Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-10-04
CURRENT TOPICS.

INFANTRY tactics were originated by
the Athenians-
A NEW YORK Stock EXCHANGE seat
sold recently for ST, oOO
THERE are 242 life-saving stations on
the coasts of this country
The latest ocean steamship sugges-
tion is a submarine trolley.
ABOUT one-fifth of the whole number
Of Gotham's criminals are women.
THE unicyle is expected by the inven-
tor to go mile in twenty seconds.
THE earliest record OF cavalry is on
the Assyrisn monuments, about 1000
ARs- Ulysses s GRANTS memoirs
viii not DO published during the au-
thor's life.
TIE Harpers are said to have on hand
moro than ESQ. 600 worth of accepted
manuscripts
Two-rHIRDs of the gold now in use in
the world was discovered during the
last afty years
The formation in European armies is
the twO-rank line introduced about
seventy years ago.
RECRUITS from the Chinese army are
not accepted unless they can jump a
ditch six feet wide.
ACCORDING TO the English census
there are &c, 226 Americans living in
England and Wales
PSALM book. printed in 1899, is In
the possession of NJ w. French, of
Union county, Mich.
The United States has lower per
eentage of blind people than any other
country in the world.
The children of the Aitutaki island
ers are born with the left leg an inch
shorter than the right
WOMEN voted for the first time in
New Haven, Ct, the other day at the
annual school elections
II the army of Alexander the order
was so close that the soldiers in the in
terror files could not turn.
AT the close of the Napoleonic wars
the English field artillery was con-
sidered the best in the world.
A TROUT with golden scales is re-
ported to have appeared in the streams
of Mt Whitney in California
The largest tomb in the world is the
pyramid of Cheops, 461 feet high and
covering thirteen acres of ground.
W II. HUDsoS, of Stevensville, Mich,
cleared $4,000 from his blackberries
this year. He has 100 acres of fruit
THE French government proposes to
impose fines upon railway companies
for trains that run behind schedule
time.
THE name ''milliner" really means
'Milaner," the first hat trimmers in
England having beer ladies from
Milan
C. II. BICKSELL is said TO have chased
a bear into hotel at Fiield. Wis, Mr.
b. leading the chase by about rod and
a half.
NJ EMILE ZoLA is collecting funds
for the purpose of erecting monument
to the memory of the late Guy de Maui
PEASANT
extinct, are said to exist in great num-
bers in the northern wilderness OF
Canada.
A MAN advertises for wife at Lex
ington, Mo, and specifies that she
must be member of the Methodist
church.
IN Boston women own over Sl2O, OOO,-
900 worth of property. and pay into the
local treasury every year about 81, 5OO,-
900 in taxes
THE receipts from traffic on the
Brooklyn bridge are $50 day less than
last year, but the use of the promenade
has increased.
WITH hops scarce the world over
Washington (the state) has had such
a great crop that she is sending part
Of it 20 Berlin.
IT is estimated that the farmers of
the United States lose 500, 600. 900 an
nually from the depredations of various
kinds of insects
Being unable TO collect a town debt.
a firm Of contractors at Williams
Bridge, y. Y, have had the sheriff
seize the village safe.
FRENCH paupers are provided for by
the fund arising from a ten per cent
tax on theater tickets. This tax aver
ages go. 800. 600 year
The wings of butterflies are shown
by the microscope 90 be covered with
very minute feathers, each provided
with a quill and flaments
The average yield Of potatoes to the
acre in France is 1O2 bushels. in Ger
many, i2l; in Italy 1864. i'm Holland.
III; in the United States "a
ScuLrTORs are working for so cents
per day Of ten hours in Milan. italy;
young artists who go 20 italy 20 study
are satisfied TO receive % cents per
day.
JPoS the recommendation Of all the
governors 81 Russia the car has abol-
ished the use Of the lSnout in the en-
pire, as he found IL has been greatly
abused
THERE are ls5 male teachers In the
public schools Of Boston and 1872
women. The average salary Of the
former is s245. 90 per month and Of the
latter tIgG9
FATETrE county pa reports a
spring whose waters make the drinkcr
hilarious IS sportsman from ConucIIs-
vilc found crowd of hilarious Hunga-
riaue about the wonderful spring
They Jet him drink but swore him to
secrecy as 90 Its location
IW duke of Westminster. the ricb-
rst uo1.eman in England. is known
among bis .ntmates a, "Jact -hep-
parH. because Of hie rcscmblauce.
% aeu schoolbov at Elton. Coz Cruu,-
tlaH..s cartoon of tHe celebrated
burglar and lighwa gmau The dukes
charities I.se those OF many unauIy
r..H mea are notorious for their scaut-
au.r
rIa biggest fresh water FISH, the
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