The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-05-06
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Gasoline handcars are giving salts
factory service on western railways.
For every 100 deaths In rural dis.
tricts in England there are IFS in town
districts.
The area OF the Yellowstone park
equals that Of Delaware plus that OF
Rhode Island
A musical Passion play I'm sixteen
tabieau has been written by the cure
OF Paris church
The French waterways bill compr SEA
Improvements In the existing cana - at
cost OF SIP. 100000.
England owns 1880 OF the ll.07f
steamers belonging TO the twelve lead.
Ing nations OF Europe and America
An ancient viking cup made out OF
the vertebrse OF a whale has been
found at Harroldswick. in shetland.
The kaiser has ordered the distribu.
don OF 1000 copies OF his photograph
among the sailors OF the German navy.
Automobiles which have fiange out
side n pneumatic tire are being used
for scouting on the Transvaal railways
An electric motor car recently Gou
bled the length OF Great Britain. tray.
cling LOO miles at an expense OF -
cents a mile.
Several young members OF the BEL.
giau aristOcracy are now serving their
time as apprentices on board English
sailing ships.
Hull England municipal trans made
profit OF 10000 last year. or this
amount 10000 has been devoted TO the
relief OF the taxation.
A new tapeworm described by jap.
snese ply sician is OF gigantic size, be.
ing more than four inches broad and
about thirty-hve feet long.
The difficulties In navigating the Red
sea are such from reefs and shoals that
no sailing vessel has passed the Suez
canal In twenty-seven years
The record for rapid slaug htering
has been made by an indianapolis
packing house by turning SOS hogs
into products within five hours.
The japanese telephone service Is
regulated by the department OF com
municatioRs. All the lines. Instruments
and fittings are owned by the govern
ment.
Within ten years German publisher
has issued TRANSACTIONS OF five Of the
most read English aud American nov
els No one OF them has had "A sale oi
as many as Il thousand copies.
King Edward has put typewriting
machines I'm the office OF his private
secretary. This is quite an innovation
for the letters OF royalty have always
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IL has been decided to send al Ro,r
| prisoners who are sentenced To terml
OF penal servitude out OF South Africs,
TO the Seychelles islands. \ new con
vict prison is To be constructed there
for the purpose.
In the Japanese match factories III,
boxes and labels are made by little
girls. who are wondrously dexierous
In the work. These little experts get
from halfpenny TO twOpcnce half
penny for twelve hours work
A glass house to Ice used as a solnri
um is being built ut the government
sanitarium for tuberculosis nj Fort
Bayard. y. NJ. Durin. the last two
years the government has expend. Il
about 100000 on this institution.
In Spandau. near Berlin. n great mil
itary center. tax has been put on au-
tomato orchestrions. which are bccon.
Ing an intolerable nuisance. as nearly
every restaurant has one. IL is hoped
that the tax will reduce the plague.
The Jessup expedition into northwest
ern Siberia has returned with 100 cases
or specimens. The object OF the excar-
sion. which was held by Norman &.
Buston. was TO determine the Asiatic
origin OF the North American Indians.
In Toledo, o.. the postoffice depart
ment will place on each letter box an
electrical device which will record nj
the central office when the box Is omen
ed Some such apparatus is found TO
be necessary TO prevent collectors from
skipping boxes
The women OF Galveston. Tex. the
city so nearly destroyed by the terrible
storm few years ago, have organized
TO beautify the town. They give enter
tainments TO raise funds and with the
proceeds buy and plant trees along the
streets and in the parks.
A reward OF $1,000 Is offered by the
department of agriculture in Queens
land for the discovery OF means of
Graduating the prickly pear pest.
which is cactus imported from Amer
lea. The remedy must not cost more
than certain sum per acre.
More mushrooms are grown at Ken
meth Square and Lansdale. near PhiIa.
deiphia. than in any other section of
the country The department OF agri-
culture hopes TO develop the Industry
In this country so as to make importa-
lions from France unnecessary.
Electricity has increased the power OF
seacoast lights 20 that OF 5000, 600 can
dies. The mineral oil lamp OF the ''Doty
system" which was in almost uniyer.
sal use previous to the introduction of
electricity. did not exceed $4,000 can
dies In the strength of its illumination.
An automobile truck Is now employ
ed for moving iron safes. IL has two