The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-26
FACTS IN FEW LINES

Fish are sold alive IN Japan. being
peddled IN huSc tanks.
or the 2oOo0Oo1 population Of Bra
I'll about iS.OoN0Oo arc said TO be
Catholics
Professor WaSScrman Of Berlin has
succeeded IN finding a serum which
cures ptomaine poisoning.
While the great geological garden Of
London has i.G2l birds. there are $50
In the New York Bronx geological
park.
The greater portion OF the telegraph
and telephone poles OF this country
come from the northern peninsula Of
Michigan.
Berlin opened rink on Sept. for
Ice skating an the year round. This
makes the fourth permanent lie rink
In Europe. others being operated in
London. Paris and Munich.
\ New York tradesmau OF long ex-
perience says that the hardest persons
to collect hills from are those who
have no money and those who have a
great deal II money.
The discussion OF observations on
rainfall made first by Sir John Muir
ray and later by Bruckner and
Fritsche. permits an estimation 10 be
made ~ the mean rainfall on CONT
nents. which is found 10 he about
thirty inches "A year.
Under tho supervision OF the govern
ment tobacco has becn successfully
grown IN Ireland this year. hut as the
crop has not yet been marketed the
financial result Of the experiment will
not he known Tor some time.
As Il protectionist measure the olive
growers OF Andslusia are petitloning
the central government to prohibit the
sale In Spain Of ali foreign oils. wheth-
er produced FROM eaglnous seeds or
otherwise. likewise the sale Of all oils
mixed with olive oil
The hcdbus has been found by two
late investigators 10 lee the most dan
gerous Of all biooIsucking insects In
spreading disease. or. az any rate. in
disseminating plague. In is body the
germs live and multiply. retaining viru-
ieuce FOR many days. while the heihug
itself seems TO suffer no inconv enience.
In the window - a store In Bur
iincton. VI Is displayed a scythe
blade firmly imlcddcd IN the branches
81 tree. The scythe. which was
found I'm Snelburne. was evidently
hung on the tree and left there for
many years. fnr u had penetrated
three limbs which were messy with
age
At the commencement u this year
the number ~ pensioners In the on
cial insurance Of the German empire
Tor iuvaliaS. old age and sickness
amounted 20 97S9Gn. 81 whom 81 900
were invalid pensioners. 2OoSi sick
pensioners and 116.SS7 old age pen
sioners. The total amount paid out
10 pensioners in 1907 Is estimated at
i72ooo.o0o marks
Miss Ruby Abrams. who was recent
~ graduated 1T the head Of the art
class IN Cooper Institute. New York. f.
deaf and until 4 few years ago was
also dumb she has been an art stu
dent ever since she was graduated NJ
the head Of her class six years ago ar
the Institute For the Improved In
structior 81 Deaf Nutes and has the
record OF having won Your prizes dur
ing her art courses
Some English surgeons have rccclv-
ID permission from the Egyptian gov
eminent ~ make Investigations among
the mumniics and other things IN the
Cairo museums IN order that some
thing may he learned Of the almost
prehistoric surgery. II Is known that
the early Egyptians were adopts in
performing certain operations which
are even now considered difficult
Sometimes Italian courts work with
painful slownesS. A man named Pie
tri. who has been In prison IN Italy
awaiting trial on charge Of murder
since September. 1870 is about TO face
the jury. The frst hearing Of the case
was interrupted by the founding Of
the Kingdom Of Italy. Then the pre-
siding magistrate and two Of the prin-
cipal witnesses died, and the matter
dropped out Of Official notice.
Much establishment was caused by
the fact that when the plllage of the
palace Of Abdul Aziz. the sultan OF
Morocco. took place the invaders
found therein twelve automobiles and
hundred bicycles. 1t seems that
when the sultan wished 20 obtain a
motor car or bicycle he was inform
ed that 10 Europe il was customary To
sell cars only by the dozen and bicycles
by the hundred
Physicians have been In the habit
OF laughing at the popular custom Of
burning sugar In sickroOms as a ais
infectant \ scientist ia the PaSteur
institute. Paris. has. however, recent
ly discovered that pnrning sugar de-
yelops acetylene hydrogen, one OF the
most powerful antiseptic Gases known
IL sugar is burnt ia closed vessel
containing putrefed meat or the con
tents OF rotten eggs the offensive Odor
disappears az once.
Johann Martin Schleyer invented
Noinpak ~ a Hash Of Inspiration one
sieepiess night. Devotion 10 The origi
mai Nolapuk Is stili paid by a publlca-
tion printed In Graft the capital 81
Syria. Austria. entitled Nolapukablcd
Lezendonik aud at present edited by
the aged Bishop Schlcyer himself, who
took up the work on the retirement Of
the previous editor eighteen months
ago. Bishop SchiryeT is now seventy
six years old
Prince Henry 81 Prussia. the kaiser's
brother. Is Keen automobiles and
has taken out patent for an fnvep-