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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-24
Christmas Anticipnted.

written for the Dispatch by Little Girl
Twelve Years Old
Twas on a dark, dark Christmas-eve,
The snow was falling fast,
The wind raVed wildly i'm the trees;
Christmas had come at last.
And I'm the cosey dining-room.
Our stockings In a row
lung, waiting for Dear Santa Claus
To I'LL from top 10 toe.
We went to bed with merry hearts,
And eyes with laughter gay;
But In the bed we lay and wait
lmpatiently for day.
And Christmas-dawn peeped out at last
The sky was streakod with gold,
The sun shone bright on snow-drfts vast
Oh, happiness untold!
Then out OF bed at once we bound.
Each with a merry shout.
And on the door we knock and pound
They will not let us out
At last the smooth and easy click
OF key and lock is heard.
And In tho dining-rOom we run,
Each eager as bird.
And IN the room we pause and look;
Oh. see what wOndrOus things
There are pretty doll ana shoes,
And bird with scarlet wings;
These are for baby sister. dear.
And this we all can tell,
For I'm the room no other toys
Suit baby half SO wen.
Here drums. and books. and knives liz
round.
And candles. nuts, and fruit.
For Santa Claus, the dear old man,
Tries every one 10 suit.
At last the Joyous day Is past,
And stars begin 10 peep,
me moon sheds forth her silyery light
yer sno~-driits white and deep.
The pine and holly on the wall
SHINE out 50 green and bright.
On, tnis has been "A happy day
a glorious Christmas night
-hAkkiEI MERCER BAYLIss.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-24
"JUsT DRAGGING AROUND"



Il had been sick for seven years. she saws;
mot in bed. but just dragging myself around
AT last took three bottles of Or. Pierce's IA
vorite Prescription and five of Golden Medical
Discovery, and II is impossible 10 aescyfbe ~
lt0yfs the good these medicines did me. My
husband says Golden Medical Discovery IS the
best medicine he ever tried for a cough. No
praise is too high for DR.. Pierces medicines"
Another lady Mrs. K p MontOrt OF Lebanon,
Golden Medical Discovery the finest medicine
on record. have taken number OF b9tiles
and II Is the only medicine that relieved my
terrible headaches"
Women who suffer should write 70 DR..
K. Y. Pierce, Of Buffalo. y y. He VIII send
them the best professional advice that can
be had anywhere in America and entirely
without charge. Neither the " Golden
Medical Discovery" nor the Favorite
Prescription contains any alcohol TO IN
ebriate or create a morbid craving for
stimuiants
Every woman should own copy of his
splendid book THE Common Sense Medi-
cal Adviser" 1t is the grandest medical
book for popular reading ever written. IL
contains a fund Of knowledge of precious
value TO women. II has over thousand
pages deliberately illustrated with eugrav-
ings and colOred plates. The first great
edition of more than halfa-million copies
was sold AT s. 90 each. The profit from this
induced Dr. Pierce 10 carry out his cher
ished intention Of issuing a free edition one
copy OF which in paper-covers will be sent
for the bare 0ON Of mailing. 2r oue-cent
stamps or i heavier cloth bound copy for
Il stampS.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-24
OF THE GROWN=UP WORLD.

great mail lines. and / defy any ship
owner 10 contradict the statement. or
an the myths ever begotten by ignor-
ance. IN active conjunction with salt
water, the most ridiculous myth is the
myth of Christmas day at sea. Upon
what IS it based? I have some know
ledge of sea life and sea literature, and
protest / do not understand why people
ashore should think that Christmas day
is kept by the sailors at sea on board
the cargo ship, whether steam or sail.
Through the ocean teens with tradition
/ find no tradition of Christmas day IN It's
Astounding annals. Lieutenant Bassett Of
the United States navy compiled In 1885
an interesting volume about the legends
and superstitions Of sailors, and though
he looked very deep into the letters am
cient and modern. he could find no more
10 say about Christmas day al sea than
this: mo fishing is done I'm Sweden on
Christmas but the nets are set that
night for luck" And this: "A ship with
sails set is still carried i'm Christmas pro-
cessions In Siberia, with the figure Of
saint seated seated on IT," This is all
that Lieutenant Bassett can find 20 say
about Christmas in a book of 505 pages.
In the first voyage / made my Christ
mas day happened In the kingdom Of
Christmas-at least ina the southern
realms of the white-haired old monarch
We We're hove-to or the Horn. and our
latitude was 50 deg south The longitude
does not make much difference when the
South Shetlands are not far off, We had
ice ahead, and Ice abeam. and ice astern.
Ice as big as St. Paurs. Ice like huge
tOmbstOnes Tee like the Turkish mosque
like the spire under which we worship
like the Lions RumD az Table BAY We
were hove-to under a close-reefed main
topsail and fore-tOp-mast staysau. and
the ship scared and sank. and King
Christmas roared with laughter in her
shrouds and we had plenty Of daylight
20 see the rushing snow in 90 feel the
barbs Of the ice-lauce I'm, 20 watch the
majestic altitude Of the Pacific surge in.
The galley fire was washed out. The
cook could do no business, and lay drunk
and harmless in bed on a pint and a half
OF rum which he had stolen from heaven
knows what or whore what did ] get
for my Christmas dinner2 We had been
h0ve-to for three days. and an this time
the galley fire had been washed out. and
We had eaten up every vestige OF cold Zee
mains. Ny Christmas dinner. then was
ships biscuit honeycombod with
worms on which I pasted some salt but
ter and this butter / sweetened with foot
sugar There was no cold tea even.
nothing but cold water, the sinking
water Of the scuttle-hutt My people at
home. no doubt. eating roast beef and
plum pudding drank 20 the safe return
of the absent little mldshipman and the
dear old mother would. OF course. believe
that, like herself he was faring very
well indeed Oh this same Christmas.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-24

county Courthouse. Many of these
taverns are still standing. but, alas, with
their great bathrooms parutioncd into
rooms. To these balls the ladies went
I'm the heavy old carriages to the back
Of which was strapped a hair trunk con-
tanning their party finery, for IN OLD
Virginia none of the fair sex ever
though Of dressing fol n party az home.
The gentlemen, for whom there was
seldom room in the carriage, rode ON
horseback
Fox hunting was a great christmas
snort. and on Christmas-Day hair the
county dashed over frosted field and
meadow on blooded horses in keen chase
of Reynard.
The Christmas festivities on a planta-
tion sometimes lasted two weeks.
is MORE CONVENTIONAL NOW.
the Christmas Of the present day is
too conventional TO be the joyous, rolick-
/ inc time it was TO our forefathers. Staid
/ receptions, luncheons, and fashionable
/ dinners and dances in town take the
place of the jolly week or two in the
SPACIOUS country homes.
But much Of the genuine Christmas
spirit Is left, and Christmas Is stih the
time when love and unselhshness reigns
supreme. RUTH NELSON ROBINS.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-24
CuRIsTMAs-DAY AT SEA.
There Was Formerly Very Little
Observance of IL.


CLARK Howell in Farm and Home)
Could and man standing shadowless
under the sun on December ., no mat
tor in what part Of the earth, be able TO
realize that IL is Christmas day? Could
any sailor. who had used the sea for ~
Years of which he had spent 30 CHRIST
mas DAYS upon the ocean, gather INTO ms
understanding the shOre-gOing signil-
canoe of December % as Christmas DAY!
on what should he base his memories
and expectations? on a handful or cur
rants for his dark and greasy duff? There
&c no element of fesuvity in the harness
cask. The beef IS as hard and bitter on
Christmas day as II was on Good Friday.
Still does the Weevil, even on Christmas
dav wrthe in its sepulcher OF biscuit. II
Is true that I'm some of the mail lines a
sort of plum dun Is served out 20 the
sailors. and the freezing compartment
may supply the captain with an excuse
for giving the men. on Christmas day,
something more than Harriet Lane.
What is Harriet LaneT' asks the
land-lubber. A woman Of this name was
murdered In Liverpool, and the sailors 10
this hour. hold that her remains are sun
served out 20 them In the shape OF can
ned meat But when we talk Of the
eailor We must think Of the merchant
steam tramp. The second mate Of a
tramp Of 1890 tons told me the other even
ing that he had crossed the Atlantic In
mid-winter In quiet almost warm weather
throughout the passage, though IL had
blown with hurricane force before the
shin started. and blew with hurricane
force very shortly after her arrival 1
said 10 him:
mo difference was made In my time In
the Christmas fare OF the forecasle, UNI
less II might have been a cupful Of
raisins for the crews pudding. How do
you fare now on Christmas day." Not
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-24

Hard work l suppose. all day long''
said /, "and nothing better for the men
to eat on Christmas day than the regu-
lar fox sic fare?"
He shrugged his shoulders. Those
buddy foreigners are shipped for III
treatment. said the second mate. you
can boot 'em, and make 'em run and
leave their wages behind 'em. II Christ
mas day isn't kept for the English sail
or why should It be kept for the for
eigners who hl our ships? Hard work.
he continued "See here" said he.
"Those men were kept hard at work all
Christmas day. and when the evening
came. Dago who had been toiling eight
took his trick az the wheel. / had charge
Of the ship The skipper lay bOozed In
cabin. I set my course by a star, and we
were then going about nine knots. That
is TO say, my course being. call it by n,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-24

CWrlten for the Dispatch)
Sweet summers gone. and autumn too,
And now upon the frosty hills
The flowers are dead that summer knew
And silent are the laughing rills.
December, with an icy clutch
Has checked the rivers mad career.
And sileuced nature with touch
no carolling of birds we hear.
And yet a carol. sweet and clear.
Comes like the murmur in our dreams
And DER this world. $50 dark and drolr,
4 star of matchless lustre beams
star that rose In Heaven and set
Behind the hills Of - thlehem.
It's gentle radiance fingers yet
Wherever eyes with tears are dim.
Let faith renewed look up and SEQ
A Manager and a throne in one.
To-day the King OF Kings 20 be.
The Saviour Of mankind is bOrnl
Re silent an Sc doubts and fears,
God swings the shining worlds above,
And tunes the music " the spheres.
To chime His everlasting love
Then let the bells ring glad and free,
Ring ont the bells from every splrei
The music of humanity
Shall swell the universal choir
IT RUSSELL SHELTON.
Christmas. 1890.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-24

one-half n I fixed a star close against
the pole-mast to save myself the trouble
of constantly looking into the compass.
suddenly l saw that star Siding away
on the weather beam. l sprang 20 tno
wheel and found the man stanolhs up
right sound asleep. grasping 'ue sPoAo3,
I kicked him into life ana yTiieu ~.
all my lungs: Hard aport' iHo I bosrd
II ~ didn't understand English. especially
t iIo Language Of the wheel so with
e e.,,,,,or kick drove him clear Of the
SnolSes and brought the ship to her
course" 49,, ovou
"A festive Christmas" said L. GU
will get no Christmas where the snip
owner u.s." he answered
Now. this is true, though not OF tne
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-24
TOM AND JERRY

The third drink is Tom and Jerry. This
is not served I'm bowl but
can be mixed In bowl. II
should be drunk hot OF else 1t is nc
good. Take the yolks of a dozen eggs
beat them together with a pound of
sugar. season as you did the esgnog
save that you use no milk and then
when you want "a drink, take two table
spoonfuls of the mixture, pour In a
glass. add whiskey and rum 10 your taste
and nm the glass with hot water You
may find a better drink, but you Will
not find one that viii so 90 your head
quicker or mix your feet up in q more
disabling fashion
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-24

spices lay In enticing heaps and parcels.
on Chrstmas-Eve sometimes the whole
household. reinforced by friends from
the neiehborhood. would gather before
an immense fire. on the glowing Goals
of which oysters lay roasting. Great bowls
Of eggnog and apple toddy were set near
at hand. and the evening ended with a
sprightly dance.
ALL CLAIM CHRISTMAS GIFT.
IN Christmas morning every one was
.o,al,ened bv the Christmas gift OF the
Tavorlte negroes. who went from room
10 room. And any one caught in this
wav had to produce a gift at once TOT
the delighted and grinning darky. -,
During Christmas week a great ball
called the assembly" was given In the
largo ballroom OF the tavern az the
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-24
The bright side.

Chicago Trlbune)
Pessim: Think OF II. VIII you? one hun
dred million dollars shrinkage IN stocks
in about two daysi
Optim: Yes. but the revenue stamps
used I'm making the sales amounted 10
$4,000. and that would pay the expenses
Of the Philippine war for q whole dav.
What are YOU grumbllng about?
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-24
clark! What Mean Those HoI,
NOicess"

Voices 2"
Baltimore NewsD
Harki What mean those holy voices
SWeetly sounding through tho ekles2
10. the angelic host rejOices.
Heavenly hallelujahs rise.
Listen 20 the wondrOus story
Which they chant in hymns or Joy:
GLORY Don the highest glory,
Glory bee 20 God on high
Peace on earth goodwill from Heaven
Reaching far as man is found
Souls redeemed and sins forgiven,
Loud our golden harps shall sound.
christ rs born the great Amounted;
Heaven and earth His praises sing;
OH receive whom God appointed
For your Prophet, Priest. and King
JOHN CAMOOD.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-24

with the Average Christmas CIR"
ACROSTiC
Tom Mason n frlthl
ea,a "a f,hriefrse rift 81 fh this
Kind frlend nom me 90 fhec. tn u
Not much 10 send A token mere
or friendship Tor the coming year
with love and i0y and elaaaesf iiee'
IL goes to-day from me io iNte.
Could express tho way ! f'nl
Alasi My pen VIII NOT ftNtu'
Nor seek 20 show how sl1l ann
no send this giif. though ] might ty-
And 40 n MAY be-. doubtless htst
Tor me 10 alVe my pen a rest,
From mis- attempt 90 show my heart
or write nice THINGS. ihat pr 1n 'l'
Revealed not unto me. JUST ftai
poo,n afi those lines and true. Indeed
in every word they viii reveal
The simple truth OF how feel
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-24

take Laxative Bromo Quininc Tablets. All
druggists refund the money " Il Calls TO
cure. +. ". Groves signature Is on each
box. % cents.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1899-03-31

mise. As the mothers OF New Am :
sterdsm clothed their daagnt3rs 10
dozen petticoats 20 protect
their virtue against the vile 8
ot the crafty Yankee peddlers
from Connecticut. 80 Marlon county,
this city. the school district. ani the
state must b. constantly Kept % ths
defensive against the assaults and
outfages OF a man who Is = stranger
tJ modesty, an alien 70 dslicacy, and a
constant menace to the taxpiyer. Tue
nght ~ The JOURNAL Is the light OF
honest. dlsInterested decent people
against the encrolchmsnts of
would be Boss as devoid " saga
city and Intelligence az wJIisn
Indian ln font of cigar store;
man oyer-ratei because Of bis
impenetrability 70 all that influences
the conduct of a gentlemln aud
respectable member Of the legal pro
'esslo1.
Is IL any w0ndsf tnat such
man, using p1rtlsan politics
10 enrlch himself 10 a score OF ways,
reaching out his arms 10 very direc.
tloD like a cutie fish TO rob the rub.
lie. while hiding his head 10 cloud OF
pretentlous respectabillty- il II any
wonder he should want 10 control
another newspaper 10 this commu
nifty.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1899-03-31
pewey Rebuked soelety snobs

Admiral Dewey recently rebuked
the 81 clety snobs among the army
officers aud their wives at Manila In II
manner that demonstrated that, be-
sides being lighter, the ADMIRAL Is d
genuine American gentleman who
has no respect for sham afistocracy or
Tor the walls Of social caste. The
Oriental Hotel at Manila has been the
iayurite home for the families OF the
army aud navy Officers stationed
there, aud la accordance with a
J custom that has become far too prev
alent the wives ot the officers formed
"iet' OF their own, set which in
Their opinion was the very highest
atislocacy. This set has been very
exclusive, aud no ladies' outside Of the
service have been recognized AS being
worthy OF even a pleasant look
Among the guests OF the hotel for
some weeks there had been young
woman who Is The correspondent NJ "A
syndicate of American newspapers, a
Miss Thompson by name, a. thor
oughly cultured aud refined young
American woman. Miss Thompson
won the respect aud esteem of every
one, with the exception of the wives
OF the army onlceTs, aud for those she
did not care. But there was
one, however Who id care
when he found that American women
were drawing the social line against
an American WOMAN Tor no reason
whatever except that she was work.
'ne ior her liYlng, aud the sly old feI,
low decided 10 ACT. The next day
Admiral Dewey Zoe he Is the hero OF
The story, went ashore and 10 the
orlontal hotel The wives ot the /
army aud navy officers saw him
coming and immediately prepared IA /
welcome him, 0eiuv certain that NE I
was eomiug t call upon some ot their /
npm0er But the admiral sent nm
NE card 30 Miss Thompson's
foom aud soon met her. IN
the hotel parlor' The society
,nobs were shocked aud when the
'dmial lefL after al hours call
without paying any particular atten-
Hon 10 thelr presence on earth they
Aefe h1rrihed. A day OF two later
.he ADMIRAL took luncheon with Miss
Ihompsouat the ouentAl, aud invited
leF 10 visit tho hagship Olymp,a.
lhe admiral haa taught the exclusive
set guld less0n, toe the Manila
ollespondeut Who tells the story sa,s
nat tue social llnc has ,ince been
uected' and that the wives Of the
lmy aud navy uiiiceFs are showing a
ltllo m0fe oi their true American
ser Dewey seems 10 be able to strlk.
eliltg blows tOr liberty aud Amer,
'anlsm whether a he Ia war On la
saee'--lo~a State Register.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1899-03-31

keeping the stream pure. But TO hope
70 confer upon'others a degree OF free.
dom which we have not wrought out
IN practice ourselves in vain.
II TIE enlightened, cultivated, re-
iuCd, aud love inspired and love To-
spring American women cannot
safely and benehcially be entrusted
with the divine right Of self-gOyern-
ment, where, o where, would the
poor Filipino be found
Does II not appear that the cham
plons OF liberty and self government
for the faro and comparatively un-
worthy and incapable islander, would
feel a sense Of shame and remOrse
stealing over t1em, when they re-
uember that the most beloved " al
their loyed ones have been ruthlcs' y
denied, year after year, and by then-
selves, the very inestimable privilege
they are now wishing TO besiOw upon
strangers
And when they remember that
thousands OF these most worthy Zones
have been compelled to submit 20, aud
he tortured by or because Of many
laws which they had not the slight
est voice 10 making or adopting, and
which % their sense II was a burn
Ing disgrace 10 have on our statute
bOoksY Brothers, let us each zone can.
didlY ask ourselves: Why do we de-
sire voice ia the affairs OF govern
ment? Then, when we have honestly
answered this question, 'let us Look
carefully for the points In this ans
wer which do not appeal with equal
tenderness and strength 10 our wide
awake, phIlauthroplc, aud liberty
loving sister.
IT from this examination we do not
iind trln, broad basis for our dis
ordinations and restrictions, let US
be as generous aud Just at home as
we would like to be aboard. When
We can afIirm from practical appll-
cation 10 our own governmental az
fairs, that the just powers OF the
government are derived from the
consent OF the governed" we will lind
that we'haye lain hold upon the right
arm Of dlyine power In this direction,
and will be led on "conqueIlng and |
10 conquer" IN foreign fields.
But the application OF this truism,
even tO our own beloved land, with all |
0f It's proyerbial enllghtment ard |
clyll liberty, leads 90 one or the other
" two inevitable conclusions viz: |
thatour women are not 10 be governed |
by our government, or else that they |
are unlustly governed. But snce
practice has decided that they are TO
De governed by II then bot Que concla- !
sion remalns That they are unjustly
governed; for the basic law OF our ma
lion gives them 90 voice whatever Ia
its government.
Now Ia the name OF conscience and
let us see % 10 that this
aud monstrOus violation Of
This Heavenly sentiment m our own
be speedily removed, or else
keep still on this point concerning the
petty islands and their Islanders on
the other side Of the globe. As we
learn 20 be practically righteous at
home It's principle will'naturally ac
company us when We 20 abroad % any
distance or any cllme.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1899-03-31

ss'l, fastened upon any subject that interested
Nearly every man has il Ia his nov,,, ,o
i've 20 Al green old age like the great stat.s
man OF England, II Is simply a mate ~
ahttle daily Thought aud rreard for he,ith
" when man feels that he a littlr ~,
9i sorts, he viii resort 60 the fieht rru,st,,
nc VIII never have Go submit 10 The ,,,,,ss
serious us Of life. Most men ,,hr, 49,.
nave a headache, feel droWsv during ~
9al ANA are restless during the nighf and
hhe thsil appetite falling od. nav lime ~
no nSVu 10 these warnings The iue,it,hI.
Nss't - soinr dangerous and possibly 6tsi
nalaal fhs doctof may call h consunr
Aen, nalsiiA OF hiliousncsS or ,e,i,,,.
SOME blood or skin disease n may - ~
nAle uihcrcnce. These troubles an 49,
shslt INCEPTION IA the same cause i
blvpet And insuucisnt nourshmeut M,
ilsteV's Golden Medical Discovef,- eo,,.,,,s
NhA' cause II makes the annette 49,,
ehg heai'y, the digestion perfect the hvrs
awe and The blood pure aud rich IN h
NS ktsai blood maker aud hesh. .hn,b,.,
" iAStilates The assimilation al the IA
tiNins elements 81 the food. 6uine th.
uiee9 Win the nutrimcut that makes -,
ana heaithy hesh aud nerve tissue NstS
eine dcalem sell ii Ns1i
\, t.a.' sgnnicI, writes Miss Lauu, pis,..,
Ni t.esl hgthlyheni. Waskineton 90 n. .Ty,ss.
kt MY consumption nr Pierce'. g.,ii...
N,.'y-i h''eosefN coinplelely carrd me
man og woman who neglects eonstio.
Hon snueis nom slow noisonins 49,.
tlsiNS y Fieasant Pellets cure eonstinst,cn
NNS hstie Pellet i a geutle laxstiye
and s~o mid eathaItie. ''''