Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-14
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

New York City has debt OF sSS,-
OOo,uOO.
"A goose with several links Of gold
chain in its craw was killed at San Lucas, Cal,
recently.
John Lyons, a farmer ofCarroll county,
Mo-, found a tin can containing 80 hye do lar
gold pieces while eleaning out MS wen ie"
days ago.
"A violin which bears the date 1917,
and which, the owner claims. once oelopged 70
the King of Spain, is the property Of citizen
OF Harrisburg, Ill
"A farmer in Muskegon county, Mich,
who was stung on the ear by bumble-hee
while moving in his field, has gone crazy. His
doctor thinks the stinging was the cause.
"A finger that was carried off Martin
Frand's hand by a small cannon IN Camden
on the Fourth of July was found Monday on
the scene of the accident.
Sea Cliff, L. l., ought to be rival for
the elixir. The village cemetery was re-
Gently closed because there wasn't enough
deaths to make it pay. Fifteen burials in four
years sent the gravedigger to the almhouse.
Thomas Curley, of Troy, is the possessor
of between 1000 and 5000 letters which are
carefully packed away in trunks Many OF
these represent correspondence with DIS
father, resident Of Ireland, who, though "
years of age, is able to write legibly.
of 43, 900 Italians that landed in Castle
Garden last year. $4,000 were males. The eni-
grafton of females from Italy is smaller than
from any other country, averaging but Il per
cent Of the whole number who land. From
Germany the percentage is 40; from Ireland ID
Three sisters (all under 1S years of sge)
in Missouri, weigh together S93 pounds. LYDIA,
ID years old, is the heaviest, tipping the beam at
S73 pounds. Two of the trio have six fingers on
each hand, and the same number of toes on
each foot. Their parents are of ordinary size.
"A crab that climbs cocoanut trees is
the birgo latis. or roDber crab, of the Tanning
Island. 1t cracks the nuts with its claws and
wakes fat on the milky elixir found therein.
sheil-fisR collection in the State Museum Of
California
The Women's Christian Temperance
Union. of Oakland, CAL. has Cigarette Com
mittee," the business of which is the suppress
sion of the cigarette habit. A petition to the
City Cou neil in favor of the prohibition Of the
sale of cigarettes was brought under debate az
a recent meeting of the union.
According to French Psychologist the
wing of the ordinary housefy makes $50 strokes
in one second; the wing of the humble bee. 240;
the wing of the honey bee, 100; the wing Of the
wasp, ITO; the wing of the dragon fly, 2S; the
wing of the sparrow. 3D. the wing Of the wild
duck, 9; the wing of the house pigeon, s; the
wing of the osprey, G.
1t is a singular fact that California has
no Sunday law. There was such = law, but it
was repealed in 1888; yet it cannot be said that
there is any less observance of Sunday since
the repeal Of the law. On the contrary, an in
vestigation shows that Sunday is observed
more as q sacred day the present year tnan IL
was the year the law was repealed
The big stone cross on the south tower
of the Cologne Cathedral was struck and
smashed by lightning recently. Great pieces Of
Il fell to the pavement with such velocity that
they were crushed to powder. Two men lost
their lives in placing the cross originally. The
perilous job of repairing the damage just done
will be undertaken within few weeks
Liquor saloons do not have a monopoly
of sporting news in Brooklyn and thus attract
young men within their doors. The young men
of BROOKLYN in passing by the doors of the fine
building of the Young Mems Christian Associa-
tisn nowadays see displayed upon either side
OF the door placards with the words prlnted
upon them in large letters Of Baseball returns
inside" r.
Friends of man elected to the Legis-
lature from Louisville hired a band to serenadJ
him. The musicians went to his house ant
played for four hours. Nobody appeared, and
the players began to get tired. About that
time a neighbor came out Of his house and IN
formed the crowd that the man who was being
serenaded had moved out OF the house the DAY
before, and lived several blocks away.
Among the guests at downtown hotel
in San Francisco last week was Countess Mario
Edie Won. Ameline, who arrived on the Belgic
from India The Countess has been travelling
for the past three years and has been amusing
herself by hunting tigers and other large game.
in the jungies of India. The Countess is but
35 years of age, is worth million or more, and
carries with her diamonds and jewels OF great
price.
A Georgia paper is responsible for the
following: A negro died near Alapaha last
week of a rather mysterious ailment His case
excited some suspicion, and the Coroner or
dered an inquest at which an autopsy was made
by DR.. Smart In the negro's stomach the doctor
found live rattlesnake with nine rattles a and
button. Just as they were about 10 bury the
negro. smoothing was discovered moving about
under the skin of the heshy part OF the left
arm An incision there with the doctors
scaIpel revealed a live scorpin crawling around
between the flesh and the skin.
AT the Lancaster, (O.) campmeeting
the other day Jennie Smith related her expert
ence to a very large congregation. She was
born at Vienna, Clark county, Ohio. She
ioiped the church when a child. In 1857 she
was taken sick with typhoid fever, which re-
suited in spinal disease. During her first
months. During her second sickness
she did not walk for Is months, and
during her last sickness she did not walk a
step for l6 years. She was taken from place to
place for treatment, and tried all known RENE
dies without avail. At the time Of her miracu-
lous cure she was in the homeopathic Hospi-
tai at Philadelphia for treatment Her physi-
clan there could do nothing for her. He was .
Christian man, and while having prayer with
her on the 23d of April, 1873, she wss healed BY
time of her healing she weighed 20 pounds.
She now weighs l53 pounds.