Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-09-27
CURRENT TOPICS.

are said 10 be bearing second crop
A NEW Calling gun can fire s.1et
shots minute and worked by q small
electric motor 500 shots
A HYDRAULIC testing machine al
Washington university eNerts a pres
sure OF 100000 pounds.
j. the reign of Louis XVI. the hat.
of the ladies were two feet high anc
four wide
A LEANENwoRrH man died the other
day after taking FIVE drinks OF whisky
and three tablespoonfuls OF red pepper
THE highest death rates from Bright's
disease are in Shanghai. 100 per 10. 600
Frankfort, $50, and Amsterdam. 100.
A PHILADELPHIA colored man named
A. +. Land parts his name in the mid.
die, thus: "A. PARKWAY Land"
THERE are associations in Great Bri
tain which insure against elopement
matrimony and twins.
STEPHEN PUsHEE, of Marinette. Wis.
has sunfiower stalk in his garden
bearing l47 blossoms
THE earliest coins of New Hampshire
were OF copper pence, los 70 the Span.
ish dollar, issued in 1916
THE Roman sestertius was like our
bit, n money of account, having N,
coin to represent its value
THE combined weight of a family in
Morgan county, Ca, consisting of five
members, is said 20 be only 272 pounds
Nor since the summer of lS49 has the
water in the upper Delaware river been
slow as it has been lately.
The freshmen classes at Dartmouth
and Amherst are the largest in these
colleges history.
A SINGLE sentence in speech of SEN
ator FaullSner's the other day contained
PSI words.
VERMONT was the first state TO issue
coinage on its own authority. Cop
per coins were issued in 1855
TEXAS reports that the pecan crop
this season viii be the finest in many
years.
HAILsToSEs that plug watermelons
are reported from New York state.
Nature furnishes watermelons on ice.
PAHs fruit dealers paint fruit to
make it appear ripe. American dealers
depend on the smell
IT is estimated that last wear 2s5. .
100000 bananas We're consumed in the
United States alone.
THE real name OF the most distin-
guished Dutch novelist of his time.
'Maarte Martens" is Van de Poortcn
Schwarz
SUCcI, the faster. is insane, and now
in an asylum near Paris His delusion
has taken the form of a belief that he
is Cesar and Napoleon in one
The marquis Of Londonderry is the
owner of the smallest pony known. 1t
weighs only 10 pounds, and at its birth
was but 1853 inches high.
The oldest postmistress, in point Of
service, Is Miss Martha f. stone. of Ok
ford, Mass, who received her commits
sion April 27.siS57.
a STURGEON, measuring nearly eight
and a half feet in length, was driven
ashore during the recent storm near
Essex, Ct
Col INGERsoLL is rather pleased
with the fact that the advertising ne
gets through the religious newspapers
is worth 10 him Sl5, 600 a year
The Duke of Yves minister is said TO
have expended about $4,000. 900 in re-
building Elton hall, now one Of the
palatial private mansions in England.
FIVE men and woman recently ran
q footraee of 200 yards in Henderson
county, North Carolina, and the woman
won easily.
II is estimated that ove- half OF the
men thrown out OF employment in
August have been reinstatcd i'm Sep
tember.i
An innovation in the manner Of de.
livering mails will take place in Brook.
lyn, \. Y, first Of next month. The
mail carriers will deliver on bicycles.
a RELIGIOUS debate between Camp
bellite elder and a Baptist deacon is
shaking Charleston. No. as an earth
quake.
A WOMAN aged 116 years lately APP
piled FOR marriage license in Tolchen-
over, Russia. Her husband died four
teen years ago at the age OF lOI years.
NEW York papers report "a reduced
ratio OF matrimonial engagements as
the result Of the summer season. Evil
IDENTIFY the market was paniclty.
The New $ ork Thirteen club has had
smother annual dinner As there was
no death 90 record, they celebrated the
fact hy having the bin Of fare printed
on coffin lii
LADY Florence DIXIE who g. cred
tied with the intention OF starting a
uew woman's paper boz England. Is "a
sister Of the marquis Of Quceusburv and
one Of the most versatile women Of the
day.
WORTH. tho man milliucr 81 Paris.
keeps regular .orce OF about aftv
persons besides the employees Of the
arcssma,'uv department. numbering
from two hundred to seven hundred
girls. according to the season.
MISS LUUItF EouyEY. who has won
wager oy walking from her home FIN
Galveston. TeV o. the Worlds fair.
counting ties alI the way. made $500 low
tHe way selling her photographs
ATorSs man FOO Harper. Kan. who
persisted in singing After the BalI-
nga'nst The protest ~ the people who
"cre compelled CD hear h.m. was re-
Gently fined st0 and costs
efnwt which s.. u8w exfens.vaIy
f-ea In the manufacture of umbrellas
aHN dress pieces Is product IL silk
rHaI ~ fine quality. r- h.~h
"ese. af .u-tcr being due to the sil.
u..u &C. contains
DAVID. che art.st.when NOT ulintny
lnaeI himself by scrap.ug an ol8
AHa.a which Doe did ab1mfuabIv ur
would insist on playing for ever, Wis.
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