The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-04-20
FACTS IN FEW LINES.

s4#uhe population OE 4hussli1 ~ LII
ing 100000 annually.
u The average yield of wheat in Rus
STA is less than half that Of the United
States.
The export OF sole leather from the
United states averages about 100000
"a month 255 Is
sugar beets thrive in different kinds
Of soil in divers climates and over
large area.
Exclusive OF locomotives we manu-
facture 10000 engines Of 100000
horsepower every year.
An admiral flies his flag at the main
mast, a vice admiral at the fore and a
rear admiral at the 1nizzen.
The Russian official organ in st. Pc
Il tersburg has fine name for the news
boys. 4 It is the Prauitelstvini Fiestnik
IN the province of Samara, Russia,
4O5 900 persons get their subsistence
from less than three acres of land per
capita.
This is how Welsh paper wished
its readers happy new year: "Diolch
yn fawr chi; yr@ I'm peth I chwithau,
llawer honyn' nhw.'
An orange measuring twelve inches
in diameter and weighing nine pounds
has been grown by F. Gerber of Braam
River, kouEa, South Atrlca-
A sealed bottle containing four p1nts
of liquid air was sent from Berlin to
: Geneva, but on arrival it was found
that three and half pints had eVapo-
rated.
With population of about 900
Paris has fewer than 100 negroes with
In it's limits 1t is claimed that the
colored population Of all France is less
than $50.
The new cathedral at Liverpool will
be remarkable for it's high vaulting Of
the nave and choir-11G feet, measured
in the barrel vaulting, and in the high
transepts 14o feet.
4 monumental work of reference, an
encyclopedia Of sixteen large volumes
is just being published in New York
city. Whether by design or accident
not pcge is numbered.
The United States is not the only
government that is feeling little nerv-
Gus about the big guns on its war.
ships The new British % inch gun
is not coming up to expectations
Adult suffrage was tried for the first
time in the commonwealth of Australia
in the federal elections held on Dec.
16. 1908. The total number Of voters
registered was 100000. Of whom in
round numbers 7OO,O 600 were women.
II one could save cent the first day
Of the month, cents the next day,
cents the next.and so on, doubling the
amount each day, he would have near
" So. 100000 at the end of the month,
provided the month had thirty-one
days and his salary could stand the
pressure
The Characteristic feature of the au-
tomobile train invented in France is
the principle that each car propels
itself. The propellins force only is
furnished by-th locomotive. The lat
ter. therefore, as it has no pulling to
perform, but only to supply power;
can be built proportionately very light
4 The coal for Japan's navy comes
from Hakodate and Otaru, on the is
land of Yesso, which lies directly north
of Nippon, upon which Tokyo is sit
uated They are two Of the greatest
coal shipping ports in the world The
island is about 500 miles, or two days
steaming for man-of-war, from Flad-
ivostok.
A Boston professor takes a whaclS
at history by declaring that Columbus
was Il highly respectable and fairly
wealthy gentleman, who paid large
part Of the cost Of his voyage, that he
was tall and red haired, utterly unlike
his DOrtr11tS, ana that 1SstDelli usiu AO
jewels to pawn, having hypothecated
them several years before 1902.
A recent bulletin of the depa rtment
Of agriculture says, 1T appears that
practically all soils contain sufficient
plant food for good crop yield. that
this supply will be indefinitely main
tanned and that this actual yield of
plants adapted to the soil depends
mainly under favorable conditions up
on the cultural methods and suitable
crop rotation
The navy department has been max
ing experiments as to the possibility
Of q crew escaping from submarine
in case Of an accident while the boat
is submerged. Two dogs were expelled
successfully from the torpedo tubes by
means of compressed air, with wood
en- plug behind them, just as the tor
pedoes are fired. The tests show that
men could escape in the same way.
Newspaper work in Russia Is not
pleasant. The government spends more
money on it's press censors than on it's
schools Last year eighty-three papers
were suspended for various periods.
and twenty-six were forbidden to ac-
cept all advertisements, while 25o edi-
tors were told they could have q short
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