Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-07-21
CURRENT TOPICS.

A BUNDLE BEE has been known to dis
lance locomotive going 20 miles an
hour.
NINE ice dealers of Nashville have
been indicted for com bining to put up
the price of ice
ENGLISH coin was first made legal
tender in 1916. Before this rents had
been paid in produce.
FIFTY years ago there were in India
only 2l ordained Christian pastors.
There are now about 1000.
FEMALE spiders are much larger and
more ferocious than the males, and
often devour their husbands.
WHEN the sparrowhawk is swoopinp
down on its prey it cleaves space at
the speed of $50 miles an hour
IHE Franks took their name from
the Francisques, or battle axes, which
they threw with deadly effect
The value of the house property of
London is SIS, 365, 600 OJU; that of Paris,
81, $50, 900, 600; that of New York, sl,-
ass, 600, 600.
THERE are already 800 horseless We
hicles in the streets of Paris, and on
July 500 automobile cabs were added
to that number.
ANOTHER attempt TO have Tuileries
palace rebuilt is being made in France.
This time the movement is led by the
Society for the Preservation of Public
Monuments
FROGS and toads have remarkably
acute hearing. The slightest noise in
the vicinity of n pond will at once at
tract the attention of the frogs and
put them on their guard
ONE of the latest appliances for use
IN bakeshop oven consists of ma
chine which takes the whole wheat
and grinds it, mixes water with it and
kneads it into dough ready for the
oven.
PNEUMATIC typewriters are being
placed on the market, the KEYS being
series of soft rubber bulbs opening
into pipes with valves at the opposite
ends TO force the type levers TO strike
the paper.
REPORTS to the agricultural depart
ment show a decrease of about ono
million acres in the corn crop. Tobac.
CO shows a falling off of over 20 per
cent IN acreage and IS points less in
condition than last wear.
The most wonderful VINE cellars in
the world are underneath anobleman's
palace at Warsaw They have been
used for storing wines for over 400
years, and the whole place is one mass
OF fungi and stalactities.
INSANITY IS increasing in Ireland. En-
glish statisticians say that one serious
cause of lunacy is the abuse of tea. an
other an over-indulgence in alcohol. a
third the disappointment of having
tried emigration and failed
EMERGENCY brakes for rail road and
trolley cars have lever on the plat
form of the car TO be depressed and
force toothed wheel down into the
ground or against a roughened sur
face at the side of the track.
TIE shah of Persia is fond of rou,h
hunting trips, and is said TO be the best
gunshot in MS domain. He has bag
ged quantities Of big game, and one
of his favorite tricks IS to shoot a
hole through copper coin tossed into
the air.
To strengthen weak ankles when
skating, new device is formed of
bracer running up the side Of the Lee
with clamps for the ankle and at
tached 70 the skate at the heel. thus
keeping the ankle from twisting or
turning.
SPAIN, among her desperate resorts
TO procure money for the war in Cuba
has established monopoly for the
sale and manufacture OF gunpowder.
In the call for bids it is announced
that none under $500, 900 a wear will be
considered.
Miss hUEHNE BFvERrDGF. the Cbica-
go girl who mas won fame by her work
In art in New York. has almost COM
pleted a life-sized bust OF William Jen.
nings Bryan. and will have the work
ready for transfermeut into bronze in
a few days
BEFORE he started on his visit 10
England the king OF Siam forually
opened the first section Of the Eo-at
railroad, which mas recently been com
pleted between Bangkok and Clathia.
and the first sod OF which was cut b,
hin i'm 1902
DOORS ia the dining rooms Of hotels
and restaurants can be Automatically.
opened by new device. cousistiu,,. az
lever attached 90 the bottom OF the
door, 90 ue pressed by the foot and uu-
latch the door and swing u omen at
the same time
a EFDESrlY patented pail can als9b c
USED a- Upper, the middle Of theraII
extending utO ar angular strip bent
To one side % press against % catch ON
the side " the pail and fastcu so that
the bent portion OF the pal. forms the
dipper handle
MISS 9uEDpS Crup>s I. ra...r.,
money iu all the p-lue.a. cities ~
England FOR tae purpose of tcacniny
the blind ir China She ty. found a
large blind asylum ST. pcs.n~. and !.
dong This boo c0mmcmorati8n OF tb.
diamond jubilee.
IN Norway Me is cat chat ar.
pear 20 taec 90 water a- would ..ac..
II is said sae may be- seen ever. ga,.
taxing SWIM iu The stream 70 short
distance back OF the store
To TiLE saw evenly "a new Guide
has frame which carrie. the file 20
the center and two parallel strips "a,
the DIES which rest ora tac teeth of
the saw aud keep tnc file from ,.f.p,
and cutting tHo teeth uneven.
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bicycle and % b.ryc.cc.u1 In the ac.-t
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