Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-11-13
FACTS IN FEW LINES

The Paris Notifications are to be
razed and a boulevard constructed at
a cost of $10,000,00O.
In England builders strike more Of
ten than any other workmen. Next
come colliers and then cS:ton and wool
spinners.
During the first half of this year 261
textile mills were built, Of which 1s3
were cotton, So knit goods and 25 mis-
cellaneous.
Exports of horses and mules in Mis-
souri, last year brought return Of $9,-
100000, and great deal Of the money
came from foreign countries.
The st. Louis Globe-Democrat sug-
gests that the worlds fair there In
1908 can make hit by giving a prac-
teal Illustration of the best systems Of
public bathing facilities.
The Dominion government lobster
hatchery at Caribou, N. s., this season
has put out 100,OOO,OO0 Holsters along
the coast of Nova Scotia, NV Bruins
wick and Prince Edward Island.
Experts have come to the conclu-
sion that what kills so many trees In
London Is not the SCOT fakes or the
want of air or the drought, but the
sewer gas, which attacks the roots, so
that the tree soon withers and dies
The terms "dowager" and "chaperon"
seem likely in the near future to fall
into desuetude. Nowadays women not
only refuse to grow old, but they dis
like titles which seem significant Of a
too mature acquaintance with Ammo
Domini.
There is standard joke about
thieves carrying Off redhot stoves, but
this is equaled by the recent theft OF
two modern six inch Spanish guns at
Santiago, Cuba. They were carried
into q forest and broken up, but the
thieves were captured and are now In
jail
Parts Of Australia are becoming live
ly rivals to Canada and the United
States in the European apple trade.
Tasmania especially has been found a
first class apple raising country. There
are 1878 acres in apple orchards there,
and the product in 1899 was 363,015
bushels.
After a thorough study of the drink
question in Russia Stanislas Prosper,
q st. Petersburg editor, has published
a book In which he seeks to prove that
the government monopoly and the clos
ing of saloons on Sunday have led to
q great diminution of the evil of in
| temperance
In Illinois the foreign white persons
and the native white persons of for
eign parentage represent a little over
one-half the entire population, 40 per
cent In Idaho, IS to 20 per cent In Della
ware and the District of Columbia,
over per cent In Florida and less
than 2 per cent In Georgia.
Singapore Cinnamon are indignant
with the English on account OF the
Duke of York's visit. Some officials
thought fit to decorate the hats Of tha
jinrikisha men with gold buttons, the
Chinese mark of mandarin rank, and
the Chinese in the colony refuse to ac-
cept apologies for the insult.
Subscriptions are discouraginglys slow
to the proposed memorial to Sir Ar
thur Sullivan in London. Hardly any
thing has been contributed In this
country, and personal friends of the
late composer will probably supple
ment the money ON hand sufficiently
for the erection of a statue on the
Thames embankment.
During the recent Ashanti cam
paign the megaphone was tried by the
British officers for giving orders, since
the columns traverslng through the AZ
rican bush were so long that 1t was
impossible to convey orders in the
usual way. The experiment Was un-
successful, however, because the thick
jungle and the winding paths prevent
ed the sound from travelling.
Though 1t does not cause so much
excitement in the world, the apple
crop of the United States exceeds in
value even Its wheat crop. Last year,
for instance, the apple crop was 215,-
000, 900 barrels, or 53S, 100000 bushels.
At base Of 50 per barrel, which IL
considered conservative estimate, the
crop netted $430,000,O0O, or nearly
S107, 100000 more than the value of
the wheat.
The trees now growing on the farm
(near Franklin, N. HI where Daniel
Webster was born are to be cut up ipto
friction matches, manufacturing COM
pany having paid $500 for the stand
Ing timber upon 1t. The lea islature Of
New Hampshire refused at its late ses-
sion to pay $4,000 for the entire farm,
though many patriotic citizens of the
state petitloned to have 1t preserved as
perpetual memorial of New Hamp-
shire's greatest son.
About twenty-five years ago govern
ment engineers decided to pave Penn
sylvania avenue in Washington with
asphalt. That was the beginning Of
the general use of the scientific mys-'
terry of street pavements. Today over
234, 100000 square feet of street pave
ments in the United States and Canada
are covered with asphalt. This asphalt
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