The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-11-26
FACTS IN FEW LINES

England and Wales live in the country.
Searchlieht signals have been sent
ffty-cight miles. from Buffalo to To-
ronto.
The electrical motor business Is IN
creaSing $15O.OO0,O00 a year in the
| United states.
For five years Japanese imports have
| exceeded exports at the rate of $50
| OOO OOO to SO. OOO. OOO year.
The mint Is ovcrcrowdcd with gov
| eminent orders for small coin to meet
the enormously Increased demands OF
| the retail trade.
At Eucla. in Australia. a Subterra-
mean lake has been found AT depth
Of 900 feet with comparatively mex
hauStible supply Of water.
German bankers have reversed their
business policy which led 10 enormous
investments n foreign countries and
have become ultra conservative.
Tho lnrgcSt lumber manufacturer In
America savs the lumber nfflls of Mich
icau. Wisconsin and Minnesota will he
idle in u few years for want Of timber
Should an inventor ever arise who
can utilize Ignite i'm blast furnaces
eastern Texas could hc made il IS as
serted. as great an iron center az Fits
burg
The second greatest silver mine In
the world is at HuanchacCa. Bolivia.
owned mostly in France an exceeding
" rich mine 1000 feet above sea
level
When a single district in the state In
q single month produces over S2.JOO,-
coo in gold. il is safe 10 say that Colo
RADIO has completely outdstanced COM
petition.
Nlkola Tesla has purchased 200 acres
OF land on Long Island sound and VIII
erect the largest building Of It's Kind I'm
the world to experiment with wireless
messages
This years United States consump-
ton Of sugar will be- 100000 tons.
Louisiana furnishes &JOWO tons \
duty OF So per ton is paid on l.3o0,Noo
tons of it
French economists declare Europe
can become independent OF the United
state, cotton il they will only encour-
age the natives iu Persia aud Africa
to croW &c.
One hundred and thirty-threc tons Of
waste paper were collected and sorted
10y tie men u the Salvation Army's
Metropolitan institution one week IN
London recently
\ London sanitary official. Dr. Shlr-
Icy Murphy. found HAT the number Of
cases of consumption Increased in eX-
act proportion with the number of per-
SONS living .n one room.
The United states government Is
having machine constructed in Wash
mgjon thar will di~placc thirty mathe-
maticiauo in the coast survey. II cal
culatc> the movements " The tide.
An American syndicate recently Of
fercd to lease one ef he largest rail
way systems 90 Great Britain and
guaranteed TO pay the shareholders
more than they have hcen making out
II H.
At The commercial schools OF LcipSic.
Berlin and Vienna all the languages 81
the far east are taught in order that
German commercial agents can extend
German trade EugiiShmen are non
puscd about H.
Il
varieties OF hard wheat found In for
cign countries 10 SOW them in the arid
regions NJ tie west. by which it is be-
leved SO.O0uOOu bushels can he grown
on now valuclc>S lands.
A wonderful nugget Of lin has been
discovered i'm the mines NJ North Dun
das. Tasmania Ii is estimated TO
weigh BOO pounds. The assay ~ n
small piece shows that the large mass
Of ore contains ~ per cent Of metallic
tin.
4 recent census shows that Paris
contains l.21G classes OF workmen,
metals and kindred industries claiming
$40. textiles 20. the chemical trade
$50 and building 2O3. The total num-
Der OF wOrkmcn Is estimated ut over
100000.
English shipbuildng interests pro
pose putting on six pre-emincntly fast
steamships to ply between New York
and Berchavon in four and q half days
and by building sixty-hve miles Of
railroad enable passengers to reach
London by the close Of the fifth day.
The CAM system Of electric traction
uses 1900 volts In each phase which is
fed directly TO two trolley wires, the
track forming the third conductor.
This system provides for hauling 30
ton train Of freight twenty miles an
hour on 10 per cent grade by 600
horsepower locomotive.
Two large German iron concerns. the
Hasper and the Baroper, which paid
respectively 80 per cent and Is per cent
dividends last year, have passed their
1901 dividends The Hasper carries
forward It's entire net earnings as
special reserve against possible losses
on the cOmpanyS accumulated stock Of
iron.
\ freak lobster was recently taken
near the mouth Of the SacO river, I'm
Maine. by O. +. Hutchinson. It is Of
the usual length but instead OF being
green it is blue. This. the fishermen
say. is the first of the kind they have
ever seen. 1t has been on exhibition at
Old Orchard. where IT attracted
great deal of attention.
Most Of the tailor made dresses are
manufactured by men. 4 great Lon
don firm has branches in Paris ami
New York which turn out only this
style Of garment, men doing all the I'M
poItant work. Worth would not take
an order for wooden dress costing less
than 500 or for a silk one under 5000.
| He employed 200 assistants.
When you feel that life is hardly worth