Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-31
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

The chimney recently completed at tne
Halsbruckner Hutte, near Freiburg. Germany,
is the tallest in the world, being 45O feet hign'
IF orty-eight inmates of the insane asy-
lum on Blackwelps Island. New York, are re-
hearsing a farce which they will soon produce.
"A minister of Seottsburg, Ind, walked
25 miles last Sunday, preached two sermons,
married two couples and ate two wedding din
ners.
A brush fire in the Lismore district.
Victoria, Australia. swept over tract 45 miles
long by to Is miles wide. About $1,000 sheep
were burnt.
A New York man claims to be able to
eat full meal every hour Of the day TOR 40
consecutive days. He wants $4,000 for making
the attempt.
IA Chinaman of Newark, n. j., has ap-
piled for an injunction against all the womenin
that CITY, He claims that his life is made mis-
cradle by their winking at him.
The following query was recently adj
dressed to a Philadelphia paper: Evil you
kindly let me know through your paper how to
make an eggs shell strongP
-Nye county, Col, boasts Of a chicken
that has its legs growing out or its back 1t gets
around lively in its up-side-down fashion, Hop
ping over on its breast when it wants to PICK up
grain OF corn or worm.
cyclorama of the battle of Missionary Ridge at
Chattanooga, Tenn, the other day, and became
so excited that he drew his revolver and put SIX
bullets into the figure Of Federal officer.
An Englishman has invented a water-
proof composition of glue that may be also used
for coating and isolaIing electric wires. 1t is
made by dissolving shellac in naptha and mix
ing the solution with castor oil, tar and Doric
acid.
"A resident of Moline, ILL.,, has had soma
living thing in his stomach for long time. The
other day 1t made its appearance. and proved to
be reptile six inches long with II well-de6ned
legs, each leg having cluster Of tentacles or
feelers.
"A resident of Arlington, Ga, has a
curiosity that he discovered while breaking up
rock to make pillars for his house. He broke a
large rock open, and in the center of it was
found embedded turtle. Not a 1--we turtle,
but petrifed one.
The three cities of Hankow, Wuchang
and Hanging, at the head of large steamer
navigation on the Yangtze river. China. are
said to be near to each other as New York,
Brooklyn and Jersey City, and contain about
the same population.
in Dunkirk. n. Y, a constable has Just
been elected who will give trouble to the law
yers. In making the subpenas and recording
service OF summonses they will be compelled
TO write the name of Peter Brxuszkiewizz with
out making an illegal error.
Plans are now before the London Coun-
ty Council for the construction Of new tun.
mel under the Thames river which shall be q
feet in diameter inside with 16-foot roadway
| and two footways. The cost of construction is
estimated at S400 per lneal foot
"A Chicago man, who has been paralyzed
for nearly five years. got out of bed at 2 o'clock
| the other morning. turned l6 somersaults IN the
middle of his room. sang two verses OF ,"Grand-
fathers Clock" and went back to bed, though
he was sound asleep the whole time
American manufacturers of leather
| betting have trade that extends all over the
| world. st. Louis concern is now filing an
| order for two belts 30 inches wide anG 104 feet
| long for firm in London. and similar belts are
also being made for shipment to Yokohama
"A Russian newspaper published and the
press censor overlooked joke about the Gar
recently. The monarch happened TO read the
paper laughed heartily-and sent the news
paper editor, the writer OF the joke and the
| careless censor to Siberia. All three are sem
| fenced for life.
| 1t is claimed that the finest forest pre-
| serve in the United States is the Adirondack
region, and that the Black Forest in Germany
and Norway forests and the forests of Canada
cannot be compared with it. There are 2, 2,76O.-
| 600 acres in the region, which It is proposed 10
| include in the Adirondack Park.
i
| ground City and South London Subway has in
| a measure worn off. there are found people 20
complain of the ventilation. 1t Is said that the
| smell from the subway is like that OF coal
mine. and that when the air is discharged
odor Of mildew.
"A student taking the examination be-
| fore the State Board of Examiners of Virginia
for license to practice. gave the following start
| ling information symptoms of oedema of the
| glottis are that the patient feels husky and has
| sore throat. would amputate it If necessary.
| l would do the operation within three or four
months if it was a bad case"
"A fish hawk pulled large salmon out
of Elk river, California, enc day last week.
The fish was too large for the bird to carry of,
60 leaving 1t on the sand the bird few of to q
| pie of drtftwood and picking up stick with a
where the FISH lay and sawed it in two, when it
| flew away with half Of the salmon.
"A German inventor has devised a new
material which is intended as q substitute for
10 ather IN many of its uses, This material
consists of panels of wood with wire netting
between, the whole being glued together under
heavy pressure. The sheets thus made are
said to be very tough and piable, and suited
for making trunks and other uses that require
strength.
"A household of Mechanicsburg O., is
deeply distressed by the remarkable conduct OF
an "apparition.' The spook has been in.regula-
Iion style rapping on the walls, gliding through
passage ways, and making general mischief.
Recently the ghost has taken to such practical
work as shoveling coal into the stove and set
ting the breakfast bile, and the people
thing about dispensing with the services Of the
hired girl.
"A popular phrase is said to have thus
originated: A few years ago man in New
York, well dressed and of exceedingly genteel
l.. H.
manner to almost every gentleman he met:
stranger to lend me IS for an hour or two?' In
this way he got good deal of money, and came
to be known in the courts and elsewhere as the
coincidence Man."
The sand-laden winds from the Lake
Michigan shores have wiped out the town Of
Singapore, near Saugatuck, Mich. Every
house except one has been completely covered
nm. and the family in this lone house has now
been compelled to move into the second floor,
the sand having filed the first. The same
cause will eventually drive the people to the
roof and this little old town will become as
thoroughly buried as Pompeii.
"A young man camping in the Sierras
discovered and captured butterfly of an un-
known species. He sent it to the Smithsonian
Institution at Washington and received there
for check for 81, 500 with the request to make
careful search for other moths OF the same
kind. 1t was individual of a fossil species,
supposed to be extinct and great was the ex-
ctement among tho scientists at the discovery
that one of the race had been recently alive.
Although 6iligent search has been made oy
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