Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-24

was cut away, and that of rabbit graft
ed in its place. The woman is now rest
ing easily, aad the success of the opera.
tion is believed to be assured.
DIR. LEM says that when he went to
teZ, one of the capitals of Morocco, he
found most unlooked-for custom among
the women. Mohammedans are not sup
posed to drink spirituous liquors. but DIR.
Lenz says the women in Morocco are
universally addicted to the practice.
Brandy is made, for which the customers
are almost exclusively Moorish women.
While the men are strict prohibitionists,
the women drink brandy in large guam
titles. Women who came to DIR. Lenz's
house to see his Moorish servants never
failed to ask him for a glass of wine or
cognac, and he was surprised to sec the
quantities they could drink.
A BIG red-whiskered Irishman pre-
empted an island near Minneapolis,
Mimi, built shanty, and defed any
body to remove him. He was known as
the King of Boom Island, and he gained
considerable notoriety by his venture.
lie slept in the shanty at night and hired
small boy to watch the claim during
the day, but in the course of time the
loneliness became oppressive, and he has
resigned the claim and deserted the
shanty.
IT is said that there is something in
the soil of the Catholic cemetery on Iron
Hill, Pittsburg, Penn, that petrifies
corpses buried there. Last week several
bodies were exhumed for removal. They
had not beeu buried very long, two of
them but five years, yet it is said that
they had turned completely into stone,
and were as natural in appearance as
though just buried. The soil is COM
posed of limestone and clay, and the
bodies when exhumed were found sur
by water, which is supposed to
have exerted the petrifying influence.
THE camera is to be credited with saw
ing life. Mr.. Littledale and party were
lately exploring the panier with con-
siderable body of natives and II Chinese
guide. When the time came for the lat
ter to leave the explorer learned that he
had made preparations to plunder the
party in the Boroghil Pass. He had the
man brought to his tent, told him that he
had taken his photograph, and declared
that he should send it to the Chinese
Governor of Kashgar, with the request
that the original be crucified. The guide
confessed in terror, and the plot fell
through.
JOSIAH CARPENTER, the Oldest inhabi-
tant of West Virginia, died recently at
his residence in Preston County. Esti-
mates of Carpenters age varied, but none
placed him under 120 years. He claimed
to have been born in London County,
Virginia, in 1882, and was therefore, 159
years old. He claimed TO remember
Braddock's defeat and to have served as
u teamster at that time. Carpenter had
u son who died ten years ago at the age
of eighty. Until recently his health has
been fairly good. He has one daughter
still living who is over eighty.
An English exchange has recently
called attention to the destruction of
birds and insects by railway trains in
motion. The front of locomotive is
frequently covered with dead insects and
sometimes one can sec upon it the marks
of blood from birds which have been
killed. Partridges and grouse, startled
by the noise of the approaching train
and whirring across the line, are occa-
killed, and fall either on the en-
gine or between the tracks.
THERE is now said to be no animal or
bird in the Central Park menagerie, New
York City, that does not eat peanuts.
Many species of the cages were at first
much averse to peanuts, but the persis-
tence of the children in forcing them up
on every creature there has had such an
effect that even the lions and the pelicans
and everything except the snakes have
felt obliged to acquire the peanut habit.
A WILL that will stand as among the
briefest on record was admitted to pro-
bate by Registrar Gratz to-day. 1t is
that of Caroline S. White, teacher in
the Palmer Street public school, and it
reads: Don't forget that everything
that | possess must go to Emily. She is
to be my sole heress." Emily is the
daughter of the decedent and will in
herit property valued at $4,000.
A REMARKABLE family of eight old wo-
men is living in the same house at Vexio,
Sweden. Three are widows and five are
old maids. Their ages aggregate within
n year or two of 700 years, each of the
women being nearly 80 years of age.
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To Bring a River to Yicksburg.