Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-21
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

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Diamonds of the purest transparency
have been found in British Guiana.
The Bible has now been translated into
! 66 Of the languages and dialects of Africa.
There is clergyman in New Mexico
who goes by the name of Rev. Innocent
Wolf
"A large firm in Germany has sent to a
dealer in San Diego, Cal, for 5000 cactus
plants of many varieties.
"A letter carrier at Wheeling, w. Va,
successfully delivered q letter to man with
the name of George NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
helm
/ Charles Neal, colored, living seven
miles west Of Gainesville, Fla, buried his
twenty second child Thursday. He has five
still living.
"A new claimant for honors as faster ia
an Indiana rattlesnake, which ''has gone
without food for Il months 1t is confined
IN the Depauw University museum.
There are two Major William McKin-
leys in Ohio. The one is the Republican
nominee for Governor and the other is
Democratic salOonkeeper in Mansfield.
The Byron, Me-, girls have caught the
gold-digging fever, and the heroine of the
worth OF the real stuff from Smith Brook. =
There is three-armed deaf and dumb
freak in Wisconsin dime museum who can
talk so fast on her fingers that there isn't a.
stenographer in the State who can report
her verbatim.
"A Parsons Kan, cat not only soured on
the household, in which it was raised, but
after It ran away actually went back and
stole the mouse trap which the family had
substituted for the ungrateful tabby
"A couple living within one mile of
Lithonia, Fla, have been married 10 yeSs
and the husband affrms that he has never
kissed his wife. Neither has she ever kissed
him. They are the parents of IL children.
"A picture belonging to an Audrain
county (Mo.) farmer, which disappeared
during the recent cyclone, was found over
IN P1ke county the other day, distance of
80 miles from the residence of the owner. 1t
represented the death of Ananias.
-Borers of the city artesian we'll at Fort
Worth, Tex, are of the, opinion that the drill
will soon penetrate huge volume ofboilinp
water, as the temperature increases wit5
every few feet they go down. and at last
accounts was l21o, at a depth of 1900 feet
1t has been calculated lately that the
electromotive force of bolt Of lightning is
about 900 volts, the current about A. OOO.-
900 amperes, and the time to be about 1-9OOO
puTI OI d s6COnO. IN SuCl q DOlt there ia
energy of $50, 600 waits, or 1884 l6a horse
power.
Richard Carney, of Cocoanut Grove.
Dade county, Fla, had narrow escape from
death. A panther attacked him in the
woods. Mr.. Carney drove him or but not
without some damage to himself; his cheek
was lacerated, arm scratched and his cloth
ing literally torn from his body in shreds
"A girl in Kitsap county, Wash, who
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a big black bear, rushed into the house like a
whirlwind and fell exhausted on the floor.
She did not go into Mysteries, but suggested
to her father, as soon as she regained her
breath, that he might as well take his gun
and look for that bear instead of Standing
there asking fool questions"
Andrew jenkins (colored), of Parker
vile, Ca, captured a live rattlesnake the
other day. The snake was about five feet
long, and was just finishing the job of swal-
lowing full grown squirrel when CAPTURED
He was kept until Thursday night and
viewed BY several as curiosity, but they
neglected TO draw his fangs, and on the night
mentioned It committed suicide by biting
itself.
An ingenius apparatus has been intro
duced to prevent the wheels OF electric and
other street cars from slipping. Itconsists
of revolving brush connected with the for
ward axle-by a belt. AS the axle revofves ft
sets the Drushes IN motion, clearing path
for the wheels There is also operated in
connection with the device box which al
lows the escape of sufficient amount of
sand or salt without the slightest waste.
London was slow to accept the electric
light, but is now making up for lost time.
At the general meeting of the Metropolitsa
Company, the chairman reported that withs
in year the number of the lamps supplied
by them had increased from 5000 to
60,000 AS to their system Of underground
mains, he said that the length Of the conduit
at present laid was 40 miles, and into these
conduits there had been laid 80 miles Of
mains, and not one fault or leakage had oc-
CURED.
Prince Cont had the odd trick of bark
ing exactly like a little yapping lap dog, and
not infrequently barked at a lady instead of
answering her. Once he was seized with
desire to perform this strange antic while in
the throneroom of Louis XIV, but knowing
how furfously lie grand monarque would
have resented such an Infringement of his
royal dignity, Cont hurried to an open win
dow and, leaning out, pressed his handker-
chief over his mouth and barked softly to
his hearts content.
AT La Villa, Fla, two hens in the yard
of Robert Miller got to fighting, and went for
each other like game cocks A COW in the
yard went up to the hens and separated them
with her horns. They soon after renewed
the combat and again were separated by the
COW, but only for short time. She tried to
hook them apart again, but failed. She then
turned and began to kick at the hens. but
this did not separate or stop them from fight
ing. The COW then caught one under her
nose and rolled it about on the ground until
she broke one wing. This ended the battle,
as the other hen took refuge in fight.
On Friday last Joseph Morton found a
bottle fioa ting in the Coosa river near Kir-
toms landing, 35 miles below Rome, Ga. On
the face Of o card in the bottle was this in
scription, printed in heavy black script,
'I. H. Fits, contractor, Augusta, Ca"
Written in pencil on the lower edge of the
card was the address: "1135 Greene street."
Mr. Morton became interested when he read
this and his wonder grew when he turned
the card over and perused the following in
scription, written with a lead pencil In
delicate hand: 'If found, please write my
wife Mrs Fits, of Augusta, and tell her1
leaped from bridge at Rome, Ga, with sui
cidal intent" Nothing more could be learned