Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1904-05-11
CURRENT TOPICS.


The exports of Canada for 1908 were
S47S574,591, and imports s243,141,0 16
Pittsburg is represented at the
Worlds fair by a huge relief map Of
the mill district
There is now no pitchblende, from
which radium is extracted. for sale
at the Austrian mines
There are more than a hundred
buildings on the 40-acre Filipino reser-
walton at the Worlds fair.
In 1882 the deaths from typhoid fe
yer in Paris were 1i2 per 100000 in
habitants; to-day the proportion is
only 10 per 100000.
London cabmen pay from about
$3.50 to So day for hanson. accord
Ing to the season. A drivers profits
average nearly So a day.
working model of the Vienna filter
Ing plant, said to be one of the most
efficient in the world, is shown in the
Model Street at the Worlds fair.
Because nobody wants to be post
master the office at Kilingworth, q,
may have to be abolished Congress-
man Sperry says he can get no one to
pccept the office.
Santo Domingo is half as big as Cuba.
five times the size of Porto Rico, and
Inherently richer than either. No
Island of the Antilles is its peer in
Fertility and climate.
Paul Adam. the French sculptor. has
been commissioned by the minister OF
public instruction of France to come
to America TO study the French inhu-
ence on AmriCan art
Many Russian peasants believe that
the japanese are a race of ugly dwarfs.
and that the Cossacks kill them by
throwing their big caps at them or suf-
locating them Herewith
The llfe-saving globe invented by
Capt Donvig has been Endorsed by the
Norwegian government. 1t is made OF
316-inch steel, has seats for 16 per-
sons, sail and a rudder.
The boil weevil. according to a re-
port just issued by the Census Bu.
reau, damaged the cotton crop last
year in Sc of the IFS counties in Texas
to the extent of s49,272.S9S
The United States has the lead as
exporters to Italy of cotton oil. heavy
mineral oil, petroleum and solid paraf-
nm, and encounters no competition.
The same might be said for tobacco.
Lieut.. Charles NJ. McIsaac. OF the
bth Massachusetts regiment, has re-
ceiVed an appointment as instructor
in the new Chinese imperial forces
with captains commission He will
leave for China in three or four weeks
The Japanese name for a torpedo
Us suirai, literally "water-lightninc
torpedo boat they called suiraitcl. or
"water-lightning ship" A Whitehead
mine they call gyokeisuirei. meaning
water-1ghtning in the form of fish"
The fishermen near the Marconi
wireless telegraph station in England
have petitioned parliament to take Il
away. because it, they alsage, pro.
duces the deluges descending upon
them.
To vote for a member of parliament
a Japanese must be % years old and
pay about $3.50 annually in direct ma.
tonal taxation. This rule shuts out
nearly SO per cent. OF the population
Of Japan.
Andrew Carnegie has the best col.
lection Of autographs Of crowned heads
and famous persons in contemporary
history. There are frequently not only
signatures, but also letters written to
him on various subjects.
Gopher w. Brooks, "A genuine son Of
the revolution, celebrated his 92d birth
day by family reunion at the old
homestead, in Hancock. " r.. the 9th.
er day. Mr.. Brooks is son Of John
Brooks. a Lieutenant in the revolu.
uonary war
The Russian government intends to
distribute next year sum OF over
$4,000 as a subsidy TO private steam.
ers on the rivers Amur. Plethora and
Lena and their af1uents and on Lake
Baikal for the transp ortatiOn Of mail
matter at regular intervals.
Eight hundred tons OF sulphur were
used In France last year in making
matches. The daily consumption was
three per head Of the population
Matchmaking is a monopoly to the
French government, to which II yields
an annual revenue OF $4,000 900.
The returns for last month AT Yale
showed that the new dining hall. for
the first time since il was opened
paid expenses, and a serious problem
in university finances is now regarded
as solved. Along with the a Ia carte
plan a coupon" system will be adopt
ed at the hall.
The Burlington is experimenting
with gasoline as substitute for
steam. a new motor. which has been
given thorough trial. is said to prom.
Use saving Of fully 20 per cent. in
the cost Of operation and IL capable
OF hauling large loaded trains easily
~ The rate Of 80 miles an hour.