Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-07-10
CURRENT TOPICS.

Zamboanga IS one of the prettiest
towns in the Philippines.
Gen. Cables, Filipino insurgent, is
said to have surrendered by proxy.
France has the most expensive
parliament. 1t costs c 100000 a year.
Sir Edwin Arnold is said to be to-
tally blind now. though he keeps up
his literary work.
Spain has more sunshine than any
country in Europe. The yearly av-
erage is 1900 hours.
The earliest mention of shoes is in
an Egyptian papyrus, about 2,2O0
years before Christ.
a nran, walking day and night with
out rest. would take 42s days to jour.
ney round the world.
A Morgan syndicate is making ef.
forts to purchase the New river coal
properties of West Virginia
A fleet Of thirty-six steamers is 10
run hereafter on the Thames between
Battersea ami London Bridge.
In some OF the cantons Of Switzer.
land all the dead, rich as well as poor,
The Salvation Army is at work in
a. different countries. and has 81 De.
riodicals, printed in 81 languages.
Some of the scales for weighing
diamonds are so accurately adjusted
that a speck of dust or an eyelash Will
affect the balance.
The illiterate nations are. chiefly.
Russia, Spain. Turkey and the I'M
progressive nations of the Orient and
of South America.
The nearest approach of a comet to
the earth observed was in I77O. when
one approached to within 100000
miles of our planet.
According to an old English statute
dog has a right TO bite anyone once
without that person having Il claim on
the animals owner
About 200 men in Paris find a live
hhood of some sort by hunting in the
streets for stray coins. They are
known as "flonneurs."
Nanillin, one of the most delicate
products of coal. is used by the gallon
in making the extract of vanilla. for
favoring custards or buildings.
The oldest man on earth is said to
be Izai Rodafsty 1876. of Moscow. Rus
STA, and the oldest woman Mrs. Nancy
Hollifield, III, of Battle Creek. Mich.
We have decided that lace gloves are
not intoierable. and we are now to
have lace stockings. not lace fronts.
but hose that are entirely made of
lace.
One u the greatest. if not the
greatest, incubators i'm the world is To-
Gated near Sydney, in Australia. 1t
accommodates 11,440 duck eggs or a.
hens eggs.
The rarest fish in British waters is
the ribbon fish. Only sixteen speci-
mems have been recorded in the last
century. II swims in the deepest Parts
of the sea.
The Washington Manor association
is preparing 10 buy Hardwood. the
famous mansion built under tho d..
rectjon OF Gen. Washington at Har.
pers Ferry.
The heretofore despised and feared
mouse IS rapidly becoming a fashion
able pet. Society people are taking
up this dainty and long-tailed ami
NAL as fad.
The cash balance at the close Of the
year would approximate $500. Ooo. 900.
but Secretary Gage is keeping il un-
uer control by the purchase of unma-
tured bonds at a premium.
Five and oDe-haf tons OF diamonds,
valued at from S15O.0OO 900 r.. 5000 OoO.-
600, have been taken from the famous
Kimberly lSoutli Africa) diamond
mines since their discovery in 1871.
Miss Mary Aughiubaugh. OF Wash
inRtOn- recently made trip across
the Andes Mountains from Carpcas 10
la Guayra Miss Augbin bauph is the
first white woman to make the ioiir-
ney over that trail
Scores Of mail carriers irl the eparse.
" settled parts OF Mexico walk and
run more than 40 miles every week
a few cover on foot so miles "a day
six days in the week and go up and
down rough mountain roads at that.
They don't seem 10 know what fatigue
means.
The largest seal cnrgo ever OBJ
famed has beef landed at 81. Johns
Newfoundland from the steamer Ter.
"a Nova. ~ consisted OF 10000 seals
weighing 500 tons
The heaviest precious stone en- the
zircon, which is four and one-half
times heavier than an equal quanti-
~ of water. The lightest is the opal.
only twice as heavy as water.
10 appears that iu the United King.
dom there are $1,000 postmen. and
10 the course Of year close upon
s.COO0Oo.OoD letters. postcards. par.
GELS. circulars. boxes and newspaper
aIC delivered.