Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-02
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

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.-"CIean towels speciality" is a cor.
spicuous sign In an Allegheny barber shop.
"A thunderbolt from clear sky killed {
young farmer near Emporia. Kss., Thurdays
Montreal, Canada, will celebrate the
| TWO hundred and nftieth, anniversary Of il
1 foundation on the 18th inst
in the Crystal Palace, London, there il
happy family OF q IN one cage. It includes
lions, bears. tigers. panthers. ponies, goats and
boar hounds. ~.
Germany employs 5,5Oo, 900 women in
Industrial pursuits: England, 1000. 900; France,
| S.z50ooO; Italy, 100000. and Ausrro-Hungary
nearly the same number.
-Croswell. Mich, people go heavy on
secret societies and tire entire male population
belong 10 soma one OF other OF the societies
having branches In the place.
Corn is selling at 80 cents q bushel in
West Tennessee towns, and may 60 to 81
Meanwhile cotton is only s cents. and tending
downward. This Is extraordinary.
"A Newaygo, Mich, girl Twas given s16
by her lover to purchase trosseau. She eyi-
IDENTITY had never heard the word before. for
she invested the money in . pair OF trousers.
"A guide in the Moosehead region. en-
ployed in carrying the United States mail,
save hts life, which he risked IN making mail
connections
"A schoolmistress in Chillicothe, Ill,
has been dismissed for tying the hands OF two
of her pupils against the stovepipe and then
burning paper in the stove till the hands were
severely burned
"A resident of Muncie, Ind, applied to
the Township Trustees for money with which
to purchase license that his ls-year-old boy
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wedding was indefinitely postponed
"A Topeka, Kan, mau received q 81, 500
windfall the other day in the way of damages
allowed him by the Government for an ice
cream saloon which was destroyed By the
Quantrsll raiders at Lawrence In 1853
Austria pensions ballet girls of the
Vienna opera. Before they secure q pension,
ers as neither young enough, beautiful enough
nor graceful enough TO take even the most in
signifcantpart.
The custom prevailing in the German
army of attaching to the clothing Of each man
on active service a card giving his rank, name
and regiment is to be adopted in the British
army. Dead and wounded men are oy this
means readily identified.
lizard time parties are given in soma
parts of Nebraska Tho Invitations are sent
out in funny rhyme, written on coarse brown
paper and inclosed in brilliant yellow envelopes,
They invite the receiver TO be present IN "rags
and tAtters, and tatrers and rags"
Near Wishkova, in Prussian Poland.
an engineer discovered long furniture wagon
across the track with the gates closed on either
side. Too late to stop, he put on fuli steam and
his engine and train. The horses and driver
were uninjured, the wagon and furniture in
splinters.
In the Third ward Of Vincenues, Ind,
last spring q Republican tied Democrat for
Councilman. Upon q new election being held.
the Democrat was declared to have won by
three majority. A contest followed and the
court has lust decided that the Republican was
entitled to three more votes, making the result
again tie.
In the Crimea the 1rans-Caspian and .
the Central Asiatic Governments Gf Russia
quicksands make large inroads every year,
covering thousands of acres of the best arabic
soil. The most skilled engneers, under the
of Imperial Property have for many years
tried to stop the evil bur with little or no sue
cess.
Considerable interest has been created
over the discovery Of an alligator six feet long
in the waters of the Little Cuyahoga river as
Akron. D. That the reptile had lived in the
water TOR some time was evidenced by tine vari-
Gus substances found in Its stomach When
cut open several small fish. pieces OF river
grass and partly digested turtle were brought
to light.
There has been quarried in Maine .
solid shaft of granite that win be much larger
than the obelisk in Central Park and will be the
largest monolith in the world. 1t is without
crack or flaw and Is lis feet long and 10 feet
square at the base. The largest Egyptian
obelisk which is now at Rome. Is los reet high,
so that the Maine stone exceeds 1t BY 10 feet
It Is computed to weigh not far from $50 tons.
The Russian photographers have
peculiar way of Furnishing customers who DO
not nav their bills. They hang out the pictures
of such customers upside down. One OF the
Odessa dsilies thinks that the photographers
NAV be right in treating their delinquent adult
customers in such manner; ous regards u as
dren ordered by parents who would not pay
their bills
"A st. Petersburg lady Of fashion has
invented an improvements I'm her turnous
which, the local papers say, Is likely to become
popular with all the ladies of her rank. She
has sns tases drve fhs snabss
her not only to see whether her headgear and
dress are in perfect order, but even TO notice
the carriages and the people who are coming
up behind her vehicle
A considerable part of all the gold that
goes TO India never returns. Having been OBJ
tained in the West by the sale Of exported pro-
auctions. it is retained in the East as realised
profits. wealth stored ND. and. TO . moderate
extent for use in the arts; for the rest, As .
represenrative of value. on the credit OF which
traders buy and sell with the bills of exchange
tbey issue and the book credits they open, and
settle up the differences with the silver money
OF the country.
Valley City, N. D., has a curiosity in
horse flesh that is simply astonishing. He is .
sorrel stands fully 10 hands, or feet inches.
from floor TO withers; his legs are feet inches
before touching the body. and a small broncho
can easily walk under him. A man feet in
height can't see over his back. even when
standing on tiptoe. In length he Is fully. IL
feet or IL feet from tip of nose to tip OF tail.
When standing with his head as ordinarily
checked up a 6-foot man. by standing on tiptoe,
can just touch the base OF the ear.
The finest of all lace is the Brussels, and
of the whole population of the city
is engaged in making it The Government sup
ports 900 lace schools, to which children ara
sent as young as i've years. By the time they
are ten they are self-supperting- The thread 10
hand-spun from the best Brabant max In damp
dark cellars, whose one ray OF light falls on the
spinner's hand. Naturally, spinning is very
and experts ges high wages Tne
best yarn from single pound oil max tetcnes
over $1,000.
The Japanese waters are frequented by
many species Of the crab family. and have the
honor of enveIoping the largest of all the crabs,
me inachus Kempferi or spider crab These
grow to an enormous size, and from the point
Of one large claw TO the other. with . we'll
GROWN CRAB tire distance is fully ten feet, while
the front legs are quite i've feet long. The
body Is triangular IN shape and small ia COM