Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-21
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

There is man in Athens, Ga, who
eats two chickens at meal
There are 100 horses on Stanford's
stock farm, at Palo Alto, Cal, valued at g. OOO-
600.
Jacob Howard, years old, was hooked
to death at Saline, Mich, by an excited COW
which imagined il necessary to protect a new
calf
The Rev. DIR. Wickan, of Manchester.
VT. claims to be the oldest living graduate OF
Yale. He is SO, and, received his diploma in
| 1915.
"A Gainesville, Ca, man has 20 acres
| planted with cucumbers. He ships them all
North and expects to realize not less s5 900 from
! his patch.
"A small party of trappers wintered on
Isle Royale, and for their hardihood were re-
! warded with 40 lynx, 100 fine martens and
large number of less valuable furs.
One feature of the German Reichstag
is the scanry number of medical men, of whom
there are only four. whereas the French Cham
Der of Deputies swarms with doctors.
james Moore, of Escondido, has two
young eagles that he found in a nest recently
He is trying to tame them, but so far has not
made much progress. While feeding the birds
ne 1ncloses his hands In boxing gloves
Bath, Me-, is building what is eI-
pected to be the largest wooden sailing ship in
the world. She will be 2S5 feet long on the
Keel; will be a three-decker. and will carry
1our maSts. She will register about 3OO tons.
The Ridgeway, Mich, graveyard is run
on political basis. The man who did the dig
giDg was removed because he did not vote
right. This is enough to make some shade
arise and slay the new sexton with shin bone.
George j. Little engineer on the Handy
Boy, when that steamer collided with the bridge
at Saginaw and murdered seven persons, has
been honorably discharged, it being shown that
ne was in no sense responsible for the accident.
The great cantilever bridge at the Nee
dies, Cal, is finished. In its construction 40
OOlOOO pounds of steel and iron were used, and
the center span-360 feet-is the longest in the
world. Three men were killed and % injured
during the work OF building.
A colored man drove a horse partly up
the banks of the Alfalfa river, at Peru, Fla and
left with the lines fastened TO the wheel
OF the vehicle. When the horse backed the
reins frightened and he continued to back until
he was in the river and there drowned.
After the plates had been made for the
Aperican edition of ''Ouida's'' new novel. she
learned that the name she had chosen, "Posi-
t1on, had already been used for the title of a
story, and promptly telegraphed TO have 1t
changed to "Syrlin," the name Of one OF the
characters.
During recent thunderstorm in Paris
three flashes of lightning are said to have
reached the top of the conductor of the Eifel
Tower simultaneously, resulting in a remark
able display and considerable vibration on the
part of the big iron frame, but no apparent
damage was done.
An English scientist has solved the
problem of measuring the moons heat By
means Of thermopile composed of quartz fla
ments, which can render sensible the heat of a
candle up to mile and three-quarters, he has
been able to demonstrate that the warmth
from the moons reflected light is equal to that
given out by candle Il feet distant.
M. P. Lander, of San Gabriel, stepped
on needle ten years ago. 1t broke, and part
OF 1t remained in his foot. During the past
decade IL has been taking a lesurely tour of
his anatomy, occasionally giving him much
pain. Recently he coaxed the broken needle
TO the surface of the right side of his chest with
sticking salVe plaster and took it out
"A few days ago at Swayzee. Ind, the
residents were catching fish out of the pools
and puddles made by the terrific rain. Later,
when the water sunk into the ground. sunfsh
and sinners by the thousand strewed the
ground. There IS no stream within four miles
OF Swayzee, and the theory is that these fish
tied where they were found.
While drawing water from a well q
Perry. Ga, boy pulled out a monster that re-
sembled alligator very much. 1t had every
resemblance OF a young gator, except it had a
smooth skin, and is spotted like rattlesnake
and measures seven inches in length. Mr..
STRIPPING has this wonderful monster In a large
tin vessel, which he keeps supplied with fresh
water, and says the monster will eat bread or
anything that he may put IN there for it to eat
"A Bangor, Me-, barber came into pos
session of a live partridge which was kept in
cage in his shop all winter. The other day,
thinking the bird would like its freedom, the
him hoa rfad har fo tfa ad
of a wood in the outskirts of the city, and
opened the door. but. much to his surprise, the
partridge refused to go into the bush, persist
emily lingering near the cage and, finally, when
driven away, flew to q neighborlng house and
perched upon the caves.
"A Macon, Ga, salesman while travel
ing on a Southern road was greatly surprised
when a woman occupying an adjoining seat
whispered in his ear that his personal beauty
had captured her susceptible heart She was
woman of 45 and by no means beautiful. He
took another seat, but she followed him and
continued TO pour into his ear her tale of passion
until every person in the car was laughing.
Finally it transptred that the woman was crazy
and was then on her way to an asylum.
AT Myersdale, Somerset county, Pa, is
a family hard to match. Edward Deal, rhe
father, is 80 years old, reads without glasses
and labors at his trade, that of miller The
mother is several years his junior. reads with
out glasses and can pass any OF her girls on the
road. The children were all born and reared
on farm IN Somerset county. The sons have
all mastered the trade of the father. but four
of them are engaged in milling. The oldest
member of the family was Is years of age when
the youngest was born, SO at that time there
were Is places az the table daily. without COM
pany.
The West Indies brig Lutzburg has
arrived IN Bangor. Me-, for ice. She was built
in Germany 25 years ago. is about 800 tons bur-
then and seems but cookie shell alongside the
biz three and four stickers of American build,
but the captain declares she has been all over
.he world. In February the Captain arrives
North purchases 800 tons of ice, pays for it.
md then with his crew of coal black negroes
be sails away for Gaudaloupe. He disposes Of
lbout one-third the luxury to native dealers
ind the wine-drinking creoles and planters for3
cents per pound, or $50 per ton. Then the
kipper sails for Antigua. and here there is an
ce company who purchase of him regularly,
md when the brown-skinned gallants and girls
If this burg sip their wine, iced with the Maine
product 1t costs them 10 cents per pound, or
zoo per ton.
AMONG THE HUMORIsTs.