Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-08-19
NOTES OF THE DAY.

In the royal palace Of Servia lights
are put out invariably by IL o'clock
by order Of the King
There are no fewer than four Euro
pean banks in Yokohama and in Japan
120, all with large capital.
In the gardens around London there
are more specimens of the cedar of
Lebanon than on Mount Lebanon itself.
In Norway law provides that 10
person shall be permitted to cut down
a tree unless he plants three saplings
in its place.
The coronet worn by the Countess of
Aberdeen on state occasions is distin-
guished by five emeralds, which are the
largest In the world.
According to a Connecticut statisti-
clan there are 10000 crazy people in
the United States, of whom only G500
are under sufficient supervision.
An eccentric farmer who died the
other day in Connecticut directed that
| his body should be inclosed in an iron
casket and thrown TO the bottom of
Long Island Sound
1t is remarkable fact that the actual
cost Of the Kiel ship canal was below
the estimates. They amounted to 136,-
OOo,00O marks $37 100000, and the
cost was 155 5,37S000 marks ($37 1880,
72W.
a colored man was recently shown
Il skeleton by II Portland doctor. He
| had never seen one before and was
! greatly interested. He examined the
skull closely and finally asked, "Where
are the ears?"
A family in Knox County. Maine, that
sleeps too Soundly to be awakened by
a chanticleer has Il novel alarm. A big
coWbell is attached to the neck of the
dog, and at II certain time in the morn.
ing he makes Il tour OF the chambers.
A Boston paper which has gone daft
! on authorizations thus reports a news
item: His Hon. the Lieut. Gov. of
Mass returned from N. IL. yesterday
| with 1a doz. other citizens of Mass, and
expects next wk to go to n. y. by way
of Prov"
People of middle age can remember
when the only use for India rubber
was TO erase pencil marks. The I'M
portance of the article now is indicated
by the fact that in the first three months
of 1885 this country paid S6,660, 80 for
| its importation.
| Massachusetts may not grow as rap
| idly In population as some Of the larger
States, but its wealth continues to pile
up steadily. 1t carried Il fire insurance
last year of G,000O00, or about five
times that of other States with about
the same population.
For one person who cares about thea.
ters there are n thousand persons in
England wild about cricket and if the
ministry had given G. w. Grace q
kmghthood among the birthday honors
1t would probably have been the most
popular act of their existence.
Statistics have been accumulated
which reveal that in respect to color.
blindness there is a remarkable differ.
cnce between the two sexes About 81
per cent. of men are color-biind to
marked extent, while not more than
40 of l per cent. of women are thus
afflicted.
A store at Tempe Ari., is about to in.
augurate a novel cash system. When
anyone desires credit he is referred tG
the Office. where, if he be solvent. his
note is taken for the amount needed
the cash is advanced him, and he goes
into the store and with the money ac
qulrcd does his buying.
Lord Rosebery will this year exhibit
no fewer than twenty-four head of
cattle and sixty sheep at the fat stock
shows at Birmingham and Smithiield.
His lordship will thus be probably the
largest exhibitor His exhibits will in
clude many noted prize winners at last
years Scottish shows.
The first horse on record whose pedl.
gree can be authenticated was bred by
Charles II. and called Dodsworth; and,
for his amusement when he resided at
Windsor, he appointed races to be run
in Datchet Mead, and at Newmarket,
where, it is said, he entered horses and
ran them in his own name.
"Charley'S Aunt has reached Portu'
gal and is attracting large audiences to
an Oporto theater. In its Portuguese
gulse it is "a Madrinha dc Charlee."
With the exception Of an original play
of Shakspeare's this is the first time
in years that an English drama has
been performed on the Portuguese
stage.
William Scrubby, Trenton's official
dog catcher, rendered pail full OF
dogs tails as vouchers for the number
of CANNES he laid low in the perform
ance Of his duty and on which he based
his claim for payment. The officials
refused TO count the tails, but agreed to
accept Scrubby's statement OF the eau,
| dal tale as correct.
John Simpson, the veteran st. Regis
prospector, states that the kangaroos
on Blue Mountain are increasing In
number and will soon furnish good