Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-16
CURIOUS. CONVERSATIONS

formed in San Francisco.
There are more newspapers published
In Pennsylvania than in all British America.
-Murmies guaranteed to be 5000 years
OLD may now be purchased in Europe for $50
apiece.
Maryland oyster growers expect to get
in the soup quite satisfactorily this season By
putting out about 300. 600 bushels Of oysters
Not including Alaska. Brazil is larger
IN extent than the United States, it possesses
within its limits an area of a2S7. 9s4 square
miles, with population of l2333375
Cornelius Hume, of Kingston. N. z.
has in his possession three ancient deeds. Thsy
bear the dates 1886. 1894 and I7I5 and are signed
By the representatives Of His Majesty Govern
ment.
The tallest smoke shaft in America was
completed recently on the grounds Of the Fan
River Iron Works. The chimney IA go feet
high above the granite base, and 80 feet square
at the bottom.
Hereafter no clergyman in the English
Church will be allowed to hold brewery stocks.
This viii knock hole in the incomes Of many
cleIgymen: VINO; nave been in the habit OF In
Vesting in this gilt-edged stock.
"A horse weighing 1,1OO pounds, owned
by man In Dover, N. H, got hungry in the
a
and narrow pair of stairs into the haY lofk
where he was found the next morning.
The Russian military authorities are
testing new rifle which is said to combine the
best features Of the repeating and Berdan
rifles. Ii the tests prove satisfactory the Gov
ernment will provide the army with 1000, 900 Of
the new rifles.
The story that Mrs. Burnett never met
with literary success until she commenced to
wear a moonstone ring that Mrs. Harriet
Beecher Stowe gave her, Is soberiy denied by
friends Of the former. They declare the noon
stone TO be all moonshine.
"A typically ignorant juryman has been
found in Iowa. He could name only eight
States of the Union and three Presidents. He
was firmly of the opinion that England is in
Africa, and that Canada is ''out somewhere be-
yond California" OF course he takes no news
paper.
Rev. John W. Farnham, the minister
of the colorsd Methodist Church at Charlott e,
N. c., wears boot, the size Of which is S55<.
which necessitates q sole Of 20 inches in length
and inches broad. The Rev Farnham stands
feet 10 inches in his siZable stockings and
weighs 40 pounds when stripped Of his I'M
pediments
The most fashionable heri in New York
State is said to live at Winslow's Mills. in the
town of WaldOboro. She started in life plain.
dark brown pullet, but soon exchanged this for
a black and white suit. The next time she
she'd her feathers she came out as white as
snow. and this fall she appears in black, white
and tan dress.
Large deposits Of ice, believed by some
to be relics Of the glacial period in this coun-
try have been discovered in Idaho. They are
in earth and oYergrown with moss.
which has prevented them from wasting away.
1t is seriously proposed to form companies 70
mine this ice for sale in Western cities whore
Ice is always dear and scarce.
W. ]. Perrymau, of Thomaston, Ga,
has an owl in 3 coop at his store, and has sew
eral cats which keep his store clear Of rats.
One Of the cats has shown its sympathy with
the owl in its imprisonment, and every day
carries to its coop one or Two rats. which bis
owlship is, no doubt, duly thankful for, as he
shows his appreciation BY deVouring the rats
AT Lake Kenka the other day fisher.
man saw q kingfsher seize = pickereL The
bird scarcely got its beak to the surface Of the
water when the fish pulled it down. Again the
arose and tried to fly away, but could
not, and was dragged into the lake. The bird
did not appear again. Rowing to the spot
where the battle had taken place the man
found both the pickerel and kingasher dead.
"A singular case occurred at st. Angus
tine, Fla, Saturday. A box filed with
matches, about two feet long and one foot
square. which came on the steamer Rickerson,
was damaged by water about one-third its
ength. It was stored among other damaged
FOODS. but after time ignited BY spontaneous
The IRE started just on the line
,etween the wet and dry matches No serious
emage resulted. o,,--
I'm Iceland there are no prisons and no
ficers answering to our policemen In 1874 IL
the one-thousandth anniversary OF
Is colonization ana at the same time became
do fnf RI n trf a
King of Denmark as the head OF the Icelandic
Iceland's new government is
thoroughly republican IN spirit all citizens
having equal rights and perfect religious
liberty.
Henry A. Cook, Of Leominster. Mass,
Who nominated himself TO the Legislature and
informed his constituents of all the mean ac-
ions he had ever done, has been elected by "a
Totes. According to bis own confession, the
lew legislator has been at various times
lostler. q peddler, tramp. gToceryman.
tableman, chairmaker, comomAker,
arpehter, Dlacksmitn, manulsetulsf,
amber, 3 thief, large real estate dealer,
awyer and detective.
"A Presbyterian church in Melbourne,
australia, has introduced some innovations
nto Its services. which, although happily blend
ng patriotism and piety, would startle the
ober-minded Scotchman at home. The choir,
opposed Of gentlemen wearing the Highland
lit and girls aet1re0 IN the costume OF the
ady Of the Lake, sing their hymns Of praise to
be music of the baepipes. The ingenious par
On who contrived these effects has his reward
i greatly enlarged congregations.
Captain Charles Johansen, of Tacoma,
Wash. T., is building small boat in which he
roposes to sail around the Horn to London
nd then return to the States and exhibit the
oat at the Worlds Fair. The boat VIII be 20
set long, built Of native mr. cedar and oak and
i'll be q model Of strength for 90 small ship.
be will be provisioned for $50 days and viii
art about December !, stopping at San Fran
SEQ. After rounding Cape Horn she viii take
le usual course Of sailing vessels for London,
here Johansen expects to arrive in April or
lay.
1t is not always, perhaps not often, that
a Important discovery particularly. benefits
lie discoverer. The opening Of the diamond
slds Of South AFRICA, from which 81. .000, 100000
orth of diamonds have been taken, was due
the pertinacity Of a man named O'Rellly.
no was trader among the natives and hrst
,nceived the IDEA that the country was rlcn in
almonds and gold. O'Reilly himself did not
to the diggings and did not profit BY them.
n the contrary, the rush to the diamond fields
lined his trade with the natives, and South
frican correspondent says that he is now
0rking for his living. There Is probablyA
oral in this story, IL We could only get At it