Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-08-02
CURRENT topics.

Michigan this year are excellent
RUSSIAN farmers hold an average of
twenty-seven acres to each family.
THE first people to coin money were
the Lydians, who began to do so 1850
3. C
THk carat used in estimating the
weight of gems is a grain Of Indian
wheat
IL $50 years the silver mines Of Po-
tosi, in Bolivia, have yielded $780,,
600, 600.
DE- TALNAeK received 5000 for a two
hours lecture at the Atlanta Cha
tauqua.
TEE Schemnitz silver mines OF Hun
gary have been steadily worked for over
500 years
THE post-office department costs s68,-
900, 600 a year, and has a revenue OF
81. 600. 600.
The Australian gold is finer than that
OF California, having a quality Of 90 TO
SIS carats-
UNTIL 1910 Europe produced eighty
per cent of the worlds wheat; now,
Fifty per cent
TEE proposed tower on the city hall
Of San Francisco is estimated 10 cost
about $500, 900.
THE Peruvian mines from their dis
oovery TO the present day, have yielded
o., 400, 600 OF silver.
HEARLY one-half the total number of
suicides take place between the hours
Of a M and noon
A KANSAS family Of i've, the aggre-
gate weight OF four OF whom is l, 500
pounds, are 70 visit the fair.
TIE artistic feeling Of somebody in
St Joseph, No. has manifested itself
In painting billy goat green
ETA MORTON, of CRANKY, No, a year
ago swallowed pin which was recent
" cut out of her left shoulder.
IT is good time to marry and visit
Niagara, since the haclzman are waging
vigorous war and slashing regular
rates
NEW YORK policeman has resigned
because the commissioners wanted him
TO sacrifice about six inches Of his mus
tache-
The first expectations of wheat from
the United States was in 1926, when the
Dutch of Manhattan sent home some
wheat
Mrs L. W. HILL, of Butte des
Mortes, Wis, has rocking chair known
70 be 1s5 years old, and still in good
condition.
IT was a beautiful Bangor, CMe.)
speculator who embezzled his fathers
cuff buttons and tried TO swap them
for candy.
a LETTER mailed in London, April 7,
and remailed in Hong Kong, made the
circuit of the world in the fast time Of
sixty-two days
AMERICAN oysters are to be planted
t. 10, ns-- L
syndicate The coast of Jamaica is to
be first utilized.
N Columbia S building, at the Worlds
fair, there is $50, 600 worth of ancient
pottery, idols, incense burners and
household utensils.
A NEGRO, near Dawson, Ga, was
struck by lightning a few days ago
The only harm done was tearing off the
seat of his trousers
THE different sizes of postal cards
now in use will shortly be discarded
by the government, and one Of uniform
size issued, 3J<x55f.
REV. WILLIAM r. ALGER refers allit-
eratively and expressively TO the
Worlds fair as ''an indescribable will
derness of wonders"
RUSSIAN crop prospects have greatly
improved. A fairly large yield is now
expected, especially of rye, the chief
breadstuf of the nation.
BECAUSE a young man refused to
shave OFF his mustache at the demand
Of his Philadelphia 6ancee, she prompt
y broke the engagement
Dr. LAFFoNL physician of the pope,
says his patient bids fair to live to 90,
or beyond, and that his health at pres
ent is all that can be desired
EULALIA has sent a fine Toledo saber
TO Gen. Horace Porter in recognition of
his kindness while chairman OF the re-
ception committee in New York
ONE Of Mrs. Cleveland's most highly
priced possessions is a sketch Of bit OF
woodland on JOS Jefferson's Louisiana
plantation, painted by the actor him
self
rHE memorial bust Of william Cullen
Bryant which is 20 be set up in New
York Central park viii cover, with its
pedestal and foundation, an area larger
than city lot
EIGHTY-oSE preachers have thus far
applied for a vacant oklahoma lpit
According 90 this the preachers are be-
coming quite as numerous as the law
yers and doctors
a JAPASEsE editor has been con-
demned 20 one years penal servitude
for speaking Of the Nishiu Shingisi. in
recent elective campaign, as "a NOV
euSukidoio" or boueless fish.
THE fund for the benefit OF the fami-
lies Of the brave fremen who persisted
in the cold storage confagratiou at
Chicago has reached ss5 000 and il is
proposed 90 increase il Co g10O. 900.
IsDEH susHfrF W D. ~HrryE. Of
Paw Paw Mich. had sixteen teeth ex-
tractcd 80 one sitting the other dag. A
hemorraage resulted. which continued
until hc tainted from loss OF blood
OSE hundred and thirty dollars in
cash and four saving bank books repre-
Henting deposits amounting 70 stOf8
were among the personal property
found on a beggar arrested a few lays
ago at Lee. Mass
IuEnE is an unknown quantity Of sil-
ger in the bay OF Rhode Jauciro Brazil.
silver mine. in fact Of comparat iveIv
speaking unlimited Dimensions. and
every ship that drops anchor there cuts
into The bed Of ore.
THE fact Of the direct heir to the En-
rIish throne MARRYING gu FrrI I...r.r,.