The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-02-01
FACTS IN FEW LINES

Europe are cousins.
1t is estimated that 100000 people in
London live by crime.
London requires 100000 cows to sup
ply it with dairy produce.
In Poland It is a penal offense to
speak Polish In any public resort.
international money order business
is now transacted with forty-two coun-
tries.
A certain sect I'm Russia considers
hair sinful and badness sign OF
sanctlty.
Over 1000 sheep were brought re
Gently from Montana to Lansing
Mich. to he fed there on sugar beet
refuse.
There are only four states in the
country which have more than a mil
lion voters each-New York. Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio and Illinois.
A German proverb says that every
great war leaves country three mr..
milestone of invaders. one of mourn.
ers, one of idle persons ready to com
NIT crime
Hereafter no physician who is un-
able to speak the English language
will be given certificate allowing him
to practice his profession In the IIa-
waiian territory.
The woman's building ut the Charles
ton exposition is beautiful colonial
mansion built POO years ago and sur
rounded by gardens filled with old
fashioned flowers.
BY order Of the ear the sum OF 1C
francs has been given 10 each Of the
flremen OF Reims who mounted guard
before the Hotel de Vile during the
visit OF the Russian sovereigns.
When the French budget OF war is
discussed, NJ. Gentil will ask for the
vote OF credit OF 100000 francs TO
establish and maintain the wearing OF
chamois leather gloves by mounted
troops.
The carriage I'm which President Nc
Kinley rode when he was I'm Chicago
attending the peace Jubilee celebration
in 1898 and which played conspicu-
GUS part In the Mckinley memorial
services has been destroyed by fire.
In the thirty odd thousand dead let.
ters forwarded 10 Washington from
New York were 10000 arguments TO
voters" sent ont by the campaign man
ayers OF the late election. but improp-
erly addressed or sent to men who had
died
Antwerp will hold a geographical
exposition this year TO celebrate the
twenty-hfth anniversary OF the found
Ing OF the Belgian Royal Geographical
society. There will be exhibits Illus
trating the science Of geography from
its beginning.
The London Gazette announces that
the principally Of Wales will be repre-
scented i'm the arms of the Prince OF
Wales. This change Is in response to
the Welsh request that the principally
figure I'm the royal standard or in the
arms OF the nelf apparent.
The valuable collection Of portraits
Of the Lee family. Including the por-
traits OF the Washington, Custis and
Lee families, has been lent to Wash
ington and Lee university by General
G. w. Gusts Lee. and they will be
hung In the university art gallery.
The Negro Worlds Fair company,
| originated in Alabama for the purpose
| OF giving some great exposition. Is now
on the lookout for city that wants
| the fair. The president. II. n. New
some, is pastor OF the African Metho-
dist Episcopal church at Opelika. Ala.
The smallest exhibit at the Buffalo
exposition was the fig wasp from Call
fornia. II can be seen only with the
| microscope. The insect is an impor.
tant aid in producing the fruit, and the
United States government spent $16,'
| 600 in establishing II In the Pacific fg
region.
A proposed strike for the right to
keep dogs is to be considered at the
next meeting OF the Northumberland
| England Miners association. At sew
eral collierles the county workmen are
being forced by the owners to do away
| with their dogs or themselves remove
| from the coIIiery.
| According to n decree Of the Prus
sian minister OF education. just pub.
lished. children in Germany will have
to be most careful In addressing letters
to the kaiser in the future. Any re
| quests for stamps. dolls and similar ar
tices are to be severely punished by
the school authorities.
OF a total number OF 100000 dwelling
houses in the boroughs Of Manhattan
and the Bronx. New York. only $4,000
are occupied by single family each
The total population OF the two Dor
oughs last June was 2.0JO.O0O. and the
tenement population at the same time
was more than I,550,0OO.
For the first time In the history OF
naval construction I'm Italy an entire
outfit OF machinery for a warship has
been constructed of material produced
and manufactured exclusively In that
country. The new engines Of 1000
horsepower for the Turkish battleship
Messudleh are entirely Italian In ma
terial and workmanship.
The first hotel building In the world
to be finished throughout with fire
proof woodwork Is now under con
struction at Thirty-second street and
Broadway, New York. In addition to
this precaution. the usual freproohng
| of the structure has been carefully car
ried out in accordance with the most
| approved modern treatment.
The Mendon Historical society has
presented to the town of Mendon a
monument concentrating the massa-
ere at that place during King Philips
war. II is huge granite bowlder, suit
ably inscribed, and has been placed on
the spot where the wife of Matthias
Puffer and his twelve-year-old son were
murdered by the Indians July IL 1910