Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-26
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS


"A Milan, Mich. woman claims to nave
used but one paper of pms during all OF her ~
years of married life.
Policeman Verrett, Of Cheyboygan'
Mich, is a satisfied man He owns, two pears,
two white rats dog and . birch bark canoe.
Captain William F. Smith, OF the bark
Nautilus, saws that he killed a hairy sea ser
pent so feet long near the Galapagos lslanos.
"A poor teamster in Boston, who found
$50 in cash, not only promptly sought out the
owner, manufacturing firm. but refused 10
accept a reward.
They have precocious infants in New
Castle. Pa paper of that city relates tnas
an Smonths-old son Of Mrs. Jones fell from
cherry tree and broke his collar bone.
There Is 3-weeks-old baby in South
Boston that has not increased in weight since
its birth, although apparently in good health.
1t weighs only BIZ ounces, and is only 10 inches
long.
"A Boston woman imported quill pens
from Germany at % cents apiece for three
years before she discovered that man in the
same block furnished much better ones for
five cents.
"A Chicopee, Mass, shoemaker, in his
desire to get the prize offered for the best
guess of the number of marbles in big boot
made a boot of the same size he thought, and
of the way.
The Bible has been printed in % diff
ferent languages to supply the people living in
PENNSYLVANIA The largely varied industries
of Pennsylvania attract within its limits q
more Cosmopolitan population than any other
State in the Union.
"A representative of French syndicate
has been looking at an island near San Fran
cisco with a view of establishing there q frog
farm. According to his estimates an enormous
fortune awaits the man who takes hold of the
venture in the right way.
The horse attached to a buggy in which
was seated a newly-married couple, OF Essex
county, Ont, was frightened by being struck
by rice thrown by friends of the pair. ran away,
thrown from the buggy that it is feared she
will die.
"A ghost which has been making house
at Leoni, Mich. uninhabitable, proves to be
the same old wind that blows through peoples
whiskers. In this case it blew the branches Of
a tree against the weather boards and made a
noise that sounded exactly like a person OPEN
ing door and walking down stairs.
There lives in Dansville, N. Y, man
nearly so years old who has lived there all or
nearly all his life, and, with the exception Of
three years in the army has never slept in any
other bed than his own and in his own house.
The man is as regular as clockwork in every
away from home after o'clock.
The soldiers monument in Indianapolis,
of which the corner stone was laid by President
Harrison on Thursday, will have a height OF
268 feet. The monument will be built of light
Indiana limestone. When completed, with one
exception, the Washington. it will be the high
est in the world. The monument third in
height is the Bunker Hill monument
Warren Humes. the Oldest guide and
the most experienced hunter in the Adiron-
dacks, makes an estimate that will be interest
ing to all sportsmen. He claims that there are
to-day no less than $1,000 deer and 5000 bears
in those regions Mr.. Humes has hunted
there for the past As years, and during that
time has killed over 1900 deer and more than
200 bears.
Visitors at the Pixies Peak Observatory
have for years been RECALLED with the statement
that this is the highest point on the globe
which Is inhabited the year round" 1t now
appears that regular meteorological observa-
tions are made on the Andes, in Peru, at q
height of IA. 800 feet, which is about 200 feet
higher than the Pixies Peak station. In
Europe there are but two stations of any con-
siderable height these being about 10, 900 and
u,0O0 feet respectively.
The little village of Parkersburg, But
Ter county, Ia. is greatly excited over ghostly
manifestation that has recently appeared in
the town. About a year ago a colored barber,
who was leader of the village band, and we'll
known for his excellent playing on the guitar,
was taken sick and died. Recently people
living in the vicinity of the house where he
passed away have heard a guitar played pre-
c1sely as he was in the habit Of playing ii, with
the same tunes which were bis favorises.
"A man who has been working country
towns in East New Jersey with the old swindle
of selling alleged gold rings and making pres
ents of gold watches, began business from his
buggy IN Belleville, on Wednesday night. After
he had gotten well under way, some person in
the crowd cut the traces of his harness, and
when the fellow attempted the trick Of driving
suddenly away his horse started, but left the
buggy behind. The man was compelled to re-
fund the money to his victims, and finally
skunk out Of town dragging his buggy after
him.
For some weeks past a most curious
game of ball has been in progress in the shop
window of a Brooklyn tobacconist. The play
ers are little papier mache skeletons, about
half a foot high, such as you see in the
Japanese stores everywhere. The diminutive
diamond is mapped out with little foul flags
and chalk lines, and a skeleton mans every
position of the in and out field. The astonish-
ing part of the whole is the wonderfully exact
mimicry of attitude Of the players. The
grotesque exactness of every detail is startling,
and Evidences the master hand of some close
student Of the ball field.
There is a gold digger at Atlantic citv.
His name is Amos. and he can be seen every
fair day on the beach with sieve and spade,
Close to the edge of the boardwalk, where the
peanut shells lie thickest and the chance of
lucre is greatest, Amos vigorously prosecutes
his work. Every three or four feet he halts, de-
posits half ozen.shovelfuls of sand in his tub
like sieve, rocks it back and forth to get rid of
the dross, then, when the last grain of sand has
dribbled through, he proceeds to examine the
result. Shoestrings, hairpins and rustv nails
together with the inevitable peanut shells. cigar
stumps and tolu wrappers, generally form the
hr1IIr NJ his at a Or nfa
or a coin Of greater value peeps forth from the
conglomerate heap, and speedily finds Its way
to Amos pocket He gets considerable money
for recovering lost jewels and returning them
to their owners.