Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-30
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.


1sO years old.
The people of Australia have begun to
discourage Immigration.
"A yellow hen with blue tail is the sub
ject of an interesting lawsuit in an Alabama
court.
of all the Southern States, it is said
Kentucky alone has made no provision for her
ex-Confederates.
"A queer fish has been caught of the
South Carolina coast. 1t has large horn on
the top of its head, and weighs over 500 pounds.
"A Maryland railroad not long ago car
ried female passenger half a mile out Of her
way. and has lately had to pay $500 for 50
doing.
AN Irish Judge was presented with
white gloves the other day to mark the entire
absence of criminal cases from the calendar ID
his riding.
"A resident of Carroll county, Ga, killed
a white oak snake Sunday which measured
feet in length and inches In diameter. This 10
one of the largest snakes ever killed IN the
State.
"A woman of Peach Bloom, in Conecuh
county, Ala, has Cochin hen that has laid
l67 eggs since the 1st of October. This hen has
never shown any disposition TO set, and Is still
laying.
.
put away in a canvas purse money to pay
mortgage due this month. Upon going after
the purse he found that mice had totally de.
stroyed every bill.
"A large swarm of wild bees is now DOM
iciled in the boxing of the court house. Quit
man, Ga. They are located in the southeast
corner. and are busily engaged manufacturing
honey for the county officials.
There is a girl in Junction City, Mo-.
who commenced going to school ten years ago
this spring. since which time she has answered
to roll-call every morning. She has neither
absence nor tardiness charged against her.
"A wel1-ripened plantain. sliced and
fried is dish to be relished. but the natives Of
the South American coast prefer them green,
boiled with the flesh of a young monkey or that
OF an inagua, the whole highly seasoned with
garlic and cayenne pepper.
"A white woman OF Hull county, Ca,
is ia years Of age, has II children, 1O3 grand
children, 636 great.grandchildren, T2 great
great-grandchildren in all l272 Her father
lived to be ITO years old. She has been . mem-
Der OF the church for lO2 years.
What is claimed to be q mastodon's
tooth has been picked up at the Sea Tack Life
Saving Station. Virginia. It is shiny jet
black in color, measures inches in width, ,
inches in length and 21S inches in height. Ths
tooth weighs TWO pounds and nine ounces
A hunter of Jefferson, W. Va. while
hunting a few days ago shot bird Of beautiful
blue.gray color which measured feet 8 inches
in height and feet inches from tip to tip Of
its wings. 1t bill was eight inches long. and its
legs and the tips Of its wings were Of dun
salmon color. mo bird like it was ever seen
in that section before"
"A queer combination of "twos" is pre-
sented in the case of prisoner sent to the
Ohio PeniEentiary recently. He was arrested
February q, lay In jail 2 months. was convicted
and sentenced for years for stealing horses,
being received at the penitentiary April q and
his serial number Is q %, and be had hts on
the second night after his ARRIVAL
A certain famous fisherman of Chester,
Pa, when he goes after shad usually gets ie.
His latest success puts all other fishermen
quite out of sight OF Chester Island he got
four-pound shad in his net. but the fish got
back into the water. In twinkling be dived
after it, and for several yards it was go-as'
you-please, but when he came TO the surface he
had the fish by the gills.
"A citizen of Flows, N. c., has goose
that Is just 80 years old. She was gosling the
same year that her owners mother was mar
red, which is now nearly 40 years ago. The old
goose is picked regularly every spring. and al.
ways furnishes her quota Of feathers Several
years ago she was washed away in big freshes
and was gone for months, and then returned.
One of the assessors relates an odd ex-
perience in Bucktown, near Indianapolis. He
called at the house of an old woman whose fur.
niture was valued at so cents. Under the lay
he had to place the value at 81, which would
make her tax q fraction over cent. As he
was about TO Ieave the house he discovered
that the old woman was the happy owner OF
six dogs, on which she was assessed Sll.
A newly married couple from the coun.
In Rr,aa
Vista. Ca. a few days ago. They had married
the day before at Cordels and were on their
way to where the man works. They prone
naded the town hand in hand. and when the
noon hour arrived they repaired to q store, both
occupied the same CHAIR the man sitting down
first and dined on cheese and crackers, spiced
with kisses.
An East Liverpool, o., preacher be-
Iisves he has hit upon plan that will allowa
mother to go to church without leaving her
baby at home, or without the child disturbing
the entire congregation. He proposes TO have
an infant room, heated and properly furnished,
and haYe score of competent women to take
charge of the babies during the service. thus
allowing everybody to enjoy the preaching. An
old bachelor wants the ssame idea applied TO
theaters.
Some two months ago the engineer on
engine 2O3 of the Louisville, New Orleans and
Texas road, on the Jackson division, MIssis-
sippi, ran over a goose. Since then its mate
runs around the engine and expresses, TO the
best of its ability, great animosity for the en-
gine. The engineer says that whenever engine
203 whistles for the station the old gander knows
the whistle, and in spite of attempts to scare il
of flies at the engine rs though it were its dead
lest foe. The poor creature Is evidently trying
to revenge the death Of its mate.
"A man keeps two railroad restaurants,
one in Charlotte and one in Central, in the
Carolinas. He gives q better meal than any
Dne ever ate in such place before with game
and native claret thrown in. But the queerest
thing about him Is the way he orders his
walters 10 treat the people. Take another
quail, please" they say: do have some more
wine, please. Take piece Of each kind OF pie
rs well as the pudding. please" and when the
meal is over th ese walters beg the people please
to take the a oral decorations TO the ladies on
the tram, and please to carry on the fruit for
the children.
The difference between girls throwing
and boys is substantially this: The boy
crooks his elbow and reaches back with the
upper part of hIs arm about at right angles
With his body and the forearm at 45 degrees
The direct of throwing Is accomplished By
bringing the arm back with a sort of snap,
working every joint from shoulder to wrist.
The girl throws with her whole arm rigid, the
boy with his whole arm relaxed. Why this
marked and unmistakable difference exists
nav be explained by the fact thar the clayicls
,r collar bone IN the female anatomy ID some
uches longer and set some degrees lower down
han In the masculine frame. The long. crooked,
,ykward bone interferes with the full and free
lse of the arm. This is the reason why girl
,annot throw a stone.
THE SPICE OF LIFE.