Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-26
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

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alligator.
"A shade Of pink scarf very much affect
ed by Harvard boys is commercially known as
raw veal"
"A Brooklyn father is under arrest for
having whalsd his daughter with section Of
garden hose.
Augusta has both Adam and Eve. and
one Of the Georgia papers wants to credit it
with being the first paradise.
AT the Troy polytechnic the students
have craze. They paper their ceilings with
envelopes of letters from their best girls.
I'm Roostoen, Holland, there is giant
rose tree belonging to Mme. Regnen which =
few years ago held 5000 roses at the same time
One hundred dollars has been offered bY
the Princeton Club in New York 10 the man
who passes the best sxani nation for the fresh
man class in June.
There is an old negro in Quitmsn coun.
ty, Ga. who has never owned lock. He has
been for years mailing bar of wood across the
door OF his crib every night.
The expected visit OF the Shah Of Persis
to England recalls the fact that no Persian
monarch ever had gray hair. Gray hair is by
universal custom prohibited in Persia, and ~
never seen.
John D. Davis, farmer residing at New
Diggins, ILL.,, put his milk cans on the woodpile
to dry, and the reflection of the suns rays from
them set the wood on fire. doing considerable
damage to his house and barn.
Recently Mr.. John W. Thompson, Of
Walton county, Ga. let of his fish pond and
he and his son killed 70 snakes. Two of them
were very large water moccasins the rest some
smaller. The layout OF snakes made a terrible
show.
Mr.. Davis, WrightsVille school
teacher. had curiosity enough to break leg
yesterday He wanted to test the workings of
painters elevator, and when 20 feet from the
ground, fell, breaking his leg and cutting .
great cash in his throat.
While Israel StOops, of Los Angeles,
CAL. lay on his deathbed he said to his wife:
Nv hen my soul leaves my body and enters the
other world will let you know by crossing my
died Immediately after giving the sign.
The most eastern DO rtlon of the United
States is Quoddy Head, Me-; the most northern
point is Point Barrows Alaska: the most west
ern Is Alton Island, and the most southern Key
West. Working from these four points, many
will be susprised when they locate the geo
graphical center Of the United States.
The newest device for killing time in
vented by the Briton is to make the men at a
dinner party write out some account of the la
dies gowns after the dear creatures have left
them TO themselves, and later, when the efforts
are read aloud in the drawing room, to give
prizes for the best and worst descriptions.
Samuel Moore. Of Gloucester, has re-
markable appetite, rather disease, that COM
pels him to eat every hour of the "A. He has
consulted many physicians, but none has found
cure II he does not eat often he suffers
great agony, but the vast quantity of food that
he consumes gives him but mOmentary relief.
There is a shooting gallery at the Paris
Exposition where. in a painted jungle, painted
hares rabbits and other game teven including
foxesD run about for the amusement of the
sportsman. The other day gentleman, who
had dog with him. took ashot. and rolled over
a rabbit. At once the dog jumped the barrier
and leaped into the jungle to retrieve the paint
ed bunny.
"A curious wedding has just taken place
at LODI, Hungary. A young man, Is years of
age and of good position, for some unaeeount-
able reason married poor widow with,a nu-
74th year! The happy" bridegroom has now II
srepsons and daughters, the eldest OF whom is
So; besides q grandchildren and q great-grand.
children-and all that at Is.
For years there has stood in the British
Legation at Toxic an old safe, the key Of
which has long been lost. The other day it was
forced open, and among its contents were
found the gold and silver medals which 26
years ago were sent by the British Governments
to be presented to the natives who defended
the British Legation against the attack Of
mob in 1881. Most of the men for whom the
medals were intended are dead or cannot be
found.
Actress Mathilde Cottrelly proudly
claims to have broken the record for the mos,
af,,l fo- Ioo, al
which all women regard as emblems of good
luck. While wandering over the grounds Of
her home at New Rochelle last Sunday with
friend, she stumbled upon luXuriant patch of
that sort of clover. and claims to have picked
out no less than "A different sprigs Of the four
and i've leaved variety. Professional gamblers
have offered as high as 500 for a hve-eaYed
clover Is q tallsman for poker and faro.
"A queer complaint was made to the
City Marshal of Portland, Me. 1t was from the
neighbors of Mrs Warren, the proud pos
SCISSOR Of 40 cats. The neighbors showed sad
lack of appreciation for these pets. which they
accused of being irst-class nuisance. Mrs
Warren was found by the officers to be sick in
bed, but the 40 cats, not counting numerous
kittens, were all in the best Of health and filed
the two small rooms full. The mistress of the
establishment claimed that she kept cat
boarding house, but the officers after investi-
cation decided shat they all belonged to her
anu GOOk MEASURES 10 Iell6Vo bno poOplo III Juo
vicinity from the filth, noise and predatory ex-
cursions Of the "boarders."
William ladder, of Reading, has 9
number of cats that beat the record for sagac-
ity. Some time ago he placed II hens
eggs under the largest cat and the animal
stayed by them until they were hatched. The
result was as satisfactory as If it had been
done by mother hen. But the cat did not
take to the chicks, so they were allowed to care
for themselves and are doing nicely. Mr..
ladder also has two cats that viii go hunting
with him. They will ferret out rabbit with
the same aptitude as ferret. One of them
has web feet a rare species, and will catch fish
is no reason to doubt the veracity of this state
ment
AT Friar's Point, Miss, the people are
strangely excited over newly discovered treas
ure Two boys who were digging in the sand
along the river unearthed a number of gold
pieces. A fisherman, examining the money
FUND it consisted Of S2Qpieees. He began
digging and was soon joined by others,
POcketknives, parasols and fingers we're the
tools used and they yielded itch return. The
got about $780, lady passenger Sc
cured $500 and others got smaller sums the
dollars. all in $40 gold pieces. bearing dates OF
lS59 and 1850 The money was buried early
during the war by somebody unknown. Sew.
eral years ago q wealthy planter spent about
So, 100 in excavations on Montgomery bar some
above FIiar's Point, to find a treasure
that was supposed to be buried there. He
failed IN his attempt but managed to furnish
another channel for the river at that point.
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