Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-27
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.


live in. Full-sized Ioaves of bread are sols
there at the rate of four for Is cents.
The scepter of an Egyptian King ha,
been examined chemically by Prof. Berthelot
and proves TO be nearly pure copper, with onl.
traces of lead It's supposed TO be about 6W
years old.
The Importance Of the single vote wa
illustrated at the recent election in Rhode Isl
and, three towns, Richmond: Exeter and NORTH
Kingstown giving that majority against the
amendment.
The Royal Meteorological Society
England is making a collection Of photographs
OF lightning flashes On each photograph Is
noted the time of the fash and the interval be
tween II and the thunder.
After seven years close watching New
York shoe manufacturer is Of the opinion that
the average size Of Pirtsburg and New York
woman's foot is No 21S: Baltimore, Washing
ton and atlanta, No. 3: Philadelphia, No. 81
Boston and st. Louis, No. 4 and Chicago No. D
The most remarkable shipment ever made was
a case OF No. 10 fine shoes to Omaha,
"A peasant found in the earth at Sill.
agy-Somiyo, Hungary, a hidden treasure con-
tanning 20 objects in gold which are said to be
fourth-century work There are three drink.
ing cups Of solid gold, decorated with enameIs;
brooches carried by women on their shoulders,
The whole treasure, worth about 25,0O0 forms,
is shown at Buda-Pesth i'll the National Mu.
scum.
AT pool on Tobyhanna creek, mile
or so from Tobyhanna Mills, Pa, few DAYS
ago. it is stated, boy, with worms for bait,
landed three trout in less than half an hour.
Their combined weight was pounds ounces,
and their aggregate length was 6 inches,
They were taken To Scranton and made great
talk among the fancy fishermen, who had tshed
the same water over and over without making
any such catch.
AT Mt. Clements, Mich, the other day
all hands took ride at the school graduating
exercises. One scholar recited paul Revere's
Ride;'' another "The King of Denmark's
Ride;'' another THE Bicyle Ride" and then
came "Sheridan's Ride" "Whitman's Ride"
THE Ride From Ghent to AK" John Gil
pins Ride" "Lochinvar's Ride" THE Johns
town Paul Revere" and "a Railroad Ride"
The music was We're Galloping, Galloping
On" and BOAT Ride song,"
The idea Of a telephone church is
being carried out at Tunbridge Wells, England,
where the pulpit of Congregational church is
connected with 16 subscribers. We are told
that these included doctors and apothecaries,
clerks working in various parts of the town, an
invalid lady who has been obtaining consOla-
ton from the telephone for several months,
and some lazy club men who went into the
thing presumably more from spirit of expert.
ment than devotion. Wires are being laid to
Maidstone, and soon subscribers living there,
In Rochester, in Stroud, and Chatham, will be
able, without leaving their houses, to attend
services in Tunbridge Wells"
"A. @. Banks, of Brunswick, Ca, wears
curiosity in the shape of a Panama hat which
is worth about $40. 1t was presented to him by
captain Of a foreign vessel who bought it
native of an island in the Pacific. The hat is
a large one, about the size of Mexican SOM
orero, and can be folded compactly, but yet re-
tain its shape when unfolded. These hats are
are knit very closely from the finest Panama
straw, and the knitting of them is very tedious.
They can be knit only in the cool of the day,
as the heat of the sun causes the straw to draw
loose from their holds. 1t sometimes takes
twelve and thirteen months to knit the most
valuable ones, which cost all the way from so
to Sl25
One day last week the milch cows Of
B. T. Duke and ]. T. Crye. of Tazewell, Ca,
were MIXED and turned out to Craze as usual,
but not coming up at the usual time in the af.
noon. search was instituted on the next morn
ing and kept up for three days through swamps
and over hills without finding them They
were finally discovered by E c. Duke by the
two cows must have become angry with each
other and engaged in fight. and their horns
became locked in such peculiar way that they
could not extricate themselves They wrestled
horns still locked. The ground about the place
showed that great struggle had been going
on to free themselves.
-Ushers in many of the most prominent
theaters in New York have new and clever o.
VII for 1f0f izip fhaof
coupons for particularly desiYJie seats the
usher on going down the aisle/will substitute
coupons for inferior chairs, frequently without
the knowledge of the purchaser. If people are
not already occupying the stolen seats they are
waiting in the lobby. and when the employe re-
ceives his consideration are promptly satisfied.
This practice is spreading, but occasionally one
of the forward fellows is caught IN the act, o
turn of affairs which does not worry the
offenders in the least. The fees which ushers
receive in this manner and for selling unpur-
chased seats are enormous In one Of the
smallest houses in town at which a strong at
traction was running during che past season
one young man made from SO to go per night
About year ago the most disagreeable
task in the life of Sandy Hook pilot was to
board an incoming Norwegian, italian or Portu-
guese ship. Then life became misery. for not
only was the unlucky pilot compelled to dine
on the vilest hard tack and macaroni three
times daily, but he was also guyed by all his
shipmates. Since then times have changed;
foreign vessels are now the most delightful
craft when compared with the 50 English and
German steamships which carry petroleum in
bulk to European ports. They probably are
accorded more forcible condemnation than all
the Others combined. Previous to sailing from
abroad these vessels, by means of steam. are
pumped full of salt water, which makes a free
and serviceable ballast. When within 2C0 or
800 miles of New York, if the weather is pro-
pitious, the shippers who rival the keenest
Yankees in shrewdness, set their pumps work.
ing and in short order rid their ships Of their
worthless and easily obtainable ballast When
the clipper pilot comes aboard with expecta-
tions of catching 22-footer he is chagrined to
find that the pumping-out process has lessened
the draught Of the vessel and his fees 30 per
cent or more.