Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-27
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.


Lexington. KY, ladies have organized
an antislang sociery.
Glue from whale refuse is a new article
of commerce made in Russia.
There are over 5000 cases of the grip in
Christiana. the capital of Norway.
"A Georgia man has an egg which has
the exact shape Of young chicken.
Little mice threaten to ruin the most
prolific crop of melons Georgia has known in
years.
There are nearly 1,500 more female
than male teachers in the Missouri common
schools.
Memorial Day in Georgia town was
postponed for a month because of the scarcity
of flowers.
"A Topeka Chinese laundryman has
gone back to his own country as a Christian
missionary.
The word nicotine is derived from the
name Of John Nieot who introduced tobacco
into France.
The japanese word FOR farewell means
IF it must be so;" and the Chinese say, go
away slowly
During an oil boom IN Vaneeburg, KY,
700 acres of land sold for $1,000 The same
tract was sold the other day for s469.
A Chicago burglar fell asleep in a house
in which he was waiting an opportunity TO rob,
law.
"A recent school examination in Kansas
elected the following forms Of comparison:
lll, ilier, illesI; i'll, worse. better; ill., worse
dead
The man-eater is generally an old and
worn-out beast, without activity sufficient to
enable him 10 spring upon deer, antelope and
buffalo.
"A woman in Flint, Mich, adYsrtises
Tor position as housekeeper and says in her
advertisements thar an offer of marriage will De
gwen attention.
A Newaygo, Mich, lover gave his
sweetheart Sl8 with which to purchase a wed.
ding trosseau. She took the money and mar
rled another fellow.
A Georgia groom OF 1S who welded a
bride Of 40 paid the officiating clergyman a fee
OF four silver dimes. He eouldn't rake to-
gether larger sum.
1t is said that England has more women
workers in proportion TO her population than
any other country. IL per cent Of the industrial
classes being women.
Henry Clews predicts that since the
embarrassment of the Barings. the presumed
inyincible head of the London banking system,
New YORK City will become the Clearing House
Of the world.
-AbbeVille, Ca, has a freak in q negro
baby, 2years old, whose head weighs 30 pounds.
All the back Of its head is as soft as Inush. The
child has been crying necessarily for eight
months, and no wonder
The period of "a generation" has been
heightened; it used to be 80 years and later in
creased to "a; now, scientist says, the average
term Of human life has increased in the last 50
n
"A crank recently demanded a loan OF
sl25 from Governor Buchanan of Tennessee.
He states that President Buchanan once went
on his bond and that therefore the loan should
be made by one who bears his name.
"A Bangor physician prescribed rides on
an electric street car to a paralyric lady pa
tient. The result was a complete cure. The
currents of electricity passing through the car,
too slight TO be felt by strong people, acted as .
tonic for her.
The geological department of the Mich
igan Agricultural Society reports having cap
tursd black watersnake in the stomach Of
which were found four fishes. The largest of
the hshes had partially swallowed another Of
its own kind.
The smallest COW on record is reported
from South Clarksville, Tenr, less than thres
feet in height. She has calf weeks old and
is giving over gallon Of milk per day. When
they go to milk her they have to dig hole in
the ground to set the bucket IN.
In Mecklenburg strange custom exists,
that when anybody dies the mirrors of the
whole house are Immediately covered with
dark cloth. The feet of the CORPSE must be
directed TO the door, otherwise the belief Is that
soon somebody else must die in the same house
Some Georgia men are interested in
new railroad contriyanes which may tighten
rt,o rafr
a train passes station great light is thrown
upon the higher atmorphere, and at the next
station toward which the train is heading At
the same time.
The growth of the nails on the left hand
requires eight or ten days more than those on
the right. The growth is more rapid in chill
dren than in adults, and goes on faster in
summer than in winter. It requires an average
of l32 days for the renewal of the mails in cold
weather, and but ll6 in warm weather.
An inhaoitanr of Mimmsville, Ca, de-
scribes fish he has caught as "a trout, or
trouts with two heads perfectly formed which
works perfectly independent of each other.
Each head is supplied with the usual number
of eyes and the proper amount of gill. The
heaus unite Just back of the gills, the two
mouths taking food at the same time.
The entire production of the precious,
semi.precious stones and ornamental minerals
IN the United States during the year 1889 was
slS8 81. OF this amount $50 175 was agatized
and iasperized wood. s23 675 turquoise stones
and $4,000 quartz. Diamonds to the value Of
81, ,006, 7l6 were cut during the year in the lap
idary works IN New York and Massachusetts,
Two young ladies of Greenyille, Mich.
went out to gather arbutus the other day.
They unhitched the horse and tied him to the
buggy while they gathered the pretty blossoms
When they were ready TO return they found
the horse had already departed. Nothing