Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-15
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

| 600 members in India.
The Bible has been translated into 66
Of the languages and dialects OF Africa.
"A woman "A years of age and only 8
feet inches in height, died the other day, near
Hartford City, Ind.
] The Woman's Foreign Missionary So
ciety Of the Methodist Episcopal Church, has
more than lSO 900 members.
The American eagle is said to be dying
| on fast. A late estimate places the entire Wis
ible supply in the United States at 300.
Five years ago there were five girls
schools in Yokohama and Toxic. To-day there
are more than 30, and all well patronized.
Eight different brewers in Cork have
amassed fortunes exceeding So 900, 900 each, and
most Of the money has come from the men who
buy by the glass or pint.
"A negro living near DanYilIe, Va, is
regarded as a curiosity by medical men. His
heart presents the phenomenon of being nova
Bile at the will OF its possessor.
"A grocer at Mobile wanted 40 barrels of
northern apples, and man in Hamilton, O.,
sent them to him, and went along to collect the
pay After he had collected it and skipped out
II was found that every barrel contained one
peck OF apples, and a fine assortment Of turnips,
out.
From statistics just published, Mime
sofa stands first in the country as a wheat
growing State, having produced the past year
45, OO0, 900 bushels California comes next with
40OOO.OOO bushels. The Dakotas produced e.
OC0, 0CO bushels. ranking third. Minnesota had
9;lOg gVOg acres IN wheat; California, 1900, ,009;
the DakOtas, 100000.
"A Hood River, Oregon, paper tells
now W Ill Winoms broke all hunting records
last week by &c etting three wildcats and a
N fuuO hof1 H.
wildcat which had killed another and was
making meal of it; he killed the cannibal
and secured two. The next one had big
squirrel tor dinner, and well-directed shot
finished him.
"A convict for theft. after 80 years of
service in the galleys at Genoa, was liberated on
January Is at the age of 50. AlOcal paper COM
mented on his liberation, and said that his fine
personal appearance warranted the suspicion
that he possessed strength enough to go
through with many more years of punishment
Whereupon the ex-conVict wrote letter to the
editor threatening him with lawsuit for
SANDER.
AN English militia captain, recently
asked to resign on account Of his age and to
make room for younger man. replied to the
authorities that if they would send on dozen
OF bhelr strongest young men he would walk
them for 40 miles, and then lead them to the
top Of the highest and steepest hill in the
neighbOrhood. The authorities declined the
challenge and did not press for the resigna-
ton.
Two men in Baltimore sold goods to an
alleged agent Of an alleged WIlliamsport hrm.
They accepted checks on bank at that place
and each gave the strangers about S25 in
change. That night both men dreamed that
the checks were forged. The next day they
telegraphed to Williamsport and found that
no such firm existed there. They had more
W thnra aVTha Nh
were awake.
The Congregational ministers Of Hamp-
den county, Mass, have united in a declaration
against the building Of q navy for offensive
warfare, on the ground that it would be '1ikely
to be construed as policy Of defiance rather
than or defence; Is departure from the
established principles of the Republic; q
menace to the peace Of nations; detriment to
the true glory of our country and project
ity."
If any one wishes to know the pro per
amount of oats to give horse at single meal,
he can obtain the information by inquiriug of
GreenviIle, Mich, man. He has in the loft
of his barn an oat bin with hopper bottom and
spout running to the stable below Sunday
night when he closed his barn he had 70 bushels
of oats in the bin, but during the night one Of
his horses loosened his halter made a tour Of
inspection, pulled the slide from the oat spout
and was soon wading IN 20 bushels of oats. The
man is alive, but the horses carcass is for sale.
Among the transfers filed in the record
Office at Washington recently, was one Of
Agnes Holtz transferring to George Wagner
all her interest in her son Paul during his
minority for a nominal consideration the party
of the second part agreeing to feed and clothe
and give the boy good common school educa-
tion. There was some discussion as to the
question under what head the paper should be
1oI al 49,
was finally concluded that as the boy was nova
BILE property the chartel mortgage head was the
proper one.
"A Well-known English scientific gentle
man has been experimenting on a metal re-
sembling gold for nearly year, and has now
got it down almost to perfection. He stumbled
on 1t at first accidentally while anaIyzing some
metals, and when he realized what he had
found ne went to work and soon produced a
metal which puzzles the best of Jewellers, is
as heavy as gold and to all appearances is the
precious metal itself. When the gold test is
applied to it the acid boils up little but gives
no other evidence that the metal is other than
gold, and when wiped of no mark or spot is
left, as Is the case when the test is applied to
brass It can be manufactured at q compare
lively small cost.
"A man named Patrick Davis earned q
reputation for courage and endurance in Port
land, Me-, Tuesday. He was terribly hurt by .
wall falling on him from a building he with
others was demolishing. Blood was streaming
from q cut alongside his right ear and also from
a long cash in his head, and his ankle was SO
badly broken that the foot could be turned
around in any direction, as ifit were on pivot,
yet the wounded man did not utter cry. Not
D look Of pain was on his face, although he was
suffering excruciating torture. The first words
that passed his lips as the doctors worked on
him we're: John, hand me down me pipe"
Then he sat smoking and talking and even smil-
Ing during the operation.
The largest bowlder stone, commonly
called the 'bowder stone" IN the world, as far
Is known, is the one situated in the English
Lake district in Cumberland county, England.
This stone is a short distance on the left Of the
BoTrowdale road, running from Keswick, En-
yland, to the Buttermere Valley, alongside Of
lake Derwentwater. Il has the shape Of
ihip's keel, and is about equally poised on a
stretch of ground in the valley. 1t weighs
nearly 1000 tons, ornearly three times as much
IS the trandil bowlder-" The stone measures
2 feet in length, 36 feet in height, and is as
,ended by balustraded staircase Of 80 steps.
ike all other curious geological attractions,
10 one knows its origin or history 1t stands in
uch position that person on top Of it can
way the stone perceptibly.