Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-17
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.


-Turniptown. Ga, has gourd with Q
handle five feet long.
In one California county 8, 172 jack rab-
bits were killed in II days recently.
Dried fish was formerly and is still to
some extent medium of exchange in Ice
land.
A parasite which kills 40 grasshoppers
an hour is to be imported in large numbers
from Australia.
"A mule supposed to have been in ar
tillers service under Sherman was sold in
Georgia recently for 81 70.
Leather coins with silver nail dri, en-
through the center were issued in France by
King John the Good in 1906.
The remains of ancient hot air baths and
sweat houses still exist on the Island Of
Rathin on the northeast coast of County
Antrim, Ireland.
If the finding of four-leaf clovers brings
luck, a young woman living at Saugatuck,
Mich, ought to be especially blessed. Dur
ing the last two years she has gathered over
800 of them.
Watch crystals are made by blowing =
sphere of glass about one yard in diane =
ter, after which the disks are cut from
1t by means of a pair of compasses having
diamond at the extremity of one leg.
The London Missionary Society has 30
missionaries in Madagascar and these re-
port s2s ordained native ministers, 1895
native ministers, 1885 native preachers,
T., 600 church members and 100000 adherents.
"A ghost has driven the workmen out of
the 700-.oot level of the Anaconda copper
mine at Butte, Mont. 1t is said to sit on the
rafters and give orders. and resembles
former fireman of the mine who was killed
there.
The increasing wealth of the various
nations is somewhat remarkable. During
the last ten years the Bank of France has
more than doubled its reserves. The Bank
of Germany in 1881 held about S40, ,0C0, COO. In
1889 it held S1s00O0,OO0.
The ninth of the ninth month in Corea
is celebrated as the autumnal equinox when
the swallows fly homeward to the king in
the south county. The chrysanthemum
flower open this day, and is put in the wine
cup to flavor the drink.
"A gold watch was recently dug up near
Atlanta, Ca, on the old breast works in
Coke's district, Cobb county. The case was
in good condition, but the works were
entirely eaten up with rust. The owner is
supposed to have been killed during the
war.
The broken idol that stands at the cor
Der of the plaza at Granada to-day, known
as the Piedra de la Boca, or the stone with
the mouth, always has its mouth stuffed
ing and during esrtbnuakes neonIe have
been caught worshiping it.
The terrible Japanese earthquake Octo-
Der 2S was predicted to a dav by an anonx-
mons letter writer who wrote ,o tbe Janan-
.se Cabinet obon+ +bree wesl-s hofora tE,
oa 10 ,,it 80 1,ao r. 80 t,t ~ int
90. Guoa p,.u, - Is 9h.u Cna. eno le.-
oen - moM presetse, IN sne uo'erhluehI
% o"i io'>
In olueh Times stag huntl| was
ia'oil lIe amusement Oh .he nooiilIy' anu tne
uoss ueeu III Tuoh sport-parc cray iouhu9
anu part DlooihonnGs-Were ,- gwen tne name
OF sta@noun9s. foxhounds. IN IKE manner,
were trained 10 nunt the WHY animal, from
Whlcn tney galneu tnelr. ulstlnctlVe appel
latlon.
The surfaoe of env riven nuantitv of
gold, according to the best authorities, may
be extended by the hammer $40 s4 times.
The thickness of the metal thus extended ap-
pears 20 De no more tnan the 2b6,O ,OzOth part OF
an men. Eignt ounces OF tlis "on9erlnI
metal Woulu glld SILVER wire OF sufnclent
length to extend entirely around the globe.
I'm Nic,raoua tho stafues of tbeir oods
.I.r 49, -.
"oio siei"i.y piaoeu a. Un0 ~ VI tI -"eit
piaced thsirs OF tne snm,,it ~. in tsmnIes
while bierogI1-nbics are common ON idols
walls and pottery. vet the patient researches
of our archaOlogistS have recovered but
little of the manners and habits of these
abOri9ines.
,c. - l., IL
aifican sa'aseS nave tde pest teetn III
the world, and one reason for this fact is that
they take such excellent care of them.
cle lnlng them several times dsy. TOT
which Incomes SCREENED nv ruhbfno in the
mouth Thus the message of a toothbrush
is: LAS remember my teeth constantly, so
l often think of you
r.
nc ioo' Vi sofI Vi CuiniP Is uoeu Nv
the Indians OF tennessee for curious pur-
pose-namely. to cure dogs of the habit of
eating eg"s- This root has very hot and
t iE M eoos @n bicb ia ,,Irad I1" IN +b % de-,
way. After swallowing it hastily and with
out consideration, the animal will never
touch another egg.
uorious a,n1onations hare beon ,;ro,
nov oeon ST."
OF tne orlSin oi the tefn gray nounu' SOME
authors claiming shat the prefix grey Is
taken from Graius, meaning Greek; others
that it signifies great, while still others say
that it has reference to the color of tine
animal. In no other breed of hounds is the
blue or gray color so prevalent, and conse-