Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-10
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

A Pougbkeepsie doctor earned s., 400
at his practice during the month Of January
last. He speaks well Of the Russian importa-
ton although he did not himself escape it
Near Lebanon, Pa, there is a school
teacher who has an inordinate desire for sleep,
and frequently slumbers during school hours.
The scholars being unable to wake him, few
days ago, gathered up their books and started
home.
"A Reno county. Kan, farmer Of so
summers advertised for a wife. Pretty Miss
Minnie Forester, Of Carthage. No., answered
the advertisement and went to Hutchinson to
wed her antiquity. She asked him to deed to
her $50 acres of land. He declined, and the
wedding did not occur.
e. E. Reynolds, Of Utica, n. T., Wis
tied E E. Reynolds. Of New Haven, Conn.,,
some months ago. Each were surprised to
fnd that the other had been named for Colonel
Elmer Ellsworth, and the publication Of the
facts has ELECTED from Rev. E. E. Reynolds, of
Ludlow. VT, the information that he was
named the same and born the same week with
the others.
AT Charlottesville, Ind, Saturday, Rev.
Albert Jaekman, of the Christian Church, bap-
tized seven converts in Sugar creek. near
Alamo. He immersed eight last week, and
there are II more to be baptized. At Wsyne-
LDWD, Also, WlLQln the past low WtokS IscNs 1uEs
Fuson. Of the Baptist Church, has immersed 8
converts in the waters of a little creek running
through the town.
Captain Bob Warner has q regular ZOO
in his store at Port Tampa, Fla, collection Of
South American birds and animals, which proves
quite an attraction to visitors to the port.
Among the collection are two fne macaws.
several parrots, monkeys, ETC., and curious
little animal which he calls night-Walker It
lies cured up asleep all day, but at night plays,
and Is as frisky as a kitten.
Morris Hannah, a farmer of Clio town.
ship, Genesee county, Mich. had faVorite
daughter, an ordinary farm hand and $50 in
cash secreted in his house. One day last week,
while the old folks were away, the girl, the
farm hand and the $50 eloped, and no tidings
have been had of them since. The farmer has
sworn out q warrant for the arrest Of Finch,
the farm hand. but he doesn't have much hope
of catching him. The silly girl is but 10 years
old.
Senior Manuel Arogon. delegate to the
Pan American Congress from Costa Rica, now
in Chicago, has received a eablegram from
home, stating that his government has just
issued a grant to an English company to build
a railway from San Jose to Esparda That is
excellent news" he remarked. when that
division is completed, Costa RIca Will have an
inter. oceanic railways and one can go across the
peninsula in ten hours. The new road viii be
80 miles long. Although it viii be built across
the Andes system, there are no difhcult featS
of engineering and the line ought to be fn-
ished in year. With the Nicaragua canal and
a railway from the Atlantic, Costa Riea Will
have regular American BOOM"
"A company, it was stated, lately set out
from Sydney to New Zealand to recover sunken
treasure from some old wreck on the west
coast Of the Middle Island; but so far no re-
turns have been published, the operations prob
ably not being complete. The subject Of sunk
en- treasure reminds one Of the heaps OF gold
carried in the galIeons of the past. In 1853 p
ship of war from Lisbon had on board 100000
of erusades IN diamonds and about 100000
'crowns turnois" in piastres, making the whole
2g O50 900 livres rOurnOis. So much for single
ship. In I774 two Spanish ships from Vera
Cruz and the Havana arrived with 2OOO,OOO OF
crowns, exclusive Of merchandise valued
roundly at 100000 crowns. Such examples
could be multiplied. Of the cargo OF an Eli
glish Indiaman in III. one item alOne-a dia-
mand in the rougn-was valued at flOOOOO
The discovery of the earliest known will
is an event which possesses an interest for
others beside lawyers; and there seems no
reason to question either the authenticity or
antiquity of the unique document which Mr..
Flinders Petrie has unearthed at Kahun, OF, as
the town was known 500 years ago. ulahun.
The document Is so curiously modern in form
that it might almost be granted probate to-day.
But in any case. it may be assumed that it
marks one Of the earliest epOchS OF legal his
tory, and cuTiOusly illustrates the continuity
of legal methods. 1t is needless to estimate
the value socially, legally and historically
of a will that dates back to patriarchal times.
It consists OF a settlement made by one Sex
henren, in the year A, second month Of Pert.
day 19-that is, it is estimated, the 44th OF
Amenemhat Ill. or 2jj0 b. Q.
The Department of Greek and Roman
Antiquities at the British Museum has recently
rf
Among them is fine seal Of banded agate in
the form of a scarab set in gold, with silver
hoop fitting it for ring. at is described as
very choice specimen and was found in Cyprus.
Its date is ABOUT $40 B. c. 1t represents, nearly
in profile and at full length, with the eharac-
teristic dlsproportiOns of the period 20 which it
belongs, Athene, clad in semi-transparent
robes both wings Of an extremely early type
being extended behind the figure. The goddess,
who holds a spear. wears helmet with pro-
digiOus crest. Apart from its technical merits.
the extreme historical interest OF this relic will
be manifest to students of Euripedes who re-
member that the turning point of the plot Of
the Ion is concerned with the blood Of the
slain Gorgon. Over the shoulder OF the goddess
the head OF Medusa is seen dropping blood.
elots of which fall from II behind the figure
and close to her feet. This is supposed to be
the only known representation OF the subject"
"A Frenehman in Siam has recently
written to French sporting paper an account
of his experience with turtles as beasts Of
burden. He bought two big fellows for e. each
and harnessed them together by means of an
elaborate wire and chain arrangement. Then
he fastened them to an 1S-foot rOwboat in =
neighboring harbor, got into the boat and let
the turtles go. They started off with rush that
upset everything in the little craft, including
the Frenchnan, and made for the open sea az
the rate of speed of man walking fast They
paid no attention TO the reins with which the
Frenchman tried to guide them. After four
man was Obliged to cut loose from them in or
der to keep within sight of land. The last he
saw of his E2 turtles as he rowed back to land
they were still forging ahead in their double
harness, He will repeat the experimenT short
ly in an inland lake, where the turtles cannot
get away from him. He is confident that
little training would make any big turtle
cheap and sufficient traction power in the
water,