Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-17
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.


"A Harlem girl fell in love with the
.salamander Man" in dime museum and the
TWO were married on the stage.
-Partridges are so numerous in the
vicinity Of Eastport Me-. that they frequently
insaoe the business streets Of that town.
Recent statistics show that 1900, 900
Germans zen m live outside of Fathefland, Of whom
J,UV,UOO are to be found In the United States.
Lyon county, Kan, has hand corn
miil which Is l50 years old. It was captured at
Cerro Gordo, and was the first cornmill in the
country.
AN Aurora, Me-, man, euly the other
morning. found fine 4year-old buck roaming
weighed 204 pounds.
AT the Portland. Ore, Exposition
vote was taken on the question, who il the
handsomest and most popular man in the cityy
Charles Miller got the prize-a gold medal.
"A woman who, like Charles Dickens
Jenny Wren, made her living by dressing and
repairing dolls, died in St Paul last week.
Hundreds Of her little friends are mourning
her loss.
The Kentucky Legislature at its next
session viii be asked to insert . clause in its
game and fish laws providing for tax Of 81 .
year to be levied on every shotgun as soon as IL
shall have passed from the hand OF the dealer
inso snat OF the individual owner
-Ottumwa, Ia, is to have Coal Palace,
in design and idea similar to the Corn Palace
OF Sioux City. A COMMITTEES has been ap-
pointed to investigate the construction Of the
SIOUX lily palace, and they viii at onoe form
g, n,Ats pans 70 carry out the erection Of the
son.
while passing through his farm last
Wednesday, Mr.. David Hembree, Of Milton,
Ga, saw king snake swallow q rattIesnaks's
pilot. When be found them the king snake had
killed the pilot and had swallowed about half
Of It head first. Mr.. Hembree stood by and saw
the job completed, which took about 20 min
utes. The king snake was 8k feet long and the
pilot two feet. He did not kill the king snake
knowing It was not poisonous and was the
enemy OF all poison snakes.
The Chief Of the Bureau Of Statistics
reports that the total values Of the exports Of !,
mineral oils from the United States during the
month of September, 1889. and during the nine
months ended September 80, 1889, as compared
with similar exports during the corresponding
periods Of the preceding year. were as follows.
September, 1889. 81 57s, ,66s; September, 1858, "a
002S74 Nine months ended September 90, 1889,
S3y, lg7, ,6l5; nine months ended September 30
1888, sS4 o6.
"A statement just prepared by the Mex
lean Foreign Office showing the value Of the
commerce Of the country with the United
States for the past year has been sent to the
State Departments BY Minister Ryan. The i'm.
ports were SIS, 63 Of which IS. .s33 went
In free Of duty. OF dutiable goods the prin-
ctpal receipts were cottons. provisions, drugs
and chemicals iron and steel The exports to
the United States aggregated 81, 059 626 as fol-
lows: Merchandise sl2, IA. $40; precious metals
favor OF Mexico is 81 794s53, but the differences
In currency reduces this balance to 81 209, ,06.
The total number Of arrests mxde by
agents Of the Treasury Secret Service last year.
assisted IN some cases by local officers was 4sz,
the great majority of which were for manufac-
turing, dealing In, or. passing counrerfeis
American money and raising Treasury notes.
The fines imposed Dy courts in these cases az
gregated N4s4o and the sentences imposed to
T2 years. SIX months and Il days. Aliens are
foremost among foreigners as counterfeiters in
this country. The representative value Of
counterfeit and raised notes and other imifA-
s477, 7,03l.
AN Albany, Ga, housekeeper bought
a. one Of the stores q large cabbage. She cut
one-half of it. which she served up to her fam
lily, keeping the other half until next day, when
she commenced to cut it up finely. as Is her
habit Imagine her surprise when, eomforta-
bly, coiled up in the solid half Of the vegetable.
was pied snake. which immediately ran out
as its snug winter quarters were encroached
upon, and plunged into the pan of water into
which sns was cutting the cabbage. IL
across the water shelf The lady cut itln two,
when the head bit vicously at the knife, con-
tinuing TO attack it until it expired. The lady
now warns an housekeepers against boiling
The grave of King Mitssas' mother, who
died recently, was about as big az that Of the
fat man at Newberg. N. T.. which looked like
a cellar. It was 30 feet deep and about Is feet
wide. This spacious hole in the ground was
not necessitatsd by the size Of the royal mother,
however, but by the peculiar customs Of thu
country. The standard of social dignity in
Mitesas' kingdom appears to be determined by
the relative possessions OF cotton cloth, price,
less Article for which the natives are willing to
exchange their dearest possessions. Todemon-
strate the queen mothers social and political
standing In the kingdom It was necessary to
bury large quantity Of cotton cloth with her.
her coffin was filed up with this inexpensive
fabric. Some 1900 or 1000 yards were thus
disposed Of.
Queen Victoria's crown, kept with
other royal regaiia under strong guard at the
old Tower, and worn only On state occasions, Is
one Of the most costly insignias now In exist
ence To Degin with, there are 20 diamonds
around the eirclet or head-band. each worth
s., 800, or sl50000 for the set. Besides these 20
there are two extra large center diamonds. each
valued at $4,000, making $4,000 more; 81
smaller diamonds, placed at the angles Of the
others, each valued at 500; four crosses, each
worth $4,000. and composed Of Is diamonds;
four large diamonds on top Of crosses, each
having money yaIue of e5. 900; II diamonds in
the heur-de-lis $4,000; Is smaller diamonds
in the same SO, 900; pearls, diamonds
and rubies upon arches and circlets not mem
.ioned before, $4,000; also al small diamonds,
formed in roses and monograms S25. 900: Is dia-
monds in upper cross, SIS, 500; two circles of
pearls about the rim of the head-pieee, $4,000
zach. The total money value Of this relic in
my jewelers. market in the world would be at