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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-04
Ri.kcd Leif for a kiss.

"A Springfield young man nearly gave
his life for kiss yesterday afternoon.
and the station employees still wonder
why he was not killed. Just as the s:s3
train was pulling out for Boston yes
terday afternoon, two girls and a young
man ran TO 1t, and one of the girls got
aboard. She called to the other girl to
come and kiss her goodbye. and leaned
over and was saluted. Then she noticed
the Borrowing youth. and. plying him.
told him he could have one If he wanted
st. He made a jump for the train. got
the reward. but in some way slipped
and nearly fell under the train. He fell
between the track and the platform, and
no ono knows why he was not run over
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-04
THE FOSSIL WONDERS
OF RYE COVE, In SCOTT.
strong Indications That the Sec
ton Is Rich In PetroIeum-A
Wonderful Cavern-Genera1
News

GATE CITY, VA. January e.-fsps-
ctaL}-In Rye Cove. rich limestone
section OF Scott county, twelve miies
taken by Bristol people on many farms.
there being strong indications that the
section is rich in petroleum. 1t is be-
lieved TO be the intention of the holders
of these options to begin operations in
boring for oil there this year.
Rye Cove is an elevated plateau, ex-
tending eastward from the Natural Tun-
mel. The limestone is wonderfully rich
in fossil remains. birds. rabbits. fish,
serpeuts, numberless varieties Of moi
lusks. as well as many vegetable forma.
tons having been found in it. Some OF
these interesting fossils are to be found
in almost every home throughout thu
Cove.
A WONDERFUL CAVERN.
The descent from the cave to the vni-
ley Of Clinct river on the south. is very
abrupt and several hundred feet In ex-
tent. a spur from the level Of the GAYS
extends westward and forms the Tun.
mel. Extending northward from the caTs
Is a depp, narrow canyon. high up on
the western side of which is wonder
full cave. beautifully enbeliished with
stalacities and stalagrGtes. and IN
many places crystal columns rising to
the lofty ceiling. In this cave is a spa
cious bali room, which has often re-
sounded with entertaining music, and on
the smooth floor OF which beautiful bellies
and gallant cavaliers from many States
have "tripped it on the light. fantastic
toes" while in the weird light that illu-
minated this palace Of the genii.'' "sof.
eyes looked love to eyes that spoke
again..
ON THEIR GOOD BEHAVIOR.
The people OF Scott county seem to
have been on their good behavior dur
ing the holidays. The usual Christmas
fights did not occur. which proves that
our section is advancing.
Mr. Lewis Jones. farmer living q
few miles from here. had the rnisfortuns
to get his thumb torn of while at work
recently
More game has been shipped from hers
tais winter than ever before. The per-
sistent hunters have made birds and
rabbits scarce.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-04
EDUCATION AND NoTABLEs.
School and College Training of 5000
American NotabIe..

American NotabIes.
The following statement has been pre-.
pared and issued by Prof. W. ". Smith.
Ii D., Of the Hampden-syd system:
The second edition OF Who's Who in
America, froml the press of A. N. Mar
qu1s & Co., Chicago) contains 1850 pages
OF brief biographies. without eulogy,
criticism or comment, OF such persons
now living in America as have become
noted as factors in the progress and
achievement; OF the age. "Endeavor has
been made" say the editors, 'to include
all Americans Of more than local note In
all lines OF useful effort No name Is
inserted or omitted for fnanciar consider
atoms; the book is sold on it's merits
With a view to determining what ef-
feet education OF the various grades has
had on success In life, effort was made
to ascertain the school training of each
OF these men and women '.of more than
local note and 1852 on their United
States list were thus educationaIly classi-
fed
According to the best estimates we can
make from the latest census returns
there are in the q. S. 70, 7s2.oo7 persons
over q years old. These are divided edu-
cationally about as follows:
CLASH. Without school train
1ng....... 4,Ss2, 1873
Glass 2. With only common
school training $1,000. $685., sa
Class 3. With common and high
school tratning............... U.s., 357
Glass 4 With college OF higher
education added LOT. col
Now the question Is. how many OF the
eight thousand distinguished citizens OF
the United States on the Who's Who
list came from each OF these classes.
The 4.6a2. 498 OF class furnfshed...... 81
The 32.s62s01 OF class furnished. SOB
The 2.165,357 of class 8 furnished -. ,245
The 1,01.2M OF class furnished. 5,76s
z It thus appears:
LIST. That an uneducated child has one
chance in 10000 OF attaining distinction
as a factor ii the progress OF the age.
Cd. That a common school education
Will increase the chances nearly four
times.
3rd. That a high school training win
Increase the chance OF the common
school boy twenty three times. giving him
geighty-seven times the chance OF thu un-
educated.
9Th. That college education increases
the chance OF the high school boy nine
times, giving him two hundred and nine
teen times the chance OF the common
school boy and more than eight hundred
times the chance Of the unframed.
It Is q surprising fact that OF 1850
..uotables' thus gathered. 4 $40 proved to
be full graduates Of colleges.
From the nature Of the case Il can not
he claimed that these figures are exact.
but they are based upon the most reliable
government stattsticsa aud the necessary
estimates have been made With care It
- slso doubles stTuo tha&s esher etIsunr
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-04

Joseph McCauley. who was the most
severely burned Of any. Of the victims of
the Hogan accident IN February narrow
escaped aAworseE fate 81 this on
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-04
THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL.
Esw People Know How Useful It il in Pre-.
veriur Health and Beauty.


Nearly everybody knows that charcoal
II the safest and most efficient disintect-
ant and purifier In nature. but few realize
sts value when taken into the human sys-
tenn for the same cleansing purpose
Charcoal Is remedy that the more
ycu take OF 1t the better: it Is not drug
Ut ELL, but simply absorbs the gases and
impurities always present In the stoma oh
md dntestines and carries them out Of
tho system.
sraokinK, drinking. or after eating onions
Nnd other odorous vegetables.
Charcoal effectuaily clears and improves
NE complexion, 1t whitens the teeth and
( iurthAr acts as q natural and emtnently
Asfe cathartic
It absorbs the Injurious gases which col.
1ect In the stomach and bowels: It disin-
xects the mouth and throat from the pois-
son of catar.h.
All druggists sell charcoal in one form
or another. but probably the best char
Stuart.s Absorbent Lozenges: they are
composed OF the. finest powdered Willow
charcoal. and other harmless antiseptics
! sn tablet form. or rather In the form
OF large pleasant tasting lozenges. the
charcoal being mixed With honey
The daily use Of these Iozenges viii soon
Assi In mucn improved condition OF the
eenerai health. better complexion. sweet
q breath and purer blood. and the beau.
Z 8. of Il as that no possible harm can re-
suit from their continued use. but On the
contrary. great beneft
AsEnnalo physician Ia speaking OF the
kanefts OF charcoal. says: az advise
Etuartss Absorbent LossH3es to ali pa-
hentx suffering from Eaa ia stomach and
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-04

More game has been shipped from hers
t...s winter than ever before. The per-
sistent hunters have made birds and
rabbits scarce
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-04

stances contributed to the success Of
these coIlege-trained men. but after all
reasonable allowances are made the
figures still force the conclusion that the
more school training the child has the
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-04
The Dangers Of Duty.
By FRANK J. CRAIGIE, Jr.)
v.-Perils Of Gas Works Men.

no labor twelve
hours a day In @
place that smells
bad In about
twelve different
ways. and that
Reens to
visitor to be for.
ever upG.. LIS
Of explosion-thats
what II Is to work
In a gas plant
It is safe, of
course-that Is, as
as sac as human
"a o,.A ro~ Sr an g
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-01-29

TOM oCHILTREE. judge and found
er OF the Texan republic and the boy
grew up in his law office. At 10, how
ever. he broke away from home and
served with the Texas Rangers against
| the Comanches and Apaches. At u
| he was editing Democratic paper and
attending a national convention as n
delegate. In the Civil War he was a
messenger for jefferson Davis and
General Longstreet. After the war he
| became Republican, and Genera
| Grant, when he became President,
made him a United States marshal in
Texas. After time the President was
disturbed by hearing of the colonel at
nearly every race track in the country
/ and demanded an explanation.
ooh" said the marshal, I'm not
Tom Ochiltree. He's n race horse
John Chamberlain named after mo-
Ochiltree tired of the Federal job and
became proprietor and editor Of the
Houston Telegraph. AS newspaper
man he went to New York, where he
became acquainted with August Bel
mont, who introduced him to many
men of prominence. He went to Paris
and formed the acquaintance of James
Gordon Bennett. When Bennett cabled
1000 words to the New York Herald
on the opening of the Paris Exposition
in 1867, Colonel Ochiltree asked that
the dispatch be duplicated to the
Houston Telegraph. The Frenchmen
were amazed at the mans evident high
financial standing. They never learned
the truth-that Ochiltrees paper sus,
pended three days after the receipt OF
| the cable. The coloners dispatch was
too much for the papers treasury.
When he came home from Europe he
ran for Congress in Texas district
covering $1,000 square miles. He made
| fifty-two speeches, covering the terri
| tory on horseback, muleback and on
| foot. He was elected, though the dis
trict was a Democratic stronghold
| While at Washington a correspondent
wagered with n friend that he could
make any member of Congress known
from one end of the country to the
othti Nllh'h sthi, anu i' plNhSu ou'
Ochiltree, red-headed, n good story
teller and fond of notoriety, as the
man. He began to send out stories
of Ochltree, many Of which were true
and others far from it, and Ochiitree
became n parsonage to be quoted, in
terviewed and sought after. Rich men
became his intimates. He travelled in
| n
capitalists to the advantages which
Texas offered men of means. In re-
cent years he had spent his time
around the fashionable hosteries of
New York City.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-01-29

Frugality and industry make a fine
team, and we all Of us experience an
approving thrill when we read Of the
great man who consecratCd his youth
to an unmixed diet Of oatmeal pOrridge
for the sake OF material economy
that should result later in wealth, ma.
terial and mental Science approves
also and is shocked by the eXtravagant
self-indulgence OF the poor, who could
secure competence so easily II they
would take to porridge, or better STILL
to raw turnlps, like Colonel Sellers
Playing with human beings as an alb
straction represented by marks upon
his writing tablets, the professor of
science feeds them, clothes them,
lodges them, pays the doctors bills and
the undertakers bills with n growing
enthusiasm as he keeps reducing the
figures except those OF mortality, and
presents his final calculations as n tri-
umph 1t is thus with Prof. Clark, who
has reached the conclusion that the
"unskllled American workman" can
keep family In comfort and save mon
ey on $500 year. Moreover at forty
five he should have laid by an independ-
ent fortune and meanwhile he will have
rlotcd in those greatest OF blessings, la
Dor and abstinence. As the professor
contemplates the irrefutable demon.
stratlon and hearkens for the dinner
bell which shall summon him to roast
beef at twenty-five cents a pound, he
becomes stcrner In his demand for
self-denlal in those unskilled work
men "The man or woman" he says,
who becomes dependent through neg
lect or lack Of foresight Is morally as
guilty as the thief who breaks In and
steals" And 1t Is not improbable that
he will come to regard $500 as de-
moralizing superabundance and cut the
figures down one-half But what kind
of apartments could he furnish a mau
with wife and children under his econ
omical scheme? Just how would he
keep them all warm in winter and pro-
vide them with suitable surroundings
in summer which should conduce to
their health and pleasure? While sci
ence Is specializing with its abstrac-
tons, the facts and conditions Of life
in America are rudely giving II the lie.
And such wickedness demands stur-
dieSt refutatIon.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-01-29
THE VILLAIN IN THE NURSERY.


"Mothcr Goose" Is Brought to Task
by n Critic.
AS a really cheerful lullaby, none
other can equal
Here comes a candle to light you to bed
Here comes a chopper, to chop off your
head
and, when a child is thoroughly fright.
ened by this vivid picture, what can
better betit the occasion than a recital
of the nquisitorial story Of
Old daddy long legs wouldn't say his
prayers!
Take him by the right leg!
Take him by the left leg!
Take him by both legs!!!
And throw him down stairs!
before the child kneels down to its
devotons? AS an epitome of religious
persecution, this cannot be surpassed.
The example of Manly Panty" has,
no doubt, been followed by scores of
children. The words have merry
jingle. One can almost see n young
ster jogging to the grocer's and filch-
ing the first thing on which he can lay
MS BABY hands! Listen:
Manly Panty, Jack Dandy
Stole piece of sugar candy
From the grocer's SLOPPY shop,
And away did hoppy hop!
In the following ridiculous, impossi
BILE couplet:
Money want, money | crave,
If you don't give me money, I'll sweep
you to the grave!
highway robbery Is suggested striking
ly and in most impudent manner.
factory reason for the little man who
had little gun" to shoot the duck
through the head, head, head" unless
he was on poaching expedition.
! A tangent of incendarism Is seen
in this advice given to the pretty lady,
bird, that inadvertently lights on one s
! hand:
Lady-bird, lady-bird, fly away home,
Your house is on fire, your children alone,
They are all burnt but one!
Had the insect enough understanding
it would undoubtedly hasten home
| NuIu MllnOul waiting W bc blON
away. An effective moral is certainly
reached in
Bye, Baby pumpkin! Whose s Tony
Lumpkin?
My lady's on her dcathbcd
From eating half pumpkin!
\ lack of sequence is to be noted bu
it is quite natural for the lady in ques
ton to be very i'll after such gas
tronomic feat.-Success.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-01-29

Sweden has begun to emancipate it.
self from slavery to coal. The govern
nent has decided to operate by cleo
tricity the two thousand two hundred
miles Of railway which it owns. The
electricity will be generated by water
power, which is abundant in that
mountainous country. Italy also has
begun to utilize It's waterfalls for pro-
ducing electricity, and is expecting an
Industrial revolution in consequence OF
the supply of cheap power for manu-.
featuring purposes. This country does
not monopolize all the enterprise in the
world.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-01-29

From out the hearsay and conjecture
which constitutes much of our knowl-
edge Of the Filipino one incident
speaks in words which all may under
stand. An American missionary who
had taken a little bicycle excursion
into the interior, and had preached to
large numbers of natives, was taken
Ill In a village which had suffered
especially from the eXigoncies of the
war. For a week he was as tenderly
nursed by the strangers as he could
have been among his own people One
morning as he came out early intend
Ing. weak as he was, to make the long
bicycle ride to Manila, he found await
ing him twenty Filipinos, only few
of whom had he ever seen before. One
OF them took his bicycle to lead The
others showed him a litter they had
Fashioned. into which he was put, Four
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-01-29
HAS A COMEDY JAIL,
In Eiizabethtowu,N n. j., Prisoners Are
Locked Out Instead of In.

In Elizabethtowu,N n. j., Prisoners Are
Locked Out Instead of In.
Elizabethtown, the county seat of
Essex, in the Adirondacks, possesses a
comedy Jail, says the Philadelphia
Ledger. 1t Is small having windows
secured by wooden bars and the jail
yard inclosed by a solid fence of three
quarter-inch boards, which a healthy
man could push over with his shoulder
But the prisoners rarely, if ever, at
tempt to escape.
Some good stories are told by Judge
Kellogg Judge Hand and other resi-
dents. 1t Is custom to allow the
prisoners out on parole, so that they
may cut the grass on neighborlng
lawns, do garden work or repair roads
for the village and county. Recently
one prisoner who should have returned
Mt 6 o'clock did not apply for admission
until nearly an hour later. The war
den angrily demanded to know the rea
son, and added:
Don't let this occur again, or | will
not allow you to come in. | lock the
door at 6 o'clock, and won't open it In
the future for you"
Another, accused of and awaiting
trial for manslaughter, overstayed hi,
parole and pleaded as an excuse that
ms it was Saturday, he thought ht
would go and spend Sunday with his
wife, returning to the Jail on Monday
morning.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-01-29

A man who permits himself to be-
come garrulous often is compelled
to eat humble pie.
There are many phases Of character
st red in the disposition OF the aver
age man.
A Frenchman has invented pho
netic typewriter which can be oper-
ated at the rate Of 200 words nit
ute.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-01-29

Marriage without love is almost n
crime. In fact, it would be regarded
us one If the world were as true, as
simple, as sincere as it ought to be.
But society has so long wandered in
a maze Of completely, and marriage,
from monarchs downward, is under
taken for such a variety of reasons
apart from love, that only few re-
tain the correct impression about it.
And Of these few the majority are
women or girls who would rather die
than marry a man they did not love.
Sir Walter Scott knew this well when
he wrote "The Bride of Lammermoor. 4"
His noble, gentle, true and tender
spirit, aware of what love is, could
well compute the horror of n loveless
marriage.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-01-29
A Hard Student,

"Do You think son will stand at the
head of his class?' asked Mrs. Corn.
tosSel.
WELL" answered her husband, 81
did have my doubts. But since seem
him practice with the football team |
reckon he will. Ef Josh starts fur the
head O. the class he'll get there, or
somebody'll get hurt in the scufne."-
Washington Star.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-01-29
Knew His Cigars.

Higbee-Our friend Ranck is In Eu-
rope now, isn't he?
JigbCe--Yes, and he must be tray
cling under the name of "Stromholi."
Higbec-What makes you thing so?
Jigbee-A dispatch from Italy the
other day said; "StromboH began to
smoke yesterday ana the people of the
neighborhood nj once packed up and
moved away. Philadelphia Press.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-01-29

Of the men took the poles of the litter
on their shoulders, and the rest trudged
on behind as relays over the rough
mountain paths, through the intense
heat of the long day, these men bore
their American brother the twenty-five
miles to the coast, and refused to take
even penny in compensation. Surely
even In our so-callcd heather Deepen
denotes the fine flower Of the humani-
tics blooms on.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-01-29
CAUGHT BY TIL GRIP.
RELEASED BY PE-RU-NA
Congressman Geo. n. Whites Case.
A Noted Soul ptress Cured.

writes the following letter from 94l7
Wabash avenue, Chicago, H.:
II suffered this winter with a severe
attack of la grippe. After using three
bottles of Peruna | found the grip had
disappeared. Mrs r. SChmitt
Mrs. Celeste Covell writes from 2l0 N.
| avenue, Aurora, H.:
only those who have suffered with
la grippe and been cured can appreciate
medicine as Peruna has been placed ut
| the door Of every suffering person. -
Mrs. G. Covell.
Noted ScuIptrcss Cured Of Grip.
Mrs. NJ C. Cooper, Of ;he Royal hcsd-
envy Of Arts, of London, England, now
residing in Washington, u. c.. is one Il
the greatest living scu,ptors and painters
Of the world she says:
81 take pleasure in recommending 20
runa for catarrh and IL grippe. | have
suffered for months, and after the use OF
one bottle OF Peruna | am entirely welL'
Mrs. NJ. G. Cooper
d. l.. Wallace n charter member Ct
the International BARRIERS Union, writ
from 10 Western avenue, Minneapolis,
Mimi:
Following severe attack of la grippe
| seemed to be affected badly all over.
zone Of my customers who was greatly
helped by Peruna advised me to try it,
and | procured n bottle the same day.
| Now my head is clear. my nerves are
steady, | enjoy food and rest well Pc
runa has been worth dollar a dose 10
me- ID. l.. Wallace.
Lieutenant Clarice Hunt, of the Salt
Lake City Barracks of the salvation
Army, writes from Ogden, Utah:
1.-TWO months ago | was suffering with
so severe n cold that | could hardly
speak.
"Our captain advised me to try Peruna
and procured n bottle for me, and truly
it worked wonders. Within two weeks
was entirely wcll."-Clarice Hunt
Congressman Whites Letter.
Tarboro, NJ c.
Genflemen:-I am more than sotIs-
fled with Peruna and find ii 10 be an
excellent remedy for the grip and c,a-
farrf. have used it In my family
and they all join me In recommending
II as an excellent remedy. y George
H. White, Member of Congress.
Mrs. Z. w. Collins, Treasurer indie
pendent Order of Good Templars, Of
Everett, Wash. writes
After having severe attack Of Ia
grippe | continued in feeble condition
even after the doctors called me cured.
My blood seemed poisoned. Peruna
cured me"-Mrs. T. w. Collins
If you do not derive prompt and satis-
| factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving
! full statement of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President CT
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
! Ohio.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-01-29
HannibaI's Philosophy.

Hannibal was gayly trekking over
the Alps.
Say" he chuckled, this thing is a
cinch! Suppose | had to cross the
New York subway"
Shudderlng at the mere thought, he
pressed onward with his own rapid
transit New York Times.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-01-29

Emperor William might take kindly
to Carnegies suggestion to I rim
United States Of Europe II he were
to be the grand chief and overload OF
the same.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-01-29

While Prof. Garner thinks he is max
ing progress in learning the language
of monkeys, he complains that they do
not speak dramatically. Perhaps he
failed to be introduced into the cultur-
ed circles OF monkeydom
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-01-29

Uncle Sam is mounting a gun that
with 1000 pounds Of powder will send
a projectile weighing 2,370 pounds a
distance Of twenty-one miles. This Is
putting the strenuous life into metal
with a vengeance.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-01-29

A Virginia legislator who lacks M.
D." to his name has introduced a bill
TO make kissing illegal unless the par
ties to the OSCILLATION can show by a
PHYSICIANS certificate that they are
free from all infectious germs. This
doctor is evidently convinced that the
chief end Of legislator is to make
business for himself