Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-12
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

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knots in a bad sea.
Over $4,000 meals are served in the
House OF Commons every session.
Annie Rooney is dead. She was Ne
vada race horse of considerable local fame.
"A Boise, Idaho, man has discovered, it
is said. that good paper can be manufactured
from sage brush.
"A bill before the Illinois Senate pro-
vides for only women jurors in Coroner's in
quests on women
Australian eggs are now shipped to
London, thanks TO an extraordinary ne"
process of preservation.
"A large and brilliant meteor recently
fell in gap of the Mcdowell mountains,
about 30 miles northwest OF Pheenix, Ariz
Since January 1 FIVE applications have
been made by Cinnamon in different parts
of California for licenses to marry white
women.
AS soon as a native Alaskan gets 30
gold piece or slObill he Immediately trades
1t for silver, having no faith in gold or pa
per money
"A French inventor has made an instru-
ment that will permanently record musi-
clans improyisations on the pianoforte the
moment they are played.
"A Carson, New, hen recently laid an
egg which, according to the Appeal, meas
ured 81 inches in circumference the long
way and 81 inches the other.
"A Battle Creek, Mich, man has adopted
novel scheme fol. raising money. He has
been adjudged common drunkard, and
now his wife sues every saloon keeper who
sells him firewater.
AT baptism in the river near Plain
field, Conn.,, last Sunday, the floating ice was
so thick and plentiful that two men we're
constantly engaged in keeping it away from
those being immersed.
In Birmingham, England, there recently
died detective named Black who had in
his life discovered over 5000 criminals, and
ut race near Rugby he once arrested eight
pickpockets in IS minutes.
"A traveller reports that there is spring
in St. Tammany parish Louisiana, which
pours forth clear. cold water all day long,
but at sunset goes suddenly dry, discharging
no water until the sun rises again.
The last few relics of the Maine mining
craze are disappearing, and soon nothing
will remain but the many holes in the
ground which disfigure the countryside and
serve as pitfalls for unwary cattle and
sheep.
1t was said at recent gathering in Chi
cago by an interested woman that there are
10000 children in the city under a years OF
age who are not in the schools at all, and
10000 more who only attend half day for
want of room.
According to a survey made on January
j. last by Major of Engineers D. G. Heap, U.
S. A, the extreme point of Sandy Hook has
made out westerly about 750 feet beyond the
chart printed March ., 1891.
I'm the last go years horses have in
creased 1C4 per cent, cattle, Ia, sheep. 1S9,
and pigs 50. This is much greater Except as
regards pigs) than the increase of popula-
ton in Europe, United States and British
Colonies, which has been just 20 per cent.
"A man applied for naturalization pa
pers at Merced, Cal, the other day, who,
after 30 years residence in this country,
could not speak a word of English or an
Gwer a single question put to him by the
Court regarding our laws and institutions.
-Nearly7O0 lives were lost by mine explo-
sioDs last year in Europe and America.
There were Il in British mines, causing 81
deaths, which is the smallest number yet re-
corded. During the past IL years there have
been Isl explosions, resulting in l,696 Deaths
Just as ST. Louis burglar was about to
attack an aged woman, the other night, the
latter's pc: cat jumped on his head, uttering
at the same time a blood-curdling yowl. The
sudden assault and the unearthly noises of
the cat so frightened the burglar that he
took to his heels.
Agriculture is the most important in
dustry Of mankind, for 1t occupies s0,0O0OO0
peasants, represents a capital of f93, ,0Co OOo,-
900 sterling, and has annual products to the
value of about $4,000 900, 900, this not in
cludfng countries like India, China. etc,
concerning which no reliable statistics are
obtafnable.
"A large cat which was accidentally
locked over night in the store of Sacra-
mento, Cal, crockery company, became
frantic with fright and did nearly 500 worth
of damage in breaking fine glassware
When the store was opened the next morn
ing ruin was found on every hand. The cat
was all right.
"A meteor which fell in Alabama last
week plowed up furrow about as large as a
-four barrel and three or four feet deep, then
bounded and struck . large pine tree six
feet from the ground, shivering the tree. I5
then exploded, scattering its fragments in
every direction, cutting down small growth
and tearing up the ground.
The most extraordinary precautions are
taken in Spain to provide for the safety OF
the Sovereign at night. His slumbers are
watched throughout the night by the Mon
teros de rEspinosa, body of men who. for
100 years. have enjoyed the exclusive priv
lege OF guarding their royal master or mis-
tress from sunset to sunrise.
The other day a neatly dressed, re-
spectable-looking man appeared on the
streets of Philadelphia with a pasteboard
placard on his hat, on which were the words:
i'I have tried every means to get work.
Will somebody please give me a situation2"
Pretty soon kind hearted Quaker gentle
man noticed him and got him situation.
"A Richmond, Ind, man owns tilly 8
months old, which is q great lover of to-
bacco. Ifnot given all she wants she will
freouentIv 20 along the street "snipe-shoot-
inu.n as it is called, that is, picking up old
ciear stumps. The same animal has also de-
yeloped an extraordinary fondness for beer,
which she drinks with the relish of an old
topper
I'm the cheese regions of Switzerland a
custom prevails for the friends of the bride
and bridegroom to join in the presentation
to them on their wedding day of an elab0r-
ate cheese The cheese is used as a family
register and heirloom, on which the births,
deaths and marriages of its various mem-
bers are recorded. Some OF these old cheeSes
date back to 1860.
"A very romantic marriage has taken
place in Montgomery county, N. c. Ayoung
man obtained the license, secured the
nreacher. took him Immediately to the pres
ence of his intended. He found her in the
kitchen making up dough. The young fell =.
low did not give her time to clean her hands
and arms but had the preacher to tie the
knot at once. The preacher made quick
work of it and sent them on their way re-
ioiciu1