The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-01-30
FACTS IN A FEW LINES

FACTS IN A FEW LINES
4. the Minneapolis College a ,s.ssc
ulture 30 girls are studyip'
farming. vonoo,o
AS s'ooA .ha ID with beef were
could su uaa tsc;lIes utilized.
'ne s presented to the SEN
Dill nus authorizing women to
ate Oh 1eaped professions.
Pras oreme curt OF Tennessee has
tne chat "nfworkhouse, city, coun-
" or state prish Seeper mas d r's"' ~
whip a prison. 'nerein'
The sandritham club is the nrst
n.r's clulln London to provide
,'wua-d rooukhere Its members may
sa.o,ve ,nstrtion in that game.
rho Frencpostoffice department has
.-o,nded mining envelopes from the
aus for Z reason that they can be
opened wi'u' uu'" '""n'e VI O'''
ton.
The eig-thiru annuai report y. 'ne
n-.o,,ca ,ble society makes the state
.aaot tha ,962, 500 copies Of the Bible
have be iSSueu sinee i's eS'"0"'"
ment.
gitain has been engaged In
.ror Aears, big and little, since the
S,aaD ne TO the throne in 1887. In
e.. te has hardly been a year with
ont nlng of some sort.
Tbreaty Of peace between the
u,,States and Spain was written
a. lch, as also have been the ma
o,bf international documents dur
&c last two centuries.
tn Carolina has $50 cotton mills
q Is more than any other state in
COUNTRY except Massachusetts. But
III Carolina has fully as many spin
In operation, 100000.
fore sausage Of the various kinds
de are eaten In this country than ev-
before, and the production Of sau-
yes here amounts to hundreds Of
iousands Of tons annually.
In the case Of one cereal, rice. the
United States produces only about half
he amount It's population consumes.
OF all the others this country produces
an enormous surplus for export
Opener and closer Is a new femi-
nine vocation. She Is sent for when
family departs from home temporarily,
putting things to rights and repeating
the operation before the return.
A large number Of men whose serv-
ices had been refused by the English
war Office went to Natal at their own
expense and attached themselves tc the
Imperial Light horse, or any other reg
iment that would accept them.
The only emerald mine in the world
that Is being operated is In Colombia
1t 10 controlled by the government,
but Is leased to French syndicate,
and everything connected with the pro-
ductlon OF the gems is conducted with
the greatest secrecy.
To rapidly decrease the area Of a ca
noe sail a new reefing device has
light brace set In the sail parallel to
the boom, the latter being suspended in
brackets which allow 1t to be revolved
by pulling q cord, thus winding up the
sail and drawing it down on the mast.
The town Of Kos, the capital Of the
small Turkish island Of that name ~
ing of the coast of Asia Minor, pos
sesses the oldest tree In the world. IN
der its shade Hippocrates inculcated
his disciples In his methods and views
the healing art 1900 years
ago.
Aluminium shoppers for bottles are
now being made at the rate OF several
thousand pounds week. The blanks
are cut from sheet metal, and after
shaping rubber gaskets are forced over
them. Such shoppers have retained the
gas Of effervescent fluids for four
vears.
More people over 100 years old are
found in mild climates than In the
higher ATTITUDES. According to the last
census Of the German empire, Of pop
ulation Of 100000 only 70 have pass
ed the hundredth year. France, with
a population of 100000, has 2l3 CEN
tenarians.
The question whether the ancient
made porcelain seems to
have been settled at last. Specimens
heretofore found were pronounced of
Chinese origin by experts, but a frag-
ment of a statuette recently found near
is declared to be real Egyp-
tan by Chatelier.
Near Deer gulch, Washington, the
leader Of 1900 sheep jumped over
precipice, and the remainder followed
Il The narrator says that after 300
were killed they made a pile high
enough for the others to walk over
them and down the incline Of carcass
e. The dead were burned.
A support for the spines Of persons
picking cotton and other material
where 1t Is necessary to carry baskets
is made Of a piece Of fat steel fitted
with a T head, with straps &c support
the shoulder blades, a second cross
piece fitting the small Of the back and
carrying a strap for the waist
The washing In Egypt is usually
done by men. The Egyptian washer
men stand on the banks OF the Nile
and slap the wet clothes with a noise
like the shot of a pistol on the smooth
stones at the edge Of the running wa
ter, and such women as wash pound
the dirt out Of their clothes in the same
way.
An English observer has called at
tentIon to a long overlooked source OF
error in the magnetic compass. This Is
the nickel of which nearly all cases are
made, the supposition that this metal Is
seeming to be general, al
though as long ago as 1S45 Faraday re
ferred to its magnetic character as well