Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1902-12-17
CURRENT TOPICS.

as All EHSllSn woman.
The king of England is Saxe-Coburg
Hanover. Norman and French.
The young duke of Portland is said
20 be the tallest man in England
An eight-hour work day has been
instituted in all Russian state work.
shops.
India rubber and gutta percha trees
have been discovered in German New
Guinea
The first woman telegraphic opera
tor was Sarah c. Bagley. of Lowell
Mass. 1916.
The population of Malta. about 300
600. relies wholly for its milk supply
on tho goat.
Massachusetts has the first law in
The world prohibiting vivisection in
the schools
The Chinese government has taken
the first steps toward the organization
If 2 patent system.
Emperor Francis Joseph and his pre-
sumptiye heir are for large part Ba-
varians and Italians.
\ German author named Grain has
ISSUED two volumes describing the wa
ter works Of 2.6S5 German cities
Ninety thousand pounds of snails
reach Paris daily. They come from
Burgundy and Provence principally
The king Of the Belgians is Saxe-Co-
burg-Gothan and Bourbon Orleans.
There is nothing Of the Belgian in him
1t has been definitely decided by the
Russian military authorities TO do
rrmy. ~
; There are 21l OBJ widows m iceland,
rs compared with SS o34 widowe7s-
Apnd one widSw TO every three married
Smen.
hlng>>Tictor Emmanuel III. is more
IIssdian than Italian. and his de-
endants will have Montenegrin blood
their veins.
The emperor Of Russia is somewhat
Coscovite and very much Danish or
German, by reason of the marriages
Of his male ancestors.
The king of Sweden and Norway is
OF Bernaise and French source by Der.
naGotte and OF southern French stock
through the Clary family.
When the last fragments of he ruin
I'd Campanile in Venice were removed.
60 bottles of wine were found unbro-
ken in the custodians room
The furniture at Windsor castle has
mad the covers removed, which used 20
cloak its variegated beauty. It may
row he seen in all its splendor.
Authorities of British Columbia have
established travelling libraries for the
benefit of the numerous lumber and
mining camps in that province.
Sig Galimberti. minister Of pests of
nay is projecting an international
envelope for use throughout the postal
Union Permitting a postpaid reply.
W. X. Vanderbilt. jr., will give each
of the public schools Of Little Neck.
l.. l.. fine Christmas tree. and will
act as Santa Claus at one clebera-
tior.
The coming Chinese minister. Sir
Chentung LANG Chang, who is wild.
over, is said to be engaged to be mar.
ried to a daughter of a Chinese minis
ter at a foreign court.
Charles Laurent in the Courier des
Stats Unis figures out the pedigree Of
the different reigning monarchs Of
Europe. TO prove that kings can lay
little or no claims to race relationship
with the people whom they govern.
Allen farm. once the home of Ethan
Allen. the hero Of "Ticonderoga." will
soon be transformed by it's present
owner. w. j. Van Patton. into a public
park and presented to the city OF Bur.
lington. Vt.
y. y. Hulet. Of Paulett. VT. q con
>lsent admirer Of King Edward has
fust shipped By eXpNess box address
cd to his majesty containing q potato
raised on his farm that weighed over
four pounds.
John Sherman's grave in the Mans
field. o.. cemetery has just been mark
ed by 2 handsome granite block Tho
name John Sherman" is the only leg
cad that relieves the plainnoss Of the
huge monolith.
At present there is a great demand
FOR rough pearls. and very fine orna.
rs are made Of them. though their
can not. or course. be- compared
be round button pearl. a tho
"~'. them.
trained cats are the latest fad of
French society women Fashion de-
crees that the animal muse DO educat.
ed entirely 10y it's owner and several
IF the best known women in PARTISAN
, society are giving am hour q dag TO
training their pets
The success Of the YOUNG NIon.-
Christian association FOB Jarau ha
called into existence TUu-y Mem.