Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-25
CURIOUS COKDENsATI0Ea


AN Ionia, Mich, man who bought
mustang indiscreetIy turned him out 70 pasture
on the river bottoms and has been trying Tor
couple OF weeks TO teach him again.
"A New Bedford clergyman who has
been in service long time adyertiBes 100 SER
mons Tor sale, covering all subjects and appl-
cable 70 any locality. He only wants 81 apiece
Ior the lot, II taken in a lump, (which Il one
the money"
-An old maid in Connecticut adopted q
boy and called him Moses David AbsaIom
Daniel Mark .Whitep The other dav when ho
became OF age he sued her for SIS. 900 damages
lot nitcnlng all these names in front OF him.
- ana y = hoped that the jury viii give him
The Ohio papers were not long since
commenting on the uniqueness Of a marriage
ceremony performed BY woman. Within
were united in marriage in Milton. Ind. by the
grooms mother, she being a minister OF tho
Society Of Friends.
"A Philadelphia man who has worn the
same green overcoat for 20 wears. has lust
brought the article out again. The cloth vas
S,o, woven tor him; and cost sl2 per yard On irs
it VIII then be fitted for life Of usefainsss
The oldest horse in Maine died il Ban
gor on November q This was the mare Kate
owned by ]. Ia Craig. and she lacked but = few
months Of being a years old. She was never
slck, ana on the day before her death was doing
ner work as usual. appearing as smart a. .
4-year-old- When they went to hitcn har n,
on the following morning however. she va
found dead in her stall.
The farmers Of the neigbborbood a
Hiawatha. Kan, are burning corn for fusf.
finding It cheaper than coal Corn is sold on
the farm at 20 cents per bushel while the aver
age price Of coal delivered at the farm ranges
from q TO q cents per bushel The Farmers'
Alliance brought the attention Of the farmers
70 the relative prices Of the two commodities
and advised that half the corn crop be used as
fuel, thus advancing the price Of the other half
and SAVING money in their fuel bills The farm
ers have begun to act on this advice
Here is another chance for the surplus
New England schoolma'am. The recent Greek
census shows the Greek population in strong
contrast to that Of almost any other European
country, inasmueh as the number Of males ex-
ceeds that Of females The proportion Of males
is 1915 to 100 females. It Is well known that
the females considerably exceed the males in
almost every other European country. At the
last English census IL 1881 the sex proportion
was l015 females 70 100 males and In this coun-
try the same rule holds good everywhere out
side the Northeastern group Of St1tes.
"A peculiar case was fled the other day
in the Circuit Court Of Birmingham, Ala.
Thomas s Davis 26 years Of age, brings sui.
for $4,000 against the Georgia Pacific Railroad
Company. and alleges that through the care
lessness OF the officers Of that corporation his
heart was knocked fEom the left side OF his
body to the right side, much to bis physical and
mental discomfort. He was employed Is
brakeman for the company few months SINCE,
and was injured in wreck. He alleges that
his intestines were completely turned around
by the injuries he received, and his hearG
afterward changed in sympathy with them.
The Orient express train, running be-
tween Paris and Vienna, seldom has an appii-
cant on Fridays for the thirteenth compart-
ment Of the ladies' Pullman sleeping car. The
ears are always reserved beforehand. but the
numbered tickets are only distributed az the
last moment In spite ofthis precaution, how
ever, No 18 Of the ladies' tickets on that day
Of the week is almost invariably returned, and
the train. although otherwise crowded, has
to travel with one berth empty Ladies have
got so far that they WI dare No. 13 alone or
Friday alone, but the TWO together they can
not swallow.
AT the Academy Of Sciences In Fan
Francisco two horned rattlesnakes from the
Mojave desert were exhibited recently The
ven0m0us creatures are yellow, like the sand
they 1--we in, and have over each eye scaly
horn. They never move straight forward. but
sible to tel IN which direction they intend to
strike. In Palestine and IN the Sahara desert
there Is horned viper which in many charac-
teristics resembles the horned rattIesnake Of
the Molave. The use FOR the horns il not
known. They ara not 70 shield the eyes from
the glare Of the sun, because other snakes in
the desert have No horns. The two snakes were
gift from Nj. Quinn. Of MojaTe.
-Dusling still fourishss luriously u
Continental Europe, and the Hunghriahs ~
pear to gather in the largest crops in the fields
Of honor. The biggest contract on record m
this business was recently undertaken IN Fesfh
by Count Victor 0rssitch. He challenged %
gentlemen and MOBILES to mortal combat BE-
cause they criticised rather severely some
statements Of bis made in q club room. One
of his invited victims was Count Francois
EsterhaET, gentleman with no less than ID
duelg and six dead men upon bis conscience.
He positively refused 70 be counted among the
proposed cadavers, and gave no reason for the
refusal. It Is fair TO suppose that he has re-
tired from the field
-E. W. TourttelIott, Of Webster, Mass,
is strangely beset with partridges, which either
may have q spite against him or are 50 fond Of
him they hunt him up to 60 slambang into his
face. Three tunes this fan partridges loaded
with big volt pressure have gone humming
through windows with great clatter Of glass
and dropped at bis feet IN two Of the IN
stances the wild intruders plunged on him
through . window in his house on School
street. One Of the birds IN coming 70 him not
only smashed ana took along the entire upper
sash Of the window, but broke the curtain hx-
turs and tore II from its roll, and then Mr..
Tourtellott, after his heart had stopped
humping, unrolled the cartain, which was n
lump in the middle Of the room, and took out
fine cock partridgs that weighed pound,
dead.
Mr.. J. M. Reed. Of Lampasas, Tex, has
In his possession rife and powder horn which
were used during the Revolutionary War The
powder horn Is . very remarkable specimen uf
eighteenth century workmanship. It was made
BY William Reed, uncle o. the grandfather Of
the present owner, IN 1772 This Mr.. Reed vas
resident Of Georgia. and well known as
hunter. He made the powder horn out of an
ordinary c0Whoru. The head was whitfield Gus
Of q piece Of laurel root and fitted on very
nicely. The horn Is covered By rude engraV-
ings, representing an Indian brave and sQuaW,
a tomahaWk and pipe. several Masonic en-
bIems. Of which order William Reed vas
member, and the name Of the maker, the date
Of his birth. and the date Of bis enlistment In
the American army-l17a This rifle was origin
ally dintlock gun, and the rides in it have
been bored out several times because they had
either been worn or rusted out
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