Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-30
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

| Eggs are scarce at 1ucsoDJ Afl1', ~ "
cents dozen.
AN average of 1000 pigs are eaten in
London daily.
The sandwichmen of London are esti-
mated to number 1900.
Paper plates are being used in some OF
| the London restaurants.
The French authorities are very rigor-
ousy suppressing gambling.
The latest returns are said to show that
$4,000 out of the 81, 900 men in the Englis home
army are under 81 years of age.
| Salaries Of pastors in Germany are very
low. 1t is proposed to give a minimum Of $50
a year. AT present many are as low as f4O.
"A snow-whits swallow, hatched and
reared under the caves of a glass roof in
Grenelle, is interesting the ornlthologists of
Paris.
"A gigantic dam is being built across the
Missouri. 1t will be 500 feet long and At feet
high, and the reservoir will cover an area of 40
square miles.
The Duchess of Marlborough sends to
New York for most of her dresses She buys
her perfume in bulk, which is sent to the Manor
OF Woodstock in gallon jars.
There are some $4,000 Icelanders still
left in their native island. notwithstanding the
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raging there for nearly 70 years.
H-The outfit of hop-pieker that started
from Howell Prairie, Ore, the other day, COM
prised two packages of cigarettes a bottle Of
whisky. pack of cards. pistol and pair Of
blankets.
During her voyage of 125 days from
Calcutta 10 New York the Timandra ran
through four hurricanes. OIL bags hung over
the bows, sides and stern saved the ship, as
Captain Mowatt verify believes.
The crown which the Negus Of Abys-
sinia ordered to be made at Milan Is nearly
completed, and has already been paid for. 1t
is OF the purest gold, contains l30 precious
stones, and weighs three pounds.
Chinese pheasants were introduced into
the vast forest of Oregon less than ten years
ago. and they have increased to such an extent
that it is estimated that there are now at least
million OF them in the country.
The taste for horsefesh is evidently
spreading in Berlin, and in response to the
public demand a special horse meat restaurant
has been opened there ut p Weinberse stIasse,
and the number of customers is very large.
DIR. Talmage seems to have unearthed
the private ledger Of the late lamented King
Solomon. Anyhow, he estimates the wealth Of
that mnch-marr1ed sovereign to have been
f6S0 Geo. OCO In gold and FL 02S OO0 377 in silver
While Edward Cruel was walking
ITOI0 DOScODti 70 rc00l0lOTe, alI6EOCiOQS WOiI
slipped up behind him and bit him. Cruel had
no weapons of Defense but fought the animal
off the best he could, and finally scared it
away.
"A New England weekly had an item to
the effect that manufacturers of chewing gum
were buying up all the old rubber boots and
shoes in the country, and the news wasn't
week old before two manufacturers began
heavy damage suits. The editor has to prove
it or quit the sanetum for the potato patch.
The ostrich farm at Oceanside was
raided recently by a California lion. He got
into the pen where 10 ostriches were kept and
scattered them right and left. The men in
charge secured the country and secured all but
one, which is still at large. The ostrlches were
valued at 1900 each.
The salary list of the forthcoming Ex-
position OF Chicago is thus detailed. Gage
President 5000: Bryan, Vice President sl2,-
600; Butterworth, Secretary, $40. .00O Seeberger,
Treasurer, $4,000; Palmer. National President
$4,000; Davis, Director General. Sl5, 900: Dick
inson. Secretary, $4,000. Total, s7O,OOO.
A grocer at Keene, n. H., had sold
powder at retail by lamplight for over 20 years
and he never found fault if the crowd in the
store was smoking while he poured out the
little grains. One night last week, however,
whish! bang! boom! Three men badly hurt
no moro powder-no more grocery-no insur-
ance.
Fresno, Cal, was made the other night by
tramp, but the owner, plucky woman, was
hand with a shotgun. She pulled the trigger
and the tramp had to be taken care of bya
doctor: BY the time he was through he ex-
tracted 156 shot from the back and legs of the
intruder.
The most complete disinfecting ap-
paratus in the world will soon be completed at
Angel Island, San Francisco, in which it will be
possible to disinfect, by means Of superheated
steam, the entire cargo of a ship in very short
time. The board has declared Yokohama an
infected port in view of reports of the out
break of cholera there.
1t is becoming ''the correct thing" for
Englshmen to wear wedding rings. The fash
ionable design is said to be somewhat more
ornate than the plain broad band which a lady
deems the only permissible form of nuptial
cIrclet and bears a true lovers knot, while
motto or posy Is frequently inscribed inside,
after the fashion OF our grandmothers.
Sunday observance is steadily gaining
ground in Paris In the west end the great
majority of the shops are closed, and the rail-
way companies have lately agreed not to
reckon Sundays in charging for the warehous-
in future at 8 p. Nc instead of = and the two
evening letter deliveries are TO be abolished.
The great statue of Bavaria, uncovered
at Munich in 1880 represents female figure
standing. with lion sitting by her side. The
whole monument is 95 feet IN height, the statue
being s. feet and the pedestal 30 feet. door
at the back of the pedestal leads by stone
staircase into the lion, through the neck Of
which an iron staircase leads up to the head, in
which there are two sofas and standing room
for 30 persons.
-Tunisians have o rather unpleasant Gus
tom of "fattening up'' their girls for marriage.
A girl after she is betrothed is cooped up in
small room, Shackles of silver or gold are put
upon her ankles and wrists as piece of dress.
If she is to be married to man who has dis
charged or lost his former wife, the shsckles
which the former wife wore are put upon the
new brides limbs, and she Is fed until they are
filled up to the proper thickness.
AT the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Boston and Albany Railroad Mr..
Harrington, of Worcester, started a ripple of
excitement by reading the article on the time
table of the road in regard to 'incivility." He
thought the last portion of the extract, which
suggests that politeness on the part Of passen-
gers as well as from employees Is desirable, .
eratutous affront to the patrons Of the road.
His motion TO have it removed was defeated.