Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-09
FREELAND, PA, MARCH 9, 1908.
FACTS IN FEW LINES

Plumbers in England receive $10.34
q week.
Christmas day, 1875, was the wettest
in the past century.
Permission to reside in Canada has
been given to large number of British
reservists.
Navy men are subscribing for mon
ument at Erie, Pa, to the late Cap
tain Charles V. Gridley.
A liquid glue may be made by put
ting naphtha in a wide necked bottle
and dissolving sheilac in it.
The Russian department of agricul-
ture has allotted $4,000 to increase
the export of Siberian butter.
One hundred years ago there were
five carriages to each 100 people In
England. Now there are seventeen.
The tonnage Of merchant ships In
course OF construction In Great Britain
is less than at any time since 1897.
Within the past five years the labor
organizations of New York state have
increased in membership rs per cent
Eighty-five years was the average
age of the last four persons buried in
Creditor churchyard, Devon, England.
Long stretches Of Russian railways
are rendered idle by the frost, and hun
dreds of vessels are frozen up in the
rivers.
1t Is estimated that the number of
Bibles issued last year from all the
printing presses was over 100000
copies. Bible studying is increasing.
An old painting representing the
apostles recently came to light in Bel
GUM, where 1t was bought for $40. 1t
proved to be a genuine Albert Durer,
worth $200. 900, which was stolen from
the royal gallery at Munich some years
ago.
Electrically operated shears, guided
by hand, clip the fleece from an aver
age sheep In three minutes. The fast
est operators with handpower shears
require eight minutes to the sheep.
The electrical clipper has the form Of
the barber's clipper.
Spencer Trask of New York and
George Foster Peabody of Brooklyn
have a force of workmen employed In
remodeling Crosbys1de hotel on Lake
George, where they will establish a va
cation home for the young women toll
ers of New York city.
Tariff was originally the name of a
Moorish chief who, having a port in
Spain, near Gibraltar, was accustomed
to levy toll on passing vessels. His
toll became a regularly understood
thing, and the amount was added to
the price of the goods.
The London Sunday School union
proposes to celebrate its centenary
next July by a forward movement
which shall gather 100000 new schol-
ars into the Sunday schools Of Great
Britain. To teach these 100000 new
teachers will be needed.
The constant widening of the scope
Of school courses is instanced by the
recent introduction Of classes In gar
dening, housework, weaving and bas-
ket making in the Hyannis (Mass.)
normal school and course In millinery
In the Boston public schools
The original record book of the con-
ference of Baptist ministers In Massa-
chusetts has been discovered In the
vaults of the Missionary union, Ire
mont temple, Boston. 1t was formed
In May, 1920. The book Is of much In
terest and value and worthy of careful
preservation.
There is only one American motor
car known to any extent in Belgium,
and that is run by steam. Though 1t
operates very smoothly, it is yet ques-
ton as to whether its extreme light
ness will stand the wear and tear of
the roughly paved streets and high
roads Of The country.
The United States has 100000 miles
of railways, upon which there are 54S
employees for each 100 miles. The
cost of operating these roads with
steam power is $5O2, 100000 a year,
but to carry on the same amount of
work with men and horses would cost
the country $11, ,90S, 100000.
The writing telegraph system, In
vented by a Baltimorean, has been
adopted for commercial purposes In
Germany and is now being tested with
a view to its adoption in several other
European countries. AS is well known,
the system depends on the wave meth
cd, but the installation Is comparative
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