The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-15
JUST FACTS

iIaver Of fat beneath the skin.
Microscopes reveal 90 teeth in a
T. osQuito.
Some domestic servants in Lon
don get an hours use Of the piano
England has more women modi
cal students than any other coun'
TRY.
Food value has been found in the
lotus lily, OF yellow water lily,
Former President Diaz Of MeXi'
co was part Indian.
Gasoline flames are being used in
killing the European corn horer.
Rosclus, the Roman actor, Gov
cred his circuit in a donkey cart.
Hawaii has 175 foreign language
schools with 10000 pupils.
Billiards began as an outdoor
pastime.
Stxty.four out Of every 100000
OF the worlds population + blind.
Former Kaiser Wilhelm had 70
castles md other residences.
Grand Rapids. Mich. claims 1t
hcs mover had a bank failure.
Electric light was first used for
stage illumination in 1879.
Wheat will grow almost any
where except in the tropics.
Fairy tales m no longer allowed
to be told to children in Russia.
More women than men get d.
vorces IN New York.
A housemaid in France earns
from 1913 to $50 francs a month.
Ecuador Is the worlds center OF
the Panama hat industry.
Galena. a mineral ore. is the chief
source Of lead.
There is not a mile Of railroad in
Aighanlstan.
Streets OF Buenos Aires are wash
I'd and disinfcctcd during the
night.
twenty-five of the United States
bear names of Indian origin.
Soap Is being mined in the vicin.
:tv of BarrtOw. Cal.
Louis XIV, of France had an In
cor, Of about S4,000.O0O Il year.
B~reechloading field guns Swere
'rsed at the battle Of Crecy in 1886.
Chinese used the compass before
Tire Christian era.
Many famous authors used to
write hest when standing.
Raccoon washes everything 1t
eats before putting 1t into its mouth.
First bank in the United States
was tho Bank IF North America p,
chartered in Philadelphia in 1851.
Soldiers were first paid for their
services. during the days Of ancient
Rome.
Oldest crown jewel OF England is
the sapphire OF Edward the Con
fessor.
Archimedes, who lived more than
2.0Gc years ago. designed and built
a steam engine that really worked,
Marie Antionette had a handEer'
chief that was embroidered with
pearls valued at $4,000.
Recent estimate shows that more
than 100000 persons In the
world speak English.
There ars nearly 10 miles from
THE highest mountain peak to the
iSreatest known occan depth.
Tho Women's Christian Temper
Iance Union was founded bV Frances
Willard.
Former Presidents John Adams
and Thomas Jefferson died on the
same day.
Artificial eye makers in the SIX
teenth century used to stamp their
names on the white of each eye.
England, a little o. than a
! century ago. had more than 100
oGhenBes punishable by death.
Up to the eighteenth century, the
poorer classes Of people ate I'M
leavened bread.
Marshal Foch is the only French.
man who has been appointed BRIT.
ish field marshal.
Nettles have been made into sub
stitutes for cotton, paper, gas man.
ties and dyes.
Recent chess tournaments in Lon.
don Ind 500 men and women con
testants.
Foliage in cities where there Is
much SCOT usually is free from In
sect pests.
The new Liverpool cathedral will
have the worlds largest organ, with
Il .567 pipes and 215 stops.
MEle. mdkIHO HdS All hGptlS VI
$4,000 n month in the manufacture
Of brass In Yokohama.
Owls stretch their legs behind
them when they fly to balance their
heavy heads.
MendelSshon was unique among
the musical composers In that he
never lacked money.
Premiums for fire insurance in
this country amount to $S50,000,000
annually.
Longest ocean waves r said to
he in the south Pacific. where they
are from GOO to 1000 feet long.
Radio is used to send a crewless
vessel as far as the electric i'm
pulses will carry.
Certain style OF hair in Japan In
forms tho public that tina wearers
are widows who wish TO marry
again.
English woman astronomer has
the power OF measuring distances
of stars without the use OF any
measuring instruments.
Colombia produces the finest
l~NaEaldA