The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-24
HENS OF INIERES

The elephant IN his prime sleepl
only Eve hours Of night, and the old
er he grows the less sleep he requires;
The outside walls Of many. Of the
houses in Mexico are from three t
sis feet thick TO Withstand earth
suAke shocks. sssi
Robert Burns family Bible, con.
saining tnteresdng family entries
mas sold at auction in London for
$3.50 The buyer! was a London
dealer.
The last eYolution In Uruguay was
one Of the most successful pulled on
IL South America for5somes years. The
government paid the insurgents $780,,
800 to quit foolings
A Workman on the Siberian railway
saa cidentally locked in a refriger..
atof ear and was afterward found
deads Imagining that he was being
sio#ly frozen TO death he had record.
ID his safferings with: a piece Of chalk
on. the floor. The temperature had
not fallen below so degrees Fanren;
heit. throughout the Journey.
The skin OF the men and women OF
ssme nations IS much thicker than
sslat Of Others. particularly in hot
countries The Central African negro
mas q skin about half as thick again
rs that Of % European. That OF a ne.
FRO IS thiekest over the head ana
luck evidently 10 form a protection
from The sun.
a committee of insurance adjusters
Lave found TINT THE probable cause
Y the recent fire at the home Of w.
$ Lewis Of saybrook, Conn, was the
rays of The sun shining through gold
iistl globe set beside a window. The
rays after passing through the globe
we're refracted to a curtain and set
are @ IL the globe acting as burn.
Ing glass.
lne women Of savage tribes have
MOI eqlently a wardrobe consist.
-ng Of fnrs which wouldbe worth from
5000 to 1000 Grundeman, the ex.
ssrer relates how one fair Greer.
tzpder wore a dress Of sealskin with
] hood Of that costly fur, the silver
iox The garment was lined with fur
g he young seal otter, and there was
2 fringe Of wolverine tails. About
1900 is probably the average worth Of
see dress ofsIndian women on the Co.
tamhia and Fraser rivers.
Military critics say that the Japan.
sse have q great advantage over
Christian nations in the matter of
sanitation, because of their method Of
I'isposIng Of the dead by cremation.
Alter Che great battles OF the civil
ma ins the United States the soldiers
Kept IN grayeyards and drank the
sater tainted with the seepage from
ia grayes OF the dead. During that
s1r one man In slxty.five was killed
IN battle and fifty-six died Of wounds
ana one In thirteen died Of disease. 4
Experiments which have been car.
ned uni on the weight Of crowds go
to show that the loading OF 50 pounds
70 lo2 pounds per square foot, usual.
y assumed In Germany in floor de.
and prescribed bv the Ministry
at Public Works for this purpose, is
Lsrs 100 low to allow for conditions that
nay ssauently occur. 1t is urged that
ms figure should be raised to at
l y y 12a pounds to 1873 pounds n
sVnare foot otherwise the assumed
faetor Of safety may be encroached
on materially.
French West Africa is TO be an Eve
s r: paradise. The Governor Gener.
AIN I'M tmated TO the Minister Of the
'Soi9tl les tlatf the number of stations
md posts offering facilities for mar.
kied officers or functionaries are very
asS and that great inconvenience is
ALREADY caused by the difficulty Of
psuSIding family quarters The Min.
8: ssters is requested 10 stop the further
.risressg OF families, and an order has
lust been issued warning all whom
itsrHayl concern that the appointments
n & West Africa must henceforth be
accented on the basis of bachelor.
ilocds Army officers will, of course,
Itaye families behind.