The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-12-04

TUESDAY. ..DECEMBEK 4 1900.
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.

FAC y IN a FEW LINED.
California stands fifth among the
states as an oil producer.
There has been started at Stcuben-
VILE O.. the first American manufac-
tory of glass marbles, which have hith-
erto been imported from Germany.
There is a steady progress in pros
perity in France, which is indicated by
the increasing consumption of meat
and the decreasing consumption of
bread.
Political campaigns always teach or
ators that there is a limit to the hui
man voice and that when the limit is
passed nature enters IFS protest IN the
shape of cracked notes.
The Dominion of Canada Labor Ga
zette is issued from the Ottawa gov
eminent printing bureau. II appears in
the English and French languages ami
will be published monthly.
Although within eight years the sum
Of $l200O.O00 has been expended in re-
ducing the number Of Chlcago's grade
crossings that city lost % citizens last
month in grade crossing accidents.
"Eucane" is a newly discovered an
aesthetic. 10y injection Of which pain IS
deadencd to degree that greatly pro-
notes the work of surgeons. Its sue
cessful use in philadelphia hospitals is
reported.
Five United States steel revenue cut
ters built in loo days have been sent To
Cuba to look after Smugglers Each
carries rapid fire guns ana l. men.
Their light draft enables them to pa
troll shallow inlets.
The new Turkish university at Con.
stantinople will not accept students
over 13 years Of age. Except the theo-
logical courses 0loran, etc). which will
be open to 80 students. no faculty will
accept more than 80 students
Are walters benefited by fees in view
Of the fact that they make employers
give them lower wages? OF 80 assOcia-
tons Of hosts and walters in Germany
to whom this question was put only IA
answered yes, while . said no.
A resolution was adopted recently 10y
the Indiana Federation of Labor ask
ing that law be passed prohibiting
the employment by street railway com
panies Of conductors or motormcn who
are addicted TO the use Of intoxicants.
There is a street in Chicago named
Fake street whose residents have petit
toned the city government for a
change Of name. 1t was named before
the word acquired its popular signii-
canoe probably in the Scottish mean
ing of a stratum of stone.
In Chicago. when a member of the
Bridgemen's union is killed or injured
while at work. all other members on
the same structure quit for the day.
This Is not done from any superstition.
but out Of respect for the dead or in
jured. II is a rule of the union.
Siberians, as a rule, are not great con
sumers of lemons. nor do they use
them in tea as much as may be the Gus
tom in central Russia. cream having
come into general use by the importa-
ton Of condensed milk from the Unit
ed States France and Switzerland.
There are 120 firms in Germany Ell
gagged in the acetylene industry. Most
Of the burners are made ut Nurem-
berg. There are no fewer than 26
small towns in Germany lighted by
ecetylene gas. The first plant Of this
kind for lighting small towns in Ger
many was erected at Hassfurt a town
Oh $500 inhabitants.
Switzerland allows no child under II
years 10 become a wage Garner. the age
at which under the English factory law
he ceases to be a child and is ranked as
a young person" English boys Of T.
years of age may still work in the
mines for "a hours a week. which is
longer than the hours for men in mines
Of Northumberland and Durham, Eng
land.
Arrangements are being made 10y
the United States, Germany and Great
Britain to reimburse the natives of Sa-
moa for rifles given up after the Sa
moan war. The plan is to pay the total
amount IN three or four inst1llments
The natives are like children in money
matters. and it is feared they would
squander their pay and probably create
disturbances.
OF the few Cinnamon compared with
the population in the Celestial Empire
who reside in this country not many
take their departure TO the region Of
everlasting existence by the American
route If a Chlnaman gets the notion
somewhere in the neighborh0od Of his
cue that he is listed for a world beyond
the present one, he makes haste to get
home and find a resting place on the
oriental side Of the Pacific ocean.
Strange stories Of queer superstitiOns
and odd prejudices still survive even
among the educated lower classes. A
lady the other day discovered that her
husbands bed was not properly made
on the Sunday. She demonstrated with
the abigail, who Informed her that she
never turned the mattresses on Sun
day and Friday; on the latter day be-
cause 1t was unlucky, on the former
because Of the sacred day.
Nearly 30 years ago Jonas Sllyerman.
a farmer living near Springfield, O.,
was swindled cut of $1,000 by sharpers
while on a train near Valparaiso, Ind.
The criminals escaped and ere long
one Of the three died. The other two
drifted to the Klondike year or two
ago, became rich and have just return
ed to the states. They hunted up Mr..
Silverman. paid him the $1,000 and