The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-10-28
FACTS IN FEW LINES

America has $500 women preachers.
There are $1,000 costermong,rs in
London
There are l.eoO shoe factories in the
United States.
A petroleum oilh,ld has been discov.
cred ia Trinidad
Canadian trade with Great Britain
has increased over six millions the past
year.
In the United states more than 500.
oooOOO is invested In the making 90
fertilizer.
In the elcycS states Interested i'm the
industry 2Go.OOO acres are sown in
sugar bccts.
The total capital invested ia rail
ways and canals in the Dominion of
Canada is SLIGO. 100000.
There are but 100000 donkcys I'm the
British isles Spain and Portugal have
between them over $500 900.
In spite of hard times the value OF
farm animals I'm Germany is increasing
at the rate OF four millions a year.
The Moorish government has granted
to France a contract for the coming OF
$3eoo.ooO worth of Moorish money.
An annual cyclopcdia FOR 1901 places
the total gifts and requests I'm the
United States last year at SiO7.3GO 600
II is seventy three years since the
first omnibus started running I'm Lon.
don Few Of the original vehicles r..
main.
one of The new bridges 40 Ice thrown
over the Seine is To be- built I'm two sto-
ries. with one set of arches resting ON
another.
One result Of the Auclo-Japanese nj.
lance VIII Zoe thc prevention OF pruhi.
hition OF Japanese in Australia. once
suggested
"Snud is the local name of mvstc-
riouS malady which has already caused
the deaths OF many sheep ia Cardigan.
shire. Wales
Russia is founding an independent
hishoprIc I'm China. and the bi~hop
elect OF Charbin and Picking viii hc at
The head of 10.
\ silver cup. or argyll Robert Burns
from Mary" han mark. l7s4-brou.hi
40 los. nc stevens auction rooms la
London recently.
The biggest mctcorite ever seen has
been found at Ponte Allegro. I'm Brazil
IL Is an immense rock mass - feet
long and - feet thick.
The British Iifcboat association Is
considering the establishment OF
wireless service around the coast. 30
Guiding the lighthouses.
London Is Introducing water trnurh~
Tor thirsty horses. at which the water
can Doe rum on ny touching push huf.
ton and fresh water run in
The territorial board of health of
Hawaii is Co begin series OF expert
ment> 90 determine the value OF y
rays I'm the treatment OF leprosy.
For giving "a Sunday performance at
halSoorNe 90 play entitled "Barah-
has theatrical manager has been
lined 5000 hy tine supreme court OF
Western Australia
The lower class Of the Japanese eui.
ploy hardly any other material than
paper for their clothing. Where wages
are exceedingly low cloth is an impos
sible extravaganza.
Georgia Is the peach state Of the
Union. having 100000 peach bearing
trees. Next is Maryland. with 4OlS.-
V,p' then New Jersey. with 100000.
and Delaware. with =. 100000
The japanese eat more fish than any
other people i'm the world With them
meat eating is "a foreign innovation.
confined 70 the rich or rather. To those
rich people who prefer il TO the nation
al diet.
II all the land planted in corn In the
United States this year were massed.
the area would exceed the British
Isles, Holland and Belgium combined
or four-hfths OF the area OF France or
Germany.