Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-01
CURIOUS cONpENsA1[OEs.

The hereditary Grand Fall hner ofGreat
Britafn Is the Duke Of st. Albans. .Who receives
salary Of ~ SIS year for holdI7B the title
"A Dubuque (Iowa) MAJ has just
shipped LOO cats and 200 dogs to hkota, where
the animals are wanted to exterIhinats ground
mice.
The daughter Of wealthy Californian
before going to Europe made up telegraphic
code and gave it to her father. H2locked Il Ia
his desk. Last Veek he got Aegram uom
her. 1t consisted of one word Iau2n- de
laughed and then got out the cod3 (Which read
"Iaugh-Send me 500"
-Catharine l., Of Russia, nd musical
watch In the interior was the htly sepulcher
and the Roman guard. By touching spring
guard kneeled down, angels appeafed, and the
holy woman stepped into the toIlb and sang
the Easter song Of the Russian chntqhss-
Paper doors are said to be great Improves
ments over wooden ohes They are formed OF
two thick paper boards. stamped and nodded
into panels and glazed together with glue and
After being ' covered % with a waterproof coating
and one that is treproof, they are painted,
vanished and hung In their usual way.
Mrs. @. A. Byrd, of Brooks county,
| Georgia, owns the skillet her greatgrand-
mother used. It is as good as new, notwith-
standing it is something over 150 years old.
y
| grandfather were around his neck for palpitar
tion of the heart. Iris WORE perfectly smooth,
and IS said to greatly benefit the ailmsnt men
toned.
When Pundita Ramabai, the now Well'
known Hindoo woman, landed in England she
had just s. 80 in her purse. She stayed in LON
don three years studying English apd teaching
States, owing s. 600 for her own and her child's
| board. She lectured 113 times, and made
| $780, thus paying her debts. She is now in
Japan IsSs1ng Toxic the largest 6a I'm n
| crowds that thronged to hear her. In Japan
she speaks through an interpreter.
"A wee baby, whose eyes had just opened
| on this big world, was left Saturday night on
the doorstep of the Babies Home in MiIvau-
kee The baby is supposed to have laid there
from midnight until daylight Sunday morning,
Its cries attracted the attention Of a letter
| carrier, who called Matron Jones to the door.
| The babe was wrapped in a common cloth and
two old shawls The tiny hands Of the babe
| appear to have been frost-bitten, otherwise il
was all right.
"A Mr.. Muller, of Chicago, has recently
invented new explosive compound which he
has ehristened "Grisoulite," probably from the
French word grisoll, meaning fredamp. Apart
from its great power tke principal advantage
| possessed by "GrisouIite" is the absolute alb
| sence of all danger in its manipulation, and az
fo0nd ots 81 no r name, 9 snS p1GGTes Will p5oDsoy Ie
| Muller's idea is based on the introduction OF
water in solid form into the explosion, which
he effects by mixing it with certain salts gems
/ orally carbonate of soda or sulphate of mag.
nesia.
The entire population of Paraguay only
amounts to 239 TIA persons of both sexes, of which
/ 221, ono are Paraguayans, the remainder being
mostly composed of Argentines, Italians, Bra
zilians, and Germans. The census taken in 1851
showed that the population then consisted Of
| upward Of the go, 900 souls, so that more than
| 1,OO0, 900 inhabitants perished through the war
| that was carried on by Topaz and Jcurdan.
! The proportion between the male and female
/ population is now as 100 to 40 In the entire
| country there are only g, All Paraguayans and
3S26 foreigners who can read and write, say
| about 20 per cent OF the natives and 50 per cent
| Of the foreign settlers.
The North China Herald tells the fol
lowing story of Canton Christmas festival:
| Duringa German theatrical performances there
\ was some practice with what were apparently
/ heavy weights, and a. the conclusion the per-
former swung one of them round and hurled it
| to the audience. It should have opened and
| covered the spectators with flowers, but by
! some accident it remained closed and struck
| Mr.. Alabaster on the mouth, breaking several
| OF his teeth and causing serious wound in
the face, which had to be sewn up: Glaneing
Il
rather savageiy on the shoulder, and then hit
the American Consul.
The Russian papers are publishing
various statements according to which the
Russian branch of the English family Lesley
has recently inherited In England legacylof
some El0.0O0,O00 sterling. The lsgatees ARE.
however. according to the papers, rcaHPS5ed to
become British subjects before the amount Is
paid to them, One Of them, General Lesley,
who only short time ago was appointed chief
of brigade at Verni, in Asia, has Just arrived
at Kieff. He has told some friends that it
military officer to become a British subject but
| that there is fair hope that about N.000000
ruDies will be paid without the obligation being
enforced.
"A novel kind of duel, with tragicaI
termination, has Just taken place outsids Paris
between two rivals IN the affections of the
buxom barmaid of wine tavern. The rivals
were brothers, and they resolved to drink copi-
Gus iibations of fiery and undiluted rum until
one or both should be overpowered. The
alcoholic article sold as pure jamaica In
Partisan taYernS is bad enough when well
watered, but when taken neat and in large
quantities it Is worse than the poisonous
absinthe with which too many Frenchmen ply
themselves. The brothers began their rum
duel'' before the ewes Of their damsel, who
supplied them with the deleterious eoncoction
as they called foT il. At last one of them fell
down by the side of the counter, and was car
ried home carefully and restored. The other
went out into the frosty air full of liquor,
caught a chill, and died, thus leaving the held
free to his rival.