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Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-01-11

How about kindling fires these
cold fnorningsi On going TO bed
at night. you carefully make a little
mound in the CRATE which is won.
dcrfully suggestive of'mingling ash.
cs with ashes. Occasionally through
the night ns you rest arms" you
hear the splutiering Of the gas a. IL
accommodates and catches fire like
50 many volcauos in miniature, and
you dream that you are in the vol.
canie regions Of the Pacific, the be.
lief being strengthened by the snor.
ing Of the inmate Of the adjoining
room
Five O'clock comes and II you re.
tired early, you become restless (i).
Then you think Of the fire and pity
the poor mortal who has 10 kindle
fires BY this time you have motto
ed that il is wonderfully still and
listen aitentively to catch the first
whisper Of the friendly flames tina,
arc 70 bid you live, bot you hear
them not You pa, out your hand
the room is cold and you are startled
to fad your breath frozen on the
blank cts You listen 30 vain expec.
ancy hoping to hear some sound
that may dispcl the fear that your
best friend has expired. but no
sound comes back from the dead
embers that are ali that is lelt of the
rudy glow that You - carefully con
signed 10 the keeping of fnys the
night before. You spring from your
warm bed wondering whether thc
last ray" Of hope has fled You
step on the cold oil cloth ia front
Of the fire and grasp an
ieicle for o poker and make = pass
az the CRATE. IL is black and cold.
You point your toes through pair
Of frozen pangaioons and your feet
into a pair of "snow.shoes and
look for the match box Confident
that the fays would keep their
trust no kinhng was brought d %
an old newspsper. an oil grocery
crate and perhaps grape bsskei
supply the defcieucY
We have read of the ofdra oi
the ancients ia which ibey were
made 20 wa'4 oa red boz p.ow
shares TO test their Innocence such
a test would be a treat 10 thc man
who has 60 kindle Grcs these mofa
ings. If the ancienis BAD been
tried by ,h ordeal they waad aG
have been f4urd guilty % profanity
az least
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NUMBER II.
KENOvA NEWS.

Reporter.
+. y. Passenger spent last week
ia Cincinnati.
Mr.. FranklPeck has resigned hi-
position as Postmaster a. this
place.
Mrs. Ed. Kelly and son. are Wis.
'ting Mrs. kelly's mother "a Chi
cago
Dr. II r. johnson spent the
holidays at his home IN Rouceyorte.
w. Va.
Mr.. Craft aud wife. of tho y. &W
railroad, have moved 10 Porte
mouth.
W. r Slaughter il back from his
pleasure thip To BIuefsld aud
Roanoke.
Rov Father weminger called on
VIM. Duruey add other friends in
kenova this week.
Mr.. Ovia,t, Of Rochester, n. y.
is viAiting his son--E. Nv. Oyiatt,
the popular grocer.
Miss Sue, daughter Of Mr. and
Mrs. Durucy, left for visit with
relatives At Chicago.
Mr Miser. of Columbus, o.. has
returned home from yisit 20 his
sister, Mrs. A. J. Johnson.
w +. Rapp has returned from
a lengthy visit 90 his parents in
Philadelphia.
Miss Geuie Fissepgor has resum-
ed her studies in Ashland after
spending the holidays at home.
Mr. Caporton Boirne. hook keep
er Of tho ForgusOn spliui Coal Co,
is IN the city.
Miss Slime, Of Philadelphia, Pa,
WAS tho guest of Nr. and Mrs. J..
d. Baugh, during the holidays.
Miss Eola d. Williams Of COW
ingion, Ky, is spending this week
with her brother-R. Ncy Will
iams.
DR.. J. D. Myers, of Huntington,
aud Ms. VIM. Myers, Of Buenayis-
"a, Va. made our little city pleas
ant call last Wednesday.
Mr. 1T. Peck, tho popular su-
periniendcnt Of The Kenosa Asso-
cietioD, returned last week from q
visit 70 his mother in Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. VI. Price and lit
tie daughter, Vera, who have been
Visiting X Ney Williams have ~
turned 70 their home in Roncsverte,
W. Va.
Mr.. Allen Wright, Of Csredo,
has accepted q position of night
clerk at the GlenwOod. Mr
Wright seems st home 10 hiss new
position.
Mr. c. II. Rendrick received a
message Wednesday announcing
the death of his father who diod
suddenly at Washington on Jan. 4.
He vas at The capital on business.
The Circuit Court mested out
speedy. though very leDient jus.
tice 10 the murdegers and attempted
train robbers. Collins and F0fzaY.
The next thing in order will -
petition O. have ihem released ou
the ground 81 iil-healih.
The Christmas 8nterfainmsns
given at The bail. by Soc sunday
School sas a very PHEASANT affair.
Tho exercises consisted q reclfa.
tions and songs by the htsie folks
accompanied by instrumental fnu-
SIC The evenings pisasars was
greatly enhanced by 8 number 81
songs ~ older persons present.
Presents we're distributed srnarE
Chs ebildru. which wers received
with ihe usfsi chii9iike Eiadness
Tic haii was eeil 6lled
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Judge Gofl, has decided the qucs.
ton of interest on the Wayne coun.
~ bonds against the county. Shcr.
ih SPurloek has paid the judgment
amounting TO $1,000.
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The Ceredo Advance.

Hon. James G. Blaine is grad.
ually growing worse. The grcat
statesman's lifo is almost ondod.
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Hon. Joseph s Miller il promi-
nontly mentioned for tha appoint
ment of Commissioner oi Internal
Revenue, which position lac held.
aud ably filed, under Cleveland :
former administration.
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Frank Howard, colored boy
under sentence Of one year in the
peni,ertiary for stealing a pair of
shoes from JOS. Levy's store, made
his escape while engaged in sweep.
ing out the court house at Hunt
ington.
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J. J Archer has resigned as di.
vision passenger agent of the Scioio
Valley and Konova division Of the
Norfolk aad Western, aud the busi.
ness hereafter will be conducted by
w. y. Bcvill, tue general Passen.
ger agent.
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Our state Legislature will assem-.
bile at Caarleston, Wednesday, Ian.
nary nth; the second Wednesday
IN January, rs the law provides
On Tuesday, January z4th, the vote
for United States Senator will be
taken.
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The latest reports concerning
Mr.. Harrison's future plans are
that he will accept a chair in the
law department of Howard Uni
versity. AT any rate he will not
be statesman out of Job.
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VOLUME VIII.
The Ceredo Advance.

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a bill will be Introduced in the
Legislature this winter providing
for the establishment of State re.
form school for girls similar 10 the
present reform school for boys, bot
with the necessary difference ip
the occupations, methods Of train
ing, etc Such an Institution j.
badly needed.
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Doubtless "a many Of us recount
the events Of the past year, recol-
lcctions Of VOWS unkept, opportun-
tiles unimproyed, the many er-
rors aud willful sins come crowd
ing up Will tho dying moments
Of 90 find us tie same2 Begin nov
and live every moment right aud
you will never have anything %
regret
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Though the Sabbath restrained
the wonted merriment of Christ
mas, yet IL was an ideal day 40 far
az the weather was concerned.
There was q cold breeze without +;
just enough 10 make the older ones
enjoy the ruddy glow Of the CRATE
with hn There was snow and ice
and just enough of sunshine 90
tempt the rosy-facod boy. who
made up for lost time when his
opportunity came
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all. How we'll have we learned
them2
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A exchange says IF doctor
makes o mistake be buries &C., II q
merchant makes mistake he new
or tells it, if an editor mades a mis-
take he puts it on a large white
sheet of paper f1r iho wheIe world
20 look az aud ln every communal
ty there are cranks who think
they ere models of wisdom because
they discover these mistakes ard
keep their jaws wagging about
their greatnass f0r astute wisdom
The state herald., 1893-06-30

and knotted 1t, threw the twine-ball
back on the land side to unwindit and
then planting his feet firmly, and
shouting, Catch, there!' to the people
on tho other bank, no threw the base
ball and its hamper of attached twinc.
1t was splendid throwl
The distance across the deep, swirl
ing current was fully two hundred feet.
But the ball rose high and SPAWNED the
stream, falling we'll back on the other
side. 1t was caught by n Longcroft
boy.
EASY nowl Don't break it," shouted
Len. "Haul the rope across!" For
Ned had already tied the Irvine to the
ropes end. One man who professed to
know said 1t was scarcely twenty Sec
| onds from the.time Len ran out on the
lodges before they had the rope across.
Quickly as it was done there was
little time to srarc, for the bateau,
turning and rocking, was now close
down 10 them. They frightened the
line along the surface; and us the ba-
teau touched it, the teacher first, and
then hand ni,er hand of the children,
laid hold and chung to it.
Slowly now aud cautiously, with en-
couraging cries, Len, Ned and dozen
others hauled the batcau diagonally
| up the bank to shore,
Such shout as rose them The en-
tire assemblage of people cheercd, then
gave Len three times three; and in
fact made hero of him on the spot.
1t was while trying to get away from
these good peoplc--for Len was mod
The state herald., 1893-06-30

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The state herald., 1893-06-30

Below half a tniln IN depth the water OF the
ocean Il intensely cola, remaining botll win
ter and summer at point only slightly above
freezing. The contents OF n trawl hauled up
from the floor Of the sea ut the equator will
be found TO include mud and oozc that Is
nearly freezing. All OF the life In the vast
waste OF waters called the Pacific Is either
near the surface or at the bottom. The
nbjssal hshes cannot live except under the
enormous pressure OF water amounting TO
over two tons to the square inch at three
miles down-to which thcy are subjected In
order that they may be able to endure this
the tissues OF their bodies, and even their
bones, are very loose IN texture. Though
solid enough under the conditions To which
they are accustomed they are soft and pulpy
when dragged up 10 the open air. Their
eyes protrude, and sometimes they actually
BURT open.
Such fierce carnivorous fishes as exist In
the depths Of the ocean are unknown at the
surface. There Is the 'black swaliowcr."
which dcyours other 1nny creatures ten
times MS big MS itself, literally climbing over
It, victim, ilrst with one Jaw and then with
the other. Another species Is nearly all
mouth, and. having almost no power Of loco
motion, II lives buried In the soft ooxc at the
bottom, Its head alone protruding ready to
cngulf amy prey that may wander Into It's
caycrnous Jaws. There Ia n ferocious kind OF
shark resembling huge eel. All Of these
abysssl monsters arc black us Ink Some Of
them are perfectly blind while Others have
enormous goggllng eyes. No ray Of sunlight
ever pcrccs the dark unfsthomcd caves In
which they dwell. Zach species Il gobblcd
by the species next bigger, for there IL no
vegetable life 10 feed on. -iHiiadsilhia 1cie.
grdld.
The state herald., 1893-06-30

est youth-thnt he first spied his uncl,
Burbank standing on the sidewalk
looking gravely Mt him.
lie was not nm ELUSIVE man. how
ever, and merely remarked, "Whcr
You are ready 10 90 home tonight
Len, you can ride with me II you want
to-"
Nor did he say much on the way
home nm hour or two later. Len, or
his part, thought that perhaps som,
apology for his apparent disobcdicncc
was due his uncle. As they came In
sight of the farm, he said:
~ was going TO string that corn this
morning, but the twinc ball got" lac
hesitated, not liking to bctray the
boys who had helped him.
mo matter. No matter where II
got. II got In the right place. OK.
claimed burbank.
And Len" he continued with mn
effort, I've been n little hard on ye
about going out TO places, I'm afraid.
Hereafter, whenever you think you
really want n day, come 10 me, and II
II isn't too often | shall let you take
II. | want you always TO feel RICH,
about II, just MS II you were my own
boy, for ,hnts the way mean IL hal
be from now o."
Certainly no more thsn he ought te
have said Yet II was good deal foi
lioratio burbank 10 say. Len knew II.
"well. it's better than II had had II
fuss with him last night, and ru.
away" he thought TO himself al,
is not mn easy man. hut que h,
and l VIII get along NIL right after
this"
That Is the kind OF boy l. n was.
The state herald., 1893-06-30


LET II stay behind cried anothe,
OF the boys, indignantly. 'lie never
lets you have day for any,hing."
Len laughed, u little bitterly I his
time.
Hes regular old tyrant. Lem ex.
claimed John Rcmmlcls, third boy OF
the row outside the gate. "ifmy father
drove me as he docs you. I'd run away.
lie isn't your father. either"
II know he isn't my own father"
replied Len; but guess he would
trent his own boy bout the same IL he
had any,"
"liut what makes you stand it?H
asked John. II wouldn't. You can
yet good places enough where the
folks'll Use you well.
ale Is pretty hard on me; but YOU
know he took me In when was n lit.
tie fellow. he and Aunt Mary" said
Len. somcw hat reluctantly. 1--WE got
to think OF that, you know"
what " he did? That's no reason
why he should drive yon night aud
day, AMI never let yon 20 anywhere
said Horace. you've rlght to the
Fourth OF July. anyway. Every hoy
has. He's no bnsincs, 10 work you ON
independence my,
That's no, LEM" cried Ned Corllss.
Nobody will blame you II you start
straight OF that morning"
''Well. I'll nsk him." sall Len. with,
another Of his short. low laughs. "Eut
] mutt milk" he suddenly exclaimed.
1--WE got 1--WE COWS 10 milk. and It's
after seven o'clock.
Lon hurried back TO his milking. and
the Toys went away.
We've got 10 have Len. o. the
Longcrofts VIII beat rs, sure" sni,l
Ned Corliss.
"well, IN bet he won't get on. 4"
snid Horace.
A few rods along the road they me,
n thick'se,. middlc-ngcd man. sitting
erect In his wagon. driving home to-
ward the farm. In passing he gnyc
the boys keen look In the dusk The
boys knew him. lie wns Ilofn,lo bur
bnnk-th. "hc" Of whom Len and
they had been talking.
~ wsh Len would run away from
him. Rrowlcd Ned. after he had passed
them.
"iiut Len won't" said Horace. Gle
hnsn't got spunk enough.
Len was inillslng when linrbanls re.
sNsH'h FNh VII h'fF'-t Hhi
when he brought In the mill, his uncle
asked him, shortly, how the work had
gone on for the DAY.
1--WE didn't get the potatoes all
bocd. replied the boy, reluctantly.
why. ! thought YOU wonld finish
that piece io'dnyw cried ilurbnnh, im.
patiently
ave worked pretty hard, replied
Lon. ''Iiut that field il wltchgrhsay.
you know. aud wc couldn't finish II by
thirteen rows"
"llumphi" exclaimed his uncle. much
dissatisfied. I'VE must cultivate aud
hoe the sweet corn tomorrow, he
added 'rhc POTATOES Will have TO 90
ill next day,
"fhc next day Ia the Fourth" len
vcntpred 10 mention, "'rhc hired men
VIII bc IN that day nnt-nBd-" he
bcsitatcd ~ little, "thc 1'hornhill boys
nrr going 10 play baseball against the
LonHrroit nine In tile afternoon, AZ the
village. They want me 10 10"
''1jasabnili .llohl Why. Len. Idon't
sss how you can think Of goln' on
The state herald., 1893-06-30


through his fingers, and then called
out:
Len! Len! Iii, Len, Come out here
We want to see you" Evidently the
remark was addressed to some one who
could be heard milking the first noisy
streams into an empty pail. back some
where into the dark, half-open barn
cellar, for the noise of the streaming
milk ceased. Presently n rather tall,
poorly clad boy, whose face was tanned
and whose hands were dark and hard
from work, emerged from the obscur-
ity with milk pail in one hand and II
three-legged milking stool in the other,
"Hullo, boys" he said, with n droll
laugh which had pleasant intona-
ton.
"Say, Len" cried one of the boys,
Horace Atkins, outside the gate,
''we're going to play against the Long
croft nine on the Fourth; and weN e
got 10 beat them this time, sure. They
beat us last fall, you know. We've
challenged them to play down Mt the
village in the afternoon. 1here1l lie
big crowd there. for they are going
to have n celebration. 30 we must &, t
all our Thornhiil boys out, and you
must go to pitch for us"
'Td like TO so, Horace" said Len,
slowly. But I'm not in practice. I
haven't played since last fall"
"0h, we know you, Lem" exclaimed
Ned Corliss, another OF the boys. Not
one OF our fellows can pitch like you. -
BESIDES" continued Len, seeming
not to hear the compliment paid him,
II haven't asked him yet. don't much
think he'll let me go. He's been gone
lately n good deal, and the hocing's
got behind"
The state herald., 1893-06-30


Poss1mphat tho stced fdden BY Holsc
Smith In Washington, and so much celebrated
by poets, 10 described rs arattling good quad.
ruped. He Is blood bay, about fifteen and a
half high, weighs about QUO pounds. has white
and Il yariousiy Called, according to the Ueo,,
gia style. But his speciality Ia walking, and
he gets over the ground at the rate of seven
miles an hour, and is as easy as rocking
chair. lie Is seven or eight years old, cost
probably 500, and could not BIO bought for
81 900 at present. Hls fame rs n walker IL
widely extended In Georgia, and on one oc-
caslon man down there, who thought he had
horse which could walk, brought him to At
lanta 20 walk against the great Possumphat.
but when he Jaw the horse on the street and
watched him "slngle-foot', block or two, he
|, threw up hts hands and took his horse boNo
again with promptncss and dispatch, leaving
Possumphat In victorious possession Of glory
undisturbed.-N York San.
The state herald., 1893-06-30

No other country approaches ourn In
holiday observance OF national events
but even more significant IN the fact
that we have no less than for holt,
days. each OF which h In i,srlf ala.
tinet lesson In national patriotism and
character.
Independence DAY, the ilfth Of OUT
national holidays, around winch NIL
our holidays cluster. has lost none Of
its meaning In the lapse of years n
nowndnys there IA lcsa OF the excited
mud delhousttntlsr Observance which
married. It's celebration twenty iiva OF
fifiy years ago. u II not because the
American people have ouirtown their
Did feeling Of patriotism, but because
. more serious and deep seated corvlc
ton has replaced H. tflt N