The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-01-01


a55pates ttl1eirgh happy home: Under the
AIRY q agSWh ich .Bt hank God oleratesss
eligiouss Persecn ton \, they I've III
Esscuri oing cir al as Christian
siitizens::s loving their Ead opted land with
passionates orsiiental fcryor.. and Scontrih::l
lifting SasS they can toWar1 the sneedssofB
sfhoses still 81 1ferin I'M helb believe home
soun try. hey 4 are loyal Ito the core
hope lis land 81 theiirado may
Iosometking to stu he hat Whic;,i
scTimsoned tie and Of eir Dir til. God
gran that their hope be ], Of in vain: sSsSg$
sim p.e story 81 he annals Of lives
tstbuched with sorrows deeper than those;
1nost$of8us in these hap lands haze
lslhpWn: Remembering ourSmerciesSa at
EGhriStmasstime.5l let us no u forget the
VII ich ~ have bilrdened and p7s;
Pressed $sl1 chsasst hese, but apply to them
Hest q sure all tina ssmeantsb BY
s;sgoods vii I ito men: quot fomsthei
good old book J. v hi Fl vas III irsSeveas
sbsforeSi 4 loeca me ours Ext hesesare they
tsssShos came o. 1T great fri bn lation, and
was ga Their bes and mad them
ia the Blood of the Lamb. w
Lamb sMsl ich 81 III the midst Of the
NJ WI be heir she plleTd. and
them gun TO fo,lnt ains Of the
|ssss SofS Cd shall Pc away
there yes
Ta.sgEDGAR JONES'.
DAYS s,W, e: 81 NSEasH 81
niySThreesH ourss.n3sL 9Th IN the Early
Stages OF the World. Sti
hen the eart hs was young saysS$D Dr.
|sBall the emin ent Bri tish astronomer
iisEttsirrnrlesd ongi rapid thatSitE
soneesins
(Sessry thee hours! q he earth vas asys
Republic
spun aIound ssatt.hat f eaIf1l&
MI; sIsalSdssofsSs
The sunas ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS sliSisss
Nh snS surface fthe:g reatliq uid p1anetsss
and last III burst il two Butt eS
I'll III the midi le Of What
had h Been the great, Wift-revolving
globe ofs 4 iquii,d matt was to one
tEside, and the effect was to throw the
small Ter ragment out in to space: That
fragment kept on turning and was soon
kfashionedin a globe.s We see.i ~ today
|sand know it the moon. The larger
piece also kept turning on its axis, and
in; the course Of ages became the spheri-8
Zeal, habita bic cart The smalle ffrag-s
ment of the great orig inal Sglo be, being
3Sheld place by the tractions Ct The
|Slarger, has been going around the earth II,
lever since, but has been grad u 7l Vi IN
|screasin the, d istanceb between itself and
Tits primary. Some astro believe sless
THAT eventually the moongwill get so
far away thar it cannot be- seen by he
Ssinhab itants Of our plane
wRATA B!LLlo N MEANS. 6
IL Il would Take Nearly Ton Thousand
Years to Count It
The llowin remark bic calculat ton
on the length Of time WI ich it would
take aspersont to coun I, 900, 900 600 re- re-
$centlyEappeared in an issue OF! Eng
sIish periodical: " hat S BIZ lion4Ss
re,ply is:very simple .SaI n England ~
sbill ion Is q million times a; mil Lion
!. M 100000, ooo, ooo) }j3 This is quickly
VII tten and quiz ker ST u pro-
Enounced. But no nan sis able 8ss "
co,u,1n Il lou will 60 or 70 ~
Sminu te But letfus SUI hatsyo 'll go
|%up as high as 200 a mi mute hour$a after!
Ishour At that rate you would count
900 IN hour; 2ss, 900 a day, o5.zs
is12o, 600 I'M Let&uss suppose now
that Adam, at the beginning OF his rex. exEs
lSistenrvce, had begun to count, and had con-
stinlued stoS do so and was counting stll u.
Had s,u1jcE thing been possible, %he3
would s. orsyet have finished the task.
of billion 70 count q BIZ;
$lion8would require e person to count 1lt.
600 q minu fora period Of 8, 512:yeaars..
$40 DAYS, S hours and 90 utes, proyid-ss;
liz hes should count con inuousl But:
suppose Sall low the coun terS12 hours
daily forrest, eating and sleeping - Ihens
he would need y days.slo,
hours ana minute in Whichs to con-
4 8plete the task IN;
Tho s,vsi Greedy Crocodile
The moment that young crocodile
hreaks It's shell Sitsi is to al ntents and
purposes as active assi lis e
during its life. viii make straight
for theS,w,,aaterr, even If It be out ofsight
and agood distance Of. and twill purr
sue prey agerness and ag1ilty
3E7uring the first hour Of It's esex1st1i
ence.
AFTER wnatS gres:sS battle was IT. that
4 THE BmenS o. j udah were three days IN
carrying the spells sof their enemies p
After the battle saga;nstEthe RNoabites
ard #Amorite II Chron: s2o: 25 sl5s
CYCLlN FIJI l-AUGHS.
ere, mis- lis avery nice belt y
tor four; liars. lissS El oomers-7Ts' Have
you ihicyc belt for two ??sss
Parse hen was the first bicycle
sid den Churst 81 dun mo. ENhen2s 81
slgParso5n hem Jehoynhg scorched the
t@plains IN Jndea ~
Parlso s.y hat the itferenee be-
tween girl and g bicycle ?e Church GU
son-sY dsg1Te
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