Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1902-04-09
CURRENT TOPICS.

An agitation for Greater Pitts
hung has been started.
Prince George of Prussia is the old.
est living Hohenzollern.
The Berlin fire department was
called out ll.OUO times last year.
The latest London novelty is the
"somorsault cure Tor lat women
John ID. Rockefeller, jr.. began TO
earn money when he was six years
Old
Canon Wilbcrforcc. of London. SAYS
that he secs IN wireless tclcgraphy an
argument for prayer.
In heavy gale Atlantic waves are
sometimes 10 fcct from trough to crest.
and their crosts 600 feet apart.
The rotation Of waterspout at the
surface of the sea has been estimated
by Prof. Bigolow as 35i miles an hour.
or nearly six miles a minute.
lion. Alfred Littlcton. NJ T.. men
toned To succeed Lord PauaCofote IS
British ambassador at WASHINGTON. is
nephew of William Ewart Gladstone.
Thomas Cahill is the oldest living
member Of the Ancient and Honorable
Artillery company Of Boston. having
celebrated his 92d birthday recently.
Current Literature tells of young
ster who aptly defined dachshund
IS one of those dogs that are a dog
and half long and only hall a dog
high"
Smokeless powder. when blown into
tissue at close quarters. causes less
pain and suppuration than black pow
der and the grains arc more easily
removed.
The largest copper refining works in
the world is that at Perth Amhov. "
y. Fifteen to eighteen million pounds
OF copper are refined by eloctrolysis
each month.
Recent explorations in Egypt have
unearthod the consecutive order of Il
kings, thus establishing a firm founda-
ton for the investigation of Egyp-
tian history.
One hundred and seventy.threo
members OF parliament have declared
themselves in favor OF the Introduction
OF the metric system OF weights and
measures into England.
Daniel Wells the wealthiest man in
Wisconsin. who died recently. erected
an office building in Milwaukee of
pure white glazed terra Gotta. the only
one in the United States.
In the four great capitals Of Europe
In the ten years from 1877 TO 1866 the
smallpox deaths per 100000 living
were as follows: Vienna. GO; Paris.
rs; London, 25; Berlin. l.
A salmon recognized by experts to
be a true "salmo salar" has been
netted in the estuary of the Thames.
off Leigh. and is TO be preserved and
placed in the British museum
Each year it becomes increasingly
difficult to secure lobster eggs along
the New England coast. At the same
time the number of Holsters taken
each year does not greatly decrease
The largest family in Pennsylvania
was born at Mountain Top. near the
city. and still lives there. The moth.
or Mrs. Samuel Swartwood. has borne
% children and p OF them are living.
Samuel Rawson Gardiner. the Eng.
lish historian. recently deceased. de-
Noleu more IMAM 10 years 10 pains
,aN'lIs IeSea, mes LOT ms history OF
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