Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-31

AQUEEn submarine boat, for which the
inventor claims some wonderful things,
yet to be attempted, has been launched
at the Detroit Boat Works. 1t is the
invention of George G. Baker, of Chic
ago, The propellers are reversible and
placed amidships. They are intended to
regulate the immersion of the boat and
propel it, The craft is 40 feet in length,
. feet in width, and IA feet in depth. 1t
is elliptical in shape, and it draws feet
of water. A cover of prepared canvas
is stretch over the frames, and that is
covered with one-inch plank. The boat,
will withstand a pressure of S6 feet of
water. Air is slowed at pressure of
10 pounds, and sufficient can be stored
TO last three men for several hours while
submerged. An observing tower two
teet in height is on top of thetboat.
FRENCH IN AMERICA. NJ. Rameau de
Saint-Pere author of "Acadens ct Cana
dlens, in an article in the Revue Fran
caise on the "French in America" says,
III we sum up, under all reserve, the
general statements of the French in
America Canadians, Acadians and
Louisianans-we think they number
2,400, 900 souls, as follows: Province of
Quebec, 1,200,000; other provinces Of
the Dominion, 100000; Northeastern
United States, 100000; Western States,
100000; Others, including Louisiana,
100000"
A FOOLISH fox was caught in very
odd way in Glastonbury Conn, recently.
He had u very long and bushy tail, and.
maybe, was extremely vain of it, for he
swished it from side TO side instead of
trailing it along the ground. A pack of
hounds chased him. and to elude them he
tried TO bolt through barbed wire fence;
but somehow that tail curled itself about
a barb and the fox was as fast as if the
jaws of a steel trap him. An hour lateT
the hunters despatched him.
FRANK BIRCH, farmer Of Decatur
County, Ind, has presented petition to
the County Commissioners to have the
stone monument, erected in that county
last spring to mark the center of popula-
tion of the United States, moved two
anG half feet toward his house. A few
days ago his wife presented him with q
bouncing set of triplets, two boys and q
girl, and he claims that by careful calcu-
lations no has demonstrated that their
advent has changed the center of popu-
lation to that extent.
An electric light wire touched the vest
of the janitor of the Chelsea Flats, in
New York City, while he was leaning
over to adjust 1t, and strange expert
ence resulted. The wire burnt hole in
his vest, came in contact with his watch,
gave him slight shock, burnt several
small holes in the case, causing the glob-
ules of gold to drop in the case, and
some on the floor, and SO magnotizod the
works of the watch that they are worth
less.
SOMETIMES in his sleep man in Dun
dee, n. Y, gets out of bed and wanders
the ingenious expedient of having along
side his bed an easy moving treadmill.
Now, when somnambulism forces him to
exercise his limbs, he can walk himself
tired on the treadmill without risking his
precious neck in perilous places.
In June last tree on the farm of
Mortimer Hamilton, in Jackson County,
| 'Ad-, "uo bio"h uo"u uiu piSooOu INV
the earth large swapping turtle. Some
days ago the limb which imprisoned the
turtle was removed and the animal
crawled, apparently unhurt. During all
that time it had existed without food or
water.
THE Rev. Mr.. Whitaker of Machias,
Me-, while out for deer, got lost, and
wandered in the woods for two days with
out food or shelter. Just before he was
found he saw two herds, numbering fifty
four deer, which had been frightened to
the river by tho shouting and firing of
the rescuing party. His ammunition was
exhausted, and he had to be satisfied with
gazing at the remarkable sight.
CHINESE ingenuity seems equal to ev-
cry emergency. A man-of-war attacked
a Chinese junk engaged in illegal traffic,
and was eager to capture the crew alive.
The sailors on the junk threw overheard
thousands of cocoanuts, and then leaped
among them. The mnn-of-war's men
could not distinguish heads from cocoa
nuts, and nearly all of the Cinnamon es-
capped.