The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-02-08

The death rate In Glasgow from tu-
berculosis Is still 20 per 1000.
The hay harvested in the United
States I'm 1901 amounted to 100000
tons.
The number OF government officials
IN France Is 10000. Fifty years ago II
was $4,000.
A coming demand for an eight hour
day In mining is announced in the CEN
trail western coalhelds.
The national forest reserves Of the
United states now cover an area OF
nearly 47,0OO,O00 acres.
Never before has there been such de-
yotion to Mohammedanlsm az In India
ut this time under British rule.
DR. Mahaffy OF Trinity college, Dub
lin. believes that about 800 languages
are spoken throughout the world.
In the last thirty-three years $780,
100000 has been spent I'm this country
upon an Indian population Of 10000.
The Commercial club Of Louisville
uses advertising space In street cars
and on blllboards TO enjoin readers to
patronlze home industries.
Grasshoppers are so great plague
at Hay. New South Wales. that they
obscure all the street lamps at night.
leaving the town in total darkness.
Booksellers who supply English
schools report that there has been In
recent years a very great increase In
the demand for German schoOlbooks.
The governor OF Finland has ordered
the prosecution OF the Lutheran pas.
tors who refuse to read the new Rus
sian army regulations In their church
es
Portable lamps burning oil sprayed
by compressed air are recommended
by the Westminster City Engineer for
street illumination during fogs in Lon
don.
The French have coined the word
"alumlnothermy" for the process OF
getting very great heat quickly and in.
extensively by the oxidation Of alumni
FUN.
Since the commencement OF the war
in South Africa Scotland has sent to
the front 1880 noncommlssioned Off
GERS and men and $50 officers; total.
1880.
Cinnamon are the merchant seamen
Of the future. saws consular report
from Shanghai. Over 1900 British yes
sells entered the port last year manned
by Chinese crews.
So many company meetings were
held In London one day recently that
one body Of shareholders. unable TO
find hail In the city, were compelled
TO meet AT the Hotel Cecil.
The Turkish secret police agents who
were expelled from Paris during the
recent suspension Of diplomatic rela-
tons between France and Turkey will
not be allowed 10 return 10 France.
The skin OF the musk OK. which Is
denlzen Of the barren grounds and
the arctic regions Of Canada. has
taken the place OF that OF the extinct
buffalo for sleigh robes. II varies In
price from $50 to as low as 81 for
poor article.
OF prominent persons mentioned in
the new issue Of who's Who In Amer
lea" those born In New York number
2.O66. In Massachusetts 1,l30, In Penn
sylyania l.0o0. In Ohio SG6. These are
5.O22 OF the 1851 subjects whose rec
ords are given.
Dredging rivers In gold bearing coun-
tries for gold has become a great in
dustry. and dredges of wonderful pow
or and capacity are being built TO
dredge sixty feet below the water line
and to reach sixty feet above 1t along
the banks.
All records in the British east coast
autumn herring fishery have been bro
ken. At Yarmouth during fifteen weeks
fishing 2S.6GG lasts landed. and ut
Lowestoft 1900 lasts. The combined
catches represent the enormous yield
of 6S0,OO0O00 herrings.
The water sources OF Hawaii are to
oe examined by a hydraulic engineer
employed for that purpose by the sec
retary OF the interior II is claimed
that large areas of Hawaiian land now
practically valueless can be made pro-
ductive by utilizing water which now
flows unchecked into the sea.
Today smokers are numbered by mil
lions. a fact to which the treasures or
most nations have TO be devoutly thank
full. II Is estimated that 1.000,0OO000
acres of land are devoted to the cult
walton of tobacco. The world consumes
each year G.3000O0.O00 pounds, or
2,S12. 500 tons. worth S2G0.000.00O.
The growth Of football In Switzer-
land is not looked upon by the military
authorities with a very favorable eye
owing to tile fact that the young men
OF the country are beginning to neglect
rife shooting. devOting all their spare
time to football. In consequence the
various cadet corps are suffering from
lack of members.
In the Russian town Of Jelabuga
there was recently unveiled a monu-
ment to n local Joan Of Arc. Her name
was Nadyeshada Andreyeyna Duroya,
and she died In 1866. aged SO. Impelled
by patriotism. she had as n young wo-
man enlisted in the army and distin-
guished herself by bravery In the war
Of 1912.
Senior Salvador Cafiero has presented
to the Chilean government a project for
a new fast line OF steamers between
the Pacific and Mediterranean ports,
with headquarters at Valparaiso and a
capital of quarter Of million ster-
ling In 10000 shares. a subyention to
be granted on condition that the steam
ers should be armed as cruisers In war
| times.
The recent graduation OF Turkish
girl from the American Medical college
in Turkey formed occasion OF charac-
terlstic imperial edict. Turkish chill