Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-10
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

| -Hnlnnev Ives, years old, fell lnbo q
dry well at jackson, Mich. and although the
body was standing upright when found the
| child was dead.
"A dentist OF Kingston, n. Y, recently
| pulled eight of his own teeth. He says he found
| it somewhat inconvenient, because he couldn't
| keep his head STILL
"A deposit of black slate 300 feet wide
and two miles long has been found near Pine
| Grove Pa on lands belonging to the Gettys-
burg and Harrisburg Railroad.
Prof. Hebra, of Vienna, used often 70
| express himself in this wise: "ls is necessary
that there should be surgical geniuses, but
don't ever let surgical genius operate on you.
Pineapple juice is the latest discovered
domestic remedy for diphtheria. It is said to
be used with great and unfaillng success by
| the negroes of Louisiana and other parts of the
| South.
The street cleaning department of New
York has appointed three physicians to examine
all applicants for positions on the force to de.
| termine whether they are physically fit to do
| the work required.
DIR. John Ladder, of Elba, Ca, has
| patient who is in a trance. The patient is
negro woman. She has not been sick. At last
accounts she had not eaten, drank, spoken or
| moved for about 56 hours.
Horses could not stand the compressed
air which the men breathe while working in
| the Port Huron tupnnel and mule power was
| substituted. The mules get fat and sleek on it,
| and do not seem to mind the pressure.
An order has been issued at the press
censors department in st. Petersburg that no
| kilograms can be either received or sent by the
| papers between in the evening and in the
| morning. The only reason is that the omcials
| of the bureau object to remain on duty at night
time.
Two young miners in the Empire and
Hollenbark coIlieries at Wnkesbarre CON-
pleted rat killing contest lately. They were
| at the work one month, and $50 was the stake
| The result is as follows: McQuade killed 3,5l0;
weight 4S7o pounds Mcintyre. 3,2l9; weight
5,S2S pounds.
of three young children, after trying about a
dozen nurse girls with very unsatisfactory re-
suits. advertised for a boy to take care of her
children. She obtained one. and he possessed
more good qualities than all the nurse girls
combined, giving perfect satisfaction.
Henry Melick, a rich farmer of Har-
mony, known all over New Jersey as the "blue
man." died suddenly on Thursday. The neigh
bors report that when a young man, he was
almost drowned in the Delaware river. His
skin ever afterward, they say, had deep blue
tint. Physicians we're unable to account for the
phenomenon.
In the year 1706 the average weight of
fatted steers in the London and Liverpool mar
kets was but 80 pounds! This, too, at the
average age of years. In 1755 this average
weight was increased to 4S2 pounds. In 1880
the weight was $50 pounds. more than double
that Of 17O6. The average weight of the fatted
steer to-day is four times what it was in l706.
only l4 years ago.
"A genuine palm tree is in bloom in
Hartford, Conn. The tree has been owned by
Senator Silas Robbins for % years, and has been
carefully guarded during that period. Not un-
til this season, however. has it put out a bud OF
any sort. The blossom appears at the top OF
the tree, resembling an exquisite selection Of
fern, and is buff in color. There is no fragrance.
Under the flower itself is the green fruit in its
earliest stages.
The plague of rats continues unchecked,
says London cable, and is indeed increasing
in Lincolnshire, although hundreds of thou
sands have already been killed. The rodents
are killing poultry and eating the corn and
mangolds in spite OF the efforts of professional
ratcatchers, who say the worst is to come.
Some of the rats are said to be as large as rab-
bits and very vicious, attacking people when
| brought to bay.
While grading for a site for a new
| building in Nevada a large stump was up
rooted. The wood was partially decayed, and
bore no signs of anything unusual but as soon
as darkness had settled down upon the earth,
the stump became thing of beauty. Every
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| phosphorescent light, and at distance OF
| three feet fine print could be read by this
/ light. PhosphoTescent wood is not uncommon,
bur it is not often that it is found to throw
light any distance.
Some very interesting facts of crime are
revealed by Scotch Sheriff. He knew of one
woman who, between the years 1874 and 1885,
was committed to prison 167 times for being
drunk and when drunk her invariable practice
was to smash windows. A man when drunk
| stole nothing but Bibles, and was transported
| for his seventh theft Another man stole
| nothing but spades; woman stole nothing but
| shoes; another nothing but shaWls, but the
Queerest theft was one who stole tubs, and was
| sent to penal servitude for his seventh tub.
| "A wrighrsyille, Pa, hunter recently
saw pheasant and blacksnake fight. 1t lasted
for quite a while. The bird moved with such
rapidity that the snake was unable to eneircle
| it. The blacksnake retreated once for several
| feet but it turned and rushed at the bird with
| its head raised at least afoot from the ground.
| As the two met the pheasant darted forward
| and planted its beak square in one OF the
| snakes eyes. She kept up the battle and
| finally killed it. When the hunter examined
| the snake its head was almost severed from its
body.
Curious how perfumes are one day the
fashion and the next forgotten. A few years
/ ago Jockey Club" had many adorers; now it
| seems to be given over to elderly beaux and la
| ton of age comes in Following it there was
rage for Opoponax; then white rose received
| ali the attention; after that we suffocated un-
| der tuberose; this was succeeded by an ocean
| of violet; now are all perfumed with white
| lilac although the coming Odor is said TO De
| yeryain a most delicate scent, and one that at
its best is really difficult to procure
| "A curious case came up before the Su-
| preme Court in Providence last week. The
Fifth National Bank loaned 5000 to a produce
dealer named Alserson. taking Se2 cases of eggs
as security, and stored them with the ProVi-
dence Warehouse Company. Aserson re-
placed the eggs from time time with fresh
| ones. At last he failed, and the bank is now
| suing the warehouse company Tor the eggs,
| ALLEGING that they were to be kept in safety;
and the warehouse company replies that the
| epps are unbroken and therefore safe, but that
| thew could not keep them from spelling.
SEVERAL GOOD LAUGHS.