The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-10-15
FACTS IN FEW LINES


Mormon missionaries report that they
are making many converts in Ger
many.
White pine, when green, weighs 90
pounds TO the cubic foot; when season
ed. 1886.
The latest thing in the eating saloon
and lunch cafe lines is the automatic
or walterless restaurant.
Paving experiments are to be made
I'm Havana with vitrifled bricks, gran
tie squares and sandstone blocks.
1t Is estimated that the Puget sound
sockeye salmon pack for this season
will be 100000 cases, valued at $780,
600.
One Of the Bucnos Ayres newspapers
has n consultation room in which the
poor can daily get medical or legal ad-
vice free.
Tasmanla's government does not per
NIT any land to be sold by private con
tract within five miles Of Hobart OF
Launceston.
South Dakota has more Indians a.
0OO) than any other state. or the terri.
tories Indian Territory has $4,000 and
Arizona $1,000.
Exports OF American breadstuffs In
creased % per cent during the past sew
en- months over the same time the pre-
ccding fiscal year.
More than 1000 men are at work on
the Swiss side OF the SimplOn tunnel
and nearly 1900 on the Italian side
Much trouble has been caused by a
vein OF water which supplied $50
quarts per second.
Chemists say that 45 per cent OF
green wood consists OF water. They
estimate that ii Is almost impossible
to expcl all the water from seasoned
lumber about 10 per cent remaining
In highly seasoned woods.
The demand for agricultural imple-
ments In Egypt is increasing with the
progress made In cultivating land.
Farmers are rapidly finding out the
value OF improved machinery and have
In use already a number Of thrashing
machines.
Recent statistics show that no less
than 2G.4S4 horses, mules and donkeys
were killed in the slaughter houses OF
Pantln and YilleJuif, In France, dur
ing 1900. OF these 25,059 were sold
for food and the remainder Of them de
clared unfit for consumption.
The biggest woodworking plant In
the state Of California has been erect
ed by the unions OF San Francisco and
is now turning out material as fast as
1000 union carpenters can place 1t on
the buildings In two cities. 1t gives
employment TO 100 union mill men.
About 40 per cent OF the men EN-.
pl0yed in the Minnesota mines are Fin
landcrs. another 30 per cent Hungari-
ans. about per cent Italians. and the
rest are divided among Americans, Ger
mans. French. Scotch and Welsh. The
mainstay of the mines are the Cornish
men.
Excellent results have followed the
administration OF forests and timber
production by the Hungarian govern
ment. While In 1868 the net income
from the national forests amounted
only to 1,194OOO forms. they yielded
during the last decade more than
100000 forms.
The largest beehive in the west is
claimed by Lexington, Ill. In the long
bridge of the Alton railroad over the
Mackinaw river a great colony OF the
insects have established quarters. The
hive is in the main span. which Is 12O
feet long, and the stretch OF comb is
fully that length.
The presidents OF the Berlin Society
For the Prevention of Cruelty to AMI
mails have issued proclamation to the
public urging them. in engaging cabs or
wa Eons. TO take only those drivers who
do not follow the stupid and cruel Gus
tom OF using binders over the eyes or
the horses, which is the principal cause
Of shylng.
At a birthday party In Railway, n.
j.. recently four sisters were among
the guests. Their united ages foot up
800 years, divided in this way: Mrs.
Mary p. C. Rowell, eighty-six; Mrs.
Elizabeth Acken. elghty-four; Mrs.
Henrietta Van Sicklen, eighty, and
Mrs. Bruen, eighty. They are all In
excellent health.
Sisal culture in East Africa is pro-
crossing, there being over 10000
plants set out in one locality. a few
were brought from Yucatan In 1891,
and the number has grown as mention
ed. In another locality are plants COW
ering 1000 acres. Six hundred acres OF
Maurltius agave hemp are laid out In
the same territory.
Fall River, Mass, produces more
than three-quarters of all the print
cloths made In the United States, has
one-seventh of all the splndles In the
country and about fourth OF those In
New England and more than twice as
many as any city in the country. Its
mills turn out more than 1,5OO miles OF
cotton cloth every working day.
New York state stands high as a
milling state because Its western bor-
der touches the outer edge Of the great
lake system Of elevators, and right In
the metropolitan district itself there
are two OF the largest and finest mills
In the country, each with a capacity
OF 5000 barrels. and ave others with
a capacity Of from 1000 to 1000 barrels
a day.
Excavations made by explorers In
and about Chama, Guatemala, have re-
suited In the discovery Of coins and
Jewels worth over $4,000. Idols,
crowns and tablets Of fine gold. dec
GRATED by the Aztecs and the Montezu-
mas centuries ago, have been found
by workmen on the Chama plantatioie 4,
and hundreds OF natives have aband
ed their usual employment to join TOl
parties. =