The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-03-27
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Observation-Disclosures 81, 1900.
TUESDAY,.
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.

served in May.
NJ. f. Agache. a London scientist,
gave dinner recently in which liquid
air was used M the table TO keep the
champagne cool.
Indiana. with a smaller population
than Massachusetts. eXpends in poor
relief more than three times the
amount paid in Massachusetts.
one of the objects OF the recently
formed photographers club of Chi
cago is to make accessible. if possible,
the many valuable collections of rare
and scarce books in that city.
Taxation of corporations in Paris has
led 10 the transfer OF many main Of
fees TO Brussels. French societies be
ing incorporated there under the laws
of Belgium to avoid the French income
tax.
The average annual production Of
small grain I'm this country for some
years past has been 1880, 900 600 bush
els. and with the constant growth Of
the country this product Will constant
ly increase.
Eastwood hath are being manufac-
tured i'm Minnesota TO take the place Of
pine lath that went out Of sight long
time ago. These are selling at about
two-thlrds the price Of pine Hath and
give good satisfaction.
The immigration of la6orers to the
Hawaiian Islands during the year 1919
was 2lj7l men. 5,077 women and 79i
children. making total of 27.442. OF
these 2O,5Gl were under contract and
G.SSl were not under contract.
There IS the very closest connection
between local political affairs and ma
tional politics in the Argentine Repub-
lie. The local administrations are, in
fact, party strongholds and used as
such in securing political influence.
The demand for patent leather boots
In London was never so small as now.
OF the men who habtually wore pat
entS" a year ago it is estimated by the
bOotmakers that more than half 20 In
today for the ordinary "blacking boot.
The weight OF the goo 600 volumes
which have been in the doges' palace
at Venice since 1872 Is endangering
that old building. wherefore the gov
eminent has voted 10000 francs for
their trauSfcrence to the Zecca build
ing.
The houses in Guam are built on
posts four to six feet above the ground
to keep them from dampness in the
rainy season. but are entirely comfort
less and furnished in the most primi-
tive manner Their utensils are simple
and homemade.
The native commissioner at Sebung-
we. Africa, reports that the white
rhinOceros is still 10 be seen on the
veldt in the districts between the
Sanyat and Zambezi rivers. 1t was
generally thought that the gigantic ami
NAL was extinct.
Californians are beginning to cult
vate the tomato tree, which bears clus-
tiers of a delicious fruit, thousands of
boxes Of which are sent yearly from
Ceylon to London and for which it is
believed a good market could be found
in our eastern states.
Arsenic has been proved by Armand
Gautier to be a normal constituent Of
the thyroid gland and probably other
organs in the herbivora, the carniyora
and man. This seems to explain the
successful use Of arsenic in certain dis
eases, such as an9mia.
The multiplication of new compounds
in organic chemistry is something ap-
palling In 1888 the total number Of
carbon compounds recorded was 1G,
600, but a newly revised list by DR.. VI.
NJ. Richter enumerates not less than
60, 600 And the end seems yet far of.
In 1890 there were only four insur-
ance companies in Japan, with capl-
tai of 81, 434. 900. In 1898 there were
20 registered companies. with capl-
tai Of 10000 800. At the same period
SO companies alone showed an issue of
$4,000 policies of the value of $10G.-
100000
One Of the most important epOchs in
the history of German jurisprudence
began on Jan. l, 1900, when the new
German law went into effect. Under
the new system Germany has a uni
form legal procedure applicable to the
various states comprising the German
empire.
Pomeranian spanlels are becoming
the rage in New York as well as in
London and Paris, and there is a pos
sibility that even the popular smooth
fox terrier will be compelled to lower
his crest to the pretty little long hair
ed animals presumably imported from
Pomerana.
One of the reasons why Paris Is so
pleasant a city to live in Is that there
are many modes" there. Whether
you are literary or musical or artistic
or, indeed, anything whatsoever else
you are sure TO find little congenlal
world and society devoted to your ia
vorite form of art.
At a conference held In Brooklyn, at
tended by 1870 pastors of Protestant
churches Of different denominations,
action was taken to cover the city
with a network of evangelistic agen-
cies, including meetings for all classes,
young and old, both on the Lords day
and during the week"
The cotton plant in Paraguay grows
the year round, favored throughout
each season 10y conditions of soil and
climate. After the cotton is picked
the plant is cut down and another
grown from the roots. Every two
years both plants and roots are plowed
up and new plants started, finer
grade of cotton resulting.
Recently a motor carriage has been
introduced in France which combines
many novel features. 1t is normally
propelled solely by an oil engine, but
on billy ground is helped by an cleo
trip motor The oil engine works Mt