Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-15


who paid him fairly for faithful services
and treated him we'll according TO his
worth, so that his mind was contented
as time sped along. In the course of
' ears, and in the yicis.;tudes of fortune,
the merchant failed, went out Of busi-
ness, and fell into poverty. In the mean
while the clerk, who vas of frugal
turn of mind, had saved enough of his
income to begin business, whereupon he
set up his establishment, took as clerk
the man who had once been his employer,
paid him fairly for faithful service, and
treated him well, go that both are row
contented as time speeds along.
A STRANGE whim on the part of a
widow, of Kent, England, has caused
considerable comment. She frequently
changes her residence, and on each re-
moyal changes the burial place Of her
late husband. Two years ogo he died in
Portsmouth, and was there buried. She
moved to Highgate, and had her husband
exhumed and brought to the Higbgate
Cemetery. In year abe moved to Can
tcrbury, and again dug up her former
partner, and carried him with her.
Each time she put the old coffin or collins
inside new one. Now she has moved
to Liverpool and the remains of the late
Mr.. Jones will soon follow her
A QUEER accident befeIl Portland
(hIe.) woman. An electric light wire
had sagged to the timed roof Of her
house and the current was conducted by
the water conductor on the outside of
the house to a trap in the cellar; thence
by the waste pipe to the sink on the
second floor; thence by the water pipe to
the street, so that when the lady put her
hand on the lancet of the water pipe she
couldn't let go. But luckily the
wind was blowing, and, as the wires
swayed, the water pipe and its adjuncts
were electrified with but an intermittent
current, so the lady was liberated after q
few minutes imprisonment and consid-
cradle suffering.
A SICK pauper was sent to the home of
n woman near East Portland, Me-, and
the town agreed to pay her a stipulated
sum for attending and boarding him.
He died few weeks after entering the
house, and in justice the bill for his
maintainence should have ceased. Bat
the woman conceived plan to turn his
death to her pecuniary advantage. For
several months she preserved the body
from decay by packing it in snow and
ice, said nothing Of her silent lodger, and
regularly collected her bill. She thus
made money by boarding a corpse.
A CURIOUS story comes from Paterson,
n. j., of a ram that has just died, that
did duty in slaughter house there for
many years. The ram was trained SO
that it would lead a flock of sheep from
the cars to the slaughter house, selecting
the proper streets itself, and never lead
ing the flock astray. It was much
easier TO move q flock of sheep in this
way than by driving them with dogs, as
they always followed the ram with per-
feet willingness. 1t would be interesting
to know if the ram ever realized the fate
it was leading its fellows to.
AT San Martin, near Atacspotzal, Mex
leo, there resides pure Indian woman
who is believed to be 115 years of age.
Her descendants are numerous and count
among their number sons and daughters,
grandchildren, great grandchildren and
great great grandchildren. She owns
documents proving that she carried on
lawsuits with yiceroy Venegas, while
Spain still held dominion in Mexico.
Her husband died about eight years ago
in his 9Sth year. The name by which
she is known is Torres, but her true
name is IXcahuaxochitl.
MRs. REV. JOHN F. DAMON Of Seattle,
was stopped by highwaynaa one re-
cent dark evening as she was going home
from a visit to sick person. The rob
Der held pistol to her head and de-
manded her money, but she held on to
her pocketbook and produced series Of
yells of such intense power that her as
sailant became frightened and ran away.
This incident teaches the New York
World that if woman wishes to acquire
an effective voice for special emergencies
she must practise in pulpit.
IL speaking of the minute parasites
which are found in the hairy part of q
tigers foot, a scientist says: "They con
stitute one of the most wonderful curiosi-
tes know of in the animal world. The
parasites are so small as to be almost in
visible to the naked eye, and yet each is
a perfect counterpart of the tiger; head,
ears, jaws, legs, claws, body, tail, all are
there. You may think this is n big
story, but look the subject up and see If
it is not so.
A TAME crow belonging to Mrs. Henri
eta Mcpherson of HerSimer, N. V, will
whip any dog in the neighborhood, and
amuse itself jumping upon a chair with
spool of thread, picking the end loose
and unwinding the spool in the face of
the cat. AS the cat jumps for the runa-
way spool, the crow will laugh like a
child.