The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-28

GLEIlIn6s AAD GOSSIP
The Union Pacific railroad has es'
lablished a college for the instruction
Of rs employees. where they "i'i pe
taught by experts.
There IS . union o. hatmakers q
lie Mans, France in which the oilces
81 Iresident, vice president secretary
and treasurer are held By one man
Il ie iifst ATTENUATION 81 women
students 1t the universities in Prussia
has resulted n the adniisslo q essi
students. including % from america
and seven from the United kingdom.
Asmotor parade was one Of the ieass1
ures Of a recent county falrin Kansas
Only automobiles owned b. farmers
were allowed insthe parade and there 4
werenofe than 100 cars in line,
Sir william Pfolkes has been elect.
ed president OF Kings Lynn Sons pt
Renlsy. England, d most exclusive so
cial society, which has been In exist
ence for nearly a century and . halt,
On the shores Of Cape Cod there
were, during a period Of 20 years fol
lowing 1881. as many as one thousand
wrecks Of vessels carrying precious
cargoes Of human beings and q q
freight
Booth Harrington is said to thayefan-
ynouneed that he will write no more,
books. II only a few Of the enthusiasts;
tic Indiana authors would follow his.
example life would not seem quite 50
soTowful
IA. good deal Of camembeft cheeseiis'
now made In wisconsin, and 9the
cheesemakers in the Bray district Of
Normandy are trying to get up some
scheme for protecting the name Of the
real camembert which they make:
A good many Of the small towns on.
Long Island have gone for prohibition
several years in succession and some
Of them report conditions as anything
but favorable. More speak easies'
are about now than ever have been:
known before.
A record run Of 1854 miles by airno-
torboat travelling at the rate of 27.3
miles an hour throughout the distance
has been accomplished by the Brer
Fox II, which left Cincinnati recently
to make the long-distance speed test
runato New Orleans:
Paris Is having much trouble with
the moving picture craze, and the cam am
era operators now even invade the
cemeteries when the funeral Of some
weIl-lmown person is being held. The
government had toiforbid photograph
ers from attending executions, as they
wanted to even make films otgthese.
AT the Rockefeller Institute Flexner
and Carrel proved that visible death
is not true somatic death; they grew
into live animals organs and tissues
Of animals that had been in cold storjj,
sageafor a month. In some cases Ger:
tain functions seem to continue in the
grave until every part Of the man Is
dead.
A curious Wagner souvenir in the
form Of silk handkerchief was sold
recently at Liepmann's, in Berlin, for
155 marks. On the handkerchief was
printed poem and this introduction:
ITO Fraulein Mlnna Planer on her
marriage to Musical Director Richard
Wagner, Konisberg, November "a.
1886"
All school children In Japan hayelto
undergo a thorough physical inspec-
ton once a year, and the school
houses are inspected by physicians
once month. The pupils are.watched
carefully and IL found ailing are sent
home and their parents ordered to
take care Of them properly. Monthly
mental examinations are also held,
for Japan realizes that her future must
be protected.
The waters in Berlin are consider
ing a plan to make tipping obligatory,
and the kaiser should sit on themat
once. Their idea is to establish reg
ular table Of tips and to demand one
OF 10 per cent OF the billiin small res
taurants and Of 8 per cent in the fash
ionable places; Ten per cent is the
sensible tip for the world over, and
that is much too high for the service
given In the majority of;places;