Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-27
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

States.
BY m act inst passed in South Austria
| liza, all hotels are to be altogether closed ON
Sundays.
AN inverted rainbow was reported Q
few days ago as having been seen near JET.
ferson, Ia.
Orlando, Fla, has grape fruit tree 81
inches In circumference, and An orange tree
&S inches in circumference.
Recent experiments in Queensland have
| shown that mother-ofpearl shells can be
made to produce pearls artifcially.
Mrs. Theresa Morris, Chicago woman,
the mother of 21 children, IL seeking Q
divorce from her husband, ON the ground Of
cruelty.
Cameron, NO., has . S125 damage suit
brought by Knox Bros. to recover the value
of mule killed on the Fourth Of July by
being hit by skyrocket.
The costliest pocket-knife made is sold
for SIS. Its handle is of solid gold and it con-
tains two small blades only, nail file and
miniature pair of scissors.
t.-When a New York girl attempted to
kiss pet pony the other day, the animal re-
sented the familiarity by burying his teeth
in her lips, infiicting severe wound.
The vicinity of Palermo, Italy, has
y1eiceo three remarkable human SKELETONS,
one In hlo one In lole ana AZ tine iass IN 100
"a feet in height.
There is curious superstition in Iowa,
Illinois and Missouri, which says that the
person who hears the whip-poor-wilPs call
In daytime will die before the end Of the
year.
If you wish to take the concert out OF
peacock pull out his tail feathers, and as
soon as he finds the glory of his plumage
rone he becomas the humblest most SUBJ
dued and ashamed looking bird that ever
walked the earth.
Under 120 of the wills reported during
last year the bequests for religious, educa-
donal and charitable purposes have
amounted to about 81 .000, 900. In each of the
three preceding years the amount thus be-
queathed was about So,OO00OO.
IT bas been ov.r 5oO vears sincs tbs
rule was adopted which makes Easter the
first Sunday after the first full moon after
the sun crosses the line. BY this arrange
ment OF Things Easter may come as early as
March " or as late IS April 70.
-Durino the last fev months there bavs
80 -. . 49, -s.S..N
Deeu SUI " w ~ ous VI ..ay oo" pa.usa so 20
pieces pieces Of Of money % and about 100 900 other rob oS
jects, such as furniture, silver. antique arms,
stuns, etc, all celong1ng 70 frlnce forionla-
The production of pig iron for 1891 in
Tho cernoan Emnjra includino Inxamburo
- ~ - 80 .. -. - a oor ---5
was 4'40z,Vls Wetrio tons VI A'@oS Pouuuss 10
against ,oo5,Vo tons IN loSO, OF auecreaSo OF
about ~ per cent, as compared with per
toa saI,e an a tsIn. "U p0A i'io -'-
u,,.. -. ..,o .5. -.
o'N oi. eonsui' 'e eeo Ine sou"S ,,ouo I've
appe.ranoo ~ sue Nonuoh e .A0i "lonesOo
It's democratc eongener IN tne soianum
family, the potato, but made very poor pro-
gress in public favor until q comparative lew
years since Both came from the western
hemisphere ABOUT tne same tlme.
One of the ablest Investigators of bac-
teriology Is the Japanese, kitasato. He has
just left Berlin, where he has resided for
six years. to become attached to the Uni
yersity or TOXIC Besides hltasatoI Japan
DoasGs otnGr olstlngulsheu Dacteriologisss
IN Ogata, humagaWa, MuIa and several
obners-
The Japanese, like the Chinese, are
subject to a peculiar disease called kakke,
In which the patient Is the victim or an In
creasing lethargy and weakness, and slow
uegsneratlon oi the nslVoIs JUS sySsoh ysah 9, KS
sa.u W s oe uSe ~ ~, " ag og 20 car ha a,onI.
israpted ~ 1T " cnreT hv a change Of diet
10"'e' - NV ' ~
-Russia's fancy Is Tor large yellow d1a-
monds. China is becoming a buyer of dia-
monds, for vesy recently the Empress has
broken through tne olo cussom Wnicn pro
nIDiteo MohSh iaonn ia rat na;st an h.a,tn ~
of a superb diamond necklet presented to
her. She wore it at court and set the
fashion.
n, u-;d, ,;,bt Mrs w u posev
" o. -, 49,
whose nome Is In macon, 1a' oreameo Snas
her dead mother, whose picture nung over
her bed, had come back TO ealtn 70 stay WITH
PosaS wos as{Guished to zee that fr had faded
almost entirely away. while underneath it,
on the kalsomined wall, it was reproduced
exactly Ike photograph
An amateur violin maker OF Portland,
Me-, has secured prize in a spruce beam
rom an old house at North Yarmouth. Tho
M ion. -. ~. ~ SS..o,,;-,,. o., -. tho, 1oo
peam hau ooen seasonins ~, u.o.o sn"n wv
years, ana the nttle tnln Doaros saWn lrom
it give fortn tne cieaf melioW s9unu snSs Is
desired IA worm ssoeh' ,,rd sne s
csnt1v % and secured some Of the wood.
Tl ,. +r.ai IN diometsr of which
- ,rar,an,s have been taken in
correc' neasu .e .s rno % ths ..oId Ntan,,
Ensiano - sns u1 .eIsc,ion Reecb Forest
tree, heai uae s.,,i.,. o ,e,,.s hatvssn the Az.
on the main oaoina i"nso' ono 81
and the GelnDrano. Near tne srounu tne
circumference Is W Ieeti Ieet from tne
ground, % rect; Iee1 Lroln she S.,ou1nu, ~, 1a %
iee', "nu -o'' -, n. ~
-Mark hennlston, VI n11iip'' Nc, n"'
a bull moose whlcn ne mas raiseu iro" q
calf, which Is so tame 1na1 ne surns ~ ou'
every warm day 70 browse IN the neienDor-
ing neids. ne caeenes 'ne ois oui - e"y
as he would pet lamp, ana Is DreAhlns MN
to harness. he n1tcoeQ tno mooso W
wagon last summer anu was carIs9 sen
miles at ra1lroao speeo Deiore ns 'ouiu ''op
'N' bo. s.n,;,; .
-Drieu iieneo nae iUs W. Cs..