-01-13
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-01-13

railing in front of a house, us IL to
keep from falling. 1 began inwardly
to curse myself for having even dared
to suggest her guilt by my looks, II
not by my words. But i found my
tongue.
Miss Robertson" ! said, hurriedly,
you say that / do not know you. /
know you well enough to have wished
with ali my heart and soul to be of help
to you. 1 have not said that thought
you guilty of any wrong, or that
even suspected you. But here is your
name coupled with this wretched case.
In another hour 1 shall have left the
city and professional detective Will
be placed upon the case. He will find
this peculiar evidence. You can i'm
agine what you might have to face
and what j wanted to spare you. You
may have made my acquaintance in
the street, but, believe me, have done
you no harm. Everything have seen
about you l have iked-very much
too much for my own peace of mind.
If we meet again"
'Will you kindly leave me?" she said,
coldly. Il must 20 back to my work.
I--never want to see you again"
II am going" / said, land it is not
probable that we shall meet again.
1 am not given to intruding myself.
But If we do meet again, try to believe
that the young man whom you met in
the street did his best to do you kind
ness. may be fool, but wanted to
help you. Good-by, and forgive me-"
had not gone dozen steps when she
stopped me.
MIR. Seymour" she said, quietly, and
with vast dignity for so young a girl,
you may be right; perhaps l ought
to thank you. But can't-you ought"
here there was a suspicion of sob
you ought to have known. can for
give you only when you find the thief
you are looking for. My father will
never forgive you"
She turned away with the air of an
offended queen. But i faneied caught
the echo of another faint sob, and that
fancy was of extraordinary comfort to
me for the next fortnight.
am afraid the Gazette got but indif-
ferent service out of me during those
next few weeks. / went to the Boston
convention, and while / listened to
speeches, dull and otherwise, my mind
was in the Manhattan library. AS to
what happened during my absence of
course | knew nothing. When tn con-
vention was over and could get back,
my first question TO Burton, made with
as Indifferent an air as could muster,
concerned "Daisy's Quest"
"Oh," he replied, I'VE gave it up. The
detective merely wasted a week. It was
throwing good money after bad"
breathed more freely, and for few
days tried to make myself believe that
! had dismissed Miss Robertson and
-Daisy's Quest" from my mind. Sc
cretly, / knew better. For a week ]
kept away. from the neighborhood of
tho library. Then one day really had
occasion to consult book that knew
was there and nowhere else; SO / re-
solved to go. Surely had the right to
do SO, and 1t would be idiotic to allow a
morbid memory to interfere with my
business or even my pleasure. So j
went. 1t was just before the noon hour.
| There she sat as usual, her eyes fastened
! upon her work. When the bell rang q
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-01-13
SHRUB IN WINTER DRESS.

are driven into the ground and tied to-
gether over the top. Winds cannot
now blow the plant over nor SHOWS
crush it down, A similar result can be
obtained by driving a stake down be-
side the shrub before putting on the
hay and burlap, allowing the stake to
project up through the covering. This
stake holds the wind in check and also
holds up the covering so that the snow
that falls upon it will not exert a crush
ing weight.-N. Y. Tribune.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-01-13
Notice

The Goth Street Baptist Church has
moved it's place OF worship from its
former place of worship (2Oth street,
between Main and Csry) TO corner of
2lst and Grace street, aud the name
has also been changed to that of Mace
oonia BAPTIST Church. The public is
invited to attend the services which
take place 81 the usual hours-l1 & M
D. ,. D p. m. regui Ar ssrvi, es, 8 o. m.
Rev. A. b SMITH. Pa star :;
JAMAs PowELL, Clerk.
12-2-1m.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-01-13
Uncle niII,n Idenn

As rule when time hangs heavily
on man he pawps il.
When a man loses confidence he
usually finds disappointment
A barber talks because he likes to
scrape an acquaintance.
A word to a man who thinks he's wise
is generally considered an insrlt.-
Cleveland Leader.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-01-13

Wee Edith was sitting near the bank
of one of our large rivers, looking very
disconsolate. "Oh, deari" she sighed,
the geography says this river empties
Its waters into the ocean, and I've
watched here two whole days and it's
Just as full as it ever was."-Judge.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-01-13
Speoisl Notice.

The ministers, lawyers. doctors,
clerks. insurance collectors, market
men, porters, laborers, boot blacks,
men in every occupation. members of
minstrel tr9upes, Grand Lodge of Ma.
sons, Grsnd~Army OF Republic, Samsr.
lfans, True Reformers and all other
bodies that meet in Richmond. take
their meals at Thompson's Dining
koor.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-01-13
PROTECTING SHRUBS
An Easily Made Covering That Keeps
Out the Cold and Prevents Crush
ing by Heavy Snow.

Protection against cold and protec-
ton against crushing snow arc both
furnished to shrubs and plants by such
a covering as is shown in the cut. First,
hay is bound around the plant, being
brought out upon the ground to pro-
tect the roots. Then burlap is tied
shout the hay, and, lastly, three stakes
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-01-13

The most valuable Christmas pres
emit you can Pive your child is one OF
Rector's Pictorial and Historical
charts 1t will delight jour child
Sent by mail to any address on receipt
OF one dollar.
address,
JoEN K. REcToR,
Little Rock, Ark.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-01-13
Wants.

Man wants but little here below;
Though this be doubtful, well we know
That woman is not such a Ounce
She wants a lot and all al once.
Chicago Daily Record
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-01-13
Onfimisnl.

"I shall never marry" said the bach
elor.
You always were optimistic" re-
turned the benedict.-Chicago Times
Herald.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-01-13
Prejudice.

When men blinded by prejudice are
Just the wheel of fortune viii be square.
Chicago Daily News.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-01-13
how to Care for AnnIe..

An apple, says DR.. Hosl,;ns, should
never at any time, while being handled
and being stored, become cooler than
the surrounding atmosphere. Fit does
not 1t will never sweat, for this sweat is
simply atmospheric moisture precipi-
tated upon the cold apple precisely as
II is preeipitated upon the outside of a
pitcher of water in summer. An apple
cannot be made to sweat in any true
sense. The skin Of all sound, smooth
apples is nearly as air and water tight
as India rubber.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-01-13
DR.. Humphreys

Specifies cure by acting directly upon
the disease, without exciting disorder In
any other part of the system.
NO. CURES rH.x,s
1-Fevers. Compositions, Infiammations. 25
2-Worms. Worm Fever. Worm Colic... .25
3-Teethings Colo, Crying .wakeruiness As
4-Diarrhea. OF Children or Adults...... .25
7-Conghs. Colds, Bronchitis. ..........-- as
s-Neuralgia. Toothache, Faceache..... 10
9-Headache. Sick Headache. Vertigo. as
iO-Dyspepsia. Indigestion Weak Stomach. oS
11-Suppressed or Painful Periods. .2S
12-Whites. Too Profuse Periods .o5
13-Croup. LarYngitis. Hoarseness. -
14-salt Rheum. Rrysipelas Eruptions.- rs
1S-Rheumatism. Rheumatic Pains...... al
16-SfaIaria. Chills, Fever and Ague.. .21
19-Catarrh, Influenza, Cold In the Head as
2O-Whooping-C ough..................... as
S7-Kidney Diseases ......--............ Al
2S-Nervous Debility ..............1. 90
SO-Urinary Weakness. wetting Bed. .25
77-Grips Hay Fever. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. SO
DR.. Humphreys Manual OF all Diseases at yo<rr
Druggists or Mailed Free.
Sold by druggists. or sent receipt OF prrce.
humphrey Med Co Cor. William John Sts,
New York.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-01-13
ZINC DImcuIt shopper

First Clerk-What a tiresome Gus
toner that woman isl
Second Clerk-Yes; she always knows
what she wants, and she won't take
anything else.-Chicago Record.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-03-01
Government Bonds Going Up.

Government bonds went up a full
point Monday, and the price OF fonrs of
1907 and 1925, with the per cent bonds,
reached higher level than any touched
last wear. The demand is ascribed to
the belief of individuals and corpora
tions that there will be an unusual call
for the bonds when the refunding law
goes into effect and the banks are al
lowed to issue circulation up to the par
galue of the bonds. Some of the banks
have been making heavy purchases in
view of future demand.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-03-01
CHAPTER XXI.
r II " 49,

Pale as marble, with his lower jaw
relaxed and his eyes almost closed,
motionless as If dead, but, nevertheless.
still breathing slowly and heavily, poor
Mare Hislop lay in his bed. the clothes
and pillows OF which were saturated
with blood. for he seemed to be COW
cred by wounds, and the crimson cur
rent had flowed over the piles of his
favorite books, which were scattered
upon the cabin floor, where they had
been trod under foot by Antonio while
overhauling the repositories of the un-
fortunate proprietor.
Shuddering, and in haste, we lifted
him from the bed, mufiied him in a
blanket and conveyed him. passive as
child in our hands, from the cabin.
As We passed out, for moment 1t
seemed as IL the ruffianly Spaniard re-
pented of his temporary clemency; for
when he saw the pale. bloody and In
sensible form OF the poor fellow trailed
past, he made an ominous stride to-
ward us, and threateningly clutched
the haft of the Albacete knife in his
sash. Then waving his hand, almost
contemptuonsly, he said
"Basta-go, go-lt matters little now,
either to him or to me. Demonio!
always strike deep"
Alarm and pity endowed us with un-
usual strength, and we bore the speech
less victim of Antonio up the steep
stair to the deck, where our crew. with
muttered oaths of vengeance. and ex-
pressions of commiseration, bore him
into the forepart of the vessel. There
a bed was made for him on deck. for
GOODNESS, an awning was rigged over 1t.
and we had his wounds examined.
We found deep stab In the neck
most dangerously near the jugular
vein; second in the breast. a third
between the bones of the right forearm
and fourth In the left thigh: all had
evidently been dealt through the he'd
clothes, and with savage energy Of
purpose.
(To ha continued
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-03-01
ANOTHER BOER ARMY
Assembled Near Bioemfontein to Dispute
Roberts' Entrance Into the TransyaaI

Assembled Near Bloemfontein to Dispute
Roberts Entrance Into the Transvaal
The Beers are assembling an army
near Bloemfontein with which to dis
pute the invasion of Lord Roberts. This
intelligence comes from Pretoria by
way of Lourenco Marques. The COM
mands are described as "hastening
from all quarters of the two republics. !"
No estimate is made of their numbers,
but the withdrawal of the Beers from
most of the places where they have
been in contact with the British, ex-
cept the district near Ladysmith, may
raise the resisting force to 80, 600 men.
This figure assumes that the Beers
have between 1000 and 10, 900 men in
the field.
The gathering of this army across
she path of Lord Roberts gives signih-
cance to General Cronjes steadfast de-
Tense. He has engaged the corps of
Lord Roberts for ten days now, and
whether he is relieved or not, he has
given time for the dispersed Boer frae-
tions to get together and to prepare
positions to receive the British advance