Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-05
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.


For the first time in eight years an
Allentown man received letter Few days
ago.
Lydia and Lena Cassell, aged sisters,
Of Lancaster, died within an hour Of eacn otner
recently.
-Arklow Rouse, recently the property Of
Mr. Beresford Hope, is built on the site OF the
old Tyburn gallOws.
"A big turkey broke out of his cage at
York and tried to fly through 500 plate-glass
window which was smashed to bits.
The papal stables, which used to have
40 horses in Plus IX.'s day, have been cut down
to eight horses, and instead of dozen car
riages they have four.
The will of the Indiana man who left
sS5, 900 to found home for old maids has been
declared invalid by the court the testator haV-
ing been of unsound mind.
"A pack mule of Frank Smiths rolled
Gown a canon 500 feet near Ragged Hill, Del
Norte county Col, few days. The animal
was not much injured, but its pack was wrecked
beyond recovery.
DIR. Bokai, professor at the Klausen-
burg University, claims to have discovered an
absolutely certain antiseptic remedy for hydro
Phobia, destroying the virus at the seat OF the
olte. II consists Of a solution of chloride
bromine, sulphurous acid and permanganate Of
potash with oil of eucalyptus.
In the year 100 there was but one news
paper in the United States. In 1870 there were
b87l; this year there 18 49, the total for the
United States and Canada being I7,1O7. In 1870
there were but l4,OOO periodicals printed in the
whole world. Now, however, there are in the
United States alone 1871 weeklies, 1898
monthlies and 15A dailies.
When a Corean marries he is careful TO
present his wife with wild goose, even If he
is obliged to hire the bird specially for the oc-
casion; for. once upon a time, wild goose
whose mate was killed, returned year after
year to the same spot to mourn her loss,
and the Corean bridegroom wishes his bride to
understand the virtue of cOnstancy.
There are 5000, 900 of people that walk
about London's streets daily, and in so doing
wear away ton of leather particles from their
boots and shoes This would in a year form
leather strip one inch wide and long enough to
extend from London to New York The
amount of disintegrated sole leather at 5d per
pound (what 1t cost consumers) would amount
to fl0O000
"A new calculating machine has just
been invented in France, and obtained q gold
medal at sh exhibition. The inventor is NJ.
Bollee, Of La Mans, clever macninist, already
very favorably known by other useful inVeD-
tions. The machine does addition. multiplied
tton and division with astonishing rapidity. and
all by turn Of the wheel. en-. Mascart re-
Gently. gave an account of the invention before
the Academy of Science.
When business is dull many pleasant
hour is spent by telegraph operators in talking
over the wire. A certain telegraph operator in
Maine first became acquainted with the young
lady who is now his wife over the wire. They
used to chat every evening after business hours.
One day this young man thought he would take
4 trip down the line and see the young lady
wit Tvh ha ah nno mn
was case of love at first sight, and the couple
were soon married.
The fast fishes, according to Prof G. B.
Goode, are of pointed build with close-lying
fms. and are frequently predacious. Food
fishes. on the other hand. are often slow and
easily caught, but are correspondingly prolific.
The actual speed of fishes is not as yet we'll
known; but as dolphins have been observed to
swim round and round steamer going at full
speed, their pace is estimated at 20 miles an
hour or more. The Spanish maekerel is one Of
the fastest of the food fishes Its body is conf
cal and smooth as metal, wSie in its motion it
cuts the water like yacht.
II. P. Smythes, who mas made important
geological discoveries in Indiana, says there is
great lake under part of that State He says:
II was sinking well on my place in Orange
county when suddenly the drill knocked piece
out of the bottom and disappeared. Through
the opening cold, clear water rushed filling the
well to the depth of 20 feet. At this level it
stands. / have pumped water for hours, using
steam engine once, and the water does not
lower an inch. One day drew up t1sh in
bucket of water" The section where the lake
exists is billy, full of gulches and caves 1t is
there that Lost river considerable stream,
sinks away and finally disappears altogether.
1t is announced that NJ. Munkacsy is
making a ceiling for the Museum of the His
tory of Art at Vienna, and that it will be ex-
hibited for the first time at the next French
Salon. The composition is 80 feet square, and
represents the allegory Of the Renaissance. In
the center Titan is surrounded by his scholars
and many models; in the first panel at the left
Leonard and Raphael converse Familiarity;
above them VerOnese works on scahOld, and
to the right Michael Angelo conVerses with
other artists. Other figures in the piece are
Pope Jules IL, Bramante, the architect of st.
Peters, and two Cardinals. Above all these
groups is the Genius Of Art in the midst Of a
legion of angels.
George Francis Train may start within
a few days to beat Nellie BIys record around
the world. He set out several years ago to
make fast time as a globe girdIer. He travelled
westward from San Francisco and got as far as
Marseilles. France, where he was detained by
the authorities as a suspicious character and
thus his record was spoiled Train is an en-
thusiast on the topic and believes that by tax
ing the Canadian Pacific to Vancouver, where
steamer, he can beat Miss Bly's record hand
somely. The actual time of travel, all waits
deducted, was but So days and Train figures il
out that he can make the trip IN % days.
Judge Hanna at Philadelphia the other
day filed an opinion in the Orphans Court, de-
Gliding the difference in meaning of the words
''between" and among" William Hicks
made a will in 1888, in which he said: After
my debts are paid my property shall be equally
divided between my wife, Martha k Hicks,
and my daughters, Ida Bell and Ella Billmayer."
1t was urged that the word between meant that
the widow should get One-half Of the estate,
and the other heirs the remaining half The
Judge says that it is plain the testator meant
to divide the estate equally between and not
among the heirs, and that by the word "be-
tween each Of the heirs is entitled to one
third The personal property amounted to
only 81 3OO but the real estate will foot up SlOO
A st. Louis hotelkeeper, speaking of
the cranks he frequently encounters, says that
a fne-looking man from the East, apparently a
perfect gentleman, the first time he entered
the dining room was dissatisfied with the seat
given him by the head usher. He moved
around from one seat to another without being
able to secure the one he thought he wanted.
Finally working himself into passion, he left
the dining room and came down to the land
lord with a long story OF the fancied wrongs
inflicted upon him by the walters. He de-
manded card Of admission to the dining
room, which was given him, and which he i'm
mediately presented to the usher who had
satisfied with the seat given hlm that time,
the place was no better than the one
assigned him at first. The next errattc move
he made was to demand wine card and write
an order for "One glass Of pure water" After
that everything seemed to suit him.