The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-08-03
FACTS IN FEW LINES

Ontario produced 30,1SG,000 bushels
OF wheat last year.
London is to have an automatic ham
sandwich machine.
There are estimated 10 be 100000
farms In the United States.
The population Of Rome Is now 462.-
900, gain of 1G1 ,5S2 In ten years.
The latest estimate Of the popula-
ton Of the world Is hazarded at 1900
100000.
The population Of Greece has risen
from 100000 in 1885 to 100000 at
present.
The total value Of the produce Of tho
forest exported from Canada last year
was 29,054OS0.
only sO,33l British subjects out OF
the 100000 who died last year had
anything to leave by Will
There Is plenty Of dust in California,
and oranges when picked are usually
so dirty that they have to be cleaned
before they are packed.
The plague In India has been prac-
tlcally limited to the native population,
and in Glasgow It was last year limit
ed To the lowest class cf the pOpula-
ton.
In one months time the food inspec-
lion department OF Montreal destroyed
more than 2IA tons Of bread and pastry
in the bakeries. 1t was pronounced I'M
tit for food.
Agricultural statistics show that the
average yield OF wheat per acre in the
United States is a little less than l3
bushels and that Of Indian corn a lit
tie less than y bushels.
More than one-fifth Of the population
Of New York is employed In her COM
mon schools, either az pupils or teach
ers. The total enrolment Of pupils Is
1.2O9.574, and their teachers number
$4,000
Take care OF the forests" says a
Tennessee paper In announcing that
out Of single tree In Dyer county a
citizen had got four cords Of tirewood,
three gallons Of honey and five rae
cOOns
A statue Of Cupid, dating from the
Roman period, has been discovered
near the village OF MOntegant, In the
canton Of Frlbourg, Switzerland. The
remnants OF a Roman wall and some
pottery were also discovered.
A French scientist has discovered
that plants are very sensitive TO poison.
The higher plants as well as fungi en-
able US to detect the presence OF cop
per. mercury and other toxic sub
stances which chemical analysis does
not detect.
The Italian postofilce is about to In
troduce the automobile into its service,
particularly between railway stations
and nelghboring villages. They will
probably also be used for postal deliy-
cries In the larger towns, such as Rome
Naples and Milan.
The library Of Heidelberg university
has lust acquired 81 sheets Of Septua-
glnt code written in unclals Of the sixth
or seventh century on papyrus con-
tanning the Alexandrinian translation
OF chapters to Ii OF Zechariah and
chapters to OF Malachi
The state Of New York has at the
present time In round numbers 22,OOO
insane patients under care, which I'M
plies an original capital outlay Of S2O,-
100000 for hospitals and their equip
ments and an annual expenditure OF
$1,000 600 for the care and treatment
OF the inmates.
One OF the curioslties Of the old city
OF Guadalupe, Mexico, is a great col
umn OF stone sails rising from the up
per walls OF the cathedral There are
three sails, one above another, each
with reef points and showing a stone
mast. On the top Is niche containing
the figure Of patron saint
During the winter 1901 there were
34.412 students matriculated at the %
universities Of Germany. OF these
1926 were studying for the Protestant
ministry and 1,G15 to become Catholic
priests. There were 10,343 students OF
law, 7.416 OF medicine and 1912 en-
rolled as students OF philosophy.
The eastern Canadian seacoast from
the bay of Fundy to the strait Of Belle
Isle covers a distance Of 5000 miles
and British Columbia, with its multi
tude of bays and mountainous Islands,
has n seacoast OF 1850 miles and salt
water inshore area, not including minor
indentations. of 1900 square miles.
The boiling point of hydrogen, ac-
cordlng to a new determination made
recently by Professor Dewar, Is 2o2.5
degrees below zero on the centigrade
scale. or 20 degrees above absolute
zero. Investigations as to the tempera-
ture of solid hydrogen are now being
carried out and show still closer ap-
proach to absolute zero.
Investigations conducted by the mill
tary authorities In Rhenish Prussia
into the practice of giving drugs to
young men liable to military service
with the object Of incapacitating them
have resulted In the discovery that In
Lelchllngen a doctor has been pursu-
ing a lucrative business in this line,
young men coming to him from far and
near.
The human body. It has been found
Is shorter at night than in the morning
due to the weight Of the body com
pressing the intervertebral cartilages
During sleep or while In a recumbent
position, the pressure being removed
their natural elasticity enables them tc
resume their normal size, consequently
the height OF an individual will vary
from three-elghths to half an inch be
tween morning and night.
Mrs. f. II. Briggs of Auburn, Me.
daughter Of Senator Frye, is the owner
of the box which was used to carry the
electoral votes for President Mckinley
and Vice President Roosevelt from the