The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-10-19

Nearly 10000 tons Of cOrks are need
ed for the bottled beer and aerated wa
tiers consumed annually In Britain.
The Egyptian Sudan has twelve
provinces. with an area Of 100000
square miles and l0.2J0,OO0 people.
An ounce Of gold was worth fifteen
ounces OF silver In the year 1880. Ii
would buy twenty-one ounces in 1900.
The city Of Portland. Me. has In its
streets 10000 shade trees. some Of
which were planted more than half
century ago.
Denmark leads the world I'm agrIcul-
turc. Each inhabitant has on On aver
age n capital OF fl37 invested in farm
Ing. British people have only f65 a
head
The big gray kangaroo OF Australia
measures about seven feet from the tip
Of lis nose to the end Of It's tail. II can
run faster than horse and clear thirty
feet az "A jump.
The Greek government has secured
"A monopoly OF the picture postal card
business. 1t has just issued cards with
slxty-four different views Of famous
cities and other scenes.
In ten irish counties there are adyer-
tised GG7 900 acres Of shOOtings. and
the rental asked Is f7,SS5, or a trihe
over %, pence per here. In most cases,
too. there are mansions attached.
The longest horse drawn railway in
the world runs from BuenOs Ayres TO
the town Of San Martin, a distance Of
fifty miles. Thirteen hours IS allowed
for the distance, and trains run every
hour.
The business OF lnsurlng individuals
and firms against losses from bad
debts above a certain amount Is one
which has grown and extended rapidly
in New York city within two or three
years.
In the eighteen years Of its existence
the Woman's Relief corps. auxiliary to
the Grand Army, has grown from 90
10 10000 members and disbursed ST.
100000 in aid TO veterans and their
families.
In every state and territory prize
fights are now forbidden by law. Not
one Of the fighters Is a successful
star" I'm any theater, and nearly all OF
them have lost money In the keeping OF
barrooms.
. ..t.... L., .ho rotoopa Cazofta do
clares that servants In the United
States do only half as much work. de-
mand twice as much free time and
four times as much wages as servants
in Germany.
The trade and wealth OF Canada are
increasing far more rapidly than its
population. With only One-ffteenth OF
the population Canada has a trade OF
more than one-sixth OF that Of the
United States.
The packing Of sweet corn In Maine
has grown rapidly in the last few
years. until now only New York and IL
llnois exceed Maine In the number OF
cans put up. Last year about 1000
900 cans were produced.
New York has long been distinguish
ed by its excellent breed Of horses.
This years census record shows 3O5,-
600 in the state, Of which 10000 are In
the county OF New York. $4,000 in
Kings, $4,000 in Erie and 100 In
Onondaga county.
The danger Of living In house that
harbors consumptiyes is illustrated by
the fact that OF 6,273 patients officially
examined by the German imperial
board of health 2,177, or 34.7 per cent,
belonged to families that included 9th
err victims Of tuberculosis.
Germany imports vast quantities or
red wine each year for mixing wines OF
her own growth. In 1900 Ass tons
were imported from Italy for this pur-
pose, 1919 tons from France. 1872
tons from Greece. 4,S7S tons from Aus
tria-Hungary and 3,47S tons from
Spain.
1t is reported that camera has been
placed so as to take each day one pic
ture Of the new building Of the depart
ment of physics of the Cornell unlver-
sity. now being constructed, with the
object of producing hereafter a moving
picture Of the building from its begin
ming to its completion.
In Slcllian cities an appliance which
Is In general use and has been for
long time is an arrangement by which
the wind of a horse Is shut of when
he attempts to run away. Standing
out from the nostrlls Of the horses are
little leather disks, which the pulling
OF little rein by the driver claps down
upon the animals nose. thus shutting
off his wind II he tries TO get beyond
control.
With its several hundred monster
mills Minnesota easily leads the coun-
try In It's milling industry. The an
nual output of Minneapolis mills
amounts to over 100000 barrels. and
the combined capacity Of the states
mills is considerably over 100000 bar
rels a day. The Minneapolis mills are
the finest In the world, and one system
Of FIVE Of them grinds about 10000
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