Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-11-27

the strange result. Gradually the face
OF the dead man became whittier and
whittier, harder and harder, until now it
is nothing but white stone, as white and
firm as marble.
A SINGULAR story is told by head
game-keepcr in Prussian Silesia. A few
weeks ago one of his under keepers
found in the tract of shooting country
under his charge a covey of partridges-
two old birds and fifteen young ones
all lying dead. They were huddled up
close together within the space of
square yard, but were too decomposed to
snow any reliable signs of the cause of
thelr death. Poison was at first sus-
Pected, as the spot was close to some
peasants allotment, but careful exam
NATION OF the ground revealed the fact
That the birds had been struck by light
ming. The flash had struck q little
mound short distance away and then
coursed along the ground, and the grass
surrounding the spot where the partridg-
es lay had burnt and yellow appear
ance.
NEAR Glen Cove, Long Island, are two
trees of rather odd growth; they stand
close by the roadside, alive and thrifty,
and are good specimens of the old family
of chestnut. They stand between two
and three feet apart, and some ten feet
from the ground they are strongly united
by woody ligament, through which
there is doubtless perfect circulation of
sap. This connecting link as it shoots
from their bodies is of the same thick
ness as the trees-about five or six inches
and tapers to the centre to diameter
of about three inches; it does not run at
right angles with the main growth, but
takes an angle of some thirty degrees
The trees are comparatively young, and
form part of a group of other trees.
In London there is man who follows.
the business of tattooing. The majority
of his patrons are men who have designs
of naval character pricked into their
skin, but there are also great many wo-
men who employ his art, if it may be,
termed such. With women the decora-
tion is usually bee, butterfly, spray
of flowers, or monogram. These orna-
ments are worn inside the wrist, so that
they can be hidden by the glove if neces-
sary. Mr.. Macdonald also produces
beauty spots. A short time ago he put
two on the face of lady well known in
society. Whether they are really "beauty
spots " is moot question. They resem-
BILE mole more than anything.
A CORRESPONDENT of the GAINESVILLE
Enterprise notes a curious phenomenon
which recently occurred in Rabun county.
On clear day cloud appeared on top of
the Blue Ridge mountains in the western
part of Rabun county. 1t spread out
over the county and showed very heavily.
1t travelled in southern direction, and
by the time it reached the headwaters of
Eustanallee creek it had risen so high
that the falling vapor became so con-
densed by the time it reached the earth
that it formed little pellets of ice, result
ing in hailstorm. After the cloud
passed over few miles it came in con-
tact with hot current of air and there
was considerable thunder.
A CAT owned by Charles Rich, of Brit
ton, in South Dakota is strange freak
of nature. The color is white, with
mouse -colored spots. Its form is like q
cat in front, but the hind part is like
a rabbit. 1t has long hind legs, and usu-
ally hops like rabbit, but when it tries
to walk like a cat the length of its hind
legs causes them to swing around, first to
one side, then to the other. Its tail is
short and its fur fine and soft, like that
of rabbit. 1t hides and sleeps most of
the day, but toward night it goes around
hopping and playing like rabbit. 1t
catches mice, and will play with them as
any other cat. 1t lives upon milk and
other food like cat.
Mrs. WOLF started out with her one
year-old baby to do some shopping at
Buffalo, N. y. Suddenly she noticed
that the baby was i'll and growing worse.
She fastened toward home, but had not
gone far when the child was taken with
violent spasms. Upon reaching home
Mrs. Wolf summoned medical aid, and
the conclusion was reached that the in
FAINT had swallowed poison. An exami-
nation was made, and it was discovered
that the baby had been chewing the
strings of its bonnet. which were of
light green shade. and contained large
quantity of arsenic.
AN Englishman, it is stated, has re-
Gently been astonishing old Rocky Noun
tain hunters by killing grizzly bears with
explosive express bullets. 1t is un-
derstood that these are charged with
dynamite, held in place in the cavity of
the missile with a preparation of wax.
No details are given in relation to the
method by which the bullet is exploded
when it enters the body of the animal.
The post-mortem examination of bear
treated to this dose revealed a complete
ness of internal wreckage highly salts
factory to the Western experts.
AMONG the odds and ends of a some
what famous junk shop under Essex
Market buildings, in New York, are
some thousands of horseshoes. They
are not sold, however, to either black
smiths or iron founders, but are bought
eagerly at 10 cents apiece by East siders
who still have faith in the horseshoe's
powers as mascot A great mady East
side shopkeepers have horseshoes snrgly
hid away in their money drawers. Many
a cheap apartment in the tenement house
region has gilded horseshoe over the
hall door.
EARLY this year the strange travels of
an Austrian, named Herman Zeitung,
attracted good deal of attention. He
was sent from Vienna to Paris by parcel
post-or at any rate in trunk. He
accepted an engagement at the Folles
Bergeres, and became for time the
idol of the Paris populace, his portrait,
let into the handles of walking sticks
modelled to resemble the box, being
seen on all the boulevards. Zeitung has
just repeated his feat, this time travel
! ling from Berlin to London.