Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-14
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.


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The tooth extracted from 13-year-old
horse at rowsontoWn, Pa, weighed a quarter
OF pound
I'm Scotland it is said that to rock the
empty cradle will insure the coming Of other
occupants for it.
"A Philadelphia bon-ViVsnt has kept q
tubful Of tsrrapin alive in his cellar all winter,
30 IS 70 have them handy
"A meteor that cast a shadow and sp-
peared as large as the full moon was seen by
NoDlesXine, Ind, people the other evening.
The largest shaft in Africa has just
been opened in the Kimberley diamond fields.
1t measures q feet inches by7 feet inches,
and is to be l.OOO feet deep.
The chain gang of Bi5b county. Ga, Is
SO strong. The conVicts are divided in two
squads, and the public roads Of that county
are classed among the best in Georgia
A quantity of fish shipped to Reading
from Maryland were found to be alive when
unpacked, and when thrown into tank OF
water darted around as lively as ever.
"A Missouri woman, who four years ago
named her twin boys Blaine and Logan, and
during the last campaign named another pair
Harrison and Morton, has just been deteased
III postofdee contest in her town.
The Bishop Of Rochester, addressing
the students Of the Royal Female School Of
Arts, in London on the occasion of the annual
prize giving. remarked: Il am struck with the
lovely taste displayed in your hats, they are so
quiet and ladylike." That pleased the girls
more than all the prizes.
The municipality of the town Of Kher-
son, Russia, has decided to hold solemn ser
vice on the hundreth anniversary Of the death
- LII. II
who died at Kherson on January 20 told stylel
1870 The memory of Howard Is kept alive in
the town by the monument
An inventory of the wardrobe of Queen
Elizabeth, made in the year Of 1900, recently
published shows that the Queen then had 80
robes. l26 kirtles, 269 gowns, 1873 Iforeparts,"
125 retticoats 81 fans 96 cloalxs, SO safeguards,
50 doublets, and Is lap mantles. The gowns ap-
pear all to have been Of the richest materials.
The Cars latest fad is to force all
members Of the imperial family to wear cloth
ing Of only Russian material, made up by only
Russian hands. Both the Czar and Czarina
have heretofore obtained their clothing from
Paris, and Her Majesty has had 20 French
dressmakers constantly employed at st. Peters
burg.
"A trial in the harbor of Portsmouth,
England, recently showed that q modern tor
pedo boat can mount any boom yet devised to
protect roadstead or harbor. The structure
tested it was supposnd would instantly stop
and hold fast any boat attempting to pass it,
Dut the boat, driven at full speed, went over 1t
without difficulty or damage.
The throes of inventive genius have re-
suited in the birth of another scheme for
utilizing the power OF Niagara. The last pro-
power of the falls to New York City through
an electric cable about the size OF barrel and
at roughly estimated cost Of SIS, ,0O0, 900 mile
for plant and operating expenses.
An inmate of the Camberwell, Lon
don, workhouse, has Just died at the age Of
l04 years, and Isaac Bone, Of East Tested, is
reported to be 102 and William Harbor, of
Binsted. l0l years old. Both the latter are
great smokers and moderate drinkers. and
Bone Is parish clerk of his town and assisted
in singing the carols at Christmas.
in the local court at Drogheda, Mr..
Kenny, being sued for rent due on house that
he had leased pleaded that his wife had been
frightened by ghost that appeared at their
bed and threw something upon them during
the night. and that tie place was on that ae-
count uninhabitable The court held that the
fact that house was haunted was no defense
in such suit and gnye verdict for the
plaintiff.
Among the veterans detailed as a guard
Pantheon at Rome. on the occasion of the ami
versary of the Kings death, was priest wear
ing the medal Of the war for independence. He
was called upon to answer many questions by the
visiting sightseers, TO all of whom he expressed
his pride over the part he had taken in Italy'S
battles, part that gave him the right TO stand
guard over the tomb.
There is in Camden little boy who has
an aptitude to master music, and with the
ST. Io,I N1a1 E1,,
the eornet as the particular instrument with
which he shall wrestle. In a praiseworthy ef-
fort to encourage the lad papa has offered him
10 cents for each hour he practices during the
day-when papa is away. Mamma has seen her
husbands ante and gone it one chip better.
She gives the boy Is cents an hour for keeping
quiet.
Among the exhibits at the Indianapolis
meeting Of the Western Canned Goods Asso-
citation, are two cans containg beef soup, part
of lot prepared for the United States Navy
in 1919. They are owned by William Daggstt,
of Indianapolis, whose grandfather was at the
head of Daggett q Kenslett. Of New Haven,
Conn.,, in the early part Of the century. The
contents are supposed to be in good condition;
il not the fermentation and creation of gases
within would break the seal. the soup to-day is
therefore II years old
w. A. Merryday, of Pslatka, Fla, has
an owl that Is as tame as his store cat. All day
long the "Irishman's parrot rests on the
rafters overhead in the grain room. The cat
and owl have formed strong attachment in
the last four months for each other, and it is
not an unusual sight for the cat to 90 on and
return with rat for his Owlship. In return
for the kindness, the owl will take its paw and
scratch the cats heas, when pussy will purr
and rub up against the owls feathers, both
looking perfectly happy all the while.
AS two merchants were returning lately
in a carriage to Bartfeld from the Hungarian
Galician frontier they were attacked by pack
Of nine wolves, the leader Of which was shot as
soon as he leaped upon one of the carnage
horses. The remaining eight, far from being
frightened of furiOusly pursued the travellers,
who managed to shoot two more Of tbe bowling
animals. Just as the horses began to slacken
their pace through loss of blood and fatigue,
1--WE hunters hove in sight from neighbofing
field and quickly dispatched the rest OF thepur-
suing pack.
"A singular case came up in New York
before Judge McGown. William Knipscher is
a iourneyman tailor who worked at his trade
in an establishment In Sixth avenue. Rnip-
,cher boasts of beard whose length is Of un-
usual proportions. He has not cut it for 20
years. On February %, while waiting for his
,aIary. Robert Delury stole up behind him and
shipped off, with pair of shears three inches
If whiskers. TO the great amusement Of those
Employed in the shop. Knipscher felt that he
rad been insulted, and sued Delury for s. 900
Iama1es, alleging assault. The Jury, after
considerable deliberation, decided that Whiskers
we're worth cents an inch, and gave Knipscher
verdict Of cents.