Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1902-06-25
CURRENT TOPICS.

in Scotch rivers.
The wise man is recognized by his
inability to explain things.
Ensland's imports Of meat for 1902
to date, have decreased six per cent.
Analysts say that butter is the most
nutritious article of diet closely fol-
lowed by bacon
The earliest known reference to in.
sanity is found in Egyptian papyrus
OF the hiteenth century b. C..
School children in Victoria. Aus.
tralia, are carried in street cars 70
and from school free of charge.
Boston town council has purchased
fire engine and given It the name OF
Edward VII. But this Boston is in
England.
The egg of the great Northern aux
winch died out more than a half cen
fury ago. is now worth anywhere from
$1,000 to $4,000
Col. w. F. Cody ('Bufalo Bill') 1,
retaining through irrigation some
100000 acres of arid land in North
western Wyoming.
huhel an Englishman. who crossed
the English channel in a nine-foot
boat will attempt to cross the A.,
lantic in the same way
Or the six rulers who have been muir
dered during the last two decades
Tour met their doom on Sunday. and
the other two on Saturday.
Nesuvius has taken to emitting va
por saturated with hydrochloric acid
winch, falling as rain" has dous
grave damage to vegetation.
Mauna Loa and Kilaeua. volcanic.
mountains in Hawaii, show signs OF
ACTIVITY, volumes of smoke having be-
gun to pour from the craters.
sydney, Australia reports that the
bubonic plague is not communicable
between individuals. Rats, mosqui-
toes and vermin alone convey it.
Carrie b. Hunter, of Snow Hill. Md.
has just received the first license Ior
female pilot issued by the Balti-
more board OF steamboat inspectors.
Frozen meat, which has been eaten
extensively in Durham, South Africa
since the war, is held responsible for
The dyspepsia prevailing in that town.
: An American syndicate is said to be-
negotiating for the purchase of the
Mexican volcano. Popocatepeti. for the
purpose of securing its sulphur de.
posts
Inc Ashio coppermine, the property
or Mr. Furukuwa, a Japanese million.
aire, is one of the greatest conner
mines in the world, employing over
$1,000 men.
The late Gen. Chas II. T. Coils
made the bequest in his will that his
two regimental flags be deposited IN
the tomb of his old comrade. Gen.
Ulysses S. Grant
DR.. NJ. e. Koonce. missionary at
Rampant, Alaska drove 1900 miles in
a dog sled on his way to attend the
Presbyterian anniversaries held in
New York recently
An easy chair has been presented
70 Thomas Dewar, a rural postman at
klrkcaldy who has just retired after
"a years service. during which he has
tramped over 10000 miles.
The building in which Edgar Allen
Poe edited the Southern Literary
Messenger in Richmond. Va. is still
standing, and it is proposed to place
1
walls
EX.Gov Morrill's apple orchard in
Kansas now contains over O. 600 trees.
and is said TO be the largest single
apple orchard in the world Eight
thousand trees have been set out this
spring.
IT is said that more persons ride in
the elevators in New York buildings
every day than are carried bv tho
street railroads The elevators in
some Office buildings carry 10000 per.
sons daily.
The government report Of crops in.
dictated reduction OF 2.511 900 acras y,
spring wheat. averaging high as n
condition. There is more oats and
barley. but reduced rice acreage Al
pie crop reported short.
Since the greater part OF the white
Inhabitants of Martinique emigrated on
account Of the volcanoes oruptiou the
Negroes have taken possession ~
property. elected a governor and in.
dulged in pillage and robbery
VI. Michel Lagraye. the commission
ergeneral from the French republic
20 the worlds fair ST. Louis who ar
rived with the Rochambeau pa.f1
has selected the site for the French
building. which viii be modelled after
the Petit Trainon. at Versailles.
new remedy for the Mexican VOL
weevil which for several years has
been advancing from the rio Grando
at the rate Of 80 miles a year has been
found to be mineral paint. Carload
orders Of this material have been sent
north. as the local supply is exhausted
Owning 20 the rise ia price Of prop.
erty at Assouan on the Nile. an
island purchased by Lord Kitchener
for ESQ has been sold by him for
300
II is singular fact. and one caus.