Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-16
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

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woven In the Lewiston, Me-, mills last year.
Paris sends to foreign countries an
nuaIly 500 900 worth Of bonbons.
Returns show that Fayette county, Pa
has 1000 dogs, and one township alone contains
1000 Of them.
| The oldest woman in Vienna is Frau
Magdalena Ponza, who celebrated her u4th
birthday last Christmas. She is cared for by
her S0-year-old daughter.
The statistics OF wild beasts for India for
1883 show that they do not grow any less dead
ly. Twenty-Five thousand nine hundred and
seventy persons we're killed in 1888, an increase
of 500.
ANEW contrivance has been applied to
watches called an appointment reminder" A
small dial is set into the watch's face upon
which one can set the hands at any hour
required.
The Persian Prince Keykubah Dechman
Mira, a cousin Of the Shah, has Just been con-
victed of counterfeiting in Moscow, Russia, and
has been condemned to i've years OF hard labor
in Siberia.
Stories of the finding of gold continue
to come from Maine, the latest being that an
Indian squaw picked up $500 worth Of the
precious metal in the Franklin county hills
and sold it in Portland.
In various parts of Laurens county, 8.
c., an unusual quantity of honey dew" is re-
ported to have fallen, and in some cases the
Phenomena OF shower Of sweet water from
ctoudless sky caused not little alarm.
The Vale Of Avoca has been bought by
an English company, and the woods will be
swept away in order to make matches. There
Is great CONSERVATION in the district, where the
memory OF Ton Moore is cherished with fer
Vency.
MARTIN TORRY, of Mt. Morris, Mich,
lost valuable COW the other day, and when he
conducted post mortem examination of the
remains, found in her stomach y pieces OF
nails, screw, piece Of iron rod and section
OF wire six inches long.
One of the fire department horses at
Ann Arbor. Mich, during recent sick spell
showed himself q very game animal Every.
time an alarm was rung in he would staggsr to
his feet and make a feeble but determined
effort to reach his engine, until his strength
gave out and he fell exhausted.
H, Pslzer, of Saugatuck, Mich, cut
from his raspberry bushes this week stem
that bore green shoots four inches long. It is
said that in the woods the raspberry bushes are
leaving out IN an uncommon manner for this
time Of the year, and that along the banks Of
the river the maple trees are beginning to
blossom
The fifth Native Indian Congress met
in Bombay December 26 Two thousand dele
gates were present, few of them being
women. On the same day there was meeting
of Mohammedans presided over by the Kasi
the chief officer Of the Mussulman community,
and a resolution was passed declaring the
Mohammedans to be opposed to the Indian
National Congress.
"A few nights ago Farmer Jones, of
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He turned In the fields drove Of wild hogs
and left the carcass, in hopes the coyotes would
pay another visit Sure enough, the next
night three came for another feast, but the
hogs took hand, cornered the varmints and
mangled them so badly that their mothers
could not recognize their babies.
AT recent meeting of the Society of
Aerostation in Berlin Prof. Griese entertained
the assembly with description of an inven-
ton Of his, by means Of which man with his
own muscular power only may leap up into the
air and fly for short time The machine is
called q sprungfugel. Several scientific men
have become convinced that Herr Griese's IN
Yention is serious. and that it will aid consid-
erably in solving the problem Of navigating the
air.
A good deacon of the town of Perry,
Me-, tells startling story regarding his curious
experience while killing fowls last Wednesday
morning. He was preparing for an extensive
dinner, and killed three fowls; the last one, in
stead Of Hopping around like an ordinary hen
and dying when its head was cut OF got up
and walked about ten feet, laid an egg and
gave up the ghost. In the meantime the fowls
head cackled for nearly minute before that,
too became quiet
Our present methods of embalming are
so superior to those Of the ancient Egyptians
that modern embalmer might leave a human
body so perfect that, after SOOO years. says the
Identification that would not satisfy even the
cotemporary of the dead person" The num-
mics unrOlled nowadays are dried up out Of
recognition. But the embalming process is
liable to go out of use before the advancing
practice Of cremation.
Part Of Persian poem, written to well
come Prince Albert Victor TO Bombay, which
he was "graeiously pleased to accept" is trans
lated thus: "a Prince Independents in dignity,
high in beauty and grace, as lovely as the moon,
the world boasts OF the abilities Of him de-
scended from royal line most exalted. Born
TO an heir apparent at whose feet the highest
heavens do reverence, to whom the world far
and wide pays homage. the confronting enemy
yields readily to his sword. Descended from
line of Emperors who are fit to occupy the very
armament Of heaven rs their throne, for the
display of whose glory the world is not wide
enough, Victoria, whose righteousness has
made the world like Arzfang"
-Violets sell in New York nowadays for
81 so bunch. There are about 50 violets in
q bunch Notwithstanding the price there Is
great demand for them, and florists say that
there would still be considerable sales if they
were SO a bunch. In every florists establish
ment there are men and girls employed whose
chief work is to fasten artificial stems on flowers
intended for large bouquets and floral pieces
Ordinarily flowers do not require much hand
ling But, owing TO its frail stem, every violet
must have q support even for small bouquet.
This is one reason why ViOleEs come SO high.
The end of bit of fine florists wire IS inserted
into the flower from below and twirled around
the stem. 1t takes good while to prepare a
very small bunch for sale
The way the Russian Minister Of the
Interior moves against an unsympathetic jour
nal can be seen from q Ministerial order which
has lust been issued to the following effect:
SWhereas the European Messenger in whole
series Of articles conducts itself IN no other way
than in a spirit of condemnation OF the most i'm
portanr acts Of the Government, and that the
articles of NJ. SoleVieff, published in that peri
odical, entitled, The History Of Russian Con-
science' and containing exasperating criticisms
directed against the Russian Church and State,
in their historical development, inculcate false
ideas on the SUBJECT and shake respect for the
mir ciples of their foundation and for the prin-
ciples Of Russian nationality in general, the
Minister of the Interior announces . first warn
inc TO the editor of the European Messenger in
the person of the actual State Councillor,
Michael StasooleVich." I