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

| Africa has nearly 700 languages, and
| this fact presents great difficulties to mis-
sionary effort.
So far there hasn't been a month in this
year, excepting the present one, without a
frost in Connecticut.
During his last year in New York DIR.
| William A. Hammond is credited with hav-
| ing made over $l50,O00, probably the largest
medical income ever earned in America
During the years Immediately succeed
/ ing the downfall of the First Napoleon a
| hated by the French than a Prussian Uhlan
or a CrOat Grenadier.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Osborne, of
Knoxville, Tenn, are soon to celebrate the
| seventy second anniversary of their mar
riage. They are respectively l0l and 81 years
| of age and have 290 descendants.
"A farmer near Amite, La, owns horse
that will not drink from the watering trough
| if any Of the mules drink first. He does not
! seem to object to drinking after other
| horses, but draws the line at mules.
"A Missouri weekly paper recently in
dulged in some critical remarks about
Shakespeare, and a farmer, named John
| Shakespeare, thinking the family insulted,
| came to town and gave the editor a thrash
! ing.
The veracious story comes from East
| Springfield, o., that lightning struck a cow
belonging to James Scott and split the ami
| NAL in two, one side being thrown sixty feet
in one direction and the other side an equal
distance the other way.
The true test of genuine American
paper currency is to hold the bill up to the
light so that you can discer n two lines rum
hing parallel across it's entire length; these
/ are a red and blue silk thread inside the
paper; no counterfeit has them.
AT the great procession of Orangemen
| at Kingston, Canada, last week Mr.. Miller a
| native of Queens county, Ireland, had a
piece of the banner which was carried De-
fore King William while he was crossing the
Boyne. The remainder of the flag is in En-
niskillen.
Russia has been experimenting with
movable pigeon loft, from which dispatches
are sent by pigeons to various parts of an
army camp. Army officers are also training
falcons to catch pigeons, so that in case Of
war the former can capture the enemy's
messenger birds.
"A little boy in Winterport, Me-, few
days ago found birds nest with four young
birds and brought it home. Shortly after the
mother bird came in at the window and fed
the little ones. Since that time she has come
regularly several times day, bringing food.
If the window happens to be closed she
waits for some one to open it.
If anything catches fire, or something
burning makes disagreeable smell or
smoke, throw salt upon it at once. If
bright, clear fire is quickly desired, it may
readily be obtained by throwing salt upon
the Goals: likewise, if too much blaze should
result from dripping of fat from broiling
steak, ham, etc, salt will subdue it.
The Canadian Government has received
information that, owing to the great promise
of the crops in Manitoba and the Northwest
the Canadian Pacific Railway COMPANY has
ordered 80 new locomotives and f5O0 box
cars to transport the seasons harvesr to the
seabOard. 1t is estimated that it will require
ten trains daily for seven months to move
the crop.
The deepest mine in the world is at st.
Andre de Poirier France and yearly produ-
| ces 300, 600 tons of coal. The mine is worked
with two shafts, one 2,952 feet deep and the
other 3,0s3. The latter shaft is now being
deepened and will soon touch the 4,0O0-foOt
level. A remarkable feature is the compare
lively low temperature experienced, which
seldom rises above 75 degrees Fahrenheit.
The Sandwich Islands alphabet has IL
letters; the Burmese, 10; Italian 20: Bengal
ese, 21; Hebrew, Syrian, Chaldee and Samarf-
tan, p each; French, %; Greek, "a: Latin, 25;
German, Dutch and English, % each; Spanish
and Sclavonic, p each; Arabic, 2S; Persian
and Coptic, 80; Georgian. 35; Armenian, 80:
Russian. Al Mu5covite, 43: Sanskrit and jap
anese, 80; Ethiopic and Tartarian have 203
each.
1t is said that the trouble with the
peaches this season arises from the fact that,
there being peaches last year. the curcu-
lio was not present this year to help thin the
immense crop set on the trees, consequently
the June drop" this year was very light,
leaving more fruit on the trees than they
can possibly mature The fruit being set
the hot, moist weather has caused rot and
premature peaches.
The Kanwar Harnam Singh, c. lie
(of Kapurthala, Punjab), and the Kanwarina
(his wife) have arrived in London The
Kanwar and Kanwarina are Christians and
both went in the procession to Westminster
Abbey at the jubilee in 1857, as representing
the Royal House of Kapurrhala. The Kan
war (Prince) is younger son of a late Rajah Of
Kapurthala and uncle to the present one.
They have come over to England to see their
sons, who are being educated there.
San Francisco detectives recently
caught thieving bartender who had formed
a combination with his mouth to beat the
coin register. Smilingly he received the
money deposited by the customer and
turned to the register, but before his finger
touched the button the coin was transferred
to his mouth, where it remained until he
had served the next customer. The de-
tectlveS found that the young mans mouth
receipts amounted to 70 cents in four hours.
Unless their attention is especially di-
rected to it. few people notice the tiny let
ters stamped on the larger silver coins of
our currency at a point just below the juno
ton of the arrows and olive branch held in
the eagles claws. The letters are 49,, 90"
and &C. Co. and stand respectively for San
Francisco, New Orleans, or Carson City,
where the pieces were cast in the United
States branch mintS. Coins made in the
mint at Philadelphia bear special mark,
and are indicated by its absence.
"A horses thoughtfulness is told of by
gentleman, in front of whose house, beside
the grass plot, team of handsome horses
drew up. The near horse munched the grass
contentedIy, which the off horse tried in
vain to reach. Suddenly, to my astonish-
ment, the near horse raised his head with his
mouth full of grass and held it near his COM
panion's mouth. The of horse accepted the
apparent invitation to eat, and took the
grass from the other ones mouth. After
turning and eating while on his own
count he repeated the maneuyer, and then
called in the other members of my family to
watch them. There could be no mistake
about it; the horse which could reach the
grass fed his companion at short intervals
as long as they stood before the door,"
SOME OF PUCK's FUCKERS.