Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-25
CURIOUS COEDEEsATIOES

WV Af.AAAI 49,
The natives Of the Fiji Islands have
taken up the game Of cricket
The deepest bored hole in the world is IN
sehladenbach- .74 feet It took . diamond
drin three years and half TO reach the bottom.
-Four hundred thousand sacks Of -four
went to the United Kingdom last week from
the four principal American points Of ship
menf.
-Tantia Bheel, the great Burmau brigand,
was executed at Jubbulpors three weeks ago.
Bis relatives expressed great dissatisfaction
that be had accumulated no loot for the family.
The Sandwich Islanders pipe is made
Of virgin cork lined with meerschaum and is
curious by reason Of the pattern on the cork
made BY the insects that feed on the trees II
is like delicate lace work.
-"Cigarettes for ladies' smokinV'' are sold
in London, provided with specially prepared
mouEhpieces. They are perfnmed with musk
ano violet, ana tney are enjoying very extern
sIyo sale.
Indian Jim, captain Of the Washoe
band, IN Sierra Valley, Cal, laid IN 100 pounds
winter supply. He then killed l,000 rabbits for
fresh meat and settled down in his camp with
light heart.
The British boat Brisk has given the
most Conclusive proof that torpedo NAY be
effective. She fred one Of hers at , buoy which
had been toWed out as a target by her steam
cutter and. missing the buoy, hit the cutter
and sankher.
Here are few definitions given bv
pupils Of the Gardiner, Me-. grammar school
as recent examinations: Exile, part of a
wagon: byWnrd, word that has gone by; mer-
maid, kind OF maid; turmoil. kind Of oil,
repast to pass by"
"A farmer in Highland, Osceola county,
Mich, who awoke the other night and OBJ
served bis wife's foot sticking out Of bed mis-
took It for burglar and fred at it with the re-
volver which he always keeps under bis pillow
The good woman has since had bad limp
Mrs. Libby Phillips, the last survivor
of the Pequot tribe Of Connections Indians, and
reported dead, turned up at Birmingham.
Conn, recently alive and told her friends that
she proposes TO live long while yet although
now 70 years old and wandering from town to
town.
-Four hundred plans have already BEEN
received by the committee who offered prizes
for the best and second best plan for the pro-
posed Watkin Tower-the English Eiffsl. Il
VIII be so high that all that need be done when
fog comes on will be to enter the lift and in a
IeW minutes be up in the clear blue.
"A wedding was celebrated in a unique
manner and novel place last Saturday night at
shrewsbury, VT, namely, in q newly built hog
house belonging to Henry Plumley. The con-
tracing parties were Warren Dean and Miss
Gertrude Plumley. There were about 40 per-
sons present, and they enjoyed an oId-fashioned
The pastor Of a New Jersey church an
nounces that there will be = cremation in the
church on New Years eve He has succeeded
IN raising the money to pay the debt on the edi-
"a III 4
burning Of the mortgage This will be done
WIN appropriate ceremonies and the ashes will
pc placed in vase for preservation in the
church.
I'm parts Of Brooklyn the excellent Gus
tom has been adopted Of placing on street laups
the numbers Of the houses nearest to which
they stand. This is great convenience to peo-
PIE who are searching for q certain number in
the dark OF the evening, since the general
methods of displaying house numbers are far
from satisfactory. The idea is not new having
Deen adopted in New York at least ten years
ago. ''0
The aristoeratic town of Salem, Mass,
Is stirred up over the discovery Of ''Girls' In
vinclble League" formed for the purpose Of
committing deviltries and with q membership
OF four Of the most beautiful daughters of the
most aristocratic families in that staid old
burg. The league climbed church steeples and
hung out flags on the lightning rods. tampered
with water meters, disarranRed the church.
organ pipes, and committed sundry other
nelnous crimes and misdemeanors Other
asroc1ous acts were planned and would have
been eonsummated had not the evil one
tempted the girls to write their names in q
hymn-book, by which means they were discoy-
cred and made to confess.
In lecture to a girls assemblage not
long ago Prof Ames, of Columbia CoIIsge. said
that in some parts of India the lily is actually
used as an article OF diet. Il has been fsund.
BY the botanists TO be highly nutritious article
OF food, being peculiarly rich in heterogeneous
compounds. The poor Indian, who evidently
considers the lilies'' from astronomical point
OF view, either eats them as q vegetable or
kneadS them with dough and makes them into
cakes. In either form they are declared to
AFFORD most substantial and nourishing re.
past, and the aesthetics Of ten years ago, when
accused OF living on lilies" would certainly
their tormentors IL they had known the culin-
ary attributes Of their cherished flower Mark
the result OF the professors information. Alta
stylish luncheon recently given by an enter.
Prlslng Delle stewed lilies were one Of the novel
dishes. They tasted like an amalgam Of spin
ach and cabbage. and were not very dainty, but
they are bound to have vogue for awhile, any
how.
There was startling departure from
the conventional at wedding celebrated in
oueonta. N. Y, the other night, the bride,
groom and parson being residents of that
town. The Powhattan tribe OF the Order Of
Red Men. which has its camp there, had been
giving an amateur theatrical entertainment
for the qualification Of their friends and the
public at the Opera House. When the regular
performance had ended the curtain was rung
up for supplementary spectacle. The scene
was that OF an Indian camp. with tent and for
est accessories. In the foreground, and In be-
coming attitudes, were Conductor Joseph Bed
ford, Of the Albany and Susquehanna Rail-
road, and Mrs. Rose Bessey, . handsome
young widow Of the brunette type, both in
Indian costume, and resplendent with feather
gay blankets bead-embroidered
and fringed legglngs The Rev E.
A. Wilson, Of the Free Baptist Church, en-
tered upon the scene and neatly tied the nup-
;ial knot Then the curtain fell upon the prin-
sipal figures. posed in . blaze OF c0lored lights.
. the strains Of wedding march by the or.
shestra.
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