Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-14
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

The Oldest editor in Ohio is Oran Fol-
lett, of Sandusky. He is nearly 81 years of age.
There are said to be nearly 5000 women
| in Washington who ride bicycles, and IN Chi
| cIgo there are more than l.OOO.
English NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. are inter-
| ested i'll an advertisement of live hsh, dressed
ready for cooking" that has appeared in one Of
the religious weeklies.
There is an extraordinary increase Of
suicide and dueling in high military circles in
Russia. The fashionable duel is fought at hye
PAGES with cavalry revolvers.
"A man who recently fell i'll in Warsaw
begged his doctor to accept an old lottery ticket
in place of fee and the doctor did so. The
ucket has just drawn $4,000
"A man who recently fell i'll in Warsaw
begged his doctor to accept an old lottery ticket
in place of fee and the doctor did so. The
ticket has just drawn $4,000.
The English Home Office has reduced
by one-half the sentence of the man who was
sent to prison for stealing two oranges from
some boxes that he was carrying.
On branch road of the Canadian
Pacihc' near Sudbury, Canada, is nickel mine
that produces more nickel than the worlds mar
ket calls for. The output is stated to be 4, coo
tons annually.
"A groom in New York was so nervous
that he slipped the wedding ring on the wrong
finger, and actually forgot to kiss the bride
until an admonition from the Court reminded
him OF the omission.
"A man at Wimborne. England. 66 wears
old, married his 25-year-old servant a week after
his first wife died. and on their way from the
Registers office the couple were pelted with
rice, Hour and peas by mob.
The 9th birthday anniversary of Mrs.
Hannah Weigand. of Edgewater Park, was the
occasion of a big family celebration at her home
on Monday. In the company were 45 great
grandchildren and several great-great grand
children.
Miss Minnie Leach married Lung Poy,
q ''washerman." in Boston. day before yester-
day. The minister said his usual fee was s..
..Twoee dolla all giyee," said the Chinaman.
The Clergyman did not fancy this cut in the
rates, but he took it, all the samee.
-Thunderstorms are more frequent in
Java than in any other part of the globe. On
an average they occur in the island on 81 days
in the year. In England the averge marks
thunderstorms on about seven days in the year
only half the number recorded in France
1t is estimated that from $50, 900 to
100000 worth of nitrate of silver and gold is
used every year by the photographers of the
United States in making the millions of photo
graphs. If this waste could be saved 1t would
bring down the cost of the pictures immensely.
Talk about your long sermons, here is
one that leads the procession. In the cathedral
notices for Holy Week of "The Oxford Dio-
cesar Gazette appears the following: "In
that week Evensong will be said at 8 p. NJ, and
a sermon preached from Monday till Friday in
elusive"
Officers of the city of Santa Cruz have
discovered that in making a survey of the pipe
line for the new water works the engineer made
a mistake of from IL to 12 miles IN the 1+inch
line. As this pipe will cost 81 90 foot, il
makes difference in the estimated cost Of
more than Sl4 900.
Bishop Mackenzie, of Zululand, who
died on February9 9 of enteric fever, gave in
structions previous to his demise that his
corpse should be buried in Zulu fashion. Ac-
cordingly no coffin used, but the body was
tied up in a blanket in kneeling position and
was thus placed in a hole.
Santa Cruz has a horse that is SO years
old. He came to California in 1S4S with Will
lam Handley, and was called an old horse then.
For many years Jerry worked in the brewery,
but was turned out to rest last year. His IA
vorite food is the refuse malt from the still,
and he does not disdain to wash it down with
bucket of warm beer.
"A man at Wimborne, England, &c years
years old, married his 25-year-old servant week
after his first wife died, and on their way from
the Registers office the couple were pelted
with rice, flour and peas by mob of several
hundred persons, who at last became so turbu-
lent that the bride had to flee to the house of a
relative, while the police took care of the old
man.
"A Partisan firm has just finished making
an Easter egg, intended for a wealthy Spanish
lady. at a cost of $1,000. 1t is most ingenious
piece of mechanism, and is made entirely of
pure white enamel. 1t Is provided with doors
and slides, the inside being engraved with
Easter gospels. The opening Of n door sets
tiny bird singing and musical apparatus 60
ing, which is CAPABLE of playing II airs.
Two mammoth red bats of the species
identical with the vampire bat of the Brazils
have just been captured in Tensas parish, La.
They are in shape like bats. but many times
larger, measuring 2 inches from the tip of one
wing to the tip of the other. In color they are
a revolving blood tint and are Of swapping.
vindlctive temper. The animals will be sent to
the geological gardens of some Northern city.
An electrical instrument has been in
vented which is designed to remove the pain
incidental to the extraction of teeth. 1t con-
sists of adjustable prongs carrying buttons and
connected with an electric battery. The but
tons are placed on the face over the nerves
leading from the teeth to the brain, and a
circuit is established the moment the extract.
ing instrument touches the tooth to be re-
moved
The question Of the wholesale destruc-
tion of swallows by electricity has at last been
taken up IN france and report on the subject
was presented at a recent meeting of the Zoo
logical Society. In the south of France long
wires are Systematically erected al ong the sea-
shore, and when the tired swallows alight on
them they are stunned or killed by an electric
shock. The birds then sent to Paris, where
they are used for decorative purposes.
"A year ago last January the United
States Fish Commissioner sent to Judge James
G. Swan, of Portland Ore. 200 Holsters from
Woods Holl, Massachusetts Bay to be planted
in Puget Sound. These were carefully planted
by Judge Swan at three points-Scow bay,
Point Hudson and Point Wilson. There were
also planted $40 900 live lobster eggs. OF late
many of these Holsters have been seen on their
feeding grounds, and there is every reason to
believe that they are thriving and doing well.
AT the Dublin City Sessions recently
man called as a juror presented what he said
was doctors certificate of his inability to
serve The Court read the certificate aloud as
follows: This man has been asking for a GER
tifcate that he is unable to serve as juror
don't know whether he Is a knave or a fool but
he has very little brains and reeks of porter"
The Juror upon declaring that he had no idea
what was in the certificate when he handed is
in, was relieved from charge of contempt Of
court.