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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-11-27

The sad death of Willus Rrit+
Stanley Ketche's young manager
was partly due to sudden wealth
easily acquired. Britt. ALWAYS n
soldier or fortune, brought Ketchel
East last spring and arranged two
battles with philadelphia JacL"
O'Brien, which Melted about sos
600. or this amount the reckless
young manager received nearly n
third. and with IL he proceeded 10
cut a wide swath. Nothing was too
good Tor him. Late suppers. with
an abundance OF wine. automobiles
nne clothes and other luxuries soon
pat a crimp In the bank roll and
when Ketchel failed to knocl, Panl,e
out inside twenty rounds Britt lost
- 900 in wagers-all that was left
Britt borrowed more money and bet
every dollar CT IL on Ketchel to heat
Jack Johnson. When the big negro
won by a Knockout Britt was men.
niless, his vision of a great fortune
was gone, and his heart was broxen
~ was the same old story
Squandered wealth earned in pueiI.
ism proved to be a fatal weakness
IL mas often been said that no
persons supported by the public live
IN such reckless luxury as star pugil.
ISIS and their closest associates A
great fighter may reign only for a
rev years at the head. OF his class
OUT during that period he is gener.
any high roller and goes the route
lie has far more rugged constitu-
tlon than the rich mans son. who
was never meant for hard work. for
ne Is compelled to undergo a course
OF framing for a strenuous battle
every now and then, which pro
Woes renewed physical endurance.
III the ordinary man lived like
some or these pugilists," said a vet
eran trainer the other day. he'd
pe physical wreck in less than a
year A majority of these fighters
however DO a certain amount of
Gally exercise to keep their weight
1owh, and In that way they do not
feel the effects of a spree.
III the wise pugilist gets a heavy
colo what does he do? Retire TO sbed
IKE most men? Not much. He dons
heaVy sweater and goes out for
a run on the road. He simply sweats
IL out II he can, and If he can't.
why he is then forced to seek medi.
Sal ald Ike an ordinary individual.
But that seldom proves to be the
case for open air exercise and cold
bats genrally suff1ce.
This was the way Fitzsimnnons
and Tommy Ryan doctored them
selves, and they kept themselves in
excellent condition for many years.
Fitz never INDUCED In a night of
merriment that he didn't get out
of bed early the next morning and
take a hard run to open the pores
But the other star fighters like John
l.. Sullivan and Jack McAuliffe
didn't go to such trouble and were
soon too fat to accomplish anything
IN the ring. II they caught cold
they went to Turkish bath. where
they could rest in solid comfort
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-11-27
Individual deposits subject

Individual deposits subject
TO check 31.b95 76
Time certificates of deposit S6626.64
Cashiers checks outstand-
ing 80 . e.. 1908
Total SfkO ea2 2S
|. Thomas H. Wyatt. do solemnly
swear that the above is a true state
ment of the financial condition OF
The Mechanics Savings Bank. of
Richmond, located at Richmond. in
the County OF Henrico, state OF Vir.
ginia. at the close OF business on
the 10th day of November, 1903, to
the best OF my knowledge and be-
lief.
THOMAS II. WYATT,
Cashier.
Correct-Attest:
John Mitchell. Jr..
J. j. Carter,
Thomas NJ Crump.
Directors.
State of Virginia. City OF Richmond
Sworn to and subscribed before
me by Thomas II. Wyatt, Cashier.
this gath day OF November 1909.
j. THOMAS HEWIN,
Notary Public
My commission expires April IS,
1910.
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RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts. $1656S.76I
Overdrafts.

Loans and Discounts. $16563.76
Overdrafts,
secured. $167793, unse-
cured, $61.94 1739.S7
Bonds, Securities, etc, own
ed, including premium
on same. .. :. =. 263O.O0
banking House -. 667O.5O
Other real estate owned. 7S2OI.1s
Furniture and Fixtures 216O.52
Exchanges and Checks for
next days clearings 133T.S4
Due from National Banks SS71e.93
Paper currency $4,000
Fractional paper currency,
nickels and cents 11I.41
Gold coin 1880
Silver coin e.. o.. 69S.19
All other items of Re
sources, viz: ... $3.50
Total $150,643.3S
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Has been entirely renovated
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and Comfortable Private Rooms
where Customers may examine
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This Sale Ends Christmas Eve.
so USED PIANOS.

so USED PIANOS.
Less Than Half Price. From
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SAMPLES:
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Regular Price, $3.50. XMAS
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1 Handsome Emmerson, Upright
Piano. Regular Price. $45O.
XMAS PRICE, 3D.. .S225.OO
Large Size Wellington Pianos.
Regular Price. $35O. XMAS
PRICE, ......r.... $1,000
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SQUARE PIANOS, $4,000.
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SAMPLES:
Chickering, Carved Legs. In
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VIM. Knabe, Carved Legs. In
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taves.
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Perfect Condition. Z Is Oc-
taves.
We have also put in Perfect
Condition for this Sale a large
number OF Parlor and Chanel
Organs. $50 20 so.
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My commission expires April Is,
1910.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-29

did we get back here and into this fix
sor, and me swapin' the halls and
polishin' the brasses fernist the front
dure iv'ry minute since We whit out?'
Indignation struggling for the upper
hand with mystification in the Irish,
mans brain, he grumbled and swore;
yet busted his fingers. In a trice the
binding gag was loosed, and ropes and
straps cast free from swollen wrists
aud ankles. And, with the assistance
OF a kindly arm behind his shoulders,
Maitland sat up, grinning with the
pain of renewing circulation in his
limbs.
"Wid these two oies mesilf saw We
lave three hours gone, sor, and
c'u'd swear no sowl had inferred this
house since thin. Pwhat does Mt all
name, be all thot's holy?"
ut means" painting, brandy and
soda, O'Hagan, and be quick"
Maitland attempted to rise, but his
legs gave under him, and he sank
back with a stifed oath, resigning him.
self to wait the return of normal con
d;tions. AS for his head, it was threat.
ering to split at any moment, the tight
wires twanging Internally between his
temples; while the corners of his
mouth were cracked and sore from the
pressure of the gag. All of which
totted up a considerable debit against
Mr.. Anisty's account.
For Maitland, despite his suffering,
had found time to figure it out to his
personal satisfaction-or dissatisfac-
ton, if YOU prefer-in the interval be.
tween his return to consciousness and
the arrival of O'Hagan. 1t was simple
enough to deduce from the knowledge
in his possession that the burglar, hav-
ing contrived his escape through the
disobedience of Higgins, should have
engineered this complete revenge for
the indignity Maitland had put upon
him.
How he had OWNED the fact of the
jewels remaining in their owners pos
session was less clear; and yet it was
reasonable, after all, to presume that
Maitland should prefer TO hold his
own. Possibly Anisty had seen the
girl slip the canvas bag into Maitland's
pocket while the latter was kneeling
aad binding his captive. However
that was, there was no denying that
he had trailed the ~treasure to its hid
ing place, u%nerringly; and succeeded
il taking possession of it with consum.
mate skill and audacity. When Malt
land came TO think of it, he recalled
distinctly the trend of the burglars
inuuisition in the character of Mr..
SEaith," which had all been calculated
to discover the location of the jewels.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-29
Good Work Among Children.

According to "A statement OF the
National Association for the Study
and Prevention OF tuberculosis owe
$500, 900 of the 1900, 900 school
children enrolled In the United States
have during the school year just
closed been Systematically instructed
concerning the dangers of consump-
ton and the methods for its cure and
prevention. Besides the $500, 900 chill.
dren thus instructed in their schools,
the National Association estimates
that fully 100000 have 70.
ceived instructions at the various
tuberculosis exhibits held in all parts
of the country or through separate
classes and organizations.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-29
SKIN ERUPTION CURED.
Was So Sore, Irritating and Painful
That Little Sufferer Could Not Sleep
Scratched Constantly.
cuticura's Efficacy Clearly Proven

When about two and a half years
old my daughter broke out on her hips
and the upper parts Of her legs with a
very irritating and painful eruption. 1t
began in October; the first i noticed
was a little red surface and a constant
desire on her part to scratch her limbs.
She could not sleep and the eruptions
got sore, and yellow water came out
Of them. / had two doctors treat her.
but she grew worse under their treat
ment. Then / bought the Cuticura
Remedies and only used them two
weeks when she was entirely well.
This was in February. She has never
had another rough place on her skin,
and she is now fourteen years old.
Mrs. r. r. Whitaker, Winchester,
Tenn. Sept. %. 1908"
Potter Drug q Chem. Corp, Sole Props, Borton.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-29
II Marks the Grave Of an Admirer OF
President Jackson.

In the Baptist graveyard at Can.
ton. Pa, near Salem. lies the body
of an old revolutionary soldier named
James Sayres. A rude, unlettered
sandstone marks his grave, but a more
conspicuous monument is a large hick-
DRY tree the trunk of which, three feet
from the ground. measures 51H
inches in circumference.
James Sayres was an ardent ad.
mirer of Andrew Jackson, so often
called 'Old Hickory" from the char
acter Of being 50 unbending in any
cause which he believed to be right.
MI. Sayres always wore a sprig OF
hickory on his breast on training
days" and before he died directed
that a hickory tree be planted on
his grave. This was done. and afte:
he tree attained proportions deemed
unsuitable 10 adorn a grave 1t va dug
up. Ano'Ner tree spraag f.om the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-29
CALLING DOWN THE B0ASTER
Good Little Story Told by William
Dean Howells as a Rebuke to
Spread Eagleism.

ut was William Dean Howells,"
said a Chicago editor, who first re-
buked us Americans for our spread.
eagleism, for our foolish boasting. |
see that Mr.. Howells has just joined
a mems society for the promotion of
woman suffrage. Trust him to be in
the forefront always.
Il ono heard MIR. Howells deliver a
fourth of July Grafton in Maine. The
orator preceding him had boosted a
good deal. Mr.. Howells showed that
some Of the mans boasts were even
impious,
"He said that these spread-eagle
boosters deserved the rebuke that the
little child administered to the cack-
ling hen that had just laid al egg.
The child, angered by the hens con
tinuous cawk-cawk-cawk, cawk-cawk.
cawk-cawk, shook his little finger at
her and said:
"'You fink you're smart. But bod
made dat egg. You touldn't help but
lay it,"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-29

In the cities of New York and Bos-
ton there are, according to special
commissions which recently inyesti-
gated the subject, over 10000 children
in these two cities alone that have
tuberculosis. On the basis of these
and other Investigations 1t Is esti-
mated by certain authorities that
there are nearly 1000, 900 school chill.
dren in the United States to-day who
will probably die Of tuberculosis be-
fore they have reached the age Of IS.
This would mean that the public is
paying annually about $500. 900 for
the education of children who will
die before they reach the age of IS.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-29
"a Cheap Skate"

Joel Chandler Harris" said an At
lsntan, used to write comic newspa.
per editorials. Sometimes he made
fun of other editors in them, too.
Simon Simpson, a rival editor in
Mobile, having been made fun of,
wrote angrily in his rage:
"'Joel Harris has been getting off
some cheap wit at our expense
Joel, on reading this, grabbed his
pen and dashed off, quick as a fash.
for next days issue:
at must have been cheap, Simon.
to be at your expense"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-29
July and independence.

July is an important month in the
history Of political liberty. The United
States celebrates its independence on
July 4. The patriotic efforts of the
liberator Simon Bolivar for the indie
pendence of Venezuela were consum
mated on July 5, Colombia Riding her
self OF the Spanish yoke on July 20
Then there Is France, with her Jul,
IA. marking the date when the suffei
ing French people stormed the Bias
tile The Spanish forces at Santiago
Cuba. c~apitulated on July l6
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-29

Sheer white goods. in fact, any fine
wash goods when new, W much OF
their attractiveness to the way they
ire Numbered, this being done in a
n to enhance their textile beau.
ty. Home laundering would be equal.
ly satisfactory IL proper attention was
given to starching, tho first essential
being good Starch, which has sufficient
strength to %stiffen, without th~ickening
the goods. Try Defiance Starch and
you will be pleasantly surprised at the
improved appearance of your work.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-29
SYNOPSIS.

MAD Dan Maitland, on reaching his
New York bachelor club, met an attrac-
tive young woman at the door. Janitor
O'Hagan assured him no one had been
within that day. Dan discovered a wom-
ans niger prints in dust on his desk,
along with a letter from his attorney.
Maitland dined with Bannerman, his at
torney. Dan set out for Greenfields, to
get his family jewels, During his walk
10 the country seat, he met the young
woman in gray, whom he had seen leav-
ing his bachelors club. Her auto had
broken down. He fixed 1t. BY a ruse she
"lost' him.. Maitland, on reaching home,
surprised lady in gray, cracking thes safe
containing his gems. She, apparently.
took him for a well-known crook. Daniel
Anisty. Half-hypnotized. Maitland opened
his safe, took therefrom the jewels, and
gave them to her. first forming a part
nership in crime. The real Dan Anisty.
sought by police of the world. appeared
on the same mission. Maitland overcame
him. He met the gigl outside the house
and they sped on to New York in her au-
to. He had the jewels and she promised
TO meet him that day. Maitland received
a M Snaith," introducing himself as a
detective. To shield the girl in gray.
Maitland, about to show him the jew
els. supposedly lost. was felled by a blow
from Smiths" cane. The latter proved
TO be Anisty himself and he secured the
gems. Anisty, who was Maitland's dou-
BILE, masqueraded as the latter. The
criminal kept Maitland's engagement Will
the girl in gray. Anisty feared for the
safety of the gems.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-29
CHAPTER VIII.
Dance of the Hours.

Four p. m.
The old clock in a corner of the
study chimed resonantly and with de-
liberation; four double strokes; and
while yet the deep-throated music was
dying into silence the telephone bell
shrieked impertinently.
Maitland bit savagely on the gag
and knotted his brows, trying to Lear
it. The effect was that of a coarse
file rasped across raw quivering
nerves. And he lay helpless, able to
do no more toward endurance than to
dig nails deep into his palms.
Again and again the fiendish clamor
shattered the echoes. Binding flashes
OF agony danced down the white-hot
wires strung through his head, taut
from temple to temple.
Would the fool at the other end
never be satisfied hat he could get
no answer? Evidently not; the racket
continued mercilessly, short series of
shrill calls alternating with imperative
rolls prolonged until one thought that
the tortured metal sounding-cups would
crack. Thought! nay, prayed that
either such would be the case, or else
that ones head might at once merci-
fully be rem asunder.
That anguish so exquisite should
be the means of releasing him from
his bonds seemed a refinement of
irony. Yet Maitland was aware, be-
tween spasms, that help was on the
way. The telephone instrument, for
obvious convenience, had been
equipped with an extension bell which
rang simultaneously in O'Hagan's
quarters. When Maitland was not at
home the jan~itor-valet, so warned,
would answer the calls. And now, in
tl.e still intervals, the heavy thud of
unhurried feet could be heard upon
the staircase. O'Hagan was coming
to answer; and taking his time about
it. 1t seemed an age before the rattle
of pass-key in latch announced him;
and another ere, all unconscious of the
figure supine on the divan against the
further study wall, the old man shut
fled to the instrument, lifted receiver
from the hook, and applied it to
his ear.
Wei, well?" he demanded with that
impotence characteristic of the Hit
crate for modern methods of commune
cation. 'Pwhat the divvle ails ye?"
'Rayspicts to We, ma'am, and It's
sorry | am | didn't know twas a
Teddy"
He's not"
"Wan o'clock, there or Whereabouts"
Faith, and he didn't say"
'Pwhat name will | be tellin' him."
'Kape ut to yersilf, thin. 'Tis none
Of me business"
IF We do, I'll lot answer. Sure, am
/ to be climbin' two flights av sthairs
ivry foive minits-"
"Good-by yersilf." hanging UP the re-
~ceiver. And the divvle fly away wild
ye," grumbled O'Hagan.
AS he turned away from the instru-
ment Maitland managed to produce a
sound, something between a moan and
4 strangled cough. The old man
whirled on his heel. "Pwhat's thot?"
The next instant he was bending
over Maitland, peering into the face
drawn and disfigured by the gag. The
saints preserve us! And who the
dtvvle are we at all? Pwhy don't ye
spake?"
Maitland turned purple; and emitted
a furious snort.
"Misther Maitland. be all thot's
strange! l. III mad I am? Or how
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-29

The voice of the cabby dropping
through the trap, reused her. This is
the Martha Washington, ma'am."
Mechanically she descended from the
hanson and paid her fare; then, sum
moning up all her strength and reso-
luton, passed into the lobby Of the
hotel and paused at the telephone
switchboard.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-29
Hickory Tree is a Monument

roots left in, and this in time was also
dug up.
When a third tree appeared, with a
persistency in a good cause worthy Of
emulation, relatives of the deceased
directed that it be not disturbed.
Hence the tree OF large proportions
that annually showers its nuts over
the grave of the deceased admirer OF
"Old Hickory"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-29

1t was just at the beginning of tho
baseball season when an Episcopal
clergyman. who Is an ardent and en-,
thusiastic lover of the great American
game, inadvertently remarked at the
end of the portion of Scriptures which
he read:
Here endeth the first innings"
Then he woke up.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-29
His Handicap.

Kind Lady-Ah, my poor man, why
don't you straighten up and take your
place in society?
Dusty Dan-What would be the use,
mum? ! am too restless to play
bridge"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-29
The Real Friction.

Actors Wife - Do you know, my
dear. this massage treatment Is dread
fully expensive.
Actor (tragically)-Ay, there's the
rub!
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-29

Well Mot Very Qffan-

The little daughter of a Republican
candidate for a local Office down in
Philadelphia. when told that her ia.
Their had received the nomination,
looked serious for a moment, then her
wee voice trembled a bit as she ex,
claimed:
"Oh, mamma! do they often die OF
it7u
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-29

1t was David who said: "All men
are liars" And he might have added
that married men have opportunities
thrust upon them.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-29
a Natural Selection.

What do you suppose would be an
aeronaut's garden choice?
II don't know, but ! would suggest
an air plant"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-29

lie never has a message who does
not know how to listen.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-29

EVERY GOOD HOUSEkEEPER
want white clothes. It's easy if she uses
RUSS BLUE. Sc at grocers.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-29

Gifts to God can never make up for
thefts from men.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-29

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children ~teething, softens tho gums, reduces In
nammation, ailays pain. cures wind colo. sc q bottle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-27
BASSETT is DEAD.
Question of Who Fired the Fatal Shot
Is Still UnsoIVed.

Tulsa, Ok, July 27-AIark Bassett, the
former Illinois newspaper man and pros
pective editor of the Tulsa Daily News,
died here today as the result of the
bullet wound inflicted Sunday morning
last, when he was found unconscious
in the rooms of a local printing shop.
Bassett had been shot in the head
and a revolver lay near by. When
found he was unconscious and he re-
nained in that condition up to the
time of his death Bassett's friends
professed to believe he had been muir
dered, but the police remained unde-
cided as to whether Bassett had been
shot by others or had wounded him
self,
The missing diamond ring and pocket
book were found, in BaSsett's room,
which had not been entered before. If
q murder was attempted the theory
that it was for the sake of robbery
il; dispelled unless Bassett had a large
sum of money on him when he entered
the place where the shooting occurred.
When found he had only some small
change.
He always was of a cheerful dispo-
sition, SO his friends say, with no
clouds of any kind on his sky. They
scout the idea Of attempted suicide.
The News building is almost com
pIete, the plant for the publication of
the paper will arrive this week. and
the paper would have begun publica-
ton about August IS, although this af-
fair may delay its appearance.
The police still cling to the theory
of attempted murder. but many now
are of the opinion it may have been
8 case of accidental shooting.
The pistol with which Rassett was
shot proved to be his own, but he was
never in the habit of carrying it. 1t
nay be that he was handling the gun
and accidentally dropped it.