Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-02-11
CURRENT TOPICS.

Thirdc class railway fare in India IS
less than half cent mile.
No other form OF poverty can com
pare with mental restitution
Tennessee. with sic. POO 900. has q
larger debt tan any other state.
China produces upwards of three
fourths of the tea crop of the world
Since 1872 1000 miles of railway
have been laid in the Japanese EN-
pire.
lola left a fortune of 100000 made
up entirely from the profits of his
novels
Canadian trade with Great Britain
has increased over 100000 in the
past year.
So short is the wheat crop of Aus.
tralia that inquiry for American wheat
is being made
Nearly 100,0 900 tons of iron and stee'
materials were imported by this couu-
try in December.
"A Lancashire newsboy has obtained
the diploma OF licentiate of the Royal
academy Of music
A bee. unladen, will fly 40 miles an
hour, but one coming home laden with
honey does not travel faster than IL
miles an hour
Austrian shoe manufacturers have
decided to advance the price OF shoes
10 per cent. on account of the higher
cost of leather
About a hundred years ago the use
of starch for stiffening the frills round
the neck was considered highly repre-
hensible, If not positively sinful.
By the will Of the late Mrs Laura
Currier Yale college will receive $50
600 as fund to aid students who are
poor and have no means of support.
Three hundred shoemakers who
struck for higher wages in Philadel-
phia in 17SG were the first workingmen
TO adopt such tactics in this country.
st. Louis merchant uses but two
letters in signing his name. although
one of the pair is brought into requisi
tion four times. His name is a. A.
AL
AS a selfinflicted atonement for sins
committed 30 years ago a Moscow beg
gar has ever since worn an iron chain
from which two heavy weights de
pend
The French authorities permit no
public selling of the Scriptures in
Tunis. and they have not allowed the
Bible society to resume work in Cochin
China.
Nearly all the shoes sold in Russia
are manufactured by one firm in St
petersburg which is one OF the most
prosperous stock companies in the
world
Prof. Friedrich Delitsch. of the uni
versity Of Berlin. whose lectures on
the Babylonian origin OF the Bible Gre
ated a sensation. Will visit the United
States in March.
Nearly all Russian leather is tanned
with birch bark This gives II the
peculiarly pleasant odor which is so
admired. and at the same time pro
tects 1t from insects.
DR.. John ID. McCord. pastor Of the
Green Street Congregational church
of Chicago, has been continuously in
the harness for the past 40 years with
the exception OF four weeks
Public opinion in Hungary is decid
edly against cremation. and the Hun.
garian premier has refused TO grant
license TO a company formed 20 estab.
lish crematories in Hungary
A monument to the cadet battalion
which fought the battle OF New
Market, Va, will be unveiled during
the commencement exercises OF the
Virginia Military institute. next June.
DR. Mary Il. Tucker. Of St. Louis
has been named a woman sanitary in
Bpector She will see TO the sanitary
condition Of places in which are WON
en- and children, and will wear a star.
Marselles pianist. one NJ FIorer.
has made a wager that he will play
the piano for 10 hours without stop.
ping. The experiment is TO be made
under the control Of an independent
jury at one Of the local concert halls
II is proposed TO cut railroad tun.
mel through the mountain known as
the Faucille. in the Jura Alps and so
shorten the journey between Paris
and Switzerland by two and a half
hours.
At Swedish weddings. among the
middle and lower classes. the bride.
groom carries a whip This is an en-.
blem Of his authority in the domestic
circle
At Japanese cotillion given by Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Dewey. in Chicago.
Christmas eye. all the favors consist.
ed Of novelties purchased by the Dew
eys in Japan some months ago.
Alnert Shields. principal Of a New
York public school. has been offered
the principalship n tic normal school
which the Argentine republic ia abou,
20 organize at one of its principal
cities,