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Our Daily $bcrt Story

| each change. each removal which fol- | lowed. was more gloomy and dismal than the last. was thankful that you took me with you. stilled loved to hear your. voice, although no longer you sang with me. and knew that you loved mine.
 When at last we came to this chill room, which the sunshine never smiles upon. sang to you, did I not. until saw you laid on your bed night and day, and night and day again. Then thought how tired and weary you must be. and so I closed my songs.
 When the days went by thus I feared that, as there was no sum shine, you might think it always night, and perhaps that was why you Kept your bed and tossed about, and talked so strangely in your slesp. I strove to wake you with my songs. and then there came strangers who put this cloak around my cage. Chirp! Chirp! Chirpi Sweet! Sweeti must see you.
 T peck at the frowsy cloth which clings around my home like a shroud. With the little strength stiff left me | tear it into holes, and I see you there. my mistress-sweet, sweet mistress, minei
 @SAo opOu LHe DeQ, and around you are hyacinths, and gar denias, and white roses, but none of them are winter than those lips which so often have 'cheered me into song. And I-even l, only a tiny bird-r understand that my songs are not needed now. for never more can you. sweet mistress hear them. You are dead. How do I know? What do I un- derstand of deathP IhIs-a dog came prowling around the cottage where my mistress and I dwelt' one summer evening. The dog seemed kindly enough, so none drove him away. Sat in the morning. in the stoop, were a few white featberas and my mistress said the dog haa robbed the doyecote in the night. He nad Killed an innocent. harmless bird. she said. N'N'
 Sometimes I wondered why some one did not kill the dog.
 'Chirp! ChIr-- Chi"
 "Drat 1t, the birds dead" said the landlady when she cleaned the room aIter the funeral. Starved to death We'll now, if that ain't real mean. some IoIks don't never have no luck. Ihat bird was real cute singer and l calculated on selling it for A five owed" ""'A
 HAS STOOD THE TEST .5 YrAua- Grovek TastAlaaa Chfll ror.o
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Carroll Steele of Birminsham. was in
 the city Sunday.
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". N. walters Of New York sper Sunday in Selma.
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A.. c. Hafper of East Liverpool, i. in the city. -
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STATE OFFERS REWARD.

J. W. weifs of Mobile, is in the city.
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Y. L. McBride Of New orleans, s, yesterday in Selma.
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F: R, Cunningham of Baltimore, W in the city Saturday.
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D: M. Scott, IT.. is in Marion today
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-08-20
HE TURNED TO THE REAR.

yet he never thought of disputing the
correctness of the story told by myself
and Others | have often wondered
where Joe's mind went in the moment
of panic and have wondered if his con-
6ition when he faced to the rear was
not similar to that of a man asleep.
81 have no doubt" said the doctor,
that the facing to the rear in this case
was involuntary and purely mechanical.
When the mind came into action ii re-
sponded to the natural impulse of cour-
age, and the man went forward with
all his wits and soldierly instincts in
full play There was another case in
the F'ifty-second Ohio, which illustrated
the race quality of presence of mind in
, the face of appalling danger. When the
regiment was on the Sand Town road
in front of Atlanta, it came under the
heaviest artillery fire in its experience
'Tn the midst of the racket, sput-
tering shell fell between companies E
and G. Men on either side fell over
each other in a wild scramble to get out
! of the way But Sergt. Sam Grimshaw
: quick to comprehend the situation, ran
F, to the shell, picked it up, and threw II
/ far to the rear before it exploded. His
, quick, resolute action probably saved
' half a dozen lives, and the government
! recognized the exceptional quality o.
T. the deed by awarding Grimshaw {
T, medal"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-08-20
OLD WORLD NoTABLES.

The son of the late Russian artist
Verestchagin is an artist Of some dis
tinction.
Becht, the oldest former member of
the German army, died a few weeks
ago at Delkenheim on the Rhine, aged
101 years.
1t has to. be admitted that the re-
ports of ill-health follow Mr. Chamber
lain as persistently and closely as they
No the kaiser.
Nine. Veuve, Is years old in 1915,
when the memorial TO the French On
the field of Waterloo was unveiled.
Jacques Goliak, the last of a heroic
band of 1913 French soldiers who kept
$4,000 Arabs at bay for four days in
the Algerian campaign, GA years ago.
has died at Strasburg at the age of 90.
Addressing the Anthropological So
ciety in London, Rev. NJ. Collyer, .
missionary. said he had been able TO
trace the use of the system of Identi-
fication by finger impressions (recent-
ly introduced in Europe) for 1920
years in Korea in the deeds of sale
of slaves.
There died in Paris recently Count
Emile de Keratry, who could boast
that his grandfather, born in 1899, was
a page in the household of LOUIS
XIV. The former page married his
second wife at 20 years of age and
had a son, who was Emile's father.
He was born in 1867 and lived till
1852. Three lives bridged 205 years.
One of the richest bachelors in Eng
land, and the richest peer in the house
of peers, the marquis of Butte, has
just celebrated his twenty-third birth
day, and there's not young spinster
of high degree whose family would
not like to have her capture the matri-
monial prize. Whoever the futurs
marchioness is. she must be Catholic,
and this obligation has interfered with
his lordship's choice.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-08-20
MARRIED PRISONERS
REAL ROMANCES THAT ARE AS
STRANGE AS FICTION.
New York Policeman Fell in Love
with Girl he Had Arrested for
Murder - English "Cop"
WEEDS 49,, ter.
VICES - 20.

Some years ago NSN GnOwn author
wrote an interes uuS 'sA.AIng shOckeT"
in which the beautiful heroine is &C
cused of murder. The Official who ar
rests her falls desPera,e4y in love with
his pretty prisoner. and later the young
lady had been found guilty. sentenced
to death. reprieved at the last moment,
and finally, through the timely re-
morse and confession of the real Gull
prit, is set free without stain on her
character" the courteous detective
(really a man of high family who has
Joined the force" as a cure for en-
null pops the question, is accepted.
and the two are made one in the last
paragraph. This delightful romance
has recently had its prototype in real
life, proving the correctness of the old
adage that truth, minus the embroid-
cry, is every bit as strange as fiction.
The lady in the present instance is,
or rather was, Miss Lillian Thomasch,
Of New York, who last July had ter
rible experience in the Bronx. outly-
lying district of the city She was
. walking one evening near One Hun
dred and Sixty-third street with Mr..
Charles RoXbury, whom she had
known for Is years, when a negro
stole up behind them and, with a heavy
club, felled Mr.. RoXbury to the ground.
Miss Thomasch fed screaming and
sought refuge in house three streets
away.
As soon as the murder became
, known Luke F. Gordon, policeman
attached to the fremont station, was
sent to arrest Miss Thomasch, and dur
ing the week following he kept the
young lady under surveillance, taking
, her many times to court to give evil
dence before the coroner and District
Attorney Jerome. Gordon appears to
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-08-20
RAILWAY RUMOR,

A trackless railway is soon to make
Its advent in Prussia. 1t will run over
good roadbed, 20 feet wide, and will OBJ
tain its power from overhead wires.
Benjamin S. Moore. of Elizabeth, n.
J., has just celebrated his fifty-ffth
year of active service with the Central
Railroad of New Jersey. For 53 years
straight running he has been locomo-
tive engineer
The city of Naples offers a charter
for system of five different lines of
railroads, of which three must be I'M
derground. The central underground
station, it is said, will be ga feet be-
low the surface.
The state of New Jersey has an aver
age of 80 miles of line to each 100
square miles of area, Massachusetts has
&c miles, Pennsylvania 23 miles, Ohio
%. Connecticut 81 and Rhode Island and
Illinois 20 miles.
The railroad commission of Texas has
ordered the railroads of the state to
make monthly reports of interlocking
plants at railroad crossings, showing
the condition of the apparatus and the
charGctcl anu eXte3E u accidents, IL
my. ssrs.ry,l = L = s,,.s-
Steel-tired wheels for railroad and
trolley purposes have made their ap-
pearance, backed by guarantees that
they will give an increased mileage fully
proportionate TO the increased cost over
shilled wheels. 1t is also maintained
that they produce less rail wear, neces-
state fewer truck repairs and afford
greater safety.
A new railroad, planned to scale
Gray's peak, near Dillon, Col. will at
tain height of at least 800 feet great
DIT than the road which climbs Pixies
peak. The new road will tap an impor-
tant mining area, the Georgetown dis
trict, and will he a feeder for both the
Colorado & Southern and the Denver
& Rio Grande railroads.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-08-20
HAD A CHECksRtU CAREEE.
After Absence of Forty Years Penn
sylvania Veteran Returns to
His Boyhood Home.

Old. gray-haired and decrepit. David
Smith, alter walking almost all the way
From ST. Louis to Bellefonte, Pa, ar
rived there the first time since he left
the home of his birth to enlist in the
rivil war, nearly 40 years ago.
When are war broke out, David Smith
wanted 70 be the first man to enlist from
Center county, but was prevented from
doing so, and the war was almost over
before he was able to enlist. February
4, 1860, Smith enlisted in company f,
Forty-sixth regiment Pennsylvania vol
unteers, and during six months followed
the flag, being mustered out of service
on July 6. He then went west and en-
listed in the regular army, serving three
years.
Upon his discharge, Smith, with sew
eral companions, went to Texas. While
In Dallas there was a riot, which the
sheriff and large number of deputies
were endeavoring to quel. In the fight
one of the deputies was killed. Smith
was arrested, and upon circumstantial
evidence was convicted. He received a
life sentence, although he had not fired
a shot, and was not even armed at the
time
Two months ago one of the gang in
volved in the riot that night died. and
on his death-bed confessed that he was
the man who had fired the fatal shot,
and that Smith was entirely innocent.
An investigation was made, the dying
mans confession found to be correct,
and the governor of Texas at once par
doned Smith. after he had served II
years, months and 20 days.
He was given what money was found
on him when arrested. and journeyed
to St Louis. There Smith started to
walk, and in this way made his way
to his old home. He came there ex-
pecting to find his brothers and parents,
but all the family had died years ago.
Smith has applied for a pension.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-08-20
WHERE is MARION RIVERS e?
Here Is an Inquiry for the Last Man
Pardoned by President Abra-
I ham Lincoln,

49, - ssSt-~---N.-s-sA
q During the closing days OF the civil
war Marion Rivers was arrested, tried
before court-martial and found guilty OF
being a spy within the union lines, and,
by the court-martial ne was sentenced
to death, by being placed in kneelins
position on the lid of his coffin and II
soldiers, with muskets, detailed to per-
form the execution. one of the II mus
kets not being loaded with ball, the
remaining IL being so loaded that no
one of the u would know with certainty
who really were the eXecutioners of the
condemned man.
Thus doomed TO soon pass into eter-
nifty by the stern hand of military JUS
tice, Marion Rivers was placed in the
guardhouse to await the day OF his exc
cution.
The proceedings of the court-martial
giving the evidence adduced at the
trial, with the verdict of the court. was
forwarded to Washington for President
Lincoln's signature. Upon receiving the
testimony President Lincoln stated in
his own handwriting over his own sigma
ture, that 1.-The evidence being wholly cir
cumstantial, and there being mitigating
conditions connected with the prisoner 5
arrest and trial." he allowed the con-
demned man to go free.
This was near the closing days of the
civil war. l have in my possession the
written proceedings of the court-mar-
tial, and the pardon by President Lin
coin. This must have been the very
last, or very nearly the last, time Pres
ident Lincoln signed his name to a doc
ument of this kind. and the document
ought to have a sentimental value II
Marion Rivers still lives and would like
to get the documents, will mail them
to him. While they are of no intrinsic
value to me, as l nor any of my family
ever refer to them, they grow more val
rable as they grow older, and would bt
or much more value to Mr.. Rivers thar
TO any other person, as they will serve
to perpetuate the recollection of the
most trying event in the history of Mr.
Rivers life. Doubtless the proceeding.
Of that court-martial made an indelibl,
impression upon the tablets of Mr. Riv
ers' memory. Mr.. Rivers, or any OF hi:
children, if he has any, can have the doc
uments.-Marion Ardell, Corporal Com
pany II, Twentieth Michigan, Emerald
N. D., in National Tribune
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-08-20
STOLE UP BEHIND THE PAIR.

have been Immediately struck by Miss
Thomasch's refinement.
When ultimately Jackson, the negro
who had assaulted Mr.. Roxbury, was
caught, Gordon was again chosen as
the one to conduct Miss Thomasch to
and from the court house for the pur-
pose of giving further evidence. Jack
son was found guilty, sentenced to
death, and finally electrocuted at Sing
Sing. At the time Of the murder Cor
don's wife was living, but she died
soon after the trial and subsequently
the policeman proposed to Miss Thorn
asch and was accepted.
Mrs. Gordon was interviewed" soon
after the wedding, when she informed
a reporter that until she met her huS-
band she had always dislilxeA police
men. II never had a high opinion OF
police officers" she said, land, in fact,
was more or less prejudiced against
them. Mr.. Gordon was the most po-
lite policeman l ever met, and he treat
| naturally fell in love with him, and
now we are very happy"
I There is at the present time in the
British police force in the north an
officer who first met his wife under
circumstances which one would hard
ly expect TO lead to the altar. This
official was one day on duty outside a
big department store, when a sales
man dashed out and informed him that
his presence was required in a case
of shop-lifting. The young officer en-
tered the shop, where he was COM
manded to arrest a modestly -attired
young woman, who was accused of
stealing a small piece of lace. She
had been searched and the property
found on her, so there was nothing to
be done but take her to the station.
She looked so very young, and APP
peared so frightened that the officer
kindly dispatched a messenger for a
cab, and into this he quietly bundled
the young woman and conveyed her to
the police court, where she was duly
Charged" 1t was conclusively proved
that she had undoubtedly stolen the
lace; indeed, she pleaded guilty" but
as it was a first offense she was giver
the option" of fine of C 2 or a weeks
Imprisonment. AS the money was no
forthcoming the girl was taken below
but half an hour later it was paid anC
the girl liberated with a caution.
1t afterwards transpired that the DO
liceman who had arrested her had paid
the money, and as soon as the girl dis
covered this she made inquiries, fount
} out where he lived, wrote him a lette
of grateful thanks, and returned tn
money. In this way the acquaintance
begun under such adverse circum
stances, ripened into friendship, and il
less than three months the two wer
, married--the alliance proving an I'm
usually happy one.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-08-20
TURNED AWAY FROM ENEMY
Queer Action of a Brave Sergeant
When He Came Under Direct
Fire the First Time.

A well-knOwn veteran, who served as
captain during the war, tells in the
Chicago Inter Ocean of this queer
experience at Kenesaw: "A sergeant
in one of the left companies of the Fifty
second Ohio, as the regiment came under
the direct fire of the enemy, turned pale
as death and faced to the rear. As he
made few steps to the rear he came
face to face with mis- commanding officer.
The colonel caught the sergeant by the
shoulder. and said Face the other
way, Joe At this the sergeant turned
mechanically led the charge on the
enemy, rallied the wavering line, and
seemed Indifferent to danger. He was,
in fact, the most eonspicuously cour-
ageous man on the line. -~----.--~---
Years later the story of his facing
to the rear was told to the sergeant, and
he said in wonder that he had abso-
lutely no recollection of the occurrence
He was not sensitive on the Ques ion. be-
cause he missed not a single fight in his
three years service. but he could not
understand il. He had no recollection
of being afraid. or facing 20 the rear,
or of the colonel speaking to him. And
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-08-20
FACTS AND FINDINGS.

The man who first made steel pens got
one dollar apiece for them.
Fifty years ago trainload Of 200 tons
was heavy. Now loads Of 1000 to $500
tons are handled.
The United States produced 5000
pounds of tea the past year. the farms
being in North Carolina and Texas.
II is said that the Turks were the
first TO bury their dead in cemeteries
adorned with ornamental headstones.
Palace and sleeping cars go back only
to the close of the civil war, the air
brake to 1865, and vestibuled trains to
1856.
An order from South Africa for IS
600 eight-horse plows has been received
by a pillow manufacturer in the United
States.
II is usually imagined that the mean
descent electric light gives out very
little heat. AS a matter of fact, only
, six per cent. of its energy goes to make
light, while 81 goes into heat.
"1n God We Trust" first appeared on
the copper two-cent issue of 1864, and is
the first use of the word God in any
, government act This sentence was in
, PRODUCED by James Pollock, an ex-gov.
ernor Of Pennsylvania, director Of the
mint, with the approval of S. p. Chase
/ then secretary of the treasury.
4 1t was Ben Johnson who called Shake
speare the sweet swan of Avon. becaus,
of his (Shakespeare's being born a
StratfOrd-0n-the-AV Avon In this he i'm i
tated Horace lode, 4. 2. 25), who CALL
Pindar Diroeum cygnum-"the swaI
Of the spring dirke,' from the sprin:
in the poets home, and because tn
singing swan was consecrated to Apollo
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-08-20
UNCONSCIOUS OF HEROiSM
Hs Didn't Know Bullets When he
| Saw Them and Thereby Gained
Reputation.

Speaking of great civil war stories,
piss Ada Sweet, of Chicago, when in
Denver recently, told the following:
| Her father, Gen. Sweet, was taking his
Segiment into action. He sent forward
u detail of men to make gaps in a rail
fence to avoid the heavy loss sure &c
result if the whole body of men paused
20 tear it down.
The coolest and finest man in the
detail was young soldier who had
never been under fire before When
he began pulling down the fence he
disturbed nest of hornets, and they
sang fercely about his ears. But
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-08-20

the lad was net going to run from
hornets when u was more serious
business ahead ~--->---.-.
:. Ignoring the angry insects he opened
the fence and rejoined the regiment
without being stung.
After time he was appointed second
lieutenant and called on Gen. Sweet &c
thank him.
But" he said, modestly, Il don't
think ! deserve promotion over the
others"
z my boy" replied the general, 81
saw you pull down that fence. You
were the coolest man under fire ever
eaw!"
The man gasped, stared and turned
pale.
Good God" he exclaimed. losing
all caution and grammar. WAS them
.bullets?"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-08-20
For
Fun
Lovers.
Unselfish Little Boy.

Proud Mother-You will be five years
old tomorrow, Willie, and l want to
give you real birthday treat Tell
Inc what you would like better than
anything else.
Willie CATER thinking earnestly for
i've Misunderstanding me whole box
CT chocolate creams, mother, and ask
Tommy Smith TO come in and watch
me eat them-Tit-Bits
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-08-20
FROM THE JAPANESE.

Human life is like the dew of the
morning.
The fallen blossom never returns to
the branch.
Never let go the reins Of the wild
colt OF the heart.
There is no shore to the bitter sea
Of birth and death.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-08-20
Higher Education.

Two sisters were sitting in a hotel
writing room. They audibly were dis
cussing their friends.
Yes, I've just written aunty about
Mrs. Blank. told her that of all the I'M
refined, uneducated. illiterate people |
ever saw! BY the way, Emma, how do
you spell illiterate!"-St Louis Re
public.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-08-20
Much Relieved

Mrs. Blinks (house hunting)-I hope
there are no screeching poll-parrots in
this neighborhood.
Agent-Not one, madam.
Mrs, Binks with a sigh oE0lief)-I
am glad of that, because we have two,
and | really couldn't stand any more.
IN. Y. Weekly.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-08-20
A Cunning Husband.

She (complainingly)- we
were married you used to bring me
flowers almost every day; but now you
never think of buying me even bunch
OF violets.
He (gallantly)-The pretty flower
girls don't attract my attention as
much as they used to.
/ She-Oh, you darling! Never mind;
don't really care for flowers, anyway
IN. Y. Weekly.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-08-20
Sounded That Way.

THAT poet gentleman that come 10
board with us this week has written
something he calls A Summer Idyl,'"
said the farmers wife.
"I'll bet it's about our hired man."
exclaimed the farmer.-Philadelph
Press.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-08-20
The Nerve of Them.

Mrs. Newlyriche-Well of all the i'm
pudencel
Mrs. Newlyriche-Them poor first
cousins of yours have gone and got them
selves the same identical ancestors that
you've goti-Puck.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-08-20
Not Surprisin O.

They were looking down at the gorge
Of Niagara.
do you know" asked the guide,
that il took n thousand years to dig
that channel?"
We'll, well, we'll, never knew be-
fore that 1t was a government Job
Chicago Record Herald.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-08-20
Didn't Give Him a Chance.

Jamson-Do you know her to speak
to?
Rorter-Hardly that
Jamson-But l thought you said you
were friendly with her?
Rorter-So | am; but better way of
putting it would be to say that know
her to listen to-Ally Sloper.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-08-20
killing the Birds.

She-Do you believe We can kill with
kindness, Walter?
He-Certainly. do, but | hope you're
nc. going to feed those birds the cake
you just made, dear.-Yonkers States
man.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-08-20
The Difference.

Miss Gasoline TO Miss Benzoin-Oh,
you're not so much!
Miss BenZoin-Pm better than you
are, anyway. I'm more refined.-De-
troit Free Press.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-08-20
Doesn't Reach It.

she-That woman is always talking
about her age
He-Yes, she is talking about 1t, but
I suppose she never get quite up to it
Yonkers Statesman.