The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-01
JUST FACTS
Kiel Canalels 81 miles long.
Half a million working people die

hlel CanaelB OIL Inlleb iouB'
Half million working people die
annually.
Sailors believe it unlucky to
count the number Of persons aboard
ship.
Wall street, New York, is only a
quarter OF mile long.
Florence, Italy, Is known as the
city of flowers.
Saturn has a velocity Of six miles
a second.
There are more than 10000 girl
scouts in tho United States,
New York has more illiterate
women than any other state.
Marriages in the United States
this year are estimated at 1,50o,-
600.
.Rcdness of the Red Sea is due tc
masses. OF certain kind Of seaweed.
Cutting the hair short used to be
a punishable offense In France.
In Indian mythology Cana Is the
god of love and marriage.
OIL we'll pumps in Texas are now
operated by electric motors.
It is said diamonds have been dis
covered In fallen meteors.
Ceylon has 100000 cocoanut
trees under cultivation.
Red and blue are said TO be the
best colors for soaring birds.
Living In Austria is now 3S times
as costly rs in 1914
There are five women house sur,
gcons in English hospitals.
Most of the automobiles In China
are driven by chaufCeurs..
In Japan, dresses are often sold
by weight.
About 200 rivers flow into tho
Baltic sea.
An elephant rarely sleeps more
than five hours a day.
Perisians have a different name
for eac'l day OF the month.
Women OF Spain are credited
with being the best dancers.
One engineering work in Eng
land Is managed entirely by wom'
en-.
More than 5 per cent. of the in
mates in English prisons are WON
There are 6O,o53,24s cotton spin,
dies in tho mills Of Lancashire,
England.
Queen Mary's colors are geran-
ium red with a narrow blue stripe.
Saccharine is the sweetest sub
stance known.
Underground temperature in
creases with tiapth at different
rates in different parts of the
world.
Barking Is said TO be an un.
natural trait of the dog.
Louisiana has the greatest mum
Der OF miles. of nayigablC waters.
Mississippi river flows along the
borders 'of ten states.
Eastport, Me-, is the most easter.
~ city in the United States.
Venice, Italy, has more bridges
than any other city in the world.
England leads in the manuLac
ture OF needles.
Planet Mercury has a year 81
days long.
Human spinal cord is about Is
inches long.
Nicaragua is almost exactly the
size of New York state.
Two-thirds OF all coal mined In
tho United States is used for gen
Grating power.
Spanish soaproot, the soapberry
of Chile and the bark Of the Peru
Wan soap tree form natural soaps.
New camera, making three ex.
posures at once, Is used in making
maps from mtdair.
Key West, Fla, is reached by o
railroad on trestle.work over the
open sea.
Worlds largest salmon canning
factory is at South Bellinghnm,
Wash.
Since 1880. the United States and
Canada, have constructed $4,000
miles Of surfaced roads.
Prairie owls select the deserted
burrows of prairie dogs for theh
nests.
divorces casds in England in
creased from 1867 in 1913 to 579s
in 1919.
New York City turns out one
half of all mems and boys nlru
ishing goods manufactured in the
country.
Most faiso hair worn by Amei
lean women is imported from
China, France, Italy and SwitEer
land.
First record of discovery of coal
In America was near ottawa, Ill.
In 1869.
Germany Is the only country
which has formally abolished tip
ping.
Flfty.three railway vans carried
the furniture of eS-Kaiser Wilhelm
to Holland.