Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-19
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

THE Spanish and the Germans have
adopted the policy OF sending out hoat
ing commercial exhibitions, and SPAN
has sent large vessel, having on board
an exhibition of raw products and man,
ufactured goods, to make tour OF all
| the ports of South and Central America
and OF Mexico.
AN old man in North Carolina, who
had lived all his life without even seeing
railroad. recently got ON train, and
before he had Travelled milo was
thrown off and killed Yet, on the
other hand, according to writer in
"Sciibner's," man might travel 5l,-
600, 200, 900 miles before being killed.
JUSTICE MILLER, of the United States
Supreme Court, tells this OF Block
Island, Il. l.: "Of the l 200 inha bitants
of the island, fully 1000 of them have
only four different family names. They
have inter married to great extent, and
l id not perceive any deterioration
either mental or physical i'll consequence
of it."
A WITNESS who has been engaged in
the cattle business for thirty years testi-
fed before the Senate Committee III
Chicago that the price Of live cattle had
fallen from S3S per hundred weight III
1888 to $1S in the present year. AT the
same time it was sta cd that the price
of beef to the consumer lad remained
substantially the same.
CENTRAL AMERICA is enormously rich
in natural resources. The principal
natural source of her wealth is her
minerals. These are not mined because
of lack of capital and transportation.
Gold, silver, copper, iron, zinc, opals
and coal are plentiful The rare woods
| occupy the second place rs source Of
wealth. There is not saw mill i'll tho
whole country, and all sawed lumber
now comes from the United States,
although pine forests abound on the
A9uan river.
w. H. SMITH, the leader Of the Con
servative party in the English House OF
Commons, is extremely fond of flowers,
and III his hot-houses he finds employ
ment for thirty persons, while his OK
pendture upon this particular fancy
amounts to several thousand pounds II
year, His father was a poor newspaper
boy, who at times pedd!ed button-
holes as we'll as the daily journals in
the London streets. He let his son Il
6 cat fortune and the largest newspaper
selling business in the word.
Tue sub, ,ect of desertions from the
army will be treated at length in the
| forthcoming report Of the Secretary of
War. 1t is one that ha had Secretary
Proctor's earnest consideration from the
beginning, as we'll rs that OF the Ad,u-
tant-GeneraH staff. Various changes
in camp and barrack life, with view to
increasing the soldiers comfort and in
torest in his command, have been insti-
tutcd, notably the consolidated mess
and the canteen systems. These have
worked we'll who over tred and the re-
suits have been that tho percentage Of
descrtions have dc reased since 1888.
A FIRM of bookmakers have hit on q
novelty in the advertising line which
must possess irresistible attra ton for
every genuine snob They announce
best boots and shoes at ready y-money
prices, made on selected lasts of tho
following gentlemen, perfect feet only
having been chosen for the stock mod
els" Then follows list of the owners
OF these perfect feet i'll assorted sizes, in
cluding such distinguished collection
of emmence as tho Duke of RoNburghe,
the Marquis Of Hamilton, Furl Cadoean
Prince Dolgourki and many others.
This arrangement has the double advan-
tage that any one going to this cstab-
liShment has chance OF being chosen
as stock model, and finding his name
enshrincd on this roll of fame rs owner
of perfect pair OF feet.
HlsroRY occasionally seems to rereat
itself geographically, Us we might term
it, abnormal or altogether unusual
events occurring almost simultaneously
in different parts OF the world. On the
Dist OF August score of passengers
were killed or wounded on the trial trip
of the new Hcrraduras branch OF the
Cordova Railway in the Argentine Re.
public and on the sa,nc day an Associ-
atcd Press dispatch stated that "A new
steamer, just completed, was making
her first trip from the Port of Shanghai
last Sunday, when her boiler burst, and
80 persons on board were killed" Only
day later Knoxville dispatch report,
cd tho disastrous collapse Of railway
trcsilo in Granger County, Tenn,
where 80 persons were killed or wounded
on tho tridI trip Of the new Cumberland
Gap and Kentucky Railroad.
Sixty years ago railroads We're un-
known in this country, and the popu.a-
ton of tho United Stats consisted of
1900, 900 people. To-day We operate
upward of lG5, GOO miles of railroad, and
our population has increased to GO, ,000,-
600. Sixty years ago tho aggregate
wealth of tho United States was less
than ~ 900, 000,00 at present it is
estimated at 500, 0O0, 900, 900. Over our
1865, 600 miles of railroad there was car
ricd last year 475,000, 900 people, and
coo, 900, 900 tons of freight were trans
ported. Upon these lines are engaged
200, 900 employees. Then equipment
consists of 10000 locomotives, u Goa
passenger cars, 1000 baggage cars, and
1000, 900 freight cars. The capit i in
vested in construction and equipment
amounts to $S,000,000, and the yearly
disbursements for labor and supplies
exceed 5000, 100000.