The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-12
FACTS III FEW MES

t1hilSloi department. Cor kaStcur
trCatmcnt free.
Japan has civen a Frankfurt man an
order for ave machines for printing
and rcifCrdting postage stamps.
The most expensive and roomicst
railway station Ia the world Is that OF
the Pcninsuiar railway at Bombay.
Ou the date az which the census was
taken thcle was $S5.so4So6 worth OF
poultry on %, in the United States.
BY tie burning Of r. .ish pctro-
leum ship on the Bittcr lakes the Sucz
canal was recently b,ocked for three
days.
Thirty directors Of the chief British
railways have seats in the house OF
lords and forty in the house. OF
commons.
Pablo Ncumann. naturalist. has
discovered the remains OF mylodon
or hugc grinder teeth fossil sloth near
TERRA Del lueso
By majority Of siXty-onc the French
chamber adopted a motion extending
the period for which deputies are elect
Ell from four CD six years.
Paris. according TO the latest census
returns. has q population OF 2.6Jo.0f0
persons. OF whom over 100000 are e.
theV foreigners or provinciais.
\ number Of Nlcnncse ladies have
started a drcss reform league. with the
object Of suplfe,siug the corset and
Introducing new kind Of divided skirt
There Is q man in uavant. England
who. having been completely bald from
the day OF his birth. has now started a
fine crop of hair at the mature axe OF
uincty-two
The Union veterans of German birth
are TO raise q fund for monument to
bon OF the American Revolution TO be
erected in Washington.
a motor omnibus may now be seen
plying Ia London streets. The vehicle
is run as an experiment by the Road
Car company between Hammcrsmith
roadway and oxford circus.
Experiments with petroleum Tor fuel
are being made hy the Norwegian navy.
or the refined Oh imported annually
into Norway S963.ooO worth comes
from America and $4,000 from Russia.
A gold plate which Charles Bona
parte pawncd ia order to pay the trav-
cling expenses o. his son. Napoleon. TO
the military school at Bricuue has been
placed I'm the town museum at Ajaccio
Subsequent TO q recently promulgated
law a youth OF France Of any height
above FIVE feet Il he weighs luO
pounds. Is liable 10 conscription. Pre-.
] vi1usiy the mir mum height was . feet
/ inches.
/ Smallpox IN tic United States. rs Of
icially reported from Dec. =. 1901. Il
March =. 1892. reaches q total Of "a
f l9i cases. with 70S deaths. The total
Tor the same period in 1901 was 1896
+ cases. with I'D deaths.
Gcrmany's oldest army veteran has
+ just celebrated Ais one huuiredth birth
day az his home near Osnabruck. He
Is n master builder named Weilmayer
and Joined the Thirteenth tWestpha-
.a.} infantry r. simcnt In lS22.
All the tenants OF the Paris news
paper kosks have been personally
warned 10y the police commissioners OF
tAe respective districts against expos.
i Ing far sale amy Journal or publication
/ which may be personally offensive 10
King Edward.
To secure prompt dispatch OF bush
ness the japanese war Office has done
away with tie chairs used by the Jun.
Tor officials of ihe accountants &c.
/ pariment as Wei as those provided 10
T the waiting roous. The result is stat.
4 Cd 10 Ice most successful
RI. r...r-s- ..ar...f.s- .f.-r.s
I cen cruisers Of from 1000 10 SOoO tons,
twelve coast defense ships. six gun
boats and tfeaty-six torpedo boats. but
every one Of them IS useless except a
few small guuhoats stationed az dif-
fcrent ports along the coast.
Among the treasures preserved NJ the
residence OF the Earl Of clarendon Is
the original gilt key OF Hyde park. sent
by Queen Anne 90 Lord Chancellor
Clarendon To- give him az an times adj
mission 20 thc parks Of London q
relic OF singular historical interest.
The capacity Of Ireland for sending
out cnisranis has been one Of the
marvcls ~ Tie world. During 1901 the
island sent OUT 3J.s70 cmigrunts. or 9
IA every 1000 Of population. OF whom
500 pcr cent were between the ages OF
fifteen and thiriy-lve. Even this large
total is some 1000 smaller than that o.
1900
The national convention OF the Eight
Hour Day supreme Grand League Of
America viii be held in Minneapolis
Sept. 2226. The purpose OF the con
vention Is t. bring together representa-
( uves from every state IN the Union
and from all commercial and industrial
/ interests. The call for the convention
includes employers and employees.
1t is reported that the ameer Of AZ
/ shanistan having appointed council
( to assist him in the administration al
the country. Ribi Halima. Umal
/ Khan's mother. because she was not
! consulted. requested him TO dismiss H.
This the amoer refused TO do. with The
result that the plotting and counter
/ plotting have Increased more than ever
TERRA del Tuego is full OF minerals
among which is no small proportion OF
/ gold. That there is to be a boom in
mining down in that part Of the world
there IS no doubt When the discover
les shall be made which Will accom-.
/ plish this result no one can predict
but there are In movement operations
which at any time may result in such
discoveries rs will extract attention.