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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-25
STORY OF RICHMOND

Richmond, the capital OF Virginia. Isl
beautifully situated on sSss ornnandingt
heights on the north bank Of the James
II overlooks the cascades, 4 In which the
waters Of the river descend over rocks
and between islcts. " 555I Il ItSS y y
The city has fine public buildtngs.l
handsome residences and parks, which
make 81 i very attractive. x The most In,
tercsting Of all the nublic buildings Isl the
Capitol OH "Shoclsoe II Ill. x II Il stands Iii
a park OF twelve acres, adorned with;
trees, fountains and statuary, among
which is the famous equestrian IS tatnei
Of washington, said by y many critics &to to.
be the finest OF its kind in the 5world S,,d
Around tho statue IRE eff giles In bronze
of4six Vlrginlans. who took 4 part II the
Revolutionary War III Ills /, square Is
a state OF S.Stonewall' Jack son, a gift
to Virginia from English admirers of
that great soldier. In the western part
Of tho city Is a&fine statue OF General
Lee. al. si} 3g.Ss FL Isl II
#l,rhe most beautiful cemetery. In Rich
mond Is Hollywood = where lie the ashes
of Presidents Tyler and Monroe Rich
nond was also the capital OF the South
ern Confederacy. and contains the old
OF President Davis, now used
as the Confederate Museum;
Written by
+ ELLA DOSWNLL. Ea .is
New Canton, Va.s
For the silver Medal Contest.
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THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL.

~ It was very cold; the snow fell ana II
was almost dark. for wa s.
christmas Eve: s =. Y, ~
&pirl@witn hare head and naked re et& va $
Wall,inr through the streets: IS true .e
She had pairof sllppels when she iels
home phGy were nfrSt had before
HttIe Creature lost them. she hurried q
across the street to avoid
was MOTTO BE found, Will the othera1yas
4pounced upon by q boy who ran away
with it, So the little girl wen. q I, y
picture Of m'hbe er dms crs wheh
shuny around her throat, but she hc@ueu
them not. s$. Z, 4. !! VI. q, s8S
Lights were streaming from al tie !, n
roast goose, and this she did not heed
She now stood In a corner formed by wo
houses. She felt colder than ever. yet
She dared not En 70 eertny be-
3beaten 5.by97her father. Her little hands
were nearly frozen with cold. Ala "a !! q
match might DO her some go =, 20 rs SIC
out ii warm, bright flame; she held her
hands over it. Trulysit was, a wonderful
sight. It really seemed TO the little Ell
she sat before aro ON st1va and
left nothing but the halt-purhea In li ~
her hand. tgs . |, .,s
sg# She rubbed anOtnerS MnLCll sdBd!HSL &tilc
,wall:sit gave a light, and where 1t shone
upon the wall the latter became as trans
h parent as a VEIL and she could sec into
8the5ioom. A wAite clotliwas spread upon
the table, on Which was "A splendid roast
goose, stuffed with apples and prunes
but what was more delightful to see the
3 goose Jumped from the table and waduled
along the ground up to the poor girl. The;
match then went out and nothing. re-
4 manned but the thick damp wall. She Ut
another match, and In The. room saw q
match went out. Tho L.rlstmas lights
keptHrlsing higher and higher until they
v looked like stars in the sky. One of them
Y fell down and left a streak of fire
\ Somebody is now dying" thought the lit
tie girl for her grandmother, who was
1 now dead, told her so, She again rubbed
4 a match upon the wall. and in is bright
shining, like spirit "Grandmother.n
you, Il know you will go away when the
: match goes out" and she made haste to
rub the whole lot of matches, for she
z wished TO hold her grandmother. The
matches gave q light that was brighter
than day, when her soul had gone up,
ward, where there was neither hunger nor
4 cold. s
The next morning the girl was seen
leaning against the wall with red cheeks
and smiling mouth, she was frozen on
Is Christmas Eve. The SIN shone upon the
Y little dead girl; she still held the matches
Mn her hand some of whcn were burned.
Il Nobody dreamed of the fine things she
4 had seen, nor in what splendor she had
Il entered along with her GRANDMOTHER upon
33 ALLEN d. CARPENTER.
JVavcrly VA,
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8A FAITHFUL CT R1sT1A..N',s.
4 Poor Ella. her father, her mother, SIS

y Poor Ella. her father, her mother, SIS
3lcrs and brothers were inhdels,
4 ono day 4 Ella was visiting one}o her.
friends, sho heard then, ttlllt OF jesus ana
4 f,od. and OF tho church Such queer
@thlnrs,,,, said ELLA Us she was talking to
Shcr mother, when she went home.
hoard the Won 11ollantlers talking about
e,,ch as Jesus, God and church, " Tell me
something about these things, mother.
dear, .'IIusl,,' said her rnotller,,St,l don't
\ ever ynnt to hear YOU talk Of q suciii
\ thinss,'' Tho next day wns Christmas ana
1Ilin heard so much talk about the christ
mas services at tho churches. Off ran ~.
tile Ella to the Won Holanders and asked G
4 10 70 with them to the church. seertain-
Sly,t' said Mrs. Won Iollnnder i nm gag 9
to SEQ that you want to CO. How n n On
Ella enjoyed this. She heard the preach
4 n fell sof how Jesus Christ died on the
cross, SO that our slhs could be forgiven en-
4 and how he loved us. s.s 81 81
she went home she dared NOT
say ANYTHING about what she lleprd, but
she strongly believed In what she had
heard. Every chance she got she went
+ ~ n the Won Hollanders to church, ana
n ~ Mrs. Won Hotlander's teachings she
became thoroughly toibelevc In the BLDG,
and became converted, 4li.
ELLA was now about sixteen years Of.
age. ana began to think that she co g, q
"a 8 some good8in the world. SHE taxed tax,
Fto the preacher, who decided to try 70
raise a. sum large enough TO send EN- &ller 70
"a q some good in the shea then #ln anus
Il Her parents declared that they YOU'D llld1
va sowIl her II she became q Chrlstlae ana
] they kept their word,
ST. She was sent to India and China as q
missionary and thousands were Drought
to believe in the Bible by her tea chings.
For twenty long years she stayed SIC Il N
the l,eathen lands converting many per- per,
4 sons Il. 55it9 ss {, . J,
\ Then she came back to- her own ", land and
and was welcomed everywhere with the INC
highest honors and gave many INT restlllg
lectures about her thrilling adventures
.5l.% One day she sat in her nea Z, cozy room ,
there came IA strange knock on the door.
IA Upon opening 1t she saw, a gray na1red
man, shivering from the cold, st35l lie ven
4 tured to speak but burst into tears. 20
mot stand in tic cold and weep So So SAD
ella, ''come In and warm and have some
n thing to eat and then YOU VIII feel bet
81 TERI The old man gobeyed. and as soon
q MS his wants were supplied she N learned
/ ina t he was her. father, lie told her OF
now he had lost his wife and children,
and he had now decided to be CHRISTIAN.
\ ..Nfy dear father, II am so happy, God PC
praised, M and her father and herself
lived happily ever aftc . y \, /, \, n
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FLOWERS.

Last spring planted some seeds. The
names were these; Ndsturtiums. peoples,
and planted six rose bushes, some cos
mos and whole lot of ehrysanthemums
and some pansy seeds.
My nasturtilms came up, and had
some dark red, some yellow and brown
some orange color, ana some light red
ones. The roses have all bloomed except
one One was q pink, another yellow. an,
other rcd, and another white.
e The cosmos grew very tail, some pink,
some white and q fev ys1. Uae cb1YaAn-
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UNITED "A T LAST

10, motherl what % they mean o ~
thffy ns ty,e oh,d
TBS Bic G9 anaed aSss ha 'l'ed II
Ad agn gyo fGe sunny o'08
3,yvhy mothers eyes are blue, my sweet ',''t =
AAd thse Tfl oSeD bear otis daring child
" Bat Whit did te
n For i l. saw two crlpples today !, !.
". Siss tsF tss esz
a And the other$had& but ono arm. as y, !,
And both seemed worn, and weary ana
greeting was kind and warm.
u Tilsdti made my young blood thrill ;5L.
The arl lost o m sn'
#aa'Thoy sat on the stone Sby the farm-yard
!sikea y ~ nm
hearts seemed warn, IA !!tis
AH Es'pE 5h st
5si a s g. kiRhdly, brotherly way,
We ts e Blss aaa ns
Then the mother tlought IF other days
How they fkneta at lei, ide and lsptngly
Our Father which art intheaven' u
11owoe wore the era md the other the
How they passed away from sight;
i And had gone i 9 tile land where gray
q Are merged lin colors Of light. 4s#S
nd she answered er$darllng with golden
So hair Ss.s 9S6
While Tier heart wa S ssadl y wrung5
WITH the thought IS ava kened IN that sac silt1
By her innocent, 5prat ting tom que
/. Tie blue and the gray are the colors OF.
They are seen In the sky at even. t.r5 SS
3And many a noble, gal T soul " st
XVII as found them. aspas sport to h e
serVOirH Street. eli .#S 5sy
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D,yeilow

themuns were dark red, white yellow
and yellow and red mixed. a. 4, /, u.
n panslos were lato 81 looming but they
were pretty after they did bloom. some
were white, some black, some purple ,it lt,.
como red, and some purple and yellow llt'''a
mixed. r3lhope I Will have as good sue
cess next year as i lind this year. s.
nj A. Il JyrH HARRIS,
4, 3f's 1915 w Clay St, Islchmond vn.
iS want to 1oin the n. D. c. q. Club OF
il,hc 1imcs-D ispNtcl. Please send me q 4
I'm n ~. t ige
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,ntinucd from Chlidrcn's Pagc.)

John Randolph ard Commodore Maury.
1Tranklin and Grace, the two principal
residence streets, nre among the most ,7'r
beautiful III America. 5 A i II
& Richmond Is famous for Its education.
al stitutions.s s5 58 TAI 4 5s
.iig 4; EMMA HOPKINS, II
III " e. ,$ "a s3 Barton Heights, VA
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GOLD.

Gold. Gold! Colds
asked In musing mood:
knowledge. said The school,
Truth, said The wise man.
+ Pleasure, said the fool
Love, said tho maiden.
Beauty, said the page.
Freeman, said tho dreamer
Home, said the sage
Fame. said the sgldier.
Iadly. 'N''
The answer Is not here.
ANSWER.
Then within my bosom
Softly this ] heard:
IiaGh heart held the secret,
Kindness iS the word.
BY LEO DREAMER.
W. China Street. H.chmond. va
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CHRISTMAS COMES
BUT ONCE 4 "a YEAR


Dancing round the Christmas tree
Arc Tom and May and sweet Marie, EjjSi{l
There are presents for them all
On tho Christmas tree so tall. 53g s
Let US dance and make good cheer, Y;
For Christmas comes but once a year.
There comes Santa Claus at last, 81 4, 5s5S
Now the presents vi scat ter fast, 81 s.5#
See his bells and his gray hair; f "a, 5
.Hu,rah FOR good 4 Satn Nick Is here, Us
Let us shout and nleie good cheer.
Tor Christmas comes but once a year.
Candy bags arc scattered round,
Like snow-flakcs calling to the ground;
Now$the present soon will come.
And Tom 'be playing his new drum,
Let us sing and mako good cheer
For Christmas comes but once a year.
There's q doll for sweet Marie, g55s
Santa takes 1t from tho tree,
Oh! there's everything and more
Let us laugh and make good cheer, Il
For Christmas comes but once year,
Next comes things for little May.
Work box and picture books SO gay; .ts5
Now. does Dear st. Nick depart.
Leaving JOY in each small heart,
Let us dance and make good cheer 4 q
For Christmas comes but once a year.
q Selected by LIIONIA ". HUDSON.
2G121-2 East Clay Street. Richmond,
Va. aged SIX years.
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.TOMMY'S VALENTINE,

Tommy wrote n valentine.
Wrote 1t every bit:
Didn't use mn envelope.
Said "lt wouldn't ht,''
Didn't use postage stamp.
( Said "it wasn't pretty;
Didn't write the lady's name,
"a Country, State or city.
a"l1ow did Tommys valentine
Reach his love?''
Tommy put his mittens on
Andrturned carrier doyc.
Tommy few across the way,
Gnye the bell a ring,
Gave Miss Maud her valentine, "a
Just the easiest thing Il
Selected by Oracle MURRAY,
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DECEMBER 26THIN WORLDS HISTORY

Z S8 .s Z S $7o5. S#&s 48
q. Adrian IL. Pope, died. $S8
S stephen England ST. Stephens day.
Edward 81 circulation crockards poads
the essians sunrise
and
Americans killed and
frozen and enterprise
cOlonists& produced an
effect recruiting the American army DAM
Battle under N defeated The Russians undef
Lesoq -.
~, Aava n Prusan Poland French Marchand
victorious f@8B ..aa s8ss
Russians defeated th9
this eYentlui day iose
men great amount q baggage s$$
Destruction Theatre consequence q ne
Ing fra persisted among whom vas ne
49,.
banker @ Ae xaa naive
IN shon left
bequeahed to charitable and public
5ST$
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yERGREEN wreaths and holly
berries. scarlet aimmortelles and
stately, well branched LIZ trees
are poisoning forth III windows
and shops In cheerful sugges-;i;
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IDECEMBER25TH INWORLD'S HISTORY

III IIbEli z LID IN vy UnLu y IllO n lunl
called The ugar ere sas
belnning N the @
Christ wy f.t celebrated az. N.Y. FESTIVAL Z 81
Marcus Aureius killed BY lightning be-
yond the Tigris
Charles King of Ct Rome hmpo 81 W. ~
OF Roman NJ
Charenagne. 58$
Leogv, Emperor ot Constantinopey assasslnatsd' ~
the Conoueror Was crowned az London
obedience o. the citizens, granted them charter
aes Dc Re the famous Blue5esd Ing
rible crimes
at Plymouth Mass by the Puritan settler
met II celebrate the birth
OF Christ. sSS$ 8E
first
claimed as part 81 New HAMPSHIRE 88@$S
Koacsko Polish prisoners liberated BY the Emperor PAU
VIII America
.., u. 1so e;a tha a.v 8, A,s,er,
Treaty between the United states 1so and ne Tx s.
IS Dr. Hs schllemann died.
ps.dep castro ~ agreed q
dsnue WITH England Tribunal
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RICHMOND.

FOR the 'silver Medal Contest.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-01

county officials we ever had. He
will know no party when in Of
flee. He will be as approachable
as Sheriff as he is now as citi-
zen and business man. He knows
he cannot be elected by Demo-
cratic votes alone, and is fully
aware of the fact that he must be
aided in his election by honest
Republican voters who cannot
countenance the late corrupt pri'
mary election, and he is therefore
fully prepared when the returns
come in next Tuesday night to
honestly say that it will be no
Democratic victory for him when
he is elected, but a victory for the
people regardless of politics, and
he will conduct his office accord
ingly. No faction, ring or set OF
men own him for a moment.
Mr.. Kirchner is not a rich man.
What he has he has earned by
hard work and close application
to business. If he is elected Sher-
iff, and he will be, the salary OF
his office will be spent in this
county. 1t will enable him to do
many things he cannot do now
and all he does will not only help
him but the people of the county
generally.
Mr.. Kirchner is a strictly tenn
perate man, and has always been
so. He is a Christian man, Ma
son, Chapter Mason and Knight
Templar. He has taken an &C.
tive part in our county fair. He
worked and spent his time and
money to get a railroad from this
city to Middlebourne. AS mer,
chant he has always been honest
kind to the poor and no man ever
asked him in vain for assistance
He has never held an Office, while
Shriver has been Deputy Assessor
and Deputy Sheriff ever since we
could remember; or, if he did moi
hold an office, he was trying tc
get one. He has been a chronic
office-seeker all of his life since he
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-01
OUR NEXT SHERIFF

consent, and so far as we have OBJ
served, always furnish good
part Of the money to do the
dirty work with. Mr.. Kirchner
did not use money either to secure
the nomination or his election. If
he had signed a written contract
not to do so he would have suffer
ed his right hand to have been
amputated before he would have
violated his contract. He could
not do such a dishonest thing for
any consideration. He is the nom
inee Of no clique nor faction. He
will be Sheriff, treat everybody
kindly and courteously, and if he
has to- sell any taxpayers prop
erty for taxes it will hurt him
more to do so than it will the
debtor, but he will do his whole
duty, collect every dollar that is
collectable, but will do so in a
kind, gentlemanly and consider
ate manner. He will be the same
kind, genial, honest and kind
hearted man after his election as
he is and has always been before
his nomination and election next
Tuesday.
Mr.. Kirchner will discharge his
duties as a Sheriff of the county.
If he is given warrant to arrest
a speak-easy man he will do it.
If he has fines to collect he will
collect them, but under no cir.
will be lend his aid to
prosecuting men for costs only. He
will not spend a moments time in
hunting up little violations of the
law in order to have somebody in.
dicted to get costs out OF them.
He will make one of the best
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-01

Benjamin Shriver, was working
against the road and VOTED
against it. On this question we
challenge him to deny this state
ment and we offer him space in
The Review to deny it in. If there
is anybody who questions Shri-
ver's position on that railroad
proposition ask S. G. Pyle, who
was then Sheriff of our county
and Shriver was his deputy. Mr..
Pyle did all he could to get Mr..
Shriver to vote for the road, but
he would not do it, but he is
quite anxious now to jump into
the best office in the county. We
will make a present of $500 to
any church in the county for a
statement from Ben Shriver that
will deny the accusation that he
cast his vote against this railroad
proposition.
Mr.. Kirchner has made an abso-
lutely clean, honest and dignifed
canvas both for his nomination
and for his election. He used
neither money nor wihskey, ale
or beer to secure the nomination
or his election. We understand
Mr.. Shriver is telling during his
canvas that he did not use either
money or booze to get votes in the
primary election. If our informa-
ton is correct, and if our infor-
nation is also correct that he is
making this claim, he is mistaken.
AS our readers all know, Mr.
Shriver, along with the other can,
didates for office, before the pri.
mary signed a written contract
that they would not use either
money or booze to get votes at
the primary. If he is not guilty
of using money himself, he did
allow his friends to use money
and has accepted the nomination
which was secured by the use OF
money and booze. Men don't uSu,
ally spend their time and money
to buy a nomination for a candi
date without his knowledge and
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Not a Sick Day Since.

81 was taken severely sick with
kidney trouble. | tried all sorts
of medicines, none of which re.
lieved me. One day | saw an ad
of your Electric Bitters and deter,
mined to try that. After taking
few doses | felt relieved, and
soon thereafter was entirely cured
and have not seen a sick day since
Neighbors of mine have been
cured Of rheumatism, neuralgia
liver and kidney troubles and
general debility.' This is what
B. F. Bass Of Fremont, n. C.
writes. Only SOC, at D. A. Hen
dershot, druggist.
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We have the pleasure of pre-
senting to our readers a fairly
good picture of William u.
Kirchner, the next Sheriff OF this
county. The picture does not do
Mr.. Kirchner justice, because it
does not show to the eye the kind
hearted and honest man that he
is. We have known Mr.. Kirch-
ner ever since he came to this
county to clerk for Charley Kot-
zebue, who departed this life sew
eral years ago. He is the same
kind-hearted, honest. industrious
gentleman he was then. He pur-
chased the Kotzebue store after
the death of Mr.. KotZebue, and
has since that time conducted a
general store in Middlebourne.
NJ Kirchner is a busy man; too
busl y find any time to NEEDLE
in othe2 geople's business, to fight
a~airst Sistersville, and when we
tried to get railroad from this
city to Middlebourne a few years
ago, he was one of the few men
in Middelbourne who voted, work
ed and spent his own money to
get the road. We did not succeed
in getting the road, but that agi-
tation for an electric railroad to
Middlebourne brought the city OF
Sistersville into notices and was
unquestionably the direct means
of bringing to us the trolley roads
to New Martinsville and down to
Friendly, and will bring us troll
lev road to Middlebourne and la
ter on throughout the county.
While Mr.. Kirchner was work
ing, spending his time and money
to get this road, his opponent,
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-01
was q years of age. He opposed
the railroad to Middlebourne and

was 81 years Of age. He opposed
the railroad to Middlebourne and
for this act alone every voter in
Sistersville and in the county
should cut his name from the
ticket Tuesday. Bill Kirchner is
as far ahead of Ben Shriver in
every way as day is brighter than
night. 1t is a very simple matter
to cast your vote for Kirclher. In
this paper is the ticket you will
vote next Tuesday. There are
five tickets on the ballots this
year. If you are Re-
publican and want to vote for
Kirchner you will draw line
clear down through the Demo-
cratic, Prohibitionist, Peoples
and Socialist ticket, and you will
then have left with no mark down
over it a straight Republican
ticket. Now take this Republican
ticket, scratch out the name of
Shriver and write under it the
name w. E. Kirchner, ard that
is all you need to do All you
must remember to do is to draw
a line through every ticket but
one, then fix up that one ticket
just as you want it, and you will
not make any mistake in your bal
lot. If you have any doubts at
all ask the clerks at the election
to fill out your ballot. The prin-
cipal thing to do is to remember
to have all the names on one
ticket. Underneath the name of
Shriver will be left a half inch to
write Kirchner'S name on. The
same space will be left on all the
tickets, so erase Shriver's name
and write Kirchner under it and
then do the same with the names
of Dawson and Underwood, Hill,
Martin and the whole State and
county ticket, and you will be do
ing an act you will never regret.
We have no doubt about Kirch-
ner's election. The only place
that Shriver hopes to win at is
in Sistersville, but he will fail
here. There will be no Red |
Ticket votes cast here Tuesday. |
The first illegal voter that puts in
an appearance will go to Jail.
That matter has been arranged
sor, and there will be no foolish
ness nor corruption here Tuesday
leXt. All can vote who are enti-
led, but no one else. We know
# at least one hundred good,
intelligent Republican vo,
ers who will cast a ballot here
or Kirchner Tuesday. It's not
political office, but an office that
needs in it a man who can and
will collect the taxes of the cOun.
y in a kind, gentlemanly and dig
lifed way.
While Kirchner is already as
rood as elected, let's make his ma,
ority so large and overwhelming
y large the Red Ticket gang
will never again attempt to cor
upt politics in this county. Get
nut early Tuesday, vote, and then
york all day long for kirchner,
md we will win.