Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-01
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

There are 40 Jewish synagogues in New
York.
The word "its" only occurs once in the
whole of the Bible.
The school teachers of Cincinnati have
not been paid their salaries since April.
"A cargo Of alligator hides arrived as
Galveston. Tex, few days ago en- route from
Mexico to New York
A sensation has been produced in
Heidelberg by the rumor that the Governments
may close the university.
"A tea trust has been formed in Toxic,
Japan, for the purpose Of restoring the de-
clining tea trade of that country"
The Berlin police have refused permit
to Buffalo Bills Wild West show on the
ground thatit is demoralizing to youth.
1t was extraordinarily cold in northern
Germany during the first part of June. In .
number of districts early vegetation was killed
by frosts.
The medical congress in Berlin in Au-
gust will be important. Every country will be
largely represented. Edmund Yates says that
a whole army Of doctors is expected from
America.
The greatest production Of the modern
loom, the "Adoration of the Magi," designed
by Burne Jones and worked out by William
Morris, is to be presented to the chapel Of Ex-
eter College, Oxford.
Out in Nevada telegraph poles in low
places, where water stands In winter, are said
to have taken root and are covered with foil.
age. The poles are cottonwood and were
planted with the bark on them
"A diver vino was working at the
foundation of railroad bridge near Boise
City. Idaho, gave a signal to be hoisted quickly
When he got to the surface he held fast a 81
pound salmon that he had caught by the gills.
jacob Dishart, of Washington, Ind,
who is said to be lO7 years old is still well pre-
served. and though bent with age walks about
unaided. He has walked five loiles or more
daily this year. He was born in Virginia
To shrink wooden goods: First-After
pulling treat the goods on perforated table
with superheated steam. Second-Pass through
bath Of alum of LOT spirit grains for half an
hour, wiring and dry; wash, soap, wash OFF and
dry.
Count Charles Dillon, who died in Paris
recently, was one of the four survivors Of the
Court of Charles x, to whom he was page Of
honor during the last four years of his reign.
The Count had lived in England and spoke
English iuently-
j. M. Lake has in his yard at Webster,
W. Va, a jack rabbit that was sent to him
from Kansas last March. When IL came it was
very small. not being larger than q mouse but
now It has grown until it is much larger than
the ordinary rabbit found here, while its ears
are over SIX inches long.
-Nine-tenths OF the dolls sold in this
country are said to come from Germany. and
the principal seat of manufacture there is
Sonneberg, in Thuringen, q town Of about
10 900 inhabitants. Doll making is almost the
entire industry of the place. 1t is not remuner-
ative. as the people are very poor, owing to the
low wages paid
Sandberg on the strength of iron rails during
winter have shown that steel rails containing
over per cent Of carbon are apt to break in
cold weather. In fact, the result Of his investi-
tions points to the use Of rails having less car
bon than this-sayS per cent-in countries as
cold in winter as Norway and Sweden
The Pail Nall Gazette says that Prof
Gluck recently performed a remarkable and
successful operation. He removed from one of
his male patients diseased knee joint, and in
serted an artificial substitute made from ivory.
The patient has now left his bed. He walks
with perfect ease, and says his ivory knee joint
is convenient and comfortable in every way
During the past six months the sheep
owners of Irwin and Mineral townships, We
mango county, have had their fiocks devastated
by two fierce mastiffs- Two hunters came upon
their tracks last Tuesday and the dogs have
ceased their labors. During their unmolested
career In the mutton business they have
whose value may be set down at 81 ,OOO
-Heziah Tibbetts brings report to Pen
dleton, Ore, from Mountain Valley, which has
been somewhat excited Of late over the dis
covery of gold Iedges, that a now vein of coal
80 inches IN thickness at the surface, hsa
been found about three miles this side OF
FletcheI's mine and will be located and de-
veoped By the discoverers. Butter creek
evidently finds its source in a section rich in
mineral wealth.
james B. Swigert, of Carlisle Springs,
Pa, Is the possessor of an old turkey gobbleI
which is now doing the duty Of a fowl of the
feminine gender. Mr.. Swigert few days ago
missed the gobbler. but subsequently found
him in a field Matching nest Of eggs. The old
fellow sat very contentedly. and seems greatly
pleased with doing the duties of a mother. The
turkey hen which laid the eggs which the COB
bier is Matching is now laying in another nest
There are many people in Cincinnati
who speak and read French. There are so
many of them, indeed, that the big book stores
downtown always keep in stock very large
supply of French novels. There is quite a col
ony of French people in the city, and they are
good customers of the booksellers. Most OF
them subscribe for French newspaper, and
one bookstore has on its list 150 subscribers for
a French daily newspaper published in New
York.
A mare belonging to Thomas Ballard,
living near Montezuma, Ia, gave birth TO 4 colt
that had lump on Its jaw, which prevented it
from su cking. The lump was cut OF. and on being
opened, was found to contain lot of small
sized rattlesnakes. Mr.. Ballard says the day
after the mare was bred, she was bitten BY
but suffered no serious effect. The
question that puzzles local scientists is by what
means the rattlesnakes were propagated in the
colts jaw.
A negro who was bitten in the leg byA
rattlesnake in the woods near Valdosta. Ga,
few days ago, was treated as follows: The
snake. which clung to the limb, was killed.
tight cord tied around the bitten leg, then the
snake was cut in pieces and the warm flesh ap-
Piled to the bite. The negro was removed at
,nce to the quarters, and as soon as possible
several roots Of the prickly ash secured. whicl
,an be found in almost any old Held. Warn
water was poured over these roots and poui
lice made and Immediately applied to the
wound. The virulence of the poison soon col
pred the poultice green, and fresh one would
be substituted, until, in the course of an hour,
the green failed to snow any further In the
meantime the negro was given large quahtlty
Of fresh, sweet milk to drink He soon re-
covered, and is now doing we'll