The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-13

liiefe tA one HllEltis AAgt9eS -
'fSr each $50. inhabi tants. Z
The prizes now being contested tor
~ ayiators number IS and are val y
asd At $4,000
There are In Germany about 1900
hospitals IN which 100000 patients
are annually treated.
Texas has taken pattern from New
York and now has in effect law pro.
,bibiting gambling at race tracks.
For the instruction to tourists about
10 visit Egypt, Persia and India a
museum is to be established in Paris.
In the China inland mission, which
was opened "A years ago. there are
s2S foreign missionaries residing az
80 stations.
II has been reported that the disease
,known as trachoma, OF, granular eye
Ids, has been spreading rapidly among
the Indians. '''i
4,,e Cleveland Dental society has
Set;tloned the school BOARD Of that city
for permission to establish dental clln:
les in the public schools.
The decrease of song birds on the
plains is said to be due to the raids
of the increasing bands of coyotes
which prey on the young birds.
No fewer than 1900 towns and VII
lagos in Germany stiIl own, and have
owned, down from the middle ages,
40 much common land that their In
habitants pay neither rates nor taxes.
pulse counting watch, has been In.
vented for the use Of physicians and
nurses in London. The watch indl.,
Gates, without mental calculation, the
number Of beats Of the pulse in
minute.
The King or Siam does not confine
ais relationship to mother earth. He
claims to be Brother Of the Moon,
Half Brother of the Sun as well as
Sovereign Arbitrator Of the Flux and
Rehuv."
Boston University has an attendance
Of 1874 in all its departments. OF
these O62 are men and $50 are women.
The chief increases are in the college
If liberal arts, the courses for teachers
and the school of theology.
The automobile demand in Mexico
IS shown to be on steady increase.
hat the taxicab system has proven
success is shown by the fact that =
amber OF -taxicabs for Mexico
'uy dES NV S"VsSSs
.Recentiysthe- eEities'of- Carlsbad,
were much GoncassSSad overs decrease
in the flow OF famous sprudel and 9TH
er mineral springs. The state took
up the matter, and it was found that
he working Of the mines in the VI
cinity was probably affecting the sup
}ly Of the thermal springs.
In three years San Diego, Cal, has
erected three large school buildings
at a cost OF $4,000, one Of them,
building OF 90 rooms, being the finest
grammar school building in California.
There is also a high school costing
1926, 900, besides additions to two 9TH
err buildings, doubling their capacity.
In a mountain near Montalban, Tn.
zon, there is large cavern with many
branching chambers, and a central
come two hundred feet in height, per-
forating the mountain top, from which
in December, 1907, High NJ. Smith saw
Issue solid column Of bats, which
flew rapidly, in straight line for Is
minutes.
In the phonograph archives of the
Vienna Academy of Science a collec-
lion Of music and speech of many
races and tribes in distant lands =
gradually being formed. The most
recent additions have been brought
from Natal, and include selections OF
speech, song aud music from zulus,
iJadi, Swat. Matabele, Baca and other
races. tf
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A wealthy resident Of Moscow owns
the smallest watch in the world, which
once belonged to the last Empress Of
Brazil. 1t was made in Geneva by the
famous matchmaker, w. Zogelin, and
cost over 5000 guineas. 1t has di.
a.