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STILL IN EVIDENCE.

We learn that Brother Robert Wat
kins, who wvs guard at the penitentiary
during the Readjuster rule preached at
the First Baptist Church last Sunday af
ternoon.
brother X. t. Hill is recognized as
chairman of the pulpit committee.
Richmond planet., 1901-07-27

Mrs. G. w. Hughes and little
daughter of Huntington W. Va. are fbe
guest of Mrs. Rosa X. Jones. $40 ST
James St, Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Hughes
VISITED the Conference held at Hampton
va, last week, Mrs Hughes (nee Miss
Annie Page) graduated from Harshorn
Richmond planet., 1901-07-27
NOTICE.

Unity Lodge, No. "a will Meet Friday
night, August 9th at $50 p. m. All the
members are earnestly requested to be
out as there is some very important bus
ness TO be transacted,
Richmond planet., 1901-07-27
the TRANSFER OF A MISSIONARY.

1t is now reported that Rev. d. L.
Cosby has been transferred away from
home and Nelson Williams, Jr.,, who
forged the names to the application for
the meeting appointed to his district for
the time being.
Now Rev. Cosby has been faithful to
TO the work IN season and out of season,
but il seems that some malign infiu.
ence has been at work and Mr.. Nelson
Williams, Jr., who forged the names 10
the application for the meeting breaches
and prays to the Sunday School chill
dren OF the Commonwealth Much good
he can do in this direction.
The trouble at the First Baptist Church
Will be long remembered. The scenes
are as yet vivid in the memory.
THAT TRUE REFoRMRR RIPPLE.
y Leading the movement were those
who three years ago Were opposing Pres.
ident w. l.. Taylor of the True Reform.
ers.
1t had always been the policy OF the
late Rev. w. w. Browne not to inter.
fere with politics or religion. He was a
Methodist, but no one ever charged him
with debating to the Bishop as to who
his pastor should be-
President Taylor has followed in his
footsteps. 1t seemed strange then that
the First Baptist Church should have
been subsidized, so to speak.
The cooperationists won only partial
victory. They had candidates and that
was all. Prof. S. N. Vass spoke for
Prof. A. w. Pegues as did Deacon Jas.
Wilder
Prof. j. E. Jones of the Virginia I'm
ION University had advocated Rev. J.
Milton WaldrOn in the committee hut
all in vain.
These able divines were side tracked
and their supporters were virtually COM
PEELED TO stand by Rev. w. T. johnson.
the True Reformer divine from Iexinp
ton, who is also cooperationist, but
who was nominated by two True Re-
formers.
INSULT ADDED TO INJURY.
To show TO what extent the people
were over-ridden it is but fair 70 state
that Rev. Robert Watkins, who was
guard at the penitentiary during the
Readjuster rule and is now Ia True Re
former canvasser led the movement TO
override the Deacon Board
Brother Nelson Williams, Jr., who
forged the names to the application for
the meeting announced in his paper that
the deacons would not be put out if they
would behave themselves.
Gray headed officials, who had given
the best years of their life to the church
we're insulted and howled down by a
crowd, composed of youngsters and
misses, who in turn were encouraged
IN this improper conduct by persons
much older.
The result was that Mr. r. t. Hill.
cashier of the True Reformers' Savings
Bank was escorted in triumph to the
chair, while the scene attending his en-
try upon the duties of the position rivall-
ed that of a political convention. Those
who Were there will remember this sur
prising display.
BROTHER BURRELL ACTIVE.
At the door stood Mr.. w. P. Burrell.
Grand Worthy Secretary of the True
Retormers, who was canvassing and
with his corps of workers doing all he
could to influence the members in their
choice Of pastor.
Brother Burrell is member and a
deacon of the Moore Street Baptist
Church. he made open declarations
Richmond planet., 1901-07-27
THE FIRST
CHURCH MUDDLB.
SURPRISE MANIFESTED
MIR. BURRELHs INTERFERENCE.
Stirring Scenes Within.-AttemDt to
Exclude without Hearlng-"TO
Fix Him Next Time

Fix Him Next Time.'
The barefaced attempt of Mr.. Nelson
Williams, Jr., who forged the names to
the application for the church meeting
to exclude John Mitchell, Jr. from the
First Baptist Church without hearing
was revelation to the people of Rich
mond, and has caused no end of COM
ment
1t is well-known fact that the Rich
mond City School Board has been most
careful in its selection of teachers and
that it never presumed that ain instruc-
tor would be guilty of forging names to
an application even TO crafty vain am
bition in another direction.
ANOTHER SURPRISE.
That Mr. Nelson Williams, Jr., who
forged the names to the application
should be made missionary of the Sun.
day School Board and the American Bap.
tist Publication Society has been anoth-
er surprise.
Brother R T. Hill is President of the
Virginia Baptist Sunday School conven-
ton.
1t has been known that the American
Baptist Publication So2fGty has been un-
usually careful in thf lection of its
representatives amx colored peo-
pie.
plane Escs' ''''s e'sa
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COLORED MAN
LYNCHBD.
KILLED A POLICE Off
GER IN WEST VA.
GruesOme Scenes At The Hanging
The Law Sleeps.


the dead body of William Brooks fcol-
ored) swings from the limb of a tree in
the city park here, the Chief-of- Police
ROBERT LILY lies dying IN Cumberland
MD hospital from the effects of q bals
let-wound inflicted by the colored man
1hls afternoon word was brought To
the police station that William Brooks
well-kDown colored man was creating
trouble IN the lower end of the town,
and the aid of an officer to subdue him
was asked. Chief-of- -Police Robert TiIv
SAID he would go himself, aud bring de
man in.
RAN FROM HTsf.
When Brooks saw the officer coming
he started to run for the house, and bv
the time Lily had come 10 the house
which nal a good-sized crowd surround
ing It, and ordered the man TO come ont.
Brooks came TO the window of a front
room with a gun. Officer Lily ordered
him 60 surrender and come peeeafulIv
to the lookup. Brooks said thas ne
would not go peaceably or any other
way. Lily ran into the house for the
colored man, the crowd outside made mo
offer to help and the officer faced the
desperate man alone.
FIERCE sTRUaGLE.
Sounds ef a fierce struggle could be
heard, and the crowd that had gathered
ran TO the house TO help.
When the -oom was Sqvted both M an
Were totsnd on the floor in mortal com
bat. The colored man was shouting
that he would not be taken alive. nnS
the officer, silent but grim, hold him
with deaSh-grip. Suddenly the color
ed man worked his right arm free from
the grasp OF the officer, and, catching
up revolver that had fallen to the floor
IN the struggle, fired point-blank at the
officer
SHOT THROUGH THE STOMACH.
Lily fell to the floor. shot through the
stomach. When the officer released
Brooks he, he broke from the room and
ran, followed by big crowd. For sew
eral squares he kept ahead of the crowd
Finally, after chase of half mile.
Brooks was overtaken and captured
He fought desperately, but could not
get away.
SHERIFF RECEIVES HIM.
Other officers came to the rescue. and
with small ceremony Brooks was hand
ed over to the Sheriff, to be taken 70 the
city Jail.
Just as the Sheriff reached the prison
door and ordered the prisoner to walk
into the jail, mob of men, at least 400
strong, surrounded the officer, and de-
manded the prisoner The Sheriff and
guards refused, and made desperate re-
slstance, but to no avail
Brooks was seized. rushed through
the streets, half walking and half-fall-
ing along, towards the City Park.
HANGED IN THE PARE.
When the park was reached the men
who were leading Brooks told him TO
walk under big tree IN the center of
the park, and prepare to die. The col.
ored man could not speak, and seemed
almost insensible TO what was going on.
The rope was drawn up, and in a few
minutes the body of William Brooks
swung from the tree, lifeless. Then the
mob dispersed.
Officer Lily's wounds are fatal He
is unable to talk, and can give but small
explanation of the trouble that led to
the shooting. The body of Brooks. up
to late hour this evening, still hung in
Richmond planet., 1901-07-27

Sir w. Van jackson, the X. of r. and
;. of Unity Lodge, No, "a is out in Ohes-
terf1eld Co. for week of recreation.
i'NoMAp.
Richmond planet., 1901-07-27

Williams handwriting. Still. we are
waiting to hear from Brother Williams.
Richmond planet., 1901-07-27
ChiIdren's Day At Seven Pines.

Last Sunday, July 2lst, 1901 was a
great day at Seven Pines Baptist Church
in Henrico Co., ON occasion of Chill
dren's Day,
The feature of the day was the able
and forcibls9 ldress delivered by Mr..
w: II. r., of Varina Grove, Va.
The ltor by his scholarly ar
gums rated that in some fu-
ture would stand in the
fora oratory. At times he
& $ Aclp has returned to
la ~
Richmond planet., 1901-07-27

Arnp has returned to
IAN Seminary, At
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that he had succeeded in influencing at
least fifty votes for his candidate for
pastor.
de had attended the First Baptist
Church the Sunday preceding, overlook
ing the field and exercising his skill as a
successful organizer.
In the face of all this, the opposition
was sllenced. No one was permitted TO
discuss the situation and save for five
minutes given each of two persons TO
speak OF the merits of the candidates,
iree speech was as absolutely cut off as
though one resided in the Cars do
mains
The Lamar register., 1901-07-31
6&E@@N
Hsa aSCIENCE -
the nAnY,s FIRST SUMNER.


Fortunate is the city baby who is
born In September or October. for then
he Will have but one summer to pass
through while his powers of resistance
are very low. By the end of the sec
ond year the child should have devel-
oped considerable strength of constitu-
tion. and ought. II properly cared for.
to triumph over many evil influences
to which the younger infant is very apt
to succumb.
The primary cause of infant mortal
ity In cities during midsummer il the
Intense heat, and next comes, in the
case Of bottle-fed children, the giving
OF indigestible food or of milk which
has begun to change. The baby's life,
In other words. depends upon his be-
ing kept cool and being properly fed.
These matters are of such import
ance that in most of our cities the
health boards issue each summer leaf
lets containing directions for the care
OF the baby. and distribute them
among all the tenement-house dwellers.
In these leaflets mothers are
warned particularly to keep the baby
and all its surroundings absolutely
clean. The child should be sponged or
bathed once or twice every day In
lukewarm water. dried by wrapping in
soft towel. and then put into clean.
dry clothes. The clothing should be
light and loose and changed often.
The baby should never sleep in the
clothes which 1t has worn during the
day, nor wear In the day those which
have been slept in at night 1t should
sleep In separate cot, and never
In the bed with its mother. The sleep
ing-room should always be well aired,
During the day the baby should be
kept in the open air as much as pos
sible, and n daily ride into the coun-
try on a trolley car, or an excursion on
the water, II there is any large body
of it accessible, will do more. per-
haps, thai anything else to keep the
little one In health.
It should never be forgotten that a
baby needs water to drink. and plenty
of 1t, in hot weather. The water
shorld be boiled. then poured into n
bottle. half filling it. and well shaken
to restore the air lost in boiling. This
ls then cooled. not iced. and given to
the baby in small quantities at fire.
quent intervals through the day.
A nursing baby has an immense ad-
vantage over one that is bottle-fed.
and on no account should weaving be
attempted Just before or during the hot
weather. II artificial feeding is neces-
sary, the physician should be con-
suited as to the choice of food. for
among the many kinds on the market
some are good and some are not.
A baby's diet will be considered
more fully in another article on the
prevention of summer complaint.
The Lamar register., 1901-07-31
DUST FROM THE CLOUDS.

Baron Nordenskjold. upon finding
on the SHOWS of Greenland dust COM
posed OF the elements invariably asso-
ciatcd with meteorites. and of uncom-
mon occurrence in terrestrial matter.
concluded that cosmic dust Is falling
imperceptibly but continually upon the
earth. Recent spectroscopic examination
of many varieties of dust collected in
England and elsewhere has an inter-
esting bearing on Nordenskjold's con-
cluslons. Among the constituents of
dust floating in the air are lead. silver,
copper, rubidium. gallium. indium.
thallium, nickel, manganese and SO
forth. Many OF these can be traced
to their sources in factory chimneys
and flues. Volcanic dust has char
acteristic features, and dust from
clouds. collected either by itself or in
hail. snow. sleet or rain. exhibits a
regularity of composition not seen in
other varieties of dust. Iron. nickel,
calcium copper. potassium. and sodium
always appear in 1t In about the same
proportions. Some dust that fell near
Dublin In 1897 resembles meteorites in
its composition. is attracted by mag
net and seems to be of cosmic origin.
The Lamar register., 1901-07-31
A GIANT VARIABLE STAR.

In the constellation Gemini Is a
well-known variable star, Zeta. of less
than the third magnitude when bright
est, which. according to an estimate
recently set forth in the Observatory
by Miss Agnes NJ. Clerke. may be
ranked among the giants of starry
space The comparative insignificance
of Zeta Geminorum among the visi-
BILE stars appears to be due to Its
enormous distance. II removed equally
far away. our sun would be only one
thirty-seventh as bright as Zeta Gem
inorum when at its maximum bright
ness, and Miss Clarke computes the
gravitative power of the star at 225
times that of the sun.
The Lamar register., 1901-07-31
WHITE PINE DISAPPEARING.
senseIess Destruction of Trees Causing
Much Talk OF ReforcstItion-


",rhe white pine tree is disappear
ing" said a student of the confer FAM
lily to reporter to-day in the grounds
of the Department of Agriculture,
Though now that attention has Decn
called to the ruthless destruction OF
the trees the various schemes OF reIor-
cstation and conservative numbering
are being given consideration. 1t mas
been calculated that the original stand
of white pine in Canada and the
United States represented something
like 5OO.OOO,OOO0OO feet OF merchanta-
bic lumber, board measure. In 1so9
it was computed that the stand had
been reduced to 100000 ,00O.O0O feet,
"a, G4,OOO.O0O.OOO being In the United
States in the region of the great lakes,
40 900 900 600 in Canada and b,OOO,oO,-
900 scattering.
'The white pine is distinctively
northern tree. The native distribution
of the tree WIS from Newfoundland on
the east to Lake Winnipeg on the west,
and thence to the southern boundary
of Wisconsin, Michigan. Pennsylvania,
New Jersey and Connecticut. The
white pine belt also followed the Ap-
pnlachan range so far ia the south
as Georgia. The best growth Of the
tree was in Maine and the British ter
ritory east of that state. along the ST.
Lawrence river. In New Hampshire.
Vermont, northern New York. Mich.
igan. Wisconsin, Minnesota and central
Pennsylvania. The forests OF wliiie
pine have been annlhllated In New
England, though some cutting con-
tinues in Maine. Some white pine still
grows in almost inaccessible parts OF
New York and Pennsylvania.
According to Professor Sphlding. me
white pine tree seldom attains height
yrcater than 100 feet or n dimneter OF
more than forty inches. tree OF this
variety once measured by the division
Of forestry of the Department OF Asri-
culture was 10 feet tall and forty
eight inches thick. That tree was 4'D
years old. 1t was n little saplins ff-
ty years before Columbus sailed from
Palos.
"It is not an easy tree to prophgatc.
so many of the seeds being unfertiic.
1t does not, as n rule. produce flowers
and cones until IL Is fifteen or twenty
years old. During the first decade or
Its life 1t will grow about one foot ev-
cry twelve months. and then 1t grows
little faster till maturity. tree twen-
ty years old ought to be about twenty
| five feet high. and at thirty or forty
years of age it ought to measure about
sixty feet"
The Lamar register., 1901-07-31
Electrical Power.

In a paper read recently before the
Societe Internationale des Electricians
NJ. Picou, who was the engineer-in-
chief for the electricity supply service
at the Paris exposition, gave some in
teresting figures. The total duration
of the electricity service at the fair
was 2,756 hours, during which public
lighting was supplied for 909 hours,
and the average number of hours of
running of the generators was 713.5.
The total connections to the mains
represented 1926 Acknowledgements
cally 10000 horse power.
The Lamar register., 1901-07-31
PICKING UP GOLD.
Half Hours Operation of Washing It In
Wooden PIatters.

Half Hours Operation of Washing It in
Wooden PIatters.
Lady Hodgson, in her book on the
Gold Coast of Africa, says that at AK
i'm, as the residents told her, gold
could be picked up in the streets. She
naturally thought of this as a mere
figure of speech. but her informant i'm
meditately told a woman to go out into
the main street, gather bucketful Of
road-scrapings, and work 1t for gold
dust. In ten minutes the woman re-
turned with two galvanized iron buck
cts, one filled with road scrapings and
the other with water. She also brought
three or four wooden platters. varying
in size from large plate to saucer.
Taking out several handfuls Of the
road scrapings and placing them in
the largest platter, she picked out and
threw aside large stones, pebbles and
bits of stick. and loosened the remain
der by sprinkling it with water from
the other bucket. This enabled her to
remove further refuse. The residuum
was put into the next smaller platter,
and the process repeated until there
was quantity of uniform stuff ready
for treatment. This she sprinkled
freely with water, and by deft cir
cular movement of the platter brought
the SMALL gravel outward where it
could be thrust over the edge. When
this operation had been repeated three
or four times, the stuff. which now
looked more like mud than anything
else, was ready for treatment in
smaller platter. Here the same circu-
lar movements resulted in the discard
ing of further unpropitious elements.
Finally. in the smallest platter the
stuff had resolved itself into a small
quantity of black sand. This was care
fully washed and sifted by the aid OF
circular movements, and at last dex-
ferrous twist brought the sand into a
crescent on the platter, when there
appeared on the outmost edge thin
rim. 1t was unmistakably gold. The
whole operation had taken half an
hour. and the result was about shil-
ling's worth of dust.-Youth's Com
panion.
The Lamar register., 1901-07-31
FILTERED WATER BAMBOO,

Mr.. R. III. Yapp. an English natur-
alist who has recently explored the
mountain ranges of the Malay PENN
sula. reports the hitherto little known
fact that in several species of bamboo
the hollow internodes-the parts of
the stems between the joints-are
stored with large quantities of nat
urally filtered water. The knowledge
of this fact might be OF great service
in an emergency. Mr.. Yapp also dis
covered two species of ferns. growing
on trees. whose thick, fleshy stems are
filled with galleries tunneled by ants.
the ferns thus forming living nests for
ants.
The Lamar register., 1901-07-31
AN ELECTRIC STORM DErEoroR.

BY connecting a form of electric CO.
herer. invented by Professor Lera,
which is capable of registering cleo
trio discharges taken place in the at
mosphere at distance of several
miles. with telephone receiver. Mr..
Tommasina. an Italian experimenter.
has produced an instrument named
"electro-radiophone." which enables
an observer to follow the course of a
storm SO far away that no trace Of it
appears above the horizon. When the
receiver is held at the ear. the listener
hears the sounds of the storm as II 1t
were raging in his immediate neigh
borhood. In one instance an approach
ing storm was thus detected 12 hours
before 1t passed over Intra, the place
OF observation.
The Lamar register., 1901-07-31

stairs AFFORD a firm foothold on which
the passengers can stand until they
reach the upper level. A glance at
the picture will show the plan on
which the apparatus works. the treads
forming automatically at the bottom
of the lift by causing the supporting
bars to pass into alternate upper and
lower slots or guideways. thus bending
the conveyor out of straight line to
form the treads and risers. OF course.
the moving handrail is also provided
to aid the passengers In maintaining
their balance.
The Lamar register., 1901-07-31
Susie: A Shsssster ShstsS
BY Philip verri1I MisheIs

Want what?" screamed the teach
er. Want Susie? Nonsense. you dirty
old thing! You're supposed to be dead;
we have all believed you dead and
buried for two long years. You go
back to the sage brush. Here, l give
you plenty biscuit-lahpoo. Your Susie
go to school-she very smart girl
mo biscuit-lah-poo. Heap ketchum
girl. you sabbee? What's Injun goin'
do at white mans school? He's don't
learn nuthin' goot for us. He's heap
Injun all same. Injuns can't vote; In
juns can't make no laws. Heap no
goot, you sabbee?"
The woman was speechless She
started abruptly, to run to the agent.
but suddenly halted. remembering
sharply that against the wishes of an
Indian parent the government was
powerless to hold pupil
A silence fell on the Indian maidens
and the baffled teacher A few quick
words in the Washoe tongue delivered
by the father to his child and Susie
laid her apron on the table. Then si-
lently she walked to her teacher.
hiSseu HeT liSHtly On the halr and
turned to follow where the man already
shambled slowly toward the brush. Her
head bowed submissively forward, her
hands hanging listless at her side, she
trod in his trail, and the dog shufied
patiently behind.
The sun was casting long, slender
filaments of shadows. Into it's ruddy
glory passed the silent procession, out
The Lamar register., 1901-07-31
CHAPTER |.

L.
Down through the grey of the sage
brush, on a hill that was jeweled with
patches of the melting snow of winter
all but gone, shambling alone as lazily
as the blear-eyed dog at his heels, Il
'Washoe Indian of Western Nevada ar
rived at the edge of hurrying brook.
Removing hat, all battered and fuz-
zy, that once had been of silk and
proudly high, he gruntinsly descended
to lie on his stomach at the selvedge
green of the waters brink and thrust
in his lips for short, eager drink.
The dog Tapped above him. Both re-
sumed the march again, for the Indian
school was near at hand and the way
all carpet of stubble.
To the kitchen door the Washoe
slouched, and awed the young mahalas.
who, with red in their faces from the
glowing range, were up to their elbows
In the arts of civilized cooking.
"Injun Jim, he's wants my Injun
grill" he announced.
"Lordee." cried the teacher. jump
ing nervously, you frightful object!
You startled me dreadful. Now, what
in the name of goodness do you want?"
The Indian maidens stood in atti-
tudes Of stole amazement-one except
ed. She, the brightest and the tallest,
merely gazed at the visitor in dumb
appeal, her hands going slowly. re-
luctantly back to the strings of the
apron that hung about her waist.
"1njun Jim. he's wants my lnjun
girl" the Washoe repeated.
The Lamar register., 1901-07-31

semblance to the crater of minia-
ture volcano. In the water thus en-
closed the eggs are laid. and when they
have Matched out the young frogs are
secure from enemies until they are
able to take care of themselves. In
the meantime the parents remain in
the neighborhood as IL on guard.