Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1904-08-10
CURRENT TOPICS.

sacks eat poultry in raw state and
even eat candles.
Senator Hoar is still carrying the
pocketknife that he took to Washing
ton with him in 1869.
Mortality from cancer is very high
In beer-drinking districts of Germany,
such as Bavaria and Salzburg.
In consequence of the war with
Japan $4,000 Russian laborers at Lodz
are already out OF employment
Contracts have been let by the
Grand Trunk railway for new 800
FOOT ferry to be used at Toledo.
Fruit trees to the number of go. 900
have been shipped to Vancouver. b.
C.. since January l from all parts of
the world.
Three per cent. of the Japanese
army officers are Christians. Two
Japanese battle ships are commanded
by Christians.
The inhabitants of Mainz. Germany
are great readers OF the 200 900 vol
umes in their library, 10000 were
used last year
Stringent regulations against firt-
ing nave recently been put in force at
an English art school on complaint
that that practice was found to be
great hindrance to art studies.
The automobile is hurting the bust
ness of fashionable tailors in Europe.
IL is found that people do not care
what they wear under their loose
cover-all when they go motoring.
new cavern, rivaling in beauty
the one at Luray, and Wier's Cave and
the Cave of Fountains, at Shendun.
va, has been discovered in Shenan-
doah county, VT, near Woodstock
An improved machine for sealing
envelopes has been invented bv q man
in Topeka, Kan. The machine il is
CANNED, will seal from 5000 to $4,000
envelopes per hour OF any ordinary
bulk.
The city of New York in the ~
months ending with February. for the
hrst time in its history, passed the
billion mark in the number of five
cent fares paid to local transit com.
panies.
The chalk pits in Kent, II miles
from London, are found to be exten.
slve ancient British cave dwellings
connected by galleries which extend
Tor miles. Near the center is a Druid
ical temple.
Queen Alexandra is devotcdly fond
OF dogs and has had all sorts. sizes
and breeds. She possesses great skin
In training them and the pets which
she has about her are all capable Of
wonderful tricks.
Inc present custom in England of
brides carrying prayer-books instead
OF bouquets has caused a boom i'm tho
prayer-book trade. The bindings have
TO be white-mOrOcco. calf. ivory sill.
YER or mother-of-pearl.
The Parisians are CONSIDERING
whether they ought to postpone the
dinner hour stu further from Q to IN
o'clock or give up dinner altogether in
favor OF substantial o'clock tea
and an after-theater supper.
On the farm of John Carson near
Russellville, Howard county. Mo. is
an apple orchard which was planted
~ years ago. The orchard bore a
good crop this year MANY Of ts
trees are three feet in diameter.
To check the emigration of English
boys TO the colonies. the Lambeth
England guardians are trying to an.
prentice them TO home farmers. MANY
"f whom are ready 10 pay good WAGES
and look carefully after the boys.
-Four large German iron commando
have just signed a contract for about
14OO"OOO tons Of Swedish phosphorio
iron ore to be delivered through SO
rics Of years. The value Of these or
ders is given al about $G2.50OOlO
In the year 1903 New Zealand OK
ported the following quantities of fro
zen meat: Beef. 21O274Gi pounds.
lamb. 7G.j6i4G4 pounds. mutton. 14G
"lI.'2S pounds The total exceeded
inc exports Of 1902 by 100000
pounds
- gold coin. probably the only one
of its Kind in existence. is on exhibit
ton at the German national bank. Nil
waukcc. lt belongs 10 Dr. Charles
Large and is valued by the bank Off
Gals aL 500. although this is only ap
proNimatc.
Hundreds Of tons NJ Egyptian rag;
arc exported cvory year into Inc rrft
Cd states to supply the papcr mills
~ Mannhcim-on-theRhino American
importers havc ragpickng houses
where rags are collected from an over
Europe The discase-infected Lcvant
not excepted
IN the making Of petrihed milk or
Ealali'h in Austria, 10000 quarts IF
skinned milk are used daily. Tn
oasein is precipitated by chemicals
end mixed with formaHn. -. prod
net is used az a substitute ~ hor-
turtle, shell. ivory celluloid, uarb.
amber and hard rubber