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NOTES FOR RAILROADERS.

Our miles of railroad track exceed
by more than 10000 all the tracks Of
Europe.
Out of l0o.0oO.o0o passengers by sea
all over the world, 80 lose their lives;
out of the same number by rail, az
Hezekiah Earl. of Auburndale. Mass.
has just closed vo,untarilya term of 81
years in the employ of the Boston d
Albany railroad. He was a clerk in the
freight Office. He was born in Boston
August Is. 1917, and was sailor in his
youth. He is strong and wei, and
greatly enjoys his weE-earued leisure.
According TO the Railroad Gazette,
1,96S miles of new railroad were buils.
in the United States during the first SIP
months of this year. The roads wers
built by l54 companies. Last year Alb
miles were constructed in the same
time. Texas leads, with PAS miles,
while Oklahoma is second. with 243
miles.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24

hood and like hundreds of others became discouraged with the humdum
of Hfe
weeks he wrote home that he sick but would be cared for on
no
husband died frankly
Of
death The thought that
the possibilities of her husbands Recently she notified
that the body wa be shipped home OF the father
ground Tsda who had deserted her before % hesitate
himself
70
mar man
while he disappeared burial
sed with consulting
renal q
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24
WHAT HOME IS.

Home hos a cool hand and a soft
voice-and sympathy.
Home rs where you can speak your
mind and oriticise your employer.
Home X where you can pull off
your shoes and put on your slippers.
Home has quiet rest for the tired
head, and home is where you can
cry out your heartweariness.
Home is where you can shove the
days burdens into the hall closet and
hold yourself straight and free once
more.
home is q responsibility, but not
any more so now than in the time of
our fathers. No man or woman
worthy OF the name will shirk a re-
sponsibiiity that means the welfare
OF our country. It ia that RESPONSE
bility that makes sturdy citizens and
selects great men to rule us.
Home is earth's Eden to those who
wish il TO be so and will strive to
make il so. A little more thought
fulness, a little less selfishness; a lit
tie of self-sbnegation and good
deal of sentiment; much of magma
ton and a great lot of Iowa bleness;
an ideal to grow to and enough prac-
ticability 30 keep things moving
smoothly; such constitute the haven
that most of us hook forward to and
that some of us reach
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24
OF FOREIGN INTEREST.

The population OF Berlin has trebled
within 30 years
London has 81 inhabitants TO tn
acre; Paris, lis.
New Zealand has $4,000 native
(Maoris) 10 626,OO0 whites.
Great Paul is the biggest London
bell. 1t weighs 17H tons; while Fig
Ben, of Westminster, is only l5H to, s..
Prince Carl of Roumsnia rs thir-
teenth IN order OF succession to :he
British throne, the German emperor
twenty-tifth.
Corn ~, next TO sugarcane, the prin-
cipal crop grown IN Queensland, and
: one of the most imp"~-. products
of New South Wales
The new woman has gained a vic.
tory IN Norway. where she is numer.
ically strong. She has finally per
Suaded the privy council 70 dec,..,
that hereafter brides need no loa y.
20 obey" their husbands at the mar
riage ceremony, unless they choose I,
10 so.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24
WISDOM OF CURRENT FICTION.

A woman has need of a sharp
tongue, since Providence gave her but
Indifferent fists.-Joscelyn Cheshire.
AS we grow older ali life grows more
and more bitter-aud we more and
more able 30 bear it.-A Woman for
Nothing.
Arguments are like birchings; only
! those know their value who have
ceased to have any need for them.-A
Royal Exchange.
The history of many a woman's
tragedy could be summed up by the
| mans cry Of weakness. 81 need you.
+. Stand by mel" - Another Woman's
Territory. ----~@ ss-'' ." 1884,
Poetry--srd most OF all amateur
ipoetry-stands for pain. Every line
! of il spells woe. Either the writer, or
those living with the writer, could tell
tale.-Robert Orange.
Ii is sometimes instructive to look
back and see how Destiny gave us a
kick here, and Fate a shove there, that
sent us in the right direction at the
proper tipe.-The Crisis.
Men who like Ken sports are, as a
rule, earnest, healthy, vivactous fell
| lows, fond Of good cheer, with a de-
cided leaning towards making the beS:
az everythtng.-At Loves Extremes.
All this Onward show of holiness
| failed 10 convince. 1t was lilse the
smell OF mask, which hints of less de-
sirable scents 20 be overpowered
rather thrn ctee nsed.-SiY Christie
pher. ,'-.-s'
1 suppose IT n the browning futility
OF sentfmentafism 10 try to remem-
Der all the sunrises and sunsets of
ones heydays. H only adds to ones
late Parhos In hfe to open his old al
bum and smile YEARLY at the souven rs
that have grown meaningless. - 4
Journey no Nature.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24
PLAY OF ANCIENT RULERS,

Alexander the Great preferred tam
Ing fiery and manageable horses TO
any other diversion.
Honorius, ruler of the western en-
pire of Rome, was supremacy happy
when playing with pet hen.
Charlemagne devoted much Of his
spare time TO swimming, and easily
outstripped all who competed against
him.
y queen OF Denmark. as n pastime.
made dresses, and proudly claimed
that most of her garments were the
work Of her own hands.
Caligula, emperor of Rome. amused
himself by feeding human beings to
wild beasts, in a portion Of his palace
expressly arranged for that purpose
Frederick the Great found needed
rest in playing with dogs, and his last
words were: "Cover him; ne is cold
referring to a hound that had place a
his nose against the hand Of che dying
monarch.
From nothing can more correct
idea OF tie peculiarities CONSTITUTING
the individuality of those who. figure
conspicuously in history be gained;
than from consideration OF Their
recreations snd pastimes--not slwav.
in harmony with the character gener-
ally attributed to the persons them
selves.
Peter the Grent allowed himself nc
rest from work. In those hours which
other rulers would have 6evoted &c
relaxation, he wac dihgentl, laborinu
al forges, in sh'pvards. in mills Of
various kinds, and thus acquired the
knowledge which enab'ed him To raise
Russia from half-civilized province
To a mighty empire.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24
A BOLD THIEF, THIS.
His Unsuccessful Ruse to Escape With
"a


Detroit. Aug. 21.-Whlle the clerks
in Horace Steeres' jewelry store on
Woodward avenue were busy In the
rear OF the establishment yesterday
afternoon a man walked IN and grab.
bed a tray Of diamonds worth $4,000
just as his presence was discovered.
The clerk shouted and the thief ran
out and down Woodward avenue with
the clerks In pursuit Policeman wag-
ner Joined the chase and the thief was
pursued into the public lighting plant
on the river front Here 80 employe
saw him empty the contents OF the
tray into a handkerchief which he
slipped into his pocket. Throwing away
his straw hat, the thief put on q cap
and then walked, boldly out and met
the pursuing policeman, who. however,
recognized him despite the change of
headgear. He was arrested and "a
diamonds were found on his person.
The prisoner gives the name OF Charles
Meyers and says he just arrived here
from St Louis.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24
NO REVOLT IN COLUMBIA.
Orizaba's Men Say South American
Troubles Are Exaggerated.

hTOUOlcS arc Exaggerated.
New York, Aug. 21.-The officers
and passengers OF the steamship ORR.
zaba, which arrived from Colon yes
terday, said that the reports OF trouble
between Venezuela and Colombia were
greatly exaggerated.
eve neither saw nor heard anything
OF any trouble while in the harbor, I"
said Captain Smith. IT did not 20
ashore myself, but know that every.
thing was peaceful and quiet. The
government had put q few soldiers on
the trains running across the isthmus,
but that is often done"
Colonel ]. r. Shaler. general super.
intendent of the Panama railroad, who
was passenger on the Orizaba, ridi.
culed the reports of battles and incur.
sions at the isthmus, and said there
was no revolution in Colombia. Meth.
er had there been any interference
with his road. He continued:
THE fact that l have left Colon for
q trip to New York is evidence that
there is no disorder or trouble what.
ever at the isthmus. | read Of a bat.
tie which / knew never took place
There were many battalions engaged
and 800 dead, but there were never
any such forces, and they never saw
each other and nobody was scratched
People who do not understand condi
tons down there take these stories
seriously, but those who are on the
ground do not"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24
SCIENTIFIC BREVITTES.

The American qaail has been sue
cessfuNy acchmatized in Sweden.
One inch of rain equals 100 tons to
the acre.
EtymolOgists declare that the sugar
cane has 2s7 varieties of insect enc
mics.
Dew falls on a yellow surface more
readily than on green. On red and
black IL viii not usually form.
On September 7. 1896, the astron o.
mer Wolf made record by discovering
seven planetoids in one evening.
The si;kworm thread is enc FIVE
.thousandth of an inch in diameter,
that OF the spider one thirty-thou-
Sandth.
The suns light is equal to $500 wax
candies az one foot from the eve. It
would take 500, 900 full mons to equal
;loudless sunshine.
Vaccination is very strictly enforced
n Germany, and very loosely in France.
Germany's loss by smallpox is only 10
a year; that of France $4,000.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24
A CENTURY OF PROGRESS.

cit has been reserved for Prof e. r.
Doioear or the United States. to give the
most striking summary OF the worlds
progress In science during the century just
closed. IL is an admirable instance OF the
multum in parvo and brings home the
salient points OF the century in a way
hat volumes OF learned d,squisition would
vet dol
We received % chemical elements,
We bequeath so.
We received the stairway, we be-
}ueath the elevator.
We received the gunpowder, we be-
1ueath nitrogScerin.
We received the tallow dip, we be-
4ueath the arc light.
We received the sailing ship, we be-
9ueath the steamship
We received the sickle, we be-
Iueath the harvester
We received ordinary light, we De
4ueath Roentgen rays.
We received the galvanic battery.
we bequeath the dynamo.
We received the fintloek, we be-
queath automatic Maxims.
We received the scythe, we be-
lueath the moving machine.
We received leather fire buckets,
we bequeath the steam fire engine.
We received the hand printing
press, we bequeath the Hoe cylinder
press.
We received the hand loom, we be-
4ueath the cotton and wooden fac
tory.
We received the average duration
of life of 80 years, we bequeatn 40
years.
We received the goosequin, we be-
queath the fountain pen and type
writer.
We received the weather unan-
nounced, we bequeath the weather
bureau.
We received unbelievable pain. we
bequeath aseptics, chloroform, ether
and cocaine.
We received wood and stone for
structures, we bequeath 2O-storied
steel buildings.
We received the beacon signal fire.
we bequeeth the telephone and wire
less telegraphy.
We received the painters brush.
we bequeath photography, the camera
and color photography.
| The nineteenth century received
from it's predecessors the horse. We
bequeath the bicycle, the locomotive
and the automobile.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24
ODD BITS OF INFORM TON.

1T takes nearly four pounds weight
IF grapes TO make bottle of wine.
New Orleans has the onsy paper in
the United States that publishes Sun
day evening edition.
If you saved the ash of al the cigars
you smoked you would have consumed
i,600 before you had a pound Of ash.
Elks' teeth are scarce and va, q be in
the Indian territory; and il is said that
some of the thrifty Indians are digging
into the graves Of their ancestors to
find the teeth buried with them.
Herman Smith Turner. recently ap-
pointed cadet from Maryland. has
been admitted to the Annapolis acad-
envy in spite of the fact that while he
is over six feet tall he weighs but sS
pounds.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24
ENTERTAINING A MONKEY.
The stmsan Reysterc~ Cot rty-y ana
Proved "a Expensive Guest 80
Party Of sserrymakerS.

A party OF PSrisians who he'd been
lucky at Longchamp agreed to cello
brste their good fortune with little
banquet. They were very merry, and.
coming across q monkey on theSe way
to the Getting house, they entered into
negotiations with IT'S owner with the
result that IL was soon trotttng along
BY their side. A hsk was then made
ct q cafe for the purpose OF ibdslgiAg
in aPpe Tiers and eheir new friend
WAS trested to drink, zoo, which vas
the unfortu ate cause OF the com
plicRtions whick followed. Hardly had
the tovial party reached the res
taursnt when the monkey began TO be-
tray symptoms OF tremendous ella
ton. IL became 30 lively that cord
had TO be borrowed 80 attach II to
leg OF the table, as X WAS diverting
Hselt with a series of leaps and bounds
of a very risky character.
Az i'll luck would have IL, when the
young men were in the middle of their
repast the cord snapped and the mon
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24
MILLIONS INVOLVED
In Suit Brought BY Tennessee Farmers
AGAINST Copper Companies

In Suit Brought BY Tennessee Farmers
Against Copper Companies.
Knoxville, Tenn, Aug. 21-Judge
Mcconnell, sitting at Cleveland, Tenn,
yesterday dissolved injunctions grant
ed two weeks ago In a case that in
wolves millions of dollars. At Duck
town, Tenn, s5.0OO.OOO have been in
vested in the copper industry and two
mammoth smelling plants built About
40 farmers claim that their land has
been ruined by the fumes from the
plants destroying all vegetation, sui
phuric acid being used in the process.
They filed suits for damages and
abatement of the alleged nuisance and
were granted injunctions two weeks
ago. the observance of which practi-
cally shut down the plants. Three
thousand men are employed in the in
dustry and one feature OF yesterdays
hearing was the presentation OF a
monster petition signed by 5000 citi-
zens of Polk county asking the dis
solution OF the injunction. The Ten
nessee Copper company and Ducktown
Sulphur, Copper and Iron company
are the plants involved.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24
IN A TUNNEL FOR DAYS
Two Men, Trapped in ClsVsland's
Crib Horror, Rescued.
KNEW NOTHING OF THE FIRE

Thought They Were Doomed To Die,
But Worked Desperately To Dig
Their Way Out-Prepared To Eat
Raw Mule Meat.
Cleveland, Aug. 20.-Adam Kest and
Joseph Eugine, two of dozen or more
worf men who were trapped in the
water works tunnel 200 feet below the
surface of Lake Erie, by the burning
of crib No. 2, last Wednesday morn
ing were rescued from their horrible
position late yesterday afternoon and
are now lying semi-conscious at HUI
ron Street hospital. With careful
nursing the physicians say they will
soon recover their former strength and
probably be none the worse for their
thrilling experience.
Shut off from the upper world, the
men knew nothing Of the catastrophe
that killed so many OF their comrades
and imprisoned them. They knew
that something had severed their con-
nection with the crib. They knew that
beyond the air lock, behind which they
had taken refuge, the air was too foul
to breathe. But they supposed that
the trouble was temporary. Each day
they expected their comrades to come
down the tunnel to their rescue.
When their signal for help, tapped
on the air pipe, was at last answered
from the crib, Kest and Engine were
preparing to eat raw mule meat. Their
deliverance came just in time to make
unnecessary this desperate effort
At the hospital last night the two
men were permitted to talk for short
time and they related some of their
experiences. They said they did not
know there hao been a fire and they
could not account for their plight, un-
less some accident had happened
which would soon be repaired. AS the
time passed by, however, and hours
heightened into days, the men were
beginning to fear they were doomed
to death either by starvation, suffoca-
ton or drowning.
I'VE gave up more than once" said
Kest. I'VE lost track OF the time. ]
did not know whether II was six days
or three. The gas must have made
us sleepy. We slept lot know
We did not know whether it was day
or night down there. The darkness:
was awful We tried to get out sew.
eral times. Each time the gas drove
us back At last we decided that II
was get out or die, and we made q
try, tapping on the pipe as We went
along"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24
OIL FIRE STILL BURNING.
Five Dead and Hundred Injured In
Philadeiphia's Bio Casualty.

Fntlauoipnias Sig Casualty.
Philadelphia, Aug. 21.-The fire
which began Monday afternoon at the
works of the Atlantic Refining COM
rany at Point Breeze. in the south
western section Of the city. is still
burning fercely this morning, and
Chief Baxter. of the city fire depart
ment, has given up hope of saving any
OF the company's property. The one
hope of the company's officials and the
firemen was in their ability TO pump
the oil from the tanks not yet reached
by the flames into reserve tanks in an
isolated section of the yard. An ex-
plosion late yesterday afternoon car
ried away the pumping machinery, and
nothing remains now apparently but
TO permit the confiagration to burn
until all the oil is consumed
1t is believed this morning that the
five lives lost in the explosion of the
big gasoline tank on Monday night
completes the list of fatalities.
The fire is still raging and is eating
up oil at the rate of 100000 day, &C
cording 20 the estimate of President
Lloyd, of the Atlantic Refining com
pany. Firemen and officials are pow
erless. The fire must literally burn
itself out. The cooperage shop has
been swept away, and in its destruc
ton 40 men narrowly escaped death
The tanks of benzine are going. Earth
works have oeen thrown up to keeI
the Schuylkill river from becoming
flooded with blazing oil. The firemeI
say they are working in the dark
There is danger all around them. they
say, and they do not know where the
danger spots are.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24

key, now free, made up for lost time
by rushing about rhe room IN quite a
frantic manneY. in few minutes the
dinner service was reduced to a com
piete wreck. Broken plates, glasses
and bottles strewed the erewhiIe con-
Vivial board, any amount of other mrs
chief being also wrought.
After discussion which lasted fully
sn hour Il was finally agreed that the
sum demanded by the proprietor of
che restaurant should be paid 20 him,
and 30 horrfled were his customers a.
the responsibility which they had in
CURED through the ownership OF the
animal, whose naturally lively spirits
had been 90 dangerously elated Big that
fatal drop OF absinthe, that they pre-
aented il to him as web.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24
SHOWN THROUGH THE PALACE

Japanese Emperor Pays Unusual
Honor to American Admiral.
Washington, Aug. 21-In a report
OF the unwilling of the statue commem-
Grating the landing of Commodore
Perry at Kurihama. Japan, Admiral
Rodgers says: "On July ~ was re-
ceived in audience together with Cap
tains Mackenzie. Sperry, Commander
Swift and my personal stan by the
emperor and by the empress. After the
audience we were by direction of the
emperor. shown through the palace.
This, am informed. is an unusual
honor, as is also the granting of an
audience to g foreigner during the
summer months. On the same day I
also called on the princes OF the royal
family"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24

claim Of the strikers that Mrs. Fred
Baugh, wife OF the superintendent, is
escorting the strike breakers to and
from the mill She has always been
very popular with the mill men, and
the pickets say they would rather
face regiment OF soldiers than do
anything improper in her presence.
They say that In peace times she
nursed theis families. and that they
simply cannot interfere with her or
the men she escorts
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24
SYMPATHY For STEEL STRIKERS
Texas Legislature Extends Moral Aid
and Denounces Trust

Dallas, Tex, Aug. 1.-THE morning
session yesterday in the Texas house
of representatives at Austin was occu-
pied with resolutions extending sym
patty and moral support to the steel
strikers and denouncing the steel
trust. Delegate McFall made a speech
in favor of the strikers and against
the trust. The resolution is now the
pending business, and will come up In
tho morning hour from day to day I'M
I'll disposed of.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24
PlTrssuRe TUBE MEN STRIKE
Employees Of Pennsylvania Works
Went Out Monday.

Pittsburg, Aug. 2O.-The men OF the
Pennsylvania Works OF the National
Tube company In this city joined the
strikers last night, and 1t is expected
that the force in the Frankstown
plant Will follow them today. About
500 men left the Pennsylvania Works.
and il is almost certain that all of the
remaining 500 will join in the move
ment and completely tie the property
up. There are about 600 men in the
Frankstown property, and the total
number of men added to the army of
strikers by the movement will be
about 1900. 1t was understood earlier
yesterday that the National Tube com
pany had announced an advance in
wages, and it was thought that it
would hold the rNen.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24
GENERAL MARKETS.

philadelphia. Pa. Aug. 20.-Flour
steady; winter superhne. s21SG2sO; Penn.
syivania roller, clear. $2.SO0s15: city mills.
extra, R.4Oa2.S5. Rye -four slow. ~ 81. $50
aS per barrel. Wheat OF; No. 2 red.
spot. 7S14a7sc. Corn declined; No. vel
low, local. SIC. Oats weak: No. 4 white,
clipped, Hd45c.; lower grades, 11d43c
Hay In good demand; No. 1 timothy, SIS 50
9l7 for large bales. Beef Arm: beef hams.
ns.5o620.50 Pork steady; family, u7.N.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24
POLICEMEN HELD FOR TRIAL.
First Arrests In New Yor<'s Latest
Reform Inquiry.

New York, Aug. 21.-As a result OF
the judicial inquiry being carried on by
District Attorney Philbin, Justice Jer.
ONE and the officers of the Society for
the Prevention of Crime, into the con.
duct Of the police department. war.
rants were issued yesterday for the ar.
rest of Wardman Glennon, wardman
Dwyer and Sergeant Shields.
The three police officers were quick.
~ arraigned before Justice Jerome
who held Glennon In the sum Of 50, 900
and the others in $4,000 each. security
being at once furnished.
The evidence upon which Glennon,
Shields and Dwyer were arrested was
given by five witnesses. II related to
an alleged disorderly house on West
Thirty-third street. which they are
charged with failing TO suppress.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24
CHICAGO WORKERS JUSTIFIED.
Steel Men Say They Should Not VIC
late Personal Honor.

iate personal Honor.
Chicago, Aug. 21.-A statement ad.
dressed to labor organizations and to
the public, signed by IA men who
cbAtm to represent the members OF the
Amalgamated Association employed In
the steel works at South Chicago, was
issued last night X is an extended
argument IN justification OF the refusal
OF toe South Chicago men to violate
their contract with the Illinois Steel
company. In conclusion 1t says:
The principles OF union labor are
as dear TO US as TO any men In the
country who earn their living by hon.
est toll. but we do not think we should
be expected TO violate every rule Of
business integrity and personal honor
for matter OF sentiment, for this is a
time when we must not let our SYM
patty get away with our better judg-
ment."