The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-07-17
FACTS In FEW LINES

Less than per cent OF the laud OF
Norway is in Use Tor grainhelds.
There is now made an opera glass
which folds 90 the thickness OF half an
inch aud needs 10 ease.
London is 10 have at Hackney its
first Niddish theatcr. Resides plays
the managers intend 10 give grand op
era In Niddish.
DR.. Fontan. n surgeon Of Toulon. re
ports that he has recently preserved
the life Of a soldier who was stabbed
through the heart.
Automobiles across the Caucasus for
carrying the Russian mail are to sup.
plant the present transport post horses.
with changes every ten miles.
The town OF Loanhcad in NIidlothi-
an. Scotland. has refused to adopt the
nbraries acts and consequently loses
Mr.. Carnegie's gift OF G12.OOO.
The wholesale price Of n pair Of
shoes represents about - per cent in
wages. - per cent material and l3 per
cent minor expenses and profits.
New Zealand hopes in twelve months
time To DE able TO supply its state rail
ways with coal from government
mines near Greymouth. South island
At Malta - per cent OF the parents
have chosen English as the language
OF instruction for their children as
against Is per cent in favor OF Italian.
At the Home For Lost and Starving
Dogs In BatterSea. England. more than
n quarter of a million animals have
been received during the last ten years.
The work OF widening London bridge
has commenced. When completed. the
width Of the bridge will be seventy
six feet. or eleven feet wider than that
OF the present time.
Robinson CruSoc's island. Juan Fer.
nandez. lying COO miles west OF Val.
paraiso. Is 20 be given civil govern
ment 10y chile on account of its lob
ster canning industry.
Making paper from wood. a method
discovered by Or. Hin Of Augusta. Me.
has in few years become one OF the
most important industries in the coun-
try. He got his idea from a hornet.
Every Russian going TO n theater or
other public entertainment Is required
TO pay something toward the support
OF an institution established 10y the
government for the benefit Of the poor.
Military spectators present at the re
view of the Argentine army axe re
ported to have stated that the evolu.
tons and appearance OF the troops
were worthy OF the best organized
armies OF Europe.
One OF the most important industries
attaching TO the cheap power now pro
duced by Niagara is the electrical tear
Ing apart Of the molocule OF common
salt resulting in the formation of caus-
tic soda and bleaching powder.
Genuine diamonds varying in weight
from One-han carat 10 carat have
been found in placer deposits on tribu-
taries OF Golovin bay. forty miles east
OF Cape Nome Miners found the dia-
monds while washing out gold.
Glasgow university shows an in
crease OF 1913 students over last year.
Edinburgh OF l02, St Andrews OF 20.
while at Aberdeen there Is n decrease
OF 10. II is impossible 10 make out
yet what influence Mr.. Carnegie's gift
has had on these numbers.
The views which Cecil Rhodes enter
tained OF death were extremely sim
pie. The thought OF II gave him little
or no emotion. when | am dead" he
once said, "let there be no fuss. Lay
me In the grave, tread down the earth
and pass on. l shall have done my
work"
The Wilson endowment fund OF
100000 for Washington and Lee uni
versity, Virginia, having been made up
Herbert Welsh OF Philadelphia, who
was largely instrumental in raising
it now recommends that a fund Of
100000 be raised TO end0w a scientific
and technical school TO be associated
with the university.
Crematory companies would do well
&c note the statement OF a chemist who
has determined by painstaking analy-
sis that human body OF average size
contains 3 pounds Is ounces of calcium.
The current quotation OF calcium is
$500 an ounce, which would give US
each value in the retort OF $1S.3O0, or
one-fourth our weight in gold.
When you want a modern, up-to-date
physic try Chamberlain's stomach and
Liver Tablets. They are easy to take
and pleasant in effect. Price, % cents.
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