Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-11
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

"A wren in East Bradford. Pa, built
nest in the sleeve Of garment that had been
hung up in the yard to dry.
The colored iremen of Macon, Ga, will
hold a tournament on July 90 Over 1900 fire.
men are expected to participate.
-Footpads in Sacramento think nothing
Of knocking down men and robbing them with
| In few feet Of the police station.
An undataker at Petersburg, Va,
while preparing body for burial fell TO the
noor, and in few moments expired.
Three persons have returned from their
| turtle egg hunt, at St. Augustine, Fla. They
secured 26S eggs and 7OO-pound turtle.
While herding near Ell Sio, N, NJ.
herder was bitten by a rabid coyote. and died
few days afterward Of hydrophobia.
"A petrifed bat was fonnd near Yuma,
Ariz, last Saturday by some railroad men. who
were digging heavy cut through sand hill.
"A snake was discovered coiled up in
side a piano at Sulphur Springs. Texas, the
other day IL fought valiantly before it was
dislodged from its musical home and killed.
Two little children, supposed to be
asleep on Georgia railroad track, were run
over by a train. The entire train passed over
the younger without injuring the child Il cut
OF the leg Of the older one
Sunday week in Winnipeg, Manitoba, for the
first time in 20 years, and during the services
lit pipe and enjoyed a smoke. On last
Wednesday he was fined SO for disturbing
worship.
AT the celebration Of the fitieth anni-
versary of the invention Of the postage stamp,
held recently in England, stamp was shown
Goi. Gofsn IUO guineas II = was from the British
on pink paper.
"A G. A. R. man entered the car Of the
Michigan Fish Commission, at Lansing the
| other day, and received q glass of water to ex
anime. but mistaken it for an offer to treat he
swallowed it gulp. 1t contained over 200
wrigghng little wall-eyed pike.
| While travelling circus was delighting
the mill operatives Of Fall River, Mass, q pow
| erty-stricken mother is said to have sold her
4year-old son, Michael Monaz. to one of the
| side-show managers for S35. The sideshow-
man promised to make an acrobat Of the
| youngster.
The greater portion of the cedar tele
graph poles used by the Western Union Com
pany come from Michigan. From 40 to 200 men
and nearly 40 teams are employed in gathering
the poles and putting them in proper shape.
The poles range from 26 to so feet in length, and
are worth from 81 to 81 each.
Recently, at the request of the Board of
A10HSeSAOhg VI w dAIcuf ETOI. AuRuBb
Morck examined the eyes Of the pupils Of the
Warren schools to ascertain to what extent
they were troubled with defective vision. He
has made his report, in which he states that ous
OF oS9 scholars, lO6 showed some defect Of vision
or some disease of the eye.
On drawing a net Florida fisherman
succeeded in landing an alligator and a turtle.
| The alligator was nine feet in length while the
turtle was of the loggerhead variety. and q
| subsequent weighing showed it to be IS pounds
| In weight. The back of the alligator was
broken in two places, while one Of the feet was
| almost severed from the body.
-Baltimore's first month under the high
license law has been more than satisfactory.
| Over 900 saloons have been forced out Of
/ business arrests have decreased and the an
nual revenue has increased from less than $780,
600 under low license TO more than $3.50 900 un-
der high license. of which the city gets $780, O0O
where 1t formerly received nothing. The license
| fee is $3.50.
While little 2-year-old girl was play
| ing in yard at Lethonia Ga, she suddenly
called MA" but the mother paid no attention
| to her. In short time the little girl went to
the front porch (where Mrs. Medlock was),
having small black snake firmly grasped in
her little hands. Mrs. Medlock was badly
frightend, but managed TO release the child's
grasp and kill the reptile. The snake did not
bite the child, or make any attempt to do so.
-1u buC pdNlOf VI . SOuuNIl uOs idE
distant from Warrentown, Ga. there hangs be-
tween the front windows likeness of General
Robert E. Lee. Just on the inside is an ivy
vine that has entwined itself along so as to
almost cover the front. Through the crevice
where the blinds lap has crept . spray Of this
ivy and as II drawn by the magnetism of this
picture has entwined itself as beautifully around
and down the frame as il arranged by loving
hand.
"A useful attribute Of paper not gener-
ally known is for preserving ice in pitcher Of
water. Fill the pitcher with ice and water and
set it on the center of a piece of paper; then
| gather the paper up together at the top and
| place the ends tightly together placing strong
rubber band around the coil to hold it close, so
| as to exclude the air. A pitcher of ice water
treated in this manner has been known TO
stand over night with scarcely perceptible
| melting OF the ice.
Lemons are used for soap in many coun-
tries where they grow. When, for instance, the
\ men and women of the West Indies want to
wash their hands they squeeze the juice OF
lemon over them briskly in water until they
are clean. There is an acid in the lemon SINH
| lar to that used in soap. And in countries
| where oranges grow in great plenty country
| gentlemen use the cheapest kind for blacking
| their boots The orange is cut in two and the
| juicy side Of one half is rubbed on the SCOT Of
| an iron pot and then on the boot Then the
| boot is rubbed with a soft brush and a brighs
polish at once appears.
The curious travelling stones" of AUS
| tralia are paralleled in Nevada They are de-
seribed as being perfectly round, about as large
| as a walnut, and Of an ivory nature. When
distributed about on the floor, table or any
| other level surface within two or three feet OF
| each other, they Immediately begin travelling
| toward each other until they meet at q common
| center and there lie huddled up in a bunch.
| like eggs in nest A single stone removed to
a distance of four feet, upon being released. re-
| turns to the heap, but IL taken away five feet
remains motionless. 1t is needless to say that
they are largely composed of magnetic iron
ore.
Two and half miles south of the little
Mexican village Of Las Hummettas. in West
ern Arizona, in low, sandy valley, hanked by
tall mountains, there is hole about three feet
in diameter and of unknown depth. from which
q dense cloud of smoke and steam is constantly
| arising. For 100 feet on each side of the hole
| the ground is moist and heated. Water col-
| lected in the holes which have been dug in this
| moist ground has the tendency to make one
| very wakeful besides giving the face, hands
| and feet a paralytic numbness. Every evening
At 7 O'clock large volumes of sand are shot
| from the hole, preceded by roar that can be
heard for miles.
FEW GOOD LAUGHS.