Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-02
CURIOUS CONDENS.

Ga, has bunch Of 40 distinct heads Of cabbagss
on one stalk.
&C. h. Chappel1, the General Manager
of the Chicago and Alton Railroad, was a
freight brakeman not many years ago.
The latest railway signal indicates
automatically the time that has elapsed, up to
20 minutes, since the last train passed it
AN East Saginaw family that is sup
ported by public charity scraped together
money enough to pay the tax on aS dog.
Between 1900 and 5000 children are
lost in London every year, but nearly s8 peg
through the aid Of the police.
Fort Keogh, Mont, has the widest
range Of temperature of any place on earth.
Last summer the Thermometer ranged from l2Oo
TO 1902 above. while recently Unmarked % below
zero-a total range Of 1852
"A negro testified in st. Louis Police
Court the other day that while he had good
clothes to wear he preached the gospel, but as
soon as his clothes wore out and his money ran
low ne went to work as day laborer.
I'm Holland an unmarried woman al
ways takes the right arm Of her escort. and
the married woman the left At church
wedding the bride enters the edlfce at the
right arm Of the groom, and goes out on the
left side Of her husband.
-Dennysville, Me-, a town of 522 people,
has no debt and has 81, 900 to her credit. There
has not been IRE for 80 years. One Peter
E. Vose has been First Selectman % years,
Treasurer % years, Assess or 81 years, OVerseer
"a years and Town Agent 70 years.
Eliza Jane Starr, an Oakland, Cal,
widow, has petitioned the Supreme Court TO
increase her allowance Of pin money. Her
husband used to give her 81 500 per month, and
49, L. -.
claims Is not sufficient for her incidental ex-
penses.
1t has been calculated that the railroads
of the world are worth nearly $780, 900 900 OOO or
about one-tenth Of the wealth Of the civilized
nations, or more than . quarter of their in
vested capital At this rate all the ready
money in the world would buy only about one
third Of them.
w. G. WILDLY, Of Atlanta, Ga, has
Scotch terrier who sails under the name Of
Jim Recently Jim caught and killed in .
and few moments afterward he ran afoul Of
and killed a rattlesnake's pilot, by shaking him
as timber as an old rag.
Elastic sideboots began about 1S42, and
the elasties were made in England. Boots and
shoes were sewn up to the year 1900, then nails
were introduced. Il was about the middle Of
the last century that high heels began to be
worn. Makers Of heels were then introduced
into the shoemaker's trade Even now there
are 400 heelm akers in Paris.
Onion parties are fashionable in Ne
braska. Six girls stand in a row, while one
bites small chunk out of an onion and
young man pays 10 cents for a guess as to
which one it was. If he gueSses right he gets
to kiss the other five, but if he doesn't he is
only allowed to kiss the one with the onion
scented breath. This amusement is said to be
highly popular with Nebraska young folks
"A gentleman last week spent three days
in Northeast Putnam and Clay counties
Georgia, and while in the latter county OBJ
served in the fat woods novel spectacle. One
day about noon he rode past a ive-acre field
and saw the entire family working it. In the
middle of the field was a flow, to which was
hitched the old man, assisted by the son and
daughter, the old woman doing the blowing.
The field was almost plowed, and how long they
had been thus engaged the gentleman did not
learn.
AT Middletown. Conn, Olin J. Clark
has curiosity which lie thinks is the next
thing to being miracle. Last fall be felled
an old cherry tree, cut it into cordwood and
threw the sticks in pile in his wood house.
The other day he happened to look at the
sticks, which had become seasoned, and was
astounded to note that several Of the sticks
were covered with perfect cherry blossoms.
Twigs had put out from the old logs and the
flowers were on them. Such vitality in wood
is unprecedented. Mr.. Clark has left the bios
SONS untouched. humoring speculation that
they may develop fruit.
The Troy township, Crawford county,
man who burned down his barn in order to de-
stroy a humble bees nest will probably be glad
to learn that there is an old residenter at Bel
fast, Me-. who would be q worthy rival for hiR
in . leather medal contest The Maine maj
got . big fall the other day while shingling hi
barn, but escaped without injury Bis SON W..
away at the time and on his return the OLD g9n-
tleman told him about the accident and pro
ceeded to show him just how it happened. He
succeeded so well that he fell from the roof
with dull, illustrative thud and broke one Of
his legs.
"A Mr.. Yancey met with his death in a
strange manner down In a town in Texas called
Miller's Ferry. 1t appears that several horses
had broken into field adjoining his res idencs
and Mr.. Yancey mounted horse in an effort to
drive them out. The intruding horses while
pursued by Mr. Yancey dashed into the yard at
the rear of q neighbor's house, and Mr.. Yancey
in trying to turn them back ran against a wire
clothes line, which caught him under the chin
and cut his throat. He fell OF his horse, see
ing which Miss Simms ran to his assistance.
She succeeded In lifting him to his feet and led
him into the house. on entering which Mrs.
Simms inquired: Mr.. Yancey, what is the
matterF' Mr.. Yancey, in reply, waved his hand
and then dropped senseless on the lounge, blood
flowing from his nose and mouth, The next
moment he was dead.
The States so fortunate as to be out Of
debt are Illinois, Wisconsin, Delaware, West
Virginia and Colorado. West Virginia is pro-
hibited by her Constitution from going into
debt California and Iowa have no debt to set
tle though paying interest on school fund.
Kentucky is nearly free from debt. New York
owes s., 100000. Ohio and Minnesota less than
S4,0O0O00. New Jersey and Kansas less than
100000. Virginia is the most heavily bur-
dened, having funded debt Of over SO, 100000,
and an unfunded debt Of over IS, 100000. Massa-
chusetts carries the next heaviest debt over
81, 900. 900 Next comes Tennessee, $1,000 600;
Pennsylvania, SIS 900 600: North Carolina, Sl3.-
OOnOOO; LOUISIANA, S12 900 600, and Maryland,
SIIOO00 co., Total Indebtedness Of all the States
is 500 OOUOO0 which is less than / per cent OF
their aggregate taxable property. The rate OF
taxation is heaviest in Nevada, Nebraska and
Louisiana And, though Massachusetts, stands
second in the size of her debt. she has the
lowest rate Of taxation In the Union-less thap
IL cents per Sl00