Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-18
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

one Of the lady guests stole watch, diamonds
and money.
Lorenzo D. Teter and Gertrude s. Harp,
students Of the Des Moines College, have been
expelled because they eloped and got married.
AT Cincinnati q horse backed over the
bank and fell down a decIivity Of 100 fser.drag-
ging ms cart and driver with him. The driver
dld not get into the water, but the horse
plunged into the river and swan ACROSS 70
Oe9tsl1gton, detaehing the vehicle from him In
"A sign that is attracting hundreds Of
people to where it hangs, on a carpenter shop,
IN faterson. N. J., reads: 'Cofins made and
repaired. Extra strong ones for country peo-
ple-" The old man who owns the establish
mens mas DIS own coffin on hand. It is made OF
pine wood, and is covered with q neat pattern
OF wallpaper.
"A certain young lady in Cincinnati Is
sorry she bet on Foraker She agreed 70 wheel
her sweetheart about town in a wheslharroW at
noontime in case she lost and now in the horri-
Ole reality OF the thing the gentleman has con-
senred to allow the performance TO take place
not so crowded
Living within 21I miles Of Mattapoisett'
Mass, where all were born, are brothers and
sisters named Bolles, who range in age from 90
to So years. Altogether there were Il children,
but died. at the age OF g., another at the age
of 60 and the third when he was 25 The
mother lived to be a nonagenarian. The father
died in his 5Sth year.
John Benson, a Rice county MIMI
farmer, performed most remarkable feat on
lake two miles north of Faribault recently. on
looking out Of his window he saw beYy Of
W1io ducks trying 70 extricate themselves from
the Ice which had frozen about their legs dur
ing the night Selling eorn-cutter, he rushed
kn ad ~ %ho ~ - -
them.
"A supernatural visitant, described as a
white figure in human shape Of unusual
height, which stalks through the WOODS at
night, bearing in its right hand a flaming torch
and in its left black banner emblazoned with
skull and crossbones. is reported to have been
seen IN Crenshaw county, Ala. HIS ghOstship
Is said to- make his appearance every night az
~ O'Clock, emerging from a cavern in a side
hill az the eastern extremity Of the woods and
traVersing westerly until he disappears in the
dense pine forest.
Mr.. Henry Caby, whose real name is
Kish-ka-kO, lives up in Arenae county, Mich,
is great grandson Of an Indian chief Of the
same name, and he sets up claim that in 1873
his royal ancestor was, by treaty " ith the Gov
ernment. given sections q ana g, on which
much OF the most valuable part Of Bay City
stands. and now his lawyers propose 70 get the
1t Is alleged that the treaty records show no
further disposition Of the land has ever been
authorized since the treaty Of 1919
"A new gambling arrangement has come
into vogue in Cincinnati vt Is in the shape Of q
miniature race track with automatic horses
and jockey attachments-the outfit being the
same as you see at any race track with the ex-
ception that 1t is made Of tin instead Of flesh
and blood There are four horses. By turning
crank the horses are made TO go round and
come is, Of course. in doubt One Of the ma
chimes Is In Vine street eating house. One
young man raked in so pot on the brown
horse the other evening.
"A stream near Benton, Tenn, is said to
be full Of phantom fsh. Standing on the rocks
and looking down into the water the eye can
see hundreds Of trout. some Of them remark.
ably large. darting about the pools or resting
The angler casts his hne in one of these pools
literally swarmfng with 1sh, TO all appearances.
and no matter how attractive the fy or how
skillful the fisherman he never gets bite. As
plentiful As they seem TO be no one has ever
yet been able to catch trout in that stream
The fsh pay no attention to the hook OF line
and when the bait is thrown at them, or an At
tempt Is made to spear them. the instrument
but be Is not caught; when the barb Or spear q
removed he Is stln there.
The exquisite American Beauty, which,
so says florist, is the most popular and best.
selling rose in ali the Market has Z pleasing
little history Of Its own. In the first place, it's
the only new variety Of rose that America has
given to the world. France and England have
produced nearly ali the cultivated varieties.
America but this iIlcomparabIe one. CurIoualy
enough. too. the dover vas not the rssnlt 81
cultivation. Without waiting % have ~ aE
processes Of hybridizsfion, this sturdy-dorsi
exponent Of American enterprise was found
one morning perfect IL form and color, exQuiB-
ite 10 fragrance, on serubby little bush in the
ual beauty attracted the Immediate attention
OF flower lovers, but when classification vas at
tempted no variety was found 70 include the
new specimen. How IL waspFodueed has never
been ascertained. Some happy cross between
two especially adapted varieties. and that cross
the result Of chance, probably originated this
and perfect variety OF the rose
Loyal 70 our American genius, Il Is empnatt
cally selfmade.
John Thomas HesIop, Of Birmingham,
England, is = lad whose powers Of vision are TO
be accounted among the marvellous. He Is
known as ''the living microscope" on account
of being able to see the most minute objects
clearly defined. In 1873 or 1879 he was at
lacked with some battling eye trouble and
,ame very near losing his sight forever. After
he disease had reachedits worst there was an
Instant and startling change for the better.
When bis sight returned 1t was with exfraor.
ilnary increased powers Of vision. To John
Thomas the most minute plant louise was a.
args as rabbit, and the mosquitoes bill IS
arge as an Ak handle. He could see and de-
oFibe distant minute objects with startling
,leaTness and precision. He was amazingly
hOcked upon repairing to the we'll 70 get
,ooiing draught to see the immense number OF
lideous creatures that were floating dghring
md wriggling about N the water From that
lay b this water has never passed the llDs Of
Iohn Thomas Healop; bis drinks consist wholly
4 coffee, tea and milk, thoroughly boiled
The doctors say that the entire Organization OF
he eye has undergone q structural change;
hat the cornea has become abnormally en-
arged, and that the crystalline lens have di-
fded into three different disks or circles. each
ircle surrounded By another Of light blne.