Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-07
CURIOUS CONDEESA7IOEa

CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS
| "A man has been held for trial at johns
town for stealing 81, 900 shingles.
Artificial glaciers as a means Of storing
water for irrigation have been proposed.
Three eggs Of different sizes, one inside
the other, were deposited by hen in Lehtgn
county barn.
The Reading Eagle man sent postal
card to Strouchsburg only Is miles away year
ago, and 1t has justreached its destination.
In the Cape de la Hogue lighthouse in
France windmill is used to drive two dyna-
mos, the current being stored up In accumu-
lators.
A perfect penknife, which measures
three-sixteehths Of an inch in length, has been
made by DR.. John Temple, of Marshallton,
Chester county.
"A great fight of locusts, calculated to
passed across the Red Sea from the African to
the Arabian shore.
The mineral called turfa, or brazolina,
lately discovered in Bahia, furnishes an oil akin
to petroleum, a parafhne suitable for the manu-
faeture Of candles, and good lubricattng oil.
Phil. Bauman, of Lancaster, sold last
week for 600 to parties IN New York City
hog which is three years old and weighs !, ms
pounds. The monster will be placed in .
museum.
The hydroearbon process Of treating
iron so that it will not corrode Is said to cost
less than one-half of that of Ealvanizing, while
the durability under similar conditions, Is con-
siderably extended.
With his ear in his hand young man
named McDermott ran franticaIly all over
Scooptown, near South Fork, Pa, to find
doctor to sew the member on. 1t had been
Dltten on during row at church fair.
There Is not cigarette on sale in the
town Of Frankfort, the capital of Kentucky.
In his message to the Legislature Governor
Buekner said that something must be done to
Iepress the passions of the people SO the town
authorities passed law prohibiting the sale OF
cigarettes.
The gradual failure of castiron bridge
erected about IS years ago at Potsdam has been
the cause Of considerable scientific INQUIRY,
The conclusion arrived at is that the bridge
members were too r1gidly connected, no ade-
quate allowance being made for effects of vary
ing temperature.
The wife Of Philadelphia veterinary
accidentally mixed her own prescription with
one made out by her husband for horse, and
sent the wrong one to a druggist. She was hor-
riaed when she found that the druggist had
ened when she found each pill was bigger than
plum.
Abbot claims one of the best lady
marksmen of Maine in the person Of Mrs.
George Brown. Not long ago she saw fox
crossing the field a short distance from the
house. Taking her husbands rifle ana raising
the window she drew q bead on Master Rey-
nard, planting the bail fairly in the neck. The
distance was p rods.
r
Great Salt Lake prove concIusiVely that the
statements made that no form of animal or
plant life exists in the lake are erroneous. No
hsh or other large form Of animal life has been
discovered, but the presence of vegetable Or
ganisms in the lake may be considered fact
from the abundance of animal existences.
"A gratifying addition has just been
made to the number of Irish tenants who own
the soil they cultivate. The Earl of Egmont
has sold the whole of his large estate in Kill
kenny and Tipperary for s25O.000 The farmers
are fortunate enough to get the land at the rate
of Is years purchase. This is the largest sim
gle transaction under the Ashbourne act.
The American Institute of Architects
want the dictionary amended, or at least that
part Of it which defines the word supervise
and "superintend." They use the former word
to express the general and intermittent over
sight given by an architect, with special refer
enco 10 masses ana main features IN the manual
execution, In brick, stone, wood, OF what not.
of the various designs which have first been
created from his brain the drawing
board and in the specification; and they use the
word ''superintend" to express the constant
and close attention to.detail given. when called
for under the contract by some subordinate.
The big guns turned out by the English
arsenals are now fitted with device to facili-
tate firing at night The ordinary sights are
Illuminated by small incandescent lamp, the
rays from which, passing through Aliens. are con-
Vsrged. SO that only. a minute point or line OF
,ight, is obtained By means Of an adjustable
resistance the light can be mOdulated to suit
the degree Of darkness Of the night or the eye
1f the observer.
Rifle bullets are now photographed in
.neir course by means of the electric spark.
The camera is taken into dark room, which
he bullet is caused to traverse. As it passes
he camera it is made to interrupt an electric
circuit and produce spark. which Eliminates
t for an instant and enables the impression to
De taken. The wave of condensation in the air
before the bullet and the rarefaction behind
{ are visible in the photograph and can be
tudied BY experts, thus enabling the form Of
,all OF rifle which minimlzes the resistance Of
he air to be selected.
"A use of the telephone, which is very
uggestive as pointing to future possibilities, is
eportedin in an English paper. The parish clerk
natic gout from attending church, was pre-
ented by the manager Of the local telephone
ompany with a double telephone, which was
xed from the church TO the old mans cottage,
o that he and his wife could follow all the
ervices. The old man is quite unable to hold
nything. so the telephone is arranged so as TO
r against both his ears. He can hear any
hing in the church quite clearly. and if q book
dropped or If any one coughs the sound is as
istinctly heard as if he were in the building.
-SpringVille, Utah, is enjoying a genu-
ne sensation over a wonderful musical CLOCK
wned by Mrs. Martha Stevenson, Of thar place,
ccounts of which have appeared in the Provo
apers. Mrs. Stevenson was met by reporter,
-ho asked her if the statements in regard to
be clock weEe correct or whether it was all q
OAK at is no hoax" replied the lady "and
he whole thing is unaecountablet to me. have
ad the clock for seventeen years, and mover
Inspected that it had any musical tendencies
ntil November L On that day an enlarged
ortrait of my son Charles, who was killed by
ldlans in Arizona, was hung in the room
here the clock was. Shortly afterward the
lock commenced playing of It's own Volition,
nd has continued TO do so ever since. 1t has
cen carefully examined by several persons,
nd the question as to how the music is pro-
uced still remains mystery"