Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1898-07-20
CURRENT TOPICS.

The civil war has thus far cost sIa,.
coo, GOO. 600.
ENGLAND's ordnance survey map cos,
SIC. 200. 600.
The army OF Germany boasts eigh,
women colonies
YELLOW fever killed Il. 500 Spanish
soldiers in Cuba.
IN Scotland. at one time, capital pun.
ishment was by drowning
SPAIN will soon have the greatest
submarine navy in the world
THERE are $50 glaciers in the Alps
said TO be over five miles in length.
The oil of the rattlesnaSe is said TO
be good for rheumatism and neural
gia-
The demand FOR cavalry horses has
revived the equine industry in Wyom-
ing.
Our coast signal service system ex-
tends all the way from Bar Harbor 10
Galveston.
MARRIED couples in Norway are priv
ileged 20 travel on railways at a fare
and half
PROFANITY is forbidden by both the
army and navy regulations OF the
United States
A soXFUL OF earth from the garden
OF Gethsemane was sprinkled over Mr..
Gladstone's coffin.
MORE cases of consumption appear
among needle makers and file makers
than among any other class OF labor
ers.
ANoNe the Anglo-Saxons in the sew
enth century men wore gloves. while
women covered their hands with their
sleeves.
THE American foot soldier is cover
ing himself with glory and the laurels
OF war are no longer worn alone by
the navy.
The earl of Seton. whose estates
have just been resettled by the Eng
lish courts, Is n hopeless lunatic at the
age OF 50.
FoR the heroes who have fallen
and their families there goes out from
every Ameaican home unmeasured
sympathy.
IL Montenegro. when n man IS re-
jected as too old for war. ne breaks
his sword at the feet of his prince
and goes home to die
SKATER is evidently a soldier able
TO see the short cuts among the most
tangled complications and with the
energy 10 force his army through
We have now destroyed Monte JOS
squadron and Cervera's squadron, but
we are not out of the woods vet
Spain still has the terrible Temerario.
PIANO leather, species of buckskin
used on piano keys, IS nearly all made
by family of tanners in Thuringia-
Ihe process Of tanning is 4 well guard
ed Secret
NATURALIsrs have aseertained that
scorpions and certain kinds OF spiders
are able to make peculiar noises TO
warn an enemy that an attack is at.
tended by danger.
The breaking OF the sword in halves
aud throwing the weapon at the feet
of an enemy is the expression of in
su bordination. the spirit that admits
defeat, but remains unconauered.
SEARcHIIeHTs are such good targets
for the enemy's guns that the Ger
mans are arranging 10 throw the light
first on mirror and thence on the
enemy, thereby concealing its real
source.
II 1898 Mary Gillard. of Independ-
ence, Kan. lost ser voice a few DAVIS
ago she was picking strawberries. 4
bug crawled across her hand. She
screamed. Ever since her voice has
been as good as new.
WHETHER the Spanish ships are I'M
armored cruisers or battle ships with
Dine inches of steel protection on their
bulls, the result is the same utter de.
struction when they come within range
OF the guns Of the Americans.
CARBoSIC oxide being found normal
" in the blood of living beings exist.
Ing in Paris, VI Nicloux has demon.
strated to the French academy OF
sciences that the gas forms within
the organism itself without external
causes.
CoSGo Negroes are remarkable for
their thick skins a case is mentioned
of "A black siashed with razor in a
seuffie- The hospital surgeon broke
two needles in trying 70 put in the
stitches and at last was driven 70 use
a tradaxL
IT is stated that tine first cost OF
building "a feet OF Atlantic liners is a
trifie compared % the money spent I'm
running them. In less than three
years IL VIII exceed the cost OF con-
struction. such IS the constant e5Dend.
iture in wages. repairs. etc
JArAN has a breed Of mice which are
puzzle 20 naturalist At different
periods Of the day they yhirI Around
and around Tor hours a. time. l. a
person should lift q mouse when 10 IS
whiriing the animal viii resume It's
whiring the moment il is set down.
CONTRARY 90 a widespread belief
that hard woods give more heat i'm
burning than soft varieties. 70 has
been shown that the greatest power is
possessed b. the wood of the linden
tree which is very soft Fir stand.
next 90 linden AID almost equal 60 L.
IHE new island which has arisen
near the northwest Of Borneo oupo-
site Labuan. is about 200 Yards long
and 80 yards wide and OF ciavcy earth
and rock its formation is supposed
70 oe connected with the carthouake
felt a. Hudat British North Eorneo
in last September
InE tongues Of the cat family are
covered with recurring sniues Tu the
common domestic cat these are small.
bot sufficiently well DEVELOPED 90 give
the tongue feeling OF rouVhness
But in the lion and tiger the spines
are strong enough 20 enable the an.
imal % tear away the skin Of "a man.
hand merely ~ licking g.