Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1904-06-01
CURRENT TOPICS.

France produced last year 2,827,00
metric tons OF pig iron.
Among the baggage Of Gen. Kuio-
patkin is a burial casket
Nearly all chalk is composed Of va
rious kinds of tiny shells.
The bamboo has been known TO
grow two feet in "a hours.
All the cork used in the world in a
year weighs a little over one thousand
tons.
In Amsterdam and Antwerp 10000
diamond cutters and polishers are On
strike.
In the plague districts OF South Afri-
ca the government pay cents for ev-
cry dead rat delivered to 1t.
The republic OF Liberia Is worried
over polygamy. A bill has just been
laid before the Liberian senate for the
regulation Of It.
Massenet will receive a bonus of
100000 for giving La Scala theater.
Milan. the choice OF his works for the
next four years.
New York young man has brought
an action for $4,000 damages against
girl who Rugged him so hard that
she broke one OF his ribs.
Japan is everywhere rich in water
power; consequently, even in small
country towns there are electric lights
and local telephone lines.
The London Times, commenting on
correspondents letter on child emf
grafton of the colonies, says in "a
years $4,000 children have been sent
to Canada.
law has been approved in Spain
making Sunday day of rest. Manual
labor is prohibited. Work on Sunday
will be permitted only when absolute
ly necessary.
For new variety of rhubarb It is
claimed that it not only fruits all the
year round, but that its flavor resem-
bles combination of The raspberry
and strawberry
Paper car wheels, made by pressure
from rye-straw paper, are usually in
condition for a second set of steel tires
after the first set is worn out by a run
Of 100000 miles.
The great Corliss engine that fur
nished the power for the centennial en-
position at Philadelphia had 500 horse
power. At St Louis one engine has
5000 horse power.
A blacksDake. measuring four feet
was killed in upper Walnut street
Cincinnati, recently by a citizen II is
believed the snake was brought to the
city in load or hay
At low estimate the total number
of men employed in all branches of
the St Pierre fisheries is upward Of
10000. Indirectly the industry sup.
ports a much larger number
Distress is so prevalent in the theat.
rical profession in London that a man.
ager. few days ago, received 434 an,
phcations for three small parts in a
musical comedy about to be sent on
tour
The English woman's foot is getting
bigger. This announcement is made
by German newspaper, which LAYS
the burden Of blame on the tendency
to sports developed in the nineteen tn
century.
In only two years in the history Of
the United States has as much as 10
per cent. of the corn crop been OK
ported. Out of the crop of 1897 11.14
per cent was shipped abroad. and out
OF the 1890 crop 1890 per cent
More diamonds are owned in the
United States than in any otner coun
try and last years imports were val
ned at thirty million dollars OF these
one+third was uncut. for we are fast
Tivaling Amsterdam in the diamond
cutting industry.
An official directory recently pub
lished gives the following statistics re
garding Roman Catholicism in this
country: The Roman Catholic popu
lation Is computed TO be nearly 10000.
600; the clergy numbers 13.2G7 and
there are 1l,19G houses OF worship.
Frozen meats and live cattle are sub.
jected to a sanitary inspection by the
government before admission into Bel
GUM. The communes are authorized
TO cause a second examination OF
meats introduced into their territory
without cost TO the persons Interested
a. +. Wilson. young man from or
den. Utah. leaped from the ton OF a
5Ofoot pole at Needles. Pa. for a
wager OF $3.50, and, plunging through
canvas net held by II citizens. land
ed on his feet and shattered both hips
besides receiving other serious in.
juries.
The stan Of the emergency bospital
at the Worlds fair is now treating an
average Of 80 cases a day. Las,
month the number OF cases were 46e
Since the organization OF the bosnital
total Of 5,67a cases have been treat.
Cd. Of these $500 were surgical cases
due to injury.