Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-02
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

| A movement for the establishment of
| free Turkish baths has been started in Brook
| lyn.
A roundup Of stray dogs was made in
Fresno last week and "a dogs were lassoed in
two days
AT Pittsfeld, Mass, the high school
principal suspended six Catholic scholars be-
cause of dispute concerning the study of the
history of the Reformation.
Separation from his wife is sought for
by Chester, Pa, man, and he backs his claim
Tor it bv the stat ement that she danced Tor Joy
when he chopped his fingers off.
An Arsonia, Conn, druggist has an
electric bell in cabinet containing poisons.
When the door is opened the bell rings. re-
HllndlEg the comDounder that he IS handling
poiSOns.
"A Michigan man buried his wife, ,put up
aheadstone, repaInted his house. married Sec
nnd wife, and dug five acres of potatoes within
IL days, and yet he says he can't begin to hustle
as bis father used TO.
Leo XII. has directed that his monu-
mental tomb shall only consist of his figure re-
cumbent. in white marble upon sepulchral urn
OF porphyry, on The sides of which are to be the
statues Ot Religion and Justice.
"A smart little boy il Georgia, who was
kicked by a mule, instead of saying naughty
words or going home crying to his mother tied
the mule within five feet of a bee hive backed
MIN around TO 1t and let him kick.
james Bortz, residing near Macungie.
Pa, one day last week took a pair of boots to a
cobbler for slight repairs He said that he had
owned them for IL wears. but had used them
only ON Sundays and on special occasions.
The cold has been so intense at Burcha-
rest that whole packs of starving wolves have
invaded the towns and villages. In Bessarabia
mali cart was attacked, and the postman,
with his horses, was eaten up by the raYenous
bTutes.
A curious character in Paris is a man
who makes his living by stroiling along the
boulevards, and making wagers with men at the
cafes that he can answer correctly any question
that relates to the history of France. He al
ways wins the bet, 1t is said.
I'm Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri you
can bore hole in stick of frewood, plug it
up after filling with powder. and leave it where
q thief may get it and blow his house up,
These are the only three States. however. All
the others have laws making such thing
misdemeanor.
"A Canton, China, paper estimates that
10000 people die every year in China by fire
and flood but it is not satisfied 'The fact is, it
remarks with cold -blooded cynicism. 1.-THE great
need of China is the sudden removal of 1000. 600
or 8, coo, 600 inhabitants to make elbOy-room for
those who are left"
"A Michigan paper tells of farmer
catching fellow going out of his pasture one
night with sheep on his back, and blazing
away at him with shotgun. The paDer naive
ly adds that the fellow dropped the sheep, went
to Ann ArboT the next day, and when he re-
turned he had glass eye.
The gambling spirits of Paris are dodg-
ing the gaming laws with a marble board dotted
with shallow holes numbered like those on q
bagatelle board The board is laid in the angle
of billiard table and the balls are rolled over
it by hand. winning or losing according to the
hole in which they stop. They call it "baraque."
"A fox driven by the hounds in a recent
hunt upon the estate of Lord Granville at
Walmer Castle, England. bolted right before
Lord Granville's eyes through the hall OF the
castle. and into the drawing room, with the
hounds in full cry after hlm. They ran him
down, and killed him In front of the mantel-
piece.
The man who was forcibly elected from
car in San Francisco after rendering IN pay
ment of his far S. gold piece, which the con-
ductor refused to accept, has just recovered a
big verdict against the company. The Supreme
Court held that 50 was not an unreasonable
amount for the agents of corporation to
change.
"A farmer in Palmer township, North
ampton county, was told by "Dow-wow" doc
tor that if he would go to his barn at midnight,
and make a racket with the fail and threshing
machine, it would scare all the rats out of the
place. He made the racket, and alarmed the
neigh bors, who turned out to ascertain the
cause of the noise. The rats are still there.
The rag ball at Vienna at the close of
the carnival season was a great success and
netted 5000 for the poor of the city. The
highest members of the local aristocracy, in
costly Caricature of ragged costume, danced at
the BAIL grand ladies assisted as beggars, there
were ragged quadrilles of honor three imperial
ar0hI Iuly HCrnr ~ vn md railtr
officers. dressed as blind beggars, danced a can
can.
james Connolly, of East Hickory. owes
a vote of thanks to nothing more or less than
his whskers. The Tionesta VindicGtor re-
ports that one day last week. while cutting
down tree Connolly struck a large vein Of
tree gas, and ignited it to see it burn; he
struck another stroke and freed a large amount
of gas. which scorched him severely about the
face, but owing to heavy growth of whisksrs
the burn was superficial.
AN English court has just decided that
a wife married in Japan after the fashion Of
that country is legal wife in England, on the
ground that Japan has long been recognized
as civilized country" A previous decision in
q case where the wife was Hottentot and was
married after the Hottentot fashion, had upset
the union on the ground that the Hottentots
were heathens and polygamists, and did not
know what marriage, in the civilized sense,
meant.
Mr.. James L. Pennypacker, OF Phila-
delphia has curious collection OF clovers from
different States. The clovers are mounted upon
a card so as to represent four-leaved clover.
One leaf is made up of eleven four-leaved
clOvers another of nine five-leaved clovers, an
other of nine six-leayed clovers, and the fourth
of six seven-leaved clovers and four eight
leaved clovers. The stem is represented by
series of clovers containing cup or funnel
leaves and at the very end IS one clover having
nine leaves and a cup and another clover having
thirteen leaves.