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Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1899-12-27
FROM AuBBARosTown, ". VA.
treer for Governor-McDoural for
Treasurer.

the cry of ''no prosperity" in the
ranks of the Democratic party, we
are enjoying good times.
Our people have plenty to eat and
wear and enough cash to make a
sweet little jingling noise in the bot
tom of their pockets. Honest work
for honest money is not to be hunt
ed for, but gently bumps up against
all who have any inclination to
work.
Why then the cry, "where has
prosperity tlown?" And what has
the Administration done?"
Will the never-to- be- satisfied sll.
verite, in his roaming up and down
through our beautiful country, let
his wandering gaze fall for a mo-
ment upon the sunny hillside and
the meadows and behold the fat cat
Tie sheep and horses quietly grazing
ana In measured accents telling of
the thrift and prospeity with which
our people are moving on? Will
he dart his restless orbs at the manu-
featuring plants and let his vision
rest for moment upon the twirling
splndles, the groaning of machinery
and the black smoke of industry
and prosperity rising and ever ris.
ing and mingling with the clouds of
heaven, all, all speaking of we'll filled
tables and warmly-clad backs, and
plentifully sufficient portion OF
this worlds goods TO make us com.
Portable and happy.
What people are enjoying 50
much?
What people have more to be
thankful for?
During the present administration
the north and the south have been
restored to one fraternal brother.
hood.
The Mason and Dixon lines have
been obliLeratcd from the face OF
the earth. Never did the United
States behold as great day as that
on which Fitzhugh Lee and zoe
w heeler donned the blue and sailed
forth to fight under the Stars and
Stripes.
Proud and naughty Spain mas
been taught that our flag must be
respected and our people honorcd.
Our present prosperous condition
must be attributed TO Mckinley and
mis- "cIan", (Which it must.) Why, we
can only say that with such wisdom
and prudence at the helm we will
sail smoothly and our proud bark
will know no breakers.
We ire for Mckinley, for Gold
for Expansion, for Freer for Govern
or and for McDougal for Treasurer
What about the coming cam
pdign in W. Va? Why nothing
that need surprise you. Freer will
be Governor Of course. He is the
man; he deserves it and he shall
have it In our way of looking at
Mr.. Freer there is not more intep
rity, honesty, simplicity, wisdom
and business IN any man than there
is in him. Yes, he will be the next
to occupy the gubcrnatorial chair Of
w. Va.
What did you say about the State
Treasury? Ilumph! Tom McDougal
will manage it. Tom is able 20 do
itF OF course he is, and more than
that, he has been a worker in the
party for the Lord knows how long
and has had nothing for his invalu-
able services. Such work as his de
serves our consideration; anyhow
enough TO make him the next Treas
urer-and we'll do it. Now YOU
mark. MARY's LAME.
Dec -, 1899.
For Over Fifty Yeara.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1899-12-27
K6NOVH LOGHLS.
Late Items From Our
Sister City.

new residence yesterday.
w. p. Harris has gone to Good
will, Va, TO spend Christmas.
Postmaster A. @. Holt was in
Ceredo, Wednesday, on business.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. f. c.
Alexander, last Wednesday, fine
boy.
c. j. Mayfield now lives in the
house formerly occupied by 7. J.
Walton.
W. P. Mansfield, of Huntington,
attended X. p. lodge here, Wednes-
day night.
John McVicars left Thursday for
Goodrich, Ontario, where he will
spend the holidays.
Conductor VIM White, who had
his hand mashed recently, is get
ting along nicely.
J. p. Reh leaves tomorrow for
Toledo, Ohio, to spend Christmas
with relatives.
A bouncing boy was born to Mr..
and Mrs. j. G. Surface, Sunday.
Congratulations.
o. G. Jones is at Hunter, where
he Is making out pay rolls for the
Logan Consolidated Coal Co.
G. W. Hogan has moved into
the house that was made vacant
by the removal of Capt j. T. Bra
dy.
Some Of ur people are planning
for watch meeting" at the Il.
K. y. NJ. G. y, the night Of the
3isi.
George Simpson, Joe Mathews
and :. f. Kinder will spend Christ
mas at their respective homes
abroad.
AT the Gospel meeting next Sun
day MIR. Crossen Will be the speak
er. Place, r. r. Y. NJ. c.. A; time,
2:30 p. m.
DIR. Hardwick, of Dickson, and
DIR. l.. ii. York, of Louisa, Ky.,
were DIR. }. +. lork's guests here,
this week.
Mr.. j. w. Dashiell, the accom-.
modating day ticket agent at the
passenger station, was visitor at
Ashland Wednesday night.
w. A. Simonton, former we'll
known engineer on the n. 81 w,
but now of Springfield, o., was in
this section last Wednesday shaking
hands with his many old friends.
Mrs. II. J. Rhodes and sister,
Miss Blanch McCracken, were
guests at the Eagle hostelry,
Wednesday. They were from Ra-
cine Ohio, and were Ell route 10
Glenwood, Mississippi.
VIM. Kelley and sister, Miss
Anna, were called 10 Roanoke, Va,
last Friday on account Of the critical
illness of Mr.. WGyne +. Ferguson.
Mr.. Kelley returned yesterday and
reports Mr.. Ferguson some better.
We return thanks to Mr.. G.. w.
Tucker, proprietor Of the Tucker
Bakery, for some choice bread. rep.
resenting the high class of the "staf
of life" he makes. twas palatable.
nice and much enjoyed.
At a meeting Of the citizens of
this place in mass convention ON the
evening of December 18th, the fol
lowing ticket was nominated to be
voted on Jan. 4th, 1900, at the
Mayors office:
For Mayor-W. =. Slaughter.
For Recorder D. j. Durney.
For Councilmen-F. +. Badplev.
w. {. Payne, A. J.. Peters, James
Hogan and John Kelley, Sr.
The firm Of Williams & Campbell.
druggists, will dissolve partnership in
a few days, or, as soon as they can ar
range some business matters-Mr.
Campbell going out The business
will be continued under the correct
management and ownership Of Mr..
Williams, whom we wish success
Mr.. Campbell goes to his home in
Monroe county TO look after some
farming interests.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-19

its captain was an old acquaintance. He
hunted up the ship and during the course
of a visit to it's skipper learned that there
was an old church bell on board.
The captain had got hold of it on one
of his trips to Spain and had used it for
ballast for his ship. 1t had been with him
for three or four voyages across the ocean,
but he was not unwilling to part with it
for q reasonable sum-. The country merchant
made a conditional arrangement for its pur-
chase and returned to his home. A popular
subscription was started and when the $125
necessary for the purchase of the ben and
its transmission to Ellicottville was raised
the order was sent for its forwarding. But
by this time the old bell was dancing over
the waves on another journey to European
countries and it was not until months after
ward that word came that 1t was awaiting
the order of the purchasers.
1t was raised to its place in the steeple
with great labor, and for nearly thirty years
not only people to divine service,
but was rung regularly every day at 6 a. M,
IL m. and 8 p. m. 1t was also used as a fire
alarm, and on occasions of general rejoicing,
such as the Fourth of July and Washington's
birthday.
The bell was cast during the reign of
Philip V, and for more than a century
hung in a monastery on the outskirts of
Malaga. In 1888 Maria Christina, queen to
Ferdinand VII, grasped the reins of govern
ment on the death of the king in the name
of her daughter. Don Carlos protested and
laid claim to the throne, in accordance with
the Salic law forbidding to females the right
of succession, which Don Carlos claimed
had been illegally abrogated by Ferdinand.
Maria Christina was compelled to espOuse
liberalism in order to secure support. The
Inquisition was abolished, the Jesuits eX-
PEELED and many monasteries and churches
where the priests had been especially OBJ
~noXlous to the liberal party were sacked and
burned in the encounters which followed.
Malaga was the site of a strong, liberal
movement, and the monastery, in which
hung the old Angelus made by Bargas, over
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-19
CONNUBIALITIES.

The extent of the business done by Mil
waukee justices and marrying parsons may
be Imagined from the fact that the practical
certainty of the passage of a license law
by the legislature has induced a lake trans
portation company to consider the advis-
ability of taking off one of the boats used
in its Milwaukee service.
Frank r. Fisher, a travelling salesman for
a clothing company of Utica, N, Y, dlsap-
peared from Waterloo, Ind, on the night II
the 18th, the time appointed for his mar
riage to Miss Jennie Showalter, a we'll
known belle of that city. The couple had
been engaged for some months, and last
evening was the date set for the wedding,
the immediate family only to be present.
Shortly before the time set Fisher called on
the bride and said he would return at the
appointed hour. The bride was then attired
in her wedding gown and the clergyman on
hand to perform the ceremony. But Fisher
failed to show up.
A millionaire clubman, representative OF
an iron manufacturing firm known all over
the country and the owner of one of the
finest country houses in the region just north
OF New York city. took for his wife on the
7th inst the beautiful young woman who had
been the goyerness OF his children. James
w. Quintard, a member OF the family that
founded the Quintard Iron works, and Miss
Hedwig Johannes Ballenberger, formerly OF
Switzerland, were married in the Second
Presbyterian church at Paterson, N. j., by
the Rev. DR.. Charles ID. Shaw. The we'd
ding was a very quiet one. Mr.. Quintard
had been married three times previously.
Sarah Grand, writing to the Gentlewoman
on AT What Age Should Girls Marry? 2"
says: at has come to pass that the modern
girl marries later In life than her prede-
cessor. She feels that there Is no hurry
and takes plenty Of time TO look about her.
The healthy minded would generally prefer
20 marry, but just at what age II is some
what hard to determine. 1t seems to me
that the only possible answer TO the ques-
ton Is also the most obvious, namely, when
she arrives at years OF discretion. This
happens at various ages, according to the
character and capacity OF the girl. Some
girls are sensible women at 10; some are
never sensible women at all. The Amelia
Sedley sort OF girl is a survival OF the
-chattel period, and as she never acquires the
sort of discretion which is a safe conduct
through life IL makes no difference at what
age she marries. She Is the clinglng sort Of
creature who looks about for a man 10 lean
upon and generally finds enc, for men in
theory still prefer her. They sentlmentalize
on the subject in their youth and talk about
the ivy and the oak. When they are
captured, II they do not suffer the fate OF
the oak smothered by the Ivy, but survive
to tel the tale, they still cling TO their
theory; but they spend the leisure hours Of
their middle age at their clubs"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-19

and the customs OF the country forbade him
TO live with his family, but he chung to
Melek Men and the child was with him al
most constantly. When he was with his
army the shah housed Melek in a little hut
close to his own, and when he went upon
his tiger hunts and when he pursued the
arghali into the abrupt rocky heights which
look down on Hadji Tehai, and when he
drove the bears up to the tall submits of
Sehend, whenever 1t was possible he carried
with him the delicate Choa-el-Saltanet.
The palace of the shah, the home OF Choa-
el-Saltanet, is a city in itself, a city COM
posed of palaces which are set in different
parts of a beautiful and vast park. The pa
vilion in the garden Of the orange trees is
furnished with o terrestrial globe, made Of
solid gold. On this globe the oceans. the
continents and the islands are formed by
precious stones. The seas are emeralds and
India is mapped out in amethysts. Africa is
in rubiess, Persia is in turquolses and France
and England are in diamonds. All the names
Of the countries are picked out in brilliantly
cut, many facetted smaller diamonds,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-19
SAND MEN OF CUDDLEDowNrowN

Joe Kerr in Golfers Weekly.
Cuddledowntown is near Cradleville,
Where the sand men pitch their tents:
In DroWsland,
You understand,
In the state of Innocence;
IT'S right by the source of the River of
Life.
Which the Grandma Starks watch over,
While honey-bug bees,
Meath funny-bug trees,
Groom lullabys in sweet clover.
IT'S a wondrous village, this Cuddledown-
For its people are all sleepers;
And never a one,
From dark till dawn,
Has ever a use for peppers,
harness gold butterflies to Sunbeams-
Play horse with them, a-screaming,
While never n mite.
Throughout the night,
Fer dreams that he's dreaming.
In cuddledowntown there are choo-choo
In all of the beautiful streets;
And round bald heads
And curly heads
Are the engineers one meets;
From Piggybacktown to Pa~ttycakeville
The cars run, Kissing, screeching,
While wonderful toys,
For girls and boys,
Can always be had by reaching.
Where little tired legs find rest;
IT'S in Gods hand
IT'S Holy and
Not far from mothers breast,
And many "a weary, grown-up man.,
With sad soul, heavy, aching,
Could he lie down
In this sweet town,
Might keep his heart from breaking
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-19

meters. Excitement is great in all the lit
tie villages near it. The inhabitants had to
fly in all haste, for the fall of the mass
would come sooner or later.
To prop up the descending mountain by
some system of support would appear the
project Of pygmies undertaking the work of
Titans.
Besides, the causes Of the phenomenon
are those which are stronger than we. They
are for the most part the constitution of
the mountain itself and atmospheric condi-
lions; two things which we cannot govern.
Every time that this phenomenon of slid
ing is observed the mountain is composed
Of inclined planes, among which a bed Of
clay is found placed Immediately above the
very hard bed, of granite, perhaps.
Rain filters without any stoppage Just to
the layer Of clay, collects on IL, sofcens it
finally and causes it to lose its adherence
to the granite. So, loosened from its sup
port, the bed Of clay, which would not move
if it were on a horizontal plain, slides, car
ried along by it's W weight because 1t is
on an inclined surface, carrying with it all
the mass of earth that 1t supports.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-19
THE OLD HORN BOOK.
Quaint and Rare Primers Used to Punish Lazy Pupils.


and clearer horn over the printed slip or
the letters were engraved on the silver.
There is one still in existence which was
presented by Queen Elizabeth to a little lord
of her court and it is, of course, very hand
some. The ordinary horn book from which
Tommy Jones and Susan Brown learned
their A., B, C, was really Of horn and cost
but a penny or two pence at most. One OF
these was sold at auction in 1898 for 1925, so
rare have they become. All that could be
gathered for exhibition in 1882 were eight
and they aroused a great deal of interest.
AS late as the beginning Of the nine
teenth century the little children in England
used the horn book, and it is said that their
shape was so convenient that the teacher
sometimes used it upon the head or hand Of
a stupid or lazy pupil. The pilgrim fathers
undoubtedly brought over horn books with
them, for the only one found in this country
is exactly like those made in England. Some
of the wooden horn books were covered on
the back with leather to add to their dura-
bility. Still more elaborate ones had pic
lures under each letter, just like the picture
alphabets i'm our A, b, c books-under A
was an apple, under b a bull, under G a
cat, etc. On one of these there Is a line Of
advice at the top and bottom of the page:
HE that ne'er learns his A, b., C, Forever
will a ~Blockhead be. But he that learns
these letters fair, shall have a coach to take
tho ar"
The most interesting form OF the horn
book undoubtedly was that one made of gin
ger bread. 1t had all the letters on it like
a real horn book, and according to the poet:
To Master John the English maid
A horn book gives of gingerbread;
And that the child may learn the better,
As he can name he eats the letter;
Proceeding thus with vast delight,
lie spells and gnaws from left to right.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-19
SON OF PERsIA's RULER.
French Tutor of Choa-eI-saltanet
TelIs AbOut Him.

Tells About Him.
/ was presented to the little prince OF
Persia the 5th of April, 1851. He was then
just 10 years old. l had been sent for to
teach him French and entered at once upon
my duties. His name Is Melik Men Sovra
Mira, or Melik Men; but it is the custom
in Persia to designate men by their picture
name" given them to describe their pecu-
liar characteristics, and therefore he was
called Choa-el-Saltanet, the Sunbeam of the
World tor the government OF Persia.
The more | learned of his character the
better l liked him. He was a docile, intelll-
gent and gifted pupil and a sincere, affec-
tionate aud faithful friend. The little boy
had a wonderful memory and it was not
long before he talked to me fuently in
French. His memory made it, during the
hrst months, unnecessary for him to study
hard. / grew so fond OF him that 1t wor-
ried me because instead of running about
ana playing like children of his age, he
would sit for hours perched like a bird upon
his cushion, looking far away, often with
tears IN his eyes; then coming suddenly out
OF one OF his dreams, he would run to meet
me and lowering about, ask me a thousand
questions upon philosophical subjects, rea-
sonlng ike a man to support his own broad
views. He lived the usual life CT a young
Persian prince, under the yigilant eye OF
an aged and very careful governor, who
watched critically his every movement.
Mellk Men was habituated from infancy to
the royal state OF a sultan. He had a palace
full of servants. Wallets, cooks and standard
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-19

What is n horn book? Don't be ashamed
to say 81 don't know" for that is pre-
cisely what Mr.. Gladstone said when some
one wrote to him to ask if he had one in
mis- library. There are only a few of them
known to be in existence. the amous British
Museum library has but three and only one
has been found in the whole of the United
States.
A norm book was nothing but a piece Of
wood on which a slip of paper with the
small letters and capitals printed in order
was pasted and then covered with a piece
of transparent horn so that the children
could not spoil or tear the paper while they
were learning their letters. 1t was made
in this way: After the piece OF wood Gus
ually oak) had been cut in the shape of a
square paddle the printed sheet was pasted
on the broad surface; the horn was laid on
top, and over 1t one of the pieces Of thin
narrow brass, through the central part OF
which an iron tack was driven. Then the
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-19

other strips of brass We're tackled on around
the edge, and the horn and brass strips
clipped off even. The child was thus pro-
vided with a strong and durable copy of the
letters from which 1t could learn TO read.
The earliest horn book Of modern times
dates TO the year 1850, but 1t is thought GER
tain that similar devices were used in Rome
and Greece, If not in Egypt. Books were too
expensive IN the early days of printing to
entrust them to the tender mercies of chil-
dren, and so the horn book was invented,
Horn had long been used for window panes,
and its hardness and transparency naturally
suggested its use as a covering OF the paper.
The earliest specimens Of this first primer"
contain, besides the capitals and small let
ters and Arabic numerals. a copy OF the
Lords prayer, which thus formed the
child's first reading lesson.
The nobility Of England and little kings
and queens were not satisfied with SO COM
mon a thing as a horn book, and so theirs
were made with silver backs and had finer
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-19

blew the breath out of their bodies in the
endeavor to obtain the desired size.
The commission must be eXecuted-that
was self-evident; but how?
A great premium was offered to the one
who could solve the problem. Again the
human bellows toiled and pulled. Their OBJ
ject seemed unattainable, when at last a
long -bearded Russian stepped forward and
declared hat he could do it-he had strong
lungs, he would rinse his mouth first with a
little water to refresh them.
He applied his mouth to the pipe and
puffed to such purpose that the vitreous
ball swefled and pulled nearly to the re-
CURED dimensions, up to them, beyond them.
Hold! Hold!' cried the lockers on. you
are doing too much; and how did you do
it all?"
1.-THE matter is simple enough" answered
the long beard, 'but first, where is my pre-
mium?"
And when he had clutched the promised
bounty he explained.
He had retained some of the water in his
mouth, which had passed thence into the
glowing ball and then becoming steam had
rendered him this good service.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-19

Komitat (feast) was rendered him on July
81. The streets of Bonn were gaily deco
rated as the students marched in procession
to the Hotf Kley, where a great feast was
spread. The prince made a speech in which
he said: ~ am very sorry that l must leave
your jolly ranks so soon. You have re-
ceived me in the student corps and in the
corps of Bonn ! have learned to understand
the ruling spirit, both at the kneipe drink
ing bouts) and in the fencing hall. 1t is a
good, German, courageous spirit, to which I
hope to remain true to the very end"
In 1891 the emperor presided at a feast
rendered him on a visit to Bonn, by the stu
dents OF the university, and on that oc-
casion he said: at is my firm conviction
that every young man who enters a stu
dent corps receives a powerful life impulse
from the spirit which prevails there. 1t is
the very best training that a young man can
get for his future life. Whoever attacks
the German corps does not understand its
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-19

aims. l hope that so long as there are Ger
man student corps the spirit which is
aroused in the corps, increased by courage
and strength, will continue, telling In good
hard blows. Our duels are not generally
understood, But that should not drive us
astray. We who have belonged to the stu
dent corps, we know better, As in the mid
die ages, human strength and courage were
increased by the turner's, so now by the
spirit and communal life OF the corps the
quality Of steadfastness will be raised to q
higher degre to be OF the greatest value in
the after life"
So William II OF Germany has a pretty
lofty idea OF the value OF the German stu
dent life.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-19
WILLIAM AS A COLLEGE, hoy.
How the Kaiser Conducted Himself
while Mt school,

The present kaiser attended the University
of Bonn. remaining there for four terms.
from 1877 to 1879. lie Joined the society
called "Borussia" and was an active mem
Der Of this corps, like his father Frederick
before him, Naturally there was some dis
position to show him some consideration, but
German student corps are most democratic
institutions and Prince Wilhelm insisted
upon being treated just like the others. He
took part in the fencing bouts, giving and
taking hard blows, but there is no record
OF his having been wounded. Perhaps the
fact that one arm is shrunken prevented him
from entering any real fight with swords,
aside from the fact that no one would have
dared to challenge the heir-apparent to the
throne.
That he was very popular appears from the
fact that when he left the university at the
end Of the summer term of 1879. a solemn
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-19
HISTORIC SPANISH BELL.
Rung in Honor of American yictO-
ries Over Spain.

In the picturesque tower of st. Johns
Protestant Episcopal church in Ellicottville.
N. Y, there hangs a particularly pleasing
and sweet-toned bell, which every Sunday
and on church days and holidays calls the
congregation together for worship and which
during our late war rang out the announce
foes.
Its history dates back to about 1897. when
the church was nearing completion. At
that time one OF the residents of Ellicott-
Vile visited New York and while there he
was Informed that a Yankee ship, lately
from Spain, had arrived in port and that