Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-07-15
CURRENT TOPICS.

- CHOLERA is still raging ia Fayou. m
province and elsewhere in Egypt.
QUEEN VICTORIA will pay all the ex-
penses of Ii Hung Changes visit to Eng
land.
SAVANNAH Negro stole so water
melons in one day. He holds the
record
ATLANTA, having passed the 100, 900
population stage, is anxious TO take n
new census.
BosToN has gone into the business of
renting baby buggies for use in the
public parks.
In France bicyclers are taxed at the
rate OF 2.25 n year and the annual re-
ceipts are about $500, 600.
DURING the month of June 800, 600
= standard silver dollars were coined by
the United States mints
In South Africa bicycles are used in
great numbers and there are nearly
500, 900 in use this season
THE st. Petersburg Novosti announces
that Russia has obtained absolute free
dom of trade in Northern China
AN Englishman named jefferson has
started on 6,0O0-mile bicycle ride to
lrkutsk, Siberia. His machine and
baggage weigh Go pounds.
EVEN the wild Indian is catching the
bicycle fever. \ short time ago Little
Black Bear, Nez Perez chief, of Ore.
gon, traded 80 head of horses for
bicycle
THoUGH Moscow has 5000 wheelmen
only about half that number have per-
mission to ride in the city limits. Rus.
STA asks Sl2 so duty on every wheel i'm
ported into the country.
Mr. GLADSTONE is the only public
man of to-day who scores the Sultan
end his agents anent the Armenians
sith anything like adequacy. His
reward is to be satirized by lampoon-
lists
The Coventry Machinists' Co, the
oldest in the bicycling business in
London, was sold recently for e25O 600.
1t gives the shareholders Els for every
"a los share, and also so per cent.
dividend.
The most permeable substance to the
Roentgen rays thus far found is black
paper coated with suet. Water is
easily traversed by the rays, while So
lutions of some salts offer considerable
resistance
SIR WEMYss REID, who is neither n
Fenian, nor the son of n Fenian, as
serts that at the present time the Fen
ian organization is in more vigorous
condition than it has been in for MANY
years past.
IT appears that Mr.. Lafcadio Hearn's
passion for the Orient has led him to
go the whole length of expatriation.
and he has changed his name The
familiar syllables have given place to
Y Kiojumi
LORD HUGH CECIL, fifth son of the
marquis of Salisbury. has made his
maiden speech in the house of commons.
and rs said to have exhibited unmistal.
able signs of oratorical ability and
statesmanlike intelligence
NEARLY or quite four years before
the great Paris exposition is TO open
fully $50, 600, 600 is raised for the pur-
pose of making it success Much of
---th5S vast sum comes from subscription
TO popular lottery feature.
PROBABLY the oldest restaurant in
London is Crosby Hall, in Bishopspate
street, in the city. This was built more
than 800 years ago, was once the palac
of Richard Ill. and afterward the resi-.
dence of Sir Thomas Moore.
The favorite amusement of Queen
Victoria these days is said TO be check
err playing. She plays fairly good
game and likes 10 win. The ladv of
honor who is her opponent is careful
not TO win more than one game a day.
Both the prince and princess of
Wales have had their hands pictured
Dy the Roentgen rays; the princess
seems 10 show no signs of gout in hers.
while Wales will have 10 90 20 Ham.
burg again TO reduce the hereditary
faint
OSLY one man. IL is said. ever de-
eiined vice-presidential nomination
namely. benjamin Fitzpatrick. of Ala
oama, who was originally named on
the straight-Out democratic ticket with
A. Douglas at the Charleston
srentiOn in 1850, and refused 20 ac-
'A~tept
QUEEN VICTORIA travelling expenses
IN connection with her trim 70 the
Riviera amounted 90 about o25 600
There was royal special train from
Cherbourg % Nice and back. and "a
special for the servants. horses and
beavy luggage from Boulogne TO Nice
and back
Miss DAISY BABBEE. a niece Of Mayor
~. T. VagRener. Of Atkinson. Kas.
graduated with the highest honor.
from The law department Of Washing.
Ton university at ST. Louis. recently.
having captured the thesis prize over
Ss competitor. She was tho on1v
young woman ira the class.
IHEEE is said % boz but one survivor
81 Napoleon Grand Armec. Of whom
there were 1900 90 claim the -
Helena medal in 1-G9 This SOLITAIRE
relict Is Victor BaiIIod. Of pcrecv in
the Honne department. who was born
April 3, 1923. lie was badly cut i'm the
head with British sabre az Waterloo
and given up for dead.
SIoNOR ZOLA, grand master o. the
Egyptian Masous Of the Scottish Rite.
: has abjured Freemaeonry and been
received again into the Catholic church
st Rome. The last grand master who
gave mp Frcemasonry before him was
the marquis Of Ripon.
A Young Indian girl Of the Chippewa
tribe was adopted when three years Of
age ~ q Michigan farmer for the sole
pnrposo Of satisfying his hobby that