Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-08
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

| 5A 1ncnes IN nelght and only II years old.
-Lambertville, N. j., has a midget Is
years old and scarcely feet high. She is Mary
Kelly.
There are 5000 Indians living on reser-
vations in New York State. The Senecas num-
Der 1000.
Pomona, CAL, people could eat ripe
strawberries on Christmas Day by paying Is
cents box.
"A new material called 'lactite" has re-
Gently appeared in England as a substitute for
bone or celluloid.
The newest nickelin-a-slot machine
gives you photograph of yourself in three
minutes by the watch.
The stock of wheat in the Northwest is
figured at 22,3i5s53 bushels, an increase of 532,.
39S bushels since last week.
"A new departure in woman's work has
been taken in Chicago. where Miss searle and
Miss Gorton have organized publishing firm.
1t is reported the European powers in
tend holding convention in Berne during the
present year to discuss the subject of Anar-
chism.
"A dispute has arisen between the Ger
mans and Portuguese in East Africa regarding
the ownership of the coal mines in the Boowma
district.
Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and
Costa Rica have combined IN asking the
UniteS Mates Government to send them sepa-
rate ministers
Thieves stole an organ from the Presby-
terrain Church at River Forest. I'LL, the other
gay. About year ago the carpets were stolen
from the church.
"A telephone line about five miles long
has been established in Iceland, and is regarded
as as great curiosity. being the first ever estab-
llshed on the island.
The Manitoba Indians are taking a
great interest in the uprising in the States, but
there is no excitement nor any inclination to
lndulge ln'ghost dances.
bangor seems disposed to take the lead
In introducing fads. At coming ball in that
city. the prompter will be suspended from the
center OF the ceiling in basket.
The electric light of 20, 900, 900 candle
power IN the lighthouse at Hanstholm coast Of
Jutland, said to be the most powerful light in
the world, IS now lighted for service
Two women living near New Martins
vile, w. Va. recently fought duel with
butchers knives One woman was fatally
wounded and the other seriously injured.
Statistics show that one-ffth of the na-
i've married women of Massachusetts, are child
@ less- II IS sad that IN no country save France
can Similar condition of affairs be found.
Some OF the giant trees in the Yisalia
district of California, which the Government
is to put under the protection of a cavalry
force, are named after and in honor of notable
personages. One of the most gigantic of them
all bears the name Of New Yorker
1t IS said OF Queen Victoria's daughters
that ii 1t had not been for their exalted posi-.
tion in society they would all have made names
Tor themselves in literature or art Among
tnelr accomplishments they are noted as being
good needIeWomen and excellent cooks.
The Russian Government has deter
mined that in addition to the Finnish officials
who are being sent into the interior of Russia
to perfect themselves in the language Of that
country, masters of Finnish elementary schools
snail be sent to the teachers seminary in St
Petersburg with the same object.
In the Mayors court, at Anthony, Fla.
few days ago, a lad, for violation of an ordi-
nance, was fined 81 The court granted the
whipping the lad in open court. She accepted
the latter. and the Mayor had to check her to
prevent an unmerciful whipping. I
A huge squib or cuttlefsh stranded
| itself on the beach at Island Cove, Newfound-t
land, a few days ago. Its extreme length wasj
81 feet. the tentacles alone measuring q feetA
| the body was much larger than that of ana
ordinary horse. and the pelt three inches inl
\ thickness. 1t was cut up before being re-
4 moved.
The Chinese have found a way TO make
the exclusion act rebound to theirprofi Those
who desire to return to the Flowery Kingdom
| go down to the Mexican line. and in crossing
Dack take pains to be arrested by the officers on
the watch for contrabands. After a trial they
are returned to China at the expense of the
United States.
The Royal Commission appointed to ex-
anime Westminster Abbey in its relations to
| future burials. report that there is comfortable
room for 40 or so more; but space can be made
for IS more by devoting every available spot
| for the purpose. The present rate of Abbey
| funerals is about one year. The architect of
| the Abbey, Mr.. Pierson, recommends the addi-
| tion OF various new chapels. for which some
outside houses would have to be pulled down.
Prince Albert of Prussia, at present
Regent of Brunswick, issued an order recently
which caused considerable comment in educa.
tional and theatrical circles of Germany.
Henceforth the Royal Theater, of Brunswick,
is to"stage"a certain number of classical pieces
each month for the benefit of the scholars in the
various schools and of the students of the coll
leges The price of admission is to be very
small IN al cases. those young men who are
unable to pay the stipulated price will be adj
mItted free, The new theatrical course" as
it is called, will begin this month with six
pieces from Shakespeare. they will be followed
Dy the best works of Goethe and Schiller. The
Prince hopes to create a taste for good litera-
ture in this way.
An extraordinary case of monomania
has been developed at Vienna. bakers as
sistant there has stolen no less than 646 pocket
handkercheifs, not for their value. but because
an irresistible longing to possess them had
prompted him to do so. He never sold them,
but used to carry some about with him con-
stantly. He was first punished IN 1888. when
he was condemned to a fortnght's imprison-
ment for stealing q handkercheifs. He was
sentenced to the same penalty three years later
for similar offence, but the police, instead OF
handing him over to the jailer. sent him to the
hospital to have his mental condition examined.
The doctors declared him to be suffering from
acute monomania. He says that when he sees
lady's handkerchief hanging out of her pocket
he cannot help taking it.