The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-12-19
FACTS IN FEW LINES

Patras
The college and town OF OberlIn. O.,
are raising $4,000 10 modernire their
cemetery.
The highest receipts ever taken In for
the use Of the Suez canal I'm one year
were SlG,lGl 800.
The farm products OF the United
States this year are worth about $iOO.-
100000 more than last years output.
Russian engineers are experimenting
with military Kite which will, 1t is
. hoped. prove useful for accommodating
purposes
The percentage Of water is SO in
plums and grapes. 50 in apples 81 In
pears. So I'm oranges 90 IN lemons and
% in watcrmelons.
More than forty guides have been
insured free against accidents by the
Swiss Alpine club at an annual cost
Of over 1900 francs.
4 process has just been patented for
making artificial woods out OF pulp so
rs TO initiate such costly kinds rs ma
hogany and rosewood
Dallas Tex. manufactures more har-
ness and saddles than any other city in
America and perhaps more than any
other place in the world.
The state cntomologist Of New Jer-
sey predicts that the state Will be over
run with locusts next year and that
they will eat everything I'm sight.
The colorcd element constitutes In
Virginia nearly one-third. or 32.T per
cent of all males of voting age and IS
comprised almost wholly Of persons Of
negro descent
Arrangements are being made In
Scotland to fttlngly celebrate the cen
tcnary ~ the birth Of Hugh Miller.
ecolcgist author and Journalist. on
oct. Of next year
Jackson ont has made record for
municipal economy OF the $1,000 vot
ed for decorations for the reception Of
the Duke ana Duchess Of Cornwall and
York $500 WINS not spent
By using compressed air In the blow
ing Of glass Dresden inventor has
discovered n method of manufacturing
glass vessels OF unusually large size.
such as hathiubs and kettles.
Instead of being n modern notion the
plan OF preventing destructive storms
by exploding bombs among the clouds
was suggested nearly q hundred years
ago by Professor Parrot Of Riga. In
Russia
Every Cuban must have his helper.
says an army officer who has been
serving IN the island You cannot hire
a carpenter for an hour unless you pro
vide him with a helper TO hand bis
hammer and nails and talk to him"
The largest railroad tunnel In the
United States will he built through the
Sierra Nevada mountains OF California.
The project. which will involve en- out
lay of S3.000.OO0 TO $5.0OO.OO0 contcm-
plates the boring OF hole 27.000 feet
in length through the heart Of the ST.
orras.
4 building In a Georgia settlement
displays this unique sign: School Of
learning. Lessons given in poetry writ
ing and noveltry. Also will teach mu-
sic to you and dramatics. Hides and
wool taken for cash. Also. as the win
ter season is coming on. oak wood and
kindllng"
By the command OF the shah the Per
sian government has arranged TO send
80 young Persians. the sons OF well
born personages. to Europe at the ex-
pcnse Of the state for educational pur-
poses. The towns selected for their So
1ourn are London. Moscow. ST. Peters
burg. Berlin and Vienna.
The Salt Lake Tribune says that the
farmers Of a certain county in Utah
Ogden river from the protected storage
dam Of the Utah Light and Power
Ogden river from the protected stor-
age dam Of the Utah Light and Power
company. and that the farmers expect
TO store 6O0.OOO.0OO cubic feet Of water.
observation-disclosures. town In Wales.
with a population Of over 10000 inhab-
itants. will be In darkness this win
ter. Owing 10 the refusal Of the local
gas company TO reduce the price OF
gas the parish council has determined
not TO light the street lamps. Private
consumers also intend to do without
gas II q reduction Is not made.
The Colorado Cliff Dwellers' associa-
ton is making every effort TO preserve
the ruins which lie on the Mesa Verde,
in southwestern Colorado. There are
from 800 TO 400 cliff dwellings. includ-
Ing the Cliff palace. on this mesa. As
these ruins are in the Ute reservation
a ten year lease has been obtained by
the association from the Ute chiefs.
The reported discovery Of beds Of nj
trate Of soda near Lovelock, Humboldt
county. Nev.. may prove Of consider
able importance. Chile at present fur
nishes the worlds supply. and the use
Of the mineral for agricultural pur-
poses is increasing, due to the results
that have been cleaned In that all i'm
portant matter OF mixing brains with
the soil"
The Canadian fisheries department
has recently sent a consignment Of
salmon to be placed in some of the
Tasmanian streams. 1t Is hoped that
the same signal success will follow
from this experiment as was expert
enced with the eggs Of Canadian trout
which have been sent to Tasmania and
from which fish scaling over ten
pounds have frequently been caught
Cottonseed oil, according to state de.
partment reports. Is soon TO find rival
in oil from the seed Of the sunflower.
Experiments made by German chem
lists have convinced them, 1t seems,
Of the availability OF this cheap raw
material, and II may become a valuable
article of commerce. 1t is said to be
convertible to many uses and. besides
having possibilities as n lamp oil, may