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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-21
A visit from St. Nicholas.

(By Clement c. Moore)
Twas the night before Christmas and all
through the house
Not creature was stirring. not even a
mouse:
The stockings were hung by the chimney
IN the hopes he, that st. Nicholas soon would
be there:
The children were nestled all snug In their.
beds,
While visions OF sugar-plums danced IN
their heads:
Had Just settled our brains for a long
winters nap
When out on the lawn there arose such
81 a clatter
4 sprang from my bed to see what was
the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a fash.
Tore open the shutters and threw open
Sz the SASH
The moon on thu sbrea& Of he neW.1a1lsn
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-21

, They'll be precious In His eyes:
Broken hearts and conrrite spirits,
He hath said He'll not desplse.
And on this. the blessed Chrtst-days
May our hearts be ali aglow.
at the memory OF his coming.
In the days OF long ago.
w. T. HUNDLEY.
Barton Heights
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-21
NUM- HE HOIl TAMIL.
BY AUDREA DEL SARTO.

But in this world Of sin.
Where meek souls will receive H1ne still
The dear Christ enters In
o, holy child OF Bethlehem!
Descend to us. We pray:
Cast out our sin. and enter IN
Be born In US to-day.
We hear the Christian angels
The great. glad tidinSs tell;
o. come to US. abide with us,
Our Lord Emmanuel
X 4 X
In the Days OF Long Ago.
A Hymn Of the Nativity
written for tho Dispatch.1
1t was midnight in the Orient.
All tho earth in silence lay.
AnG the watchers on the hill-tors
Waited for the dawning day
When the Lord Of Heaven, incarnater
Graded in a manger low,
Came to Bethlehem Of Judah,
In the days Of long ago.
Strangely was his coming noted
BY the shining Of a star:
BY the light from angel faces,
Streaming through the gates ajar;
BY the songs Of angel voices.
Melodies of hearts aslow-
Thus was heralded his coming,
In the days of long ago. (
III.
To the sore-afflicted shepherds
Watching DER their midnight fold,
Words Of comfort spake the angels
Saying, "F'ear not, for, behold
Tidings Of great joy we bring you
Peace on earth: good will below.
For to you is born the Savior
Promised in the long ago."
Wise men, bringing costly perfumes
From the eastern lands afar.
Came to pay the Christ-child homage,
Guided by the shining star,
At his feet they laid the treasures
Brought on Jesus to bestow.
And adored the blessed stranger
In the days Of lonG ago.
Unto US this child was given.
Savior, Prophet, Priest, and King,
And with angel choir from heaven,
We would fain his praises sing.
For to us he came from glory,
Graded in the uanger low; "a
And for US was made incaruate. !.
In the days Of long ago.
Let US bring ourselves as offerings:
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-05-08
DANGEROUS KIDNEY DISEASES CURED
Pe-ru.na Creating National Sensation in the Cure
OF Chronic Ailments OF the Kidneys.

Major r. II. Mars, OF the First Wis
consin Cavalry regiment. writes from
1925 Dunning street, Chicago, ILL.,, the
following letter:
"FOr years I suffered with cafarrh of
the kidneys contracted In tie army.
Medicine did not help me any until a
Conrade who had been helped by PEE
runa advised me TO try Ii. bought
some at once, and soon found blessed
relief kept taking IL four months,
and am now well and strong and feel
better than have done for the past
twenty years, thanks TO Peruna. "---
r. II. Mars.
Mr.. John Vance. of Hartford City,
Ind, says: "My kidney trouble is much
better. l have improved so much that
everybody wants to know what medi-
cine l am using. | recommend Peruna
to everybody and some have commenced
to use it. The folks all say that il DIR.
Hartman's medicine cures me it must be
great."-John Vance.
Mr.. J. Brake, of PefroIea, Ontario,
Canada, writes: "FOur years ago
had a severe attack of Brighf's dis
ease, which brought me SO low the
doctor said nothing more could be
done for me. began 10 take Pernua
and ManaIin, and In three months I
was well man, and have continued
so ever since. "---J Brake.
At the appearance Of the first symptom
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-05-08
N (" -
NoRA,s lest
BY MARY CECIL HAY
From
Darkness
To Light


the lines gathering in his forehead. Still
the girl never stirred; only now one hand
was lifted and pressed upon her heart,
as If It's throbbng had grown insupport-
able. With troubled. torturing intent
ness she read her fathers face as he
came up to her, her own growing whittier
and whittier the while, and her eyes slowly
darkening with look which they had
never known before. She was reading
MI the unuttered truth in that gaze Of
his; and when at last he called her by
her name, she fell suddenly to her knees.
But when he raised her, and kissed her
kissed her again and again on brow,
and cheeks, and lips--theu laid her head
upon his breast, and whispered sweet
and unknown words of eudearment, she
gently stole her arms around him, and
the low, broken cry OF joy was for his
ears alone:
MY fathcr--my own fathcr!
She had known nothing of that likeness
TO her dead mother which had brought
such unreasonable love into his eyes at
sight of her. She had only seen the love
there, and known ii by intuition TO be
fathers love. Instantly, in the intensity
of that moment of doubt and hope and
longing, the truth had rushed into her
heart, and filed it to Overlooking with
this new, delicious joy.
And 1t was well that Mark had told
the father so little of his child, for the
glad surprise could make even his JOY
the greater in this hour.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-05-08
ONLY MUSK IN CAPTIVITY,

The only musk OK now in captivity is
at the National Zoo in Washington. ID,
c., and seems to be enjoying itself very
much and to be getting along quite
well, though 1t properly belongs to the
far Arctic. This species Of animal, in
deed, Is exclusively Arctic. Its range
extends all around the Arctic Circle
Hardly bigger than pony, 1t is such q
creature as one would like to make O
pet of-stockily built, short In the legs
with long and thick hair and with small
horns that curve downward. This par
ticular musk was fetched from the
Arctic to San Francisco, together with
two others, both of which died on the
voyage. 1t is not a very near relative
of our domestic cattle, belonging to al
entirely different genus.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-05-08
Art and Nature.

II is hard to embarrass quick wit
ted man. A lecturer was once descant-
ing on the superiority of nature over
art, when an irreverent listener In the
audience fred that old question at him,
How would you look, sir, without your
wig?" "Young man." instantly replied
the lecturer, pointing his finger ut him.
you have furnished me an apt illus
tration for my argument. My badness
can be traced to the artificial habits of
our modern civilization, while the wig
am wearing he raised his voice
till the windows shook-"ls made OF
natural hair! The audience testified
its appreciation of the point by loud
applause, and the speaker was not In,
terrupted again.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-05-08
Photos Taken by SUGAR Lighr.

The curious discovery has recently
been made that light may be procured
from common sugar. All you have to
do Is to get few pounds of lump SUI.
gar and put 1t in the open sunlight for
some hours. On taking it into dark
room 1t will begin to glow, family al
first. but afterward with quite a strong
light. So strong Is this luminous glow
that photographs have actually been
taken by the light. These sugar-light
photographs are quite distinct, even il
not quite so clear as ordinary photo
graphs.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-05-08
FACTS ABOUT GLASS EYES.
They Don't Last Long, and TheirWear-
era HIVE Oneer Fancies.

ers Have Queer Fancies.
zone Of the strangest things ! have
noticed since I've been In this busi-
ness" said an optician, sis that very
few women can tell what kind Of noses
their husbands wear. That woman that
you met us you were coming in, for
instance. She had brought In her hus-
bands glasses to be fixed so they would
stay on. | asked her IL his nose was
small or large, betting myself cigar
she couldn't tell. She said she hadn't
noticed, but would do so when he came
home.
"And men are no better. They can't
tell oThand whether their wives have
classic Cyranos or the kind that tilt up
ward. I often ask just to see If they
can tell. but it's q question that feaZes
every one.
cts the same about ears. Ears play
an Important role in the fitting of spec
tacles, as it's necessary to shape the
bows according to the way the ears
grow Sometimes one ear is an inch
and half higher than the other,
though no one would ever suspect it.
You seldom see both ears at once, that's
why. Few can tell anything about the
ears of their nearest relatives and
friends"
AS he talked the optician began to do
something to glass eye he held in his
hand. Staring up from the showcase
were hundreds of eyes of every tint
and size.
"Are there many of these 2"
asked the reporter, indicating the coun-
terfelts.
within two years l have sold 300.
We have about 200 steady customers"
STEADY customersY'
Eyes. An eye wears out in two years,
gets dull you know; or perhaps 1t
breaks.
"The price of one? About So unless
made to order, then 1t is SIS or $50. A
few years ago they We're all $l5 or $50:
but now great many customers think
Sc an outrageous price to pay for an
eye. It's difficult thing to make them
fit and match. There is great differ
ence in the expression of glass eyes.
There are also rights and lefts. When
a person has the stump of the eye left
the glass eye put on over it may be
moved around quite naturally.
"The other day l received letter
from customer saying he had broken
his glass eye. He cemented ii together
and sent it so l could get the correct
size and shape. In the letter he said to
hurry up on it as he couldn't see with
out It. He was quite serious too.
But the queerest client have is
very wealthy woman who wears two
artificial eyes. She comes in every lit
tie while to stock up, just as she'd go
to her milliner's or dressmaker's. She
gets all colors, so sometimes her eyes
are brown sometimes heavenly blue.
Once she had pair of queer green ones
made from a description of the hero.
ines eyes in novel. She's very vain
about her glass eyes. She brings her
maid with her. and asks her thousand
questions concerning which pair she
tries on are most becoming. She gets
very angry with the girl when the lat
ter doesn't agree with her own ideas as
to which are the handsomest.
"Yes, even as grewsome as this
branch of the opticians business is, it
is not lacking in its comedy element
because 1t is dealing with people, and
they are funny under the strangest cir.
cumstances. New York Sun.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-05-08
Tasty Spring Dishes.

At this season the appetite oarves
telishes. Try the following. Melt
a large tablespoonful Of butter over
boiling water; stir in two eggs, a
pinch of cayenne, one of paprlka, a
few caper and anchovies chopped
fine: stir until the eggs are cooked
serve on rounds of buttered toast,
on a hot water plate II possible.
Thls e Bombay toast.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-05-08

NC escape Of serum from the blood
Ieruna stimulates the kidneys to
excrete from the blood the accumu-
lating poison, and thus prevents the con-
vulslons which are sure to follow If the
polsons are allowed to remain. 1t gives
great vigor to the hearts action and di-
gestive system, both of which are apt to
fail rapidly in this disease.
Peruna cures catarrh of the kidneys
simply because it cures catarrh wherever
located.
If you do not derive prompt and sat
isfactory results from the use of Peruna-
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving q
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman. President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-05-08
To ono About to Step on.

The paddy-Let me give you a bit of
advice, my dear To man, the heart
OF the woman he loves Is like an oil
country.
The Daughter-How can that be, pa |
1.-THE interest is intense only so long
as there is prospect OF new discover
ies."-Life.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-05-08
HoM,a Ihisr

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any
:aSe Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hans
Catarrh Cure.
-, CHENEY s. co. Toledo o.
We the undersigned have known +. j. Cheney
for the last IL years and believe him perfectly
honorable In all business transactions and hnaI-
cialy able TO, carry out any obligations made by
their trm
NEST & TRUAx. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
WAIDiNG. kINNAN a. MARVIN. Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo. O. l
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces oil
the system Testimonials sent free Price 7be-
per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-05-08
Monuments In Paris.

No city In the world has so many
statues and monum ents as Paris,
and every day sees new project for
new statute or bust. 1t Is curious
&c note in this connection that a large
proportion Of the famous men hon.
ored In this way came to their end
by violence In some form or other.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-05-08

When there are children around. q
man should be as thoughtful to have
candy In his pockets, as a woman is to
have In pins in the bosom OF her dress.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-05-08

II black underwear, stockings or
black yarn that is so knitted IS
boiled few minutes In milk the
dye will not stain the skin.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-05-08

The famines in the interior OF
Russia are coincident with decline
in the humidity, due in great meas
ure to the destruction of forests.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-05-08

OF ki d n e y
trouble, Pc
runa should
b g t a k e n.
This remedy
strikes at
o n C e t h G
very root Of
the disease.
1t at once
relieves the
C n t a r rhal
kidneys OF
the stagnant
blood, pre-
V G II [ | N Z
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-05-08

Sponge-fishing has been prohibited
In Turkish wal ers, and Greece will
lose an annual revenue of nearly
So, 900, 900 in consequence.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-05-08

large 2 OF. package 5 cents. The Russ
company, South Bend, Ind.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-05-08
Lamp of Marine Microbes

A strange lamp has been construct
ed by Professor Dubois. A glass
globe placed on a metal stand ID
nearly filed with liquid composed
of luminous marine microbes; there
are two tubes running from the glob.
and through these supply Of all
can be sent to the interior when
the light grows dull, the effect ap.
parently being to Ievivify the mic.
robes. The light from this lamp wiz
newal Of the Illuminating medium.
Mrs. winsiow's SOOTHING SYRUP for childrss
teething, softens the gums, reduces innamstios
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-05-08

A syndicate has been started in
Paris to promote the interests of
tenants. The landlords already have
their syndicate.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-05-08

Maoris are to he enrolled as volun-
teers by the New Zealand govern
ment. 1t is expected that 5000 will
be recruited in six months.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-05-08

If bootjacks were boquets the nine
lives Of the musical midnight cat
would be streWn with flowers
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-05-08

A hot cloth around the mold will
help Jelly or ices to come from It
without sticking.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-05-08
No Gard PLAYING.

All persons found playing cards 1
railway cars In Russia are subject I
heavy penalties.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-05-08
You Can Get Aliens Foot-Ense FREE

ION Can Get AIIen's Foot-Ense FKEE.
Write to-day to Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy,
N. Y, for a FREE sample Of Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder to shake into your shoes.
1t cures tired, sweating. damp, swollen,
aching feet. 1t makes new or tight shoes
easy. A certain cure for Corns and Bunions
AL druggists and shoe stores sell II. 25c
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-05-08

Don forget IA large OF. package Red
Cross Ball Blue, only cents. The Russ
Company, South Pend, Ind.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-05-08

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES do noa
spot, streak or give your goods an I'M
evenly dyed appearance.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-05-08

Many mans success In life Is due
to the fact that he is foolish In his
talk but wise In his actions.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-05-08

We are never without bottle of Piso's
Cure for Consumption in our house.
Mrs. e. M. Swayze, Wakita, Okla. April
II, 1901.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-05-08

Hot water and soda will remove
most grease stains.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-05-08

Austria is to open state institute
In London to enable Austrian stu
dents to perfect their knowledge of
English.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-05-08

Some people are prepared for any
emergency-ex twins
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-07-18
A. P. ABBOTT & co
POPULAR SCIENCE.

The lnicrobe Of the tuberculosis may
I'VE on book 1O3 days, as has been
shown by experiment.
OF 1000 parts of the moon $40 are
visible to us on the earth; 424 parts re-
main hidden absolutely to mans eyes.
Without its atmosphere, which serves
as coverlet to protect 1t against the
fearful cold of space, the surface Of the
earth would be frozen like that of the
alrless moon.
A certain duration of luminous I'm
preston is necessary to produce an ef-
feet on the retina. Hence it is that we
10 not see very rapidly moving OBJ
Ject, such as bullet fired from gun
If this globe were cooled down to 200
degrees below zero of centigrade, It
would be covered with sea of lioue
lied gas thirty-tive feet deep, Of which
about seven feet would be liquid oxy.
gen.
Blood travels from the heart through
the arteries ordinarily at the rate of
about twelve inches per second. Its
speed through the capilaries is at the
rate OF three -hundredths of an inch
per second.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-07-18

fegasus cborn near the source OF
the ocean') was the winged horse of
apollo and the MUSES.. Bellerophop
rode this animal when he charged thp
Chimera.
Sleipnir Cthe black horse of Odln",
nad eight legs and could carry his mas,
Ter on sea as we'll as land. This ami.
mai is believed to typify the wind
winch blows from eight different
points,
Al Borak cthe lightning') was tba
morse commissioned by Gabriel to carry
Mohammed to the seventh heaven ue
nad a human face and the wings Of an
eagle. Every step he took was equal
70 the farthest range of human vision
according to Thessaiian legend tho
nrst horse was miraculously brought
torth BY Neptune striking rock VIII
his trident. win
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-07-18
country Training tha u

mat town life is the worst possible
framing for young people is proved NV
history Nearly all Of the great mon
VI the world have come from the farn,
1ne reason is quite plain The co,n,n w.
wy, II le is til" ri-ht kind of bow
SPENDS his tim" building himself M
me'tal'y and physically The CITY, hop
wv ol'el' spencS his days in j,Dlnn.ss
ters 'I nn 'I W. at saloons and thea.
ters: lie is not prepared for the h,,.I,
. me END is left behind by the conn
ny ~. poy:-J NJ .'2YrplI Of A3ryh9r
NO. Before StoArN.il !.i,pr,rv Sa 'o,'''''
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-07-18

When General VIEWER 49,. '.
spain as governor urn,r.I -, '' ny
iard;z naI' ''s, i,ali'nca' the wealthy span
,afoi"'u 'hInaman. determined ~ ,l''' "
o.f", "eyAr a gift, the custom,r,, s '',
~ o"ta'hlhS the good will of tho s, way
!sn ohcAls. He found at = inu, np',''
TWO necklaces, each costjno con n me'ef
w. W." Icing Icing 80 beautiful that he couIu
. uo' choose between them. So ho Ns s'''!
'n'l'' Doth to Mrs. Wcyler with sent .
n uLtssase That she should mota , ''''
cholce' lie received a warm lH,. "el
thanks from her, STATING ,hn4 ,e''er OF
u W.. 49, 49, between them and b Ip"ao
"ould Keep both, which She I;d neice
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-07-18
THE SOUND OF A PIANO.
seeming Defects That May BE Often
Due TO Exterior Causes.


Due 70 Exterior Causes.
"A piano" said a dealer. will some
times develop or seem to develop a
no" IN some one note which comes tC
gave a rattle or Jingle or unpleasant
Durr to 1t, but this jarring sound which
seems TO come from the piano may in
reality come from some source quite
outside Of it.
| ANY given note when struck pro-
1uces certain number Of vibrations to
the second. There may be in the room
some object that Is in tone sympathy
Win some particular note, aud that
Will be set in motion by it when that
aote is sounded.
The owner of fine piano sent to US
one day to say that there was some
thing wrong about certain note of
the instrument. so that that note had
an unpleasant sound when struck.
" men heard the note sounded, knew
at once that the disagreeable rough.
ness or buzz about 1t was due not TO
any defect in the piano, but to some
thlng somewhere about in the room. |
ahd' asking the lady to strike that note
occasionally, l walked around the room
to see if could locate It,
Passing across the middle Of tho
room as that note was struck. the
cause Of the Earring accompaniment Of
IL was discovered to come from the VI.
orat1on of one of the glass globes ON
the chandelier overhead.
The owner Of the piano was almost
lncredulous as to this, the sound had
seemed so plainly to come from the
piano itself. But when at my request
sue $1,000 under the chandelier and
Struck the note she was readily con.
Vinced.
i made that globe immovable and
men struck the note on the piano. Tho
'nswer was clear and sweet and true /
80, you see, the sound of the piano e
nay Tor one thing depend much upon t
ts surroundings, and what may seem
o De defect in piano may be in re.
ilty attributable to something ou,to f
part from the piano itself. b
And thus it might easily he th.+
ONE noble instrument that had seem.
TO be declining or to be develon.np
auits owed It's apparent change TO a +,
aange or environment or to some spe. h
VIC OUTSIDE cause and was In reality n
good as ever, as would happilv no r
lsco'ered whenever the instrument By
US again brought under favorable G,
MISUNDERSTANDING Inter Ocean. m
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-07-18

Are now given to everybody who attends the big genu
me BONA tide closing out sale the Geo. p oyce clothing
stock Everything hard closed in very few
days A few things of the many:
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-07-18

Fishing Through street Gratings.
In Winchester. England. 1t Is quite q
common thing to see men fishing
through the street sratings. Under the
High street there flow several streams
which ultimately discharge into the
river ItcAen, noted trout stream.
These streams receive the storm and
surface water from the street by means
Of the ordinary street grating. The line
u dropped through and fastened to the
end Of stick small enough to go
through the CRATE. When the fish Is
hooked. the line and stick are dropped
Through the grating. and the fisherman
PUSHES to the point where the stream
energies from under the street and is
there able to recover his line and land
bis fish.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-07-18
Ed ucatiOn.

what sculpture Is to block of mar
ole education is to human soul. Tlf
philosopher, the saint and the hero. the
wise, the good and the great man very
often lie hid and concealed in plchr.
Ian, which a proper education micbt
nave disinterred and brought to light
4 ddtno,