The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-10-27
TIMELY BREvITIES

Inc winter cOu IhncIlcS VI NolNh9
yielded In 1908 IS, 10000 fish. In 1909
the number was 5G.50O.OO0, this year
5J,700,000.
Birmingham, Ala, shows the great
est annual rainfall In this country
sixty two inches. with Hattcras next
sixty inchesl.
Norway prohibits doctors dispensing
medicines where pharmacies are con
venient and pharmacists prescribing
II a doctor IS in reach.
"Dry Goods Store Dry Goods Sold
by the Yard or Pound" Is the sign that
appears In an Italian store window Ia
Van Brunt street. Brooklyn.
There are no regular thcaters IN
most Of the Turkish towns, and NOV
ing picture shows have the amusc
mcnt field practically TO themselves.
The University Of Cairo, the most
celebrated institution Of learning IN
the Mohammcdan world. Will celebrate
It's thousandth anniversary this year
BY the formal annexation Of Korea
Japan has added to rs territory nearly
two-thlrds Of its own area. including
Formosa, mad increased the population
Of the empire By one-nfth
Few people realize that the gasoline
engine would be impossible without
electricity II IS the tiny electric spark
which at the proper moment releases
the hidden powers Of the gasoline va
por.
Four and one-half miles Of the chan
mel at the Pacific entrance TO the Pan
anna canal have been completed
Throughout this distance the dredging
has been carried down TO n depth OF
forty-fye feet.
4 lamb belonging 10 the Marquis Of
Downshlrc In England trained to visit
houses and TO bleat until some one
opened the door. collected fG rs Cd. in
bags hung to It's body in aid Of hos
pltal Of the district
Dead axle carts and wagons are still
In general use in the Valencia region
Of Spain The typical freight cart Of
the district IS a strong two wheel We
hlcle Of two to five tons capacity.
drawn by two to six horses.
The Paris theatrical season OF 1909
10 closed with what Is nearly q rec.
ord year About 100000 Was spent
by playgoers, sam only once exceed
ed, In the exhibition year Of 1900, when
the receipts reached S11,GO0OOO
New York clty's board Of health Is
looking carefully after its school chill
dren and correcting their physical de-
fects. 1t has found that $4,000 Of
the pupils have defective teeth, 1900
have nasal troubles and $4,000 poor
sight
Ireland goes on booming industrially.
She raised 100000 sheep last year,
shipped nearly $l3,OOO,OOO Of linen
from Belfast to the United States
alone, and other exports were: Cattle,
$40, 1855; butter S17.sS3,GOO; eggs,
S13.637050
The centenary Of David Liyingstone's
birth will be observed in 1913. Char
Ing Cross hospital in London, where
he studied medicine, is soliciting gifts
Of 100000 shlllings, which would en-
able 1t to reopen the wards now closed
because OF shrunken funds.
The building Of an observatory on
the rim Of the great crater Of Kilauea
has been advocated for several years
The prospects are now brighter than
they ever were. and It seems likely
that the observatory will be built as
part OF the College Of Hawaii.
The municipality Of Frelburg, in
Prussia, carries on pawnshOp, an In
surance business. theater. several res
taurants and a newspaper as well as
the schools. A seat can be procured
at the opera in this German city for
0 cents and supper aftcrward for G
cents.
An erroneous opinion has widely
prevailed for some time to the effect
that the yield Of wheat to the acre In
the United States is decreasing. On
the contrary, there has been a con-
siderable Increase, amounting to one
and four-ffth bushels in the last forty
years.
German manufacturers have taken
up the production Of paper clips, foun-
tain pens, crayOns, inkwells and
hundred small devices originally Amer
lean and protected by trademarks and
are now, because OF their low prices,
satisfying the home market and ex-
porting to foreign countries.
A motorcnr designed and owned by
a gentleman Of Calcutta has over the
usual bonnet the enormous figure Of a
swan. the eyes Of which are composed
OF prism lenses, which are lighted up
at night by electricity. The beak Is
made so that the exhaust can be sent
through It. causing a noise Ike the
hiss Of a swan.
1t Is stouty maintained by the au-
thorities that malaria Is caused by
mosquitoes of the genus anopheles.
But It has recently been learned that
malaria Is prevalent in certain sections
Of Mexico where there has never been
mosquito Of the genus anopneles.
Therefore something else must cause
the Mexican malaria.
Chicago's new city hall will be one
Of the finest In the world when COM
pleted, at least electrically speaking
as II is to contain $4,000 lncandescent
Lights, 1900 horsepower in motors.
900 telephone outlets, 900 floor boxes,
fourteen electric elevators, a complete
electric vacuum cleaning system with
about twenty-five outlets on each floor.
100 electric clocks and eighteen private
branch exchange telephone boards