The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-27
ITEMS or INTEREST


Che eiefhani III his prime sleeps
cniy iiYs hours al night. and tiie old.
eF hesgrows the less sleep Ne reqnires.
fhe ohtsIde walls VI many 81 he
houses III Mexico are from three ID
isix feet thiels withstand earth.
fsshlte shoci
Robert Burns; family Bible con.
lining interss ling family entries.
was sold at alct ton in SEon don for
IS 80 The buy r was Il IA London
Gea,er
The last sreyol utiong in Uruguay was
one Of the most sue eessful pulled of.
y, South America for some years. The
government paid the Insurgents. s10O,;
Qoo I'd quit sfooling a IN 3;s
Workman On the l Siberian railway
was accid entally locked In a refriger.
atcr car and was afterward found
dead Imagining that he was being
slowly frozen 10 death he had record.
cd his sntferings with a piece OF. chalk
on tile floor. The temperature had
not fallen below 50 degrees Fanren:
heit through oQtS the tourney. al
Thess skin % the men and women of
same mat lions d is much thicker. than
that 81 others, particularly III hot
countries The Central African negro
Slsas Il a Kin sBont half as thick again
as$t sas Euro pean Ii. That OF d. ne:
srol 4 thickest over the head an!
lack xldently 10 form a protection
from the sun: :ss5
committee Of Insurance adjusters
have found that the probable cause
5otsthes recent fire at the home of w.
l.eMsis, of Saybrooki Conn, was the
L, avs Of the sun shining through a gold
fG;f globe set beside a window. The
85fa after passing througlrfthc globe
/ were refracted to a. curtain and set
ire 70 ~ the globe acting as a burn.
ing glass ..j5 .,$
\ ~ Eh " women OF savage tribes have
moi infrequently a wardrobe consist
ms ii furs5 which would be worth from
.00o to 900. Grundeman, the ex.
ssssfer, ates how one fair Greer
slapder Wore a dress Of sealskin with
a55 hood Of that costly fur, the silver
siiox. The garment was lined with fur
sof they young seal: otter and there was
IN fringe OF wolverine tails About
5000 Is probably. the; average worth OF
5ls dress Of; Indian women on the Co.
!slsl IN! q and Fraser rivers.
ilitary critics say that the Japan.
& sSsesey have Y va great advantage over
Christian nations in: the matter OF
jsanitat ton, because of:their method Of
ssddllgs'posings Of the dead by cremation.
fer the great battles OF the civil
sSwsr 81 n the United States the soldiers
SEPT IN srareyards and drank the
&atertt taintedEwith the seepage from,
neE YES Of the dead During that
one man in sixty-five was killed
nSbatt tie and ,tlfty;six died; Of wounds
and one in thirteen died ofsdiscase.
erlments which have been car
.ssrt 'st out on TIE weight of crowds go
that the loading Of S2 pounds
sI5to slIo2 pounds per9square foot, usual
assumed s. i'm Germany in floor; de.
5ssssi gn, and prescribed bv the Ministry
;;e1fSSEP'utblic Works for this purpose, is
fsIstoo low to. allow, for conditions that
SSsi, sS fsrrsequently occur. tits urged that
staisys figure should be araised aEto at
Ssleastss1 % pounds TO 1873 pounds. 4 n
square X foot otherwise the assumed
IA st ctor5 Of safety may be encroached
@onsmaterially.
French West Africa $issto be an Eve.
less paradise The Governor Gener
al has in timated 10 the Minister: Of the
G0lonies that the number of stations
and posts Offering facilities for mar.
SSlsed officers or functionaries are very
feWss and that great Inconvenience is
"a rea dyS caused by the difficulty Of
ding family quarters. The Min.
~ teri Il equested TO stop the further
s. n gress$ q families, and an order! has
IEj 1as been issued warning lall whom
sS n nay oncern that the appointments
ins Vest V Africa must henceforth be
sssaeee Dted ION the basis Of bachelor.
$FS ,fii army officers will, OF course;
leave families behind. VI