Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-06-03
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diamond, is the ruby.
The late Gen. Mahone's home i'm Pc
tersburg, Va, is to be sold.
RoBEBr LOUIS STEVENSON made s15O.-
900 in IL years by his writings.
Ii HUNG CHANG is the son of a village
wood cutter, poor and illiterate.
The Masons of Atlanta are getting
ready to build a ten-story temple.
TWELVE letters of Beethoven brought
S997 ut recent sale in Frankfort, while
21 by Goethe brought 81. 446.
NEW YORK paper contains an adj
vertisement offering to exchange a
cemetery lot for n good bicycle.
THE canker worms are making sad
havoc with the trees in some parts of
western and central Massachusetts.
GREAT BRITAIN owns 1870. 900 square
miles of territory in Africa, an area
almost equal to that of the United
States.
AFTER disappearance of more than
thirty years the first confederate flag
made in Mississippi has been found in
New York.
The emperor of Austria, Francis
Joseph l., will be 60 years old in Au-
gust next, and he has sat on his throne
for As years.
The dog in the possession of the
Wood Island light house, off Bidde-
ford, Me-, earns his salary by ringing
the fog bell.
The rose tree was introduced into
Europe from Damascus by the Crusad-
ers- 1t first appeared in England in
the year 1906.
SECRETAnX
Nebraska and go to farming when he
leaves the cabinet. He has a fine es-
tate out there.
The family of Chief Justice Fuller of
the United States supreme court have
left for Sorrento to remain there dur
ing the season.
The people of Great Britain consume
less tobacco per head than those of any
other civilized country-only 23 ounces
to the inhabitant
c. ANTON FUNKE tried to drown him
self in 6O-barrel beer vat at Houph-
ton, Mica, but only succeeded in spoil
ing the beer for the market
Mrs. MARY MAHEw. of South Latro-
be, Pa. has just completed a quilt of
white and red shades which contains
$500 separate pieces of cloth.
ROMAN swords recovered from tombs
weighed six to ten pounds and battle
axes weighed 20, showing the great
strength of the Roman soldiers
HEALER ScHLATTER has appeared at
Lordsburg, n. NJ, where he is credited
with having cured n brother of j. Sloat
Fassett, of New York, of lameness.
The 5,0OO-horse-power pumping en-
CINE in the mines of Freidensville. Pa.
raises 1880 gallons of water at each
revolution of its gigantic fly-wheel.
FREDERICK c. WILSON, night engineer
OF the Southern Pacific Co.'S wharyes
IN New York, has saved 30 persons
from drowning in the past 10 years
HE Oldest king in Europe is Chris
tian N OF Denmark, who in April en-
tered upon the roth year of his age.
lie has worn the crown for 33 years
AN Enosburgh (Vt) farmer had 15C
maple trees. with which he used 1856
buckets, He made 1,sOO pounds of
sugar, an average of IL pounds to the
tree.
Mrs. w. J. SHERWOOD. of Sing Sing
y. y. while burning some rags, threw
two diamond rings in a stove. but they
were recovered in damaged condi-
ton.
THOMAS +. CAKES. ex-president of the
Northern Pacific, lately fixed as one OF
the roads receivers. asked $50. 600 for
mis- two and half years services as re-
ceiver
SIR EDWARD MALET. late British am
bassador at Berlin, whose opera. "Har-
old" was performed at Covent Gar
den last season, is at work on a new
opera.
a PAVEMENT used in Vienna consists
of graduated cork mixed with mineral
asphalt and other cohesive substances.
compressed into blocks Of suitable size
and form.
THERE will be "A tower go feet high
npon the new government building at
Chicago, which will be dedicated 10 the
weather bureau and occupied by its
observers
a NEW YORK statistician has. after
careful study ana inquiry. reached the
conclusion that the consumption Of
wheat in this country is a little less
than four bushels per capita
a C34-KARAT diamond. the finest ever
found in Africa. was discovered at ia
gersfonteim In the Transvaal on the
day after Christmas When cut il r.
expected it will be worth 81 500. 900.
IHE oak tree on which Daniel StronI,
wns hanged az Peekskill. y. Y. durip,,
toe revolutionary war. still stands ar.
object Of interest at the edge OF the
parade ground Of the military acade.
my
SONE Of the Belgian coal mines are
wonderfully deep. Ia pit at FIenu
coal is now being got 3 200 feet be.
low tie surface. In another pit. al
Aontigny -sur-Rambre, a coal scam il
worked 1900 feet deep.
WIN shoes have become stiff and
uncomfortable from constant wear in
the rain, or from lying by unworn. an
ply coat Of vsseline. rubbing II in
well with a cloth. and in short time
The leather Will become soft and plia-
Bile
JANIS NoRTHHUP. Of Anamosa. la.
who had suffered with asthma. got mn
one night recently. dressed himself in
siean raiment, combed his hair and
tnen Jay down again, Calling his wife.
ne told her he was going 70 die and
~anted 70 be buried just a. he was lie
~ent sleep and Ia less than thirty