Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-11-06
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A Cleveland man bought broken
down street car horse for $40, kept him
year, and sold him for $175.
A prisoner in the st. Louis Jail is
charged with having robbed another
prisoner of over $1,000. Force of
habit.
Harriet Beecher Stowe is an honorary
member of the Authors Club OF New
York, and the only writer of the gen
tier sex connected with that organiza-
ton.
Gabrielle Greeley, the only surviv-
ING member of Horace Greeley's fam
ily, lives at Chautauqua with trusty
servants and leads almost the life of a
recuse.
Maxwell Sommerville of Philadelphia
| has Just purchased beautiful antique
cameo of Jupiter Egiochus, preserved
from the first century, 1t is said to
have cost $50 900.
Lady Sandhurst, upon whom the
freedom of the City of Dublin has been
conferred, is said to be the first woman
upon whom that honor has been be-
slowed for 800 years.
In removing the last pound of butter
from jar Wheeling grocer discover
ed the remains of two mice. They had
! evidently been alive when the careful
housewife began packing the butter in
the jar.
The entire family of Thomas Stevens,
of Farmingdale Me-, are crazy on the
subject of monkeys. There are none
of the simian animal about the house,
yet the Stevenses profess to see them
everywhere.
The ex-Empress Eugene is said to be
more than usually infirm, and spends
a great portion of her time in silence
and meditation, whether she is lodged
in her own house or is visiting at the
| mansion of some friend.
Eliphalet Condor of Georgia has been
married nine times. Five wives are
dead, three are divorced, and the ninth.
bids fair to live to be widow. Eliphalet
has had twenty seven children, of
whom nineteen survive.
Benson, 1.-The Jubilee Plunger," is
again in state of financial collapse,
and is contemplating II lecture tour in
| this country. But Americans need no
| instruction on how to spend money,
What they like to hear is how to earn it.
At Augusta, Me, some boys, playing
in sandbank unearthed huge s&ull
of some extinct animal. The skull is
represented as being four feet long and
the huge jaws carry teeth six and seven
inches long which are decidedly ugly
looking,
Uncle Jerry Rusk, Secretary of Agri-
culture, does not use tobacco. He
says: Il have been farmer, a stage
driver, q soldier, and politician with
out learning to chew or smoke, and
= want all the credit that is due me fol-
my abstemiousness."
Somedetch Phra Chow Nong va
Thor Chow Fa Bhaumangsi Swaugu-
vusga Cooma Phra haunbhaddaroong-
see Vavadey is the name of the Post
master General of Siam. In sending
him postal card write nothing but
} the address on that side.
2 Africa requires 1000, 900 blankets tc
: supply the native population alone
, Besides this there is demand for wool
en- clothing for the ever-increasins
white population. This has to be i'm
ported, although the cape wool is o
the best quality in the world.
On the railroad near Canton, Ohio
fine, large mastiff was killed by ;
4 train three months ago. Those living
| near the place declare that they hav,
: seen the dog, or his ghost, almost every
night since then and heard cries, as o
an animal in distress, whenever trair
went past
Experiments are now being made in
Italy upon the electritication of wine.
Fifty different sorts of wine have al.
ready been experimental upon, and
the results have been very satisfactory.
The wine is clarified, acquires "bou-
quet," and is said to stand equally
well transport by land or long journey
by sea.
Moncwe d. Conway, the Herald md
PreS6yter learns from credible authori-
ty, is the hero of Robert Elsmere.n 1t
is well known that Mr. Conways mis-
sion to London was failure. He will
be remembered as pastor of Unita-
rian church in Cincinnati, and under
his ''progressive' ministry large part
of his congregation seeded.
Mrs. Gladstone takes deep interest
in politics. She concludes a recent let
ter to friend as follows: II must
thank you in both our names, for it is
only just that we should give you a
share in the glorious victory. 1t seems
to us significant, and, looking at the
facts, we see in it the voice of the peo-
pie; but we must persevere."
Count Waldersee, Chief of Staff of
| the German army, remarked in an in
terview a few days ago: ITO imagine
that desire war is nonsense" But he
Immediately appended notice to whom
it may concern that he believes the
German army could wipe up the mar
of Europe with any other Power ''should
Providence, however send us war"
A farmer living about three miles
southeast of Akron, Ohio, has a her
which occasionally lays an egg of sole
shell throughout, usually after none Of
any kind has been laid for severa
days. Six of these curiosities have al
ready been secured. They are sc
hard that they can be thrown smartly
against wall without any visible eff
feet.
NJ. Constans, French Minister of the
Interior always keeps a cross of the
Legion of Honor in the drawer of hi:
table in his private office. When any
body comes to him touting for dec
Grafton he opens this drawer and shows
the cross. lit is lying there for you,
he says, land at the first opportunity
you shall have it. But distinguish
yourself just little more before"
A Brooklyn girl, who is an heiress,
] but " uhpsa irnnnrtv iS in nn,,n of ti.iist