The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-26
SHORT CUTTINGS

SARUTAI
Rounania has ordered from Krnpp
800 quick-fring field guns They will
eost 100000.
with a cargo of cotton from
the new WestAfrican fields.
The Gar has put million rubles
into bank for his infant son, to give
lin a start in life. Vanity Fair says
il is Known as the Fresh Heir Fund
woman aged seventy-nine years,
. Eeatgrand-mother, runs a ferry
boat on theF1akensee Erkner, near
Berlin. She is always ready, day or
night. to AXE over passengers.
Investigation by the Secretary of
Interior showed that in 1902 there
Rere in existence in thesUnited States
about HOO American bison or buf-
1aIo. Canada deported 600 wild buff
fafo and 60 in captivity.
novel event a the sports meeting
held at Lowestof, England, in con-
neetion withssa police picnic was a
a-~efhIef.race, in which the thief" had
Is yards, start and was allowed to
rluEanywhere within an enclosure
The athief'' eIuded capture for the
stipulated time of three minutes and
took the prize.
The Tacoma smelter, controlled by
DO. Mills and associates. is making
$4,000 a month by saving precious
metals that have heretofore been car
red away in smoke from its furnaces.
Tha smoke is passed through a cooler
then strained through light can
was The result is a harvest of gold,
silver, copper, etc.
1t present the Offices of IA Agents
General of British colonies are scat
tered all over London. A proposal to
have them all IN one great colonial
Building hasAbeen favorably received
IN colonial circles. Such a building
would be less expensive for the colo.
MES than the present offices. the total
rent Of which is in excess of $4,000
II viii require five years to con-
st-act the Ratc1iff-R otherhithe tunnel
1law being built under the Thames.
rs length viii be 6,SS3 feet, with an
external diameter of 80 feet, which
VIII allow a carriageway of 16 feet and
two footways tour feet eight and one
hnIf inches wide. When it is finished
there will be three tunnels under the
Thames at London
4 tailor named Guiding died in
nabIfn h other day. It was he who
made the suit of clothes for William
DEBrien when O'Brien was in Eulia-
more Jail. O.Brien refused to wear
prison suit and remained unclothed
fnh his cell for severa days. One morn
e his keepers We're surprised TO
ind him wearing a sui of tweed. 1t
cast s75O1to get the suit to him, how
ever.
T.. Toyen, of Brussels, has invented
q method OF rowing by which the oars
ryran is enabled to face the bow OF his
boar. Each oar is in W. parts, joint
81 ana fitted to the rest, the parts
being connected with zach other by a
Rx1thed sector working between the
fwo plates furnished with aXles, upon
u hich the sectors hinge, the plates
Being adjusted to h rests. There is
30 change in the rowing motion.
yhe first steamship that made the
western trip across the Atlantic was
hi Sirius. She sailed from Queens
Town April 3, 1888. and crossed 10
New York in IS days. june 16. 1897.
she was off the South coast OF
Ireland. In May of this year the
wreck was raised, and now most OF
mar metal is being made over into
steam fittings and taps. Her crank
shaft of solid brass, will be sawed into
sr1arI disks, which will be suitably
engraved for souvenirs.
RaIsED a POSTAL ORDER.