Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-05
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

-One Of the patients in the Insane Hospi
tai at Warren, Pa. is William Nys-
Mr. George W. Tall and Miss Lidis
Short were married In Baltimore the other
day.
AN eagle that measured 8 feet with
is wings spread out was shot the other day It
hutledge Ga The bird was sitting on pine
tree looking at 6-months old baby.
Good news for the bald and gray heads
comes from Indianapolis. The water from
new artesian well whereabouts produces new
crops OF hair and turns gray boards black.
while out walking with his mother at
Canton, Mass. little son Of Charles Summer
ran up his clothes and severely BIT and
scratched his face.
-B. F. Parker, at Blackshear's Mil,
Laurens county. Ca, has a boy baby /
months and IA days old. At months and 10
days he had two teeth, and weighed q POUNDS
and could sit alone.
The annual cost per man in some of the
armies of Europe is: f64 in Great Britain. s52
in Austro-Hungary, f46 in Germany. f2218 In
Russia. Switzerland comes at the bottom OF
the list, with an annual cost OF only 81 per
man.
"A physician Of Salem, N. j., has q
morning glory growing In his yard that is quite
q phenomenon, seed In one Of the blooms
having sprouted and grown vine Of consider
able length, on the end Of which is another
bloom.
"A large force Of men are now at work
in Coyocan, south Of the City Of Mexico. digging
for the treasure supposed to have been hidden
~ montezuma. They are confident Of success.
and have already discovered q number Of AEtec
tools.
"A New York florist says: 1T may
seem singular, but I've been keeping record
for the 20 years past, and have found thas
nine murderers out Of ten are ardent admirers
Of flowers, and most Of them prefer daisies and
lilies"
Forty tramps went about st. Helena,
Montana, the other day, actually begging for
employment They were put to work in
vineyard the same day, the story goes, but BY
the next afternoon all excepting three had dis
appeared from the scene Of their brief activi-
ties
The farm Of William Blodget, three
miles from ElicottsyiIle, N. z, has fine
apple orchard. nearly every tree Of which Is
now in bloom for the second time this season.
The orchard is on rather low ground and 1t is
thought that the recent wet weather has caused
the phenomenon.
Henry Collum, of Hall county, Ga,
has lately made win leaving all his property
to the blind, onearmed and one-legged Confsd-
crate veterans OF Hall and White counties. He
is the father Of several children, who are thus
debarred from any right to his property, which
amounts to about $4,000
Green Howell, 52-year-old negro liv-
ing near Gainesville Ga, was a. black as the
ace Of spades rs years ago. Then two white
spots about the size Of nickel appeared upon
his skin. They continued to spread until he
Is now spotted all over and appears likely to
become as white as any Caucasian.
Amos Haynes, Of Richmond, Ind, died
Wednesday from the effects of humping his
head in going upstairs. This was Monday
night, and nothing was thought Of 1t next day
save to laugh at it at the breakfast table. But
before noon he was prostrated as By paralysis,
including his entire right side. The skull was
not fractured, but the physicians say his blood
vessels were unnaturally weak and the jar burst
one in the brain.
james O'Brien, Jr, of Darien, Ca,
was out In the rain and got thoroughly wet
When he returned he went to his room for the
purpose Of changing his clothing. After select
ing all necessary articles, with the exception Of
pair of SO ok, he pulled open the bottom
drawer Of the bureau, expecting to ind them
ing box, in which he usually kept his ties, he
found coiled therein snake about rs inches
long.
Although postal telegraph system has
been in operation in England for 50 many years,
it is only during the current month that faciIi-
ties for telegraphing money have been afforded
the country. Now IN Is of the largest cities
money order can be telegraphed from or paid
at the: postoffice, but already there are COM
plants that no saving Is effected by the new
system. TelegraphiDg is such slow work In the
old country, and the mail service Is 50 excep-
tionally rapid, that letter often beats tele-
gram in fair race
There are many Delilahs, but only one
Samson, and he is performing at the Royal
Aquarium in London at present, where his
feats of strength are certainly Of an original
watches. feels that it is better to be friendly
with such man. for with blow Of his fist he
breaks an iron chain that will bear pressure
of 1900 pounds With his two hands grasping
a short chain of 800 pounds ascertained pres
sure. he makes momentary effort and pulls
the iron chain TO bits.
"A remarkable mistake was made at the
opening of the Industrial Fair at Toronto. Sir
John Macdonald had made his opening speech
of congrstulatlon, and before calling upon him
to press an electric button starting the ma
chinery, President WithroW invited one or two
other SPEAKERS 70 deliver addresses. One or
them was Mr.. John Legs, M. P. P. for Toronto.
He advanced to the front and laid his heavy
white hat right on top of the electric button.
there was shrieking Of whistles, and
the machinery In the building began to run.
The crowd roared with laughter, and after
much gesticulation and running about the
stopped the proceeding, and the
machinery was restarted By Sir John and Lady
Macdonald.
"A congress Of chemists was held recent
ly in Germany in which several notable scien-
tifc diversions were exhibited. One In par
ticular attracted special attention. DR.. Hof-
mann, of Cologne, gave o short lecture enumer-
ating the difficulties experienced by students in
the constitution Of organic COM
pounds, and proposed an original method Of
fixing the formula in their memory. A ballet
then commenced, in which the coryphees
dressed In various colors represented the diff
ferent atoms. Under the direction Of the pro-
fessor, the atoms grouped themselves in difer-
ent attitudes, representing the chemical COM
pounds and their reactions. Specially note
worthy were the composition Of benzoIe and
aniline and its derivatives. On the formation
,f fuschine, or any Of the coloring matters,
brilliant lights illuminated the groups. The
terminated in the explosion of
,ne of the substances. This excelsior ballet"
Eag the crOWnin0 event OF the evening