Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-06-05
CURRENT TOPICS.

'"Hohe iSIanu nTSt gave TO the
world tobacco
An English firm is manufacturing
artificial marble
The next Olympian games will be
held at st. Louis in 1904.
a California cowboy rides steer
IN preference to a horse.
Cclluloid is made with almost the
Fame materials as gun-cotton.
Another Viking ship, or rather boat
has been unearthcd near Kicl
Russia has more freak" ships in
her navy than any other nation.
OF all the newspapers published in
the world 6s per cent are in the En-
glish language.
The apartments of deceased kings
of Italy are left absolutely untouched
Tor two generations.
Three hundred and twenty-five
miles in day is the record of a sail
Ing ship, 800 for "A steamer.
Gov. Allen, of Porto Rico. in his an
nual report, recommends a colonial
government on the lines of the Dan
lsh French and English West Indies.
Sydney, \. 5. W., has large depart
ment stores, some OF which do a bust
ness of several million dollars annual
iy and employs from 500 to 1000
clerks.
The wool shipments from Sydney.
Australia, has Il value something like
t4O,OOO,0O0 Il year. and there is a large
export of grain, coal and manufacture
ed goods.
The African Red Kaffir always rubs
his teeth after a meal with cold wood
ash from the fireplace. which accounts
Tor the absence of tartar, and the fine
color of his teeth.
Miss Ruth White Mason, daughter
of Senator Mason, and seven other
young women were graduated from
the Washington College of Law,
Washington, ID. G.
The mayor of Lyons. France, has
prohibited the opening of any estab-
hshment for the sale of intoXicants
within $50 yards of any cemetery,
church, hospital or school
The Spanish soldier has only two
meals day. and he keeps in excel
lent condition on Il fare consisting
of chunk Of dry bread. a little oil,
q Glove of garlic and his cigarette
About 100000 cattle are now to be
found in the Argentine Republic. They
are said to he all descendants of eight
cows and one bull which were brought
TO Brazil in the middle of the 10th
century.
The most curious cemetery is stu
ated at Luxor, on the Nile Here re-
pose The mummified bodies of millions
of sacred cats. Their remains are
side by side with the bodies of kings
and EmPcrors in mausolcums.
famous canine cemetery is to he
seen behind the summer palace at Pc
king, where a thousand dogs. the pets
of the various monarchs of China. are
laid 10 rest. Each animal has a mon
ument erected TO it, some of them be-
ing of ivory, silver and gold.
The German army has a swimming
school for troops, where every one
must learn to swim. The best swim
mers arc able 10 cross a stream of
several hundred Yards width. even
when carrying their clothing, rifle
and ammunition.
Nine Adam, the noted French Jour
nalist. has "a private theater i'm her
home, aud new plays are enacted be-
fore audiences of her friends. Nine.
Adam has so many friends that the
same play IS given or three successive
nights, 50 that the theatcr will not
be- crowded.
Northwich, the center ~ the salt
Industry in Great Britain. Ia one OF the
qucercst towns i'm the world. The
whole underlying country is simpIv
one mass Of salt The mining Of the
Falt constitutes the staple industry
of the districts. ami from Northwich
alone 100000 tons OF salt are shipped
annually
IN Brazil has now been found the
most curious frog iu the entire world.
IT is known as "Hvla fabcr.~ and the
difference between 81 and other ba-
trachians lies in the fact that the f..
males az his species regularly build
nests I'm which they lay their cpps.
their object being 20 preserve their
little ones from the enemies that CON
stantlv threaten them
IN India there is butterfly OKaIH-
ma quacH-J the under side OF whose
wings resemble leaves. when this but
terfy alights The wings close and the
position taken makes the butterfly
look like "a leaf growing from the
twir
Sweden and Norway both boast sew
rral homes FOR unmarried women. One
Of these was endowed more than 200
years ago by man who left the bulk
~ bic fortune 10 his spinstcr dccend-
ants. The home is managed by salar-
led trustees, and the unmarried vo-
man who can prove kinship 10 the
founder IL entitled 10 a home there.