Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-07
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

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schooner It was a very unusual sight in those
waters
Oscar Tuttle, of Santa Cruz, Cal, was
splitting kindling wood when he tackled large
| piece of redwood. He found cent piece Of
1850 lodged in the center Of the limb 1t was
blaekened by the sap.
During the progress Of guessing
match at the weight of a bull at Allentown
three men surreptitiousIy removed the animal
| from the stable and had it weighed, and by
betting accordingly bagged the prize.
The price ofgame in France is alleged to
depend principally upon the state of the moon.
When the moon is dark the poachers cannot
see to set their snares at night. and game is
scarce. When tue moon is full there is plenty
of light, and the poachers get lots of game.
Detective John T. Norris, of SPRING
| field, O.. is about to submit to painful surg
ical operation. At Gordonsyille, Va, in 1863.
he attempted to take mule from an aged col
ored man, who shot Norris in the left arm. The
shot have gradually worked down to the palm
Of his hand, from which they will have TO be
cut out.
Harry Vint, of Grand Haven, Mich, is
red headed. He didn't mind that so much. but
one day last week Vint intended to bathe his
head with bay rum. mistaking the bottle. how
eyer, and dowsing his pate with oil Of YitrIol
tne mistake was discovered right quick and
remedies applied. 1t is possible that the
victim may save rim of the hair around the
most conspicuous portion Of his head.
An interesting marriage was celebrated
the other day on the iron bridge which spans
the river at Harper's Ferry. The parties were
| Miss Bessie Mcdonald and 81. 8 Wightman
both of Virginia. The license was secured in
maryland and the officiating minister the Rev
| W. I. Isaacs, from West Virginia. The cere-
mony was performed at the toll keepers house.
and was witnessed by large company.
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able extent among the female graduates of the
universities and other young people of culture
In Europe. and the fact is being laid at the door
Of Max Muller. who Is charged with having
hrst brought that religion to the attention Of
the Christian world. His defenders saw thai
tne converts are made chiefly by Hindoos who
come from India to attend the universities.
"A night or two ago Conductor Pliers
train No. on the G. s. & C., was delayed at
London, O., by the breaking Of a brake-rod
When the train was stopped it was found that
the broken and jagged end Of the brake-rod had
pierced like sword the body of an enormous
black cat, which was still living. What the cat
mad mad to do with the accident, or how it came in
that position, is purely matter OF conjecture,
DuS the scene was wild and uncanny.
"A searcher among old deeds and records
in London recently came across q statement
that Mr.. Samuel Wilson bequeathed sum Of
E2OO0O-which has considerably increased-''to
be lent to men who have been S ct up one year.
and not more than two years, in some trade or
manufacture IN the city Of London or within
three miles thereof, and who can give salts
factory security for the repayment Of same"
1t has not been claimed for many years.
"A farmer named Walker in Lough-
borough County Court has been mulcted in
three guineas for damages to a lawyer named
Giles who lived and had fine garden 300 yards
away from one Of the farmers fields. The
complaint was that the farmer allowed his field
70 grow up 70 th1stles, and that the wind blew
the down over into the plaintiffs garden.
Giles defense was that he had kept three men
and woman busy pulling up the thistlss.
"A year or 50 ago Miss Nettie Whites
strange marriage to r. E. Lee, Of Sturgeon,
Mo-, was spoken Of in the papers. and she was
courted by two gallants-Lee and C. ]. VIM.
She accepted both. and both urged her to name
the happy day. She finally selected Winn but
was induced by Lee to change her mind at the
last minute, and so hot was the contest that it
was at last decided to settle the dispute by the
toss OF coin A dollar was Tipped into the
air and Lee won. Now, after a years time,
Is again her devoted suitor.
"A lodging house keeper in London
named Foy, who was so poor that he had been
able to get excused even from rate paying, re-
ceiVed from the hands of his dying wife the
gift of her stays. After her death he cut them
up and discovered over 5000 secrsted in them.
He gave his wife the most elegant wake ever
seen In the neighborhOOd, and while he was
under It's influence man named Fryer stole
the balance of money from him. He had Fryer
arrested, and in the police court the story of the
hidden treasure came out.
The fan-tan shops in New York are now
all upon the top floors of Chinese tenement
houses, instead of downstairs, as formerly. A
bright string is tied upon the knob of the door
leading into the tan shop long enough to reach
to the bottom of the several floors, a piece Of
kindling wood is fastened at the end, upon
which is written in small Chinese characters
this interesting information: "h you want
fortune quickly. please follow the string"
There are always so many poor Cinnamon In
New York who want fortune quickly that
lots of them follow these strings, and the places
are always crowded.
"a love jubilee" is the latest eelebra-
tion devised. On the occasion Of "the sixth
centenary of the loves of Dante and Beatrice''
a grand demonstration in honor of the tender
passion will be held at the PoIiteamo at Flor
ence, and will be kept up for five weeks begin
ming with the LIST Of May. There will be an ex-
hibition Of the great works Of the greatest
women; series of tableaux Vivants, repro
ducing the principal scenes of the Vita
Nuova;" and q conference on love, at which
papers will be read. A prize is offered for the
most eloquent discourse. and the competition
Is open to all cOmers OF course, there will be
portraits of Dante and Beatrice and . COM
pl6te collection of books about them.
B. H. WorralI, proprietor of Queens
Park, Morley, has invented an automatic 'rab-
bit" which, it is said, meets almost all the re-
quirements of the sport of coursIng. 1t hts In
a socket attached to an endless wire running in
cutters below ground only narrow slot show
ing on the surface. The conGrlVanee IS worked
bY machinery erected in small tower. The mo-
tive power is heavy stone weighing about halfs
ton, working like a clock weight, the speed at
which the rabbit" travels being controlled by
q man at a crank handle. The cutters are laid
diamond shape, and the length OF the course 10
about 200 yards, the rabbit" doubling II times
on the journey, the angles being very acute. In
case the dogs are unable to capture the "rao-
bit" before the whole ground has been tra-
versed the quarry runs into box, an lnchnsd
plane in which lifts it out Of the socket, the
dogs losing 1t.
Connecticut chicken thieves have hit
upon a new method Of depicting poultry yards
with much success. J. B. Palmer, Of Granite
willie. is the heaviest loser, and to him the dis
coyery of the scheme is due. When he entered
his poultry yard last week he found one Of his
ehiskens apparently suffocating Closer eX-
ANIMATION revealed to him about a dozen yards
of fisb line trailing from the chickens beak.
Then it dawned upon MI. Palmer that tsOme one
had been fishing for chickens on his premises.
The thieves method was to bait q hSh line with
a worm, drop it conveniently near the poultry
and when the worm was swallowed it was an
easy matter to capture the chicken without
difficulty As the farmers allow their fowl to
roam freely about their premises and into ad-
iaceut fields the thieves do not lack opportu-
nity 10 reap q harvest Mr.. Palmer's discovery,
however, may cause the farmers to be more
careful in the future.
CLEVER CLIPPINGS.