Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-28
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

during last year 800 medlcines "eIe
patented.
The Farmers Alliance has 116 papers
in Kansas-one to every county, with ten 70
spare.
The first prize in the Paris Art Con-
servatory was recently awarded for Two
studies Of an enlarged head"
The subscriptions to the Balfour-Zst-
land fund for the relief of distressed people IN
Ireland have reached 1856 .0O0.
AT Nashville, Tenn, during a snow
storm on Saturday. countless numbers of small
fish fell They resembled carp.
-Three-fourths of the letters that are re-
ceived at the Worlds Fair headquarters are
from persons who want employment
A bill passed the Texas Senate making
it a felony to fight prize fight in the State
either with gloves or without gloves.
Trains will not begin running through
the new tunnel between Sarnia, Canada, and
Port Huron, Mich, before midsummer.
William Marshall, who was born on
the Tam O'Shanter farm in AYRSHIRE. Scotland,
has just died near Bright, Ont, aged 70 years
The English telephone patents have ex-
pired, and the monopoly there has come to an
end. The Bell patents In this country have
still three years to run
"A little boy of Utica, N. Y, one day
recen tly played letter carrier. and distributed
through the Deighborhood bundle Of old love
letters that his mother had saved from her
courtship days.
The Rev. John Eliot, missionary to the
Indians. wrote letter in 1873. which was sold
at auction few days ago in Boston for 500.
At the same sale a letter OF the Rev. Jonathan
Edwards brought only Sll 90
"A Chicago man figures out that he has
paid his landloard, a hotel keeper $50 600 in hard
money for his board and lodging. But as he
has, at a. rosy cheeks. a clear complexion ana
bright eyes, he does not repine.
President Angel, of Ann Arbor Uni.
versity, says that the Chinese have no straight
streets or walls. because they believe the devil
travels in straight line. They are great pc
levers in signs and portents, thousands IN
numbers.
"A bill has been introduced into the Leg
islature of Indiana providing that any man who
shall be proven guilty of whipping his wife
shall himself receive 80 lashes. and that the
public shall be admitted to the jailyard to see
him whipped.
Take any 25 tall, lean men," said an
old court officer to reporter, "and you can
secure jury IN a murder case. They have no
conscientious scruples against the death PEN
atty As arule :short, thick men have doubts
on this point"
Colonel John G. Taylor, of Dayton,
KY. has fallen heir to estates in Ireland that
make him the Earl of Tyrone, and. better still,
give him property valued at S.0O0OOO. IL IS
needless TO say that Kentucky Will soon lose
one of its prominent ColoneIs-
The Socialists have introduced in the
Reichstag bill providing that the State shall
take charge of the manufacture Of drugs and
medicines claiming that it is the duty of the
State since passing the wOrkmens insurance
bill to supply remedies at cost price,
AN old friend OF Sir Walter Scott says
that the original of Rebecca in "Ivanhoe" was
beautiful young American woman to whom
Washington Irving became engaged after the
death of his wife, and TO whom ne wrote
glowing description the Bard OF Abbots1ord-
1t is stated at Washington that all COM
municatioDs from the United States Govern
ment for Canadian officials are sent through
the Imperial Government. and this accounts
for the fact that Canada has not yet received
her notice of the holding Of the WORLDS Fair.
General Sherman the other evening at
| the Yale alumni dinner in New York. having
| been welcomed a. usual by Marching Through
| Georgia." remarked feelingly in his little
| speech: Il have often thought that wnen was
| marching to the sea, it would have been well
had marched Oh into 1t.
The City of. Papeeti arrived at San
| Francisco from Tahiti Islands Saturday. She
| reports that the French Government has
bribed a chief with about 900 followers to con-
| sent to French rule. Fully SOOO natives,
| partial to the United States taking possession,
| are camped in the mountains, and it is sup
| posed thev are furnished with ammunition oy
American schooners.
"A letter has been received by Collector
Beard, of Boston, from Assistant Secretary OF
| the Treasury Spalding to the effect that the
| department concludes that sago -four is duti-
| able at 2 cents per pound. This decision Is re-
1 = ha1a ha TAR
| law distinctly states that sago Hour Is free
Assistant Secretary Spalding in his decision in
/ forms the collector that sago Hour Is not S=go
| flour, but is starch, and as SUCH Is dutiaDle.
The Parisians, now that the severe
| weather is over for a time at least, are plum
| ing themselves on the care they have taken OF
| their poor as compared with the much greater
| misery in Berlin and London. No cases of star
| vation have been reported in Paris. and the
| lberality and energy Of the Government, d.
| rected by President Carnot in person, have
been are effective in relieving the multitude OF
destitute who had fiocked to the city.
| Prot. T.. A. Schurr, of Pittsfeld, Mass,
| said in a recent lecture: "The rattlesnake is a
| proper symbol for our country; it minds its own
| business but knows how to defend itself when
| attacked" The rattIesnake, too, with the
| motto Don't tread on me-" appeared on one
of the earliest of the American hags. But Il IS
| perhaps too late to oust the eagle and substi-
tute the snake, even If the change should meet
| with public approval, which is exceedingly
| doubtful. Most people hate a snake.
During the past six years Minnesota
| has paid SIS, s34 for wolf bounties. During cer-
| tain months OF the year the bounty is only So
per scalp, while during other months tits s.. It
is alleged that in certain counties certain per-
| sons have been in the habit of farming wolves,
| and also of keeping wolf cubs in captivity dur
| ing the months when their scslps were worth
| only So until the S. months came around. IL Is
| also alleged that wolf scalps have been i'm.
| ported from other States, and that. generally
| speaking, the bounty system has been grossly
| abused.
| "A well-dressed young man registered at
the Spencer House, Niagara Falls. on Satur-
| day. as &c. E. Stanley. Cleveland, O." He drank
heavily. Reservation Park Policeman High
land had Just locked the gate of the bridge
leading the way to Goat Island when he
| saw Stanley climbing over the gate. He ran
| after him and took him by the arm TO lead him
back TO the mainland. Stanley struggling to get
| away They were IN the middle OF the bridge
| when Stanley jerked away from the officer and
| iumped over the railing, falling on the ice,
| where he lay stunned. Help was called, but
| when it had almost reached him. Stanley
| worked his way to the edge of the ice and was
| aa--;oJ ovar tho American Falls.