Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-19
CURIOUS COEDEEsATIOES.

"A New York school teacher compehed
, boy who was too wide awake 20 be real good
to write tie word Chicago" 100 times as =
punishment
Farmer Hudson, Of TempletOn, San
Luis Obispo county, Cal, pulled beet the
other day that weighed 154 pounds Il was
seven feet long.
George 7. Prather, of Hood River, Ore,
one day last week, in going to his cellar, found
sack Of potatoes missing, but on close exam
ination found burned match and a SIS green
back on the floor. 1t was evident that the
thief. In shouldering the potatoes had dropped
the greenbaek out of his pocket and had noe
missed It.
AN important discovery of copper ore
has been made on the farm Of W. G. Stewart,
about three miles from Dubuque Miners were
looking for lead and struck a rich vein of COP
per about so feet below the surface. An analysis
Of the ore submitted shows at least 20 per cent
Of pure ore. Indications are that there Is an
immense quantity of the ore.
"A Paris paper recently offered an emf
nent Frenchman s., 900 for his autobiography.
He accepted this offer. and, after getting 4
check for the amount, sent on his biography,
in 1889, and since that time can recall nothing
Of any account, except that have not been
killed in any Of the uprisings."
Orders have been issued at the New
Brunswick, N. j., public schools that the pupils
must not give their teachers any Christmas
presents this year. The reason given for the
order Is that ''there are often dissatsfactious
and disputes among the classes as to what
present shall be given and to which of the
instructors the presentation shall be made"
"A Gardiner, Me-, merchant, in search
for something new and striking for his show
windows, hit upon the idea of a wedding cere-
mony, and so offered handsome chamber set
to any couple who would take the parts. A
young man from South Gardiner and his sweet
heart are said to have accepted the offer, and
the show is advertised to come OF the evening
before Christmas.
For an all around mean man Obey Grif-
I'm, of Allapaha. Ga, certainly takes the cake
A few months ago his wife, q most essimable
lady, died, and, after disposing of all other
matters satisfactorily, he took trunkful Of
her clothing out on the street and auctiOneered
It on piece by piece TO the street loungers and
to women who were willing to get bargains
under such circumstances.
AN Englishman who came to this eoun-
try 30 years ago. leaving wife at home, to
whom he soon after ceased writing, was amazed
Sunday at his boarding house in Cohoes. N. Y,
BY coming face to face with her. They eyed
each other for moment and then embraced.
She had been searching for years for him,
going from town 70 town all over the country.
he Is weaver, and went to CohOes from
Philadelphia.
There was a very rare and beautiful
sight In the eastern heavens presented to
Thomasville, Ga, people returning from church
Sunday night. The moon had arisen about
half way up to the zenith, and was shining
brilliantly through q great expanse of the kind
cumulus. The cloud was a very thin one and
the light coming down through it produced .
magnifcenty perfect rainbow.
George N. Evans, of Springfield, ILL.,,
who has for years been working at his trade a.
a carpenter, has been notified by William q.
Tallmage, an attorney at Washington, D. c.,
that he is one Of six heirs to S2,OOOOOO, which
was deposited in the Bank Of England By his
greatErandfather for his heirs, most Of whom
lost sight of. Evans has been sought for for
years By executors of the estate, and his where-
Abouts were only learned by accident
"A young lady school teacher Of Sumter
county. Fla, one night last week dreamed that
she was whipping one of her scholars, and from
reports she certainly had terrible time of It.
She walked up the inmates Of the house by
screaming: Wont you be a good boy-won'e
you study your lessons-Won't you quit stick
ing pins in the scholars?" Her mother, think
ing that something must be the matter, rushed
into the young lady's room and saw her stand
ing up in bed, beating, kicking and otherwise
abusing pillow.
The new Lighthouse at Houstholm is
the most powerful in the world The beam is
Of 1000 600 candle power, and shows clearly at
Blokhus. distance of IS miles. It is produced
by arc lamps fed BY De Merften'ss dynamos.
driven by steam engines. To prevent the ex-
tinction Of the light through an accident to the
machinery, the latter is duplicated; one set
coming into play should the other fail. The
light is further supplemented in thick weather
by two powerful sirens, or fog trumpets, work
ing with compressed air. The fascination
which powerful light exercises on wild birds
is curiously illustrated by this lighthouse. It
Is said that basketsful Of dead snipes larKs,
starlings. and so forth, are picked up in the
mornings outside the tower. They kill them
selves in dashing against the windows,of the
lantern.
I'm Algeria every girl born Of native
parents is tattooed on her forehead between
the eyebrows, and just on the root of the nose,
with = cross formed Of several straight lines Of
small stars running close together These
tattoo marks are dark blue color. Algerian
women are also considerably tattooed on the
backs Of their hands, their forearms and
chests, as well as on their shoulders, their
wrists being especially adorned with drawings
representing bracelets and flowers strung to-
gether. As rule, women are the operators
and 1t is principally on children between the
ages OF 2 and that they have TO exercise their
art. They use sometimes q needle, but more
lr6Qu60bly q 0aTDdry uR-LEee bQOr0. 1Qey en-
ploy kohl as coloring substance It is a kind
Of fine powder made from sulphur of antimony,
which Is also in great request by the Algerian
woman for the purposes Of face-painting.
The most polite nation in diplomatic
intercourse is not France, but Belgium. When
the Belgian authorities addressed a letter to
this Government asking if the United States
still claimed as citizens all children Of alien
parents born here. the communication closed
with: II should be grateful If your ExeelIeney
would have the great kindness to furnish me
with this document and give me the informa-
tion desired. Thanking your Excellency in ad-
vance, embrace" etc. Wishing to know
what were the regulations Of the United States
in regard 20 peddlfng, the Belgian Minister
with: Il have the honor to have re-
course 70 your Excellency's good offices, beg
ging you 70 be pleased to acquains me with the
laws and regulations which are in force in the
United States regarding peddling avail my
self" etc.