The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-04-04
gACTS IN FE v LINES

infect ~utls coins.
Tie ooUce chewing habit is spread.
in. .u Ncw NorS.
The average family in the United
States has AZ persons.
The number of cattle N Argentina is
estimated at 2S.,UctVo.
The great Canadian ;. q electric pow.
or uiaat is owned 10y NcN NorNcrS.
Ot the l2.tVo.ttO mha itauts of Mex
leo ioNoVoOJ are OF pun, Indian type.
There Is S2UoWo.WO worth Of En-.
fish money Invested n submarine ca
blc>.
1t is anticipated that the worlds sup
ply OF -pid viii bc doubled i'm the next
ten yeas.
Nearly ous-tAird of our immigrants
are NOW from southern Italy. the worst
class i'm Europe.
Owing TO the drought 1900 sheep
were sold lately at penny each at
Orange. y =. w
About 10000 Chinese cmigrate 10
Nhdvo~tok every spring and return
to Chefu in the autumn.
Tho Siahy-Arco lGcrmam wireless
telegraph s.. stem can bc used only over
distances comparatively short
By l3G votes TO ~ the Italian cham
Dor has PASSED the bin for the munici-
paiiLItion of The public services.
Eisht thousand nine hundred women
in London have been convicted 81
drunkenness moro than ten times.
Brazil and Venezuela are the only
South American Countries in which ne
sroeS are found in large numbers.
Formaldchyde gas. the fashionable
di>iufcctaut is generated during the
Imperfect combustion OF wood alcohol
a minister for the administration of
navigation and commercial ports has
been added by the Russian govern
ment.
The standing timber Of Canada
equals that of the continent Of Europe
and is nearly double that of the United
States.
Or Loeb says electricity is the IN
DERIVING cause OF vital action. but he
las not as yet made fair demonstra-
ton OF IT.
Forty pounds has been offered rs a
prize by Vienna confectionery com
pany for the best translation Of the
English word cake"
The Inspector general shows that In
London tho losses from unsuccessful
companies during the last ten years
have exceeded 5000, oOO.OoO
Another step in the commercial an
q. eI.f
New Workers. of 5.os0 shares. AT $3.50
each. i'm tile Royal bank Of the Do
minion.
Egypt has two humorous periodicals.
OF the total number of TO periodicals
appearing in that country eighty seven
are printed in Arabic. the others in
English ana French.
An infallihle cure for seasickness is
said 10 bee found IN examining ones
features attentivcly in a mirror The
Idea is that by this means the eye rests
on am unchansinS surface. and the
SENSE Of motion gradually becomes less.
Speaking of the epidemic of arsenic.
al poisoning which occurred i'm Eng
land in IDOL Professor Delepine said
in recent lecture that with Reinsch's
test il IS now possible Ia detect less
than one part of arsenious acid in 10
100000 parts OF beer.
In an entire year only one person was
killed on the railways Of Great Britain
In three months SO persons have been
killed and ll.l62 injured on American
lines. The reason for this is plain. 1t
is much more serious matter To kill
person on an English railroad than it is
in America
Four great coal regions are about to
be exploited in South Africa. The most
southerly field lies between I.adysmith
and the northern boundary OF Natal.
These regions viii In the near future
supply large part OF the worlds de-
mand for coal. Natal exported 2O4.OOO
tons In 1901.
The agricultural department is now
developing in the south system of
zone man farms" These are small
areas Of land in the pine woods, upon
which system Of farming is being de-
veioped Of such nature rs to appeal
directly TO tie class of farmers who
must necessarily handle such land.
resident at Guelma, in Algeria, has
taken out patent for the manufacture
of casks out of cork. An interior
coating isolates the contents from con
tact with the cork. \ barrel of eleven
gallons weighed thirty pounds instead
of eighty pounds. which is the weight
Of wooden cask of the same capacity
a cormorant's nest, composed of sea
weed roughly bound by some wire rig
Sing and containing five eggs, was
found some time ago on the foremost
Of the British man-of-war Sybille.
which was wrecked on the southwest
coast Of Africa. The nest has been
presented to the Royal United Service
Institution in London.