The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-12-03
FACTS IN FEW LINES

Il
a cost ~ Sl0.00Om1.
In England builders strike more Of
ten than any other worhmcn Next
come collier, and then cotton and wool
spnners
During the first half Qf this year 2Gi
textile mills were built, Of which ll3
were cotton. - knit goods and - mis-
cellaneous.
Exports Of horses and mules in Mis-
souri, last year brought a return Of 50,
OoO.OOO. and great deaf Of the money
came from foreign countries
The 81. Louis Globc-Democrat oug
gests that the worlds fair there In
1903 can make a hit 10y giving a Wac-
teal Illustration Of the best systems Of
public bathing facilities.
The Dominion government lobster
hatchery az Caribou. y :. this season
has put out lOO,O0O,00O Holsters along
the coast Of Nova Scotia, New Bruins
wick and Prince Edward Island.
Experts have come to the conclu-
sion that what Kills so many trees in
London Is not the SCOT flakes or the
want Of air or the drought. but the
sewer gas. which attacks the roots. So
that the trec soon withcrs and dies.
The terms "dowagcr" and "chapcron'
seem likely m the near future To fall
into desuctude. Nowadays women not
only refuse To grow old but they dis
like titles which seem significant of "a
too mature acquaintance with Anno
Domiul
There is standard joke about
thieves carrying OF redhot stoves. but
this is cqualod 10y ihc recent theft Of
two modern six inch Spanish guns AT
Santiago. cuba. They were carried
Into forest and broken mp. but the
thieves were captured and are now In
jail
Parts of Australia are becoming live
Is rivals 10 canada and the United
States u rhc European apple trade.
Tasmania especially has been found Il
first class apple raising country There
are S.373 acres in apple orchards there.
and the product la lN:'9 WAS 3G3ol'
bushels
After thorough study NJ the Il nk
question In Russia Stauislas Prosper
a 81. Petersburg editor. has published
q book In which ne seeks 10 prove that
the government monopoly and the clos
lng OF saloons on sunday have led 10
a great diminution 81 the cvil Of in
temperance.
In Illinois the foreign white persons
and lhc native white persons Of for
elsn parcutago represent little over
onc-half rhc entire population. ~ per
cent In Idaho. Is To 20 per cent IN Della
ware and Tire District of Columbia.
over $ per cent I'm Florida aud less
than per cent in Georgia.
SINGAPORE cinnamon are Indignant
with the English Oh account Of the
Duke Of N0rk'S visit. Some officials
thought III To decorate the hats of the
jinriklsha men with gold buttons. ia"
Chinese mark Of mandarin rank. and
the Chinese in the colony refuse 10 ac-
cept apologies for the insult.
Subscriptions are dlscouragingly slow
10 the proposed memorial 10 Sir Ar
thur Sullivan IN London. Hardly any
thing has been contributed in this
country. and personal friends Of The
late composer will probably supple
ment the money on hand sufficiently
for the erection Of a statue on the
Thames embankmcnt
During the recent Ashanti cam
paign the megaphone was tried by the
British officers for giving orders, since
the columns trayersing through the N
rican bush were 50 long that it was
impossible 10 convey orders in The
usual way. The experiment was M
successful, however. because the thick
Jungle and the winding paths prevent
ed the sound from travelling.
Though It does not cause So much
excitement u the world. the apple
crop OF the United States exceeds in
value even It's wheat crop. Last year,
for instance, the apple crop was 20
100000 barrels. or 53S.0O0,OO0 bushels.
At a base OF 81 per barrel. which Is
considered Il conservative estimate, the
crop netted S43O.OO0,OOO. or nearly
S1O7 900 600 more than the value OF
the wheat.
The trees now growing on the farm
(near Franklin, n. H. where Daniel
Webster was born are to be cut mp into
friction matches a manufacturing com
pany having paid $500 for the stand
ing timber upon 1t. The legislature Of
New Hampshire refused at It's late scs-
sion to pay $4,000 for the entire farm,
though many patriotic citizens of the
state petltioned to have il preserved as
a perpetual memorial Of New liamp-
shlre's greatest son.
About twenty-five years ago govern
ment engineers decided to pave Penn
sylvania avenue In Washington with
asphalt. That was the beginning OF
the general use of the scientific mys-
terry of street pavements. Today over
234. 100000 square feet Of street pave
ments In the United States and Canada
are covered with asphalt. This asphalt
paving would make a boulevard TWEEN
ty-six feet wide, over 1.75O miles long
and would reach from New York to
New Orleans and then have several
miles for side streets.
An instrument called the gradometer
has been designed to enable the occu-
pants Of any vehicle to determine at
a glance every inequality Of the ground
over which they are travelling. The
new Instrument may he attached To
the side Of the seat Of any vehicle or
to the top tube Of bicycle. aud tie
grade the vehicle is ascending ar de
scending can he seen In an instant.
The instrument consists of a nickel
plated casing containing curved
glass tube filed with spirits, leaving a