Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS


"A rattlesnaks invaded the Dayton,
New, schooIhouss last Friday afternoon and
was killed
The new Freshman class At Princston
is the largest that ever entered that college. Il
numbers 200.
-Lenawee county, Mich, Is at present
paying out something like sl2 day in bounties
"A farmer in franklin county, Vt,
picked a second crop Of field strawberries and
faspDerrles the nrst Of last week.
There are so paper towns in Southern
California, comprising 70. $50 tqvn lots, and the
whole 10 have only Us inhabitanrs
The Government drv dock. lust opened
at the navy yard in Norfolk, Va, u $50 feet
over AL, and viii hold 100000 gallons Of water.
1t has cost over $500, 600.
The Mayor Of Litchfeld, Ill. was re-
lieved Of bis cash and valuabIes the other day
By q lone highwayman in the presence Of six
policemen. The robber escaped.
Charles Lambezeden, Milwaukes Ia
borer. kept his little fortune Of $1,000 in .
stocking. The other day when he went TO look
for it both stocking and money were gone
Woodbridge Clifford, the postmaster ss
North Edgecomb. Me-, was appointed under
Postmaster General Amos Kendall October 4
io5y. and has held the ofice ever since thar
date.
-Bagdad, on the Arizona and Pacific
road, is said to be the hottest station on the
road The Thermometer has stood at 1902 IN
the dining room and 1850 at midnight on the
coolest side Of the depot.
Lieutenant Schwatka estimates the
number OF living cliff-dwellsrs he has discovered
IN southern chihuahua at from 5000 to 1900
IN dney are wild and shy, and upon the approach
OF "nite people nee to their caves In alarm
The giant diamond lately discovered in
Cape Colony, and now at the Paris Exposition.
weighs 100 carats. and is valued At q. 100000 Il
monds.
"A bill making it illegal for anyone to
let or sell houses unless q certificate furnished
by Government Inspector Is produced. show
ing that the premises are In perfectly sani-
tary condition. is to be introduced In the Brit
ish House Of Commons.
One Of the most remarkable old ladies
in Cobb county, Ga, is Mrs. Olive Handy She
Is now 70 years old. and the mother Of nine
children, six Of whom are living. she has 66
grandchildren. and can reach all Of them in two
hours ride, except two who reside in Arkansas.
She can tell the age and name OF every child
and grandchild, giving dates with perfect
clearness.
While French girl was playing With
a rope about her neck the other afternoon in .
Lake Village IN. HI tenement house, the
building was Is struck By LIGHTNING. and. as the
trio current, but the child escaped uninjured.
A month ago, 1t is added, the same girl was
struck and thrown into ditch BY the locomo-
tive Of an express train. but was not hurt.
"A Buffalo carpenter committed suicide
last week and left letter alleging a. his rea-
son for the act that. having been engaged IN
the carpenter trade for many years, he had de-
cided upon doing something higher and better.
The Bible, he continued. says that In my
Fathers house are many mansions, and some
Of them must need repairing. 30 having been
= good carpenter on earth he guessed he could
get along IN heaven He then shot himself.
-Disproportionable with n letters,
Is said to be the longest English word Other
languages furnish numerous examples Of
longer ones. For instance: One Of the villages
In the north Of Wales Is called L1lantairpwfl-
yngllgogerpwllandypilw On the isis Of
Null. In ArgylishIre, there is q place eas d
Drymtaidhorickh hillichatran- The two longest
b Observation-Disclosures
and Constantinopoli-
a n NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. fergesellschaftsvereln-
nacher.
"A discovery referring to the iron age
mas been made at GIoppen, on the coast Of
Norway. A burial chamber, II feet in length
Ind formed OF stone slabs. has been uncovered,
the remains Of man. Around the
neck of the body was . cloak in perfect state
1f preservation which revealed wonderfully
-fch embroidery Of images Of animals In the
hands had been placed three fnterlaced wooden
1ngs. resembling the welI-known puzzle rings,
N object never before discovered in ancient
raves The discovery has given Norwegian
rcheologists much food for Speculation
Tuesday, as DR.. f. s. Chapman and r.
\ Lewter. of Orlando. Fla. were driving about
wo miles east of the town, they noticed q
arge rattlesnake lying At the mouth OF
,opher hole. Mr.. Lewter jumped down from
he buggy and fired The smoke from his gun
lad no more than cleared away when 10 to 20
mall snakes. anywhere from II to 20 inches
ong, came out Of the gopher hole and grabbed
lold Of the old snake and dragged her back
makes tail. but the rattles broke on letting
Ter free. he then aimed his gun into the hole
nd fred both barrels. He then obtained
be hole, and succeeded in pulling out 10 dead
mall snakes. besides the large one he first
red at.
Mrs. Cheek. daughter Of one Of the
arIiest missionaries to Siam, recently returned
o San Francisco. Speaking Of the people Of
aos, in the northern part Of the country. she
aid: Wages Of common 1aborers range from
to 81 per month. It is dangerous TO know
DO much in Laos. Skilled mechanical works
one by men drafted by the Governments or by
risoners. These drafted men get very little
,r their services, and perhaps receive 10
npees for years labor. The form Of religion
onsists principally in worshiping spirits.
aos people believe shat different families have
ifferent spirits which watch over their safety.
nee year spirit dances are held but only
omen participate in them. The dance is kept
p all day, and as the women drink heavily
ieir movements toward nightfall are rather
roggy.' All missionary work in Laos has been
one by Presbyterians-