Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-08-19
CURRENT TOPICS.

AN autograph OF the late Jack Shep-
pard was sold in London recently for
500.
HUNGARY was visited by tremen-
dous storm, which swept away life ana
property.
TAKING 1T year In and year out. the
colcest hour of each - is 5 o'clock in
the morning.
MRS. JoHN MORLEY has presented the
Tettenham hospital. London, with n
gift of $1,000.
A DOCTOR says that the growth of
children takes place entirely when
they are asleep.
Two hungry tramps at st. Louis ate
two days lunch prepare d for a picnic
party of % children
A MAN sang 'Oh, Promise Me" to n
Chicago girl, and She now sues him for
breach of promise.
NEARLY three hundred whisky dis
tilleries in Kentucky have closed down
owing to over-production.
MATTHEW STANLEY QUAY announces
that he will retire from politics at tn.
end of his senatorial term.
A NUMBER of prominent women of
Tasmania have recently organized ~
large lodge for female Odd Fellows
IN Bavaria the title of prince only
costs $1,000. and that of lord s.. 500,
While a simple ''vop" may be purchased
4or 1915.
IT has been discovered that cholera
and many diseases, on investigation,
have been referable to specifically inn
pure water supplies,
The smallest salary paid to the head
of civilized government is So year
TO the president of the republic of And.
ORA, in the Pyrenees.
TIE best poultice for bronchitis is
made of chamomile flowers boiled in
vinegar. which will ease the breathing
in less than half an hour.
Mrs. SANFORD Il. DOLE. wife of the
president of the republic of Hawaii.
enjoyed her trip exceedingly across the
Pacific, and is now in San Francisco.
QUEEN VICTORIA has been presented
with an autograph letter from the en-
peror of China, and Ii Hung Chang
was the bearer of the valuable docu.
;nent.
The ex-Empress Eugene after her
extended travels through Algeria.
Spain, and other countries, has now
returned to her residence at Farm Dor
ough, Eng
The queen of Denmark, who. al
though IS years of age, is still pretty
and retains her vivacity, afiirms that
she is aunt to all of Europe To which
she is not grandmother.
Miss CLARA BARTON, president of the
American Red Cross society, considers
that her duties for the present are over.
so far as aiding the suffering and desti-
tute Armenians are concerned.
Miss MARY KERR, of Edinb urg. has
received from Washington, ID. C..
diploma of honor and n bonze medal
for the ingenious astronomical globes
exhibited by her at the Worlds fair.
If there is an end of the century de-
velopment more marked than another.
it is the universal interest Americans
of all ages and both sexes are taking
IN athletics, sports and outdoor amuse-
ments-
1T is said that the habit of turning
round three or four times before living
down has survived in the domestic dog
from his savage ancestry. 1t then
served to break down the grass and
make a bed.
THE late NJ De Goncourt. who hated
ordinary costume, has expressed wish
to be dressed out in a white robe for
burial since ''he did not wish to appear
before God dressed like fool but
his friends did not comply with the re-
quest
GOOD relief from neuralgia is To
soak tiny piece of wool in diluted
carbolic acid and put it in the hollow
tooth which is causing the pain. AL
most Immediate relief will be obtained.
Care must be taken that none is syal-
lowed.
A LADY who is a rapid writer calcu-
lates that She can write 30 words i'm one
minute. thus drawing her pen through
the space Of one rod and 1917 feet. In
40 minutes her pen travels one fur
long, and in five and one-half hours q
full mile.
A CURIOUS blundcr was made ON n
tablet in the public library building in
Kansas City. which was unveiled re-
Gently 1t is in memory of Horace
Greeley and his name is speIIed
Greedy. a new tablet VIII at once be
substituted.
SEVENTEEN cents is the price paid
per dozen coats for making five button
holes and sewing on four buttons to
each coat. by some London taiIors. Tn.
work has 20 be done bv hand. and II
takes competent woman T. hours 10
earn the II cents
IN the recent strike in New Yorl,
city, when $500 manufacturer. Of
clothing were thrown out Of etnpIov-
ment, 1900 unorganized women finish
ers were left utterly destitute. Tbev
are Italian women. who do their sew
ing at home and make from 81 20 e. per
week
Mrs. HARRIET NEWELL IopGg Of
North Pennsylvania street. Indian
aPolis, Ind, is making a great effort
by writing innumerable letters 20 make
careful selection II the very best
writings Of Indiana women for the
tennessee centennial exposition.
MRS HENDsH. who is known in the
west as the Queen 81 ChuckawalIa has
made $1,000, 900 solely by her own 81.
forts Her mines yield her thousand
Of dollars month. She Is her own
geologist, pros pector and supcriutend-
emit, and attends 90 all the detaus ~
her business herself She ha, a beauti-
full home at Riverside. Cal. and e.. s.,id
10 be a woman Of charm and culture.
WTTH the exception Of the shcep.l,in
If the bag and the tartan there Il
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