Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-26
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

"A former teacher Of Latin in one OF the
high schools in Indiana il now driving dlrt
cart In Wichita
Mrs. Bert Hector. Of Macon county.
M, the mother Of L children, gave birth the
otner day to 10 pound boy
IN. 2. Mccrillis, Of Dexter, Ne, paid
up the dues on his life Insurance. just IN time
70 prevent its expiring and expired himself an
-Twenty-two pumpkins growing on one
vine. and nearly AL Of them as large as q half
bushel measure. was a sight lately seen on .
farm in Cherokee county. ca.
Several skeletons recently unearthed on
Water street, New Bedford, Mass are be-
lieyed to be those Of English soldiers who died
from injuries received in 4 fight with John Paul
Jones In the Revolutionary War
Troy, N. Y, and Kansas City. Mo-. are
both suffering from fnyasions Of dsas. The
janitor Of school in Troy declares that MIL
hsadquartsrs and that he swept ~ tnem 81 sni,z ~
pailfuls.
When Mrs. Hastings. of Carlisle, n.
T., passed over the dark river her husband had
an epitah all ready for her monument. A
portion Of It reads .She never borrowed one
single thing from her neighbor during her 81
years Of welded Iife.1
"A very curious collection Of ladies'
garters is kept as the Hohsnzollsrn Museum at
5eriin Whenever there is q wedding IN the
SILK garters. with the initials Of the newly
l'Afrled princess. are distributed amo9g frisnda
-On Rice street, st. Paul, lives an old
iady named French She is nearly so years old
ana totally blind. and has been SO for the past 40
years Yet such remarkable memory has sns
and 20 wei versed on the Bible that she h
apls - .h % quote whole chapters from any part
A kind stranger helped George Ohlin-
ger, OF Aureljus. Mich, to board q train at Ian
sing the other evening. and was thanked for H.
but no stranger viii ever attempt to De 50 kind
again and escape wfthous scars, for this one
picked Nh 0hlinRer's pocket Of s. in cash
some railroad tickets. and 4 check for el16
"A Brooklyn saloonkeeper named Koer-
ner. few days ago gave two beers to seedv
looking and jmpecunious individual for the
mercantile equivalent Of lottery ticket Mr..
board until Saturday. when he learned that the
ticket vas - winner and big one at that
being worth exactly 5000
If the most useful man is the happiest
man. gentleman In Steep Falls Ne. muss
enjoy supreme bliss. Besides keeping : esn-
eral store In which he supplies the villagers
with everything from salsratus 70 gum. from
stockings, he is also the village barber, sexton
and grayestons manufactor and keeps livery
stable.
Ben Williams, Of Lansing. Mioh., has
novel way Of Kidding his facs Of whisksrs.
Every Sunday morning for the past q years he
has sat down before the glass and pulled the
hair ont Of the lower part Of his face with
anything at nrst, but he don't mind It bit
now. He Is 20 years old, and Is loaded with
nerve and grit.
Probably the most valuable parrot in
Atlanta is one owned By W. W. Dunlap. con-
ductor on the West Point Railroad It is
worth 800. Mr.. Dunlap has been offered that
price for his bird, but refused to tals &c. The
talker When you go about him he arst re-
CARDS you critically, cocks his head to one side,
winks one ere at you slyly. and says: sPm
800 bird" Mr.. Dunlap paid $40 for his parrot,
and taught II to talk.
II. O Wheatly. employed in an asylum
at Milledgsvil1e, Ga. has a wonderful dog. He
sends him on errands to any one about the IN
stitution, or TO slmost any place, the dog hay
ing learned the places by name. and obeying
every instruction. He can count and SPELL and
invariably. before retiring for the night. knsels
, Dy sns s'oe 2, M heaI.ys & oeo % ana says MS
side. placed as an angle Of 30 degrees, and per-
forms number Of tricks that require more
mental strength than is usually found In the
canine family.
"A remarkable passenger who arrived in
Las Vegas, N. a., the other night was little
boy named Manuel Brazil, years old. who
came alone from the Azores Islands. OF the
coast OF Portugal, % meet his uncle, N. 8.
Brazil, catfleman who lives near Fort sum-
ner. and with whom be win hereafter make his
home. The little fellow landed IN Boston. and
from there went across the continent to Sacra-
mento, Cal. and from Sacramento to Las
Vegas. It was . wonderful trip tor child Of
his years alone and unable to speak English to
make, but he got through In good order.
"a Belleville, Mich, paper says: "a
large. black animal, about the size Of . year
ling calf, with eyes as large as teacups and
shining like Goals Of fire, has been soaring the
life out Of some of the citizens north Of that
place. In one instance young man was going
to the barn to put out his horse when the AMI
NAL attacked him. but he succeeded In hitting
IL smart blow with the whip and the beast
started for the woods. leaping over fire-board
fence as easily as man would a small ditch"
It is further stated that every one who has seen
the "odjious objeok' is q temperance man
For the last 10 or 20 years travellers have
occasionally brought specimens Of very re-
amber from some locality in South
ern Mexico. The only Information gained con-
corning it is that it is brought to the coast by
natives who say that it occurs in the interior %
plentifully that It is used by them In making
fires The color OF this amber is rich golden
yellow, and when viewso in different positions
it exhibits wonderful duorescence, similar TO
that Of uranine, which 1t also resembles In
color. A recent specimen is even more beauti-
full than the famous so-called opalescent or
green amber found In Catania, Sicily This
material would be extremely valuable for use
In the arts. It is believed that an expedition
has started for the locality where it Is found in
the interior.
Miss Ada Koch, the daughter Of ex-
Mayor Koch. Of Shamokin, Pa felt . tuitch-
ing Of her right jawbone recently while visiting
an aunt in Reading. She entered q bedroom,
by her cousin, Kate Schultz and
while standing before q mirror smiled At
humorous remark When she caught the re-
Election Of this smile IN the glass she almost
sank to the floor. She Deheld q grfnning
image. with the right side of its face twisted
out Of shape. The grotesque and weird ex-
preston caused Miss Schultz to shrek with
alarm. Miss Koch called on DR.. Reese, an en-
inent physician. who said thar her trouble was
probably paralysis OF the facial nerve, but was
not sure. Miss Koch's face in reposs Is bean
full but now when she smiles its expression ID
hideous.