Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-25
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.


the United States.
by a woman in 1913.
"A blind man has been arrested in Phil
adelphia for murder.
i The first freproof iron safe was made in
1923 by typefounder.
The finest diamond cutting in the world
is done in Boston, Mass.
"A 75-year-old woman has been arrested
in New York for shOphftiBg.
Last year 81 ,593 dogs found shelter in
the Home for Lost Dogs in London.
"A Minnesota woman has geranium
with a woody trunk one foot in circumfer-
ence-
The latest freak at Atchison. Kan, is a
colored barber who is a good Latin scholar and
| speaks four languages,
Forty years ago New York man
marked quarter and put il into circulation
1t has. just returned TO him.
"A 5O-barrel oil we'll drilled recently in
| Russia. after American methods, is said 10 give
! forth an odor like altar OF roses.
1 In New York recently legal oath was
| taken by telephone. the person swearing being
too sick to go to the notary's office.
: "A Delaware Bay fisherman brought up
a cheese box in his net last week. Inside the
! box was a live shad weighing six pounds.
| A San Francisco man proposed to three
sisters in turn. but they all rejected him. He
| got even by marrying their mother widow.
| Fabulous prices have been offered, and,
in some cases. paid for dollar of 1904, but no
such piece of money was ever coined. It is
numIsmatic myth.
| In the case of man who killed himself
recently. an English jury rendered verdict
that the deceased committed suicide at the
srigation Of the devil
In Chicago, the other day, handsome
horse, attached to COUPE became paralysed
as the result of fright caused by the noise of
sewer gas exploding"
"A Kentucky paper is responsible for
the statement that the grandmother of the
bride. at wedding in COVIngton recently off,
ciated as the bridemAid."
In the National Printing Office, st.
Petersburg. Russia. documents can be printed
in every, known language tits the most COM
pleIe office of its kind IN the world.
In 1889 the candidates for confirmation
in the Church of England numbered 225,0Oo; in
1880 there were 1877 900 presented TO bishops TO
receive the rite the falling off being 1000
The japanese murderer of restaurant
keeper in Seattle, Wash. last week threw bis
sword into the bay. A vigorous search re-
suited in finding the weapon. which had marks
showing II to be 26O years old.
Virginia last year had q peanut crop Of
$500 900 bushels; Tennessee. 1OOO0 900 bushels,
and North Carolina 25O, 900 bushels, making an
aggregate of s. 9.75000O bushels which was the
largest crop ever raised in one year, except in
1887. when the crop was $1,000 bushels greater
than in 1890.
There is curiosity in an English work.
house in girl who speaks language which no
one can Understand. She has been addressed
in nearly a dozen different tongues. but with
out evincing any intelligence as to the meaning
of words. She is said to eat twice as much as
an English pauper.
The medical authorities Of Sweden have
recommended the Government to introduce
the requisite regulations for women 70 become
apothecaries In Norway women have been
six years entitled to study pharmacy and man
age and own dispensarIes. In Finland there
are seven women apothecar1es.
"A resident of Jefferson, W. Va, while
hunting few days ago shot bird of beautiful
blue gray color. which measured feet
inches from tip to tip of its wings. Its bill was
inches long and its legs and the tips of its
wings were of dull salmon color. No bird
like it was ever seen in that section before.
AT last fish has been caught in the
Great Salt Lake. 1t was captured near Buffalo
Park and is one and five-eighths inches long.
1t is different from anything ever seen here be-
fore having a large head, body something
like trout, while it is almost transparent, ex-
cepL the dark outlines OF the VeTIe0re, Wnicn ls
as well formed as if of a fullgrOwn fish, and is
dark.
An interesting suit in the Quarterly
courts of Harrodsburc. KY. was that of
coIored preacher against the officers Of a
church near Sayisa for S2I. He claimed that
they sent to Louisville and secured his services,
and that all went very well until he voted the
Democratic ticket in August last, after which
they refused to pay him anything and froze
him out. He won his case.
In 1854 Japan's exports and imports
were valued respectively at SIS. $50. 900 and slO-
$50 0OO In 1889 the corresponding figures were
$40, O6O 900 and SCI. 100000. Between 1872 and
1887 foreign trade rose from 81 80 to So "A per
capita. In 1889 the country had 2,O3S trading
companies, with total capital OF s61,S55, ,465,
and in 1890 I,061 banks, with total capital OF
S92 446 O63. All these companies and banks have
come into existence in the last 2O years
"A Charlottesville, Ind, man has COM
pIeted the invention of an electric typewriter.
bY means of which the operator can have his
type-written manuscript transmitted hundreds
of miles All the characters and signs of the
ordinary typewriter transmitted over one
wire by the pressing of the several buttons.
The principle is different from that employed
by the writing telegraph. and Cincinnati parties
are now negotiating with the inventor for Its
purchase.
"A fish, in every way resembling shad,
but with the brilliant coloring of q goldfish,
Yesterday attracted much attention in the
store of New York fish-dealer. He called it a
golden roe.'' but no such fish had ever be-
fore been seen. 1t weighed 81 pounds. and its
flesh was the color of salmon's. Experts
who examined it said it was either cross be-
tween a shad and goldfish or had been feed
ing near some chemical works and SO absorbed
the color.
"A Young wife at Tarr station, Pa, who
became dispeased with her husband, recently
went to visit friends in an adjoining State.
Staying beyond the appointed time. her hus-
band urged her to return. Not responding, he
again wrote, making pr0fuse promises OF better
behavior. Still no response. he then had q
friend telegraph his wife that he bad Just died.
She arrived early the next day. The husband
met the astonished wife at the train, recon-
cfliation followed and now they are happy.
His little ruse worked we'll
"A Morgantown, W. Va, man recently
noticed two large Norway rats going downa
hill toward q stream, each rat holding an end
of a straw. When they reached the waters
edge the foremost rat waded in. still leading
its companion, which, when it reached the
water, stopped and drank eagerly. When the
thirsty animal had finished drinking the other
one turned and with the straw still in its
mouth led the way to the top of the bank.
W hen they reached the road he killed the led
rat and found that it was totally blind, its eyes
being completely gone.