Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-22
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.
of the 1873 members of the Illinois Leg
islature, l2S were born outside the State.


of the 1873 members of the Illinois Leg
islature, 12S were born outside the State.
"A little boy living in Rondout, N. T.,
was attacked with severe cold last week,
which brought on fever, and he was booked
by the family physician for long illness. His
thirst, however, gave him craving for oranges,
and his mother INDUCED his appetite tll ne
had swallowed four very large ones line next
morning the fever was gone and the little lei,
spirits This was three days ago. The cold re-
mains, but the fever has not returned.
There is little yellow bee in Honduras
that is very much like the little yellow flies
found about corn silks The bees are without
stings, and the most industrious little insects
imaginable. They build in hollows in trees and
Wherever they can find lodgment, aEd tney
gather double handful of honey OF delicious
Hayor f.s IN these nests Of rough comb. SO plenu-
tul are they that person can take hatchee
ana cut into the knot hole in the trees and
soon collect all the honey he wants towithout
the danger OF being srung by the bees.
"A party of hunters while skirmishing
around Green Pond, on Anastasia Island, Fla,
recently for rabbit ran into a nest of rattle
snakes. There were three big snakes in a
bunch, measuring from to 81 feet in length.
There was lively shooting for a few minutes,
and when the battle was over the stencil was so
strong that the visitors had to retire from the
field after securing the rattles. Strange to say
the largest snake had the smallest rattle, q
mere stub, while the rattles from one of the
others number 10 and button.
There are two ways of splitting piece
of paper. One is to lay the sheet of paper on .
piece of glass, soak it thoroughly with water
and then press it smoothly all over the glass.
With little care the under half of the sheet
can be pealed off, leaving the upper half on
the glass. Let this dry and it will come of the
hs second IS
one, but it requires some good practice. Paste
apiece of cloth or strong paper on each side OF
the sheet to be split When it is thoroughly
dried pull the two pieces Of cloth apart sud-
denly and violently. The paste can then be
softened with water and the two halves Of the
sheet easily taken off the cloths.
-Farmington, Me-, has an unnatural
curiosity in the line of stinginess. A young
lady went into dentists Office few days ago
and had her teeth examined. The doctor re-
ported them badly decayed, but said that with
quite a sum of money he could put them in
good shape. The young lady departed, saying
she would report to her husband and call again
in few days. She did so, and on her second
call she was accompanied by her father, the
would pay the bill. Thinking the dentist
might wonder why he was paying the bill the
father explained that the husband had said his
wife's teeth decayed before he married her and
he was not going to pay for fixing them up; her
father ought to do it.
Solomon England, of Pocahontas coun-
ty West Virginia, went hunting for bear one
day last week. He came upon one rather sud-
denly in a narrow mountain pathway, and there
was mutual surprise from which bruin recov-
cred first. Bruin made for the hunter, and the
hunter dropped his gun, made for a sapling
which he climbed just in time to escape having
hN1rre rfr4err aN0n rfNh hAar hn0
guard for several hours, and England, becom-
ing afraid that would be an al-night job, began
yelling for a friend who started out on the hunt
with him who finally heard the calls for assist
ance. He dispatched bruin with TWO or three
balls from his Winchester, and England slid
down off the tree. The bear weighed $50
pounds.
Last week st. John Indian named
Solomon Paul, who lives on Indian Islands,
Me-, startled his neighbors by rushing in among
them as though 10000 demons were pursuing
MIN. According to his story he was sitting
alone eating his supper, as usual, when the
door was suddenly swung open with bang, and
simultaneously with it he heard the most awful
hubbub in the room overhead and on the stairs.
as though ton of chains were being hurled in
every direction. AsSoon as he could collect his
scattered senses from the awful fright he made
a mad rssh for the open air. and couldn't be in
duced to enter the house again till some Of his
friends volunteered to stay with him. He has
no idea what it was that caused it. and his
nerves are very much shattered over it.
"A new scheme of card kilograms is
being tried in Hungary for use in districts
having postoffice, but without a telegraphic
service Cards are sold at the postofice at the
price of IS kreutzer for five words, excess to be
paid for by additional postage stamps to be
affixed at the corner. The telegram can be put
in any letter box, and is forwarded to the near
est telegraph office, and from there it is dis
patched without further delay or charge. IL is
not generally known to the public as it
might be that in England kilograms can be
posted at any pillar box, and will be sent on
from the nearest telegraph office. Some such
scheme of special forms for this purpose, in
the shape of card kilograms, might render this
of greater practical utility, and the example OF
Hungary is worthy of the attention of the post
office authorities.
An old man living up in the mountains
near Ellijay, Ga, has had his wife's grave sur
rounded by several lightning rods. While the
old lady was living. lightning struck the old
man 80 often that he dreaded to think of even
his wife's body being struck, so he bought the
rods He's got 95 of his dead wife's dresses
and S5 pairs of her shoes piled up in the house,
and he wouldn't sell them for anything. He is
queer customer He's got hat for every
day in the week, and the last one of them is out
of style. He wears beaver on Sunday white
hat on Monday, slouch hat on Tuesday, a
faded derby on Wednesday, an old brown wool
hat on Thursday, an old-fashioned white derby
on Friday and coon skin cap on Saturday. He
has 40 pairs of boots, and he Is buying new ones
every week or so. Another curious thing about
the old man is that he has mania for pocket
knives and has l25 of them, and is still adding
to his collection He's farmer, and every few
days he brings load of extra fine potatoes to
sell. He Won't accept any kind of money for
them unless it's silver or gold. He wants hard
money and will take no other kind for his po.
tatoes He recently married l6year-old girl,
though he's so himself.