Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-28
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

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"A canal 250 miles long is to be built for
nIsyigating purposes in New Mexico. 1t win b
30 feet wide.
4 "A son and two daughters Of William B.
Weiss, of Doylestown, Pa, all celebrate their
birthday anniversaries on September %
Rev. wayland D. Ball, Of Baltimore,
is at home again after having travelled 1900
miles through Europe on . tandem bicycle.
Bis wife accompanied him.
There is spot in Siberia about 30 miles
square where the ground has not thawed out
for the last hundred years, and where it ID
frozen to depth OF 80 feet.
When anyone tells you that lightning
doesn't strike twice in the same place refer him
to the case of John Bucks. Of Urbana, o.. whose
barn has been struck, burned and rebuilt four
different times in six years.
-"It may seem singular to you," says
New York florist. 'but I've been keeping
record for these 20 years past. and have found
that nine murderers OUT Of ten are ardent ad-
mirers Of flowers, and most OF them prefer
daisies and hlies."
-Eels in great number are leaving Lake
George through the outlet at the upper falls.
A few nights ago they were SO numerous as 70
clog and stop the water wheel at the pulp mill.
1t took several men more than an hour to get
the wheel clear Of them.
"A year ago this date there were IL prize
fat women on exhibition in this country, but
now there are only six. The others have gone
the way of all flesh, whether fat or lean. ana
viii be seen on earth no more. The fat woman
market Is now firm, with an upward tendency.
"A few days ago lady who left Lincoln,
Ill, for short journey had her purse and
ticket stolen as she got on the car, and the con-
ductor dropped her on the track between sta
tions because she couldn't raise 30 cents. There
were ~ men in the coach, and not one of them
offered her the insignificant amount
One day last week, not having anything
particular to do, the captain Of a schooner
lying IN Tampa Bay counted the number Of
sharks in sight, and he made the figures 760
AS he is cross-eyed and near-sighted, he allows
that some of the fish must haye got away
while he was counting. and are to be Jumped in
at about 50.
"A church congregation at Red Bank,
N. J., paid big price to get minister who
was hustler. He hustled around the first
week and got his facts and figures, and on
Sunday he told them that there was more
rdeanness in the town to the square foot than
in any other place In the world. On Monday
they paid him . bonus to hustle away.
DIR. james H. Gordon, of Greenyille,
Ill. is u years old and the father Of q chill
dren. Seven Of these were boys, and. with ooe
exception all became physicians and attained
more than ordinary success The exception was
a son who was accidentally killed while stu
dent at the st. Louis Medical College, To rake
the place of this one, though, there Is an only
living son-in-law who Is medical practitioner.
"A remarkable fan has just been pur-
chased by the Princess de. Ligne at Brussels.
It was painted by Vatican for Louis XIV,
who presented it to the Duchess Of Burgundy,
and it remained in the possession Of the royal
family until the revolution, when it was stolen
and convened to Germany and nothing more
was heard of it until the other day, when it
appeared among collection which was OF
fered for sale ar Brussels.
AN explanation of the profusion Of
colonies in Kentucky is to be found in part in
the Governors privilege to appoint colonels on
his staff ad libitum- Governor Blackburn ap-
pointed SO in Louisville alone, with proportion
able numbers for the back Counties 1t Is be-
lieved that no Governor Of Kentucky ever had
his entire stan together at one time. There Is
no public hall In Kentucky big enough to hold.
it. The Texas method is simpler still. You
have only to drink with the Mayor to be named
colonel on the spot.
Two mild-eyed, pink-nosed bawling
calves, the property Of W. J. Smith, are Great
ing considerable Of sensation among the curl
ous people of South Minneapolis. The calves
are twins, about months old. and they have
only six legs between them. One OF the crea-
lures is without a foreleg and the other is
minus hindleg. but they are pretty little AMI
mails. and hop about as briskly as you please,
apparently not understanding that nature has
cheated them out of one Of the legs that are the
due Of every well regulated calf.
Two Michigan girls escaped from the
State Industrial Home and tramped 30 miles
across country, begging food as they went.
They had little money, but they couldnt
waste It on food; they cherished in their maiden
breasts pure and lofty ideal, which the papgs
Of mere physical suffering were p0werless 70
remove Saturday night they arrived at .
village, and trembling with eagerness at the
prospective realization of their hopes they took
the 80 cents, which was their all, and went TO
the barber and got their hair banged.
Hanover, Mich, has most peculiar
and eccentric young man. He is SO bashful
that he does not speak to hisnearest neighbors.
and he will go miles out of his way to avoid
parents sent him to school; he attended only
three days. because about 70 young ladies sur
rounded him at the schoolhouse and teased
him till he nearly tainted He took his books
schoolroom since. Yet this young man has
taken prize after prize for plans for public
buildings and is frst-class mechanic.
Eliza Jamison Stanton, a colored wo-
man who lives at Buffalo Run. near Bellefonte,
Pa, is, it is believed, the oldest person In the
State. She says that she has Indian blood in
ler veins. Her exact age has been obtained, 80
that it Is now certainty. 1t was gotten from
records IN Bible now in possession Of party
,he Bible record reading: Eliza Jamlson Stan
,on was born on the 10th day of December, 1774
She is, therefore, nearly l15 years of age. Mrs.
stanton is still lively and vigorous, going out
20 pick berries and carrying them long distances
n baskets.
A German long resident in I,ondon