Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-16
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

| Atlanta mas "a pump that occasionally
\ pumps itself" to the great alarm Of super
stitious persons In the neighbornood.
-Eighty-six designs in competition have
been submitted for the great iron tower in
London, which is to surpass that of Eiffel iu
| Paris
| The explanation OF the peculiar density
OF thunder clouds is said TO lie in the fact that
the vapor is partially condensed into drops by
the electrical action.
"A Georgia youth who answered (inclo,-
ing auarter) an advertisement OF how to
make money without work got In renIv n
we do" -
William Jones, of Philadelphia. has re-
ceiVed white raccoon which was captured in
the eastern part of Ohio. 1t is said to he the
only animal of its kind and color known in
this country. -
"A prisoner who escaped from the TAFT.
nall county Fla, jail recently. left note for
the Sheriff. saying he was innocent, but that
he would be back In October to stand trial and
hoped to be acquitted.
Where is there more ludicrous and
at the same time pathetic inscription, asks the
New York Sun. than that chiseled upon the
perpetually empty horse trough in Mail street:
Drlnk, Patient FriendT
"A postage stamp was recently found by
aConnecticut physician in the ear of a little
paGent and on its removal a severe pain, from
winch the child had suffered and which caused
'ne Visit to the doctor, disappeared.
The treasurer of St. CLAIR county, Mich,
received an envelope the other day containing
slOO in money. 1t was from some conscious
stricken man, and the only explanation inclosed
was the fact that the money wasn't his.
The pelvic bones of mastodon have
been uncovered on farm near Virginia, III.
search is being made for the remainder of the
skeleton. The animal from which the bones
came was not less than IL feet high and IS feet
long.
"A use for flowers that was novel, if not
aItogether new, was made on a train at Jersey
City by convict. He carried huge bououet
IN ms hand TO hide the handouts which en-
o@ncIeu @ MS WrlsIs. He was being taken to serve
outHfs sentence.
y little chicken, which, though healthy
and fourishing, will always have to be fed BY
human hands, attracts attention in North
Flainfeld. N. j. The upper half of its bill is
rolled back in tight ball between the eyes.
Inc lower half is natural and perfect.
"A Bostonian, just returned from Lon
don, says that be was attracted by large
crowd one day, and. on investigation, found
tnat the people were waiting to see the man
s11pected 1 30 enter railway carriage MARKED
-
Bread and milk is one of the most popu-
lar dishes served for lunch at the Congressional
restaurant in Washington Glasses of pure
cream or OF half cream and half milk ara
greatly in demand among the congressman
VINO come from cities, but they are avoided By
the rural members.
The custom of water boy to carry ice
water through the cars began on Conpecticut
railroads during the war, when water was car
rled through the cars to sick or disabled SOL
oiers and 1t 30 commended itself to the public
that in 1864 law was passed making the SER
wee obligatory on all roads running through
the State.
lightning struck the chimney on the
residence of John NJ. Giltner. near Elliott,
Montgomery county, Iowa. Mrs. Glltner was
breakfast and the bolt passed within
TWO feet of her and killed a dog under the
house. Mrs GItner's sister was sleeping in a
bed with her head close to where the lightning
passed down the chimney and was shocked
severely.
"A phosphate speculator in Florida
bought of another person a tract of land that
had been sold at a tax sale, and had exhumed
US, 900 worth of phosphate ready for shipment,
when woman appeared on the scene and pro-
1uced her deed for the land and tax receipt in
Iull. She furthermore proposes to sue for
'lOO, 600 damages. The trouble is caused by a
oose system of assessing and collecting taxes.
While fishing at Ormond, Fla, a fisher
nan hooked a two-foot shark Upon pulling
lin In he found that on the upper hook was
he head of small shovel-nose shark and on
he lower hook the aforesaid two-footer IL
ppears that the larger shark found the smaller
ne hooked, deVoured him up to the head and
hen, taking the bait of the other hook, was in
urn caught. The opening Of the larger shark
iscloses the above fact. The small one was
bout Is inches long.
j. H. Youngc1as, of Duncombe, Ia,
las lost four young horses from hydrophobia
within short time. The animals seemed to
utfer intensely, biting themselves and tearing
heir flesh in terrible manner. One of the
orses was bitten by a mad dog about a month
go. and had succeeded in biting the other
hree before the nature of the malady was dis
overed. The rabid canine was killed by
ow which he attacked but did not succeed in
'iting.
AT the Montefore Home for Chronic
nvalids there is patient suffering from Pc
ular and incurable disease, the like of which
J rarely met with and never before in such a
erfectly hopeless and completely developed
tate as IN this instance. 1t is called
cromegaly, but the name conveys no informa-
ion of the horrible nature of the disease, which
one that battles medical skill. The bones Of
he frame and Uranium of victim of acrome-
ally never cease to grow, but add bone tissue
D bone tissue, cartilage to cartilage until the
is extended to an enormous size.
Hamilton, o., has mysterious visitor.
Ie is man of about A. and during the several
Teeks he has spent about the town no one has
cen able to get single word from him. He
arries bundle to which he clings all the time,
sing It at night for a pillow. What ir con-
lins no one knows. He sleeps in an open
heat field. He has never entered q door,
over asked for food or been given a mouthful
food and puts in the day walking up and
own the pike He visits spring where he
Kinks copiously; but what he lives on outside
water, where he came from or what his
sme is no one has been able TO ascertain.
During the Franco-G German war the
dies of England were busy making paper
lshions which they sent to France to be used
IT the wounded in the hospitals. Hundreds Of
ousands of these cushions were sent and
ere OF great service. Now all England is
azy on the subject of paper pillows again.
hey tear the paper into very small pieces, not
rger than ones finger nail, and then put
EN- into pillow sack of drilling or light tick
q. They are very cool for hot climates and
uch superior TO feather pillows. Newspaper
not nice to use, as there is disagreeable
iOr from printers ink; but brown or white
lper and old letters and envelopes are the
st As they are torn, stuff them into an old
low case and you can see when you have
ough. The easiest way is to tear or cut the
per in strips about half an inch wide, and
en- tear or cut it across. The finer it is, the
,hter it makes the pillows.