Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1892-01-06
CURRENT TOPICS.


poll-tax as n prerequisite for voting
q NATURALIST says that of all ami
mails the horse has the acrtest sense of
hearing.
In Austria women are employed as
hod-carriers and are paid at the rate of
twenty-five cents n day.
Four pounds of gold have been col
lected from the SCOT of the chimney of
the royal mint in Berlin.
A PENNSYLVANIA has gone into the
business of raising Angora cats, and
charges SIS for one kitten.
THE greatest plague ever known Wis
tied Naples in 1856 and carried off $780,
600 people in twenty-eight weeks
The steel rail mills of this country
have now orders on their books for S2O,-
600. 600 of rails, deliverable this year.
Mrs. ELIZABETH BERGMAN, "a resident
of Plainteld, n. J., is descendant of
Rubens. the great painter, it is stated
THE Irish parliament existed for over
500 years 1t was extinguished in 1901
at the time of the union with Great
Britain
AN old continental hat worn in 1877
is the treasured relic of Coatesville
pa gentleman. The hat belonged to
his uncle.
AN Albany young man is under ar
rest for attempting TO steal n diamond
ring from jeweler to give TO his girl
for Christmas.
CoSFLAGRArIoNs for the fire insur-
ance companies and grip epidemics for
the life insurance companies are eating
into insurance profits.
AFTER Seattle man had spent S., 900
and Travelled extensively for ter months
to recover his voice. it came back to
him without costing cent n few days
ago
a Norm CAROLINA man claims to
have been married twice, and that he is
the father of % children. and although
but So years old has great -grandchil-
dren.
TIE curious news comes from Bonn
bay that an epidemic of cholera has
broken out among shoals of sharks,
those terrible monsters that infest the
Indian ocean.
A MEMBER of n New York china firm
says the very latest fad in New York
society is for all OF girls intimates to
send her teacups on the announcement
OF her engagement.
WASHINGTON is still the haven of
honeymoon tourists, and it is also
great town for weddings, the percent
age of marriages there being greater
than in other cities of its size
CAPT. y. ID. GIDDINGs, who went
West, grew up with Nebraska and be-
came her first congressman. has re-
bounded a little. He is now a Justice
OF the peace at Savannah. Mo.
LAWYERS still rrado-n;ra.o =; -
gress, as probably they always will.
There are 212 members of the present
session who have ut one time or another
prncticed law. while 80 are farmers.
ENTERPRIsING newspapers are ex-
ceeding the proprieties in trying TO get
up yellow fever scare. The grip and
other prevailing winter diseases are
amply sufficient for the present time.
The new edition OF the Bible which
Prof Paul Haupt. of Johns Hopkins.
has undertaken will have among it,
editors several Jewish scholars, two o.
them Ialmudists said to be of the first
rank.
The Australian ballot system. which
was introduced in the United States
tive years ago has been adopted in
thirty-three states of the union, eirh
teen of which fell into line during the
past year.
SENATOR WALTHALI- of Mississippi.
does not 60 TO roost with the chickens
exactly, but he retires ut Q o'clock, and
as he awakens and sips his matutinal
coffee at e. it is question whether he
or the lark is up first
CHRISTINE Nu.ssoN's husband. the
Count De la Miranda, has been appoint
ed Spanish minister TO Stockholm. and
the peasant singer of former DAYS will
return to her native home with the
rank of embassadress.
YOUNG Boston business man. who
now commands salary OF So. 600. went
through Harvard on $500 year He
says Harvard is the poor as well as the
rich mans college, and that he did not
find it difficult TO live on 81 a week
MONTHLY periodical OF New York
city announces that IL is ready TO sun
oily the public with literary pabulum.
secular or religious. by the pound " II
says: I'VE will send FIVE pounds of
reading matter prepaid for one dol.
lnr"
THH splendid mansion in Paris. which
Mrs. Mackay has owned for some years.
Is TO be offered for sale at auction. the
upset price being $4,000 Its front
--.1dows and a portion OF its court com
snsnd a noble view OF the Arc de Tri-
omphe.
Ar "a recent fair in Chicago. given by
the First regiment, there was lively
voting on the disposition Of doll three
feet high and beautifully dressed
Baby Mckee received .2g2 votes
and Ruth Cleveland 1OOs The doll
was therefore sent 90 the White House.
JcsErn JEFFERSON son Charles. IT,
stead Of going on the stage. has pre-.
ferrcd 90 act as business manager for
dramatic companies lie is conducting
two or three INJURIES % this sort be-.
sides looking after his fathers affairs
THERE are sixteen species 81 tress in
The United States. out OF the whole
rumter 81 Bl3 which grow within the
limits 81 our rcsourccful country that.
when perfectly seasoned. will sink in
water. Black iron wood. which grows
only in Florida, Is the heaviest wood
j. Is more than 30 per cent heavier than
water Othes heavy woods are tho Iig.
mum Vifn tho Fuaugrove aud eor,. -.