Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-08
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

! The British admiralty has resolved to
give $4,000 to Admiral Coomb for his in
ventiO~ for flashing light signals.
| Africa is land of many tongues. The
| Bible has now been translated into G6 of the
languages and dialects of Africa.
"A thrifty young Indiana woman, about
| to be married delivered the invitations her.
| self at church, just after the services.
The most extraordinary freak of ex-
| travagance is an Eiffel tower in diamonds,
one meter high, recently sold in Paris for
$44,O 900.
The Unionville (Iich Echo ''wilI sus-
| the proprietor to collect the accounts due
the paper"
Twelve oranges, which grew on twig
six inches long in George stones grove, near
De Land, Fla, completely filed peck meas
ure and weighed 50 pounds.
"A Mexico Mo-, man has a tax receipt
in his possession acknowledging the pay
ment of 43 cents on 10 acres of land in Boone
county. The receipt is dated lS45.
Generosity is national trait of the
Chileans, and the American tramps who
drift into Santiagoare reputed to make from
$40 to $40 a day by begging at the doors of the
wealthy.
The grave of Oliver Goldsmith, in the
neglected graves Of England. The engraved
letters are becoming dim and the tablet is
scratched.
1t is said that in Munich which con-
sumes more beer than any other German
city, the family allowance OF the amber fluid
amounts to 565 quarts year for every man,
woman and child.
The Quadruple Delivery Machine Com
pany, just being floated in England, offers
an insurance policy. The latter, which is
for E2J, lasts 81 days.
The Midland Elevator Company, Of
Kansas City, urges farmers to stack their
wheat before threshing. This is the only
way, the company claims, that frSt-clasS
wheat can be obtained.
I'm the towns and cities of Chile all the
shopping of any consequence is done in the
evening. In Santiago the stores are open
till midnight, and during the hot afternoons,
when everybody takes a siesta, they are
locked up.
Only 81, 200 of the proposed fund of s2O,-
900 for the benefit of General n. P. Banks has
been raised. The plan is to give the Gen.
eral the interest in the fund. and then at his
death return the amounts subscribed to the
respective donors.
There are two young women studentsin
the law department of the National Univer-
sity of Chile at Santiago, but as such indie
pendence and prOgressiveness in women
are looked upon with disf;ivor there the
position of the senoritas is not entirely en-
viable.
The OldtOwn Indians in Maine have a
law that forbids palefaces to be on their
island later than q certain hour in the even
ing. \ white man who remained until past
the hour recently took Il swim in his clothes
to the mainland rather than fall into the
clutches of the red constable.
AT Hephzibah, Ga, day or two ago,
Samantha Brown, colored, called on Lee
Whitehead, also colOrcd, and would-be
dentist, to shave a tooth extracted He
opened the wOman'S jaws so wide she could
not close them, and it was with difficulty
DR.. Baxley. ST., got them in proper position
"A Bangor Theological Seminary stu
dent who was temporary preacher in the
Congregational Church at Lincoln, Me-, took
his meals at the hotel He complained to
the authorities of two drunken men who in
suited him at the hotel, and the landlord
promptly turned the young preacher out of
his house.
In Il lettert to an American friend French
gentleman of some literary note in his own
country says that he is learning English by
the aid of a small text book and a dictionary,
without any other instructor, and he adds:
ain small time l can learn so many English
as 1 think will come at the America and to
go on the scatfold to lecture
Near PendletOn, in Umatilla county,
Ore have been discovered two mummified
Indians: one is that of an old man and the
other that of II child. They are queer speci-
mems and are regarded valuable curiOsi-
ties DIR. Morrow, who owns the relics has
refused $500 for them, but the curioS are con-
sidered much more valuable.
Near Lamar, Col, little girl of years
wandered to the platform of an express
train and was blown OFF while the train was
running at the rate of 30 miles an hour. \
locomotive was sent back and the searchers
found the child at mldnlght sitting unhurG
in q clumD of weeds and sitting very still for
fear the Indians would get her.
Mabel Hunter a 16-year-old Iowa girl, is
the victim of a peculiar habit formed in
childhood. Whenever she is sent on an
errand she walks to and from the place back
ward Sometimes she will absentmindedly
walk right, but upon recovering her senses
will Immediately retrace her steps and be-
gin the journey over again backward
"A young English lady, while out
in Colorado was surrounded by
about 80 wild cattle, which moved threaten
ingly toward her. Not knowing what else TO
do, she began to sing the Soldiers Chorus
in Faust" and one after another the
animals began to quietly Craze and she
walked through them without being mo-
ested.
Mrs. Eliza Saunders, of Texas, is the
owner of a pig that bears a striking likeness
to miniature elephant. 1t is of the usual
size, but has the skin, the feet, the flop ears,
the tusks, and the color of an elephant. 1t
has but one eye. 1t is apparently healthy,
and suckles in the usual manner. The eye
is where the nose and mouth should be. The
trunk is about two and one-half inches long.
The tusks not more than u half inch. 1t is
about weeks old.
The ocean tug Britannia engaged in
chase after Maine vessel that is floating on
he ocean with $50 900 worth of mahogany in
ler hold That vessel is the Wyer G. Sur
rent owned by William G.. Cover, of Sedg-
wick. and abandoned in IL storm last March
when about so miles OF Hatberas. since
hen she has drifted over 1000 miles, cross
ng the Gulf Stream three times. At one
)eriod of her wild cruise she went 800 miles
n p days. When last sighted, June 10, q
part at least of the cargo was yet on board.