The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-03-21

schools in the United States, with
2,5OO.OOO teachers and 100000 pupils.
Florida has been health resort as
far back as the days of Ponce de Leon.
VINO pronounced II the Land of Flow
ers."
Salmon fry in Oregon are fed on can
ned heads and tails OF salmon till they
are old enough to be planted In the
rivers.
Glucose is now manufactured largely
from cornstarch. Its commercial val
ne lies in its use as an adulterant OF
cane and beet sugar
American exports Of corn have aver
aged 173,OO0.OOO bushels year since
1895, an increase Of 254 per cent over
the preceding five years.
In the region of the southern Trails
n Russian laborer gets only 10 cents
day, and a man with horse and a
cart costs 45 cents day.
At numerous mines In Siberia 1000
men and 500 horses are used on a sin
gle property 10 produce gold not ex-
ceeding 100000 per annum.
At present pennies are all coined In
Philadelphia by law, because there
was formerly no demand for them In
the southwest and the far west.
About 100000 barrels of beer in
twelvemonth would be a fair estimate
Of the consumption In Chicago. There
are G.371 licensed places in Chicago.
One of the latest inventions Is an
imitation vaccination scar that you can
paste on your arm and thus fool the
health officer. The scar costs dime.
The number Of letters passing
through the London postotiice averaged
$4,000 daily in 1901. rising to 100000 in
1910. to 100000 In 1870 and to $780,,
600 in 1900
If American farmers could get for
their apples the prices which prevail in
England. they would soon all be indie
pendent, as but little Of the fruit is
grown there.
What an English paper says is the
greatest incubator in the world Is at
Batary, near Sydney. Australia. II
accommodates l1.440 duck eggs or a..
$50 hens eggs.
Eastern oysters do not reproduce
well in the colder waters OF Oregon
and Washington. An attempt Is TO be
made. therefore 10 acclimate there the
fine large oysters of northern Japan.
Sunday consultations at the Paris
hospitals were not well attended by the
working classes, the workingman pre-
ferrIng to lose a days work rather than
a few Of his hours of Idleness on Sun
day.
In suit brought at Columbus, o.. to
recover payment for pane of glass
the novel defense was brought that
the plaintiff had taken the glass from
a coffin and that the grewsOme assOci-
atiOns connected with 1t made 1t unfit
for use.
Three hundred persons in London
earn a living-and several Of them are
growing rich-by providing meals for
the cats of the metropolis. which they
deliver regularly once, twice and thrice
a day. as may suit the owners Of the
feline pets.
An American musical instrument
company has issued circulars broad
cast in London Offering to 200 pupils in
each district two free music lessons
per week for u months. One OF the
conditions attached to this novel offer
is that each pupil shall recommend the
company's instruments to friends of
the family.
The galleries Of congress now begin
to resemble the orchestra chairs Of
theater in the evening. This Is not so
much due to the bright and pretty cos
tunes of numerous brides, but to the
fact that nearly all the ladies remove
their hats. 1t is a new custom In the
galleries, but It is one that gives to the
sessions of the senate the character OF
an afternoon tea.
Paper wood is as hard as wood itself,
Is susceptible. Of brilliant treatment, is
vastly lighter, perfectly adjustable and
absolutely flreproof. The erection of
skyscrapers necessltated very serious
study Of fireproofing treatment OF
wood. and the result Is that paper Is
coming very largely into use In all
cases where woodwork has to be used
1t is particularly adaptable for ceilings
and is becoming popular for that pur-
pose.
Two thousand Japs were put to work
by the Great Northern railroad year
ago. They took the places of white
men In all branches, and there were
many who predicted the necessity Of
excluding the japanese, just as the
Chinese were before them. The fear,
however, was III founded. The railroad
has come to the conclusion that Japa-
nese at 81 a day are more expensive
than white men at SIPS. Orders have
been gwen to discharge the Japanese