Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1904-05-04
CURRENT TOPICS.


Exports Of Canada for 1903 were
s47S,57i,591, and imports $243 141,O1G.
The height of the caves lines on ali
exhibit palaces n the Worlds fair is
G5 feet.
The age at which the greatest mum.
Der of japanese girls marry is between
20 and 81.
The Panama canal will shorten tho
distance from New York to- San Fran
cisco for sailing vessels from 1900 to
J.29i miles.
In the coal mining industry in Eng
land the average time worked in 1903
was 800 days a week, the lowest pro-
portion since 1896.
Thcater fires are to he studied ex.
perimentally in Austria by building a
theater one fifth of the normal size and
subjec;ing 1t to various tests.
II is estimated that no fewer than
ten millions of date palms are scattered
from the mouth offthe Persian Gulf to
beyond the region OF Bagdad
Several physicians at Bellevue hos
pital, New York. have suddenly con,
tracted tuberculosis from association
with patients in the institution
Cattle from the United States have
been given preference over Canadian
cattle in South Africa because of their
greater immunity from disease.
According to figures compiled Ivy the
publishers of the 1904 directory, the
population OF St Louis has increased
37,2oS within the last year The fig
ures for 1904 are 3.G75.
Work is TO be started on another
rapid transit subway in New York be-
fore the end of the year. About $50
100000 will he involved in the second
system of underground lines
A New York firm has built duplex
cantilever dredge with a span of 300
feet for use on the Panama canal.
which requires % men TO operate and
will do the work of 1000 men
Germany during 1903 imported wine
valued at $14.01G.490. and exported to
the value of s5.977132 OF the total.
t,495 cwt. came from and So .51S cwts.
were sent TO the United States.
Gerome left his famous bust of Sa.
ran Bernhardt 10 the Luxembourg gal.
lery, with the expressed wish that in
course OF time II might be thought
worthy of place in the Louvre.
1t is reported by scientific journal
that the United States navy depart.
ment will establish branch naval oh.
servatory in Samoa. and that $4,000
has been allotted for this purpose.
The French astronomer. Touchet. by
using an ingenicIs method first EN-.
plOyed 10y Warren de la Rue has sue.
ceeded in making microscopic pictures
Of Neptune, the planet falthest from
the sun.
Berlin woman's club Of which
Frau Bauer is the leader. has a mem.
bership of 5000. all working women
The organization publishes a paper
and finds situations for the unem-
ployed
One OF the favorite dishes Of the ma.
tivcs Of the Philippines les a FISH call Il
by them sinarapan Tho largest spcci.
mems are half an inch long The smaIl.
est one-fith Of an inch. and 20 takes
C.0O0 90 make a pound
In the manufacture o. luigc, the
division OF labor ha beer carried to
such an extent that on. knit. is har.
died By several different arfI.lus from
the moment the blade r forced ultiI
the instrument g. au Bad and ready
for tho market.
Tho current FOO One yat 70 ho
Tier.s river is 80 strong 1lu tN bH.
ish steamboats, raHrir. d.. it with
the CON emit ~ thc Turkish govern.
ment s,metimes can Ialaa 10 head.
way for hours. and al. o.ra. aaa -
turned Ground completely
On the American quarter. .uar there
ere DE- stars. 13 letters Zoo 'bn scroll
feid iu The eagles lraL a mue.ua.
1eataer a ealn sing. g.. 'aiI feathers.
j. horizontal tsrs % parallel lines In
The shield BE- arrow beads and I3 let.
tiers u thn wo~ds qrarte. dollar"
The present war has produced the
first healing coBtairl1o more tim A
single iine ever pubB.nsI iu Russian
newspaper Previous r.e most jim.
portaut news had never Henu $50 hon.
ored and the death of Queen Victoria
was announced without auy heading
Australia is not prominently either
ar agricultural or manufacturing coun.
try. but the create. portion Of he land
S. devoted 10 gIaziag. tho native grass.
rs and shrubs being rim and abundant.
and in favorable seasons anording. dur.
ing The winter and SKINNER. ample
pastuIaGe TO keep cattle tat.
The torpedo, whose If II has been
amply demonstrated By the Japanese
IN their eng Dts with the Rus.
slams in ~ ~ Port Arthur
first came ITO use in the civil war.
and was the invention Of capt Arthur
r Maufy Of Fred@richsburg. Va. an
ohcer IN the confederate army.