Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-08-07
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

made permanent Government bureau.
GERMANY has just celebrated the 5O0th
anniversary oft introduction of the
manufacture of paper into that country.
The founder of the industry which has
since proved so profitable to the Father
land was Ulman Stromer, of Nuremburg.
The town of Gilroy, CAL, which is in
the heart of rich country, has added
only twelve to its population in ten wears
This is because the land is held by large
owners IN ranches of many thousand
acres, and small farmers cannot get a
foothold.
ACCORDING to recent decision of the
Russian Senate, the wives of such exiles
10 Siberia as have served their time, but
nave not been restored to their civil
rights, have right not only to take out
passports and to travel or live wherever
they please without the consent of their
husbands, but even to get married to
other men.
The Dominion Government is sending
out an expedition far north into the
frozen regions, where there is said to be
evidence of immence deposits of oil. 1t
is said that the largest oil bearing dis
trlct in the world is in Northern British
America, and covers 150, 900 square miles.
Some of the lakes and rivers in the North
are covered with this oil to o depth of
several inches.
A WARNING against undue physical exer-
ton by those not accustomed to it is con-
tanned int remark of the chief surgeon
nf tho NofinnaJ G<,lJ 7 T., %
Ohio. This physician said that of the
200 soldiers in the Dayton home "fully
80 per cent. are suffering from heart dis
ease in some form or another, due to the
forced physical exertion of their cam
paigns."
. BY the English law heirlooms are ex-
empt from probate duty, so the Duke of
Hamilton paid nothing on the treasures
; OF bis palace when he Came into possession
in 1868. But when he sold them they
ceased to be heirloomS it appears, and the
board of inland revenue has shocked his
grace with sudden demand for els, 900,
or 3 per cent. on the 5000, 900 realized
from the Hamilton palace sale.
THE new bridge to be built over the
Hudson River between New York and
Jersey City will eclipse the monster
Brooklyn structure. The great central
span will be 2, $50 feet long, nearly twice
the length of the span over the East
River. There are to be five towers rising
to aheight OF 500 feet above the water.
II is one of the most daring feats of en-
gineering undertaken in this or any other
country.
TuI, Tp1iapo ha
tions are greatly excited over the COM
ing of another Messiah. An Indian
bearing the prickly name of porcupine
now at Fort Custer, states that he recently
met the Messiah at Walkers Lake. He
describes him as large man, with tawny
skin and anoble face and carriage, and
says that he began talking after sunrise,
and did not end his speech until after
sunset.
AN expedition has been sent out by
the Commercial and Industrial Company
of the Congo to solve the problem of the
sources of the Congo in Africa. 1t is
known that the Congo originates in three
rivers, which, say the Arab traders, form
great lake called Lakg Landji. The ex-
pedition, comprising seven Europeans
and $50 Congo soldiers, is expected to
reveal to the world district of great
wealth.
THE fad of collecting old postage
stamps might not strike all great minds
as an intellectual and exciting pursuit,
but it is evidently not thing to be treated
with contempt. The stamp collectors of
this country are numerous enough to
have an organization of their own. The
American Philatelic Association contains
over 900 active members from all parts
of the United States and many cor
responding members at various points all
over the civilized world Its president
is prominent lawyer, and its other off
GERS are men of standing and ability. 1t
will soon hold a national convention in
New York, and show to the country that
collecting old postage stamps is a worthy
and dignifed pursuit.
A MANUFACTURER of one of the stan
dard typewriters ON the market says that
there are 10, 900 women who make liv-
ing in this country by drumming the
keys of writing machines. "Wo are not
able to give you absolutely accurate infor-
nation" he said, =" as to the number of
women who make living by the type
writer. But we are probably in better
position to estimate the approximate
number as we know more nearly than
anybody else how many machines of all
makes are in use, and the proportion of
male and female operators. We think
1t not far out of the way to say that there
are about 15, 900 women whose support is
derived from the use of writing machines,
and 25, 900 men of whom the same may
be said. These figures do not include
the men who use the typewriter them
selves in their own business or profession,
but merely those who use the machine as
employees of other people" Another
manufacturer says that from 90, 900 to 80, =
600 women are using the machines which
he is making.
CARDINAL MANNING is eighty two years
old, Though he retains his vigor wonder
fuHy, he is almost as feshess as skel-
eton. John Morley In describing him
as he appeared in the pulpit on recent
occasion says: " 1t was as if wrinkled
parchment was stretched across flesh
less skull, out of which, however, kindly
blue eyes cleaned brightly, while pleas
ant smile gave life and human humor
to the features of the ascetic." Nothing
can approach the simple sauvity with
which the great cardinal approaches and
greets people. VIM. Stead, the London
journalist "a radical Protestant by the
way), says in speaking of Cardinal