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a Crest of CIotb.

One Of the ornithologists attached to
the Smithsonian institution was col
lecting specimens of the birds of south
western Mexico not long ago, when he
saw COW bird which seemed to him to
possess white crest Now, properly,
the cow bird is altogether black, and
the top of his head is as smooth as the
poll of young dry goods clerk. Evil
IDENTIFY this strange matter required in
vestigation, and gunshot brought the
bird to the ground. Then was found q
more unexpected marvel than was an
ticipated. The ''snow-white crest"
proved to be a piece of white cloth
that had been stitched into the birds
scalp and trimmed to represent a cocks
comb. 1T had doubtless been done
when the bird was very young" says,
the observer, 'by some of the natives,
and the wounds of the operation were
entirely heaIed."-Lippincott'
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-17
rer.o. P,..t.r-.

The adhesive mass used on tho face
Of porous plasters varies In compost
ton, though the following may be
taken as representing the general for
mula followed in the better class Of
plasters: Rubber, two parts; Bur
gundy pitch, one part, and gum oli-
banun, one part. This mass is varied
somewhat for different kinds of plas-
ters, and there is no doubt that cheap
er substitutes for the Sibanum are
used. Powdered orris root also Is fire.
quently present in the mass as a d.
luent. To work this mass successful
ly heavy and expensive machinery Is
required, and considerable skill Is
necessary to produce plasters which
remain permanently flexible and adj
hesive. For these reasons the manu-
fscture Of porous plasters has practi-
cally passed out of the hands OF the
retail druggist into the hands of those
who make them on a large SCALE
American. Druggist.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-17
ART AND MUSIC.

The Society of German Composers
assert that about 100000 persons in
Germany earn their living in connec.
ton with music
French painters should have room
enough at the 1900 salon, as the archi.
tect of the building has provided them
with nearly four miles of hanging
space.
A collestion of 100 old masters is ex.
hibited in the Sedelmeyer galleries, in
Paris. One of the most brilliant paint.
ings IN the exhibition is described Al
Vatican Of the highest order.
1t probable that Chartran's picture,
The Signing of the Protocol" which
was painted on a commission from n.
@. Frick, of Pittsburgh, and which may
be presented to the white house coliec.
ton, is to be reproduced. 1t is at pres.
enton exhibition at New York, together
with other works by Chartran.
Pepito Rodriguez Arriole is three.
year-old Spanish pianist who is aston.
fishing Madrid audiences. BE is said
to play correctly and with feeling and
to be already composing. he beats
Mozart's record as an infant prodigy
by three years. His father was Span.
ish officer who was killed last year in
Cuba.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-17
500 REWARD 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased TO learn that there is ut least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that Ia Catsrrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Cstsrrh being q
constitutional disease, requires a con.
stitutionsl treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting direct.
ly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
Of the system, thereby destroying the
found ation of the disease. and giving
the patient strength bv building up the
constitution and assisting nature in
doing it's work. The propriesors have
so much faith in it's curative powers.
that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails TO cure. Send
FOR list OF testimonials.
Address,
T. ]. CHENEY Il Co.,
Toledo, o.
- Sold by all druggists. 75c.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-17
SNAP-JUDGMENT.
A Striking ulustration-"Jadge Not
That We BE Not
Judged"

A merchant in New Orleans tells to a
newspaper writer of that city a story
which impressively illustrates the dam
gers of coming to a conclusion hastily
and on insufficient evidence. He SAYS
that one day he had by accident
smeared one of his hands with paint,
and stepped into a hotel where he was
well known to wash it off. He took
from his finger valuable solitaire dia-
mond ring and hung it on the faucet
while he was washing his hands. Then
he dried his hands ON a towel and went
away, forgetting the ring.
Half an hour later, at friends Office.
he missed the ring, and rushed back to
the hotel to look for it. 1t was gone.
He called the porter, who told him that
he had seen one of the bell boys take
something from the faucet a few min
utes before and hastily disappear
through the back door of the house.
He told the name of the boy, and the
gentleman started off to raise an
alarm.
On his way through the Office he
thouted out the boys name, and de-
clared that he had stolen the ring and
escaped. He warned the hotel people
20 have the boy arrested on sight. Then
he went out and gave the same word
to a couple Of policemen who were near.
Within ten minutes he had made a
tour. Of the neighborhood, telling every
one that the boy, whom he named, had
stolen his diamond ring, and asking
them to do what they could to find and
apprehend him. Then he went to his
store, hot and excited, and there, near
his desk, stood the bell boy with the
ring in his hand, waiting TO give it to
him. He had found it on the faucet,
and, knowing the merchant and that
it was he who had leftit had proceeded
with 1t directly to his store to deliver
It into his hands.
The merchant was full of shame when
he saw this proof OF the boys honesty
and faithfulness, and reflected how
widely he himself had spread false
and damaging report against him. He
gave the boy ten dollars, and did his ut
most to see everyone who had heard the
accusation; but he has little doubt that
the story was repeated to some who
will never hear, or will not believe, the
correction.
A false report not only travels swift
~ but widely, and it is next to impossi-
BILE for denial to follow it everywhere.
The suspicion against this boy may re-
main long in the neighborhood.-
Youths Companion.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-17
IDEALS.
Choose Those Which Are worthy
Visions OF God Make Us
Godlike.

Ideals are at once attractive and
tantalizing. They beckon us to advance,
and then elude us. The pursuit of them
is like the climbing of lofty mountain
ranges. The prospect invites. We set
out with courage. The air is bracing;
the exercise exhilarates. At each stage
of the ascent we command a wider
range of vision. We approach at last,
by dint of much effort, what appears to
US to be the summit. We climb the crest
only to find that there are other peaks
beyond. It is so with all worthy and
lofty ideals. Life would lack inspira-
ton and zest without them. 1t would
be poor and siavish thing, if 1t were
animated and attracted by no ideal.
1t would move forever on low levels,
never looking upwards, drifting at the
mercy of circumstances or passing i'm
pulses. 1t is true that if our ideal be
worthy, it will transcend all our eff
forts at attainment, The great archi-
tect, sculptor, painter, cannot do all
that he would. The effect does not an
swer TO the design. His hands are not
deft enough to fashion what his mind
conceives. But where would he be in
art if he had no sense of form or vision
Of beauty which his utmost effort failed
to fix on canvas or in marble? A worthy
life is an unending quest for high and
yet higher good. Where there is no
vision of God"-the highest good-"the
tendency is ever and inevitably down.
wards. Those who have visions of God
sooner or later become like Him.
Baptist Union.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-17
WHY7

Why is II. Lord, that we should stay,
And work the long. long, weary day,
While those we love so tenderly
Are called above to dwell with Theef
Why those whose work seems but begun
Are called away as though 'twere done.
While others. inefficient, stay,
Though longing to be called awsyf
Thou knowest all. and Thou alone
Can'st tell why these strange things ara
done,
Thou ruiest, and with boundless love
Dest guide ua all from Heaven above.
We know Thou doest what is best,
And when we. too, viii be at rest
We then will know, and not till then
Why all our plans could not have been
When In that realm OF Heavily light,
We there shall see that all was right,
And wonder why we questioned so
AT what seemed strange to US below
John Sterling. in N, Y. Observer.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-17
VARIOUS USEFUL DEVICES.

Wood figures can be readily dupli,
Gated by a newecarving machine, bav.
ing two pedestals on which the figure
and block are mounted, with tiItine
and sliding support for the tracing
and cutting tool, flexible shaft oper.
ating the latter.
An improved horse collar has means
for opening and closing it at the tor
instead of pulling it over the animals
head, U-shaped plate being provided
at either end, with yoke shaped to
fit the ends of the collar, with locking
devices to hold the ends in place.
A New York man has patented 9
screen door which can be used in the
winter, the screens being arranged in
panels, which can be removed and
glass or wooden panels inserted in
cold weather, being locked in place by
buttons attached to the door frame.
In a new device to enable ordinary
bicycles to be used on a railroad three
rods connect the front, rear and ton
of the frame with shaft CARRYING a
Hanged wheel to run on the opposite
track, while revolving disks are sus-
pended beside the bicycle wheels to
act as fanges s1r the latter.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-17
RoER WAR NOTES

About 500 western horses were
shipped the other day from Jersey City
for South Africa
The area of the Orange Free State Is
1926 square miles, the population 2o7,-
500, Of whom only 77,71e are whites.
Chappie-"My deah boy, what is the
mattsh?" Cholly-"Just went out and
got into row so as TO get licked" Chap
pie-"Why did you do that?" Cholly-
Because it is so English just now to
get hcked."-Town Topics.
In connection with the story of the
British flag said to be buried in Pre-
toria, 1t is perhaps worth mentioning
that in the middle of the last century
1t was no unusual occurrence for the
tattered or wounded" colors, as they
were frequently styled, to be inferred.
The Boer women are accustomed to
assist in tilling the soil and joining
with the men in domestic labor of all
kinds. When the men are called
away to fight with the army, the wom-
en- go right along with the work on the
farms, and thus insure an abundance
OF supplies.
The explanation of a sudden rifle fire
which was unexpectedly opened from
the Boer trenches is given by a newspa-
per correspondent. He says that the
Beers had wires stretched along the
ground in front of the trenches con-
nected with lamps, so that if a wire
was touched the lampw was extinguished.
One night lamp was put out by high
wind, and the result was that the Beers
opened fire, although there was no en-
envy. The fire ceased when the Beers
discovered that the alarm was false.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-17
WHAT BABY CAN DO.

1t can wear out a pair of one dollar
kid shoes in less than "a hours.
It can simultaneously occupy both
sides of the largest bed made.
A baby can make the commonest
house the brightest spot on earth.
1t can Tighten the burdens OF loving
mothers life by adding to them.
1t can make itself look like a fiend
just when its mother wants to show
it of.
1t can make an old bachelor in the
nert room use language that, if ut
tered on the street, would get him in
the penitentiary for two years.
1t can go from the farthest end OF
the room 20 the foot of the stairs in the
haH quicker than its mother can step
into the closet and out again
1t can Aatten its dirty little face
against the window pane in such a way
that the tired father can see it as a pic
ture as he rounds the corner. Yes, ba-
bies are great institutions, particularly
ones own baby.-Chicago Times.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-17

spend a lot OF money each year to pre-
vent fraudulent claims from being
paid. and the ingenuity with which
some of these claims are planned calls
for the very best detective service that
the companies can command. They are
willing TO spend good deal more than
the amount of the policy to expose these
frauds.
In Finland the newspapers have suf-
fered severely from censorship and sup
preston. According to Public Opinion,
a concern has been formed entitled the
Finland Newspaper Press Censsre In.
sorsnee company" II guarantees an
indemnity not exceeding so per cent.
of the loss OF the gross income Incurred
by suspension. The premium is five per
cent. of the gross income.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-17
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.

Use of khaki for military purposes 1.
extending.
Chicago patrol wagon drivers have or.
ganized benevolent association.
Chicago has two free lighthouses. and
last year they gave 301, 46s free baths.
There are as many shades of face
powder as there are shades of color, al
most.
Coffee was first used in Abyssinia in
7s5. A Greek first introduced it to Eng.
land.
An American spends on an average
$50 year for food, a Frenchman, S4s;
a German, $45; Spaniard, $50; in Ital.
ian, "a, and Russian, $40.
The American eats 100 pounds OF
meatayear; the Frenchman, 81 pounds:
the German, Ga pounds; the italian, %
pounds, and the Russian, 81 pounds.
A statement prepared for the South
Carolina legislature by the state dis.
pensary board shows net profits since
the establishment OF the dispensary
law in 1892 of $1,706, 600.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-17
ELECTRIC CURRENTS.

A 2o,ooo-horse power electric plant
is to be erected on the Catawba river
N. c.
Cleveland will soon be the center OF
the greatest electrical suburban rail
way system in the world.
A cable is being laid along the west
coast of Africa and another from tn,
Cape to Australia.
A test made recently in Binghamton
N. Y, showed that the cost of heatins
street cars by electricity is double thai
of heating with coal.
Eleven of the largest and most pow
erful electric generators ever built will
be built for an aluminium works a,
Niagara Falls.
London has only 2s, 900 telephone sub.
scribers. If it had as many for its pop
ulation as San Francisco has it would
have 100000.
An Englishman has constructed an
experimental electric line on which
miniature carriages travel at the rate
OF 24o miles an hour. The design is
to construct such lines to convey postal
matter only.
Recent experiments with a view to
connecting Brussels and London by
telephone have been very successful,
and it is probable that in q short time
a regular line will be established.
There is telephone already working
between Buda-Pesth, Vienna and Ber-
lin, and in a short time it is expected
that Berlin will have telephone COM
munication with Constantinople.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-17
INSURANCE INTERESTS.

Last year Haverhill, Mass, lost by
FIRE nearly $4,000, on which insurance
was paid exceeding $4,000.
The Chicago papers continue to be
full Of reports of gasoline fires, which
the fire departments warning does not
seem to stop.
In 1890 there were only four insur-
ance companies in Japan, with a capital
Of $1,434,0 900. In 1898 there were 7S
registered companies with capital of
$50, 600, 800.
Natural gas has caused trouble in
two directions in Indiana and Pennsyl-
vania, and, in order to prevent waste
OF property by fire, underwriters and
their agents have been obliged to warn
property owners against the dangers
that may arise from faulty chimneys
and the use Of rubber tubing for gas
stoves.
All the big life insurance companies
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-17
PURELY Personal.

An autograph letter of the late Vice
President Hobart sold in London, the
other day, for one pound six shillings.
The first cablegram of congratula.
ton received by President Mckinley
on his last birthday was from Chula.
longkorn J., emperor of Siam.
T. p. O'Connor, in describing the ap.
pearance of Lord Kitchener, saws thai
he seems to be as coldly unmoved by
novelty or excitement as IL he had lived
all his days among icebergs.
Gen. d'Exea Doumerce, the senior of
fcer of the French army, has been ii
years a general and &c an officer. He /;
"a years of age and has served ,unde,
three kings, an emperor and two re.
publics-
The car is about to make Primes
George of Greece a present of a fms
yacht which is now being built in Sc
bastopol. 1t is in remembrance Of tn,
actthat the prince once saved the car,
life while they were travelling in Japan
Mr.. Moody knew his Bible so well thai
his eyes and fingers could find any pas,
sage that he wanted from Genesis I'd
Revelation in the hurry of rapid speech
as easily as the fingers of master must.
clan can find the notes of a familiar
sonata on the keyboard of piano.
The Politische Corresponds learn,
from Constantinople that several build.
ings in the neighborhood of Yildi,
Kiosk have been pulled down to make
room for a new and magnificent palacs
to be built for the sultan's grand re-
eeptions. These up till now have been
held, on special feast days outside the
walls of Yildiz Kiosk.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-17
Notice.

The Goth Street Baptist Church has
moved its plGce OF worship from its
former place OF worship (20sh street.
between Main and Cary) TO corner of
2lst and Grace street, and the name
has also been changed to thai of Mace
oonia Baptist Church. The public is
invited to attend the services which
take place at the usual hours-1I m
g. D. p. m. regular services, sp. m
Rev. b. SIXTH, Pa stor;
JAhAs PowELL, Clerk.
12-2-lm.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-17

Harold" murmured the beautiful
maiden, shyly, "am / the only girl
you ever told you loved?"
Il will tell you the truth, dearest
answered the manly youth, leaning
fondly over her. "You are not"
Il think you might have lied a lit
tie, Harold-for me-" she said, turn
ing tearfully away.-Chicago Tribune.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-17
His Alert Suspicion.

'sDid you say the man who talks Of
coming to this place has money 60
burn?" said the citizen who had been
complaining about the way things arc
run.
Eyes, sir; that's the phrase 1 used;
'money to burn"
"Weli, we don't want him, can see
through him. He's one of these OPP
pressors. BE wants to burn all the
money he can git his hands on, SOS to
make it scarce. Star.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-17
Queer Breed of Foxes.

Gilbertsville, Pa, can boast of either
the boldest liar in the country or a
breed of foxes hitherto unknown to
natural history. A hunt club started
fox in that vicinity the other day
and reported that after chase of
seven hours the fox, being hard
pressed, took refuge in a tree, from
which the hunters took him alive
Chicago Chronicle.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-17
Deductive Rea.onIpp.

Il believe you have been secretly
married to young Mr.. Noodlel" cried
the irate father.
''How ridiculousI" replied his
daughter.
We'll" said her sire, ''he used to
come here at eight o'clock and stay
Till 1850, and now he doesn't get here
until nine o'clock and leaves at IO:I5."
Philadelphia Press.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-17
wise Provi,ion, 81 N,,,

"See how beautifully Nature pro
vides for emergencies" remarked Mr.
Frisbie. "Just before big war there
are always many more births of boys
than of girls"
And see what large families
there are in the feud districts of Ken
lucky" added Mr.. Dinsmore.-N. Y.
World.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-17
Unusual.

Dora--I wonder why Ernest has
never thought seriously of getting
married?
Fred--Perhaps he has thought of it
too seriously.-Brooklyn Life.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-17
Special Notice.

The ministers, lawyers. do.toys
clerks. Insurance. collectors. mari AZ
men, porters, laborere, boot bIacks
men In every occupation, members Of
minstrel troupes, Grand Lodge of Ma
sons. Grand Army Of Republic. samer-
itsns, True Reformers and all Other
bodies that meet in Richmond. take
their meals at Thompson's Dining
Room.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-17
Wonderful Pro.D.r,,v

New York Mani hear you've had
prosperous times in the west.
Ohio MAXWELL, / should say sol
Why, potatoes grew so large this year,
that they're mistaken 'em for pump
kinS.-Yonkers Statesman.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-17
Cold md CrneI.

Giles-Don't you think she is rather
statuesque?
DeGarry-Decidedly. When I pro-
posed 10 her last night she gave me
the marble heart.--Town Topics.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-17

Its influence that counts in poll
ties" said the voter.
YES" answered the practical poll
tician; "but not SO much as afluence."
WASHINGTON Star.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-17
fro BE ooNTISuRD ]
Lots or Them.

Pat-An honest man is the noblest
work nv God.
Mike-Thrue fer vel But there's
lots nv honest men that wouldn't be
so honest If they would only tell the
truth about thimsilves!-Puck.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-17

Pauline, what made you cut young
Noodleton just now2"
"oh, his face looked so vacucus; I
thought I'd give him something to
think sbout."-Detroit Free Press.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-17
DR.. Humphreys

Specifies cure by acting directly upon
the disease, without exciting disorder in
any other part of the system.
30. cuRxs -.,--.
1-Fevers. COMPOSITIONS, Innanmatious. as
S-Worms. Worm Fever. Worm Collie. rs
5-Teething. Collie, Crying, waketulness as
4-Diarrhea, OF Children or Adults-..... as
7-Coughs. Colds. bronchitis. ... .oS
s-Neuralgia. Toothache, Faceache..... .25
o-Headache. Sick Headache, Vertigo. as
i0-nyspepsia. Indigestion, Weak Stomach. oS
11-suppressed or Painful Periods. OK
lS-Whites, Too Profuse Periods. Ok
lS-Croup. Laryngitis. Hoarseness.... sc
l4-sait Rheum. Erysipelas, Eruptions.. .2s
1S-Aheumatism.R Rheumatic Pains. oS
16-Malaria. ChiIls, Fever and Ague. az
1S-Catarrh. Influenza. Cold In the Head es
%O-Whooping-Coush.. .................s as
S9-hidney Diseases ............... .25
2s-Nervous Debility ................1.O 90
30-Urinary Weakness. wettins Bed. Oh
"-4rip, bay Fever. Observation-Disclosures. OK
DR.. Humphreys Manual OF all Diseases A WINS
druggists or Mailed Free.
Sold by DRUGGISTS, or sent receipt OF prPea
New York. 49,
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-17
Private.

The young man tried to kiss the girl.
And she, fearing he might fail,
Did Just what he intended to-
She gently drew the veil.
Chicago Daily News.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-17
THE VOICE OF JEALousr.

He thinks her lips are sweet as
sugar, does he? Well, dey oughter be,
stuck up wild Is cents wort of me
candy."-N. Y. Journal.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-17
NOVELTIES FOR SMOKERS.

A handsome pipe of meerschaum ia
mounted in gold and set with small
precious stones. The stem is OF ivory
and the tip of amber.
An appropriate gift for gentleman
is combination tobacco box and match
safe. 1t is of silver, gilt, and the lid is
enameled and set with semiprecious
stones.
A handsome cigar case of silver gilt
has finish which resembles pigskin.
The case is slightly curved so as to fit
the pocket snugly. Rubies are freely
used in ornamenting the case.
A handsome ash receiver of gold and
silver has two heads of cupids with out
stretched wings, which curve together,
forming the receptacle. The body is
adorned with scrolls in has relief, Civ
ing TO it massive appearance--Jewel.
ers' Weekly,