The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-05-05
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the Navy s!ucc 1919 -.
About 100 women will be censur
enumerators in Philadelphia.
There are 9j2 600 bank shares in New
York city assessed at sS5, 100. $40
The entertainment Of royalty costs
British society each year fully $40. 600,
600.
Three turpentine plantations Of 10 :
COO acres each will soon be started in
the South
1t is said that 400 acres Of timber are
destroyed in the United States every
day in the year.
New York city has municipal property
valued at s57j. GOO 600 She is by many
times the largest employer Of labor
a Russian count and French prince
are among the prisoners captured by
the British and now enjoying the sea
air Of St Helena.
Twelve years ago one sailor out OF
lO6. on an average lost his life by &C.
cident. Now the proportion has been
reduced to 1 in 2jG
In 1880 there were 500, 600 women
employed in this country, a. shown by
the census. In 1890 the number had
grown to nearly 900. 600
The largest hog in the world, is own
by T. W. Williams, Of Decatur. Ala. IL
weighs / 52i pounds, is 10 feet ? inches
in length, and over feet high.
The amount of national bank stock
held by women in America is estimat
ed at Sl2O, OJO. GOO, and the amount Of
private and State bank stock at Sl37,
900, 600
The government owns many thous
ands Of acres Of land in New Mexico
that have never been taken up. 1t is
the finest country in the world fol
stock.raising
America sold nea'ly quarter OF
million dollars worth Of -four to Tur-
key last year, and England bought
1925. COO worth Of shoes from this coun-
try durinO the same period.
II requires three minutes in which to
bring to a halt one Of the big ocean
steamers when she is travelling at a
high rate Of speed 10 the mean time
she will traverse distance Of half
mile.
Shamrock will be planted on the
graves Of the Irish soldiers in South
Africa The Duke Of York has ac-
cepted a thousand packets Of seed and
has forwarded them to the officers OF
the Irish Brigade.
In the United States there is one
church for every 337 people Boston
has one for every l,600, Minneapolis
one for every 1864. Twenty.four mil
lion people attend church in the United
States every Sunday.
The most famous artesian well in the
world is in Paris, known as the Grenelle
we'll. which flows 743. 600 gallons daily.
The bore is nearly 2. 900 feet deep. Its
overflow supplies a considerable section
of Paris with an abundance Of excellent
water.
Only one man who served in the
Confederate Senate during the war is
now to be found in the United States
Senate. That is Vest, Of Missouri.
When he retires the last Of the Confed'
crate Senators will have passed from
public life.
The aueerest runaway accident Is ole
which occurred recently in Syracuse. A
horse ran into and jumped into wagon,
which contained q man, who was
thrown out and injured. and his horse
then ran away with the other horse in
the wagon and drawing the other wagon
until caught
Among the interesting relics recently
secured by the Confederate Museum at
Richmond, Va, is the main shaft OF
the old frigate Merrimac, or as she was
renamed by the Confederate authori.
ties. Virginia The shaft is much worn
and rust. t.eaten, but shows that 1t was
originally fine piece Of work.
How numerous millionaires are now
adays may be inferred from the fact
that George Smith, man OF whom
The public never heard, recently died,
and his estate paid an inheritance on
s.. 900 900 to Great Britain, 81. 900, OOO
to Uncle Sam, and $2 600, 900 to the
State Of New York --Leesburg Wash
ingtonian.
In 1899 the people Of the United
States consumed alcoholic drinks to the
value Of 1913 5S9 .OSO, and sl7S,3OS. 74S
worth Of n.alcoholic stimulants. The
latter item includes sl34 695 las worth
OF coffee, S3s ,6l9 .5sS worth Of tea and
s. 900 900 worth of cocoa. The whole
represents yearly per capita expendi
ture for beverages Of sl509
The annual decorations Of the Oon
federate graves in the Louisville GENE
teries will take place June g. Many o.
the veterans who will be present will
then look up the place where Fathel
Ryan. the poet laureate of the Southelr
Confederacy, died. 1t is the site nov
occupied by the splendid new church