Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-03-24

sparrow in citizens clothing caught the
robber in the act, and, summoning assis-
tance, punished him so severely that he
dropped in the grass from sheer exhaus-
tion and the Widow Houghton wrung his
head off. The sparrows have also de-
tailed force to protect the widows pond
from the fish hawks, and the chicken
hawks now give her poultry yard a wide
birth.
The New York Tribune tells story
of old man Hiram Potter, of Scranton,
Penn, who, it says, has a poor memory.
len years ago he lost his teeth, 80 he
wen' to Philadelphia and had the best
set that could be found fitted to his
mouth. In little while he had forgot
ten the incident and was wont to brag
OF his sound teeth and rebuke young
men for having the toothathe. Recently
he was troubled with neuralgia of the
face, and, after suffering several days,
he concluded that he had the toothache
and went to dentist The dentist as
sured bin that there were q number of
his teeth that needed attention and went
to work accordingly. After six hours
Mr. Potter happened to remember his
visit to Philadelphia, and getting out of
the chair, took out his teeth and laid
them on the table. An argument and q
scene followed, in consequence of which
Mr.. Potter carried his arm in a sling and
thJ dentist was not able for q while to
leave his bed.
THE Boston journal tells q story illus.
trating the power of a strong will
Some forty years ago Massachusetts,
| good wife lay in her bed apparently dy-
ing with consumption. As the family
lived four miles from the undertaken and
pastor, and as the roads were badly
blocked with snow, the husband when
called to the village on business on a
Tuesday decided-thoughtful mani
to save an extra journey in that bitter
weather by engaging the minister and
undertaken at once, and appointing the
funeral for the following Friday. In
some way, on Wednesday, the sick
woman heard of this, and arousing her
self from her supposed dying condition,
declared "Thtre'll be no funeral in this
house this weekw The funeral took
place on recent Friday, forty years
after it was originally set. The husband
is still living at the age of eighty.
Four adventurous persons, three men
and one woman are about to leave
Seattle, Washington. for New York,
with no other means of conveyance than
n wheelbarrow. They are j. +. Cheath.
am, John Howard, +. w. CASTOR and
Miss Lou Howard. The men will take
turn about at pushing the wheelbarrow.
and only when the woman gives out from
exhaustion will she be allowed to ride.
Ont y in case of sickness will stops of a
longer duration than twelve hours be
made at any place until Chicago is
reached, where it is intended to remain
three days, and then push on for Now
York. 1t is the intention of the quar-
tet to cover the distance between Seattle
and New York in five months.
WHILE Frank Moffatt of Calais, Me-,
was in the woods after timber this win
ter, his wife and their two small children
lived in one of his camps on the Maguerra-
wock. While Mrs. Moffatt was out gather
ing firewood recently one of the children
set fire to the bed. The mother fastened
back just in time to save the younger
child from being burned to DEATH The
camp and its contents were destroyed, and
Mrs. Moffatt and her children had to
start on a night journey through the
woods to Milltown. 1t was terrible
journey, for cold storm came up and
the show was knee deep. The travellers
were obliged to sop at play camp,
which some boys had built in the woods,
where they remained two days and nights.
stormbound and starving. A hunter
happened along and rescued them.
CAPTAIN PITcHER, of the United States
infantry, has been telling reporter
some curious things about hot spring in
Wyoming, near Fort Washakie. He
said: 1t is near our camp and about
ten yards in diameter. The perpetual
temperature is 10 degrees above zero.
Often in the winter have come home
from u cold ride when the thermometer
was Is degrees below zero and taken a
swim in the springs. 1t is not inclosed,
and it is u funny sensation to go swim
ming in n temperature of 10 degrees
above, while your heed is exposed to
temperature of 10 degrees below, zero.
have often seen the soldiers take swim
in the spring and follow it up with roll
in the snow. 1t almost makes Turkish
bath"
An example of the cunning of gulls
was oDooIfeu Ut uCOHll Wnen several
alighted ON bunch of logs that had been
in the water a long time, with the sub
merged sides thick with barnacles. One
was a big gray fellow, who seemed to
be the captain. He walked to particu-
lar log, stood on one side of it close to
the water, and then uttered peculiar
cries. The other gulls came and stood
on the same side of the log, which under
their combined weight rolled over several
inches. The gulls, step by step, kept
the log rolling until the barnacles showed
above the wat'r. The birds picked ca.
gerly at this food, and The log was not
abandoned until every barnacle had
been picked.
SEVEN years ago Mr.. w. Z. Mason, of
Millsboro, w. Va, went out with 1886
in greonbacks in his pocket to feed his
hogs. He did not mean to feed the hogs
on the $4S5. But while he was feeding
them sorry nubbin corn the money fell
from his pocket and was promptly ap-
propriated by the biggest financial hog
of the drove. Mr.. Mason made his hog
ship disgorge, but the man who printed
them wouldn't recognize them. A bill
has just been introduced in Congress
asking Uncle Sam to replace Mr.. Mnson's
money. Will he do it? Mr.. Mason is
waiting to see.
THERE is u man within one mile of De
Kalb, Mo-, Mr.. William Jones, who is