Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-04
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

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There were !, ,266 persons who died from
violence in New York during the year ending
with June.
John Moore, of Indiana, declared HIM
self guilty Of robbery. paid constable .a z 70 70
arrest him, and then hired q carriage lor % 10
take them TO the county jail.
Mr.. B. B. Wilkes and A. g. William
son, Of Emanuel county. Georgia, q few days
ago saw rattlesnake about six feet long swim
from one side to the other Of the Aitamaha
river, which is . distance OF more than naiI
mile, without resting. He seemed 20 pe com
pletely exhausted when he reached the bank
-One of the funniest things that has hap
pened in Greenville. Tenn, for some time was
the shooting of negro the other night by .
policeman. The cop blazed away at the man
and shot him in the elbow. the ball glancing and
striking the negro in the cheek. As he spit the
ball ouf, he said: Look heah, white man, you
quit dat shootfn' at me; fus thing yuh knows
yuh gwinter brake some spectacle pusson's
vinder glass"
II. p. Braziel caught a genuine flying
fish in Sterrett's creek, near Seynbur's Point,
Fla. This was unlike any flying fish which
has ever been written about, in that it had two
perfectly formed brd-like wings IL addition to
fms; also four legs resembling those Of large
spider. The wings were beautifully tinted hks
the prisms of a rainbow. and when drawn out
of the water with ordinary hook and line
the bird-fsh few to height Of some six or
eight feet.
AS an example Of the spirit which ami
mates the German army and which doubles its
force, Prince Kraft Hohenlohe tells fns
story. At the battle OF Chateaudun battery
found itself without ammunition under q
heavy FIRE. What was to be done? The officer
commanding ordered the gunners to take their
places on the limbers and sing the "Wacht am
Rhlne," Sin order" as Prince Kraft says, "that
they might pass the time agreeably while wait
ing for fresh cartridges"
Another unbreakable substitute for
glass; French invention, consists in immers-
ing wire in heated state. in a thin paste
formed of soluble glass. gelatine and glycsr-
in eRs
signed. When nearly dry, the sheets are
dipped In concentrated solution OF chrome
alum or bichromate OF potash. Any desired
gelatine, and copal or other protective varnish
applied to the surface.
"A New York dealer in sporting goods
has invented new tent for the use Of hunters
and those who camp out. It is called an "um-
brella tent" and, as irs name indicates, folds
up after the style of parachute The tent is
about seven feet high and of sufficient width to
accommodate two persons. It il made of can
vas, blue and white in color, and its covering
X
spread out far enough to allow good-sized
man to lay down under it. When folded up it
has the appearance Of one Of the large sun
shades that used to be so familiar on top Of the
Broadway stages. The tents are becoming
quite popular. on account of their neatness and
being so easy to handle.
"A peculiar accident occurred the other
afternoon to St. Paul youth named Eph
Wells. Wells and another lad proceeded to .
lake near the city early in the morning .
fishing excursion. and angled during the entire
forenoon without getting q bite. Wells was
fishing without a rod, and had the business
end of his line adorned with large frog, the
other end being wrapped round his finger. Sud-
denly large fish seized the bait and made such
q determined rush Herewith as to cause the
finger almost to the bone. Surgical aid was ob-
tanned. and it was at first thought that the
tion has been deferred, however. and it is now
hoped that the finger may be saved without
resorting to amputation.
Five Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, men who
went forth on 24-hour fishing trip, took the
following provisions: One dozen cucumbers, 8
pounds -four. 1 dozen bread. dozen lemons. 5
pounds granulated sugar, pounds pork. 6eans
corned beef. cans tongue. pounds green tea,
2 pounds Java coffee, cans milk, 4 cans
peaches. 4 cans apricots, box pepper, sack salt,
j can pineapple, pounds roll bacon, pounds
tomatoes, pounds cheese, bottle Worcester
shire sauce. bushel potatoes, bottle catsup.
matches, u pound candles. gallon oil, 10
pounds pail lard, p pounds of butter, pounds
ginger snaps. pounds soda biscuit, u gallon
cookies, l bottle mustard, dozen eggs.
pounds onions, IL pounds ham, several bottles
Il (brand not mentioned).
An italian in Boston, who had sta
toned himself close by the entrance to the
circus grounds, that he might more easily dis
pose of the fruits which he had to SELL became
so interested in the appearance of two Turks
who escaped from the grounds, and had been
strolling about, that he forgot all about the
wagon load Of bananas which were beside him,
until he turned suddenly and observed horse
attached to an express wagon calmly eating
from the stock of bananas as IL they had been
placed there for his especial benefit The
Spectacle of a horse eating bananas so
amusing to the bystanders that they didn't call
the owners attention to 1t, but when the
Italian who owned the fruit. and the Hiber-
nian who drove the horse, began to argue with
each other, there was more excitement than
was heard inside the circus tent
"A London paper prints the following
interesting item: According to a communities
tion recently addressed by the eminent scient-
ist, M. Brown-Seeuard, to the French Academy
OF Medicine, 1t appears that he has prepared .
concoction warranted to infuse fresh doses OF
vital energy into constitutions Shattered by age
or Illness. AS yet. for there is no public record
OF its trial as a recuperative and revitalizing
agent all that can be said is that it is intrinsic
ally compounded Of revolving materials. The
psychologist, 1t is stated. cuts out certain parts
Of living animals, such as guinea pigs. and the
pieces Of quivering flesh, pounded together by
the postal and mortar Of pharmaceutical com
merce, are made into kind of q paste with
water. The essence of this compound is then
injected under the skin of the patient with a
syringe similar to that employed by the yotaries
of morphine. It is needless to say that the
results Of NJ. Brown-Sequard's experiments are
awaited with eagerness by elderly Fausts.