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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02
The WistfuI pays.

What is there wanting in the spring.
The afr is soft os yostcrycar.
The happy green is here.
And half the world is on the wing.
The morning becEonS. and like balm
Arc westward waters blue and calm
Yet something's wanting in the spring.
What rs 70 wanting I'm the spring.
.. April. lover to us au
What is so pregnant in thv thrall
When childrcn's merry voices ring?
What hauuts us iu the cooling dove
More subtle than tle speech ~ love
What namclcss lack ~ loss Of spring.
Let youth do daily with the spring.
Cal her tho dead the fair. tho young:
And an her erlccs ever sung
Lot him, once more rchoars.uv sing
They know. who keep "a broken tryst
Till something from the spring 90 missed
We have not truly known tic spring.
Robert Underwood Johnson.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02
SKIRTS MUST BE MARROW.
EdIet Neeessitates Soft, Sstin-Flnished
SILK for Foundation.

All skirts must be very graceful. but
extremely shnky. really narrow. so
that the first foundation must be OF
softest satin-finished silk and only
at the hem cause the chiffon interim
ings 10 give any appreciate width or
Hare. Jet trimming is generally sum-
ciently heavy TO cause the skirt 20
give the present fashionable clinging
effect. and care must really be taken
that the trimming is not so heavily
massed about the end Of the skirt as
GO make walking difficult In order 20
Insure the wearer In looking just as
tall and just as slender as possible the
trimming must De laid up and down
the skirt. not around IL. When this is
accomplished with the present fash:
ion OF small round waists the under
sized man is made TO feel his deform-
ity more than ever among all the
divinely TAN members Of the opposite
sex. Tennyson must necessarily have
measured six feet or he would never
have given the attribute or divine"
20 the height Of fair Helen OF Troy.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02
CURRENT VERSE.
Hard Luck.

FldTO GuCks
oh. isn't IL unlucky 10 be born a vernal
bard
With birds and bees and blossoms on
the brain:
Instead OF fancics suited to a sucared
Christmas card
Or a valentine that sings OF lass and
swain.
When the climate leaves no chance for
cen the smallest blossom crop
And the birds in silence shiver and the
bees have shut up shop:
Then the cheeriest disposition fears a des-
tiny ill-starred
And it's particularly sad 20 be a vernal
bard.
You're subject TO receptions. II you're
born a vcrnal bard.
When the radiators hot you gayly
dream
or May day mcrriment The muse has
caught YOU or your guard
Your balmy air, alas. is naught but
steam
and then whom duty calls you forth into
the Checrlcss street
Where You must face the rain and hail
and snow ana slush and elect:
There comes "A sense OF panic and the
times seem very hard:
Especially III YOU should chance TO be a
verual bard,
-Waehincton Star
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02
The Dead Mother.

oh, 90 you never hear me when all the
world is stll.
When tho mist crceps down tho valley
from tho purple OF the hin.
DO YOU think tits but the rose-branch
that comes tapping. tapping low
At the door where moonlight fingers
tracing patterns white as snow?
DO you never hear n footstop pressing DER
the stairway head.
BY your door amid the shadows 90 tho
Childrcu's truudle bed?
DO you hear them sometimes laughing. in
their sleep. as you would say.
All, us whom they sec me coming. and
the parting rolls away
You may slumhcr through The stiu night
mooniight's round me as 7 stand
Where my sleeping baby's smiling as
hold her little hand
only as the dawn comes softly with the
potfer'nr sound OF rain.
Then my heart breaks ass I leave them
ev'ry night die again
Pail Mall Gazette.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02

Thanks for the lvacinths YOU sent,
The fragrant W. 70 bouquet.
It's strange 20 th'uk it7 porfumed snow
Was born q common claw.
Say rather that IT'S clustered cnrls
Were pearls that oalny hours
And south winds warmed 10 fuller life
And changed 10 waNen flowers.
The thoughts that from such blossoms
rise
Must needs Ike them 10 nure.
The spotless sprays av- withercd now.
But stin the thoughts endure
The grains OF sand w.rc turned 10 pearls
The pearls % flowers tlat. bore
sweet thoughts 80 v"n. that in my heart
Shall live for everywhere.
New York Press
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02

back the lost one. Traces lost or
stolen goods. Unearths hidden
treasures. Removes evil influence
Crosses, Spells, III Luck. cures trtcl(1
and COMPUTATIONS. gives Luck ann
Success in all you undertake. Cpre.
the Tobacco and Liquor Habits. Al
lows the captive to be set Free.
re IS the only one that will give
written Guarantee to complete
your business or refgnd your money
are you sick? Do you know what
the trouble Is with you? Come and
Consult Natures Doctor.
rheumatism, Insomnia. Hyster1s
ana an Diseases cured. Points Civ
OF Chance.
NO matter what ails You, come
anu see this wonderful man. Read
ef nave you noticed that some peo-
pie nave a hard time to get along.
no matter how they toll. while 9TH
ers nave success. Many wealth.
men and women owe their success 70
this wonderful man.
he VIII tell you whom you VIII
marry VIII you be happyR He
Will tell you who your friends and
enemies are. Can you tel3 Don't
take leap In DARK, but be ad-
Vised by this wonderful man. Great
est Prophet in existence.
He always Succeeds when others
fail. This is the chance OF n life
time Don't let 1t pass you.
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Sunday: 1880 TO 1880 p. NJ.
N. B.-Our consultation Fee IN
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02

Strange, Wonderful, but True are
the awe stricken tests given by The
Great Australian Medium.
PROF. ID. D. BRUCE, NJ. ID.
the only Living Apostle OF Science
OF the Mysteries.
$4,000 in Gold to any one in the
World TO compete with him. Pos
sessfng more power than any four
mediums combined.
No card. trance or hand humbuR.
Greatest HindoO Medium I'm the
World.
SO GREAT IS HIS POWER that
Ae can tell ysu while In q ClairvOy-
ant state. all you wish to know with
out a word being spoken. Come,
all ye unbelievcrs. scoffers and jeer-
eTs; bring all your skepticism with
you-he will open your eyes TO the
private chamber mystery. Come ali
We broken hearted wives. all with
low spirits and let HIN lift the bur
den from your aching AMI Jealous
heart. He challenges the World to
compete with him In causing a speed
marriage with the one you love;
uniting the separated and bring
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02

Far or and faint rs echoes OF n dream.
The songs o. h0vhood seem
Yet on our autumn boughs, unflown with
spring.
The evening thrushes sing.
The hour draws near howe'or delayed
and late.
When az the Eternal cote.
We leave the words and works we call
our own.
And lit void hands alone
For love 10 M Our nal,edness OF soul.
8r nCs 20 that gote no toll.
Giftless we come 90 HIM who all things
gives
And live becauSo FTe lives
John Greenlcaf Whittier.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02

It's sad. when Won must borrow cash
To find your friend won't lend IL:
To be ia Jail FOR taifng grart
And can't get ont 60 snf nc g.
It's sad 70 walk whorH ~orchcs grow,
And be too short 70 ranch them;
To wcrid-a Weakening sermons write.
And not he asked to preach them.
It's sad 10 learn "a scandal. through
a key-hOle. so can't tell H.
To read the joke you called Your own.
Before you'd time 10 sell II.
But this is far the saddest fate
The sun will ever shine on:
To be vine and want to Irvine,
And have no oak 20 Irvine on
-Lippincott'a.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02

The girl who persists in using her
handsome brooches to pin her tie to
her stin turnover collar Will sooner or
later mourn her fayorite bit Of Jew
elry.
The ordinary brooch is not made to
have its pin bent out OF shape. as is
inevitable with Going throlgN so many
thicknesses. Instead one should get
one of the regular iabct pins one or
two inches long, and made with a
slightly cu~vel or beat BAR the pin
also bent so as to hold the jabot or
knot of The to lrm,y Ia place.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02
Toe Per.,naI.

A trolley car had collidsd with a
heavily laden milk cart. and sent can
after can Of milk splashiRg int tho
street Soon a crowd gathered. A
man, coming Up. had TO stand on tip
toe and keep lodging his head about
20 see past a stout lady in front of
him. Goodness" he exclaimed. what
an awful waste," The stout lady
turned and slared at him. Mind your
own business" she snapped Every
body's MAGAZINE.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02
Go, Lovely Rosel

Go. lovely rosct
Tell her that wastes her time and me.
That now she knows
When I resemble her % troc
How sweet and fair sho seems 20 be.
Tell her. that's young.
And shuns 90 have lcr eraccs sped.
That. hadst thou sprung
In deserts. where uo men abide.
Thou must have uncommeudod died
Small is tho worth
or beauty from tre lght retired:
Bid her come forth
Suffer herself 20 be desired
And not blush SO 90 be admired.
Then die, that she
The common fate OF all things rare
May read In thee
How small "a part % time they share
That are so wondrous sweet and fart
Edmund W-Ncr GC1J-IcSO
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02
Dispersion OF the overerouaed.

Recent building statistics contained
IN various departmental reports seem
20 Justify the belief that the problem
OF decentralizins population in this
town is in a fair way Of being solved.
They prove that q notable dispersion
or residence construction has al
ready been achieved. and by disclos-
Ing what sort of people have been
least benefited by the dispersion sug-
gest special measures Of relief on
their behalf-New York Sun.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02
Cray Hats.

There are some signs OF hard times
that no man with properly function
ing optic nerves can overlook. Scores
OF milliners have obviously been com
PEELED by adversely to discharge all
their high salaried designers Of art
hats and employ In their stead mad
men frantically eager to reproduce de-
mentia Americana in headgear.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02

What in the world are you doing
under there so long. dear?" shouted
the wife to her husband. who had
crawled under the machine, In the
mud, to try to ascertain why the
blooming moter wouldn't mote"
"Oh, darling" came back the almost
smothered reply: I'm just picking q
few dafodils and daisies for you.
loved onei"-Yonkers Statesman.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02

While very young the little Chinese
is taught manners" how to come
into a room, 20 bow very low to par
ents or those older than himself
even till his head nearly touches the
noOr-and TO "chin-chin" This is
their polite greeting. which takes the
form OF our hand-shaking.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02
Could Not ExtInouish L,ob,

A peasant from ODER Hessen, who
saw electric light for the first time at
q hotel In Mayence. Germany. where
he was spending the night, broke a
blood vessel in endeavoring to blow
out the light. His condition is hope
less.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02

paniment TO the cup OF tea, not as real
refreshment Frequently they are not
touched by the guests who run in dur
ing an informal afternoon, and seldom
are many eaten by any one visitor.
The sandwiches should be perfectly
fresh and Of the lightest, thinnest
bread.
Each slice should be as thin as a
wafer and cut either round and a little
larger than an old-fashioned cookie. or
oblong. the width OF the two fingers
and not more than an inch and half
long. This size ie easy TO handle and
is not too large 10 be laid on the edge
of ones saucer.
Plain bread and butter sandwiches
are dainty. and II a filling is desired
one may try any OF the several that
are suited 20 this afternoon function.
Meat or game paste highly seasoned
and spread very thin between two
waters Of bread will be found dainty
and delicious Crisp lettuce leaves
with a suspicion of mayonnaise make
an excellent nlling for bread waters.
SIS do also nuts chopped very fine
until they are Ike a paste when mixed
with mayOnnaise.
Mid cheese OF n creamy consistency
Is adapted 10 tea sandwiches and may
be so seasoned as TO mystify the
guests as TO its real character. The
very best sandwiches for tea are
those which have the filling so blend
ed that no one ingredient FREEDOM
mates Cream cheese mixed with
little NVorcoeforehfro eattre and soma
cayenne and spread with butter makes
a delicious morsel with a cup OF
Ceylon.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02
A Profanity sa,,.r

In putting tack into a place where
1t Is dificult TO hold IT with the
fingers. thrust it through a little strip
OF paper, and thus keep the fingers
from under the hammer and your tenn
per from high temperature.-Gooa
Housekeeping.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02

trimming consisted OF rosettes OF the
green straw. fastened at either side OF
the front and connected TO small hoops
made of small Persian beads. A bunch
OF fancy shaded brown feathers and a
few cabochons in brown and green
tones. edged with gold cord, lent fur
Their ornamentation.-Vo
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02
Rolllna Pin Method

A Nebraska woman sewed her hus-
band between two blankets and be-
labored him with a rolling pin until he
agreed TO sign temperance pledge.
We rather suspect that is one variety
OF prohibition likely to actually pro-
hibit.-Redlands Review.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02

Miss Gusher-I have four cats, and
I adore them.
Rusher-Inded? How poeticall
Miss Gusher-How so?
Rusher-1o be so devoted 70 news.
you know.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02
For the Best InIIta

Would you be exempt from uneasi-
ness-do nothing that you know or
suspect to be wrong Would You enjoy
the purest pleasures-do everything
In your power which you are con
WINGED is NATURALIZATION.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02
Hat In willow Sresn ana Brown.

Willow r-een aad forest brown
straw riDbrn-t'e former glossy. the
latter rouah ON straw-furnished the
material 'ior vArg beepuful model
OF Suzanne. TIE shape was very odd.
q large hish crowned turbap, and the
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02

An Indiana man has a record OF
having stayed at home for 1898 con-
secutive evenings, Greater compIi-
ment can no man pay TO his wife
Washington Post.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02
SnoWdroo.

When fun OF warmth and eager love.
clasp you in my fond. embrace.
You gently push me back and say.
Take care. my dear. youI spoil my
laceg'
You kiss me just as you would kiss
some woman friend you CHANGED TO see;
You call me dearest. All loves forms
Are yours, not Its reality
Oh, Anniel cry and storm and rayel
DO anything with passion In III
Hate me an hour, and then turn round
And love me truly. Just one minute.
William Wetmore Story.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02
EVENING Callers.

Miss smith-Did anybody call this
evening. Bridget?
Bridget-Yis. miss; Mike O'Shamus
and Tim Barney
Miss S.-What? I don't know them.
Biddy-They called on me, mum.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02
The Reallv Great

The really great are the few who
make a success Of a failure. though
the many who make a failure OF sue
cess commonly get the name.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02

DE faith cure" said Uncle Eben.
may be good fob some ailments. but
hates 20 see man standn' roun'
tryin' 20 mend his fences an liz de
mortgage VII it"-Washington Star.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02
Bridal Forethounht

Groom hate to tell you, dearest.
but that palmist says I have a very
short life line.
Bride-Oh. Georgeis Take out some
more insurance.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02

Degrees infinite there must always
be, but the weakest among rs has q
gift, however seemingly trivial, which
- peculiar 10 him, and which, worth,
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02
To Mend 6abv Shoes

When worn out at the toes and heels
mend babies shoes by cutting a neat
piece from kid glove and FASTING on
With mucilage. using a penknite to
tuck in the kid a. the sole.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02
Value Added 70 Eloo,,.n,.

Common council eloQuence comes
high so long as Il has 70 be Officially
reported In fun. Otherwise IL is pref
" cheap erupuon.-Boston Herald.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02
Countrv,s Matchmaker

In addition 10 the anxious mothers
and meddlesome nelghbors. more than
10000 people In this country are en-
gagged in the matchmaking industry.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02

Shall Quips and sentences and these
paper bullets Of the brain awe a man
from the career OF his humor?-
Shakespeare.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02
Be Slew In Action.

II we 20 wrong. the further we go
the further We are from home.-Ger-
man Proverb.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02

Every one will generously share his
troubles with the world. but who will
divide his joys?-Life.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02
Makes Many Kinds Of VIII.

Grapes are squeezed six times in
making champagne. yielding wine of
different qualities.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02
Seeks Ne Welcome.

Irish proverb: He that comes IN
hidden will sit down unasked.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02

Ty used. will be a gift to his race
Ruslin
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02

a Word from Josh Wise.
''Th' hand that rocks tn cradle
doesn't foot tn bills"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02
II Dcnends

She--Isn't kissing perfectly silly?
He-Yes-when others do Il.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02

Napdwichesc&
NAfter-12oayrST4A

Tea table sand
witches should be
tiny and deli
cate. They are
intended merely
as a solid accom-
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-09
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

Call money in New York. Ia per
cent. The New York s~ub-treasury was
a debtor at the Clearing House this
morning for 81. GAO, $40, and since last
Friday 1t has lost to he banks $4,000.
Commercial bar silver in New York,
531a cents; Mexican dollars, 46 cents:
bar silver in London. "a 1850.
Paris closing rentes 95 francs 80 CEN
times. Paris private rate of discount,
IL per cent; exchange on London, 20
francs 11k centimes. Berlin private
rate of discount. az per cent; exchange
on London. 20 marks 80 pigs. The week.
ly statement of the Bank of France
shows notes in circulation decrease 2s,-
IT'S. 900 francs; treasury deposits, IN
crease $500, 900; general deposits. de-
crease S. 75, 900: gold on hand, increase
90. 125. 900; silver on hand, decrease 81
100. 900, bills discounted, decrease 49,
CSC, 900, advances, decrease. 1.65O,OOO
francs.
Money on call in London %@1 per
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-09
THE COTTON MARKET.

NEW YORK. July 9.-The cotton
market opened steady at an advance
of twelve points IN July and 2 to 4 on
the new crop positions. cables being
better than called for. The early local
firmness was increased by reports of
concentrated October interest, which led
some of the smaller shorts to cover.
There was moderate selling on the fine
weather map and continued high
average of crop reports. Prices by the
middle of the forenoon were l to
points above yesterdays closing, July
excepted, being nominal.
Nearing Don the market was less
active and easier. prices having re-
turned to about last nights basis on
the new crop position, which were
weakened by renewed reports of anxi
ETY. on the part of Southern spot hold
ers to dispose of their old cotton.
Quotations furnished by Van Schatck
o.En
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-09

cent. Rates of discount for short bills
IN per cent; for three months bills
IL per cent. Consols for money
81 11-16d.; for account, 81 13-16d.
Weekly statement of the Bank of Eng
land shows the following changes: Re-
serve decrease, f614,000; circulation de-
crease, f225, 900; bullion decrease, $685.
900: other securities decrease. f6, 349, 900;
other deposits decrease. 1885, 900; pub
lie deposits decrease, "a. 765, 0O0. and gov
eminent securities decrease. $4,000. The
proportion of the banks reserve to la
bilities is now 1923 per cent. against
44.47 last week, and compares with an
advance from $685. to 4SA per cent. In
his week last year.
The foreign exchange market held a
steady tone. Demand sterling was
quoted, 4.s6sO@4.Ses5; cables, 4.S71O@
4.S715; sixty day bills, 4.8565@4.S5%;
short francs. 5.159s, less 1-32, and short
marks, 95h plus 1872.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-09
TRADING LIVELY
AS STOCKS 60
CLIMBING Up
Prices Open Above Previous
Days Level and with Mar.
ket Broad.

NEW YORK, July 9.-Opening prices
of stocks today rose above yesterdays
closing level. Gains were generally
fractional, exceeding a half in Great
Northern preferred. Reading, Norfolk
and Western n United States Steel
preferred. Bethlehem Steel advanced
1ss and Missouri Pacific, Minneapolis.
st. Paul and Sault Sainte Marie, Amer
lean Car preferred and Consolidated
Gas /. The dealings were active and
the market broad.
IL a. m.-There were enough profit
taking sales to prevent the rise going
any further, and eventually to bring
about a setback which was checked
about last nights closing. Later on
the list hardened, the rise in the grain
carriers, led by st. Paul. which gained
a point, benefiting the whole list. Read
ing and Westinghouse Electric first
preferred advanced one, Pullman IA,
Kansas and Texas preferred and Amer
lean Shelters Securities preferred q
IL and American al preferred 2.
Sloss-Shefield Steel yielded /.
Noon-The recovery encountered a
check and prices were carried back be-
low the level of the first hour. A dull
and hesitating tone then developed,
Bonds were firm.
| d. m.-The market receded slowly
and the announcement of an u~nreduced
dividend on Baltimore and Ohio failed
to check the decline. Baltimore and
Ohio made a quick jump of 2 points
to 81, and American Smelling 13s, while
Union Pacific. Delaware and Hudson
Wabash preferred and American Loco
motive lost 1.
2 p. m.-The stock market ruled quiet
and without notable change until just
before 2 o'clock, when trading became
more active and prices hardened. ANAL
gamated Copper and Northern Pacific
were in good demand and advanced a
point each.