Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-23
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

An Arcata, CaL, man, aged %, leu "
the altar last week blushing bride Of 5h
"A Chicago man and his wife. who had
lost their home by fire, walked all the way 70
Milwaukee, where they obtained situations
Recently compiled statistics show that
during the last ten years to every 40 marriages
performed in New Jersey there has been one
divorce.
"A duck belonging to Rockland, Ne,
man was frozen into pond the other night
and was found in the morning with lust her
head out of ths ice. The ice was broken and the
duck freed, apparently none the worse for her
night out.
in 1912 what is now known as ssinhu-
enza" was known then as '"Tylsrs grip.s Tyler
was President Of the United States and inst
after he vetoed the United States bank biIlD
this epidemic swept over the country and was
called 'Tyler's grip"
One day last week Taylor Hedges, who
lives near CIaysVilIe, in Harrison county. Ga,
was tying q shock Of fodder with a grapevine.
when the vine snapped in twain and the pieca
he held in his hand penetrated his eye COM
pletely destroying the organ. His physician
fears Hedges viii die.
Moses Harris, of ChaTette Post, @. A.
R. of Warrensburg, N. Y, is supposed to b
the oldest Grand Army man in the State. Har-
ris viii be "a years old this coming Christmas
seen years
four wars-Black Hawk, Seminole, Mexican,
and the War Of the Rebellion.
-Hezekiah Look, wealthy stockman Of
Portland, Ore. was married to Miss Nettis
McLarty at Columbus Wis, few days ago.
Miss McLarty is the last of q large family, her
parents and sisters having all died and left her
lonely. Mr.. Look first saw or heard Of her one
week ago. He Is . widower with SIX grown
children
"A report comes from the lumber regions
at Portage Lake, Me-, thata huge panther came
out in clearing and walked around some men
who were yarding logs. The men we're much
terrified, but kept perfectly quiet, and she beast
disappeared without doing them any harm Il
is very rarely now, it is said, that these animals
are seen in Maine.
1t does not pay to fool with the Arizona
journalist. The Tempe NetCs had delinquent
advertiser. The editor man took cut the ad
and replaced it by the following: ''This space
was taken by -. He owes 81 for IL, and
won't pay. Look out for him." The adver-
tiser got mad and obtained an injunction re-
straining the publication, but 3 judge dis
solved the injunction.
journalism is looking up in China.
There are now three newspapers published in
that country, and there is a prospect that an
other one viii soon be started. The prospect
ors are waiting until they can find out whether
it will be a long-felt want In ChinA. by the
way, if paper publishes an untrue statement
about any one, not only are the editors pun
1shed, but all the readers as well.
Near Healdsburg, CAL, is a redwood
tree "a feet in diameter within the hollow Of
which squatter and his family have taken up
their abode, A few days ago hunter was at
traeted to the spot by the sound OF voices. To
close the opening in the tree rude door had
been constructed Of deerskins. Inside the
tree benches and tables had been constructed
Of redwood bark fastened together by wooden
pins.
AT Henderson, KY, the other day
countryman entered the drugstore Of Charles
F. Kleiderer and called for some article, giving
in exchange piece of money which the pro-
prietor of the store at the time supposed to be
a 25 cent piece. On taking his cash out Of the
drawer he was struck with the oddity Of the
coin. An application Of soap and water re-
Vealed beautiful Roman gold coin bearing
the date Of 1058.
Mr.. G. W. Young. one Of the principal
merchants Of Juneau, Alaska, was in Portland
Ore, the other day Among other goods. he
ordered score or so Of collins, assorted sizes
and of the most expensive description. He says
the Indians in that section can have nothing
too rich and elegant IN the coffin line. The
finest plush for covering and silver handles and
studs thick bespangled over the coffin are what
they want and will have if they put up their
last dollar.
"A teacher in one of the Cincinnati
schools made strange mistake the other day.
Her clock in some manner went wrong, and
while all the scholars in the other school
rooms were dismissed for dinner she kept on
teaching, entirely ignorant of time or anything
else. She had charge Of lot of little folks,
ers appeared at the scboolroom door rhaf ahs
discovered anything wrong. Then she learned
that instead of 1t being II o'clock, as she sup
posed, it was in reality almost o'clock.
AT Long Branch, Asbury Park and
Ocean Grove layers of mari run far ont into
the ocean One Of the beds contains many
pieces Of petrified wood, fossil teeth and casts
from clam shells. After all heavy stoIms the
fossils are thrown upon the beach. Within the
last two months several remarkably nne fossil
shark teeth have been found. Une of them is
perfect, more than four inches long and weighs
q half q pound. Several fine specimens OF
fossil teeth of the mailed sturgeon and the
devil fish have been secured BY curiosity hum
ters.
"A novel idea has been suggested as a
solution Of a difficulty which has beset Con-
gress for some time, in the matter of securing
reading clerks with penetrating voices that can
be heard above the buzz and bubble Of an ex-
citing session. It is TO employ lady readers. 1t
is stared in advocacy Of this plan that the quail
ity Of their voices to meet this need is shown in
the practical experience Of persons using tele-
phones, in which their voices, pitched in high
KEY can be heard distinctively while the great
gruff;Toice of man rumbles into the ear Of the
listener sitter mass Of confusion Of sound.
Since 1882 there have graduated from
the Royal Naval College at Greenwich, En-
gland, six bright young Americans who have
returned to this country to undertake the great
problems In naval architecture that may come
up in connection with the designing, building
and remOdeling Of Government and merchant
vessels. Five Of these young men were edu-
,ated abroad at the expense Of the Govern
ment and are now in its service working out
problems pertaining to the navy. The sixth
vent to Greenwich on his own account He is
now in business on his own hook, and bids fair
10 be as successful as the Others
A mystery ofthe Arctic regions may be
,Ieared mp next year. il the season Is open.
This mystery is; Where do the whales 20 when
ce begins to set in along the Alaskan coasEH
Nhalemen know they 90 eastward, and it Is
imposed they congregate about the mouth OF
he great Mackenzie river, but this and the re-
,iOn 70 the northeast Of the rivers mouth are
practically unknown territory The Pacific
steam Whaling Company, Of San Francisco,
las Just purchased strong steamer, which will
)e sent to the Arctic next spring with orders to
)ush through TO the mouth Of the Mackenzie.
The reason for this Is, that whalebone Is rising
n price, and this seasons catch showed that
he whales are rapidly decreasing In their usual
eeding grounds
THE LAUGHING PHILOSOPHERS.