The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-04

The a ficricail nag Isl employed on The
Great Lakes. /. i 81 Il 4 a
/ More than oo,0oo pounds Of HUNG n
tair are exported from ,Hongkcngi to
this country annual 4: II
salt 1tshas been estimated that rats in,
England do danaEe to the extent Of
1919, 0oo, OeOs annls NY. 7
An alloy Of Iron and thorium. when
|, lightly struck like "a flint, gives on
very bright sparks which set shayipgsj
iafre. Il II
For the Congo q smelling plant to-
treat slaQ0Q Ions tot copper ore daily
has been ordered from the United
States. X IN
What is supported to be tho tall
lest fisgDoie 4 tn thu world is nov in
Battery Park Z New York IT. 165!
fed. high. rs
The salmon output OF Alaska
equals the combined catch ofs British
Columbia the United States proper
aud Iapan, ii, 4. /, ], VI III ;ssi n
\ The worlds stock oi gold has de.
CREASED about one.half in the last
decade: and doubled In tho last quar-
Ter Of q century 5.;{
iifsln six nlcnths. 24.5oo persons en-.
stered Mexico,s or .these 1900 were
4 Americans W ana 300 were homo-conl-
Ing Mcxicans. So f 81
OF 1928 fires whiot occurred in Lon
dom electricity Is said 10 Lave teen
the cat of lcl. and s55 wee ,attrlb-
.plable 10 gas. 81
Irvine King Of Groyetown. Ca
!aas a, turkey gobbler sitting on .sholt
.fyadoaenesss three, dozen OF which
are guinea eggs: Il, I
s Taxicafs area necessary institll-
Lion An Paris. and stheysare all Kept,
busy, c6oidtns 70 a statement Sin a.
trade; journal Of That city. y
The death records OF TIE railroads.
have bcen lessened materially as a
iSIeFslit ef -thss go p,,lsoss adoption Of
safety devices and systems. S8$
slmmed iately after eating tho Chi
tnese frtnses his mouth out with hot
water and tho hands and face are
wiped with 2: 2 hot, wet napkin.
;Sof the lightweight millions Of
population Of the United States, one
third, speaking in. round numbers,
'are: found 4 In the thirteen original
States. 4 & q = e n y !.
f's The amount of blast furnace gas
power lost each year approxima,cs
l!2,o99 eos horsepower. although this
do being, reduced by the Installation
foIt gas engines togutllize power.
A good many o; US. hoped that the.
Teddy bear was "a ching OF the past,
; but HOW one has been put IN thss
|, llsrkst which opens aud shSts It's
mouth and while doing SO lights
small electric lights Units eyes .i', III
81 There is some, talk Of equal SUM
rage in Munich as the women: there
/, compete with men In almost all lines
ofsM,ork They may be. seen there car
IIrylns .tods of n1ortar ss.,eeutrg the
:strcets, splitting wood ard tending
trailrnad switches. 4, Il a. q
The. eel has 70 singular formation
by which 1t is enc bled TO retain life
longer than any ether fish, This is !:
a. bladder: at the back Of its upper
fins. which 1t fila with water and is
thereby enabled TO mossten Its fgllls.
tor considerable time when out Of
water, \ ,s5 IA M Il r. II
As against the $1,000 motor vehicles
;.ll told 30 Germany there are more
than one hundred and sixty thoyls;
and aV,ofnobales!in the United States
Eor.twiceithe MURDER in use through
nut AL Europe. In New York State
alone /, hereTare about seventy thous.i
aad cars registered Il
Ono OF the biggest blasting Jobs on
record has just been successfully car;
Sried OIL, 10 get rock for tic Nlorena,
dam In southern California. "A tun.S
mel Is! feet, long, was driven Into the
face of the granite and $3.50 pounds
iofl dynamite and ghnpowder packed
into II. The subsequent explosion
sSdiklodsed l2o. 900 cubic yards Of rock.
iilIis,sIn;1Ss9,f velpeau, one o the great
est surgeons of his time. wrote sas |
follows 1.-THE escape from pain In
surgical operations 4 Isl a chimera
which 1t Ia idle to follow. in today