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SATURDAY, JULY Z, 1900
Before a Country Justice
" Soss HASSaney.
HNHAYIgo along, Uncle Tom ?" said
BY Ernest McGaFey.

M AY go along, Uncle Tom ?" said
lW John, as he heard the discus
sion at the breakfast table. The talk
was all about "old man Timberlake,"
who had been arrested the day before
for working on Sunday. The old man
was q terribly Industrious fellow, and
Ais wife and all the folk being away on
n visit he had been "baching it," or
leading an enforced life Of bachelor
hood for a week or more. Meanwhile
he had been plugging along in his usual
way, working early and late, and Just
more than digging into the weeds with
the cultivator. He always calculated
Sunday by seeing Uncle Bill Jimmie
son" go by the road with the mail for
Stromberg Of a Friday. But Jimmeson
had q turn of rheumatic" and was late
one day, and so Undertake rustled the
bay mules out and went into the fields,
bust as he always did. He thought it
was Saturday, but it was Sunday. and
thereby came his discontinue, For as
every man of any determination Of
character is sure to have one or more
enemies, so 1t was with Timberlake.
And when Bob McClanahan came driv-
ing along going to the Baptist church
and saw his ancient foe blowing the
weeds out of the corn, he saw an oppor-
'tunity of getting even for what he
deemed had been an injury by Timber
lake.
The warrant was sworn out and the
arrest made. Old man Timberlake
didn't know what II was about at irst,
and he posted of clear to Dorinda and
got lawyer to defend him. The
whole country round was talking about
the case and, as Johns uncle was go
ing, the boy also was anxious to attend.
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gifts to prove that the wolf has from
time immemorial suffered under the
most unjust aspersions. When one
sees charming American girl in shirt
waist and straw sombrera fondling a
wolf big enough to bite her hand off,
and a healthy western boy almost
overwhelmed with the Establishments
of wolves bigger than himself, one mar
vels at the verdict of Button, who
wrote:
There is nothing good in the wolf.
He has n base look, a savage aspect, q
terrible voice, an insupportable smell,
a nature brutal and ferocious, q body
so foul that no animal or reptile will
touch his flesh. 1t is only a wolf that
can eat a wolf"
But later writers point out that
when Button penned this diatribe he
was in no mood for unbiased Judgment,
since his sheepfold had been visited by
wolves and one of his captive cubs had
wrought havoc in his menagerie.
There is no one in Mr.. Bothwell's
ranch, infant or adult, what would not
hasten to the defense of all the family
OF wolves against the attack of the
learned but choleric naturalist.
The allegations of "base look" and
savage aspect" are disproved by the
pictures here presented. These show
expressions Of greater availability than
many domesticated breeds of dogs can;
show. The bulldog is an extreme case
in point, but there are less ferocious
looking dogs enjoying the friendship of
mankind which lack the blandly smil-
Ing aspect of these wolves.
AS for the terrible voice." the young
people of the ranch testify that the eff
forts at conversation made by their
pets are far more melodious than the
baying of st. Bernard or the yapping
of Yorkshire terrier.
The "insupportable smell' is also a
gross exaggeration. Mr.. Bothwell's
wolves have a doggy smell and moth
ing worse.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-07-07
WHIP AND PILLORY.
How They Are Applied by the
Sheriff in Dover, Del.
Anticipated Modes OF Punishment for
Petty Larceny, wife-Beating,
Etc, Are stiIi Quite Popu-
lar In the Little state

The recent whippings at the Della
ware whipping post, at Dover, OF
criminals who have been indicted and
found guilty by the court of petty lar
ceny and other crimes where the post
and pillory are the penalty, have ere
ated no little interest and talk. The
efficiency of this mode of punishment
for criminals has been discussed per-
haps more than ever in the last few
years, owing to the fact that there
has been an effort made to have both
post and pillory abolished from the
statute books of Delaware, on the
ground that they are a most barbar-
Gus and inhuman method of punish
ment of criminals; also because Della
ware is the only state in the union
which still holds to these relics of
olden times.
Much can be said, however, in IA
vor OF the whipping post and pillory
in Delaware. While not an absolute
preventive of petty larceny, yet their
success in this direction is appreci-
ated by the law abiding citizens of the
state, for the reason that seldom does
criminal, sentenced by the court for
the larceny of chickens or anything
else in that line to suffer 10, Is OF
20 lashes at the post before crowd
of several hundred people, come back
for the second dose.
While undergoing the punishment
of the pillory the victim is almost per-
fectly motion1ess, hardly being able
to move his head or hands In Some
instances, however, where the neck
of the prisoner is small, he can move
it enough to keep him from getting
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-07-07
WHAT ONE WOMAN THINKS.

Kindness is the secret of courtesy.
A man is poor indeed who is poor in
charity.
Children behave when out as they
behave at home.
Lots of women have dresses they are
afraid to wear.
A man never loses any of his seIf-re-
spect by an honest apology.
The clever woman always laughs at
a mans jokes, even if she has heard
them before.
1T is no longer puzzle as 10 who's
got the button. Every smartiy- gowned
woman can solve 1t.
The devil, a contemporaneous phil
osopher assures us, owes much of his
success to the fact that he is always
on hand.
Some women wear simple gowns
with an air of elegance that is entire
~ lost in the magnificence of some
other women's toilette.-Philadelph
Times.
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New Partridge.

5 One would imagine that, with the
modern facilities for travelling, the
hunters had long ago discovered all
the game birds and their haunts in
every corner Of the world. But, to
the surprise of everybody, brand
new partridge has just turned up. It
is called the Siberian partridge. 1t is
found in the mountains of southern
Siberia, although Manchuria is be-
ilieved to be it's real home. It feeds
upon little wild nuts which give to it's
meat peculiarly delicious flavor.
The birds are killed in the winter,
and, after thorough freezing, they
are packed and sent by rail to Liban
on the Baltic, From there they are
taken to London where they are sold
for something less than a dollar n
brace. AS many as 100000 brace have
already reached the London market.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-07-07
An Ineiaep, An IN, ph,I,n,,,.

An incident of campaigning in the
Philippines, as related by James Doug
las, a Phillipsburgh soldier boy, says
the Kansas City Journal: During nv
first watch wanted chew of tobacco.
had to loosen my belt to get it, and
so set my rifle down. HAD just taken
a chew and fastened my belt, and was
in the act OF reaching for my rifle when
L heard the report of rifle and felt
singing sensation along my right side
i dropped 10 the ground, and as / did
! so saw rebel in the act of taking an,
other bead at me. He fired and missed
and then started to run, but caught
him on the go. The bullet hit him lust
at the nape of the neck and passed
through his brain. His first shot took
my first aid package out of my right
shirt pocket and just burned my side.
L was scared, too, can tell you"
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the cramp in it, as is often the case,
There have been cases where a prison
er has chewed tobacco during the
whole time of his incarceration, which
is never less than one hour, and in
aggravated cases sometimes is two
hours. While in the pillory the pris-
oner is allowed to wear his coat and
hat, which serves to lessen his shame
to the eyes of the gazing public, who
generally flock around the prisoner
as soon as he is placed therein.
IL the piiiory were the only punish
ment inflicted upon the violators of
the law at each session of the courts,
little If any objection would be Of
fered, as this part of the infection is
nothing compared to the whipping
which immediately follows. The
prisoner in this case is stripped of
his shirt and coat, and, with his back
Exposed, his hands in iron cuffs, fas-
tened with spikes, he leans forward
hugging the post, as it were, while
the sheriff applies the lash. The mark
of the rawhide is plainly left on the
culprit's back, who endeavors TO bear
~ Ooe COAAAAk IL QOCS III
rapid succession and almost in the
same spot, invariably he squirms and
twists, as if to stay off the effects of
1t. When the last lash has been
laid on by the sheriff the victim at
the post gives sigh of relief, as If
a load had been lifted from his heart
and mind. For cases of minor lar
ceny the sentence of the court rs not
over 10 or IS; occasionally, however,
when an old offender is arraigned be-
fore the court, he gets 20 or some
times 30. The highest number ever
given in Delaware was GO lashes, but
they We're laid on lightly by the
sheriff then in Office. The order of
the court used to be that man
should be whipped according to the
gravity of his crime, to be either
well laid on" or laid on light" This,
however, is not observed here any
more, but the sheriff uses his discre-
ton in the applying of the lash, ae-
eording to the enormity of the crime.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-07-07
SIEGE oEr MxFERING.
Most Interesting Episode, I'M tina.
Boer-British War.
Ii Lasted AIT Days aud Both ssdesArs
said to Have Behaved we'll
Col. Bsden-Poweli's Cour-
age Rewarded at,I-ast

Mafeking's remarkable siege and
defense lasted just 217 days The
town and its story will furnish one
Of the most interesting episodes of the
history of the war. Gatacre's re-
verses, Buffers failures and Kimber-
ley's famous mines did not divert at
tention from the gallant defense.
made by the handful of men at Mafe-
king under the command of Col.
Baden-Powell.
The little haf-British, half-Be-
chuana settlement in the north on
the Transvaal border was in reality
hardly worth the siege or, the defense
to either side. But it was attacked
vigorously and defended valiantly..
On October 12, only two days, after
the arrival in England of the Boer
ultimatum, the burghers crossed the
Transvaal border 40 miles south of
the town and cut off railway and
telegraph communication. From that
time the people in the place were
compelled to isubsist upon the stock
of provisions in Mafeking at the be-
ginning of the war; Baden-Powell's
scouts and runners brought news to
the outer world occasionally telling OF
attacks and repulses, of the. suffer
ings of the besieged and of hunger and
sickness, but always with the word
that the heroic commander could
still hold out.
Two days after the siege began the
Beers opened an attack, thinking
they could take the, city at once,
They met with bewildering repulse
which Baden-Powell described IN the
following message: Eight; Monday.
All right"
After this the burghers settled,
down,to a bombardment, which lasted,
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SOMETHING NEW.

Weight of a new Indian club can be
varied to suit persons of different
strength, the body of the club being
hollow shell, with central screw
threaded rod, on which weights can
be adjusted near the top or bottom
or changed for lighter ones.
There has been patented by a Chi
cago man an individual toothpick hold
er by which two or three toothpicks
can be carried in the pocket without
getting soiled, q tube of straw being
used to cover the picks, with a wax
wafer at either end to seal the tube.
To prevent the strings of musical
instruments binding in the slots Of
the bridge in the neck a new tuning
mechanism is provided with series
OF independent rollers across which
the strings are passed, each roller
turning freely when its string is
moved.
An Illinois man has patented a
guitar which can be taken apart for
storage in n trunk, the neck portion
being attached TO the end of the
sounding body by bolt and thumb
screw. with the upper portion of the
keyboard overlapping the face of the
body TO form a rigid connection.
A novel form OF traction wheel has
been invented, having q series of
tubes radiating from the central hub,
with pistors inserted in the tubes
and carrying at the outer ends
pivoted p heads, which are surfaced
with rubber and tilt to adjust them
selves to the surface of the road.
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His uncle finally agreed that the boy
could come, and at eight o'clock they
started for 1.-THE squire's." 1t was
about six miles to hrs place, and when
they got there the place was festooned
with teams whose owners had come to
Sthe trial. There were single and
double rigs, "buekboards, farm wag-
;ons, two buggies and any number of
ponies. A crowd OF men stood outside
OF the sqpire's Office, and the partisans
of both men gathered in little groups
and discussed the matter. The squire's
office" was nothing more or less than
his parlor, or best room"
A portrait of George Washington,
very Incorporating in expression,
hung from one of the walls, and Wild
docking chrome, depicting a storm at
sea, faced it from the other wall. There
were two stuffed chairs that went with
the sofa in point of time and upholster-
ing, and a sheet-iron stove stood in one
corner of the room. There was a man
telpiece back of the stove on which
rested a clock with green rural scene
painted on the glass below the
countenance of the clock. This repre-
scented various festive May day SWANS
and swainesses, but the paint had been
gradually wearing of until the picture
was ragged and grotesque. Next to the
clock was an odorous kerosene lamp.
Next to that was candlestick with
candle and a pair of tin SHUTTERS"
There was rag carpet on the floor
with red and blue stripes predominant
tng, and black cat stretched his legs
back medisatively as the litigants
peered inquiringly into the room. The
"squire's" wife, thin. nervous and with
an added sense of her Importance, Cos
siped eagerly, with a couple of the
women folks" who had come along,
and the family dog, big, yellow brute,
shufhed Srom one place to another, evil
IDENTIFY hugely Disguised with the stir
and hustle of the court.
John sat on the fence and listened to
the talk. Some of the men thought old
Bob" ''ort to be fined fer workin' on
e Sunday, even eff he didn't know fer a
fac that hit wuz Sunday" They
backed up their opinion by the rule
that "a Teller ort to keep 1t in his head
what the days Of the week wuz, ithout
Teckonin' on no mail carrier" Others
were more merciful in their views OF
Mr.. Undertakes offense. One tall,
jeans-shirted farmer said that "some-
times feller KANT git the rights OF
the time, an the question with him
would be whether a man RELY allows
to do thing he ortn't to do, or whether
he done something the law says he
aain't do, an he, the feller. does it be.
cuz he fergits, err becuz he gifts the
wrong idee." In the meantime an un.
usual stir and gathering at the door.
way Of the Office denoted that the hour
WAS drawing nigh, so the boy slid on
the fence and Joined the crowd as II
squeezed into the courtroom" Hats
Of was the understanding OF the day
IA the nefghbors entered the sacred
sprecinots of the halls of Justice, and's
ksnsSal clawing OF Of headg gear com;
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sArbitration,- he saids recently. VI
the fad of the moment, but war.
though it endangers business for the
moment, gives a strong and hardy
race, such G race as is most likely 60
endure"
Speaker Henderson draws o pen-
sion, but, according to Z. G.. Hurd, hSs
Dubuque law partner, the amount he
receives hardly keeps him in artificial
legs. These he wears out about az
quickly as the ordinary man uses up q
pair of shoes.
An aged minister in England. on
hearing that Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon
had engaged luxurious saloon berth
in Cunarder for his voyage to Eng
land, remarked, with his habitual
stutter: "One would have thought
that the author of In His Steps
would have walked across"
A lady named Alexander has been
appointed and confirmed postmaster
of Elizabethton. Carter county, Tenn.
The word postmaster" is used adj
visedly, for the government does not
officially recognize such a title as
postmistress. Miss Alexander bears
the curious Christian name of Senior
tia.
Nineteen years ago Lord Roberts
received the thanks OF both houses of
parliament for his march from Cabul
to Kandahar. He is the only man
living entitled to wear two Victoria
crosses. His own he wears on his left
breast, but the cross earned by his
son he is not only allowed but COM
manded to wear on the opposite side.
Mrs. Charles Ewing Green has es-
tabhshed an alcove in the Chancellor
Green library, in Princeton, n. j., to
the memory of her husband. 1t will
consist of books on general. ancient
and classical philology, including such
works as the Teubner texts and the
''Patrologiae" of Migne. This alcove
will help to carry out the late Mr..
Green's wish of making this library
''the best 10000 volumes for n univer-
sity reference library in the world %
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-07-07

The fur Of the blue fox has become
so valuable of late years that 'fox
farms" now exist on some of the is
lands of the coast of Maine as well as on
the Aleutian islands and the Pribilof
islands of the Behring sea. One of the
problems now confronting the fox
rsnchers is how to provide more abund-
ant food for foxes In winter time. On
the Aleutian islands they have been
fed with dry salmon when other food
gives out. They will even eat sea-ur-
chins, searching for them on the beach
at low tide.-Youth's Companion.
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almost up to the very day when the
town was reached by the relieving
forces. After few weeks of shellinp
and waiting Boer messenger with
white flag approached the British.
works and asked for n surrender
Baden-Powell was sleeping when the
messenger arrived. He was awalx.
ened at once, and after giving the.
Boer an excellent luncheon he told,
him to return to Gen. Cronje.
Tell Cronje," said the undaunted'
colonel, ->that when we have had.
enough we win send out to him and
let him know"
About this time Reuters CORE.
spondent wrote: ''Col. Baden-Powelh
is always smiling. When the people.
see him walking down. the street
whistling they take heart
After the return of their man tho
Beers were inactive for severa.
weeks. Then the colonel sent them
this message:
"You can't take us. by sitting down.
out there. Why don't you come in
and get us?"'
This started up the bombarding
again. Week after. week the. shells
shrieked over Matching. The convent
was hat, the hotel hurt a listls, and
the famous dog was killed, but no.
British.
EARLY in the siege Baden-PowelTs
men made a few sorties and inflicted
some damage with their bayonets.
The children became so accustomed
to shells that they watched for them
to burst and then fought for posses
sion of the fragments.
On December &c MafeRing prepared
sortie and carried death up so the
very trenches of the enemy. Capts.
Vernon and Sanford were killed and
Lords Edward Cecil and Charles
Cavendish Bentinck were wounded. :.
On January word came from
Baden-Powell: 1--WE are making up
our minds to stick this out as long
as need be, and have food for another
three months" Col. Baden-Powell
must have figured in his horses and
mules as available food supply, for
Mafekfng had soon to begin dieting
on that kind of fare.
1oWaru Vhe enu or feDruary, says
the Chicago Times-Herald, the people
of Mafeking began TO feel the pinch
of hunger, and to realize what a
siege really means. On February 10
it was reported that the garrison had
been placed on the shortest possible
rations. BY this time the besieged
were growing accustomed to horse
meat, and that, too, in small quanti-
ties. Everybody was fed, but nobody
was surfeited.
Then began several relief move
ments toward the town, with the
chief and successful one marching
from the south. The last attempt of
the Beers to take Mafeking was made
en- May 10, when they were repulsed
with severe loss.
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German Potatoes.

In times of a scant crop in this
country potatoes have bsen imported
from Scotland, Ireland and Germany.
Potatoes OF peculiar variety, which
are used in making potato salad, are
regularly imported from Germany in
comparatively limited quantities, says
the New York Sun. In American POI
tatoes it IS counted a desirable char
acteristic that they shall cook dry
and mealy; just the opposite quality
makes the sorcalled German potatoes
priced for the purposes for which they
are used; they cook oily or moist. cst-
ting like some kinds Of cheese. Ger
man .notstoes ere found ON sale In
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-07-07
Parrot. Are Natural Gymn.st.,

4 The curious gymnastic feats which
parrots sometimes perform in their
cages have been ascribed to the desire
of the birds to vary the monotony of
their life in captivity. That was the
opinion of Mrs. Maudsley, the wife of
the Central American explorer, until
ishe lived in the forest region near
Copan, where she saw the parrots, in
a state of perfect freedom, indulging
I'm all the feats practiced by their
Gagged cousins.
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what Ends IL.

Ayoung lady (matrimoniany bent ap-
parently) left her prayer book behind
her one Sunday in church instead of
bringing it home with her as usual.
Inside of it she had written the follow
ing effusion:
A bunch OF fow'rs,
A look or two,
A little billing
A little COO
A little coming
And going. till
They 20 to church
And say: II wili'-
And that ends IT.
On looking at the book on the follow.
ing Sunday she observed that some one
had pencilled this effusion in It;
My lass. you're wrong
You surely are;
You worked that rhyme
Just one too far:
Tt ends right there
Oh. no 1t don't!
For coming home
She says: IT won'tr
And that begins IL.
SSpare Momenta- -
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some grocery and vegetable stores.
and they are found I'm the form of POI
tato salad m some delicatessen stores,
and especially in German restaurants.
The potatoes of this variety at their
full growth are small in size; they
cook much like the early new potatoes
of the ordinary kinds; they cost here
about twice as-much as ordinary pota.
toes. About $4,000 bushels annually
are imported.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-07-07
A Boys Prize Thonght.

A teacher of music in one of the
public schools of the south desired
to impress the pupils with the mean
ing of the signs ''f" and ''ffe' in a song
they were about to sing. After ex-
planning that ''f' meant forte he said:
Now, children, if f. means forte.
what does IF mean?" Silence reigned
for a moment and then he was aston
ished TO hear bright little fellow
shout: "EightY!"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-07-07
Their Use.

Little Enoch-Paw, what are fools
good for, anyhow?
Farmer Flintrock-To teach US the
result of BLOWN into unloaded shot
guns, buyin' gold bricks, guzzlin' pat
ent medicine, hghtin' the fire with coal
OH, goin' up III balloons, slSatin' on
thin ice, tryin' to beat other people
at their own games, indorsiD' our
friends notes, thinlSin' we know it all,
fiirtin' with grass widows, and so on
and SO forth, my son!-Puck.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-07-07
A CompIiment Th,t E.uss.

Fond Mother-Johnnie, didn't 1 tell
you that I would spank you it, you did
that again?
Johnnie-Yes, mother, you did; but
i didn't believe that woman, as kind
hearted as you are would be cruel
enough to do it.-Somerville Journal.