Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-31
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS
The oldest inhabited town in the worl.
Is said to be Damascus

Is said to be Damascus
"A Chicago lady gathered some Spanish
moss in Florida and brought IL North with her
She hung it on chandelier in her Darior and
| IL doomed in fne room. The moss rerained its
vitality for over year.
Five varieties of the aIternantbera a
plant native Cf the Cape of Good Hone are
used to border flower beds and lawns in m,
Alcazar grounds at st. Augustine. The b-;e-,s IN,
oolors produce pretty effect.
AN aged lady of EImwood. near c;,-
oinnati being taken III while out driving. rs-
quested her drfv to take her TO the Office ~
an undertake- W ON she knew well he aid
30. and she died few minutes after her az.
rival.
"A New York drygoods merchant sava
that frequently some Of the subordinate en-
ployes receive larger remuneration than the
men IN whose hands rests the main RESPONSE
Dhlty Ior running business. The men who
usually make the most money in the very large
nrms are not the superintendent and his cher
assistants, but the buyers of departments
The biggest edible oysters in the world
are found at Port Lincoln in South Australia.
They are as large as adinneF plate and the same
shape. They are sometimes more than foot
across the she'll and the oyster fits his shell so
wen ne does not leave much margin. 1t is
new sensation, when friend asks YOU to lunch
at Adelaide, to have one oyster set before Won
iiled y IN outter or eggs and bread crumbs. But
It Is very pleasant sensation for the favor
and delieacy of the Port Lincoln mammoths
are proVerbial in that land Of luxuries.
The last pearl fishing season in Ceylon
could not have been more successful than it
was. The season only lasts 2 days and during
that period 100000 oysters were brought to
the surface by 30 divers. They are paid by one
fourth of the number. This season the whole
p[noonee noo was sold at the rate Of "a shillings for
auf oo0
as their share and the divers s64OO The
largest pearls are worth in Ceylon from f4O to
+o9, and In Europe they fetch three times the
price or more.
AT Ansonia, Conn.,, some old women 90,
together and cured child Of membranous
Group. after the doctors bad given it up. The
patient was thoroughly wrapped up in fanneIs
and his head and throat were rubbed with
goose grease. A d. Sc 0f the stuff mixed with
vinegar, was with difficulty forced down the
cnlId's throat. In short time he vomited upa
large portion OF mucus and broke up the clog
glng matter in the throat. Beng placed in bed
he soon went to sleep. and the next day he was
playing about the house, and appeared to be
far from dying.
Salem, Mass, formerly had a large
rrade with Africa. All that trade was grad
ually transferred to Boston. 1t is Just as large
as 1t ever was, bat because the country has
grown 30 enormously is has become small in
cur modern ships will take a cargo to Africa as
large as all the ships of Salem in the old days
could carry in year. There are over a dozen
Yeesel5 engaged in African trade from Boston
There is close competition with the English for,
this trade. Ships take out miscellaneous goods.
Rum Is the chief thing Then bright calicoes.
Deads, music boxes and 50 on. The return
cargo is mostly palm oil, gold dust, furs and
ivory.
The trained seals now being exhibited
in Georgia had big picnic at Macon Thursday.
They were put in the large lake in Central
City Park. The seals, not being accustomed
TO such large sheet Of water, were somewhat
difficult to control. During the exhibition one
Of the seals seized a setter dog. which had
jumped into the water, and pulled him to the
as expert as his teacher would like and was
drowned, After the performance the seals
took II into their hearts to have some sport
with the hsh in the lakes, and so intent were
they upon their unique sport, that they took
no heed to their masters, who have not. as yet,
been able to induce them to abandon their
sport and return to their cages.
I'm common with other matters of statis-
teal interest incidental to the approach of the
new year, influenza figures are helping to swell
the annual roundup. OF course the records go
, long ways back OF ordinary returns foF the
nscal year. The NoUoe Vren1yG furnishes fig
1res showing that in 1729 when the whole Of
-uOpc buutTcu sSN6Ebly IFOm Ia RTlDDe. tQ0
disease caused 908 deaths in London within one
week. In Vienna 60 900 persons we're affected.
In 1887 and lT43 there were further outbreaks,
and the deaths in London amounted TO LOCO.
IN IT75 domestic animals were first attacked by
T. During 1852, in St. Petersburg. 10000 per-
IONS fell i'll of it within "a hours. Between
so, when the disease first attracted attenu0n
Iistinct epidemic of infiuenzs in E3fope- IN IN
st, Petersburg quinine is now served out daily
10 the troops mixed with vodka.
The mementoes Of an old love affair are
always interesting. Romance never dies The
iavor of 1t clings to the materials which aided
n carrying it on. And SO the finding Of be-
grimed and badly battered metallic box con-
aiming locket abundle of parchment letters;
Ind faded ribbon on the revolutionary battle
ieId Of Stone Arabia sets the imaginative mind
It work to weaving q romance of the days of
76. One side OF the locket was engraved with
. monogram. The letters were evidently
written by titled woman living in London in
778-9 to her betrothed who was a Captain
Lowe, probably with the English forces in
America. The last letter told of the failing
lealth Of the writer and OF her wish to see her
owe again. It was received just before the
,attle of Stone Arabia. Did the over return
o England, leaving the case behind, OF was he
titled in battle. aud IS the package of letters
o carefully preserved the abiding proof that
lis true loves love was returnedP
"A Bridgeport, Conn.,, young woman
nade sensation last week She is brunette,
nd had long been vain of her handsome
lossy black rresses, but one day having read
hat Patti had bleached her hair she concluded
hat young lady must have straw-colored hair
q order to be in the SWIM. The BridgepOrt
irl decided to drift toward bleaehed hair by
asy tacks; she would start in for auburn hair.
% she bought drug store preparation that
'as warranted to turn the hair any hue de-
red, "or money refunded" and applied il.
he put the stuff on just before going to bed,
nd next tmorning aWoks to q head Of hair that
ras Of deep and glisteniag purple, like the
olor on a peacock's dOTsal piumage. She
iade another trial Of her bleaching fluid and
er hair came out on the second morning =
iYid blue; so Bridgeport newspaper advised
or to enter New York dime museum under
Ne pseudonym of the hBlue- Haired Belle Of
ugleVille." But she became frightened and
onsuIted a physician, who told her to wash
er head in soaD and water. She did so, and
q the third morning her hair had become as
hite as wool and exceedingly brittle. Then
he BridgepOrt Journal advised her to become