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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-12-18

Bohemia. II Is Just at twilight that
the tinkling of silver bells announces
the coming of the Christ Child to the
watching children of Bohemia Every
door and window Is then thrown wide
open, and as the white chariot is
whirled swiftly through the air the
Christ Child throws his gifts into the
hands of the children thronging doors
and windows in eager expectation of
his visit.
The Bambino is the Christ Child of
Italy, and the Italian children are all
taken to church on Christmas morn
ing to worship the Bambino before
receiving his gifts. After mass has
been said a sacred image of the Bam-
bino is held by the priest for each
child to kiss, and after this ceremony
Is ended the Bambino comes among
the children and distributes his gifts.
In Spain, where Christmas comes with
roses and sunshine instead of ice and
snow, the children hide their shoes
and slippers among the blossoming
trees and bushes on Christmas Eve,
and find them filled with fruit, sugar
plums and toys on Christmas morn
ing.
In Sweden and Denmark the great
est mystery and the gayest sort of
merrymaking accompanies the gift
making. The Christmas box is
wrapped in numberless papers, de-
signed to conceal its shape and size
as completely as possible, and the
name and addisSs of the recipient is
clearly marked upon it; then the box
Is Entrusted to some Enthusiastically dis
guised messenger, who rushes to the
house, gives a resounding rap on door
or window, and as it is opened filings
the box in and swiftly disappears. IL
by any chance door or window is
open when the messenger arrives, SO
much the better; for then, without
any preliminary warning. the box is
tossed into the house apparently by
unseen hands. The streets are
thronged on Christmas Eve with a
motley crowd. Dwarfs and giants,
angels and devils, fairies and gnomes,
beggars and princes, cripples on
crutches, cavaliers on horseback, rush
helterskelter. pellmell, jostling one
another. joking and laughing, each
one bent upon delivering his Christ
mas box in the most mysterious man
ner possible. A very pretty custom
is taught the children of these North
ern countries which it would be well |
for you little ones to remember-that |
is the old one of feeding all birds and |
animals at this great holiday time. |
The children hang sheaves of wheat |
on the fence and caves of the building |
that the birds Of the air may share
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-12-18
Discovery at Mammoth Cave.

Every one has heard of the Mann
moth Cave OF Kentucky, but few
probably are aware that its discovery
was due to the search for suitable
earth for the manufacture of salt
petre. The anxiety to find saltpetre
earth was due to the embargo bill
passed by Congress in 1907, which
forbade American vessels to sell for
Europe and foreign vessels to land
cargoes in America
The Americans needed gunpowder,
and to make it they required salt
petre. They had been getting it from
Spain and Italy, but the embargo bill
stopped that, and there was no Amer
lean supply of the substance. A row.
ing chemist, named Samuel Brown,
had shown how saltpetre, or potas-
SUM nitrate, could be obtained from
cave earth. And so the quest for
caves was begun, and assiduously con-
tinued.
When the Mammoth Cave was
found, every port of the great cavern
was searched for cave earth. From
pit, by-ways and avenues slaves car
ried out the heavy loads of petre
earth. Many thousands of tons were
treated, and the rude chemistry of
day produced something like 100000
pounds of saltpetre within two years.
Kansas City Journal.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-12-18

is very early the next morning that
the little ones unlock the doors and
rush in the room. Such scene OF
confusion reigns! 1t looks, indeed,
as If the white horses had been there,
for the furniture has all been turned
topsy turvy, and every bit of food is
gone from the little shoes. They are
filled instead with toys and sweet
meats and gingerbread st. Nicholases.
These images of st. Nicholas, made OF
gingerbread, are a very important
part of the day. No feast is complete
without one, and no home too humble
to secure at least one. They come in
all sizes and in all degrees, from tiny
ones a couple of inches high, without
any ornaments whatever, to the very
large ones, three or four feet high,
richly ornamented with colored icings
and fruits and deliberately trimmed
with tinsel and gold and silver paper.
The white horses of st. Nicholas
change drivers between st. Nicholas
Day and Christmas, for on Christmas
Eve they bear the Christ Child into
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-12-18
SprinofjeId's Old Bell.

A group of citizens called on Mayor
Sanderson In his Office yesterday
morning and presented to his atten
ton a plan that they had formulated
for the preservation of the old City
Hall bell for use in the new municipal
building.
The old bell tolled the hours to
downtown Springfield for many years,
announced unusual catastrophes and
spread the alarm of fires from the
tower down from which 1t crashed dur.
ing the burning of the old City Hail.
When it was cooled enough to permit
its being dragged from the debris and
examined 1t was found that the bell
was intact excepting the top part, up
on which the hanger and tongue had
been attached. This part was broken
OF, and so the old bell has remained
ever since. posed on low pedestal in
the present municipal building. With a
great hole yawning In its top.-Spring-
Aeld Republican.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-12-18
RABBITS ARE HARD FIGHTERS.
The Charge Of cowardice a Slander
Defeat of a Ferret.

Tell a man that he hasn't the pluck
OF a rabbit and If he doesn't dis
prove 1t by hitting you he Is certain
at any rate to be extremely annoyed.
Yet the taunt is libel on the rab-
bit. A doe rabbit will fight like fury
in defence Of her young. She will
charge like a battering ram and use
those long sharp incisors Of hers to
capital purpose.
An old buck rabbit is not to be
lightly tackled by weasel, stoat or
even ferret On the sanded floor OF
small public house near Chestnut
a ferret of long experience was
matched with an old lopeared buck,
the property Of the landlord.
The ferret made straight for the
rabbits throat, but the latter was
In the air before master ferret could
reach him, and leaping clean over
the ferret's head let out with those
powerful hind legs of his kick which
hurled the ferret bodily against the
wainscot. Twice the ferret returned
20 the attack and twice he missed his
grip and went hurting through the
air.
The third repulse was enough for
him. He knew he was beaten and
could not be persuaded to stand up
.or a fourth round.-Pearson's Week
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-12-18

them their Christmas presents. Then
the gruff old man, grumbling and
scowling, finally consents to do so,
and the gifts are taken from the
earthen pot and distributed by the
Christ Child.
The Christ Child is very generous,
for he Is not often content with giving
the children their gifts In this way,
he must have a Christmas tree as
well. The Christmas tree is lighted
on Christmas Eve, so that the little
German children have a pretty long
Christmas, starting in with the
Christmas Eve tree, and celebrating
all through Christmas Day with feast
Ing and lavish gift-making. In Hol-
land the children do not hang up their
stockings, but put their little wooden
shoes side by side, in straight rows
by the Preside, sure that the good old
saint will fill them with goodies be-
fore morning. In Belgium st. Mich
Olas is the patron saint Of the young
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-12-18
LITTLE OLD NEW YORK.
Larger Population Than Sixteen Off
ferent States and Territories.

Larger Population Than Sixteen Dit
ferent States and Territories.
Some one who Is apt at figures has
shown that New York city today Is
larger in population than sixteen diff
ferent States and Territories, and
further that within a radius of TWEEN
ty miles are living over 100000
people.
The improved methods Of trans
portation, which are fast widening
the limits of New York's business
energy, will soon embrace radius OF
fifty miles, within which are located
1884 different towns and cities whose
total population, with that OF Greater
New York, is equal to fully one-fifth
of the population Of the United
States.
When it is realized that the perma'
nent increase in population OF New
York last year was about 100000, a
city the size of Cleveland, Ohio,
some idea of the tremendous growth
Of the city can be appreciated. One
Of the assurances Of continued and
permanent growth Is to be found In
the $4,000 marriages that take place
every year.
Besides this permanent Increase
New York Is entertaining an average
of over 10000 transient visitors ev-
cry day, and at some seasons, when
the hotel accommodations are taxed
to their utmost, fully 100000 people
are chronicled In their home papers
as spending a few days in New
York on pleasure and business
National Magazine.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-12-18
Improved Methods Insure Cheaper
Goods.

For hundreds of years mankind
used the same style and size of razor
and had no thought that 1t could be
improved until some genius evolved
the safety razor. That genius reaped
the benefit of his inventive talent by
charging from So to IS for each i'm
plement, people being glad to buy at
those figures. Now comes another
inventor who has made possible a
still better safety razor, and for only
twenty-five cents. That sum In post
age stamps sent to the Book Publish
ing House, 1874 Leonard street, New
York, will secure razor postpaid by
return mail. This low price Is only
made possible by the invention OF
scientific machinery which produces
wonderful results at small cost.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-12-18
A MODEL WIFE.

Chloe Is the best of wives
Just a fault or two may be;
But so many sweets she hives,
Scarce a fault I e'er can see.
Worries long have ceased to throng-
Not a figurative gnat-
How could any linger long?
Chloe loves me-think Of that!
Chloe. always goes my way.
LIES so very smooth indeed
Oft l find my wit astray;
must ask her what l need.
Quickly then the thing Is done.
Chosen auto. house, or fat;
All, my rules a perfect one;
And she loves me-think Of thatI
Chloe says / am so kind
That Z would truly be a sin
If she did not always mind
Each behest ere l begin
Says that she can always guess
All my wishes-says IL pat
Obedience brings happiness,
Chloe says-now think OF that!
Samuel Minturn Peck, In the Boston
Transcript.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-12-18
INvALID's SAD PLIGHT.
After Inflammatory Rheumatism,
Hair Came Out, Skin Peeled, and
Bed Sores Developed - Only
Cuticura Proved Successful.

About four years ago had very Sc
we're attack of infammatory rheumatism.
My skin peeled. and the high fever played
havoc with my hair, which came out in
punches. / also had three large bed sores
on my. back. did not gain very rapidly,
and my appetite was very poor. l tried
many sure cures but they were of little
help, and until l tried Cuticura Resolvent
had had no real relief. Then my COM
plexion cleared and soon felt better. The
bed sores went very soon after few appli-
cations Of Cuticura Ointment, and when ]
used Cuticura Soap and Ointment for my
hair, it began to regain its former glossy
appearance. Mrs. Lavina j. Henderson,
1873 Broad St., Stamford, Conn, March Q
and Il, 1907"
Our leading physician recommends Cuti-
oura for eczema. Mrs. Alg Cockburn,
Shiloh. o.. June IL. 1907"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-12-18
Mix For rheumatism.

The following is a never failing
remedy for rheumatism, and If fol-
lowed up it will effect complete cure
of the very worst cases: MIX half
pint of good whiskey with one ounce
Of Toris Compound and add one ounce
syrup of Sarsaparilla Compound
Take in tablespoonful doses before
each meal and at bedtime" The in
gradients can be procured at any drug
store and easily mixed at home.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-12-18

as = .'ocket for the thimble or thread.
A rosette of red satin ribbon is placed
on the top of the cap to initiate the
bow on a slipper. The heels of the
two slippers should be Joined at the
back and finished with a ribbon, by
which the slipper is hung up. The
edges should be bound with white
silk cord, and inside there should be
three pieces of white flannel for the
needles.
Handkerchief Bag. tBy Olive
Atkins, Berkshire, New York. Take
two large, fancy handkerchiefs and
cut circle in one about as big as
a small saucer. . Lay the handker-
chiefs one on top of the other. and
stitch them together on the borders
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-12-18
rs chg1stn1es lgRg Ago1E,

While from the little trundle-beds their
merry voices hum,
AS eagerly they wonder. Just when Santa
Claus will come.
UJOV BUSY were our mothers then
III from morn until they slept,
And from the quaint old kitchen spicy
odors upward crept
From shelves all grooming meath the
pies of pumpkin and of mince-
Such appetizing goodies have i never
tasted since.
~ EAR FACES that | see tonight
~ have gone beyond the skies,
For them the joyous Christmas Day now
dawns in Paradise.
But they seem to hover near me in the
frelight's ftful glow,
Sweet spirits of the Christmas-time, dear
Christmas long ago.
katherine L. Daimler, in Leslie's.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-12-18

contain the ink we'll Saw off the
bottom so that 1t will stand firm, and
attach the cover by means of brass
hinge. Draw a design and color and
varnish the whole. On the top out
line a monogram by little brass nails
driven close together.
A Slipper Needle Book. (By Hazel
Hope, Jonesboro,, Georgia. THE two
soles should be cut out of cardboard
padded with cotton and covered with
pretty velvet or wooden. A cap of
the velvet should be sewed on the
end of one Of the soles, and serves
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-12-18

THE SNOWFLAKES on the sleeping
i earth their downy mantle hIng,
" lille changing through the frosty air the
Christmas joy-bells ring:
Ii is the hour of eventide-the glowing
fire burns low,
And in It's depths fair pictures CLEAN OF
Christmas long ago.
r SEE THE little cottage nestled close
i behind the hill;
TO us it was a refuge sweet from every
earthly i'll.
The blazing logs upon the hearth give
forth a ruddy sheen
To tinge the frosted panes bedecked with
wreaths of evergreen.
T SEE THE little stockings hung beside
i the ingle nook;
see the childish faces-oh, how gay and
bright they look!
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-12-18

-HE Santa Claus who visits
American children dons many
a quaint and curious guise In
making his annual visits In
other lands. He even changes his
name and sometimes goes as two diff
ferent persons to the same house. In
Germany, for instance, we find the
good children waiting in joyous ex-
pectation for the coming Of the be-
loved Christ Child" while the
naughty ones are waiting In fear and
dread for "Knecht Rupert" But
even at his very sternest the dear old
saint can not long g-ieve the heart Of
any child, for after tKnecht Rupert.
hearing an old belI with which he
announces his coming. and an earthen
pot, holding the presents. has ques-
toned the children very sharply,
threatening severe punishments for
all the mischief of the past year, the
blessed Christ Child appears, and lay
ing his hands on the heads of the
little ones, begs Knecht Rupert to
forgive them just once more, and give
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-12-18
Separated.

"A regiment of soldiers were re
Gently drawn up one Sunday for
church parade, but the church was
being repaired and could only hold
half of them.
"Sergeant-major," shouted the
colonel, tell all the men who don't
want to go to church to fall out
on the reverse flank"
OF course, large number quickly
and gladly availed themselves of the
privilege.
"Now, sergeant-major." said tn
colonel, dismiss all the men VIII
did not fall out and march the Others
to church-they need It most"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-12-18
Beware OF Ointments For Catarrh Thai
Contain Mercury,

Contain Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the sense OF
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
surfa,es. Such articles should new be used
except on Prescriptions from repu able ply
Sicians, as the damage tn y will do is ten fold
SO the good you can possibly derive from
shem. HALLS Catarrh Cure, manufactured
~ +. J. Cheney q Co., Toledo, o., contains
70 m rcury, and is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
OF the system. In buying Hall Cure
be sure you get the gen uine. 1t is AIKEN in
ternally and made in Toledo, Ohio, by f.
j. Cheney 4 Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists; price Use per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-12-18

and brier stitch them across the cor
ners. Cover a wooden embroidery
hoop with ribbon, and attach it to the
circle cut in the top handkerchief.
Suspend by ribbon sewed on oppo-
site sides of the hoop, and finish with
bows of ribbon.-Woman's Home
Companion.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-12-18
HIGH HEADS.

PAtience-"That grocer of ours is
asking thirty cents apiece for cab
bages. Isn't that rather ridiculous?"
Patrice-"Well that family always
did hold their heads high. "-Yonkers
Statesman.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-12-18

foiks' and as his death is supposed
TO have occurred on the 9Th of De-
cember, about the middle of the sixth
century, it is on December 6 that ST.
Nicholas Day is celebrated. This day
corresponds with our Christmas. but
the children prepare for the gifts very
oifferently from our children.
81 Nicholas makes his yearly trip
through Belgium in a white chariot
drawn by four white horses, and the
children, after polishing their little
wooden shoes very brightly on Christ
mas Eve. fill them with hay, oats and
carrots for the good saints white
horses. The shoes are then placed
either on a table or before the fire.
place and the doors of the room are
closely locked. You may be sure Il
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-12-18
THE REMNANTS.

Reginald-~Uncle died In Europe
last week, and they are bringing his
remains home on the steamer"
Mariorie-"You mean remnants. y
Life
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-12-18
NOT QUITE so CRAZY.

Mrs. Henpeck Ito her husband) =
What would you do II / were to
die?"
Henpeck-"It would drive me
crazy"
Mrs. Would you marry
again."
Henpeck-"I don't think I woulS
be as crazy as that. Pioneer Press.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-12-18
THE GRUMBLER.

Il see they are to have hookless
waist" said his wife.
And just as I had got to be an
expert in hooking them" he growled,
being natural kicker.-Philadelph
Led ger
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-12-18

THE POISON AND THE ANTIDoTE.
Agent (hailing newly arrived
steamer)-"What have you got for
u.s."
Captain-"There's three hundred
cases o. gin. And there's a couple o.
missionaries! Punch.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-12-18

When man imploringly heads off
your hospitality, my sister, it doesn't
necessarily indicate that he is too
aesthetic to eat or drink. He may be
an epicure.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-12-18
Piles Cured I'm q to II Dnys.

Psro Ointment Is guaranteed TO cure any
ca.eof Itching. Blind, Bleeding or Prot rudina
Piles in 9 TO u days or money refunded. Soc
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-12-18

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infamma-
ton, allays pain. cures wind collie. 25c bottle.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-12-18

Itch cured in 80 minutes by Woolford's
Sanitary Lotion Never fails. AT druggists
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-12-18

The cleverest girl is she who ar
ranges her pompadour over a bump
Of old fashioned horse sense.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-12-18

The voice a man has been known to
carry three miles through a twenty.
foot trumpet. -
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-12-18
Only One "Bromo OuinIne"

That is Laxative Bromo Quinine. Look
World over TO Cure Cold in One Day. Csc.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-12-18

Allah, she was silent woman
and i trembled before her.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-25
SOCIETY LEADER WEDS
EXPRESS WAGON DRIVER
Both We're Divorced Recently-Wo-
man Wealthy and Popular.

Chicago. June 25-Mrs. Oda Weis
Sevbert. daughter of Ferdinand Weis,
president of the Des Mones Iron
company, and one of the wealthiest
ment in the city, took her 1S-year-old
son to st. Joseph, Mo, Saturday and
there became the wife of Hosea Ad-
rian Lytle, an express wagon driver,
says Des Moines, Iowa, special to
the Tribune.
Mrs Seybert has occupied a lead
ing place in the social circle of Des
Moines and Council Bluffs, where her
former husband, DR.. William Seybert,
is still living. She is a handsome and
accomplished woman.
Lytle's wife was granted a divorce
from him last week on the grounds
of desertion. She is working in a
laundry to support herself and child
while Lytle and his new wife have
rented a beautiful cottage near the
luxurious Weis home. Under the
Iowa law, a divorced person can not
remarry within year, and for this
reason Mrs. Seybert and her husband
found 1t necessary to go to Missouri
to we'd.
It is said that her father seriously
opposed the match. Lytle appeared
at the weis home few days after his
wife's divorce was granted None OF
the neighbors knew him, and though
neighborly interest took many to
the Weis home, the stranger was not
presented, and all efforts to learn his
name or relationship were in vain un-
til the party went to. st. Joseph, where
the marriage license was granted and
the bridegroom's name became
known.
It is rumored today that Lytle's for
mer wife is planning to file charges
against him for violating the divorce
law and remarrying within year
but tonight she refused to affirm this
"I do not know what shall do
she said. II did not know my hus-
band was married, although I was