Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1889-09-25
CURRENT roPlcs


THEY say tho late storm East has do
stroycd millions OF oysters.
An American system OF police alarm
boxes has been put up in London.
a GEORGIA woman, aged cighty-sevcn.
claims never TO have tasted water.
VELVET Is 10 play an important part
In the new fall and winter bonnetS.
THERE is talk OF erecting statue of
Mrs. Harriet Beechor Stowe in Hartford
Two Egyptian princes, sons of tho
Nhedive, arc being educated at Vienna.
THREE things should ncyer be cut an
oyster. lettuce or considcra,c cred
itor
JAY GouLD has an orchid in his con-
servatory at Irvington that is valued at
s.. 900.
SENATOR EvAwrs, will return homo
from Europe with his cyesight entirely
restored.
AFTER October tho French soldiers
pay will be - ccntimcs day. or little
over cents.
RonERr LINCOLN has mover been
known to refer To any event in his
fathers career.
Dir. a. WoRpES, OF Pctoskcy. Mich,
invention for SIS. 900.
TnE Brown-Scquard elixir OF life is
said to be an old and established remedy
among the Ute Indians.
An English lady has left $50. 900 to bo
devoted to the photographing OF tho
stars, planets and ncbulm.
WHILE examining bunch OF bananas,
a Boston dealer found snake two feet
long concealed under the fruit.
JoHN PRAuGu, aged eighty-four. and
his good wife, aged scvonty-six, arc tho
parents ora rcccntly-born baby.
FIFTEEN OF the twenty-five mayors
who have governed Chicago have been
natives of the State of New York.
TuEopoRE BAKER has harvested $500
bushels OF onions. worth 81 900. on ton
acres OF land near Bridgoton, n. j.
THE prisoners at the Oregon pcniton-
tiary are making brick. They turn out
10000 day, which find quick sales.
NEW YoRK has announced her intcn-
ton OF paving her streets anow, and Is
discussing materials for the purpose.
KARL FALKESsTEIN is the namc of tho
inventor OF a smokelcss powder. Thrco
years ago nc was an unknown chemist In
Vienna.
The Forum says that the wealth OF
the United States Is 800, 900, 600, 900 and
that half Of it is owncd by loss than
25. 900 people.
Men OF science who havo investigated
the subject declare that tho coast OF
New Jersey is sinking at tho rate OF two
feet I'm a century.
CARDINAL MANNING and the Lord
Mayor and Bishop Of London are q o.4orv-
ing OF great praise for their services
in settling the dock laborcrs' strike.
TnE largest scquoia tree has bccn
found in Tulare County, Cal. 1t meas.
ures 1856 feet in circumference at point
above the ground as high as a man could
reach.
WoHK on limo OF horse-cars from
Cairo 20 tho Pyramids is nearly finished,
and an elevator is 10 be constructed TO
take travellers 20 tho tops Of thcsc an
cient piles.
TUE Brotherhood OF Baseball Players
profess TO have a scheme on foot 90 break
away from the League, form an organi-
zation of their own, and TO run tho clubs
themselves.
THE result Of the Brazilian election is
a complete victory for the Liberals and
for the Emperor, who is a Liberal him.
self. lie believes himself the last En-.
peror OF Brazil.
a BILL making IL misdemeanor to
soil, give or In any furnish minors with
cigarettes, has passed both houses Of
the Georgia Legislature. Tho penalty
Is fine or imprisonment, or both.
HAYTI Is 10 have new national flag.
and wants ideas and suggestions. While
this Is our busy day, says the Detroit
Free Press, VIC would suggest two tom
cats hanging over clothes line on a
yaller background.
THK engagement between the adopted
daughter OF G. J.. Huntington and Prince
BatzfcH has been broken off abruptly.
The Prince demanded that his debts
$500, ,OOO-be liquidsted by his prospect
i've father-in-law, which was refused.
FRANK w. HALE, OF Dover. n. r., has
squash tnat weighs one hundred
pounds. 10 IS still growing. and Hale
hopes 80 will double its present weight.
In twenty-eight hours its circumference
increased an inch and threc-quarters.
MEs. HARRISON IS In receipt OF nearly
thirty requests a dag for pieces Of hor
dress and clippings from tho Presidents
nccktics. The requests come from pco.
pie who desire % use the pieces in crazy
quilts or preserve them a. mcmentOcs.
Joaquin MmLEn, who gave 70 tho in
cipient state Of Idaho its name. says
that 10 Is written and spelled improp-
crly. The correct form Is idahhO, With
the accent on the middle syllable Tho
name means the light on the mountains.
TnE late sunset" Cox said a short
time before his death that the ono act
Of his life which he remembered with tho
greatest pride and pleasure. was tho
part he took In SECURING tho establish
ment Of tho Goyernment Life Saving
service.
CAHDrSAL MANvrSO Is = slight. grace.
ful, delicate. gracious dignifed man.
Like all intelligent Englishmen. ho IS
deeply interested In the United States.
and regards this country AZ tho future
home Of the greatest number of English
speaking people.
THE suicide Of a Baltimore man the
other day Is fully explained by the tato-
mont that he was q woman haier. For
years had bis aversion 20 women been
80 great that he would step from the