Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1898-11-30
CURRENT TOPICS.


exact double pay for work on election
day.
PHYSICIAN declares that people
who sleep with their mouths shut live
longest.
kinds in RuSsiR-one for every 20 GOO
inhabitants.
NEARLY all the gold coin in circula-
zion in the Sandwich islands is of
United States mintage
LAST year in - cities OF the United
States S.S44 divorces were asked for
and 6,6oS were granted.
The lower grade OF molasses, which
Is unsuitable, is used as fuel. over co.
300 tons We're used last year.
THE namc of Wayne is the title. or
part of the title, of more places in the
United States than any other
y FRENcH writer attributes the
grace Of Spanish women to the fact
that many of them are taught fencing.
In man could move his legs pro-
portionally as fast as an ant, he would
travel not far short of 500 miles an
hour
No bird can fly backward without
turning. The dragon fly. however,
can accomplish this feat and outstrip
any swallow.
Thirty new senator's have been APP
pointed in Italy, among them being
Baron Fava. Italian ambassador to the
United States.
IL lSSS frecmasonry was established
in the Island of Cyprus. There are now
two lodges, n Royal Arch chapter and
Mark lodge, there.
"A COMPANY 81 being formed at Lex
ington, KY, TO build an electric railway
between Lexington and Richmond, Ky,
a distance OF % miles.
PRIVATE bull fights are occasionally
given by the very rich people in Mad
rid, and guests are invited TO them as
they would be 10 dinner.
SINCE the passing of the first vaccina-
tion act in England, in Is4l, the death
rate from smallpox has fallen from $40
per million TO 40 per million.
AFTER "A union OF many years in
peace, Sweden and Norway are about
20 Toe divorced upon grounds that seem
TO be incompatibility of temper.
a HAVANA newspaper has been sus-
pended and its editors imprisoned for
publishing an article attacking the
United States against the orders of the
censor.
ACCORDING to Nilsson, the zoologist,
the weight of a full-grown Greenland
whalc'is 100 tons or 224. 900 pounds.
or equal TO that of s. elephants or 40
bears.
THE bank checks passing through
:he clearing houses in London and
New York in one month exceed the
value of all the gold and silver coin in
the world.
VERY little furniture is used in the
bedrooms Of the Turkish houses. Rare
~ is chair seen in any OF them. \
few mats adorn the room and the bed
Is stretched on the floor.
The music sung in st. Peters at
Rome. is entirely manuscript No
vocalist or musician is permitted TO
have his part in his hand. except while
he is actually performing it.
The shah has in his palace AZ Teher-
an a 12-inch globe, upon which the
parts of the world are set out in Jewels
of various colors- England with ru.
bies, India with diamonds, the sea en-
eralds, and so on.
a CURIOUS remedy for slceplcs,ucss
is used by the inhabitants OF the Sa-
moan islands They coninc a snake
In hollow bamboo. and the kissing
sound emitted by the reptile Is said 10
quickly induce slumber.
\ SPANISH officer i'm Havana has
made a proposition 10 raise "a battalion
Of 1000 Spanish soldiers. who unvyiu-
ing 20 return TO Spain. wish TO swear
allegiance 10 the United states and
continue 60 serve in Cuba
OK August 1 of this year the average
wages per day OF working men and
artisans in Chile were as follows. Or
binary laborers 80 cents; mason,. ~
cents; carpenters. a3 cents, gashtters.
95 cents; painters, 20 cents
LLAMAs are the chief freight carriers
in Central Peru. The usual load for
nn animal is about one hundred pounds.
II you put upon his bacl, more than he
can easily carry be quietly l,necls and
viii not bulge until the load is re-
duced.
a FEENCH doctor has invented an
electric helmet. inside of which is "a
small motor chat vibratc- strips os
steel the motor mal,iur 600 turns per
minute. This whining 81. supposed TO
cure nervous headache and put the suf-
fcrcr 60 sleep.
TW death of Capt w. r.. Lane. the
greatest -hiphuidcr OF the Pacific
coast recalls fhc face that Doe began life
az common sailor. lie sya, g. native
~ Norway and taught himself Co.. read
and write during the fc,v spare Lours
ri a. sailor routine.
IHEEE was lately graduated from
Grafton hall. au Epi.copa girls
school in Fond du Lac Wis., Miss Lois
Minnie Cornelius. am Oneida Indian.