Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-25
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.


The cost of the Parnell Commission to
the London Times Is now put down at fl5O.OOo
Liverpool has population Of 10000
Methodism has membership Of 7,5O0 in the
city.
There were S6, ,s81 paupers in London in
the third week in July-4,2 2l5 indoor and s., 756
outdoor.
old Battersea bridge. the solitary sur
yiving pile bridge on the Lower Thames, is to
be pulled down.
During the three months ending with
June there were 2SS4 deaths from measles in
England and Wales.
james Carbaugh, a collier, living in
the mountains near Mont Alto, Md, killed 81
eopperhead snakes few days ago.
Charts have been prepared showing that
the eye has 729 distinct expressions, conveying
as many different shades Of meaning.
by the agency of the London Children's
Country Holidays Fund, 10000 children last
year enjoyed short holiday in the country.
"A peach grower of Stone Creek town
ship. N. j., going over his orchard the other
day found but half q dozen peaches on 100
trees.
"A single sentence of Mr.. Gladstone's
speech at the National Liberal Club the other
oay occupied "a lines Of news type and con-
tanned 2l4 words.
by the late cyclone in Finland, almost
unprecedented In so northerly a region, some
lOOOO trees have been blown down between
Viborg and Vilmanustrand.
1t may interest some of our readers to
know that more than one supposed authority
declares that the leaves of the tomato plants are
more medicinal than the fruit.
Over 100000 be exact III, $50
emigrants embarked during the last quarter
from the various ports Of the British Isles.
Tnese include 35, ,468 foreigners.
"A prisoner in Jail at Freehold, N. J.,
was on the verge Of escaping this week, when,
was.
The Japanese take their baths at very
high temperature-about 1lOo Fahrenheit-and
come out of them as red as Holsters; but there
appears to be no fear whatever of catching
| cold.
Frank s Burger, confeetioner at No.
ll2O said that as he had only been on the street
for two months he could badly be expected to
say much about its qualifications as a trade
center.
Clarence Graham, the Syear-old Sagi-
nav boy who was shot and supposed to be
breathing and eating through silver tube.
The doctors now hope to save his life.
The japanese suffer from many special
diseases, due to too exclusive diet on fish and
rice, and to the want Of exercise-especially
from indigestion; but they escape great many
by their exquisite personal cleanliness.
Every fairly large house in Toxic has
its own bathroom; but, besides this, there are
no less o than an 800 baths in the, city OF Toxic,
where 300, 900 persons bathe daily at a cost per
head OF sen rim, or about half-penny.
"A dentist and butcher who are on q
trip to the British provinces from Massachu-
setts are reported to have blossomed out as
evangelists. The rumor says the butcher
breaches and the dentist leads the singing.
According to statements made by the
Roman Catholic Bishop Of Dutch Guiana,
leprosy prevails to more serious extent in that
Colony than Is generally supposed supp Three OF the
the disease.
"A Plymouth, Mass. man, who died re-
Gently at the age of SO years, left a request
that his cat which had been his companion for
many years, be killed and buried in the same
grave with him, and his wishes were carried
out to the letter.
Taking the year round business is fair,
and it is as good as on any other street, was
the opinion expressed at ]. Ritchie's wholesale
and candy kitchen at No. Ills. The present
place was only opened about eight months ago,
having been previously for a year at No. 1882.
More or less successful attempts have
been made to graft nearly all the different tis-
sues of the body, including skin, bone. teeth.
muscle, nerves, glands, eyes, mucous mem.
successful experiment in brain grating, a
small piece of the brain Of a cat being made to
grow on the brain Of dog.
An ingenious New Yorker with a wife
who insisted upon wicker rockers with dainty
head rests, and small tables with blue china
and who frequently had to get up nights for
the paregoric, went out one morning after q
nights cropping for the match box and brought
home pot OF phoSphorescent paint, which he
daubed on all corners, points and edges Of
those darling little rockers and sweet tables,
decorating the match box, the bed posts. the
gas bracket and door knobs, determined upon
avoiding the shoals and wreckages of the mid
night cruise. And now at night the room looks
like the ghost scenes from ''The Flying Dutch
man." The phosphorescence gathers light all
day and lets it loose at night
"A game hen died on r. W. CANDLES
place, at Cuthbert, Ga, few days ago. This
hen had reached the age Of IA years, lacking
only few weeks. She continued to lay eggs
until year before she died. For several
months she had been totally blind, but was fed
and watered regularly by Miss Mary Gamble.
In 1856 when Mr. Gamble moved to Macon,
when he returned to Cuthbert. In the spring
of 1882 when the cyclone struck Mr. CANDLES
place and tore things up, this old hen was set
ting in box on the kitchen hearth The
kitchen was blown away, the chimney was
missing, but the hearth remained, and there
sat the old hen in her box as composed a.
though nothing had happened.
"A family reunion was held at Lancas-
ter, Mass, on the 10Th instant, which was some
what remarkable. Mr.. and Mrs. John W.
Barnes were married there In May, 1885, and
have been blessed with eight childred. four
girls and four boys The entire family were
gathered under the parental roof on the above
date for the first time In Is years. Instances
of 55 years of married life, without break in
40 large a number of children. are certainly
very rare and the Barnes family of Lancaster
ought to be desirable risks for life insurance
Companies. The average age Of the whole
family was found to be sos years, ranging from
IS to S. and the average weight 1878 pounds,
ranging from 2235S pounds (the weight of the
babyl, TO 120 pounds, the weight Of the oldest
child.