Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-03
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

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An electrical expert says no light has
than the old oil lamp
The latest New York fad is the collect
| ing of certain kinds of woodwork from Gilapi-
| dated houses for insertion in expensive dwell
| Ings.
| An expert electrician Insists that an
electric train. making Us an hour, would re-
| quire 1000 feet in which come to a stand
| still.
"A Washington. D. c., colored man has
been arrested SO times since November %. 1890.
He will have rest now, as his last sentence
was 364 days to Jail.
The irrepressible Yankee is said to have
invented a safety seamless trousers pocket
woven complete in one piece, no stitching or
sewing being necessary.
An English woman went all the way
from CaYendish Square. London, to Sioux
Falls s, Oak, to take advantage of the easy
divorce laws of that State.
Franklin, Ga, boasts of cat that ha d
been In one family for % years. When its
mistress died it pined away and refused to eat,
literally starving itself TO death.
"A Boston druggist saws that enormous
quantities of Jamaica ginger are shipped from
the Hub into Maine, to be used by people who
seek to avoid the Prohibition laws.
A writer describes Kodiak Island,
Alaska, as larger than either of the new En-.
gland States, with genial climate capable OF
producing many varieties Of fruit.
The Superintendent of the Philadelphia
mint says that ten 1O-cent pieces, instead OF
weighing as much as silver dollar, as former
ly, only weigh about nine-tenths as much
"A Pennsylvania farmer has hen which
habitually lays unusually large eggs Inside Of
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perfectly formed. Both the inside and outside
egg have yoke and white part.
In st. Louis the other day, a Justice
united in marriage two Turks and Hungarian
and a Turk. All were lovers in the Old
World, but religious differences prevented
their marriage. SO they came to America
"A sow belonging to farmer of West
town, Chester county, Pa, died few days ago,
leaving six orphans. Upon the death of their
parent the farmer filled her place by big milk
bottle with six little hose attachments.
-Four different mountain peaks in Idaho
are from l3 to % feet lower, by actual measure
ment than they were Is years ago. and it is be-
lieved that this settling is going on with many
Others The idea is that quicksands have un-
dermined them.
"A Californian was out looking for some
lost sheep in a canyon near Sespe, Ventura
county, on Wednesday, when he ran against
lassoed the bear and dragged it to death. It
weighed 500 pounds.
"A South Bethlehem, Pa, school teacher
disappeared between sessions few days ago
and as he did not appear the scholars organized
themselves into squads and instituted search.
He was found asleep in q secluded corner OF
the schoolhouse cellar:
Money must be scarce in some parts OF
California, as Centerville young man went to
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week and offered to sell 200 feet of lumber for
So in cash. The farmers were all eager TO buy,
but one could raise the money.
Near Ocala, Fla, few nights ago, an
engine struck a COW, which got tangled up In
the cow-catcher and before the train could be
stopped she was dragged 300 yards. When ex-
tricated she walked of and soon began to bite
grass as if nothing had happened.
"A Swiss law is said to constitute every
man his own assessor. After his death, if on
investigation :fraud is proved, the govern
ment swoops down on his estate and confiscates
sufficient to liquidate tho back taxes and inter-
est. Such a go-as-you-please method would
hardly work in this country.
One week ago vandsls broke into the
Big Four saloon in Anderson. Ind. and turned
the faucets to . number Of whisky. wine and
brandy casks, allowing about 300 gallons Of
liquor to run out. Near the saloon Is we'll
about 40 feet deep, and the contents Of the
casks have found their way into this well.
Water pumped from it is quite Intoxicating.
The water works of Savannah consists
of 25 artesian wells two miles out on the Sa-
vannah river, which yield about 5000 900 zal-S
Ions in "a hours. The wells are arranged in
two rows about 100 yards apart, and are from
$50 to 500 feet deep. The water has to be
pumped to the surface. From various indiea-
tions It is evident that ie comes from the
mountains of Northwest Georgia.
r. 4baro is a fraa ~, h.
ain above the large cliff Of marble on the line
of the Marietta and North Georgia Railroad
that has been burning for five months, and was
still burning on Sunday last The whole mass
Is red hot, and the material when taken out is
very much like chop cinder, but after being ex.
posed for few hours it slacks like lime. Tt ia
very strong with alkali and smells like sulphur.
"A farmer living near Goylon Postofice,
in Emmons county. N. OAK, lost l50 lambs by
a singular accident When he entered the
sheep sheds the other morning ne found q
number of dead lambs piled in heap. The
only reason he can assign for this is that his
shepherd dog was accidentally locked up
the dog stampeded the lambs into one COM
pact mass and they smothered to death in that
shape.
Attached to a freight train passing
through York, Pa, the other day was a car
containing number Of horses, one Of which
leaped from the car when about two miles from
that city. He described several somersaults on
the ground, arose. and, finding his way to the
tract trotted after the fast receding train until
he came to q oulvert, through which his fore
legs went. The brute tried IN vain to extricate
himself He was held fast until word could be
sent to Brill Harris station, a short distance
away where gang of railroad men were work.
ing They Immediately went to the spot and
removed the animal, which was badly, though
not seriously, injured, thus averting horrible
railroad disaster.
The superintendent of an electric light
station gives the strange instance of the STOP
ping of a meter and the explanation of the
trouble On examining the meter, which was
of % capacity. after lapse of month, in
order to determine the quantity of current TO
be charged for, he found that the consumer,
in the pressure of business, had placed num-
Der of small boxes around the meter, conceal
ing it from view. As it was desirable not to
disturb them, it was suggested ana agreed to
that the meter be allowed to run another
month. At the end of the second month. the
coast being clear. the meter was examined and
it was found that it recorded only five hours
since the time OF last examination. This
looked suspicious, but there was no ground to
believe that the meter had been tampered with.
A very close inspection revealed the fact that .
spider had spun its web around the fans so that
they could not rotate under the action OF the
current 1t appears that the screws which held
the cover to the top of the instrument had not
been put in. and that the spider had taken sd.
vantage of the opening and established himself
In the cozy quarters.