Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1902-04-23
CURRENT TOPICS.

tenn OF wireless telephony.
Texas has permanent school fnnJ
amounting to nearly $S.OOO.0O0.
rhc world has 1920 lighthouses. OF
1860 the United states owns 635.
American clocks are to be found in
w." most remote hamlets in Siam.
Maj. John f. Barrow. the last sur
v''or of the navy OF the republic of
Texas, is dead.
Only II people in England have
salaries of over $25.O a year. acco, d.
Ing to the income tax returns.
lie German naval budget this wear
calls for about $50 900 900. while Great
brItain asks for about 1855. 600 600
Most deaths during the "a hours
I@he pace between and a. IN. and
least between and II in the evening.
1t is considered that Japanese men
are among the best needleworkers in
the world. their only equals being
the women of Russia
In Scandinavia il is believed that
capt. Sverdurp of the Fran. who has
been away for 40 months. has found
the North Pole and is now returning.
Lord Grimthorpe, the ex.chancellor
Oh the archdiocese of York. is the old
est kings counsel in England. He is
80 years old and has been a lawyer
81 years.
The gold medal offered by the Paris
council for the most numerous and
best behaved family of children has
Deen won by couple named Gallez,
parents Of - youngsters.
The union veterans of German birth
are to raise a fund for a monument
TO Gen. Friedrich Wilhelm Won Steu-
ben of the american revolution. to be
erected in Washington. ID. c.
Zenas Crane, n brother of Gov.
crane OF Massachusetts has given to
Plttsheld, Mass, the sum of $50 900
Tor the purpose of establishing there
a museum of natural history and art
Frank Sargent, who has been ap-
pointed commissioner general of i'm
migration by the president. held as
ms first position with a railroad com
pany, that of engine wiper at Phoenix
Ariz
A ring once worn by Marie Anton.
cite queen o. France. is in the pos.
session Of a Baltimore jeweler. Her
miniature and that of Louis XVI. 10
hand-painted on ivory and set in the
Circlet.
The champion organ blower. in point
OF service, has been found to be 70.
year-old Joshua Savall. who without a
single absence has pumped the organ
OF Plymouth church, in Brooklyn. for
the last 81 years.
c. c. Georgeson. of Sitka. special
agent of the department Of agriculture
in charge of Alaska. says in an article
In the National Geographic Magazine.
that that territory can support a popu-
lation of 5000 600
During the last five years the num-
Der Of depositors in United States
savings banks has increased from
100000 TO 100000 and their de-
posits have increased from $3.50 600
600 TO $3.50, 900 900
Street snow is now removed in New
York city by shoveling it into boxes
attached to road engines and melting
it by spray of steam. The saving of
expense, as against that of hauling
Congressman Loud. of California.
has the distinction of having received
the sword OF Gen. Pemberton at Vicks-
burg in the hot July OF 1865 He was
at the time a member OF the Second
Massachusetts cavalry.
There are now II 900 bills awaiting
consideration in the house OF repre-.
sentatives At one session. recently.
1900 bills were introduced in seven
minutes. over $4,000 bills have been
introduced at this session.
Parsnips are supposed by many per.
sons TO be very nourishng pound
OF parsnips only gives twelve grains
Of strength. while the same amount of
skimmilk will give thirty-four grains.
and Of split peas $50 grains
Since the days of George III. and
Queen Charlotte no evening court has
been held by the reigning British
snvoreigns until King Edward and
Queen Alexandra revived the old style.
and with the greatest success.
Joseph Mcintyre. of Brooklyn. has
invented q destructive war rocket II
is fired boy dynamite and the bomb
fcaiicrs steel bullets among the enc
ny and is calculated TO dislodce any
opposing forces in oouccalmont
Archer " rombrrfou. OF New york
CITY bias recently returned from I'm
rope with 'fYn1 volumes and manu-
scripts for hIH private collection OIL
Spanish literature which is eaid 90 Doe
TIC most comprehensive BOO the world
Mgr Paul Guar.u editor OF the Die
touaire dos Dictionaries" and ava
thor OF many esteemed Catholic books.
1s being tried az Chateautox for OBJ
tanning S1o000DD ON false protcuses
from many persons The .Diction
naire' is the cause OF bis troubles.
Mrs Plant widow Of the millionaire
Henry Plant. and her stepsou. Morton
= Plant are considering the giving
OF the big Tampa bay hotel at Taupa