Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-23
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The treadmill and crank are still in
use in English prisons.
Natives of Ceylon believe the cocoa
nut tree will not grow out of the sound
of the human voice.
A sea bass weighing ATS pounds
was caught IN the Pacific Ocean a few
weeks ago, thirty miles off the Cali
fornia coast.
8. d. Mitchell, of Greene Lake,
Mich, has in his possession the petri-
fed remains of duck recently dug
up at Marquette.
The Chinese have flower resembling
lily in shape, which is white in the
shade or at night and assumes light
pink tinge on exposure to the sun.
A Higginville (Mo.) farmer has
captured seven young foxes this sea-
son. He treats them kindly and they
are as frisky as kittens and nearly as
tame.
The tallesa company of soldiers be-
long to the Scots Guards. Not man
erong them is under six feet, and
some of them reach six feet seven
inches.
The lowest natural temperature on
record was registered in Eastern ST.
IBERIA in February, 1892, when the
thermometer stood at 157 degrees be-
low zero.
The London Stock Exchange has an
orchestra composed of members of
the exchange, accounted one of the
finest amateur musical organizations
in that city.
The Earl of Dufferin has in his pos
session the smallest book in the world.
1t is half the size of postage stamp,
and is IN edition of the sacred book
of the Sikhs.
A Chicago paper says that it has
been figured out that man who
shaves regularly until he is eighty
has cut off about thirty-fve feet OF
hair from his face.
Both the ancient Greeks and Romans
wore wigs. In Rome the light hair
from German heads was most fashion
able for such purposes, and it was inn
ported in large quantities.
In the middle ages it was considered
injurious to the complexion to wash
the face with water. Ladies used a
few drops of milk and q soft rag to
remove any traces of dirt.
DR.. James McNeal, of Pittsburg,
Penn, made wooden leg for his fox
terrier, after the animal had been run
over by a street car. The terrier
stumps along quite contentedly, but
he can't trot as of yore.
A sturgeon weighing 144O podnds
was caught in ths Caspian Sea few
weeks ago. The head alone weighed
22S pounds, and the fish furnished
about 120 pounds of roe for caviare.
The fish was sold for $160.
Nashua, N. H., has a resident
named Hiram Goodpudding. His
fathers name was Constitution Good
pudding, and he lived to the age of
eighty without ever having been moro
than thirty miles from his home.
The senl hunters kiak is simply a
piece of boat-shaped costume. The
occupant slows his legs away beneath
something like carriage apron, tuck-
ing it tightly around his waist. He
can take his skin canoe under his arm
and walk away WITH it.
/ Wilmer Waxham, of Wraggles,
Wash, is the owner of land tortoise
which has been taught to stand on it's
hind legs and waltz to the music of o
fife. The intelligent testudo greca
has a most intense aversion for the air
of "Die Wacht am Rhine" and champs
its jaws in impotent rage whenever
that beautiful hymn is played.
Luke Lorrimer was On employe in a
vinegar factory in Detroit, Mich, for
seventeen years. and at the end Of
that time was obliged to give up his
job and go into dime museum. The
fumes of the acid had SO softened the
lime in his bones that they became
mere cartilage capable of being tied
into knots. He can now touch his
right knee with the toes of his right
foot.
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