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MR.. MosBY wEDS.

Mr. Pleasant Mosby. hesd-wsiter ut
the New Ford's Hotel WAS marrie1 In
Washington las. Tuesday, the 18th, TO
Miss Fannie Whitfield. Mr.. Mosby
will leave here next month for tbs
Royal Palace Hotel in Atlantic City ss
3rd waiter, after which he and his
brid Q will reside in Washington.
On account Of the recent death OF
the groom's mother, the ceremony was
quite informal. The bride il the ac-
comFlished daughter of Mr.. Whitfield,
O well-to-do farmer in Leathville. Va.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-04-28
An Easter Hunt,

An Easter hunt was given he-child-
rem OF the Friends Orphan Asylum
Easter Monday by Mrs. Lucy ]. How
ard and Mrs Henry Moore assisted by
number OF ladies and children. The
children OF the asylum enjoyed the NJ
selves verynuch and through the ma
tron return many thanks. a
MArRoH.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-04-28
CITIZENS LYCEUM.

Tbs Lyceum will hold its next reyu-
lar meeting st the Leigh st. Methodist
Church rhnrsdsy. May 3rd, at s 80 P.
Nj. THE Xrsys" viii De edited and
read by Dr.. d. A. Ferguson. Rscits-
tlon by Miss Lucy v. Boiling. Paper.
fne question Of the hour" by DR.. b.
T. Tancil, President OF Nickel Savings
bank. Music under the directios or
Madaae M. A. Cross. Free. All are
welcome. Free.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-04-28

Mrs. Robt, A. Jaskson, who has
been tick for the past six weeks, ia
much improved. She left the city this
week to spend some time with mether
and family at her former home, Wash
ington. ID. @. Her little dsurhter
Lydia Beatrice, accompanied her.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-04-28
DEATHS.

DAVIS-Ross B. Davis, nee James
died April 1lsh at 2 .. m, st Norfolk
Va. She was buried from the First
6sptiet Church OF this city, Rev. DIR.
]. II. Holmes officiating. She leaves
. mother. sister and father in law to
mourn their loss.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-04-28
HELP WANTED

We have added another floor to our
Factory. which consists of new Ma
chimes and We want operators to m.ka
ssirts. Ladies only. The
Old Dominion Shirt Co..
777 N, Third St.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-04-28

ANDERSON-Died at her resid ence,
ITO e. Leigh ST., Saturday, April 81,
1900 at 4:30 A. NJ. Ella Anderson, wife
of r. W. Anderson.
Funeral was held at tbs First Baptist
Church, College ST.. April %, 1900 at
B 80 P. n.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-04-28

MARRIAGES.

FIsusR-JAcKsoN-T marriage OF
Miss Minnie d. jackson TO Mr.. t. Reid
Fisher took place Thursday evening.
April 20, 1900 at the new A. M. E.Zic n
Church, Pear street Hsr ford, Conr.,
Rev. Sulla Cooke fieiat:ug.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-04-28
NIB. BRAx TONS EXPLANATION.
The Death OF the Elder,
RICHMOND, VA. April 25. 1900

RICHMOND, VA. April 25, 1900.
To the Editor OF the PLANET:
Please allow me spacA in Jour wide
ly read journal to correcs statement
which appeared in your issue OF March
3Ist. last, signed -, P E ans"
The article in question referred to
the sickness, death and burial Of my
brother. the Rev, P. II. A Brsxten OF
Baltimore. From letters which re-
ceived from mg brother during his last
illness, and ss had. since his resid-
ence IN Baltimore, visited him quite
often and always found him comiorss- =
bly, situated, had no reason TO think
him in Indigent circumstances.
March 7sh, last, received tele-
gram from Mr. j. P. Evsps and sp ci-
ais froB several OF my brothers friends
spprising me OF his death, hich was
quite uDexpected to me. These mes
ssRes also stated when the fuuersl
weul1 take place. went Cd Baltimore
in time to arrange for the funeral but
on reaching there found that oil ar
rsngsments had been made by Mr.
Evans.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-04-28

Miss Lacinda E Jones is quite
sick az il also Mrs. Mary Bealee
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FACTS CITED.

Knowing that my brother's personal
effects, including besides $21,c0 which
was in the house at his death, O library
OF several hundred volumes which he
tCld ne duriog my visit to him las
year, WAS worth fully $250o.00. were
more than sufficient to pay mis- funeral
expenses. l concluded that Mr.. Evans
who had entire charge OF the arrange
ments had provided for the defrsying
OF the expenses through . disposition
Of these effects.
In confederation for Mr.. Evsus' ser.
vices paid him four dol ars which he
returned co me the day after the buti-
al, when asked him to let me look
over my Drother's papers which he had
in his possession and shis he refused to
do.
As tn not any relatives contributing
any money to help defrsy the expenses
OF the funeral, not one was asked, on
the contrary Mr.. Evans said both in his
telegram and on my arrival in Bslti-
more that be had made all necessary
arrsneems nts for the funeral. Mr..
Evsns never stated TO me that friend $
had solicited $3.50 10 meet the ex
penses and my hrst knowledge of it
was through Ais card in the PLANET.
WOULD KAvE TAKEN CRARaK.
Had he told me the circumstances as
he has the public through your paper
i would have taken charge of my
brothers ELECTS while in Baltimore,
disposed of them and paid all expenses
Gas l thought Mr.. Evans would dc
and would not have begged or solicit-
ed FROM the charitable public and
friends one penny.
In justification TO myself make this
statements and add that Mr.. Evans
took possession of every article OF fur
niture, books and the personal Effects
OF my brother
Hopiag that Dy this medium I may
give TO the public the true taets in
connection with this most unpleasant
affair.
I am yours truly,
LEWIS BRAxroH.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-04-28
THE PATHWAY 70 PRospRRIrY.

/, for one, believed, and still believe
that the pathway to prosperity and
glory for the country was also the
pathway to success and glory for the
Republican PARTY. thought tae two
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[ooNTIsUED ON TEE FIFTH PAGE ]
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AN IRA OF PROPERTY.

Our national debt had been reduced
with unexampled rapidity. We had
increased 1t somewhat for the necessa-
~ expenses OF the war. But IL it had
besn due, We could have paid it all in o
single year by o tar solely upon the
luxuriss OF the rich, which the rich
wosld scarcely have felt, and which
woRld have Vexed no manufacture and
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-12
Rat That Committed suicide.

81 have discovered something that
beats rat exterminators all hollow"
said a man who lives in a fiat building
TO a West Side friend who owns
house. IF you can once induce rat
to commit suicide on the premises the
rest of the rats will leave"
"Oh, l see," laughed the man who
owns the house That's like catching
a bird by sprinkling salt on its tail.
Nobody ever heard of a rats commit
ting suicide
That's where you're wrong. Two
weeks ago the head rat in our apart
ment building killed himself, and since
then the whole tribe has left, bag and
baggage. Before that we were over
run with rodents. One apartment on
the fifth floor was particularly infested.
The rats gathered there nightly to hold
high revel in the pantry. Servants re-
fused to stay in the fifth-floor fat. One
day Mrs. Jones. the widow who lives in
that apartment, walked in on bunch
of the rats as they were making merry
In the kitchen. They were genuinely
surprised and scampered in all direc-
tons. The leader, big gray fellow,
stood still and faced Mrs. Jones for
full minute. There were half dozen
exits through which he might have es-
capped. Finally he ran along the win
dow ledge of the pantry, opening out on
4 stone-fagged court FIVE stories below.
Ha lonkad down q minute calmlv and
then jumped, and was dashed to pulp
ON the hard payement."-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-12
AHeotor Macdonald story.

In spite of the warm liking Macdon-
aid inspires in those above and under
him 1t is on record that some of his
dusky Soudanese once mutinied against
him. Macdonald's method of dealing
with the outbreak illustrates the man.
His regiment had Of necessity to make
forced marches under the fierce desert
sun, and the conditions were SO hard
that the men became mutinous. One
day during the march Macdonald over
heard two or three of the native sol
diers saying:
"Wait till the next fight, and l will
take care that this slave driver of a
colonel does not come out alive. 1 my
self will shoot him."
Macdonald recognized the men by
their voices, called halt, and sternly
ordered the culprits to step out from
the ranks. Facing them he cried:
"Now, you are the men who are going
to shoot me In the next fight Why
wait so long? Why not do 1t now
Here am, shoot me-if you dare" The
rebels grounded their arms in sullen
silence. "Why don't you shootT asked
their colonel.
Because you don't seem to care
whether you die or not" was the an
swer.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-12
Simplicity of Fun.

"The funniest thing l ever saw or
heard" says Chauncey NJ. Depew In
Success, twas the lecture Of Artemus
Ward. then quite unknown, on Nor
mons. delivered at Albany. The audi
ence was fashionable, conservative
and proper to a degree. Ward, discour-
aged. finally stopped and said, after
one OF his best things, which had met
with no response. There's joke
Suddenly, the fun of the whole enter
tainment came like an avalanche. The
audience began to litter, then to laugh,
then to roar and at the end of 10 min
utes was positively in hysterical con-
dition. 1t was an illustration of the
psychology of association and senti-
ment. precisely the same as that which
produces panics, when there are no
commercial troubles and no financial
difficulties"
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yielding with such reluctant, pensive
grace as clad his radiant face with
new charm. Even Miss Considine
dropped her dangerous eyes with a
pickering blush under the tender bril-
lance of the Counts smile, and her fin
gers trempled In his clasp, instead of
resentlng the fond. faint pressure of his
hand Count Ludwig Nermandorf was
an asslduous wooer. Never devotee
knelt at the shrine OF his patron saint
with more rapt and untirlng devotion
than he at the feet of Miss Considlne.
1t was not new to the coquettish
beauty TO be sought humbly. But this
man was her master even at her own
game.
He knew how TO clothe his most inn
FASHIONED moment with a reserve that
continually Knocked and tantalized; to
say one thing and look another; to
sting with word and soothe with
touch. He never said too much, but al
ways too little. His looks were elo-
quent of love: his tongue so silent on
that fascinating theme that the heart
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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-12
John sherman ON Himself.

A politician who was very near to
Senator John Sherman In the campaign
of 1892 says he will never forget the
effect that the first kodak picture of
himself had upon the senator. Mr..
Sherman had been speaking the night
before in the Academy of Music, Phil
adelphia, and the newspaper artists
had taken some lifelike snap shots Of
him In many attitudes. To the poll
tician the senator said, upon looking
over the newspapers the following day:
"Well, well, our time for criticising the
newspaper men is over. They have us
to rights now. Here l am just as |
am, and I'm a caricature of what |
have always thought l was."-Satur-
day Evening Post.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-12
RECENT INVENTIONS.

An improved shoestring, patented by
a Massachusetts man, has in place of
the metallic tip soft rubber tip. which
is nodded in place over the ends of the
fiber and will retain its position as long
as the string lasts.
In a newly patented bicycle tire a
partition is inserted to divide the inner
and outer sides, the outer compartment
being filled with spirally wound fiber,
which forms an armor. while the inner
portion is inflated TO give reslliency.
TO do away with the necessity of ty-
ing knots In shoestrings a new device
is attached to one edge of the upper,
having a clamping jaw actuated by a
stiff spring, which grips the loops and
ends after they are folded to initiate a
knot.
A Frenchman has patented a new
process for sterlizing meat consisting
of grating the meat and mixing 1t with
a grating Of -four, after which 1t is sub
jected to a sterilizing bath composed of
vinegar, salt, ginger, spices and acetate
of potash.
In a new domino game the ends of
the dominoes are cut to lie at an angle
with each other, In order that the com
plete set will form a circle, the game
being to match corresponding spots on
each end of the dominoes until the cir
Gle is completed
Trousers legs can be stretched and
creased by new apparatus comprising
two thin metallic strips joined to a cen
trail rod by a graduated pair of arms.
which hold the strips closer together at
one end, the rod being used to spread
the strips inside the trousers.
To securely hold fish when hooked
a new fishing device has an auxiliary
hook pivoted to the shank of the bait
holder the latter depending from the
end of the line, and the former being
controlled by spring catch, to fall and
spear the fish when 1t takes the bait
A Pennsylvania has patented a
strangling device for controlling run
away horses, having a strap pass
around the throat, with the ends con-
nected by rope pulley, the rope of
which leads back to the carriage and
can be pulled on with one hand to
tighten the strap.
To provide for the ventilation of milk
cans without admitting insects and dirt
new can cover has an auxiliary
Hanged cap set In the top, with screen
covered openings in the fange, which
register, with openings in the cover,
the cap being held in place by friction
al arms engaging the sides of the can.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-12
UNFINISHED TALES.
Stories That Authors Begin and Find
Ii Impossible TO Finish.

The inability Of an author to finish a
piece of work thar he has engaged to
do and has already actually begun is
not so very uncommon thing. 1t is
said that Dickens began 1.-The Mystery
of Edwin brood" without any clear
conception In his mind of how the story
was going TO turn out and that had he
not died, leaving 1t unfinished, he
would have found almost any ending
difficult to reconcile with certain hints
contained In the earlier chapters. We
remember a rather curious instance of
the saline sort as having happened a
good n.any years ago, when the elder
Bonner was editing the New York
Ledger.
A very impecunious literary man sent
to Bonner the first chapters of a most
exciting story which gave promise Of
being just the sort of thing which
readers of The Ledger used to like.
The story was accepted and ran on un-
interruptedly and very successfully for
about -four weeks, when all of a sudden
the authors invention gave out. For
the life of him he could not go on with
the tale. and he had to go to Mr.. Bon
ner and say so frankly.
The next number of The Ledger ap-
peared without the expected Install
ment of the story, but with a brief
note to the effect that, owing to the
sudden illness of its author, its further
publication was temporarily suspend
ed. This was to give that embarrass-
ed person a chance to recover his In
spiration. Mr.. Bonner asked him to
Inner, took him driving and in vari-
Gus ways tried to brace him up for
further work, but 1t was Of no use.
lie simply could not go on. and SO the
rest of the story never saw the light
New York Commercial Advertiser.
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HE GOT THE INTERVIEW.
story of Amos Cummings and Sec
rotary of State Seward.

1t was while Amos Cummings was
the Washington correspondent of the
New York Sun that he had memora-
BILE interview with Lincoln's secretary
of state, Seward. Cummings received
orders one day TO get certain informa-
ton from Secretary Seward without
fail, and accordingly he went to the
secretarys office to see him. Mr..
Seward did not receive the newspaper
man very cordially.
81 won't talk to p representative OF
The Sun on that subject" said the sec
rotary. Il am very busy. You are
taking up my time. young man, and /
can't be bothered with you"
In an instant Cummings was boiling
with anger and hurt pride. He drew
himself up, looked the secretary
straight in the eyes and said:
"You forget. sir, that there are three
parties to this interview"
"Three?" queried Seward in surprise.
How do you make that outT'
First, sir, there is you. secretary Of
state and one of the foremost figures
In the world of men of the day; second,
there is the correspondent of the New
York Sun, who has come to you on
perfectly proper errand In the service
of his newspaper, and, third. sir, there
is an American citizen who considers
himself the equal of any man on earth
and who will not be insulted by you or
any man aliveT
The great Seward looked at Cum
mings and smiled.
"Sit down." he said, "and tell me
exactly what you want. young man."
The Sun not only got the news 1t
wanted. but also one Of the best inter-
views with Seward ever published
Saturday Evening Post.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-12

Among Westerns the French and
among Orlentals the Chinese are tn
n ost stay al-hoine nat ons of I e
world. Frenehmen are met with in al
parts of the world, but their thoughts
ase always turning toward the happy
days when they can once more return
to La Belle France and breat the the
air of Its boulevards The Frenchman
never willfully expatr ates himself for
life. The Chnaman, on the other hand
is stay-at- home by religion. He thinks
that his hope of salvation depends upo
ending his days In the Celestial EN-
D re. and he is careful to provide tina
II he dies In a foreign land his coffin
with his remains, shall be sent back I
China. The frlghtful over-population
of the Chinese Empire has driven Oh :
namen into all quarters of the word.
especially to Australia. but they al
WAYS hope to return to their own land.
The Hindu loses caste If he leaves his
native country. but he is member of
a religion rather than of race. and IS
n set-off the Mohammedans, who form
very large proportion Of the In Han
Empire, are the most persistent pill
grlms on the face of the earth.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-12
Mm ISIS CoNsIDINE was the rage

AN ISIS CONSIDINB was the rage
INU that season; a tall, naughty
0Ses looking girl, with magnificent
great dark eyes, and a torrent of dead
black hair, which she was always con-
irving to wear as nobody else did, tum-
bling over her shoulders cloudily or
wreathed about her small. elegantly
shaped head.
She was stranger In the town, but
she brought letters of Introduction from
people OF the highest responsibility In
the metropolis, and was accompanied
by a staid-looking lady of middle-age.
who always wore pearl-colored silk and
performed chaperon nightly In an alto
gether irreproachable manner.
Miss Consldine's toilets were artistic
perfection. Her laces were priceless,
said judges; her jewelry dazzled the
eyes of even accustomed uppertendom.
Miss Considine was a mystery, and
the greater sensation. perhaps, for that
very chill whisper which seemed to
thrill In the air about her. and which
had its foundation In the mere fading
of the beauty's brilliant color, the flick
er of her liquid glance at unexpected
moments, and for no apparent reason.
She was a coquette of the first wa
ter. That was discovery early made.
She had a way of looking sideways
through those long silky lashes of hers
that was infinitely more alluring than
a level glance would have been, and
the smile which visited those rosy lips
only now and then was doubly at
tractive from it's infrequency.
A creature of dangerous graces, she
was what people mean when they call
a woman fatal. Men imagined heaven
In her glance, and counted that lost
when her smile was withdrawn.
My Lady Dangerous met her match,
however, toward the close of the sea-
son. A yellow-haired German, whose
azure glance had a softer dazzle than
her own, and who called himself by
the fascinating title of Count Ludwig
yermandorf, presented himself about
that time to compete with the beauti-
full girl for her place as sensation of
the day.
He was shy of Miss Cousidine at
first. but gradually he too seemed to
be drawn within the circle of her wiles,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-12

The nervous commuter had one min
ute In which to catch his train. He
was Fastening exceedingly when the
cries of small boy smote upon his ear
"Hey, mister" shouted the urchin.
"Yer've lost somethinv'
The commuter stopped and hastily
counted his bundles. What have
lost?" he painted. why" said the
boy, "yer've lost that shine l put on
yer shoes ylstidy. 'T'll give yer another
fur a nickel" -Philadelphia Press.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-12
Travels or Two steamers.

The Germanic, very well-known
steamer of the White Star Line, has
made more than 500 trips across the
Atlantic. She and her sister ship, the
Britannia, built In 1874, have each trav-
eled considerably over two millions Of
miles, a distance equal to eight and
three-quarter times thst between the
earth and the moon. Between them
they have carried considerably over
100000 saloon and 100000 steerage
passengers across the Atlantic.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-12

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all its
stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being constitu-
tional disease, requires q constitutional treat
ment Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving the
patient strength by building up the constitu-
ton and assisting nature in doing its work.
The proprietors have so much faith In its cura-
tive powers, that they offer One Hundred Dol
lars for any case that 1t fails TO cure. Send for
list of testimonials.
Address, F.J.CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-12
The sultan Not a Good Risk.

It is said that the Sultan of Turkey
Is the only ruling sovereign of Europe
who does not carry heavy life insur-
ance policies In some reliable English
line of companies. In view of the fact
that OF the thirty-elght Sultans who
have ruled the Ottoman empire since
the conquest of Consiantinople by the
Turks thirty-four have died violent
deaths, the Sultan's life may not be
considered by insurance agents very
good risk.