Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-06-01
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place.


Baltimore, Nd, in 1916, introduced
gas.
In 1890 S72, ,9l4 persons died in this
country,
The magic lantern was the invention
of Roger Bacon in 1850.
Spaniards never use tobacco pipes, aud
it is impossible to procure one in ma
tive tobacco shop.
The emerald was one of the favorite
and probably the best known of precious
stones possessed by the ancients.
In store at Athens, Ga, stands an
old fashioned clock which was made in
Liverpool. 1t hasn't missed tick for
forty years.
The finest turquoise in America,
valued at $4,000, was found in New
Mexico. It's somewhat like a pecan
nut in size and shape.
The waters of the Atlantic Ocean are
sort of whirlpool on a gigantic scale,
the central point of wlich is short
distance to the southwest of the Azores.
Whenever strict Mohammedan pro-
nouuces the name of the prophet, he
piously kisses his thumb-nails, presses
them to his forehead, aad says, "The
prophe. of God, to whom be ell glory"
In 1874 the first. turnpike road was
made, sixty-two miles long, between
lancaster, Penn, and Philadelphia, so
called bee ,use it was required to be so
hard thai a pike could not be driven
through it.
In rural England the blos'oming twigs
of willow, which our children call
"pussy- Willows" ale often used in
churches on Palm Sunday, as the only
available branches which have yet begun
to show proofs of returning life.
There are hundred OF wild hogs in the
Otetinokee swamp, in Georgia. They do
not go in droves, bat are generally
separated from each other. They are
the property of some farmers near the
swamp, but it is an unusual thing for
them to be claimed By their oHners.
The memory of dog is generally
good, and an exenplifcation of this is
here given. A dog in Bethlehem,
Penn, is friendly with everybody but
one Simon Sla1e. Its dislike for him
has ex.stei two years, and was caused by
Simon cutting off the auimal's tail.
Whenever it sees him it ba-ks at him.
The oldest church existing in the
United States is situated near Smith
vile, Va. 1t was built in the reign Of
Charles l., between the years 1880 and
1885, the brick, lime and timber being
imported from England. The timber is
English oak, and was framed in England,
1t is brick structure, erected in the
most substantial manner. The mortar
has become so hardened that it will strike
| fire in collision with steel.
The floating dock and the typewritiny
are among the many important inventions
that were hit upon by men who have
made no attempt to patent their ideas.
A photographer conceived the idea of
the floating dock before the device was
perfected an1 put to practical use, and
naval officer thought out n practical
typewriter, but was persuaded by friends
to abandon his invention as a thing no.
body could be induced touse.
The Italian Princess Vicovaro, dau yh-
ter of Lorillard Spencer, of New York,
not long ago received letter at her
villa near Lucerne, Switzerland, saying
that if $1,000 were not deposited in
certain place by. fixed time her villa
would be blowl up. She handed the
letter to the police, who, by pretending
to comply with the demand, caught the
writer, young man, who admitted he
was driven to the attempt by his intense
desire to come to this country and see
the Fair at Chicago.