Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-13
CURIOUS cONpENSAnONS.

"A bald eagle, whose wings were 10 feet
across was shot near Louisiana, Mo-, by Absa-
lom Davis the other day.
1t is estimated that New Hampshire re-
ceives s3. .0O0 900 from her summer boarders and
that Maine receives So 900 ,0O0 yearly.
"A barber who died in indianapolis the
other day, could speak 20 different languages
and dialects. He was native Of Portugal
-On the West Spanish peak, COL, Z.
L Smith trapped handsome golden eagle
that measured feet inches from tip TO tip.
"A very small bird OF South Africa ia
the Mahali weaver, but it lives in a very large
house shaped like an oil flask, which it builds
itself.
mo money paid or being given at this
Office for votes" is the notice which Reading
alderman. who is candidate for reelection,
has posted in his office.
The distress from famine in some DIS
tricts Of China has reached such q point that
girl babies are taken in baskets and carried
around the cities for sale.
"A fortnightly illustrated sporting news
paper is to be started in England, and the
Prince Of Wales has given a sitting for a por-
trait to appear in the first number.
The landlord of a public house at
birmingham has a canary bird that can speak
several words distinctly, having learned them
from parrot with which 1t had been brought
up.
The tailor bird makes its nest Of long
leaves, which it sews together with the fiber Of
2 plant, hrst piercing the holes in them with
lts peak The bottom of the nest has heavy
layer OF cotton.
Oranges are now preserved in silos, the
fruit being wrapped in tissue and buried in
md
not touch, and only three layers deep being
laid in each trench.
Miss Florence Frimstone, daughter of
the rector of st. Paurs Church, Winchester.
has just obtained s., 500 for the church by let.
ters which she sent all over the Kingdom ask
ing for shilling contributions.
New South Wales people are growing
about the new scheme for printing advertise
ments on the backs of postage stamps. They
say that the ink leaves an unpleasant taste in
the mouth of the licker of stamp.
"A dudish bird that lines its nest with
the down Of certain flowers is the Isnceolats
honey-eater. The nest IS shaped like ham,
mock suspended from twigs and is very deep,
The groundwork is Of grass and wool.
The cigarette freshman is unknown at
the University of the Pacific, San Jose, Cal
Students who use tobacco I'M any form are de-
MED admission to this institution, and expelled
If they take up with the weed while there.
AT Bruenn, Austria, burglars have cir
cumTented the use of iron shutters for store
windows, by cutting hole in the glass through
the little round hole left in the shutter for Ven-
tilation and then fishing for the Valuables in
side with hook and line.
The soeisble weavers will units together
in building thatehed roof prior to nest build
hi e.
square. Under this a dozen OF more nests will
be built, each pair Of birds building its own,
and each nest being shut out from every other.
1t was discovered the other day at st.
Joseph that rats had eaten a hole five inches
long aud three inches wide in the discharge
pipe of a sewer. IL is understood that a secret
Organization has been formed among the
plumbers there for the protection of these TO
dents.
do you think you can read all the new
books? In England last year the books pub
lished numbered 6O67. OF them L S73 were new
editions, and AGA new books. Add to this num-
Der the new publications Of Germany, France
and America, and you can readily see how i'm
possible it is to keep up with the press.
"A Kansas exchange says particularly
industrious farmer can ''tendn go acres of corn;
that is, plow the ground, plant the seed culti-
Vate the growing crop and harvest it. The
average yield of corn is 80 bushels to the acre,
J. 800 bushels. OF this he will feed 500 bushels
of years work.
-Thirty-two conductors, the entire force
of the Peoples Street Car Company Of St
Joseph, struck the other day The cause Of
their grievance was that the company instruct
ed them to use . new cash fare register shaped
like eoffeepOt- The company gave orders for
the men to present the muzzle Of this peculiar
drOn
his nickel IN the slot
Mrs. George Temeron, Of Menominee,
Mich, who gave birth to four children the
other day is doing well The three boys and
their little sister are well formed and lively
The father, whose shoulders are weighted with
this new and unexpected responsibility is q
small pioneer living on a homestead. So the
terprise, decided to help them bring M the
family, so they sent a new mtleh COW and
quantity Of baby clothes.
"A case in some respects similar to that
of the famous man who jumped into bramble
bush is reported from Kennebunk, Ne. Mrs.
A. F. Wood, 2 lady who had been lame for sew
sral years, went to the barn loft 70 gather some
sggs, and in sliding down upon the hay with
Ter lame limb, hearing something crack she felt
he had broken some bone. She called to her
husband for help, and when he came and helped
Ter up she found she could walk better than
)eIOFe. Inc 1gament5 which mad adhered 20
ZACH other by non-use were broken apart i'm
lroVilg her lameness,
"A gentleman who has just returned from
france says that the American ambulances,
Thich were introduced into Paris year or two
go, are now one of the recognized institutions
f the French capital. People stand and cheer
8 they 20 mp along the street, and ambulance
FilIs are given to all distinguished foreigners.
he French Government has given full credit
o America for the ideas which at present pre-
all on the subject and. indeed, the words
American Ambulance" appear on the sides Of
he hospital wagons They have not quite
cached the proficiency and rapidity Of our own
ambulance service, but they have made very
ood beginning.
-EngIand's oldest missionary society il
ow deYoting its energies to the Advancement
I the spiritual condition of the Canadian
indians, and is known as the New England
ompany.D 1t dates from 1649. in which year
n ordinance was passed creating corporation
I 16 persons called THE President and Society
Dr. the Propagation of the Gospel in New En-
land," !" with power to acquire lands, goods and
loney The society had its origin in the inter-
st created at that time by the labOrs and
ritings of John Eliot, and owed Its first en-
owment TO Oliver Cromwell. the Lord Pro
,ctor who ordered q collection to be made in
ne marshes Of England and Wales, thereby
btaining the.sum of El2 600