Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

| Monticello, Ia, celebrated the shutting
up of the original package saloons by ringing
| all the church bells.
A Marshall, Mich, firm has begun
| shipping live poultry East at the rate OF 7,OOO
| chickens to the carload
DR. Allen McLane Hamilton thinks
death sentences should bscarried out with car
bonic acid gas, the same as used in soda water
| fountains.
1t is said that the postmen of London
walk, together, something like 1880 miles per
day. distance equal to twice the eircumfer-
ence OF the globe.
In the city directory of Dubuque are
Iound the names Lougbody. Longnecker, Long
@packeriLIq2ngtnan. PACK W Longheel, Longspray. Long
head and Longfoot
"A French scientist declares that the
domestic cats of the world carry az least 30
per cent or the common contagious diseases
from house to house.
George Bla:klock, the London temper
ance lecturer who is travelling in this country,
says that his city contains $4,000 paupers and
spends annually for drink about $4,000, 600.
A Mount Vernon, N. Y, man died
Thursday of blood poisoning. caused by some
pieces of glass which got into his hand BY the
explosion Of soda water bottle which he was
handling.
Female clerks employed in the German
postal telegraph service are from this time
forward ordered to wear a uniform, which con-
sists of blue jersey, with orange collar and
brass buttons.
Blue Is the Chinese mourning color.
When you see Chinaman wearing blue coat
or with blue braid plated in his queue you may
take for granted that some relative Or dear
friend is dead.
The Fat Mems Association, of New
York. participated in a clam feast and election
OF officers on Thursday. The president and
Doard OF officers weigh 3lS6 pounds, an average
Of 265H pounds.
Two boys while hunting, recently, in
DIAL Valley. Cal, were treed by big bear,
which kept them on their uncomfortable perch
for IL hours, devOuring all the provisions in the
meantime. An old hunter came along and
raised the siege with bullet.
About 20 years ago the japanese author,
Kioyte Bakin, completed novel upon which
he had been at work for IS years. It COM
prlses lO6 volumes. and is said to illustrate all
classes OF Japanese society and life.
Prince Louis, of Battenberg, who is
with II. NJ S. Surprise as commander is said
to have served his apprenticeship as printer
in bis youth, and does not fail when occasion
offers to practice bis handicraft still.
1t was not until 1884 that the permanent
settlement and occupation of Upper Canada
began. In that year about l0OOO persons were
placed along the northern shores of the River
st. Lawrence, Lake Ontario and Lake Erie.
The house and grounds OF Joseph Lowe,
of Bellefonte, o., have been struck by light
ming eight times within the past three years,
the last occasion being last week. There is be.
lieved TO be mineral there, and company will
explore.
Mrs. Livermore does not share her hus-
bands views on political subjects, it is stated,
nor does she 60 to the same church, is not even
treated by the same doctor, but their domestic
life. intimate friends of the couple say, is =
model Of harmony.
w. I. Stutsenberg, guardian for George
G. Harwood, of Cincinnati, was paid S7,l35 s.
pension money in May last and on Friday re-
ceyed check for s6,326 so more making a
total of S13, 1852 13. Harwood halls from Cincin-
matt, but is at present an inmate of an insane
asylum.
The largest sailing ship IN the world is
said to be owned by France. and on account OF
this distinction in size Is named the Franco
The France is a yes sci with five masts. on fouf
Of which square sail is carried. She is 344 fec
long. with beam of 40 feet, and will carry u.
less than 81, 900 tons of cargo.
The theory that whisky is necessary in
the treatment of pneumonia has received a
blow srom DR.. Bull of New York City who
discovers that in the New York hospitals IS
per cent of the pneumonia patients die with
alcoholic treatment, while in London, at the
Object Lesson Temperance Hospital, only
per cent die.
Nearly 1000 bodies have been eremated
in Milan during the last 1a years. To members
of the Cremation Society the cost Is only 81.
In the case of strangers it is just double that
sum-. Relatives who oppose the expressed
been compelled by the Italian tribunals to
carry them into effect.
AN ingenious prisoner at Kariaus, Bo-
hemia, recently constructed watch eight GEN.
timetres in diameter, with no other tools or
materials except two needles, spool of thread
a newspaper and some rye straw The Wheels
posts and cogs are all made of the rye straw,
which, 1t is well known, is quite coarse and
tough. It runs six hours without winding and
keeps good time.
Chicago has Friday Club composed of
about 100 Northside young ladies who meet
weekly and indulge in literary and social inter-
course. The President of the club is Mrs. Re-
ginald de Koven, daughter of Senator Far
well. and she acts as hostess at the teas which
are given periodically and to which the hus-
bands and brothers of the members are in
Vited
There is young lady in sanitariuu
1t Clifton Springs, N. Y. who has become such
/ slave to chocolate candy that all the shop
keepers for miles around have been no.
,ified not to sell her any, She has eaten so
much of it that her skin has become the color
If chocolate. Recently. by piece of decep-
ION, she was able to get two pounds of the
,andy from a confectioner's and ate it all at
,ne sitting. She was seriously ill for a while.
,ut is again ready for more chocolate.