Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1904-02-17
CURRENT TOPICS.
WEST VIRGINIA

uucRS than any other country.
Nearly one-third of the 381, 900 in.
habitants Of Cleveland, O., were born
in Europe.
The first public library in modern
Europe was founded in Florence in the
18th century.
The inventor OF the safety bicycle.
George Shergold. Is dead in an Eng
lish poorhouse.
Much amusement is being caused
In South Africa by the adoption by la
dies Of young calves as pets.
In 1901 the number OF indictable Of
lenses committed in Ireland was 5000,
but in 1902 they sank to S.726.
The port of New Chwang. at the
mouth of the Lao river, is the great
est bean market in the world.
Cape Town has the most cosmopoli-
tan population of any city in the
world. almost every nationality being
represented.
In Monaco the limit Of speed for
motor cars has been raised from six
and a quarter to seven and n half
miles an hour.
The population OF the world aver
ages 100 women to every 100 men.
Eight-nnths OF the sudden deaths are
those Of males.
The railway system Of East India is
TO be improved by the adoption OF
heavier locomotives and cars after
the American type.
Switzerland is inaugurating a sys
tenn OF itinerant school teachers. who
will visit and spend some time in the
isolated outlying villages.
Manufacturers Of he United States
almost monopolize the Liberian trade
In firearms and keep large stocks OF
their goods in the country.
In order to develop cattle industry
n Nigeria number Of milch cattle
ave been purchased in Barbados and
shipped direct to the west coast Of
Africa.
A German company has applied for
a concession to construct an entirely
new sort of funicuar railway. the in
vention of an engineer at Elberfeld,
up the Matterhorn.
Three vaccinations are now compul-
sorry in France. The first must be
made during the first year of infancy,
the second in the 18th year and the
third in the 21st year
The death rate of infants and young
children-those under years of age
is the true test of the sanitary condi.
tons and of the sanitary administra-
ton OF a community.
The German state gives to one uni.
versity more than the British govern
ment allows to all the universities and
university colleges in England, Ireland
and Scotland put together
In Wales there are 100000 people
who can not speak English; in Ire
land there are 10000 who speak only
Irish. and iii Scotland there are 40
coo who speak only Gaelic.
The South African medical congress
at Cape Town has initiated a move
ment for the formation of an associa.
ton for the prevention OF consumption
and other forms of tuberculosis.
The American investment in relig.
ious and educational institutions in
Turkey is sG.O00,0O0. and more than
s20,OOO.O00 has been spent in mission
work covering nearly a century.
erage 81 weekly for GO hours work.
Piece work prevails among shoe
makers in small shops, and they re-
ceive 90 weekly and board and lodg.
ing.
In the Indian Territory there are 49,.
S64 Indian scholars enrolled in the
public schools. OF these 1888 are in
the Cherokee nation, 1854 in the
Creek, 4.7S3 In the Choctaw and 939
in the Chckasaw.
NJ. Curie, who shares with his wife
the honor of having discovered radi-
um. has expressed a wish not to be
decorated. His name. therefore. was
not included in the New Years list OF
hcnors in France.
When Chinese workmen apply for
Jobs 10 the Russians in Manchuria
they are informed that heathens can
not be engeged and that first they
must become Christians. This makes
them desist invariably
In consequence of the reduction OF
the French import duties on sugar.
which came into force on September 1
last year. the amount consumed i'm
France in the three months following
showed an increase Of 1900 tons.
Six hundred thousand acres Of In
dia's best land. says a circular issued
10y the Christian union against the
opium traffic. are used by the govern.
mont for the cultivation Of opium. tho
great bulk OF which goes 10 China
II is proposed TO reserve n national
park near the eastern coast OF Port,
Rico. a representative Of the United
States bureau Of forestry has visited
Porto Rico and finds a great forest.
preserving n natural water supply.
German trade papers, in announcing
the success Of the long-continued at.
tempts 10 renew the syndicate Of the
pig.iron manufacturers Of Germany
cav that tho chLnl canen rhi. n ,,nlto-