The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-01-24
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Apples and several other Australian
fruits are exported packed in the
shredded bark of the tea tree.
Window plants In Germany are often
watered with cold tea or coffee. The
effects are said to be beneficial
1t is said that In Kansas 70 per cent
Of the newspapers use the word "fe-
male" In preference to woman"
There Is a mule at Torkia, Mo-, A
years old, and he is still hale and hear
ty and able to do good days work.
Chicago is not only the greatest cat
tie, sheep aud hog market in the world,
but 1t now leads all creation as horse
market.
The latest and most important prof.
ect on foot In England is the construc-
! ton of a canal from southampton to
London.
A visitor ut the Paris exposition lost
the use Of one eye owing to the calcium
fash used by photographer being or
too great volume.
There are 141 theological schools In
the United States, 50 law schools, w
regular medical schools, 9 eclectic med
zeal schools and II homeopathic.
Count Giovanni Palffy has made a
gift of more than 100000 to the Hun
garian government for the purpose or
providing for the free education OF 100
struggling students.
The exports Of butter, cheese, eggs,
bacon. hams, mutton, pork, apples, oats,
peas, wheat -four and potatoes to
Great Britain from Canada have more
than doubled since 1896.
Florida had no great population to
start on, but 1t did pretty well during
the last ten years in showing a gain at
the rate Of IS per cent. The states
present population is 52S,542.
In the new British parliament %
members are directors of British rail-
ways and II are directors of colonial or
foreign railways, while half a dozen
others are large contractors for rail-
way works.
The Welsh colony which was found
ed at Port Madryn, Chubut, Argentina,
In 1865 is reported by the admiralty TO
be doing well. British warships occa-
sionally call. and the captain goes
round on horseback.
The Union Traction company OF Phil
adelphla promises to run open cars, one
In five, all winter long. with no restric-
tions as to smoking. In the summer
smoking Is permitted there on only the
three last seats Of the open cars.
The diving police" Of Paris have
been supplemented by special officers
whose duty IT Is to keep watch at the
various tramway crossings and give
such orders rs they may think proper
to prevent collisions and loss Of life.
The daily population Of the Equitable
building in New York is 300, and the
mail averages about $1,000 pieces
day. Every IS minutes mail wagons
run over from the postofiice and carry
back with them 20 pounds Of outgoing
mail.
The wife of Bishop Millspugh, says
the Kansas City Times, sent an Old
party gown to a rummage sale in To
peka the other day, and while showing
the dress to a customer the clerk found
in It's folds a valuable pearl ornament
lost ten years ago.
Women should not put pins In their
mouths. A lady In Abingdon while as
sisting a companion to try on hat at
tempted to talk with a small hatpin in
her mouth, which she accidentally
swallowed. She was operated upon
twice, but she did not obtain relief.
and the result was fatal.
While an old Paris hawker named
Nine. Jean Jacques was trying the 9th.
err day to dislodge a mouse which had
sought refuge in the chimney she dis
turbed some bricks and discovered a
hiding place containing bills to the
value Of $4,000 which had belonged to
a former tenant of misery habits.
A penny postage stamp for New Yea
land Is being designed by Sir Edward
Poynter, president of the Royal acade-
my. Tie stamp will be emblematical
OF New Zealand's adoption of univer.
sal system of penny postage and VIII
be on sale before the beginning Of next
year, when the penny postage will be
inaugurated.
At Sioux City, Ia, a state lodge OF
the African MOnarchs of America has
been instituted. The organization is
the first fraternal insurance society or
ganized for colored people exclusively
Since the foundation Of the African
Monarchs another association has been
organized In Illinois, but the Monarchs
were the pioneers.
A resident Of Plymouth, Mass, Dr.
Isaac L. Wood, has a couple Of apples
from an orchard at Kamloops, British
Columbia, just the ordinary fruit OF
that region. One Of them measures lJA
inches in circumference and weighs 70
ounces, and the other is nearly as
large. DIR. Wood saw at the agrlcul-
tural fair at Kamloops an apple which
weighed 20 ounces.
In clear nights a person with good
sight can see 1000 stars. As but half
of the celestial sphere is viewed and as
many stars near the horizon are OBJ
scured by the yapors Of our atmosphere
the total number of stars visible with
the naked eye is put at 5000 certainly
and very likely as high as 5000. The
number the largest telescope brings in
to view is estimated at over 50,000,00O
Since the Lutheran teachers semina
ries In the Baltic provinces Of Russia
were closed by the government, al
though they had been established and
were supported by the Lutheran nobil-
ity, the number Of efficient organists
and choPisters Is getting smaller every
year. The synod Of Livonia wishes to
establish church music school at Yur-
Jew OorpaD. but the government
shows no willingness to approve of the
plan, although it is not asked TO make
grant of money.