The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-27
FACTS IN FEW LINES

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Steps are to be taken TO form a COM
mercial museum In Madrid.
incubation has lowered fatal cases
In cholera from 10 to . per cent.
OF the 19G,5OO,OOO Mohammedans in
the world only 1s,O0OOO0 live in Tur-
key.
The United Kingdom has 100000
sheep. France 100000 aud Argentina
100000.
The largest Enclosure for deer is said
10 be the Royal park IN Copenhagen,
1920 acres.
Australlas first measured wool clip
was 10000 tons in 1921. This has now
risen to 100000.
France pays for her paupers by
means of a tax of 10 per cent IN all
theater tickets sold.
1t is claimed that alcohol can be
made from sorghum pulp the refuse
from the sorghum mill.
1t is estimated that for the next
Christmas market 100000 Canadian
turkeys will be shipped to England.
In Russian schools pupils are allowed
10 choose between learning French
and German, and 20 per cent choose
German.
A year ago nearly 5000 women vOt
ed Al Cleveland's election of school di-
rectors. This year only 706 went TO
the polls.
On account of stormy weather an
Italian vessel on the way to Fiume
was recently obliged to throw over
board 400 boxes of oranges and 40 bar
rels of wine.
Denmark has a tax for commercial
travellers. Its rate is $42.SS for the
first firm and $2l.44 for every add
tional one where man represents
more than one. good for one year.
In Hart county. Ky. several farm
ers are making good money on ginseng
fields. Last year John Sears sold from
his farm $500 worth Of ginseng, be-
sides five pounds of seed at $50 a
pound.
The recent census of India shows
that Bengal. which has an area of 203,-
Alb square miles, One-quarter less than
the area Of Texas. has Il population OF
74.713.OO0, which is equal to that of the
United States.
The French minister Of war has or
- Of e.tris n
torpedo boats. The tonnage of these
vessels will be about 20. and they will
be built at the dockyards at Toulon'
CherbOurg aud Rochefort.
Benjamin Ferguson. living ten miles
east Of Dodge City, claims to be the
champion rapper of western Kansas.
During the winter he has killed SOC
raccoons, coyotes and badgers. most OF
which he skinned and sold.
A large Chestnut factory at Lyons
| France. employs go women and girls.
| The chestnuts are peeled and boiled
and placed for three days in a vanilla
strip; then they are drained, coated
nicely with vanilla and prepared for
shipment.
The moving sidewalk of the Paris
exposition was a great success. The
number of persons paying for the
| privilege of using the platforms was
6.6g4.30S. while only 2.G35.SGI used the
railway that carried passengers in the
| other direction.
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D., is a mountain of good size which
| prospectors say Is almost solid copper
| A company capitalized for $5.0OO,OOC
has secured control of the mountain.
| The men interested say 1t will be the
richest copper mine in the world.
The Swedish court is one Of the least
| formal in Europe. and IN the beautiful
"Venice of the North" as Stockholm
has been aptly called, King Oscar and
| his wife and family lead an ideally
| domestic existence and are accessible
to even the poorest of their subjects.
The reported offer of an opal for the
| English regalia by the commonwealth
| OF Australia is looked upon with dis
favor by the Superstitious. as the stone
| Is said to be unlucky except TO those
born In the month of October. None
| of the children of the late queen or of
the present king were born In that
| month.
The government finds It exceedingly
difficult to secure properly qualified
carpenters for the navy. Out OF q ap-
| plicants recently examined at the
Washington navy yard only three were
able TO pass. Carpenters are paid from
| 81 200 to $500 a year. according to
length of service. with added per cen
tum for longevity and Communication
for quarters while on shore.
The slot machine has been adapted in
| England TO the directory. This useful
| volume is held fast in a closed position
| by the arms of the machine until you
drop a penny into the slot; then the
| arms relax and you can consult the
| directory. The book is kept open as
long as required by holding one cover,
| but as soon as this resistance Is with
| drawn the directory closes automatic
ally.
A German expert in the east points
| out that as time goes on more and more
men are required to coerce China Into
| doing the will of another power. The
| opium war required only 1000 Euro
peans, the Anglo French war against
the Chinese 10000 and 1890 Indians.
The Japanese needed $4,000 men and
$4,000 coolies. and today we find 81
men-of- war and almost 10000 men at
tempting to compel obedience from the
| giant empire.
The trustees Of Harvard university
have purchased about 400 acres Of land
in New Hampshire to be used as a
camp where surveying and railroading
will be taught during the summer
months. The land is near Center Har-
Dor and borders upon Squam lake. The
land is especially adapted for topo-
graphic and photographic work. Dur
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