Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-17
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

George Comar, a resident OF Virginia
c;tv claims to have been visited by Satan, and
to have had long talk with the old boy.
A countryman at Palatka, Fla, who
saw the street car for the first time Saturday,
referred to it as new style omnibus on Dapy
wheels"
Mrs. Gloin, of Chardon, o., who:died,
to all appearances, Saturday, revived after
being placed in the coffin, but died" again mex
her closely for signs Of returning life.
Mr.. Spurgeon, the well-known London
preacher, has beautiful residence at Beulah,
Upper Norwood, with extensive grounds and
handsome Conservatives. A silver casket
from the Queen is one Of his most precious
household gods.
"A large meteor fell on a farm in the
town of Highlands, N " on the 7th inst. IL
was very brilliant in color, being yellow, tinged
with green. 1t broke into a thousand small
pieces. The snow covering about an acre was
perforated as with gravel.
"A young lady of Orlando, Fla, is the
proud owner Of large Thomas cat which is an
expert bird catcher. His style of hunting 10
peculiar and decidedly original. He has learned
to initiate the notes of birds. and in that way
entices them within his reach.
President Cleveland has never crossed
the threshold of more than two houses In
Washington outside the residences of his Cabi-
net officers during his term of Office. He has
never seen Congress at work, and in four years
he has not once entered a Department building.
"A Boston young man says that he wrote
q good story, and it was declined by several
periodicals. He then rewrote it, misspelling
all the words, and it was accepted as first
class dialect story by the periodical which had
first declined it. The Boston young man spins
pretty tough yarn.
Fifteen daring young women of Phila-
delphia have formed club of which the sole
condition OF membership is that the applicant
forswear corsets. Each one OF the ladies COM
prising the club has consigned her whalebone
cuirass to the flames and now taxes her inge-
nuity to provide substitute.
The Couture craze has struck Louis
vile, and now that gentle village boasts no
fewer than six clubs devoted to the acquisition
ofrefnement. A Shakespeare club. Blue
Stocking society, two Browning clubs, an
American History club and Society for the
Study OF Political Economy make up the list.
Two spinster sisters up in Maine who
run 65-acre farm are credited with being the
smartest women in the State. One of them
chops every winter the years supply of fire.
wood, going into the woods early in the season
and remaining until the work is completed.
She works in the bayfield, in summer, and digs
from 10 to 100 bushels Of potatoes yearly and
puts them in the cellar. The other sister Is the
carpenter of the family and has added all man
ner of improvements to the farm.
The new House of Commons in Japan
is to be composed of 300 members and the
right of suffrage is to be exercised by men 25
years old who pay an annual tax of s25. These
requirements are more exacting than those
heretofore fixed for electors who are entitled
to vote for members of the city and prefec-
tural assemblies that determine the local tax
rates. In the case Of those electors the voting
age has been 20 years and the land tax limit
about s5. There were nearly 100000 such
voters in 1884
Lexington, Ca, can boast Of the most
unique clubhouse in the world The young
men of that town built log hut, which they
chincked with clay, maRingit as snug and tight
palace. At one end is enormous open
fireplace feeding up to primitive chimney.
The club which embraces the best young men,
has weekly supper. The day before the sup
per huge wood fire is built in the fireplace,
and the next evening there is a bed of Goals and
ashes that king might envy. The birds, fsh,
ashes, and some wonderful bits of gastronomy
they turn out,
"A grave-digger in New York tells of
strange sort of mental affection which troubles
people of his calling. 1t is termed corpse
quake" and several of his friends have suf-
fered from it. 1t invariably attacks digger
while he is about the cemetery, the victim
shaking as though suffering from chill. In
one case that the digger cites, the mans health
became much impaired, but, abandoning the
business, the poor fellow recovered. and then
took his old position. Almost the same day
the shaking returned. He again retired, but
suffered thereafter at the mention of a spade,
and died in a remarkably short time.
AT recent fashionable wedding in
New York the father of the bride wore broad
grin as he walked up the church aisle with his
daughter. During the ceremony he chuckled
several times and at its close he broke into an
unmistakable laugh. AS he is prominent
citizen of unimpeachable sobriety and is
known TO have the tenderest regard for his
family, and for this daughter in particular,
many were somewhat Scandalized by such an
reception the good gentleman solved the mys-
terry. He had suddenly remembered that the
last time he had been inside Of any church
was when he was himself married in that very
ediice.
Mrs. B. S. Sentell, of Spellman, Ca,
has in her possession two breastpins of ancient
days. One is q painting on ivory of her mothers
cousin, the work being done about l50 years
ago. The other is a most perfect design in hair
work. This pin represents the figure of Mrs.
ing at the tomb of her husband in the year
1900. The tomb has this inscription: Affection
Weeps Heaven Reioices." The carving on the
stone and the willow tree that hangs overhead,
and also the willows in the background are all
complete. It is oval shape, and only about an
inch in width by one and half in length. The
work is exceedingly fine, and although it has
been 800 years since, 1t is as perfect as though
done yesterday.