The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-01-08
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.
Central New York Is practically

Inc average annual price OF uu
apartment with seven rooms is $500 In
Berlin, $500 in Hamburg and $3.50 In
Lelpslc.
Dresden Is to have in 1908 a "clty ex-
hIbltion" at which all German towns
OF over $4,000 inhabitants are to be
represented.
Professor Emil Yung OF Geneva has
counted the ants I'm five nests. Their
numbers were b3,O1S, 67470, 1888,
03,G04, 47,S2s.
There is room for $4,000 persons In
st. Peters church. Rome; for $1,000 In
the Milan cathedral and for $4,000 in
st. PauPs, London.
The definition Of ito loot" is very
simple. II Is ito carry off as plumber"
In other words, It Is stealing on a
somewhat extensive scale.
Slips Of tarred pasteboard are used
for shlngllng roofs In Japan. They are
said to be as satisfactory as wooden
shingles and are much cheaper.
According to the views Of British
sea captain who was In the gulf Of
Mexico during the Galveston tempest,
the disturbance was partly volcanic.
Manufacturers Of birch beer have
been detected cutting down birch trees
I'm Van Cortlandt park, New York, to
get the bark to flavor the liquor with.
A brisk trade In fox skins Is spring
ipg up between France and Italy. The
latter last year exported 1000, mostly
from about Rome. Foxes are plentiful
I'm Italy.
There is considerable money In the
lakes I'm the shape OF meat In the
Lake Erie fisheries 3,72S men are en-
ployed and S2,710,G54 capital. Last
years catch was valued at 81, 15O,S9O.
1t Is reported on high authority that
the petroleum Industries Of ROumana
have made great progress of late and
that If transportation becomes cheaper
and better this country will be a for
midable competitor Of America and
Russia.
Until the middle Of the last century
cavalry deployments were by two right
angle turns, and when the diagonal
march was adopted instead Of making
the diagonal by n half turn Of each
horse the movement was by the whole
troop or unit.
Kaffir beer is made from Indian corn,
which Is worked into a pulp with
wooden stampers. Sufficient sugar and
water are added: and the climate does
the rest. When the beer is ready, ey-
cry hut will receive its share, and a
certain quantity will be put aside for
the beer drink" n sorry but n gigantic
kind Of feast
The British Womcn's Emigration So
clety offers free passage to Western
Australia and profitable places when
they have arrived there to good, strong
domestic servants. But 1t advises
servants who are seeking light places,
with no scrubblng. a regular evening
out, as well as ali day Sundays, to bide
by the mother country.
NM. Desgrez and Balthazard state
that they have discovered a method Of
regeneratlng air in confined spaces.
They have submitted TO the Academy
of Sciences aluminium diving dresses
weighing % pounds. They state that
the diver can move In this suit for
hours under water without drawing air
from the surface. The principal regen-
Grating agent seems to be sodium diox-
lde.
Extending from north to south, Indo-
China covers ii degrees, necessarily in
Guiding n wide variety of climate. In
the southern provinces the year Is d.
yided into two seasons, wet and dry.
In Tonkin and Anam the four western
seasons prevail, with the difference
that the heat attains an intensity I'M
known In Europe and the climate is so
facilitating as to unfit Europeans for
manual labor.
In England a lamppost has been In
troduced which combines n fire by
drant, tap and fire alarm box. The by
drant can be used for fire alarm pur-
poses, filing water carts and for street
flushing, while the small tap can be
used by an individual for domestic wa
ter supply. There is a water meter and
slphon at the bottom. by which the wa
ter Is shut off from the hydrant, thus
preventing 1t from freezing.
Over the greater part Of the New
England coast the supply Of clans has
suddenly diminished to an extent
which has become alarming. Exten-
sive areas which four or five years ago
produced great numbers Of CLAIMS are
now practically barren. The explana-
ton Is simply that the demand has in
creased at such a rate that too large a
number Of the natural seed" clans
have been removed, and extinction sud
denly follows.
Members of the building trades. ar
chltects, builders and influential cit-
zens In New York city have organized
the Work Together club. The object
Is ito promote harmonious relations be-
tween employers and employees by
bringing about reforms directly affect
ing the building trades. This organiza-
ton will from time to time make ap-
peals for the Endorsement Of measures
for the protection of workmen engaged
In the construction and alteration OF
buildings"
Sunday is a great day for poor peo-
pie, and not extremely poor people ell
Their, for INDUCING in street car rides.
Not so very many years ago it was Inn
possible for man in moderate cireum-
stances, one who could not afford to
hire q vehicle and take bis family out
for an airing on a lovely afternoon ell
Their on pay day or any day, to have
that pleasure. Now he can take the
whole family equipment, including the
cook and nurse maid. on country ex-
cursion that will cost him trihe COM
pared with the same expense a quarter
of century ago.