Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-24
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

Gently washed ashore on the coast OF Mayo.
"A North Atchison woman poisoned
seven skunks in two weeks and attended to her
domestic duties besides.
-One Ep iscopal Church in San Fran
cisco is said to have a membership Of SO. 900.
900, and yet the missionary fund Of the diocese
is in debt nearly 5000
"A thief stole pair Of shoes from DO.
liceman at SedaIia. No.. the other night. and
thief was untying them.
One hundred and sixty-sevsn bears
have been killed IN Maine during the wear. The
State has paid out sSS5. or s. per head bounty.
over LOCO viii be paid as bounty for killing
crows
Situated on the farm Of Scott West. In
the town Of Fayetts, Me-. are two living springs
only few rods apart, but on opposite slopes 81
awatorshed, Rills running in differeut dfree-
tions from these respective Springs traverse
each distance Of more than fifty miles before
they finally reach the same destination.
John McCloskey. Of San Antonio, Tex,
had been mourned as dead for nine years. The
other nighta bearded stranger appeared at the
home of Mrs. McCIoskey. She became very
indignant when he took her in his arms It
was her husband. He had been in the West
and made great deal Of money.
lin Vienna practical philanthropy takes
the shape OF cheap eating houses for poor peo-
pie There are ten cooking kitchens through.
out the city that feed an average Of 1000 people
eacn ,a and every day: The average cost Of
dinner is cents, and Of supper. 4 cents, both
meals comprising about the varieties the com
mon eating houses furnish.
II. E. Bradley, Of Northborne, No., Of
fered SS5 sewing machine for the best twelve
ears OF corn that were brought to him between
December and Is The corn was weighed, and
MI. Eli Circles. of Carroll county, won the ma
chine; his twelve ears weighing eighteen pounds
and eleven ounces. 1t was pronounced the best
corn ever raised in the county.
William g. Burroughs, a Young 81.
Louisan, who ten years ago did not know that
he had mechanical genius enough to use a file.
has perfected in a strong, durable. compacs
machine OF 2.165 pieces, an adjunct to the count
ing house that is already in successful opera
uon In 30 banks. It is an adding machine,
which is said to work more rapidly and more
correctly than the most expert accountant.
There are many people alive yet who
want something for nothing About so OF
them live in Sioux City. A man named R A.
Sears. Of Minneapolis. sent out offers to give
three pieces Of elegantly upholstered parlor
furniture as an advertisement to all who would
send W cents to pay boxing. Many sent the
money and got three cute little iron toys with
plush seats and pretty finish. The recipients
for.
"A young man in Bowdoinham, Me-, re-
Gently set a box trap beside brook for the
purpose of catching mink he had seen in the
vicinity many times. He bsited the spindle Of
the trap with meat. Soon after he had set the
trap heavy rain set in, which caused the brook
to rise over the ground where the trap was
placed. After the water had subsidized some
q a nr1ff frsI 1rof4, -.
it was still where he had set it, but it was
sprung. Thinking he had caught the mink he
carefully peeked in, but instead Of mink he
found trout about IA inches long.
The school board of Prairie township.
says Columbus, O., special have taken steps
to remove . lady teacher for teaching in a
practical way the effects Of alcohol on the hu-
man system A recent act Of the Legislature
added this study" with a series of nav and
costly books, 70 the common school course,
and the lady teacher interpreted it literally
Consequently she procured q quantity Of
alcohol and compelled her pupils to taste It
and poured it on their bare arms, 70 give them
some practical lessons Of its effects. The
effects were 50 striking that the parents raised
a row and the practical teacher will lose her
situation.
The members of the Baltimore Society
Of Amateur Astronomers have received a dis
patch from Prof. Ritchie, at the Harvard OBJ
serVatory. change in the crater Pliny of the
moon. This remnant Of q volcano is one Of the
many crags and peaks distinguishable through
an opera glass. field glass OF telescope. The
entire surface Of the moon is broken up by
walled plains, in the center Of each Of which
rises straight mound. Crater Pliny is one Of
the best known Of these, and is in the north
western quadrant Of the moon, A BaltImore
astronomer said that he Thought that q mistake
had been made in regard to the discovery, as
IN he nd
change can take place on its surface. He said
that 1t was possible that the Professor, who
thought he had made discovery, had been
misled by the different prominences on the
surface being Illuminated at different angles,
and thus presenting different aspect.
For the last 10 years Mrs. Charles v.
Worthington, Of Evansville, Ind, has been
partially deaf. and suffered great deal from
liberation in her left ear. During the time Of
the trouble she has placed herself under the
of a number of physicians, and al
though they did much to alleviate the pain,
their efforts were OF productive Of satisfactory
results. Last week she placed herself under
the care Of DR.. F. s. Compton, who discovered
the cause OF her trouble. It was large mos
quito, which must have been in the ear for
nearly Is years. The insect had lodged in the
membrane Of the drum Of the ear causing an
liberation which has never healed MP entirely
within thar time. When the physician re-
perienced almost immediate relief, and or
dlnary sounds, which heretofore she was un-
able to hear at all, were distinctly audible.
The physician is now Of the opinion that in
course Of time Mrs. WortbingtOn's hearing
will not only be perfect, but the liberation and
irritation caused by the presence Of the insect
n SO tender part as the ear, will entirely dis
appear.
AT Batesville, Ark, a recent shooting
lffray brought into notice a woman known as
'Sorrel Sue" She always appeared in public
.iding sorTel horse. It was believed she be-
onged to gang who stole horses. A surgeon,
Who was summoned to attend one Of her ad-
nirers who had been wounded in the row mis-
ook his way and wandered to Sues cabin. Be
ore he could be hustled out he saw certain
hings which aroused his suspicious. These he
'eported to Sheriff Simcoe, VINO. with a posse,
managed to surround the den Of the horse
hieves, capturing Sue and two Of her gang.
de found that Sue had applied the means Of
bleaching her own hair to that Of the horses.
When the posse entered they found horse en-
Teloped In jacket made out Of rubber coats,
,eing treated to q sulphur Vapor bath. The
appliances were very ingenious. and worked
cry well. A black or bay horse would be stolen
nd run into the bleachery. After Its color was
hanged and its tail and name trimmed, the dis
;uise' became SO pronounced that without any
,reat risk the animal could be taken in daylight
through the very district from which It had
been stolen. 1t was Sues business to not only
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