Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-17
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.
| The origin of the pony express in Utah
is credited to Brigham Young.
Am Indiana man has been fined 81 and
costs for shooting man with intent to kill.
| The average annual rainfall in the
United States is 29.6 inches, the variations
| ranging from to LIS inches.
The tooth of mastodon has been found
| on farm near GAINESVILLE, o. 1t (the
tooth) weighed 81 pounds.
An old Mexican bit from a bridle,
| thickly covered with heavy silver orna-
ments was recently dug up at Elgin, Tex.
"A young man hypnotized at an enter
tainment at Paris remained senseless, for two
days, and was with difficulty brought back
| to consciousness.
There is a law which, If enforced, COM
pels the delivery of all letters for girls under
Is and boys under 81 years OF age to their
parents or guardians.
There is a house IN Summerville, Ga,
which has had, since its erection, three ten
ants, and soon after its occupation by each
was struck by lightning.
Returns just published show that tho
population of the colony of Western Aus
tralia on December 81 last was 81 2S5-3222s
males and q, 057 females.
There was until a short time ago an or
dinance in Flowery Branch. Ca, imposing
fine of IS on any person who hallood
snakes" in the streets Of the town.
The discovery is made that the Alaska
soIl and climate are peculiarly adapted to
hop-raising. An Oregon syndicate has pur-
chased large tract near Fort Wrangel and
will plant 1t with hops.
I'm Guiana the Indians mix clay with
their bread. and clay-eating to a certain ex.
tent is INDUCED in Dy natives of North
Carolina, who are recognized by their pale
and swollen countenances.
"A bright New York boy has set him.
self up in the business of exercising fine
bred dogs for rich men whose time Is too
much taken up with monev making to prop
erly look after their canine property.
.-"Fatima," the baby hippopotamus of
Central Park, New York City, Is astonishing
only a year old, she is nearly as large as her
Murphy"
"A lawsuit has been commenced in Ma
rengo, Ind, between Edmund Waltz
and Elwood Stout over the price of two eggs
bought at u cents per dozen. Two OF a
dozen were rotten, and Waltz demanded the
return of the price.
1t is said that mermaid once asked a
there was any comfort in the book for her.
He replied that there was mercy for the
sons and daughters of Adam, whereupon she
screamed and disappeared.
1t is believed that the number of e1hib-
itors at the worlds Fair will be between
10000 and 175,OoO. To these mail will be de-
Hvered hourly. Mails, sorted on the mail
cars, will be dropped at the grounds from
incoming trains whenever possible.
One form of insects resembles broken
bit of bamboo, and another Is provided
with hairs, distributed in such a way as to
make it appear overgrown with moss.
Others have assumed their form and color
for the object of catching their prey.
"A Walla Walla, Wash, man about q
year ago started man out with band Of
sheep on the range. A few days ago he re-
ceived the following from him: "If you
want me to remain here any longer, you'll
have to get another band sof sheep; them's
all gone"
1t is believed that fully 25 per cent of
the population of the Argentine Republic at
the present time consists of European set
tiers, most of whom-now that the undesira-
BILE ones have been compelled to leave-are
well established and have all their interests
Identical with the country.
According to theosophists 800 days and
nights of Brahma make one year of Brahma,
and 100 years of Brahma make the Great
Ko1r xarf0 rNf
atpa, Potioo ~ oi oai'osy,oOoouo,ooo ye.ls,
into its night, and everything in it is de-
stroyed on the objective plane
The following are few examples of the
ra te of nav of women in London. Making
paper bags, Id per 1000; possible earnings IS
70 Us per "eeh. buston noles, 90 pei uozsn'
possioLo GarhiasS N = os PER weeA- onIrts, ~,
eaen e y; "Ji 49, Aot htae ne oma ~ 9ossoni " eon
thoro raro M MANS in ,IJ
go, .t,',.o,a ~. 49,. - 81 80. - - 80
stana h.ncnss corrisd a1ono ,bs sidas ~ tho
S.S - -, o~a,sr.rss Iii -. -
Saiisbnry and other cathedraIs in Ron,sar
Chnrch HAMS and Porrbnrv Cbnrch SoTy-
srsst. snJ manv other OF the old arish
chmrcbas 'o VAN PNii'H
Lafayette Knight, OF Csmas Prairie,
has sent the East Oreooniau a remarkable
lures LOOM 1t was found In an open seam