Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-10-15

his society. While in Mexico recently
he dreamed that in dressing his pisto
dropped from his pocket, fell butt down.
ward to the floor, turned so that it leaned
against his ankle and exploded, shatter-
ing his leg. The dream was so vivid that
he awoke with start and recalled the
whole scene. He was soon asleep again
however, and by morning he had nearly
forgotten his vision. When he came to
dress he found himself standing as in his
dream, and as he drew on his trousers
his heavy revolver fell from the hip
pocket, struck butt downward upon the
tiled floor, struck sunken tile and, turn
ing, leaned against his ankle with the
muzzle pointing directly at his leg. He
watched with sort of fascination for the
explosion, but it did not come, and he
lives unwounded to tell the tale.
The palace which J. C. Flood, the
California millionaire, erected on ''Nob
Hill, San Francisco, at cost of s., ,5OO.-
w. is entirely untenanted except by the
Old gardener who takes care of the
grounds. Every piece of this big, dreary,
brown-stone pile, even including the
stones for the wall surrounding the
grounds, was brought around the horn
from ships from the east. The long
flight of steps leading up to the portico,
with its heavy pillars, shows no sign of
wear. No feet tread it except the feet
OF the children who play there until the
gardener drives them away. Outside the
house is desolate as a tomb; within it is
stored with fine furniture and works of
art, but it is never opened to the public.
A VERY large tree, one of the largest
in California, the country of big trees,
was discovered near Arlington, Snoho-
mish county, few days ago. 1t is a
cedar, and measures sixty-eight feet in
circumference. Around the knc.ty roots
the tree measures ninety-nine feet
About seventy five feet from the ground
it forks into four immense branches, and
just below the forks is big knot hole.
Five men climbed into the hole and ex-
plored the interior of the tree 1t was
found to be mere shell, and about
forty-fve feet down it would afford
standing room for forty men. The tree is
still green, and remarkable feature is
said to be that it is barked on the inside
and the outside alike.
JAMES p. PARK, of Philadelphia, seems
to be man without a country. He lives
on little triangular bit of land that,
through some oversight, has not been in
cluded in any of the election divisions of
the city, and of course therefore he has
no voting status. "The only parallel
known in this country says the Phla-
delphia Record, twas that of whole
township in the State of Ohio, which
was entirely left out in an apportionmcnt
of election districts, and the citizens who
claimed the right to vote had no redress
whatever and were unable to exercise
the right of suffrage until they appealed
to the courts"
The wonderful crops and the abun-
dance of general products in the United
States this year seem to be family
blessing, bestowed without regard to
where the individual may be located,
from the Arctic circle to the Gulf, and
covering half the world in longitude.
This is really noteworthy, considering
the hard times affecting the rest of the
world with equal impartiality. The sal
mon product of Alaska is unusually
large, and will average fifteen per cent.
over that of last year. Over 100000
cases of salmon will be shipped from
Alaska this season.
A RANcHER from away back on the
ranges engaged room at the Occidental
Hotel in Seattle few days ago. The
hotel is lighted with electricity, and the
bell boy turned on the light in the old
rancher's room. The farmer did not
know how to extinguish the light, and
after exhausting his ideas uncoled the
length of wire by which the light hung
and stuck the lamp in the bureau drawer,
smothering it under his clothing. The
next day the lamp was found slowed
away there and still burning.
A COW belonging to Samuel Drensor,
living on the outskirts of Austin, Mimi,
has given birth to wonder. One-half
of the body resembles calf and the
other half bear. The tail resembles
the appendage of deer and the head is
inclined to be on the human order. The
eyes are fiery black and vicious looking,
and one large horn about three inches
long protrudes from the forehead The
freak has five legs, three in front and
two behind, and all can be used with the
greatest ease.
The most remarkable case of dropsy
on record is that of l. Meredith, aged
seventy-eight years, of Monticello, Ill.
He has been tapped for the dropsy 27S
times, with an average weight of thirteen
pounds of water removed each time,
making 1914 pounds which has been re-
moved from him. His cnse beats all
past records, and is the most interesting
case in the history of the disease. He is
now confined to his bed, and is gradually
growing weaker and cannot live long.
MORE than three-quarters of million
people are directly employed by rail
roads in this country aside from the num-
Der whose livelihood depends upon col
lateral enterprises. Allowing the usual
ratio of population and the vote-for
very few persons who are not voters find
direct employment on railroads-and it
appears that from five to six per cent. of
the entire population of the country is
dependent on the railroads as q means
of livelihood.
THERE are nearly 5000 lighthouses
laid down ON the worlds charts. Over
800 are on the United States waters and
$50, 100000 has been spent on this ser
vice by the United States since the
organization of the Government What
is now needed are proper lights on the
shores of semi civilized and non -nayipa-