The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-02-02
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.
France has % organ MANUFACTURES.

France has % organ manufactures.
Africa contains S0,OO0,O00 Mohamme-
dams to about 2OO,0O0,O00 inhabitants.
Twenty-elght different kinds of food
are needed to feed the animals In the
Berlin zoo.
There are about 117000 novels in the
Paris National library and nearly Co.
600 volumes of French poetry.
During the siege of Picking the men,
bers of the diplomatic corps and the
missionaries who were shut up In the
British embassy ate so mules.
The city of Moscow will expend AS
100000 rubles. or about $24,6OO,OOO,
on new waterworks. The city has now
a population of over 100000.
A Christmas tree for dogs was one
of the features of q Chicago mans
celebration of that holiday. The man
has eight dogs, all fond Of candy. He
has no children.
A permanent life line, consisting Of
strong wire cable. has been stretched
along the entire distance of the Chicago
drainage canal, "a miles, to be used In
case of accident
The American quail imported into
Sweden some time ago seem to thrive
and Increase in number. 1t remains TO
be seen, however, whether the birds
can stand the long winters there.
The apartment which the late King
Humbert of Italy used to occupy at the
Quirinal has been shut. Nothing will
be changed in it, and none but mem
bers Of the royal family will be allowed
TO visit ii.
There are PITTS young men In the
medical colleges of the United States,
less than half. as many, 1854, in the
law schools and only about One-third
as many S,261, in the theological sem
inaries.
italian macaroni Is no longer made
by hand, but by machinery. According
to the British consul at Naples about
10000 cases Of macaroni are annually
exported to England and 100000 TO the
United States.
The town Of Eatonville. Fla, has
1000 inhabitants, with not a single
white among them. II has its full
quota of public officials, a bank and
other business establishments requisite
In a town of it's size.
The lake regions seem to be attract
i've to people In Ohio during the last
ten years the largest rate of increase in
population was In the lake cities and
counties. The same conditions are true
of the states Of Michigan and Wiscon-
sin.
About 100000 Italians are exposed
to malarial fever. There are about
100000 cases every year, with an
average mortality Of 1900. This
proves that mosquitoes are more dead
ly in Italy than snakes and tigers in
India.
London has a new dance called the
G. l. V. The couples are arranged
as In other quadrilles. but the mu-
sic rattles right through the dance
without a pause, embracing the most
popular movements used in ordinary
quadrilles and some new ones.
There are LOO Chinese pupils in
Queens college, Hongkong, varying in
age from 8 up to %, and many Of
them have family cares In the shape Of
a wife and children at home. Each
year sees a decrease in the proportion
of married schoolbOys, and the aver
| go oc~o hooop,nc iocc ovaru vn0r
Tuberculosis has been placed among
| the diseases which are subject to quar-
antine. The commissioners Of immi-
grafton has so decided in the case Of a
| Japanese who arrived at San Francisco
| from japan i'll with this lung trouble.
1t was decided that the patient could
not land, but must return to the port
from which he sailed.
A frequent difficulty encountered by
! postal authorities in Australia is the
cheap and expeditions delivery Of mails
to outlying localities. Many of these
| places are hundreds of miles from the
nearest railway line, and the route Is
apt to be through drought stricken
/ ",
| times impossible even by camels. This
is conspicuously the case in tropical
| Queensland.
An interesting relic In the shape of
| piece Of a granite bOwlder. containing
/ what appear to be two human foot
/ prints, has been loaned to the museum
| at ST.. JOhnsbury, VT, by William A.
| Chase Of MOrrisvllle. The rock from
which the piece was quarried has been
curiosity in CRANKY for a century. 1t
is a granite bowlder weighing several
tons, situated one and one-half miles
from Gallups Mills. o.
A gunmaker in Metz Is said to have
invented a remarkable new cartridge
for small arms of all kinds. The case
is composed of transparent celluloid
material and the contents can there
fore easily be examined from the out
side. 1t Is also gas tight and causes
no recoil. Some astonishing results
were obtained at some recent trials.
and the military authorities are giving
the matter their attention.
During the past 10 months new re-
public. known by the name Of Acre,
has sprung up in the forest country
lying partly in Brazil and partly in
Bolivia. 1t has been established by a
rich Brazilian banker and rubber dealer
named Aries, who has set himself up
as president over community of
about 10000 people, all Of whom are
In his employ. Demonstrations have
been ms &c against the little country
by both Brazil and Bolivia, but 1t holds
its own.
In London a beautiful collection Is
being exhibited made up Of vacuum
tubes charged respectively with
| somnIos of the various new gases