Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-25
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

George Petrie, while cutting peat on the
island of Burray, Orkney, found some curious
and valuable silver coins and ornaments There
were % armlets and bangles, and u neck rings
Of silver wire, rope pattern. The coins are Of
the eleventh century.
An Orlando, Fla, policeman had q
novel and exciting experiences Thursday. He
opened fire on stray dog on the street, wound
ing It at first hra. This 80 incenSed another
and he had to do some very lively moving 70 ss-
cape from it
"A. j. johnson, of Amsricus, Ca, has
one of the Oldest $40 bills afoat. The bill is on
the Mississippi Railroad Company, and bears
date Of June g. 1883. and is, therefore. ALMOST 80
years old, bearing interest at per cent II the
mississippi Railroad Company Is as wei pre-
served as their note is. they can pay on de-
rnand.
"A gentleman from Jackson county,
Georgia, says that he has saddle horse thas
mas more sense than the average school boy.
He can ride his horse up to his front gate,
mitch him to post and go into the front porch,
and by command make the horse unbuekle the
saddle and shake it OF, slip the bride. open
the lot gate with his nose, 90 into the stable
and close the door.
The London Society for the Prevention
Of Cruelty to Animals directed its officers to
observe the 'thoughtlessness, heedlessness. or
cruelty of coachmen who keep their horses
checked while waiting outside Of theaters and
public places, At the last drawing room the
quarter, and out Of go coacnmen % only had
loosened the check rein.
Some Maine lumbermeu. who were
annoyed by bear stealing their molasses out
Of the camp storeroom, recently put ND Job
on Bruin. They got an empty molasses keg,
filled the sides Of it full of sharp pointed nails
inclined toward the bottom, poured a little
molasses into It, and set the whole arrangements
out in the bushes The next morning 1t was
found some distance from the camp. The bear
was inside and couldn't escape.
1t may not be true story, but it comes
from the West by the way of Boston, and is to
the effect that Western mother thus wrote to
her daughters teacher: II do not desire that
Matte shall ingage in grammar as prefer her
to ingage in more yousful studies and can learn
her to speak and write proper myself / have
went through two grammars and can't say as
they did me no good-I prefer Matte to ingage
in German and drawing and vokal music on the
piano"
"A young lady of Schley county. Ca,
had . pet hen, and on April 30 the hen disaD-
peared. She thought the hen had been stolen
BY some prowling negro and got bravely over
her loss. On May ID she was feeding her other
chickens, when She heard a huttering among
some lumber that was piled in the yard. She
pulled it down and found her pet, still alive but
nearly starved to death. She fed her carefully
and in few hours she was as lively as ever,
and cackled as loud as the rest Of the old hens.
The improved manufacture of rust
proof paper, for wrapping metallic articles LA
Bile to become tarnished. consists in incorpora-
ting with the paper or applying to Its surface
fine metallic powder in such a manner chat it
will adhere. By this means, when silver. cop
per, brass or iron articles are wrapped in the
paper, they are preserved from rusting OF tarn-
ishing BY reason of the greater affinity Of the
Zinc for sulphureted hydrogen, chloride or acid
gases or vapors, and preventing them from in
jurfng articles Of such materials.
Prof Hartley, of London, has been
trying to find out why the sky is blue. His ex-
periments show that the color arises from the
action of ozone upon the rays Of light. The re-
suits of his examination of ozonized air 20 to
prove that it Ii impossible for rays of light to
pass through so little as five miles of air with
out the rays being colored sky-blue by the
% ozone commonly present and and that the blue Of
tances up to 30 or 90 miles must be almost
entirely the bueness Of ozone In the air." In his
laboratory experiments he observed that the
tube only two feet in length is $500, 900 milli-
grammes In each square centimetre Of sectional
area In the tube.
"A duel in railway station is q novel
experience, but two men who arrived in Paris
some days ago from Versailles, and had fallen
out during the trip, treated their fellow pas
sengers to such spectacle on alighting from
the train. Each happened to be provided with a
sword-umbrella, and, after hot alteration in
the waiting room. they proceeded to the big
position, and began to lunge at each other with
all the energy Of which they were capable. Thel
looked on for few moments in
utter bewilderment: but soon, a large crowSs
having collected, steps we're taken to separate
the beligerents. The task was effected with no
little difficulty, as the combatants had thor
oughly warmed to their work, and each had
received slight wounds.
The new translucent substance intended
as substitute for glass has been satisfac-
torily adopted in some Of the public buildings
Of London, and various advantages are claimed
for It, among these being such degree Of pill
sncy that it may be bent backward and forward
like leather, and De subjected to very consider
able tensile strain with impunity; it Is also
almost as translucent as glass and Of . pleas
ing amber color, varying in shade from very
light golden to pale brown. The basis Of the
material Is . web Of fine iron wire, with warp
this being inclosed. like fly in amber, in
sheet OF translucent varnish, Of which the base
Is linseed oil. There is no resin or gum in the
varnish, and, once having become dry, it is
capable Of standing heat and damp without un-
becoming sticky. Briefly, the manufacture Is
accomplished by dipping the sheets edgewise
into deep tanks OF varnish, and then allowing
the coating which they thus receive to dry In a
warm Atmosphere. It requires somewhat more
than dozen Of these dips to bring these sheets
to the required degree Of thickness and when
this has been accomplished, the material is