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panions had already dropped back TO
work. and signaled 20 the engineer at
the hoist who was IN plain view. 20
lower him The latter. John Pugh by
name started 20 comply. He had re-
leased the brake, and the big drum
about which the cable was colled had
already made several revolutions
when Richard Perry walked into the
hoisthouse.
stop that bucket he said.
Pugh. his eyes glued to the paying
out cable, paid no attention. Perry.
the former engineer at the hoist. had
been fired several weeks before for
drunkenness. and ever since he had
been lounging IN harmless drunken
befuddlement about the works.
stop that bucket" repeated Perry.
wait a minute till get Jack
down" said Pugh. with a conciliatory
manner.
"Stop that bucket said Perry.
There was something so insistive in
the command that this time Pugh
looked up. He glanced Up into the
muzzle OF a As Colts, behind which
two eyes. out OF their sockets with
maniacal frenzy. glared.
wait a minute" Pugh started 70
say. trying 20 gain time
Perry CRASHED his teeth. placed the
cold muzzle upon Pughs temple. and
cooked the gun Pugh put on the
brakes, turned on his heel. jumped out
OF the rear window. and went down
the hill 10 get help.
Perry calmly established himself
upon the vacated stool, his cooked six
shooter conveniently at hand He re-
leased the brake. The drum began
90 revoive. slowly at first. then faster.
till II hummed. Then, just as the ex-
tremity of the cable was almost
reached, Perry jammed- on the brakes.
released them. damned them on again.
and brought the thing 10 q stop at
the place on the cable where a piece
OF Irvine showed the reaching of the
lowest level. Immediately, however.
he threw the electric controller for
ward notch. then another, then fun
on. and the drum began to revoive IN
the other direction. Up wound the
cable. the drum fairly buzzing. Perry
kept his eyes on the shaft Suddenly
the bucket whizzed out OF the opening
up into the sunlight Perry threw of
the controller. snapped on the brakes.
and the bucket stopped, a bare six
inches from the top of the zallows
frame. Then of came the brakes. and
down swooped the bucket into the
shaft again. When IL got down, IL
came up again: when IT was up. Il
went down again--all at a vertiginous
speed. And this is the game that for
two hours. alone upon the top OF Gold
Hill, the mad engineer played.
AS for Wright. meanwhile, he was
not having a nice time. When Pugh
had made his discreet exit he had
found himself in a motfonless bucket.
swinging idly between two levels. He
was Just reaching over to ring two
bells for further descent when the
bucket started down His safisfac-
ton was OF short duration. however.
Down dropped the bucket at a speed
that Jumped Wright's heart into his
mouth There were big drops of
perspiration upon his honest brow
when the thing clamberfnR down.
wten-z-z-z-zs-x"-- bucket began
70 slide upward The speed Increased
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-08-18
SHERLOCK HOLMES oUTDoNE-
A wIFE's CLEVER DEDUCTION.

a beautiful woman with soft,
cooling voice. appealing eyes. and a
ready command OF fiattering words
visited my husbands Office yester-
day"
Goodness Are you having him
watched"
No. would scorn such thing"
Then how do you know about the
woman"
He brought home book last night
that he said he had bought for I'VE
dollars from an agent. and there's
nothing but poems by a man named
Byron. nudge.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-08-18
MINERS FATE IN
HANDS OF MADMAN
COAL DIGGER JERKED UP AND
DOWN SHAFT FOR TWO HOURS
IN FAINT WHEN RESCUED
insane ES-Mine Engineer Drives Sue.
cessOr from Post at Point Of Re-
Volver-Vietim Rescued In
Wobly Condition.

Manhattan. Nev.-To be whizzed up
and down 200 foot shaft for two
hours. with a maniac az the throttle
OF the hosting machine is the expert
ence vOuchsafed 20 Jack Wright. a
miner employed IN the Jumping Jack
mine here
Jack. who has q good appetite. came
up from the lower levels az noon the
other day 10 eat his lunch In the sun
shine At one o'clock he stepped
upon the bucket by which his com
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-08-18
Gratitude.

TT is very kind Of you. madam"
said the tramp, TO give me such a
grand dinner"
Don't mention II. my poor man, Z"
said the kind-hesrted lady
But / Will repay YOU" said the
tramp, gratefully I'll tell all my pals
that you are fiinty-hearted terma-
CANT that amt never known how TO
cook nothin' decent, SOS they'll give
your house the go-by. and won't never
bother you."-Royal Magazine.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-08-18

VIRGINIA:-In the Law and Eaui-
~ Court for the City of Richmond
this 2Sth day of July, 1905.
Mary Wilson, Plaintiff.
VS.
James Wilson, Defendant.
IN CHANCERY.
The object OF this suit is to obtain
a Divorce, a Vinculo Matrimonii from
the defendant on behalf OF the plain
tin. And an affidavit having been
made and filed that the plaintiff has
used due diligence to ascertain in
what county or corporation the de-
PENDANT James Wilson is, without eff
feet and that the plaintiff Mary VIII
son does not know his whereabouts:
II is ordered that the said defendant
appear here within fifteen days after
the due publication OF this order and
do what is necessary to protect his
interests herein.
A Copy-Teste:
p. p. Winston, Clerk.
]. Henry Crutchfeld. pa.
To James Wilson:
You'll take notice that I shall on
the goth day of Sept, '06 at the of
fee Of Phil B. Sheds, room No. go.
Chamber OF Commerce Bldg. stu
ated S. w. corner Main AMI 9Th SITS.
in the city of Richmond, Virginia,
between the hours of 9 O'Clock A. M.
and 6 O'Clock p. NJ. of that Gay, pro-
coed 10 take the DISPOSITIONS of wit
nesses to be read as evidence In my
behalf in certain suit in Chancery
depending in the Law and Equity
Court for the city OF Richmond. vir-
ginia, wherein you are defendant
and ! am plaintiff: and II from any
cause the taking OF the said deposit
lions be not commenced on that day,
or, IL commenced. be not concluded
on that day the taxing OF the same
will be adjourned and continued
from day to day, or from time to
time at the same place and between
the same hours until the same shall
be completed.
Respectfully,
Mary Wilson,
| BY Counsel.
j. Henry Crutchneld, pq.
121111 z. Broad st.
Richmond, Va.
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Vacation Trips.

There is no more delightful spot
in America in which to spend your
vacation than THE Land OF the
Sky" or the Beautiful Sapphire
Country. Excursion tickets on sale
all the year round from various
points to this favored section at
greatly reduced rates. Excellent
train service. Through Pullman
Sleeping Cars. High-class dining
car service a feature.
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surer to Get L.

Sharp-Lend you a fve-spot? Why
don't you borrow Il from MarkIey?
He's easy.
Borroughs-But ! don't know him
as well as / know you.
Sharp-That's just IL; and he
doesn't know you as well as / do.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-08-18
MT. oLIvETs DATE CHANGED,

The excursion OF the Mount OIL
wet Baptist Church to Buckroe
Beach, changed to Monday, August
goth, In order to secure a sufficient
number OF coaches. The train
leaves Richmond A. M; Buckroe,
p. NJ.
REV. J. ANDREW BOWLER, Pastor
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AS Far as He Would Go.

What kind OF work does your son
Josh excel in?"
Il dunno" answered Farmer Corn
tassel, but I'm sure it's something
he has never had chance 70 try yet"
Washington Star.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-08-18
Nothing Unusual

Mrs Ferguson-Ceorge. wake up!
hear somebody moving around in
the basement
Mr. Ferguson listening a moment)
Its the gas meter. Laura. Go to
sleep agaiu.-Chicago Tribune.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-08-18
Oldest HARVARD cr,su,,.

AT the Harvard commencement the
oldest graduate In attendance was
Rev Robert X. Harlow. OF Quincy.
Mass. who is In his ntnetieth year and
who graduated 65 years ago.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-08-18
wise Girl

He wooed young Lady named Lamb.
Who hated pretension and shamS:
still" she wisely thought. IL
VIA not 40 70 permit
Him 10 guess how impatient amb."
Chicago Record-Herald
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~ Cot In-

Kind Lady--So the angels brought
you another little brother last night?
Small Boy-Yes. sol durn It! It's
too blame hot these nights TO keep
the winders shut.--Cleveland Leader.
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Not Heart.

Ever have any heart trouble."
Nope. II is all liver and prune
trouble at our boarding house. -
Houston Post.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-08-18

Bring OF send us your JOB
WORK; we do IL nicely. We do Il
quickly.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-08-18

And, continued the seeress. you
are going TO Be disappointed in love. q"
Then my sweetheart IS going to
jilt met
No. she Is going TO marry YOU
Two dollars. please Houston Post
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-08-18

The PLANET is only $3.50 per
ear.
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the Law and Equi-
~ Court for the City of Richmond
this 2Sth day of July, 1905.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-07-28
FIGHTING PEACH TREE soRER


One Of the best preventives To keep
the moth from laying eggs for the
peach tree lore IL To draw away the
earth In the fall down u the crown Of
the roots and coat the stem to one foot
above ground with thick coat Of lin
seed oil and white lead. without any
turpentine at all. But even when this
In done there will be found occasional
borers. Therefore. now Ii the time 10
look over The orchard. and wherever .
gummy emulation In seen nj the base
Of n tree the borer IL At work and
should be cut out ~ once and all the
damaged bark and gum removed. Re-
peat the cxRmination late In summer
and you can keep the orchard fairly
free from the borsrs. The next thing
In the bearing peach orchard will be
the hght axainst the curcuiio which
cause the fruit 10 be wormy. No
amount OF spraying viii do much for
this sucker. for he 10 not eating the
poison. The only way to hght him 10
TO have a broad apparatus like ~ IN.
vertcd umbrella made with q lixht
frame covered with cotton cloth. A
slit on one side admits II round the
tree. and thea . jarrtnx Of the tree
will cause The bitten fruit and the
bugs TO fall iato the receptacle: the
eurculio will not attsmp, TO ny. but
will fcixn death. Then turn the con.
tents Into Q pan Of water on which
some kcrossss has been poured. 10
hill the insects. THIS jarriax must
BE- kept up q Intervals until the fruit
IL more thaa half grown II you vast
70 avoid woeay psachss. Earring %
the bitten frult Will oaiy make the 70.
maindsf bsetsr asl the crop viii not
b reduced. sos he trees usually
ovss-bsar.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-07-28

Portuguese, Spanish, Germans. Aus
TRANS, Scandinavians, Poles. Russians,
English and French. Of whom the pre-
dominating race. in 30 far as numbers
are concerned, is the Italian. There
are nearly four times as many Italians
as Portuguese in Brazil, notwithstand-
ing the fact that the country was for
SO many centuries Portuguese colony,
then Brazilian empire. and now a
Brazilian republic with the Portuguese
tongue the official language, and man
ners and customs and leading families
to-day barking back to the mother
land Of Portugal. as America to Eng
land"
Brazilians are not Spanish-Ameri-
cans. they do not like to be known as
Spanish-Americans. Brazilian" is the
only acceptable term.
Brazil is OF bigness. larger than
the United States prior to the purchase
OF Alaska. Bishop Hendrix, OF the
Methodist Episcopal church, writes OF
the land as "A Republic in the Trop-
ics;" calls attention to the fact that
the wide region is almost wholly in
the tropics, and that II is one OF the
worlds largest territories under
single flag. The last to emancipate
her slaves, the task was accomplished
without bloodshed or without granting
compensations to the owners. rmmi-
grafton followed fast on the emancipa-
ton OF the slaves. which emancipation
was begun In 1871. carried on gradual
ly, completed In 1855.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-07-28

TREES IN THE pooRYARp.
Discussion Of Varieties to Be Used in
Beautifying the Grounds
About the House.

In reply to correspondent who
writes to Inquire about the beautify-
ing OF the grounds about his house.
the Ohio Farmer suggests the inclos-
Ing with snug screen the northerly.
back corner OF the dooryard. Being
shaded by the house the corner could
not be used for warm.blooded flowers
and should be kept wholly in grass.
However. two or three rhododendrons
or single Chinese magnolia would
thrive nicely set In the angle. leaving
most of the narrow lawn free.
/ would plant tree north Of the
front corner of the house. three feet
from the fence and In line with the
front OF the house. This tree may be
p cut'leafed weeping birch. a catalpa
speciosa, or a cut-leafed alder. The
last is very beautiful, round-headed
tree, and is not often seen in Ohio.
On the other side OF the yard. near
the side but ten feet farther from the
front OF the house. a large shade tree
should be planted. II should branch
low so that the children can climb
into It, and should be a rapid grower.
A Western Beauty apple tree did ex-
Hellent service along these lines and
still stands south OF my house. al
though partly carried away by 4 wind
storm when 25 years old. II is 40 feet
high and as many feet broad. An Ohio
Nonpareil standing alone Just north
OF my house spreads IS feet and Is
about 40 feet high. 1t is 80 years old
from the root graft.
II purely ornamental tree Is de-
sired. my choice would be Schwed.
lerii Norway maple. This is as good
n grower as the plain Norway but
every young shoot In the spring IL Of
brilliant crimson. Get a young tree
and start the branches low. say two
feet from the ground. and II necessary
20 carry the top above q carriage
drive trim up the several branches.
the east might be compelled. by tying
10 stakes. to grow horizontally out
from the trunk so inches and then be
allowed or trained to grow nearly per
pendicularly. making an available seat
after half = dozen years.
The front Of the yard may Be plant
I'd by placing beyond the sidewalk at
each front corner \ horse chestnut.
one with white blossoms. the other
with red. This would remove the cen.
ter OF the tree some six or more feet
from the front edge OF the lot and en-.
large the lot to that extent. II would
be well to plant two feet within the
lot lines 30 ax not to encroach upon
the owners Of adjoining lots who
might cut the trees in case OF such
encroachment Twelve feet diagonally
from the northern horse chestnut
plant . white. double hawthorn. and
up the line fence to the east l2 feet
plant a scarlet double-dowered haw.
thorn.
South Of the hrst hawthorn ten feet.
3ust inside the sidewalk. plant .
chiononthus or white fringe. This IL
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-07-28

Arc not sugar naples one Of our In,
est treesT' Surely they are, had to
admit, but they are SO common. Even
his fence corners had them. and he
could get them for the digging. 80 he
wanted to waive the interest and edu,
cation conferred In the better class Of
little-planted trees and plant naples
because they We're cheap.
l have indicated in the plan group
of four bushes south of the back
porch. but the position they should &C.
cupy is wholly uncertain. the living
or everyday side of dooryards vary
SO In walks and outlook.
Leaving these out and counting
eleven beeches for screen there are 20
trees which should not cost with
freight and cost of planting more than
SIS. This dooryard could therefore be
furnished at less than the cost of a
parlor carpet or an overcOat. and the
trees will outlast dozen coats and
carpets.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-07-28

ties OF trees are greatly injured ny
being cut back severely, but not 81
the peach. Peach trees develop wood
with great sspidity. and 30 quickly
overcome the effects OF severe cutting
back. Many Of the old peach trees
on our farms could be made to bear
good crops again by being cut back.
In our illustration We show the re-
suits Of cutting back as practiced OH
an old peach tree At the Ohio expert.
ment station. This tree. illustrated In
the corner Of our illustration was al.
ready an old tree and waning In vigor
when the station purchased the
ground on which II stands. In the
spring Of 1908 II vas severely cut
back and left.
The cutting back was effective In
starting new Growths. and In the fall
Of the same year II looked As shown
In the cut. To all appearances Il has
renewed Its youth.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-07-28
THE LAND OF
THE BRAZILIANS
The Sensitive srs.sas SesasA
Difeseat fro~ Types lstaA .sricsa Ce,stries.


The particular portion of the globe
drawing the eyes Of the world for at
least an instant's attention is Brazil,
the Pan-American conference in Rio
de Janeiro giving prominence to the
country called by some one "Portugal's
Gigantic Daughter"
You remember-or perhaps you
never knew In this age with its SO
many things to know-that the royal
family OF Portugal In 1907 Ned to
Brazil, that In 1915 the colony was de-
clared kingdom. A few years later
the Portuguese court having returned
to Europe. national congress at Rio
De Janeiro chose Dom Pedro, eldest
son OF the king Of Portugal. perpetual
defender of Brazil. his title now con-
stitutional emperor and perpetual de-
fender. In 1881 Dom Pedro /. alb
dicated In favor OF his son: Dom Pedro
ii. reigned until the autumn OF 1889.
Dom Pedro II. was a wise and tactful
ruler, devoted to the interests OF his
country, but was dethroned by n sue
cessful revolution. he and his family
were sent Into exile. the empire OF
Brazil was declared republic. u re-
public styled the United States OF
Brazil.
To-day there are not nearly so many
Portuguese as Italians In Brazil; the
census of 1900 showed 1.lO0. 900 Ital-
ians. the majority settled In San
Paulo. In the southern Brazilian states
there are very prosperous German and
Italian colonies In Rio Grande de Sui,
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-07-28

The immigration to Brazil In 1890
was 100000. In 1898 It had fallen to
less than Go.0OO. mostly Italians. Por-
tuEuese and Spanish. The early priv
iieges offered immigrants brought 10
such an overwhelming tide restric-
tons were imposed. The cause Of no
inconsiderable internal dissension has
been the question OF showing favor to
foreigners. Latin-AmericA sends the
most Immigrants: the Germans have
contributed greatly to the dsvsloDwsnt
Of their chosen province. and German
colonization y . most Important fsa-
turs OF present day Brazil: eagiish
and Belgian capital has aided grsatiy
IN railroad development and growth
Of banks
Brasil has had her share Of Anascial
problems. The cost TO replace slav-
cry by immigration was tremendous.
With the organization Of the federal
government In 1880 radical changes
were made. Revolutionary novsasnts
later In the SOS added TO the Ai0cul-
ties. But the ship OF state has passsd
through the rough waters. guided BY
tho skillfui plotting Of President
Campos- Sailes and other sasacious
stAtsamen. Next November the rspub.
lie celebrates It's seventeenth birthday,
II peace. 1t home and abroad. Brazil,
unlike certain neishboring statss.
courts the friendnhip Of the nations,
labors for pence and continued prog
rsss.
Brasil u an Agricultural countsy. -
yet undeveiopcd. Coffee " the cAisf
product cultivated. thes coDs sugar.
tobacco. cotton. mate tPAraguay tsa).
india rubber. timber. COCOA and auts.
The forests and minss are Of great
value. their wealth not yet brought
forward. TIE Industries are costoa
spianisg and weaving. sugar rsAaiAg.
brsWiaG. match. paper ssd bet nAnu-
facturs. Ths "stsiks" b usksova b
tnduserisl Brasil.
pofAapo oss reason ~ show -
nucA ignorance Of the other America.
aad Of Brasil particularly ~ sesak
BOW. y because q the dislascs. Ie y
. shorter rus froa Rio - Jasslso %
European posts thsa TO ports n NostA
America. Or eeuatsy y juse avakiag
70 ~ net that "r0stngai's oiesosie
Da~gAtss'' y . lazy 70 b ~ eoust =.
xAfHBNND eUp8
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-07-28
IN RIO DE JANEIRo.

something like 10000 Germans. In
the seaport towns the principal part
Of the population IL Of European de-
scent.
The returns OF the census OF 1900
were not adopted. considered fallacious
~ they reported a decrease In popuia-
ton. The census Of 1890 gave the total
population ~ 1900 900: some over
10000 whites. more than 1000. 900
metis thalf.breeds). about 1000. 900
negroes. and 200 900 Indians. The
population to-day IL put. In round
NUMBER. At 100000. The Indian
element preponderates In the north.
srn provinces. the negroes are numer-
Gus In Rio de Janeiro. Pernambuco
and Bahia. Brazil has q larger popu.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-07-28

! In some ways the recent conference
on international arbitration At Lake
Nohonk. n. r.. Was an unusually
democratic gathering. Here ID . cir.
eumstance illustrating this state
ment: Ono morning . summer visitor
vas pacing the vcranda Of the big
hotel when . tall. heavy man ap-
preached. Can you give ne light?"
sajd the Visitor. The big man handed
over . match. whsseupoa tho other
said: 'How tall are your" Sig fest
-four tschss." vas the reply. Say.
bat that's . GOOD cigar yos'rs smok.
Ing" vas the ssxt remark. ~Yss. Il
g." saiA he big man. LIST ne o9ss
you oas ost Of The sans boz" The
visitor seosp<sl gladly and had oas
more query. by the vay. who ars
youf' II An d. Mevtekas. bishop q
Rhode Isisna." replied ~ heavy
WEIGHT Who aepassatiy hugely -
5oysd ~ taea1soG
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-07-28

Many practices which ten years ago.
i've year, ago. one year ago. and even
sig months ago were In favor. public
opinion having no condemnation for
them. are now held TO b. odious and
sven criminal. This 10 perhaps the
most notable development Of the day.
namely. the creation Of . higher stand.
ard for the conduct Of American husi
ness. Tbs revelations Of graft In the
Insurance and railroad companies ere
. shock TO national pride and yet
there 10 hardly an American who does
pot know that In one form or another
gran has entered largely into the cor
porsts life - into the political life
Of the country. The saving clause Of
the situation IL that Il seems . paas-
Ing phase In our national progress.
The optimis' has reason TO rejoice that
the national conscience has been
touched and that public opinion 10
establishing higher ideals.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-07-28
OLD PEACH TREES.
What Has Been Done with Them,
Proof Of What Can Be Done to
Mako Them Productive,

1t is fact well known to many hor-
ticultural scientists that old peach
trees may be brought back to a state
OF Vigor by severely cutting back the
trees and thus keeping them out Of
fruitins for two or three seasons. H.
this cutting back Is done In a year.
when all the fruit buds have been
killed by the cold. the loss OF time
is reduced by one year. Some varie-