Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-10-07
CURRENT TOPICS.

Great Britain has four times as ma
ny millionaires as France.
There are nearly 27O different re-
ligions in the United Kingdom
The apple crop in the United
States and Canada will be good.
lndia's population is 800 900 600
one-ffth OF al the people of the world.
Radium, when brought near a dia-
mond in the dark, will make ii sparkle.
Since 1880 the number OF liquor IL
censes in Liverpool England, has been
reduced by i22
Over 500 infants are killed every
year in London by being overlaid in
bed by their parents.
The farms of the United States
cover S41 000 900 acres and emplo,
nearly 10,50O0OO people
During July III vessels of 24.45O
!. tons were built and officially number
ed in the United States
Funds for the building and endow
pent of German school in Yokohama
pre- being raised in Berlin.
A church recently dedicated N st.
Paul was erected at a cost of $1,000.
ents each.
american packing house products
kregate sl44 100000 worth year.
er cent. of which goes to the Unit
Kingdom.
belfast city corporation has decided
20 place shelters for consumptives in
1he public parks, and protest meetings
are being held.
THE largest tree in the world lies
broken and petrified at the end of
Gcfile in Northwestern Nevada. 1t is
said to be 666 feet long.
There are few women missionaries
In Africa because of the deadly nature
Of the climate and the social condi-
Gons of vast territories there.
Lord Roberts appeal for the restora.
ton OF Boer Bibles brought home as
curiosities from South Africa has re
suited in the return of about so.
Manila has a total population Of
something like 100000. about 10 .0uO
American and European born The
American population is estimated at
about 5000.
While a miscreant was building M
stones on a hallway line near Berlin
in o-dCr to cause an accident an EN-
press dashed past, striking and fatal
ly injuring HIM
Platinum in six times as eXpensl W
now as ii was 20 years ago. and &c.
Deva jewelers. complain that they can
not get nearly enough OF the metal
for their work
Sultans are expensive pets The sui
tan of Turkey costs his country So.
100000 annually. We pay our presi
ident only $4,000 and he is worth
couple OF million ,sultans.
While fishing in the neighborhoo1
OF Vigevano. near Milan, a fisherman
discovered a quantity of bronze coins
OF the time of Constantine, weighing
in all about twelve pounds.
George B. Young. the St. Paul at.
torney retained by the Northern Sc
curities Co. in tire merger trial 70.
ceived fee OF 100000. He was spe.
cial counsel for the company.
Several cases OF attempted suicide
by taking corrosive sublimate having
occurred lately IN Naples. the local
papers are indi gnaIIt at the ease with
which the poison can be obtained.
Chemists shops are limited 10 a Ger
tain number in Germany. and new
licenses are rarely granted A bust
ness was sold for $4,000 i'm Danzie
recently. including $4,000 for the Ii.
Cense
Ten years ago cents were little used
IN California and the south and were
practically unknown i'm Nevada. w.
oming and Arizona. but today thev
circulate everywhere ioT the benefit
OF the slot machines.
The oldest mines IN America arc
located in Missouri They arc the lead
and nickel mines i'm Madison county
which were worked by the Indians a.
early as 1926. and have bccn mined
continuously almost ever since
During the summer large numbers
OF women come from POLAND SIa.ia
and Galacia. 10 Central Germany 10
work in the sugar beet fields. Pfcv
ere driven in gangs by a male over.
seer and receive % cents a DAY and
board
8 farmer in the central west who
uses small traction engine and a
gang Of 14inch plows says thgt Il
costs him 50 10 81 cents per acre 10
break his ground.
The amount Of human labor now re.
CURED - produce bushel OF wheat
from beginning to end IL on an aver.
sfage only Ten minutes. and the cost
OF such labor is 10 cents.
TIE Germag government will intro
1uce in the rei&nstag bill requiring
saloonkeepers to EEL Notwithstanding
not and cold drinkH and cold foods
Credit will be forbidden and the pvm
Der Of barwalds limited.