The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-03
1 GLIsANINGs AND GOSSIP.
hcnfe'iesio is apcut half the siTe
Wales and has ,onIss one railway. \

W fttteot htip ilAS ON one lthliWtty.tl
Germany has instituted q meteors
illogical service for the speciai purs
pose of siding aerial navigation. All
data gathered i'm the European OBJ
$seryatories viii be made lii Germany.
4 The results viii be sent ont by tele.
graph 70 the wafioas German aero
clubs. 50 that they may know the.
probable scondltto ions which: q balloon
will meet as II ascends. u; I y.
~ Nv q 4, 4
Nurembe lbs the: center OF tbe
tor trad 3 q the world. More thai
haifs thesemploye Of the toy factor
les women and Eiriss srhe wages
|tofs the Female itoyma Re ts 1 Are about
[hysic ents; an hour oh II ei est mated
German. toy output of 4 25; o 900 d;
year. about 81 9, 100 III exported,,
more than half gong to Great Brit.
attn and the United States. 1, IA
Berlin museum has recently nc.
iqutred as very valuable inanuscript;
which originated In the second cen-,
fury p @C. II seems to be Of the nd
stnrei Of q. Geographical dictionary.
for It, contains q list Of the leading
men of the time In art. statesman
ship and warfare with much other
general Information 81 d similar mas
Fstnre; The paper was found IN the
wrappings, Of a mummy. 4
3 OF the railwaysfin Holland, E. "
Lucas writes: THE trains come In.
to the minute and go out to the min.
ute. TIE officials are intelligent, and
polite. The carriages are good. Ey-
cry station has its s.waitipg-room,
where you may sit and read and;
drink a cup Of coffee that i. not only
hot and fresh. butis,recognizably the
product OF the: berry, II Is impos-}
slble to travel in the wrong train"
Brazil Is I the, land sof orchids.
Plants Of eight leaves are sold for,
nine- cents apiece; Of is leaves for
1S cents: 20 to 80 leaves, 81. cerits.-
Above 40 leaves special bargains are
made. This season a remarkable
plant OF 2o6 leaves was brought to
market strung on a pole and CARRIED
40 miles by two men. Such a plant
has q blooming capacity OF 500 flow
ers. It sold in Perhambnco for S.:
value in the United States. $780,.
Mans outer: garments oughtito be
made so that they could be cleaned
every week or SO; indeed, some now
send their WOODEN garments to dry
cleaners instead Of having them
Cleaned land pressed in the ordi-'
nary way but prices for dry clean
Ing mems clothing are unnecessarily
high, and ought to come down, when
dry cleaning would; become much
greater. industry. Other men In sum-
mer wear washable" garments
which are worn day or so and then
relaundered.
X Mrs. o.: G. Edwards OF Macleod,
Cap:, has compiled a book showing
the legal status OF women in Cana
da. One injustice to which Mrs. Ed.
wards calls attention IS that accord
. Ing to the laws Of Canada the father
owns the children and decides as to
the education, religion, ,domiclle,
etc. THO consent OF the father alone
isrequlred in regard to the marriage
of minor daughter. In. one ,oase in.
the province OF Quebec. according to
Mrs. Edwards, afather gave his H.
year-old daughter CD d wife to "a
comrade Of his who was oyer4 n
The figures OF the, LONDON police
courts show q very decided increase
during recent yeads In serious crime. 4
Carl Schmelz OF pittsburg has In.
rented a gun which may make useless
all tile armour. plate yet produced
it is q d Little affair mounted /: on
wheels standing about two feet, nigh
ind is not much longer than q mans
arm. Its power comes from an Sar:
rangement of the breechy snd d pes
GUITAR construction Of the rified bar
rel. Schmelz tested his gun before
some naval experts and put a clean
aole through seven inch steel ar.
NOR plate He says the gun can DE 1
fired 100 times fin faptd. stfccessf6n