Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-26
FACTS IN A FEW LINES,

lean coal.
1t has been computed that there are
100000 railway locomotives in the
world at the present time.
More than 100,O00,000 Chinese, it Is
said, are engaged, either directly or In
directly, in the tea industry.
1t is not an uncommon sight to see
Chinese soldier with fan and an UNI
brella strapped across his back.
Endless leather belts, acting as mov-
Ing stalrcases, convey the patrons of
the large Partisan stores from one floor
to another
New York druggist said recently
that according to his experience men
use hair dyes to a much greater extent
than women.
native priest says of the Chinese
articles of religion: "The men believe
them. The women don't. There is no
religion in China"
In the past year, according to author
ity, Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Prince
ton, Pennsylvania and Cornell universi-
ties expended S304, ,243 on athletics.
A Cleveland judge has decided that
"any woman Is justified In scolding
her husband If he comes home drunk
and Ill treats her and the children"
The Chinese are inferior to Euro
peans in physical strength, but show
marvellous amount of endurance. They
will work 10 hours day without COM
planning.
Frulterers have reaped rich harvest
from travellers for Europe this year.
The basket of fruit has almost COM
pletely usurped the place of the box
of flowers as a farewell gift
There is a well authenticated report
In the newspapers that the leading
merchants of Athens are urging the
Grecian government to impose heavy
duties upon Turkish products entering
Grecian ports.
There are 79S distinct species of roses
in existence. A horticultural exhibition
with a sample of every one of these
queens Of the floral domain in it's
midst of grandeur has not thus far en-
tranced the world.
A good giraffe skin Is worth from
$40 to $50 in South Africa today and
much more In Europe. On hunt
ing trip 10 or 10 years ago it was
common matter for one hunter to kill
40 or so giraffes in one day.
Free lectures given under the aus
pices of the New York city depart
ment of education show an increase in
attendance of 1868 during the last
winter and spring as compared with
the same period of a year before.
The famous bronze statue which has
stood since 1856 on the scene of the
Haymarket riots In Chicago has been
removed to Union park The merchants
in the vicinity of Haymarket square
complained that the statue interfered
with business.
Physicians In the state prison at Co
lumbus, o., have just taken fifth
finger from the hand of VIII Byers,
a convict. Byers is serving a term for
robbing the malls and found that his
extra finger lnterfered with his work
in the glove shop of the prison.
There is an elm tree In front of a
shop ut Spencer, Mass. About ten
feet from the ground is bush loaded
with ripe currants. How it came there
Is mystery. The bush Is growing out
from the side of the elm tree and must
have started from seed brought there
by sparrow.
1t Is the law In Maine that the boun-
ty for bears shall be paid when the ami
mails nose Is shown. In New Hamp-
shire the ears must be exhibited. Some
enterprising sportsmen living near the
borders of the two states get double
bounty by collecting on the noses In
one state and on the ears in another.
The people Of the southern Appala-
chian mountains number about 2,OOO.-
OOO their descent being from the
Scotch-Irish, French Huguenots, Eng
lish and German. They have been in
these mountains since long before the
Revolution. They love their homes
and mingle but little with the outside
world.
City authorities Of st. Petersburg
have resolved to raise loan of Sill
S45,O0O for the purpose of rebuilding,
repairing and improving the buildings,
streets, bridges quays and pavements
of the city by the year 1903, when the
two hundredth anniversary of the
founding Of St. Petersburg will be cele-
brated.
The time has passed when any old
clothes that traveller might possess
We're accounted good enough for an
ocean voyage. Indeed, the dressing Of
passengers on some ocean liners has
recently become 50 elaborate that per-
sons looking for ease and lnformality
are alarmed at the rapidity with which
the former Ideas on the subject are
changing.
Electricity has many advantages, but
If the theory advanced in a Bombay
journal be correct then we shall not be
In such vast hurry as we have been
to light and travel and cook and wash
by electricity. The installation of cleo
tric light in certain places in India has
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