Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-18
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

New York boasts of 200 Smiths, 25S
of whom were christened John.
The largest bay in the world is Hudson
Bay which measures $50 miles north and
south by 800 miles in width.
Brooklyn physicians are being swim
/ died by rogue who calls in their absence
and pays fictitious bills with bogus checks,
receiving the change in cash.
The wealth of the United States amounts
to S62 500, 900 900, distributed among 100000
families There are l35000 families who
have an average wealth of 1885, 900.
DIR. Adam Clarke's celebrated grace
when a roast pig was set before him: "Oh,
Lord, if thou canst bless under the gospel
what thou didst curse under the law, bless
the pig"
One of the oldest ways of getting liv-
ing is pursued by the salonniers Of Paris,
who make profession of tying gentlemen's
cravats. An expert artist in this line can
arm $40 an evening, 1T IS said.
Timothy Nellis, a carpenter employed
on the Globe Hotel, Watertown, n. Y, fell
from the fifth story to the cellar, through
the skylight, and was picked up without
broken bone or any apparent i'll effects
Herman, the famous sleeper of North
ern Minnesota awoke July ), after a nap Of
two years. When he last awoke he had been
unconscious for i3 years. The doctors
think he will die in one of these sleeping
fits.
Captain Jack Leathers, an old and hon.
orable citizen of kentOn county, Ny, was
born in Bourbon county, lived in Campbell
county and died in kenton county, and he
lived all his life on the farm on which he
died.
AT Asheville, N c., somebody gave
poisoned beef to q valuable shepherd dog
belonging to Captain j. c. McCape and the
animal died. The owner, who priced his
pet very much, gave public burial. Sew
eral stores were closed.
"A cubic foot of aluminium weighs 157
pounds. A cubic foot of copper weighs 555
pounds. A sheet of aluminium, Il inches
square and l inch thick, weighs II pounds.
A bar of aluminium inch square and Ii
inches thick will weigh LII pounds.
e. NJ. Haskell was buried in North
field, Mimi, % years ago. When his body
was e1humed recently beard . inches long
was found growing from his face. The
Scientific american has invested the case and
youches for the truth of the statement.
An old table in the waiting room of the
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
depot at Wilmington possesses a peculiar
interest for people fond of relics. 1t is the
table on which the body of President Lin
coin rested while being conveyed to Spring
field, I'LL, for burial.
The recent count of the money In the
United Treasury shows that there are $500
| tons of coin in the vaults of the Treasury
building. A statistician estimates that if q
band of burglars broke into the building it
| would require 90 600 men OF average strength
| to carry this money distance OF 30 feet
The substitution of camel's hair, cotton,
paint and chemicals for leather in ma
chinery bel ting is said to be meeting with
| some success in this country. 1t was first
/ invented in ENGLAND and il iS claimed for
| the new material that it is stronger than
| other betting, more durable, more efficient,
| and as low priced.
| "A deed of adoption was filed one day
last week in the County Recorders office at
| Sedalia, Mo-, by the terms of which woman
| who assumes the custody of an infant girl is
| to receive for her sustenance the sum of $50
| per month until she is years old, S25 from
| then till she is II, and $50 from then till she
! is 2I years old, the sums to be paid monthly.
| The existence of a cholera demon is
| still firmly credited in certain districts of
India. A native in a village near Aliabahad
recently assured an inspector of police that
the previous night his home had been visit
| ed by cholera monster, with head like
| large earthen pot. He and his brother drove
| away the spirit with bamboo clubs, and fired
| a gun to complete its defeat, as the creature
| fears noise.
DIR. W. R. Lee, the young American
| PHYSICIAN WHO ms Deen IUdue tDt uOt-
| tor to the King of Siam, is but 2S years old,
| and ut the age of "a he was driving an ex-
| press wagon in Springfield o., for q living
] Dr. Lee graduated from the Medical School
of the t6 of Pe@ IN o T55 m
| Foreign Missions sent him out to Petcha-
| buree in Siam.
"A parrot on the canal boat F. V. Worth,
which was run into and sunk in New York
harbor last Wednesday, sounded the alarm
| of danger. just before the collision occur
red the bird screamed: 'Iook out there!
| Murder! Well be drowned" The cries
we're heard by the captain and his family,
| and running on deck they had barely time
| to pick up the parrot and a few other pets
| and escape to vessel that was alongside.
| 1t was a matter of some comment
| week or so ago that quart OF potatoes was
worth more in the Chicago market than a
| quart of strawb berries, says the Fruit Journal
| of this city. This was brought about by
| combination of circumstances which might
not occur again for many years. Potatoes
/ were scarce and berries were plentiful. But
| it indicates the fact that the industry of
| potato growing is on the wane and that OF
| berry growing is fast on the increase.
"A negro and mule were electrocuted
! in Brooks county, Ga, Wednesday after
noon on sam Clayton's place, about four
| miles west of town. The negro's name was
Dock Cross. He had tied the mules head to
his foot to keep him from biting the corn
| He went out during a thunderstorm to un-
| fasten him, and, while STOPPING down trying
| to unite the knot. stroke of lightning
| killed them both. Death was instantaneous,
| neither negro nor mule ever knowing what
| struck them.
Jane, as borne by the royal families of
| Europe, has always been a name of ill-omen.
| Lady Jane Grey was beheaded for treason;
| Jane Seymour was one of the victims of
King Hal; Jane Beaufort, wife of James l. of
| Scotland, was savagely murdered; Jeanne
| de yalois wife of Louis MI, was repudiated
| for her want of personal beauty; Jeanne
| d'Albret, mother of Henry ~. was poisoned
| by Catherine de Medici; Jane of CASTLE lost
| her reason through the neglect of her huS-
| band, Philip the Handsome, Archduke of
| Austria: Jane 1. of Naples caused her huS-
| band to be murdered and married his assas-
| sin, and Jane IL. of Naples was one OF the
| most wanton of women.