Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-04-03
CURRENT TOPICS.

There is a serious uprising at Te-
heran. Persia.
Man-carrying kites are now being
tried in Germany.
A portion of the old wall of Lon
don has been discovered.
Garnets are found in scores OF
places in the United States.
incubation has lowered fatal cases
In cholera from 10 to 2 per cent.
In spite of the growth of the in
dustry in California, 10000 tons OF
coal were landed at port Los Angeles
and sent inland last year.
Peers of Great Britain have the
right to be hanged with silken cords
instead of hempen rope. Few avail
themselves of the privilege.
Col. Sharpe, assistant commissary
general of the army, is a strong be-
tiever in the policy of giving soldiers
liberal supply of sweetmeats.
John Stuart Mills humorous home
version of the prophet without
honor" provcrb was expressed in his
remark TO Caroline Fox: MY family
have no idea how great man l am"
Colorado's one woman legislator,
Mrs. Evangcline Hparz. does not
neglect housekeeping for law-maRing
She cooks well, dresses wei, ant ha
tidy home for her husband and two
boys
The door by which the President Of
ihe republic. the King of Sweden, the
Shah and other distinguished visitors
we're in the habit of entering the
Paris Exposition, has been sold for
IL gnineas
1t is estimated that the pearl fish
cries of Black river, in North Arkan-
sas, have yielded 100000 worth of
marketable gems since the first work
ing of the mussel deposits in that
stream in 1899.
The oldest dressmakcr's bill was
found in the ruins of the city of Nj
Pur, and can not be less than 3,7OO
years old. 1t contains the names of
81 vestments given to the temple by
the King of Babylonia.
Queen Alexandra has chosen for
her private secretary and treasurer
Hon. Sydney Greville. He is broth
er of Lady Eva Dugdale,' who is the
favorite lady-in-waiting of the Ouch
ess of Cornwall and York.
The sea cucumbcr-one of the Gu
rious, jelly-like bodies that inhab!t
the ocean-can practically efface it.
self when in danger, by squeezing
the water out of its body and forcing
itself into any narrow crack
Mrs. Carrie Renstrom and her two
sons, George 4. Renstrom and Il. ).
Anderson, of Seattle, Wash, claim to
have discovered the lost art of tenn
pering copper TO fneness and
strength superior TO the fnest steel.
George W. LedereV, the theatrical
manager, has a scheme for building
an New York a duplicate OF the big
London hippodrome, TO contain a cir.
Gus, thcater and a vaudeville house.
He has had an offer of 20 different
sites.
Khaki is being superseded among
German troops in China by clothing
called "feldgrau" (field gray. 1t is
a mixture OF bright olive and white.
and it is claimed that it is more at
tractiye than khaki, and serves the
same purpose.
DIR. Chapot-Revost. who operated
for the separation of the Siamcse
twins, has gone TO Vienna TO study
the case OF the Chinese twins now ON
exhibition there with circus. The
doctor is prosecuting his examination
by the aid Of the ROentgen rays.
Another piece of the great plan oi
the city OF Rome in marble. the For
ma Urbis" Of the time Of Sulpi~juy
Severus, has been discovered i'm Tia,
ROmnn Forum. whore 10 was used ia
stop drain. IT has engraved OH Il
the plan OF the greater part OF the
Baths of Agrippa. together with the
Pantheon.
At the birth Of a Japanese baby "a
tree H. planted, which must remain
untouched until the marriage day OF
The child. When the nuptiaI day ar
Tivcs the tree is cut down and tho
wood is transformed into furniture
which is considered by The young PEG.
pie as the most beautiful ~ an the
ornaments OF the house
In Iceland men and women are fr
every respect political equals Tn,
nation, which numbers about 10000
people. Us governed by representative
elected by men and women
Women are TO be employed bv tho
Rinyan-Ural Railway. of Russia. as
station masters, assistant station
masters, baggage inspectors and tcIc.
graph superintendents and operators
The province Of Mah6huria. q sec
ton of China, which Russia may
seize. is really = vast territory, with
12'O00,00o people. In area il IS 100000
square miles,