The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-08

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The order Of True Americans has
been founded in Georgia with an OBJ
ject Of settling the race problem BY
transporting the negroes to some col.
ony without the borders. Il
The current year book Of the Car.
negie Institution shows that during the
last year S6S6,SOO was distributed
among nearly three hundred persons
conducting scientific research.
Bethmann- Hollweg is the first Ger:
man chancellor to wear a beard. Bis.
mark shaved his when he entered up
on his diplomatic career and SO did
Capriyi, Eohenlohe and Won Buelow.
Naples is soon to be lighted by cleo,
tricity secured from water-power.
over $4,000 horsepower is1soon to be
developed at Capo votherno and car
fled Sc miles into the city at $4,000
volts.
Ono Of the soft coal roads has just
added two engines to its equipment,
each of which is able to draw train
Of l52 loaded coal cars. They would
make train we'll over a mile in
length.
In nine cases of out ten sunstroke
or heat stroke simply means fainting,
caused by sun or air. heat acting on
one whose resistance has been lower
cd by disease. drunkenness or fash
ionable dressing.
Philadelphia's Department Of
Health has organized an alliance for
the care Of babies. Voluntary service
will be rendered by t5O physicians and
cooperative committees have been or
gani2ed in every ward. n
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One of the Frankfort papers states
that there is a great revival Of the
tattooing habit in Germany. No one
realizes Just how bad this habit is IN.
til they have been decorated and be-
gin to want to be cleared of.
Edison now has a new scheme
which Is to fill the bed Of tho East riv.
or at New York and provide a new
channel for the water by digging a
canal across. 1t would provide fair
ly valuable strip Of real estate, any
way.
Our 13.cent stamp is soon to be
abolished as few people seem to like
to use 1t. 1t was issued to cover the
cost Of eight-cent registry fee and the
five.cent international postage rate.
A 12.cent stamp is to be issued in its
place.
The National Red Cross society has
met with much success In teaching
the employees Of big corporations first
aid. It is going to extend this work
and plans to teach 10000 employees Of
the United States steel corporation
before long.
The eighth satellite Of Jupiter
which was discovered at the Green.
witch observatory in January has
proved to be most interesting affair
with decidedly eccentric orbit. 1t
varies in its distance from the planet
from 100000 to 2O,00O,OO0 miles,
and revolyes about it in 26 months.
The biologists in charge Of the
coast survey in Alaska report that
there are 5000, 100000 tons Of coal in
sight with the country only partially
explored. Several syndicates have
talked about claims, but mining will
not begin until all titles have been ex.
amined and allowed at the Alaskan
land ONCE.
One Of the teachers at the girls IN.
dustrlal school at Clarkson, Miss,
says that most OF the pupils are very
moor and are being sent there by
churches or else are working their
own way. One girl came to the
school recently leading cow. She
had travelled IS miles over tho noun
tains and plains to sell milk and so
pay'her way through the school,
Vulcan, an alleged planet, was dis
covered in 1859, only to be effectively
obliterated from the planetary sys.
tenn 50 years later. Leverrier, who
acted at godfather Of the new addi'
ton, calculated a path and found that
the planet revolved around the sun
1 nabout 20 days. Yet other observ'
ers failed ever to see the planet, and
now Prof. Campbell announces that
the eclipse observations Of recent
years prove, almost concluslyely,
that the existence Of such a body Is
q practical irnpossibility.
Don't pay penny piece Tor en-
velopss when you can get 500 printed
with return notice and your name for
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