Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-09-15
CURRENT TOPICS.

1T Is said that in Scotland there are
JAG parishes with no paupcrs, poor rates
or public houses.
WHILE Turkey is said To- bc bank
rupt the sultan is believed to he the
richest man in Europe
The basis of South Carolina rice, tho
finest in the world. was poc<ctful
which jefferson brought from Italy.
Is Virginia before 1865 there wcr,
about go insane Negroes in the aSylumS
of that state, and now there over 900.
TIE Cleveland Street Railway Co.
has begun the enforcement of its rule
prohibiting employees from frcquenting
saloons.
\ MICmGAN school teacher commit
ted suicide 10y wrapping herself in
blanket saturated with coal oil and set
ting fire To it,
THE natives Of Alaska seldom change
their clothes unless they are worn out
They are considered the filthic>t race
of beings ON the earth
"ANCGENT' coins. many of which an
tedate the Christian era. are made in
large quantities in London, and find
sale all over the world
The ear has been Il German admiral
for about year. AS for Emperor Will
liam. ne now holds the rank of admiral
in the English. Swedish. Norwegian
and Russian naviee.
IL the formation of single locomo-
tive steam engine there are nearly q 600
pieces To bc put together and these re
quire to be as accurately adjusted as
the works of a watch.
An eastern Statistician estimates that
100000 people own half of this coun-
try's wealth. and that four per cent. of
the people possess - per cent of the
entire property of the country.
GEN. G.. W. GUSTS LEE has presented
To the Lec-.Iacllsou camp of confeder-
ate veterans of Lexington. Va "A
lantern used 10y his father. Gen. Rob
ert +. Lee in his tent during the civil
war
"PHoF. LAwEENcE rose in a balloon
to height of :. 900 feet near Naini Tai.
in the HimalayaS. when the balloon
was burst lay a heavy rain cloud The
professor descended by parachute
in safety
TIE historic dessert service. which
was TO have figured at banquet at
Brussels, by which Napoleon had hoped
60 celebrate a victory over the allied
forces. was recently sold in brussels
for the sum of 81 600.
LAW passed at the recent session of
the Alabama legislature lcyying a
license tax ON the capital stock of all
corporations except banks has been
pronouCced unconstitutional by the
supreme court of the state
THE war in Greece did not Interfere
with the taking of the census i'm that
country. The work has been completed |
and the little kingdom D., found 10 have |
population of 2.4%j, 500 This is an
Increase of III per cent. i'm eight years
ESTIMATES place the tobacco crop of
Florida this year as the largest in the |
history of the state. II will be- worth /
several hundred thousand dollar,
Much of the planting was experiment. /
al but no report of failure has vet
come in.
BRIGANn- in the Roman Campagna
have no luck: they held mp Prince
Francesca Borghc>c. duke OF Bomarlp
and his agent recently. but the two
only had s. between them Two vcar.
ago. wher. lie duke of SAKE Meininrrn
was robbed. Doe mad just $40 ON his per
son
LoNDoN is i'm "a continual state of vi
bration. TO demonstrate this mir.
TOR was recently suspended b. fine
thread so as 10 throw "a point of light
upon screen. the moving, Of which
showed the cStcnt 90 which the build
ing was affected bv tine traffic taking
place within % radius of two or three.
miles
Is the entire city OF New York. ac-
c"rding 20 the census Of 1890. the Irish
formed 2g 40 Dsr cent of tt. f..r.ifr,,