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Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-02-25

The Lenton season commences
today.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-02-25
LOCAL NEWS.

A fine watch for sale a, this office,
cheap
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-02-25
EDISON
Talking Machines.

New, Indestructible Re-
cords, made of celluloid.
Columbia and Victor ma
chimes. 500 Records in
stock.
| repair any kind of Talk.
ing Machine.
f. BUNDY,
Reasonable Priced Jsweler,
Huntington, w. Va
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-02-25

DR.. T. w. Moore,
Practice Limited to the
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat.
Phone l55, Huntington, w. Va.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-02-25

Two Wayne couples secured mar
riage licenses in Catlettsburg. They
are Clabe WelIman and Miss Drusie
Akers; Callahan Smith and Miss
Maud Yates.-Big Sandy News.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-02-25
Only so Cents A Year.
The Sabbath Reading and ADJ
VANCE combined, only
$l.30 year.
SPECIAL OFFER.

SPECIAL OFFER.
The Witness, Sabbath Reading
and ADVANCE combined, only
$50 year.
These three papers combined
afford a liberal home education.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-14

Linen cloth was occasionally used
for writing purposes, but was never
very common. Linen manuscripts have
been found folded in mummy cases,
and the Chinese before the invention of
paper used silk and cotton cloth. The
Romans also wrote upon linen. The
use of this material introduced a change
in the manner of writing. The other
substances were rather engraved than
written upon, an iron point being used
for the purpose.
To write upon linen it was necessary
to have some colored fluid which might
get dry and leave a permanent mark.
The first ink used was probably some
sort of SCOT or lampblack mixed with
size or gum water. and the first instru-
ment answering to our pen was reed.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-14
SPELL TERRAPlN.
There Are Five ways. So You VIII
Hardly Get II Wrong.

There Are Five ways. So You VIII
Hardly Get II Wrong.
1.-THE terrapin enjoys one distinction
that is rather unique" said a man who
keeps his eye skinned for curious
things, land 1t is found precisely In
the fact that there are more ways to
spell the name of this creature Of the
water than any other | have any
knowledge Of. 1t is almost impossible
to spell 1t incorrectly, and this Is some
thing you can say about very few
words In the English language. By
consulting the dictionary we will find
that there are five ways OF spelling the
word, and they are these: Terrapin,
terapin, terrapen. terrapene. turapen.
The preference is given to the first way
Of spelling the word-that Is terrapln-
but If man should happen to write 1t
In some other way he would not be
entirely wrong. There is not much
excuse for spelling this word Incorrect
". Why. q fellow can shut his eyes
and hit the mark almost every time.
He can write it In the dark. The hard
er stunt would be to write 1t Incorrect
ly. And yet 1t happens now and then
that men hit upon the wrong way OF
spelling this very same word. have
known men to spell It tarrypin, but not
in print. But the point | had In mind
was the curious fact that there are so
many correct ways Of spelling the
word, and at this time | cannot recall
the name of a single other creature
similarly circumstance so far as the
dictionary Is concerned."-New Orleans
Times-DemOcrat.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-14

Our ancestors fully recognized the
value of good carving, and many were
the rules by which a carver was ex-
pected to be governed The ancient
"Boke of Keryyng," among other
things, admonishes him to touch venison
only with his knife and to "set never on
fyche, flesch, beeste ner fowle more
than two fingers and thumbe." Fin
gers he was naturally obliged to use
since forks were a luxury of later date
and were not in private use until James
is reign. Piers GavestOn, the favor
tie of Edward H., had three silver
forks for eating pears, but this was re-
garded, no doubt, as a great and spe-
cial luxury
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-14
Spnnish DnnceH.

Spanish dances have a certain resem-
blance to the dances Of the east. In
our country ones idea Of a dance Is
something in which the movement Is
due to the legs. In Japan and in Egypt
the legs have very little to do with the
dance. The exquisite rhythms Of Jap
anese dances are produced by the sub.
tie gesture Of hands. the manipulation
of scarfs, the delicate fluctuations OF
the body. In Arab dances and In the
danse du ventre the legs are more near
~ motionlcss. The legs are only used
to assist In producing the extraordi-
nary movements Of the stomach and
the hips In which so much Of the dance
consists.
1t is a dance in which the body sets
itself to its own rhythm. Spanish
dancing. which no doubt derives Its
eastern color from the Moors, is al
most equally dance Of the whole
body, and It's particular characteristic
the action of the hlps-is due to a
physical popularity Of the Spaniards,
whose spines have a special and unique
curve of their own.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-14
When Women Carved.

In George Is reign it was the bound
en- duty Of the mistress of a country
house to carve for her guests. Ell
quette demanded it Of her, and no one
might relieve her of her arduous task,
not even the master. To the latter was
only assigned the easy labor of passing
the bottle and looking on while each
joint was placed in turn before his wife
or daughter. as the case might be, and
by her rapidly manipulated. Carving
became one OF the branches Of good
feminine education, and there were pro-
fessional carving masters who taught
the young ladies.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu took
lessons in the art three times a week
and Oh her fathers public days made a
practice of having her own dinner an
hour or two beforehand. A guest who
did not receive his portion from his
hostess own fair hands would have
considered himself much aggrieved.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-14
RUSSIAN PEASANTS.
Some of Them Have Queer Ideas
About Fires From Lightning.

About Fires From Lightning.
One Russian village through which
we passed was the embodiment of filth
and squalor. A destructive fire was
raging at one end of 1t, and round this
all the inhabitants were gathered. One
house was already burned down, Sec
ond was one mass of flames, and the
fire was rapidly spreading to a third.
yet not hand was raised to arrest Its
rulnous progress.
"Why on earth don't you put out the
fre?' shouted my companion to one OF
the peasants, who approached me with
a servile and wistful look, as If he ex-
pected an offering Of money. "Have
you DO buckets|
Surely your excellency deigns to
know that it isn't buckets we needP
"Well, 1t isn't strong arms, either. /
fancy. Why don't you go to work"
"Your grace wouldn't have us fly In
the face Of heavenl We've sins enough
on our souls without adding that black
crime to them. Wasn't 1t Gods own
lightning that set Petroff's house on
fire a couple of hours agol And bad
as we are, there's not man in the VII
lage that would raise his hand to undo
Gods holy work"
My friend raised his hand. waved II
despairlngly and we drove on.
ITS mere waste OF time to reason
with them" he said "They would as
soon commit suicide en- masse as put
out fire that God had kindled with
his lightning English Magazine.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-14
A ChnmcIeOn'H Tongue.

The tongue of the chameleon is won
derfully eXtensile and extensible, says
a naturalist By the former word
mean the distance it can be thrown
out of the mouth. By the latter word
its own elongation is inferred. for
am sure there is not space sufficient in
the lower part of the mouth to accom-
modate the eight inch tongue which
can be thrown out unless it is greatly
contracted again. We know that it lies
folded" in the mouth, but it folds into
a very small space, and when | have
held q chameleon's mouth wide open
to try to get a sight Of this remark
able member it lies so compactly in
the loose lower lip that to see it Is next
to impossible.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-14
AN ARCTIC MEAL.
Getting supper For Men and Dogs
on the Polar Ice Sheet.

Dogs were hnhitched and fastened, as
usual, and then each of the Eskimos
climbed over the ice foot with his snow
knife and disappeared behind the para
pet, where the other two were already
cutting snow blocks. l fastened my
dogs, got out their ration of pemmican,
cut it UP and fed them. standing by
with whip in hand to see that there
was no bullying, and that each dog got
his share. Then l unpacked the cooker,
oil can and kitchen box, passing them
I'D the Ice foot as high as could reach.
did not wait for the completion of the
igloo to commence my preparations for
supper, but with a few strokes of the
spade excavated a niche in the snow
bank, put the cooker in out Of the wind,
filled the lamp with oil and the boiler
with ice, placed few snow blocks
around it for still better shelter and
lighted up. BY the time the igloo was
completed | had enough water melted
for our tea, and supper was entirely
ready by the time my men had fed the
dogs, and they lost no time in freeing
their clothing of snow and joining me
In the igloo. Still less time was con-
sumed in putting away the tea and bis
cult and pemmican, and less again in
falling off to dreamless slumber.-COm-
mander Robert L. Peary in Outing.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-14
FAITHFUL DAD.
Here's 10 Youj You've Got Your
Faults, but You're All Right.


We happened in home the other
night and over the parlor door saw the
legend worked in letters of red, what
Is Home Without a MotherY' Across
the room was another brief, God Bless
Our Home!"
Now, what's the matter with "God
Bless Our Dad| He gets up early,
fights the fire. boils an egg, grabs his
dinner pail and wipes off the dew OF
the dawn with lis boots while many
mother is sleeping. He makes the
weekly handout for the butcher, the
grocer, the milkman and baker, and
his little pile is badly worn before he
has been home an hour. He stands of
the bailiff and keeps the rent paid up.
If there Is noise during the night,
dad is kicked in the back and made to
20 downstairs to find the burglar and
kill him. Mother darns the socks, bat
dad bought the socks in the first place
and the needles and the yarn after.
ward. Mother does up the fruit; well,
dad bought it all, and jars and sugar
cost like the mischief.
Dad buys chickens for the Sunday
dinner, carves them himself and draws
the neck from the ruins after every
one else is served. "What is home
without a mother?" Yes, that is all
right, but what is home without ia
Their? Ten chances to one it is board
ing house, father Is under n slab and
the landlady is widow. Dad, here's
to YOU You've got your faults-you
may have lots Of them-but you're all
right, and we will miss you when
you're gone.-Stevens County Reveille.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-14

In former years the sacred camers
journey. with the gifts of the sultan to
the shrine of the prophet which takes
place annually, was made entirely on
foot from ConstantinOple to Mecca.
Modern ingenuity, with its ever ready
desire to deprive the world of the pic
tureSQue and add the machine under
the plea of greater saving of brute
strength, now conveys the camel half
the way by transport, from Scutari to
Beirut.
1t STILL however, makes the solemn
and time honored start from the palace
at Scutari crossing the BOspOrus in
great state amid salvos of cannon and
accompanied by all high officials and
religious dignitaries mounted upon and
guarding numerous mules loaded with
boxes. costly gifts and specie required
on the journey Embroidered saddle
cloths and ostrich plumes adOrn the
animals. and their riders are swathed
in gorgeous robes of yellow, green, blue
and red. When the camel again begins
the land journey at Beirut, it is Joined
by hundreds of pilgrims, and by the
time it eventually arrives at Mecca this
number has swelled to thousands of
the faithful anxious to show their re-
ligious zeal in guarding the treasure
laden animal on its journey among the
hostile Arab tribes.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-14
An Irish RcfriRerafor.

An Irishwoman was looking at refrig-
orators in house furnishing store some
weeks ago. After examining into the
merits and qualities Of number OF
them she purchased the one that the
salesman assured her would keep food
the best. Some days afterward the
woman called and requested them to
take that refrigerator back, as it would
not keep anything better than the
kitchen safe of the cellar. The sales
man mildly suggested that possibly she
had not put enough ice in it to keep the
things cold. Enough ice in it? Why,
are you crazy, mon? don't put any
ice in it. Anything will keep cold If
you put ice in it. | bought the refrig-
orator so that | wouldn't need the Ice"
philadelphia Ledger.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-14
Some Smnrt Ansxxern.

Here are some samples OF what the
British schoolbOy can do when he tries
hard:
John Wesley was 8 great sea cap
tain. He beat the Dutch at Waterloo
and by degrees rose to be Duke Of Wei
lington. He was buried near Nelson
in the Poets corner at Westminster alb
bey."
"The sublime porte is a very fine old
wine"
"The possessive case is the case when
somebody has got yours and won't give
it to you"
"The plural of penny is twopence."
"In the sentence, I saw the goat butt
the man. butt is a conjunction be
cause it shows the connection between
the goat and the man."
Mushrooms always grow In damp
places, and so they look like umbrel-
las"
"The difference between water and
air is that air can be made wetter, but
water cannot"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-14
Trick Candies.

THE trick cigar has its counterpart
in confectionery" said candy manu-
facturer the other day. THE callOw
youth who delights in giving explosive
cigars to his men friends demands
something similar for the candy con-
Stunning sex, and we have to meet the
demand
The possibilities of a cream choco-
late or a piece of nOugat are limited,
but we have a few contrivanceS. We
make of very hard candy an imita-
ton of a tooth with gold crown and
hide it in a cream chocolate. You can
imagine the reSt-a party of women
munching candy, one of them discover
ing something hard and finding gold
crowned tooth loose in her mouth!
similarly we initiate bone collar
button in a hard white candy. hide a
candy shoe button in piece of nougat,
put Il bit of cork in a caramel or I'll, a
candied cherry with red pepper. SO
long as the sanity experts don't weed
out these alleged jokers the candy man
has to put up these trick candies for
them. New York Times.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-14
GOO0 news.

A certain ex-congressman tells a
story about widow In his district who
desired q position In the agricultural
department.
There was no vacancy at that
time" said he, land l was consequent
" compelled to advise my constituent
that could do nothing for her until
later. But she persisted In her efforts
to obtain a position and for two weeks
thereafter met me at every turn. One
morning | had just finished breakfast
when was told by the servant that
she was awaiting me In the reception
hall. SO | assumed as pleasant a de-
meanor as possible, and. entering the
room, said in sympathetic voice:
"'Well my good woman, what
newsT
"'Good news she said; good news,
Mr.. Allen
"'Wcll,' said, I'm glad to hear that.
And what IS the good newsT
"'Oh,' sic said, good news, Mr.. Al
len. good news a woman in the agrf-
cultural department died yesterday"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-14

The most precious Of all stones, ac-
cording to Gem expert is the jade on
account of its rarity. its extraordinary
qualities and the mystery Of its cutting
1t was regarded as sacred stone, and
nobody had a right to possess it except
prince Of imperial blood. Argerius
Clutius, a famous physician in Amster
dam at the time of the renaissance
published a work on the jade, or No
phritic stone. as it was then called, on
account of its action on the renal sys
TEN. At the same period Italian an
thors spoke of the jade as osiada and
discussed its wonderful powers fO
healing sciatica.
The legends surrounding this stone
abound in history. Good specimens Of
jade are extremely rare, and the world
is at a loss to know how the Chinese
managed to cut it, because it is SO eX-
tremely hard that nothing can make an
impression upon it.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-14
IIOneN.

According to Il writer in Health, hon
ey is a valuable medicine and has
many uses 1t is excellent in most
lung and throat affections and is often
used with great benefit in place of cod
liver oil. Occasionally there is a per-
son with whom it does not agree, but
most people can learn to use it with
beneficial results Children who have
natural appetites generally prefer it to
butter. Honey is a laxative and soda
tive, and in diseases of the bladder and
kidneys it is an excellent remedy.
1t has much the same effect as wine
or stimulantS, without their injurious
effects, and is unequaled in mead and
harvest drinks. AS an external appn-
cation it is irritating when clear, but
soothing when diluted. In many places
it is much appreciated as a remedy for
Group and colds. In preserving fruit
the fOrmic acid it contains makes q
better preServative than sugar sirup,
and it is also used in cooking and con-
fections Honey does not injure the
teeth as candies do.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-14

The rate of pulsation depends entire
ly on the movements of the heart, each
beat representing a contraction of the
left ventricle. The normal pulse of the
adult male varies from sixty to eighty
beats in the minute. The range of the
individual variation is, however, very
great. The range in females is even
greater, some having a pulse rate or
over eighty, others less than sixty, the
majority showing higher rate than
males.
In children the rate is more frequent:
At birth. 12S to IA; first year, 12O to
1870; at sixteen years, ninety. In old
age the pulse is usually above seventy
two. but often also between fifty and
sixty The pulse rate is higher in short
than tall persons and also varies some
what with the time of day, Independent
of meals and movement, diminishing in
the forenoon, rising in the afternoon,
sinking during the night and rising In
the morning. Habitual pulse rates be-
low tifty-siX and as low as forty-six
have been observed in healthy adults,
but they are rare exceptions. We know
Of no case on record of a healthy pulse
so low as thirty.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-14
Plants Tint Wear orercoats.

Plants have developed almost as many
lodges for perpetuating their existence
as animals, only we don't so easily rec
Ognize them. Did it ever strike you
that every seed, bulb or tuber is not
merely a reservoir of material for the
plant that is to grow out Of it, but also
a mass of fuel for supplying heat nee
essary to the sprouting seedlet? More
than this. If you look at the early
spring buds and flowers, you will notice
that those which are likely to be ex-
posed to frost, such as catkins or will
low and hazel, are well protected by
thick covering of soft material, a reg
ular plant overcOat.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-14
THE COLORADO APACHE.
As an Accurate Man Tracker He Has
No Equal.

AS trailer the Colorado Apache has
10 equal. He possesses the acute In
stinct of the hound combined with an
accurate sense of vision. A turned
leaf, tieck of gravel cast aside, the
displacement of a'pebble from its bed
all are clear, readable pages.
They ask few if any particulars OF
the man they are to follow. They will,
as they progress on his track, gather
I'D for themselves one by one little
items as to his personality, which are
nearly always verified in the end.
When following a trail over the iron
capped rocks and stony arTOyas of Ari-
IONA, his face is a picture of intense
concentration. Not a syllable ESCAPES
him. His pace varies from no visible
cause. At times he almost runs; then,
with a rapid glance behind, he glides
along slowly and with eyes glued to
the ground possibly for hours. Here
and there may be a few stretches of
sand, but dry sand leaves after the
foOtstep only an indentation, closing
after the pressure, so that to the mex
perienced eye it might have been u
horse or a mule that made it and not a
man. Man Trailing With Human
Bloodhounds" in Outing.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-14

OF rattleSnakes there are at least a
dozen, probably fifteen, different kinds,
all inhabitants Of America exclusive
", where they range from the north
ern United States down to Patagonia.
The common, or banded, rattlesnake
extends from Maine to Texas. Once
generally abundant, it is happily now
rare animal save in the more thinly In
habited districts of the southern and
western states. 1t may attain length
of five feet, with large triangular and
lattened head 1t feeds on rabbits,
rats and squirrels and is for the most
part a slow and sluggish animal, wait
ing quietly till some prey approaches
it. This sluggishness makes 1t the
more dangerous, as it may be stepped
upon unawares. with a most fatal re-
suit. But it never either attacks spon-
taneously or puysues a retreating enc
nv
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-14

Pranche says: Long hair was the
distinguishing characteristic Of the
Teutonic tribes. 1t was mark Of the
highest rank among the Franks. none
of whom but the first nobility and
princes of the blood was permitted to
wear it in flowing ringlets. an express
law commanding the people to cut their
hair close around the middle of the
forehead" And this badge Of servitude
and sign manual of plebeianism in one
century has become the essence of style
and glass of fashion in another, the
freak of one age, the fancy Of another