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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14

to see what the matter was. The con-
ductor stopped to look at her in her
helpless state.
whats the matter, MADAME" he in
quired.
"Oh, nothing. Bread is rising, can't
you see? Oh, get awayl"
She got her fingers in the dough and
then she got mad. She tried to pull
them. She tried to close the satchel,
but it would not close.
"Confound that thing" she said, and
the satchel, comb, mirror and dough
disappeared out through a window.
When she tells her friends about the
case now she laughs at the horrid fell
low-passenger and conductor, but she
did not feel like it then.
She was coming to visit a friend in
Lewiston. This friend admired her
bread very much and said it was the
best in the world, so, not having any
bread ready to bring with her, she
seized upon a large piece of dough
which was rising in a pan before the
fire and wrapping it in napkin she
placed it in her grip with the above
result.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14

born in the mountains near a great
mine in which her father was inter
ested, and as soon as she was able to
toddle among the rocks that sur
rounded the log-cabin home her baby
voice shouted merrily at every bug.
spider, worm or lizard that crossed
her pathway. She played with them,
handling them carefully, tenderly
and crooned to them as most children
Groom to their dolls, and they seemed
TO reciprocate her affection by con-
tented submission.
One day when she was three years
old she slipped out and away while
her mother was busy with household
tasks. When she was missed the
usual calls failed to bring her. Sew
eral hours passed by and the moth
er became almost frantic with fear.
for there were mountain lions in the
surrounding forests, as we'll as many
other dangers that might assail the
child. A search party was organized.
and after a tramp of two miles
through the wilderness the youngs-
ter was discovered behind a huge
bowlder with an immense coiled rat
tier beside her, which she was strok-
Ing as contentedly as if it had been
kitten.
The snake also seemed to he en-
joying itself immensely, and the soft
~ vibrating rattles made a sound
like purring. The father, Mortified,
quickly grasped the baby from dam
ger and then killed the snake. The
child screamed and sobbed and ragged
over the loss of her pet and it was
many days before she recovered her
usual sweetness of temper.
After that memorable experience
father and mother watched the child
more carefully, but in spite of their
olllgence she enjoyed many a play-
hour with snakes that she found or
which she enticed from their holes.
They never offered to bite her. but
accepted her caresses as matter of
course, and so it was with every ma
ture thing. She seemed to possess
some remarkable power that soothed
and made wild creatures docile and
tractable at her will. At last her
parents discovered that she was car
rying on these meetings, and find
Ing that no harm resulted from her
strange associates they gradually be-
came reconciled to her having rem
lillian pets, but commanded that the
beasts" be kept in one place, and
be not introduced into the general
domestic life. And so, with the ex-
ception Of huge gopher snake that
rids the place of mice, and few
horned toads and lizards that baslx
on the sunny window stills and catch
flies, all the pets are now relocated to
one room, some having their individ-
ua1 glass cages. while others enjoy
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14
HAS PECULIAR PETS.
Miss Sanderson Loves All Kinds of
Crawling Things.
Among Her Prime Favorkes Are
ella Monsters, RattIesn makes,
TarnntuIRs, Lizards, Toada
and Other Serpcnts.

Harboring pets whose sting means
death, caressing them, teaching them
tricks and attending to their needs
and comforts quite as eagerly and
affectionately as other girls look
after their cats, dogs or canary
birds, is a favorite occupation with
Miss Lillian Sanderson, who lives
among the beautiful oak-covered hills
just back of Nordhoff, Cal
Miss SanderSon, says the San Fran
cisco Examiner is of a dashing bru-
nette type, and is a great social IA
vorite, being vivacious and witty and
possessing a remarkably rich, full
contralto voice. To look at her, to
hear her sing or speak, one would
never suspect hat she derived her
greatest happiness in life from COM
partnership Nth a colony Of creeping,
crawling, sinuous creatures or from
spending several weeks at time in
some old shack in the mountains
while hunting for new specimens to
add to her lively collection.
When Miss Sanderson asked of her
parents that room in their hand
some new home be set aside for her
pets there was naturally some op-
position to establishment of verita-
BILE Dante's Inferno within the con-
fines of the family residence; but her
whims have always been gratifed
and, as usual, the girl had her way,
the result being that one of the Larry
est, sunniest apartments is thronged
with outdoor denizens-snakes, ella
monsters, tarantulas, lizards of many
species and other queer inhabitants
the whole making a display so for
midable that even Satan himself
would drop HIS pitchfork and run
from the scene.
The young snake enthusiast was
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14
Cast I'm Nv the Ss.

Atlantic City, N j., March i0.-Ths
life-saving stations at Hereford and
Cold Springs report the washing
ashore yesterday morning of the half
Of a vessel. probably a barge 1t Is
believed she went to pieces OF this
city during the gale of Friday night.
The boat is broken directly In half
and parts OF the rigging and spars are
still attached. No name is on the
wreckage. and there is no means of
identifying the boat. The life-saving
crews from both stations are on the
lookout for the crew of the boat, but
1t is thought improbable that any sur
vived the storm.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14
DOUGH ROSE ALL RIGHT.
The Embarrassing Experience of G
Kind-Hearted Housewife of
Skowb cyan.

A medicine bottle, a mirror and q
bunch of keys, all sticking to a chunk
of dough as large as your head, was
the sight, says the Lewiston Evening
Journal, that met Skowhegan wom-
ans view when she opened her satchel
iston, Me.
She had wondered for some time
what it was that was swelling out the
sides of her satchel in such an unpro-
portionate manner, and she opened the
satchel to find out. She struggled to
close it, but she could not. The man
in the rear seat looked over her back
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14
KNEW ALL ABOUT HIM.
Husband No. Was Quite Familiar
wiki ALI che Good Points of His
Predecessor.

1t was a contested will case, and one
Of the witnesses IN the course Of Civ
ing his evidence, described the testator
infinitely.
-Now, sir" said counsel for the de-
Tense, 81 suppose we may take it from
the fiattering description you have
given of the testator, his good points,
and his personal appearance generally,
that you were intimately acquainted
with him?"
"Him!" exclaimed the witness. "He
was no acquaintance of mine"
Indeed! Well, then, you must have
observed him very carefully whenever
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14

suit of perfect manly strength and vigor
for life
The doctor wants all suffering men ia
share with him the knowledge he he's
personally attained, He sende the re-
ceipt free, and all the reader need do is
to send his name and address to DIR.
Knapp Medical Co, S25 Hull Building,
Detroit Mitch requesting the free re-
celpt as reported in this paper. 1t is a
generous offer, and all men ought TO be
glad to have such an opportunity.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14
Theatrical Manager. Appealed To

Washington, March 1.-THE secre-
tary of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial
Association OF the United States has
sent circular letter to the theatrical
managers of America, asking them IL
they will devote to the Jefferson me-
mortal fund 1 per cent. of the gross
receipts derived from the theatrical
performance on Monday, April 10, next.
the 160th birthday anniversary of the
author of the Declaration of Independ-
ence. A facsimile copy OF letter
from Joseph Jefferson is attached to
the circular. warmly approving the
suggestion.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14

The worlds greatest living specialist
who discovered the grandest remedy
ever known which has been the means
of curing thousands of men of nervous
debility lost vigor, varicocele, night
losses, failing memory and all other
consequences of youthful ignorance and
other causes, and restoring the organs
to full strength and viger send; free to
every sufferer the entire receipt so that
each despair1ng man may cure himself
at home and thus obtain the great re-
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14

you saw him?" pursued the examining
counsel.
Il never saw him in my life." was the
reply.
This prevarication, as the counsel
thought it, was too much, and, adopt
ing severe tone, he said:
Now, now, don't trif1e with the
court, please. How, I ask you, could
you, in the name of goodness, describe
him so minutely if you never saw him
and never knew him?"
WELL" replied the witness, and the
smile which overspread his features
eventually passed over the court "you
see, married his widow"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14
BriIIiancy Versus Flooding.

"Some men," said the original pill
osopher, "see more than others SEQ
at first sight and devote so much
time and energy to the task of being
pleased with their own brilliancy
that they miss all the benefit of the
sober and maturer second thought
that comes to those less gifted
Baltimore American.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14
AN AWFUL EXPLOSION
Scores Of People developed In Burn
ing Oil While Viewing Fire.
FOURTEEN BURNED TO DEATH

Freight Wreck On Erie Road Was Fol-
lowed BY Fire. Which Caused Tank
Cars to ExpIode-Many Bodies In
einerated.
Olean, n. Y. March 10.-Fourteen
lives were lost and As other persons
were injured. some OF whom will
die. by an explosion Of oil
near here last night. A freight
train on the Erie. made up principally
Of tank cars filed with oil. broke in
two near this city at about @ o'clock.
The two sections came together with
a crash and one of the oil tanks was
demolished. Fire broke out almost in
stantly and the sky was lighted up
for miles. A large crowd of people
left this city for the scene of the
fire.
While they were lined up along the
tracks a terrific explosion occurred
The flames communicated quickly
with the other tanks, and a second
and third explosion followed each
other in rapid succession. Sheets of
flame shot out in all directions. Scores
OF people were caught within the zone
of the fire and enveloped In the flames.
Men and boys ran screaming down
the tracks with their clothing a mass
of flames. Others fell where they
stood, overcome by the awful heat
Just how many were killed is not
known, as many of the bodies were
incinerated.
Sydney Fish, a prominent business
man, returned from the scene of the
fire at midnight. He said: 'I was at
tracted to the scene of the fire be-
tween $50 and 10 o'clock. When !
was within quarter of a mile OF the
wrecked train there was a terrific ex-
plosion. Flames shot outwards and up
wards for a great distance. l saw
several persons who started to run
away drop on the railroad tracks, and
they never moved again. Others, who
had been standing close to the wreck
age, we're hurled through the air for
hundreds OF feet. The scene was awful.
Half dozen young boys ran down the
tracks with their clothing on fire. They
resellSled human torches. could
hear their agonized screams distinctly
from where I stood. They ran some
distance down the track and then
threw themselves to the ground, grow
cling In the bitches In their frantic
efforts to extinguish the flames. Then
they lay still, some of them uncon-
scious, others dead. l don't know how
many were killed. but I counted 20
bodies before / came away"
Word was sent at once to Olean
police headquarters by telephone.
Every doctor and ambulance in the
city was summoned. Grocery wagons
and carriages of all kinds were press
ed into service and everything posi-
BILE was done to bring the injured
without delay to the hospitals for
treatment
At midnight the first Of the injured
arrived at the hospital. They we're
four young boys. Their I'M
frightfui. Great patches of flesa -sre
burned OF and hung In shreds from
their bodies. Large crowds gathered
at the hospital and the faces of the
injured were anxiously scanned as
they were borne into the building on
stretchers. Heart-rending scenes were
witnessed when one OF the poor. Bills
tered bodies was recognized by a
father or mother or q brother. and
IT was with difficulty that persons
were restrained from invading the Cd
Grating room.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14
Keel For the Connections aid

New York, March 1.-THE first
keel plates Of the battleship Connect
cut, the first large battleship ever
constructed In a government navy
yard was laid yesterday in the navy
yard at Brooklyn. There were no cere-
monies in connection with the laying
"a tie plate.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14
CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS WON
Bill Passes North Carolina Senate
MAKING Their Practice IenaI

WAXING lheir Practice Legal.
Raleigh, N. c., March 9.-Christian
Scientists won their fight before the
general assembly of North Carolina
Saturday, when the law to define the
practice of medicine and surgery.
which would make Illegal the practice
OF their faith in North Carolina, was
amended to read: Provided that this
act does not apply to any person who
ministers or cures the sick or afflicted
by spiritual means only, prayer to
Almighty God, without ne use of
drugs or any material means" the
amendment having been worded by
Miss Mary Hatch Harrison, of the pub
LEGATION committee for the state of
North Carolina. The bill passed its
final reading in the senate without a
dissenting vote.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14
airy OF the treasury bias received from

tary Of the treasury has received from
an unknown person a unique con-
science contribution in the shape OF a
watch. with a gold-fiIled case. The
watch came in a package postmarked
Pittsfield, Mass. The sender says In
an accompanying letter: Such as l
have / give unto you for the conscience
fund. The money I gave for the watch
is more than consider owe the gov.
eminent"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14
Modern NEEDLES.

The modern medical man is no longer
only healer; he must also be SAM.
tartan. 1t is to the study of preventive
medicine rather than to the study of
therapeuticS-or curative medicine
that the scientific physical IF our time
devotes himself with enthusiasm and
confident hope.-Everybody's Maya
zine
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14
Democrats Discuss Situation.

Washington, March 11.-After the
senate adjourned yesterday a num-
Der OF Democratic senator's met infor.
mally in Senator Germans room for a
general discussion of the political sit
uation In the senate and in the country
at large. Senator German talked at
some length about the necessity of
party unity, and pointed out the ne
cessity of harmony in the party in the
senate at this time because of its pos
sfble bearing on the fortunes of the
Democratic party throughout the coun-
try. A number of other senators ex-
pressed similar views, but necessarily
no action was taken, as the meeting
was in no sense Official.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14
Morgan Good mt Figures.

So clever is j. Pierpont Morgan al
figures and finances that he can figure
out a big profit for himself in every
business deal. And no wonder. for
when he was student in the English
high school in Boston he took the
mathematics prize for three years in
succession.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14
coIored PuqiIist Kills His wit,.

Chester, Pa. March 9.-Maud Jones.
colored, was shot dead yesterday by
her husband, George, alias 'Kid"
Jones, a pugilist The shooting took
place in the house of neighbor. Jeal-
ousy was the cause OF the murder.
Jones tried to escape, but was cap
tured few minutes after committing
the crime
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14
Looking Backward,

PA, did you ever have any halcyon
days?"
"Oh, yes; lots of Them" Mr.. Hen
peck replied, looking cautiously
around. 81 didn't get married until
l was nearly 80 years old."-Chicago
Record-Herald.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14
Not to BE Hastily D.r,s

'WoOld you call her hair auburn or
red?"
THAT would depend largely on
how much money her father has,
Chicago Record Herald.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14
the freedom of the apartment.
China Is Progressing.

China is advancing in science. She
has established, within the past four
years, six smokeless powder factories
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14
His Task Efrhtened.

The poet thanks his lucky stars
And shrieks with frantic gIee,
For there are lots OF easy words
That rhyme with 1903.
IN. Y. Herald.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14
RecInmaffau

a man reclaimed from sin was he.
He'd Joined the church." that's why
Inc things he once did openly
he now does on the sly.
Catholic Standard and Times
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14

Maizie-He told me that he'd never
seen me looking so well as / do now.
Daisy-Why, the rude thingi-N. Y.
Sun.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-10-08
The Longest Tunnel i'm the World

ing out their calculations the two
boring parties may never meet, and
the project, which has already cost
millions of dollars, will be a failure
All the boring has been made
through solid rock. For four years the
two gangs of excavators have been dig
ging and delvin in the darkness, guild
ed only by few mathematical calcu-
lations.
The interest in the work has become
intense, especially among the engi-
neers, who will be held responsible if
the scheme fails. IN ashort time the
two tunnels will be each six and
quarter miles in length, and the hour
will arrive when the two drills should
strike together underneath Mount
Simplon.
If the tunnel is a success it will be
a triumph for scientific engineering.
Direct connection will be made be-
tween Brigue, Switzerland, and Dorno
dOssola, Italy, and the Alps will no
longer oppose any obstacle to the trav-
eller who wishes to journey between
the two countries.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-10-08

The greatest tunnel problem in the
world is now being worked out to a
finish underneath the great Mount
Simplon, that stands on the boundary
line between the countries of Italy and
Switzerland.
Four years ago two boring parties
started to work on the Simplon tunnel
with twelve and half miles between
them. One party began in Switzerland
and the other in Italy.
During that time they have been
boring toward each other at the rate
of forty feet day, and at the present
time it is calculated that they are less
than mile apart.
The great question which is inter
esting engineers In ali parts of the
world is this: Will the two boring
parties meet in the heart of the noun.
tain or will they miss one another?
Smaller tunnels have been bored
successfully by this method, but the
Simplon will be the longest tunnel in
the world If the slightest error has
been made by the engineers in work
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-10-08
WORLDS WHEAT SUPPLY.

American farmers will be gratified
tC know that the Hungarian minister
of agriculture figures out a deficiency
OF between forty and fifty million
bushels in the worlds wheat supply
This is not much of a shortage; the
sweepings of the worlds bins would
amount to as much as that. But it is
q good deal better than surplus when
we have a crop above the average. We
have been extremely fortunate on
several occasions (notably in 1891 and
1880 in having a good crop when the
rest of the world was short of wheat,
but there has been a little apprehen-
SION OF an oversupply this year. Ar
gentina and India have more wheat TO
spare than usual, but Argentina is I'M
porting wheat; the Hungarian crop is
+ good deal under that of last year and
several European countries Will not
have large, though they may have
fairly good, crops. Besides, the Eu-
ropean workingmen have got used to
eating wheat instead of rye.-Philadel-
phia Record.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-10-08

the room, and draped with some gay
color that forms a fitting background.
Every girl remains at home on this
great holiday and receives the mothers
of her girl frienis, who are expected
TO make the rounds of the neighboI-
hood in which she lives. Among the
better class it is the custom to add
doll to the collection as an expression
CT good will. The little girl has a
cooking arrangement over which 70
prepare tea 1cr her guests. This is
served or the floor with some sort OF
sweets, and not to partake is consider.
ed very bad form. TIE next day the
treasures are removed and packed
away, the girl longing f.. the day
when she shall again enjoy her ever
Increasing family 1t Is a common
thing to see as many as a hundred or
more dolls IL one home.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-10-08
PROVED DEFINITION.

The word "furlough" occurred in a
reading lesson OF an elementary class
i'll one of our large schools. The
teacher asked:
Does any little boy or girl know the
meaning of the word 'furlough'?'
Whereupon one small hand was raised
and shaken vigorously in the eager
ness of the little U-ch:a TO disnlay h.s
knowledge, and, when ernit,ed by the
teacher to do so, he arose and w.CI
the greatest assurance said:
'F'urlough means a mule" Not =
whit disturbed at the teachers Oh
no, it doesn't" the small BOY conf.
IDENTIFY answered: - have the book At
home that says 50" Then the teacher
told him he might bring the book to
school and show it to her
The next day he came AIMED vita
the book and triumphantly showed her
the picture Of soldier bestride .
mule, under which was printed
Going home on his furlough."
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-10-08
GEORGIA ELRERTA PEACHES.

A few days ago Z. B. Heard of Ell
bert county, whence the famous "El-
berta' takes its name, shipped a car
load OF Grated peaches to Philadei-
phia, netting him over $1,000, Trees
are yielding six crates to the tree at
$3.50 per crate, or SIS per each tree
of the 1876 that occupy an acre. A
hundred acres of such trees stand TO
produce crop worth 100000 annual
ly. Wherever the rotund, yellow
skinned, red checked "Elberta" goes II
wins the admiration and tempts the
taste of all beholders. 1t is giving the
Georgia crop popularity that exceeds
any ever enjoyed by the peaches OF
Delaware or those of southern Cali
fornia. Our soils are splendidiy
adapted by nature to produce these
beautiful iron-endowed peaches with
lcveliness and lasting qualities espe-
cially fitting them for long shipment.
Our crop this year promises to exceed
in volume and profits that of any other
state in the union, and the prospect
ahead promises crops that IN given
years viii net greater gross income,
to the state than our staple cotton
crop. And when that day comes we
will be able to say Georgia is "a
peach" her lovely girls are peaches.
her chiefest product is the peach and
her state flower on loyal lapels and
carried in every patriotic corsage rs
the peach blow. Atlanta Constitution