Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-05-27

to the latest statistics.
A RUSSIAN can plead infancy for n
long time, as he does not come of age
until he is &c years old.
HAMILTON w. MARBLE says that 1.-The
Scarlet Letter" and ''Pem broke" are
the best American novels.
THE Mt. Olympus volcano" in Wash
lngton is now believed to be the burn
ing of a great vein of coal.
A MAN who committed suicide the
other day in Brocton, Mass, picked out
his undertaken in advance.
THE distilleries of Peoria have &C, 900
barrels of whisky in bond and Uncle
Sam has lien on it of 1000, 900.
COUNT ToLsToI receives letters in
four or five languages and always re-
plies in that in which he is addressed.
THE Illinois law closing barber shops
on Sunday has been declared unconsti-
tutional by the supreme court of that
state
ABOUT two thousand fishing nets of
unlawful mesh have been seized at
Grand Haven, Mich, by the state game
warden.
THERE are more than 30 active volca-
noes among the Andes of South Ameri-
ca, ranging in height from Is, 900 to 3D.
900 feet
A COMPANY has been formed to work
Michel mine alleged to be located on
the farm of Charles Everhart, near
Canton, O.
The Russian soldier is more heavily
burdened than any other. A foot SOL
dier in the army of the car carries over
6s pounds.
The Spruce street Baptist church of
Philadelphia is celebrating the one
hundred and fiftieth anniversary of its
organization.
TAXING the young and the old to-
gether, it is found that twenty-six
years is the average at which people
die in London.
KANSAS is counting on n wheat crop
this year of $4,000, 600 bushels. which
would be the biggest yield in the his
tory of the state.
LEO NH. is not only the head of the
Catholic church, but he is the oldest
bishop in the world, having been con-
secrated in 1913.
THE school house at Bath. Pa. was
struck by lightning but of the 400 pu-
pills in the building only few were
slightly shocked.
ARRESTS are being made of teachers
at schools in Orange Park, Fla, under
the law prohibiting the co-education of
whites and blacks.
RECENTLY a jamestown On HI man
found large number of apples in his
cellar in perfect state of preservation
that were raised in 1894
AN examination of the eyes of white
and colored children in the WASHINGTON
schools shows that the latter are much
more liable to shortsightedness and as
tigmatism.
STRANGE noises on the liphtship
Robert King, at New Haven. CT
started the rumor that there was a
ghost aboard the vessel, and the crew
have deserted.
A. +. HowLASD, of Bangor, Mich.
has invented a spray pump. by which
one minutes hand pumping produced
an air pressure that will operate If
teen minutes.
METAL WORKERS magazine saws
that platinum wires have been drawn
so fine that two OF them twisted to-
gether could be inserted in the hollow
of human hair.
HE man Of millions who is making
ice cost more in New York than in the
tropics entered college without a cent.
worked his way through. and came out
with q net profit Of 81 900.
In pleasant note forwarding garden
seeds to constituent. CONGRESSMAN
Hill, OF Norwalk. Ct. said in conclu
sion; IF You wish, will come ana
make your garden for YOU
A COMPANY Of capitalists has been
formed IN japan 60 build eight steamers
OF 1000 tons capacity each 90 be placed
ON regular routes between japanese
ports, New York and Europe.
AFTEB almost twenty years Of yvorl,
and the expenditure Of almost 81 OOg
600 by the United States government
building breakwaters in the harbor of
New Haven, the shipping men rise mn
ard say that the work is unsatisfsc.
tory. and should all be done over
again.
DURING an electrical storm M Rix.
ford, Pa, lightning struck a 80 600 t,a r.
rel tank Of the Underwater Pine Co Tho
tank contained about twenty tboues,,J
barrels Of crude petroleum. The nine
line employees threw up intrenchuent.
20 keep the burning oil confined In y
pool about the tank and prevent IN,
spread Of the flames
CHICAGO university has organized ,
movable observatory 90 be taken
Mexico for the purpose Of making STUD
les Of the planet Mars. Sixty THOUSAND
dollars has already been expended In
the construction and equipment of tn,
affair.
A NOVEL use Of the telephone Is To b,
made BY the republican convention al
81 Louis. Arrangements are being
made 70 connect the various state dele.
cations with the speakers desk BY tele.
phone, 80 that the chairman may know
The name 81 every man who IL reco0-
nszed and thus be able toanuounce his
naae - the convention