Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-03-04
CURRENT TOPICS.

United States.
One thousand dollars has been paid
in England for n single hen.
Dundee, Scotland, has started even
ing classes for it's policemen.
Last year America Imported only
100000 bushels of potatoes
Motor omnibus services are pro
land.
During the calendar year 1902 the
coinage at the minis of the country
aggregated S79,iS5.S15.
In Ecuador marriage must be
made by the civil authority before it
Is made by n clergyman.
Widows will form me majority OF
the women guests at charity ball to
be given shortly in Vienna
If the Mississippi valley were as
donsely populated as Massachusetts it
would have $50, 900 900 inhabitants.
Eight thousand nine hundred WON
On in London have been convicted of
drunkenness more than ten times.
Eighty-fvc per cent. of the Beers
who have been repatriatod in the
Orange River colony have started to
work on farms.
Francis Asbury Mccormick. the first
baby born in the incorporated munich
pality of Columbus, O.. has just cele
brated his seth birthday
The International Typographical
union will erect a monument in Colo
rado Springs to Amos j. Cummings.
the former New York congressman.
Prof. Delbruecll. the well-known Ger
man historian, has paid a fine Of e Is
for an article in the Preussische J3hr-
buccher attacking the governments
Polish policy
Maj.-Gen. Baden Powell. who made
the famous defense Of Mafekng dur
ing the Bocr war. has been appointed
nspcctorgeneral Of cavalry Of the
British army.
The number of employees in the New
York municipal service has reached
1929. of whom 1900 are teachers
and 10000 members of the police and
fire departments.
woman named Duria. living at
IIoudeng, dreamed the other night that
she was being murdered. She awokc
in so great fright that she only sur
vived the effect two days
From facts gathered in the last six
months the remarkable condition is re-
vcaled Of the existence Of more child
labor in New York city than in all the
states of the South combined
State Labor Commissioner Block. of
monument raised over the grave of
James Armour, a revolutionary sol
der. The latter was a greatuncle OF
the late p. ID. Armour
The two monuments erected at
Chester, Pa, in memory Of John Nor
ton. signer OF the declaration of in
dependence. and in commemoration of
William Pcnn's arrival arc sadly neg
lected and in need Of attention.
That the people Of the United
states do not eat rice is shown by the
statistics that a population of so 1000. =
600 consumes less than five pounds
per capita per annum Of the 400 600 j..
coo Of clean rice now produced annu-
ally.
Secretary Root has asked tho mayor
a. fredericksburg. Va. 10 rccuro ana
convey to the federal government q
suitable site for the $21 800 bronze
statue of Gen Hugh Mercer. to bc
erected at government expense i'm that
city.
Great Britain is still the grcatest
tea-drinking country. Tho consumption
IS five pounds per head of the popula-
lion. In Switzerland il is estimated
at ~ pound per head. and i'm tho
United states about one pound per
head
John II. Dick. an octogcnarian resi-.
dent Of 81. Paul. was sent IT, the poor.
house the othcs day az his own re-
quest lie owns q valuable Stradiva.
rius violin. the sale of which would
place him above want. but hc refused
60 part with IT,
Anicla Rinzirska tho only remain.
ing godchild of Napoleon T.. is dead at
Warsaw. aged 81. S1c happened 20 be
Torn the day Napoleon pass cd through
Warsaw on his way back from Mos
COW. and the great general stopped AT
Tho boby's fathers hotel
Cruelty ~ children IS obviously not
q serious affair in Austria 4 father
who Killed his child by ur treatment
was the other day punt lcd DE- cIrhf
days arrest
Apples upon the surface ~ which
are perfectly reproduced photograpb
81 The emperor and empress Of nus.
Ella and tho president Of tio Frcncl,
republic have been shown IN France.