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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-06-06
YOUNG COUPLE SPENDS
HONEYMOON ON RAFT
WoooMAN TAKES BRIDE ON TRIP
FOR HEALTH AS WELL AS
PLEASURE.

Port Jeryis. y. Y.-Of the 80 RATS
which passed this city on their way
down the Delaware river TO tidewater
recently. there was one which had a
rough shanty built on It, Cupid rode
on this raft
Suffering from asthma. John Bur.
rows. a down east Yankee. had
worked all winter in the upper Della
ware logging country and had been an
assistant helmsman on RATS which
were foated 10 udewater this spring.
He had his last trip the other day. He
took with him his bride. Miss Florence
Matthison. She is a native Of the
upper Delaware valley and during the
getting out OF timber on her uncle's
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-06-06
BATTLES UNDER
WATER FOR LIFE
SWIMMER HAS DESPERATE
STRUGGLE WITH WRITING
SNAKES IN TANK.
NEARLY STRANGLED TO DEATH
Pe-scruer. Whose Act Is Entitled "A
Battle Royal" Gives More Than
Imitation Of Man Trying
70 Save Self.

Cincinnati.-Under water for three
minutes and fifty seconds. held down
by an iron belt about his body and
the weight OF dozen huge. writhing
snakes twined about his neck. William
Mcneil, a noted swimmer. was all but
strangled to death in a tank Of water
during the first performance Of his act.
The Battle Royal" at Chester park
the other afternoon.
McNeills act is 20 remain under wa
ter for three minutes. and then. after
having come to the surface for breath.
he again dives 90 the bottom OF the
glass tank and the snakes are let in
through trap door by an attendant.
Through this struggling mass OF ser
penis McNeiu fights his way 20 the air
again The accident was due 10 the
attendants mistake In letting the
snakes into the tank before Mcneil
had come 90 the surface for breath.
A large number Of spectators had
crowded about the tank 20 view this
extraordinary feat. and Mcneil had
actually been under the water for
three minutes when the snakes were
introduced. The man was taken by
surprise. almost gasped In amazement.
and began a desperate struggle with
the tangled weight OF fighting snakes.
he tried 20 tear on his heavy belt:
he pulled SO desperately az the body OF
one snake that he actually tore Il
asunder. The audience applauded
wildly. Their watches showed that
he had been IA The water FOR three
minutes and 20 seconds He was an
extraordinary man and his perform
ance was sensational and realistic IN
the extreme. They little knew that
Mcneil was Ia reality giving battle
royal for life. and never dreamed thar
the battle must be decided in very
Few seconds OF Do would be too late
Naliantly McNciu struggled on. rcaliz.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-06-06

AGAINST her breast his baby lies:
Her hands that once were soft and slim
Are hard from toiing much for him.
And sadness dweils within her eyes;
She rocks their little one and signs
While darkness slowly closes round,
And. even as her last hope dies
She gladly starts at every sound.
Those are the lips that once ne pressed
He used 90 tell her she was fair.
And once with gallant. ardent care
He guarded her from hsrm-caressed
Her IS he held her 20 his breast
And swore that when they were apart
Gray sadness was his constant guest
And hopslessness was In his hesrt
Against her breast their baby sleeps:
Her cheeks have lost their rosebud
bloom:
No laughter echoes through the room
Across the moor the shadow creepsl
Where one bespangled. laughing leaps
Upon a table ne remains.
And shouts and laughs and sings and
Weeps
4 FOOLS tears IN the glass he drains.
s.. y. Eiser.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-06-06
COW swIms THIRTY MILES.
chsses Steamboat In Mississippi for
Love Of Her Calf.

St Louis-Capt. William Leyhe Of
the steamer Spread Eagle. plying be-
tween St. Louis and Grafton. III. had
& red "muley" COW which swan so
miles in the Mississippi river for love
OF her calf. The COW was picked up
by fishermen near Madison.
The Spread Eagle stopped at Elsah
III. 10 load cattle. The red COW did
not want 20 enter the boat After the
calf had been loaded the mother. sud
denly possessed OF a cowly instinct
that harm might come 20 her on
spring. charged the gang plank The
charge didn't end there. The COW
charged the crew.
After several deck hands had
thrown themselves into the Mississippi
10 escape the Infatuated COW she FOL.
lowed the last one overheard and
sank. The crew were hshed out. The
Spread Eagle steamed on toward Graf.
ton.
The COW headed down river and.
mistaking a city-bound boat for the
Spread Eagle. started In pursuit She
swan near the center of the current,
came on and the poor COW lost sight
OF the decoy she was following. but
she swan bravely on to the rescue Of
her calf.
Next morning at eight o'clock two
fishermen at Madison saw the red
muley swimming with the current.
They went out in rowboat and threw
a rope about her head. towing her TO
the shore and making her fast to a
tree.
A half hour later a steamer hove IN
SIGHT up river. The red "muley" saw
the boat as soon as the fishermen and
she stood with her eyes fixed on the
approaching monster. When the boat
was within a half mile the COW began
TO dance round and round the tree TO
which she had been roped. Sure
enough, the boat was the Spread
Eagle
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-06-06
CURRENT VERSE.
Fences and Offences

Fences and Offences.
Inside the fence you may rambie.
And bet like a resuiar sport.
Outside Of the fence. II you gamble
You may have 70 answer AT court
The thing Is as old a. creation:
Indeed. II began with the race:
Inside was Identification.
Outside OF the fence was disgrace.
For ave was the very first piker:
She bet a red apple 20 win:
And now there are lots OF us Ike her
We bet. and are caught. and we SIM
Just what Is considered a virtue
Depends upon where YOU may be:
The things that can morally hurt YOU
Are matters OF geographic.
The fellow who lives IN Missouri
May smoke what he pleases. and yet
In Illinois faces q jury
II caught with a vile cigarette!
oh. let US be glad there are places
Where stiu we may DO as we choose.
And put down our bets on the races
Inside OF the fence though We lose
New York Sun.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-06-06

7 viii start anew this morning with a
higher. fairer creed.
viii cease 20 stand complaining Of my
ruthless nelghbor's greed.
will cease 20 SIT repininE while my
dutys call 10 clear.
I will waste no moment whining and my
heart shall know no fear.
7 win look sometimes about mo for the
things that merit praise.
Will search for hidden beauties that
elude the rrumbler's gaze.
] win try 20 ind contsutment IN the
paths that I must tread.
] will cease 70 have resentment when
another moTca ahead
! viii not be swayed by envy when my
rivals strength Is shown.
I VIII not deny his merit but III strive
20 prove my own.
I viii try 90 see the beauty spread before
me- rain or shine
I Will cease TO preach your duty and be
more concerned with mine.
s. Z Klser in Chicago Record Herald
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-06-06
Swinburne.

In the most tender morning OF The world.
When the old gods had speech with
common men.
They took wandering mist upon the
fen.
Soft music. where the earliest fountain
swirled
And the first lovely look from eyes dew
pearird
when Aphrodite walked: the young soul
then
singing. they hushed asleep within a
glen
Where evermors the seas white waters
hurled.
The soul hath Weakened. and the song
may he.
The strong sweet notes OF passion
played. and woe.
Thrill 20 the radiant laughter OF a
child
Make answer 20 the crying OF the SEA-
Beating 70 music that none else may
know
song like IRE. halr-tamsd and
wholly Wild.
Ethel Talbot. IN Academy.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-06-06
Loves TapeatrY.

Said she; Go fetch the palest stars
That blossom IN the summer skies.
The amber tissue OF the sun.
4 flight OF opal butterflies.
"a sketch OF silver from the moon.
And trembling green from OF the trees.
The rainbow that but yesterday
Was wonderful against the breeze;
THE whitest rose that ever blew,
The dewy emerald OF the lawn:
And all the apple-buds that laid
Their peariy lips against the dawn:
And fetch the nights watched for hirs,
And md the veil OF tears l cried.
And bring the little sob that broke
My heart upon the night he died
Then in the twilight 7 shall sit,
, And never hear tho years that fee,
But weave a beauteous tapestry
OF dreams about my love and me-"
Archibald sullivan. In Smart Set
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-06-06

It's lavish promises. its thwarted aims,
Its lost ideals. its dishonorsd claims.
It's uncompleted growth? prison wall.
Whose heartless stones but echo back our
call;
An epitaph recording but our names:
puppet-stage where Joys and griefs
and shsmes
Furnish a demon testers carnival:
plan without a purpose or a form;
A roofiess temple: an unfinished tale,
And men Ike madrepores through calm
and storm
Toll. die 10 build a branch OF fossil
FRAN.
And add from all their dreams, thoughts,
acts, belief
4 few more inches to a coral-reoG
christopher Pesrse Cranch
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-06-06

The Song Of Love and Death.
Sweet IS true love- tho given in vain. in
vain:
And sweet is death who puts an end 20
pain:
know not which Is sweeter. no. not L
Love. art thou sweet7 Then bitter death
must be.
Love, thou art bitter: sweet is death to
me.
o Love, II death be sweeter. let me die
Sweet Love. that seems not made TO fade
away.
Sweet death. that seems to make US love-
less clay.
I know not which is sweeter. no. not L
I fain would follow love. II that could be:
needs must follow death. who calls for
me;
Cali and I follow. I follow. let me die.
-Tsnnyson. 'Tdyls OF the King"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-06-06
An Advantageous Position.

Advertiser wish this advertise
ment placed In some part OF the pa
per where people will be sure to see
It.
Editor-Yes. sir-yes. sir, can put
II right alongside OF an editorial. &;
you wish.
Advertiser-HemI Please put 81
alongside OF the news.-New York
Weekly
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-06-06

for three minutes
Mcneil will be confined 10 his
rooms for several days until a blood
vessel IN his lungs which burst under
the terrible pressure 10 which Il was
forced is healed.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-06-06

Nelson's Hair Dressing can be
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-06-06
Saved BY Selling Mules Tall.

Columbus. O.-Many a man has
been killed by selling a mule by the
tail. but Harry McAleert. a fruit wa
gon driver. saved his life by such
action
His wagon was struck by an inter
urban train and McAleert would have
been crushed under the wheels II he
had not grasped and hung to the tail
OF one OF the mules he was driving.
The mule, freed from the wagon by
the shock, ran away. and the driver
was dragged from the track
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-06-06
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-06-06
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Please. would you be so kind, sir,
as to assist poor man. sir. Besides
this ERE bludgeon, loaded with lead, I
have nothing in this wide world to
call my own."-Eoyal Magazine.
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Blue-grass blade., 1908-05-17

succession of these events. Instead of re-
tarding progress, evolution explains how all
progress has been made and this, too, in spite
OF the church. The old cry OF nothing to be
attained if evolution be true, and what Is
the use OF the struggle" comes too late in
this day and generation. A century ago it
might have had its effect. Today it is i'm
potent. Man struggles that he may extract
all the good there is to be found in life and
living Succeeding he acquires happiness
growing out of content. If this is not enough
he ought not to be here. Admitting that the
strong succeeds and the weak perish the rev.
erend gentleman admits the truth of evolu-
ton for it is only by this incessant conflict
that any progress has been made. If this is
the plan OF his god he makes him a worse
brute than he claims for evolution. As a
fact in evolution it could not be otherwise
and all the rawlings, prayers, indulgences,
masses and piteous cries of the St. Louis arch
bishop cannot alter it.
Blue-grass blade., 1908-05-17
CHANGE OF GRAFT.

1t is reported from Macon Missouri that
reformed gambler has taken to preaching.
Simply change in the form of graft. In the
old days he ,ried to get something for moth
ing. lie sought to extract money from other
people by indulging in a game OF chance.
Continued practice made him an adept at the
business. In his new profession he is still
trying to get something for nothing. He de-
mands coin for his services and has nothing
to offer in return therefor True, he will talk
about hell and heaven, but in the light of
modern science these are not realities, merely
dictionary and unreal. Offering protection
against the one and suggesting sort of
a guarantee for the other he knows that he
cannot fulfill his part of the contract and in
this respect his new profession is no more
respectable than the old. 1t is still game of
chance. Even admitting his. foreordination
and predestination, what guarantee can any
preacher give concerning either place of sup
posed future existence? Absolutely none
Then is he not still gambler? Does he not
gamble in futures with the prospect of gain
ing all the cash staked and losing nothing?
If he was four ausher at the old game is
he not trying to work through on bluff as
preacher? We cheerfully admit that or
thodoxy will clothe his new game with an
air of responsibility which he could never
obtain as a professional card sharp, but the
change is no improvement and humanity has
gained nothing by reason of the experiment.
Blue-grass blade., 1908-05-17
Current Comment on Public Events

tense may become a necessity. Militarism has
no place III the American form OF government.
IN this article We simply point TO the neon
sistency and insist that the church should
first purge itself OF its own crimes and
butcheries before upbraiding governmental in
situations. just often as pulpteers take
up political issues as themes tor Sunday SER
mons SO do they betray lack OF knowledge
upon these subjects and dense ignorance of
their own history.
Blue-grass blade., 1908-05-17
THE CHURCH AND DARWIN.

While condemning the modern methods of
almsgiving by the Carnegie's and the Rookie
feller's, on the ground that they are simply
seeking notoriety, Rev. John j. Glennon, arch
bishop of st. Louis, turns aside from the
primal subject of his discussion to take
whack at the systems of instruction obtain
ing in our public schools and universities.
For the purpose of this discussion we care not
for his remarks anent the modern philanthro-
pist. Systems of organized charity are
always open to suspicion, more less, and
we prefer, at this time, to deal more spe-
officially with what the prelate had to say
about the teachings of Darwin and Spencer.
The newspaper accounts quote him as saying:
And say, my friends, that the philosophy
taught in your schools and universities today
is just as brutal as it is repugnant This
philosophy of evolution, emanating from the
brain of Darwin and Spencer, makes for bru-
tality and retards progress What is the use
of struggling if there is nothing to be at
tainedG Where is there an appearance of
charity in this system? The strong succeed
and the weak perish"
against what? Is it possible that truth can
be brutal and repugnant? TO the church,
YES. To humanity No. II is the church
only that rails against Intellectual progress
for in :Eis they can sec the finish of the
church Win professor OF faith under
takes IN say that the doctrine of evolution,
irrespective Of the brain from which it eman'
ates, makes for brutality and retards prog
ress' he is either stating what he knows to
be false and does so with the special intent
and purpose to deceive, or, as an only alter
native, he does not understand the nature and
character of the subject upon which he es-
says to speak. AS a matter of fact the doc
trne of evolution makes for nothing. 1t is
simply an unfolding of the events in natural
history, demonstrating the precise order and
Blue-grass blade., 1908-05-17
PIETY AND POLITICS

When the bible fails to satisfactorily fur
nish d person with text upon which to
discourse in an attractive manner he reverts
to politics and the result is most abject,
miserable failure. The majority OF parsons
know more concerning social problems
than their regard for the seventh command
ment.
In recent sermon, Rev. Charles L. JEFF
ferson, pastor of the broadway Christian Tab
ernace, New York, denounced Roosevelt, his
cabinet and supporters, for what he terms
their rank militarism" and argues that
such a policy was unknown, practically un-
heard OF, in America, until the Roosevelt
regime began. In other words, the claim is
made, that the hero of San Juan Hill, Col
onel Commanding the regiment of Rough
Riders, the man on the horse, and he of the
big stick" introduced the issue of militarism
in the United States and that he is altogether
responsible for such a policy now before the
American people
There is considerable of truth in what the
reverend gentleman has TO say on this all
important political subject, but it comes with
bad grace from a man in his position. Only
as the Christian church, including its every
denomination, becomes Americanized in the
full sense of that term, which is the equiva
lent for being somewhat civilized, has it
drawn away from militarism as a special
means of propaganda. Were it not for the
mlitarsm of the church in the past it would
not be where it is today and would be pod-
ding, struggling for recognition along with
older and better systems of faith. Only for
the murderous policy of Constantine, con-
tinued by Charlemagne the brutality of the
several popes in authority, the wholesale
massacre of unbelievers, the massacre at
Bartholomew, the crusades, the bloody wars
in India, the Crimea, the persecution of the
Hugenots, the terrible and murderous re-
prisals of the different religious factions oc.
cupying the throne of Great Britain, would
the Christian church be in begging, sub
servient condition, and it does look as If
some kind of Daniel had come to judgment
when a Christian parson will undertake to
denounce government because of its tend
ency toward militarism.
No fault is found with this reverend gentle
men because he condemns this modern po-
litcal expedient. AS a matter of fact it
ought to be condemned. Wars of conquest
ought never to be INDUCED in. Wars of de-
Blue-grass blade., 1908-05-17

Mrs. Henry's article on Bible Re-
vision is ready for mailing in pamphlet
form. Ten cents each.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-06

Startling Statistics Brought
OF Yale

Washington, D. C.-Professor Irv-
ing Fisher, of Yale University, read a
paper before the International Con-
gress on Tuberculosis which created a
decided sensation. Professor Fishers
paper was on "The Cost Of Tubercu-
losis, and he made the startling an
nouncement that the great white
plague costs in hard cash over one
billion dollars a year
He estimated that consumption
kills $4,000 persons every year in
the United States. This is equal, he
said, to the deaths, from typhoid
fever, diphtheria, appendicitis, men
nights, diabetes, smallpox and cancer
all put together. Then again, he said,
it generally takes three years. to die,
during which time thepoor victim can
earn little or nothing.
Five million people now living in
the United States are doomed to fill
consumptives' graves unless some
thing can be done to prevent it." de-
cIared Professor Fisher. AS each
death means anxiety and grief for
whole family, I estimate that there
will be over twenty million persons
rendered miserable by these deaths. ;"
The scourge, he said, picks out it's
victims when they are young men and
young women, at the very time of life
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-06

when they are beginning to earn
money. The minimum cost of doc
tors bills, nursing, medicines and loss
of earnings amount to over $4,000 in
each case, while the earning power
which might have been if death had
not come brings the total cost to at
least $4,000 for each Individual
If this sum is multiplied by the
$4,000 deaths, the cost, it is seen,
is bigger than the immense sum of
$1,000, 100000 Professor Fisher es-
timated that over half this cost falls
upon the victims themselves, but the
cost to others than the consumptive
is over $40, 100000 a year.
AS a matter of self-defense, he
averred, it would be worth while to
the community in order to save mere
ly quarter of the lives now lost by
consumption to invest $500, 000,-
000 At present only fraction of
one per cent. of this sum is being
used to fight the disease.
Professor Fisher expressed his be-
lief that isolation hospitals for in
durable consumptives are the best in
vestment of all, because in this way
the most dangerous consumptives are
prevented from spreading the disease
by careless splitting in their homes
and neighborhood.