Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-28
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

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haired darkey.
"A jackson county. Ga, horse can take
of his own saddle and bride. open his stabla
/ door and feed himself
"A little boy named James Tilton. in
Mount Carmel III, died recently from wound
inflicted by slate pencil by one Of his school
mates.
An Atlanta paper describes the song of
the locust as "a cross between frog pond
chorus and a Standardization in ones ears Of an
overdose Of quinine."
"A man up in Springfield named David
Kinsey succeeded in killing seven out Of nine
| blacksnakes which he found IN crossing his
neld. They averaged ~ feet in length.
Death from misadVenture is the verdict
returned in the inquest of an English laborer
who met his death by sucking one Of number
| OF pheasants eggs laid about the grounds OF
his employer for the purpose Of killing Vermin.
"A hen belonging to Fort Gaines, Ga,
lady was robbed Of her eggs when she wished
to set She procured other eggs somewhere,
and when robbed of them, was found next day
setting on half a dozen marbles. Where she
got the marbles is a mystery.
The Texas flea is devoting much Of its
attention to killing chickens down in Georgia.
1t first attacked the quail, and as it could not
eat 30 OF them in 30 days, gave up the problem
and has taken to chickens for change.
The story is told of South Carolina
colored couple who were married the other day
under difficulties. They walked 20 miles 20 get
license and walked ten more to a minister,
One was II and the other 16. They are happily
married now, and. despite their tender years,
are getting along nicely.
Near Abbeville, Ca, party of young
ladies ran a rabbit into hollow tree several
miles from town. They stopped the hole, but
could not dislodge the rabbit, leaving the hole
closed. At midnight one of the party regretted
having imprisoned the animal, and going to the
spot, removed the obstruction which made him
prisoner.
Mr.. John Mayo, of DoOly county,
Georgia, is splendid shot. He is an invalid,
and sits in the door of his house and shoots
lizards from his fences with rifle. He shoots
crows on the wing with a pistol When he has
hogs killed negro man jumps astride of hog,
catches hold of both ears of the animal and
turns its head toward Mr.. Mayo, who will shoot
1t in the head with his rifle.
What odd wills people makel An
Austrian nobleman, Count Heinrich Hardegg,
left 100000 to the Vienna University the other
day for the establishment of fellowships, but
coupled it with the provisos that the money
should be left to accumulate for hundred
years. and that when the fellowships were
awarded members of his family should have
the preference.
-Superintendent Given, of the Rock
Island road, is making experiments with car
rier pigeons, with view to using them to sup
plement the telegraph service. He says that
the wind storms often render the telegraph line
useless, even If the wires are not blown down,
and he thinks that set of carrier pigeons at
each station might be made very serviceable in
such an emergency.
On going to Albany, Ca, Mr.. Will
liam Key saw two cows thai had fought until
their horns were so securely interlocked d that,
being unable to release them, the animals lay
painting on the ground. Mr.. Key procured a
saw and released the cows by saving OF one Of
the horns, and came near being killed by the
infuriated animals, both attempting to attack
him. He narrowly escaped.
The country around FL Paso abounds in
immense rattlesnakes and bullsnakes, which
are mortal enemies and fight every time they
meet. A leading real estate owner intends to
fit an arena where such fights can be safely
witnessed, and procure from the mountains
rattlers and bullsnakes that will fight for the
delectation and amusement Of all such FL Paso
citizens as don't go to church on Sunday.
One of those singular snakes, known as
coachwhips. was seen fighting a Inocking bird
in North Albany, Ga, garden the other day.
II was dispatched and measured nearly five
feet in length. A little boy hearing Of the
popular superstition that if dead snake is
hung up it will bring rain, tried it with this
serpent and the result was that, although
drought had prevailed for three weeks, cloud
managed to rise uD from somewhere below the
horizon and slight shower was the result.
-Philadelphia girls have q new fad.
Girls with slender waists have taken to r.
ing dog collars in the place Of belts. Vanitt,
Of course, is at the back of the fad, but it isJa
go nevertheless. The collars vary in appear
ance but most of them are Of the mastiff size,
av,d oil 0f oar "a q 0ut In a rail
down one of the principal streets the other
afternoon five young ladies with this highly
original kind of belt on were counted. Three
of them looked as if they wanted to sit down
and take fresh breath, but the other two, who
were more slender, were as easy and clipper as
you please.
The ArchiUes JJuddiques of Paris, in
solving the question as to the number of Jews
in the world, computes the total at 100000. OF
this number there are no fewer than 3, 400 600 in
Europe, the remainder being thus apportioned:
Asia, 300, 900; Africa, $4,000; and America. $50
900. Taking Europe, the bulk of the Jewish
element is in Russia, nearly 100000 and Of
these large portion (76S, 5000 are in the old
kingdom Of Poland. Austria has .644,OOO Jews,
of whom 668 900 are in Galicia austrian Po-
land) alone. The other European countries
come in the following order: Germany, 500
Roumania, 26S 900; Turkey. 1O5,O0O; the Neither
The numbers in the Spanish peninsula and in
Great Britain are not given. The original
home of the race, Palestine, has 5000 Jews.
An extraordinary scene is to be wit
messed every evening at Leicester, England. in
the freemen's allotment gardens. where might
ingale has established itself. The midnight
songster was first heard q week ago, and every
evening hundreds Of people line the roads near
the trees where the bird has its haunt. The
crowds patiently wait until the music begins.
and the bulk of the listeners remain till mid
night, while number of enthusiasts finger till
and 2 o'clock in the morning. Strange to say,
the bird usually sings IN large thorn bush,
lust over the mouth Of the tunnel of the Mid.
land main line, but the songster is needless OF
noise and smoke and steam, his stream of song
being uninterrupted for four or fve hours
every night. So large has been the throng OF
listeners that the chief constable has drafted
number Of policemen to maintain order and
prevent damage.