Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-07
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

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county, Kan, poorhouse. The groom. u ~ and
the bride 81 years old. Itis comfortable 70 hear
OF wedding occasionally to which no suspicion
Of mercenary motives attaches
From 1S0 to 200 bottle-nosed whales
were driven ashore below Barnstankerness.
Scotland, the other evening. About 20 boats
took part in the exciting chase, and the finish
Some OF the whales were unusually large.
Not everybody is rich enough to lose
$500 without knowing 1t, but this is what .
Fairfield, Me-. woman did Mrs. n. A. Small
recently found railroad bond Of 800 that had
been laid away in an old book for the past ten
years, and which she had forgotten all about
1t is curious fact that the wife of Mr..
Chan dler, ex-Secretary of the Navy, IL the
da lighter OF the former Senator Hale. while
the wife Of Senator Hale of the present day Is
a daughter OF former Secretary of the Navy
Chandler. No relationship exists between the
families. One has q son named Hale Chandler
and the other son named Chandler Hale.
The Elmira, N. Y, telegram had two
editorials In the same column of Thursdays
issue upon the came subject. One declared
that the contest instituted by MARQUIS against
Lampson for the Office of Lieutenant Governor
Of Ohio was most righteous one, while the
other denounced the entire proceeding - .
VillAinous Democratic outrage
DIR. Lewis Meisberger, of Buffalo, sue
cessful physician, died in that city on Monday
last, and in his will left codieil devoting $500
for a funeral feast for his friends, which took
place yesterday. Champagne and oysters were
the leading courses of the entertainment and
over 200 people took part in the banquet A
free concert was also provided in the pro-
vided in the programme.
The power of one Of the greatest poIiti-
cal figures Of the day, perhaps of all time, il
said to be on the wane. The Empress DOvager
of China has been shorn Of her prestige by the
rebollious Independence OF the young Emperor.
He refused to see the bride which she forced
upon him, and has been issuing vigorous de-
crees on his own account. He has been censur-
ing the old Ministers right and left, particu-
larly Chang Chi Tung.
An extraordinary case came before q
London Police Court. On 4 servant girl being
charged with stealing two pairs Of boots, it was
stated on her behalf that frequently she was
for time unaccountable for her actions; that
on these occasions she did most inexplicable
things. and that once, doctor having certified
that she was dead. she lay three days in a coffin
ready for burial signs Of life being discovered
at the end of that period.
Few good wives object to their husbands
going to the Audubon Club Of Detroit. Who
ever smokes in that club must bring his own
cigar to the club house, and whoever wants .
drink there must have brought it along with
him-a dreadful condition that has not ret
Is to provide rooms for reading and card play
ing, but no playing for money is permitted, and
at 10 o'clock sharp every night the club rooms
are closed.
"A very slick man was captured by the
St Louis police. He gives the name OF A
Fincham, and is supposed to be recent arrival
in the city. He has been working a new game
in the city for the past few days and met with
signal success until last evening. He has been
himself as an agent for an electric
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quarters to engage board for the employees.
He would go to a house. engage board for
number of men and then collect SO, SIS or as
much as he could get from the landlady for
security that she would be ready to receive the
boarders.
Northwest of Milan, in the neighbor-
hood of Somma Lombardo. there has recently
been discovered. through the draining of the
large turf moor of La Lagozza, Lake dwell
ing, which differs in many respects from the
others in Upper Italy and Switzerland. This
relic of civilization was met with under the
peat bog and the underlying layer of mud, the
former being meter in thickness and the lat
ter 35 centimeters. The building was rectangu-
lar, 80 meters long and 30 meters broad; and be-
tween the posts which are still standing up
right lay beams and half-burnt planks the
latter having been made by splitting the trees
and without using saw Pieces Of burnt clay,
polished stone hatchets, flint knives and arrow
heads were also found.
Men of the present day who attend the
opera and theater and are debarred the pleas
ure Of seeing the actors and the stage by the
high-hat nuisance, may take comfort from the
fact that their grandfathers and great-grand-
Ertropean Ma0dzfne published In London, for
December, 1888, is the following: TT is the
fashion in Paris for the ladies to wear straw
hats Of a monstrOuS size, made IN limitations OF
the areostatic globes; on which account they
are called les chapeaux au balloon It is to
be hoped that the whimsical mode viii not be
would prove still more fneonvenient at the play
houses than the late high heads" And again
we read: "Woe to the frequenters Of the play
houses # the new French balloon hats are ever
brought into fashion here in their present
FORM" But they were.
Scientific inquirers are puzzled by GER
tain mysterious water-holes in the ledge on the
shore Of the Boothbay Land Company's terri
tory in Maine. They are on the eastern side Of
Spruce Point, close to Lovers Walk" There
are three of them, eight inches to foot In
diameter, and about 10 inches deep. They are
bowl-shaped and perfectly circular. Locally
they are ascribed to the Indians. They are
to have been used for pounding corn,
be imagined. The sea fills them twice day,
md fresh water constantly trickles into them
IN winter they are entirely frozen up. Besides,
The Indians were too lazy to take such pains.
rounding country, impossible that there could
,ver have been a water course there. Their
,rigin is mystery. Two are perfect. One has
cracked side.
The latest and perhaps the most ingen-
Gus application Of the automatic principlsis is to
,e found in a machine for banking purposes, in
rented and patented by Mr.. John Hope, me-
,hanicaI engineer, Liverpool. When penny or
wo half pennies are pressed into Mr.. Hopes
bank, the depositor pulls out a
lrawer, and finds printed ticket bearing
lumber in duplicate. He writes his name and
.ddTess on the ticket which ne then presses
nto cavity in the machine made to receive it,
1eeping the other half with the corresponding
lumber. Thus when those in charge Of the
automatic bank clear it of the tickets in order
o enter them in proper form in their books
ach depositor has the duplicates Of the tickets
,earing his name and address. In this way ab-
olute accuracy is obtained, and depositors are
redited with the exact amount they have put
nto the machine. Each machine Is capable OF
folding IS in pennies or half pennies.