Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-12
CURIOUS CONpENSATIOES

Paterson, ". j., has club composed Of
young men who have an inordinate fondness
for onions.
So far as known only one man in
Easton celebrated Jackson's Day. He hung
out two small hags at his residence.
There are 50 manufactures of imitation
butter in Germany A factory in Mannheim
produces daily 1900 pounds from preparation
Of cocoanuts.
The last season Of the pearl fishing in
Ceylon was exceptionally successful In n
days % divers brought II. 600 900 oysters to the
surface. The divers made about So, 900, and
the Government 500 000
"A novelty in road fixing can be seen on
the old gravel pike near Byberry, Pa, where
rutabagas have taken the place Of dirt or stone.
Several carloads have been hauled there TO
NIL up the ruts aod holes.
james Bortz, residing near Maeungie,
Pa, one day last week took pair of boots to
cobbler for slight repairs. He stated that he
had owned them for 10 years, but had used
them only on Sundays and on special occasions
On the roof the new New York hospital
building will be garden, probably inclossd in
glass, where patients can enjoy the cool breezes
that blow over the housetops. Here there will
pc flowers, plants. an aquarium, seats and
hammOcks.
-"Old Towlion," hermit who lives in
Jacks Hollow, in the mountains near Will
IamspSst spends his time in digging around his
ten holes 10 feet deep, and his place looks like
yawning graveyard.
"A family in Henry county. Ga. consists
Of mothers, 8 sons, 2 grandmothers, grand
sons, great-grandmother. daughter-in-Iaw,
husband. granddaughter.in-Iaw. brothers.
daughter, 2 greatgrandsons, l wife, widows.
grandnother-in-laW, and there are only in the
family.
Jeremiah Smith, of Morgan county, o.,
has cat which is known by the neighbors a.
''solar spectrum From the tip of its tail to
the end Of his nose there are distributed all the
colors Of the rainbow. Its nose shines like .
carbuncle and there are several shades Of Violet
on the fore legs.
The most novel character at . mas
querade ball held in Philadelphia house q
few nights ago was that assumed by a young
lady who personased ia grippe" Her cos
tune was Of black, and had painted on is
skeletons, pill-ooxes, medicine vials and other
similar and appropriate designs.
AN Eastern man, not a crank but real
live genius, wants Kalamazoo capitalists to
start plant to manufacture a sure-go flying
machine which he has patented He showed
the Chamber Of Commerce. how nicely his
model worked, but the memory of poor Hoean'a
tr1Vanee as an everyday means Of locomotion-
"A queer ordinance was passed by the
McConnelsViIle lO.) Council recently. The
substance Of the ordinance was to provide for
building high fence around a certain saloon
in town known as the blue Goose" which ap-
pelation is suggested by the peculiarly bright
color Of its front. The fence will be placed
there so as to prohibit entrance from any other
than the front door, which faces the public
square, the most prominent portion Of the VIII
lage.
"A Hartford, Van Buren county, Mich,
man who went West some years ago got into
trouble and the California Penitentiary at the
same time and to save his family the disgrace
caused somebody to write TO MicnIgan that he
had been shot and scalped By Indians. This
would have made it all right If he had stayed
dead, but a few days ago, while his widow was
getting her trOus5eau ready to marry decent
man, the villain Spoiled everything by getting
out Of prison and writing home to ask for his
family.
George Vessel, of Coenties slip, New
York, owns big Newfoundland dog and
little gray cat Nine months ago, when the
dog was day old, he was brought to Vessels
and gwen to nurse to the cat. The cat had
family Of six, but took the stranger in and
raised him with her own young ones. As he
grew to size and strength the little cat was Just
as Watchful Of him as ever and would fly
savageIy at any other dog that would dare to
approach the Newfoundland. The dog, after .
three months visit in the country, returned to
his home the other day, and be and the mother
cat were oVerjoyed to see each other, and they
made any amount Of fun in that neighborhOod
by their odd demonstration Of joy al seeing each
other once more
Some time ago Joseph J. Speek, Of
Kansas City, learned Of the existence Of a GER
tain alleged miraculous stone found in South
ern India, which would heal wounds Of all
kinds. particularly snake and dog bites and
any sore from which hydrophobia or Iockjav
might result. To learn more Of the wonderful
curative powers Of the stone, Mr.. Speck ad-
dressed letter to q native Of Bombay The
Hindoo replied that the stone is supposed TO
be found in 2 serpents head, ard is rarer and
Hindoos and the wild, savage natives place
great faith in Its power, and guard It as
saeredly and carefully as they do their idols
ticular stone advertised it and offered it for
sale IN an American newspaper, and it was
this advertisement that Mr. Speck saw. The
owner Of the stone wants $4,000 for it.
"A branch Of the Baltimore Society Of
Lovers was organized at VIII
mington, Del, recently by Joseph 7. Clark,
who is President Of the Baltimore organize
ton. A dozen Well-known young men in town,
including lawyer, several politicians and q
prominent merchant, met in one Of the large
otels. Mr.. Clark explained the nature Of the
saying that it was a mutual con-
ISOLATION society, and any man to be eligible to
must have been engaged and the
engagement must have been broken By the fair
One. He severely denounced flirting and said
that caused nine-tenths of the woes Of man.
Ten men appended their names to the consti-
tuition and each related his experience in strtV-
ng for matrimonial honOrs. The constitution
requires every man to shun female society at
Ill times, and violation Of this rule means
A Lookout Committee was ap-
pointed to search for new candidates.
-E. s. Wilson, q blacksmith, of Ozark,
No., has relic Of the Marshfeld cyclone,
which occurred on April Is, 1880, that is a very
curiosity. This witness Of one of
he freaks of the great storm is black quart
,ottle, bent BY some mysterious force into an
liptie circle without a crack or break in the
,lass that the closest scrutiny can discover.
The neck of the bottle actually touches the
dge Of the bottom, and the fact that the glass
Tas not broken in any way by the force of the
torn is shown by its holding Water or any
ther fluid By gradually turning the bottle as
he water is poured in it can be nearly filed to
to full capacity, so as to show the perfect
Oundness Of the material. This bottle was
ound by Mr.. Wilson the day after the Marsh
eld disaster and examined by Professor Tice.
he metsorologist attributed the bending Of
be bottle to the force Of electricity, and con-
idered this one Of the most wonderful results
I the agency at work in the storm cloud. The
ottle was found in the wreck Of one Of the
Iarshfeld drugstOres.