Telegram-herald., 1888-09-09
CRISP CONVERSATIONS.

There are 600 miles of railway In op-
Grafton in Egypt
There are thirty-seven tunnels more
than 1000 yards hong In England
II is said that barely half dozen water
ing place hotels thus far have met their
expenses.
II is estimated that the total number Of
baoks in oil the American public libraries
is 81 200. 900.
1t Is said that San Francisco has been
shaken All times BY earthquakes in the
last eighty years.
There are about &. 900 photographic es-
Establishments in this country, employing
40. coo people.
After an expenditure Of $3.50 900 for
machinery and prospecting Egypt has
abandoned the search for petroleum.
A bed of the finest clay, six miles long.
three wide and fifteen TO twenty feet
thick, has Just been discovered near Car
rollton, O.
An Inch Of rain" means a gallon of
water spread over o surface OF nearly two
square fest. or fall of about 100 tons on
an acre of ground.
Sir Isaac Newtons autograph. In the
shape OF letter, brought ES15 at recent
sale in England II was bought for Trim
ity college. Cambridge.
Waste silk has been shown 70 he the
most effective non conductive covering
for steam pipes, The price Is high. but
the demand is very great.
Scientists say there is no plant that
does not serve as food for some animal;
l. Il e.. . L.
minsrsl kingdom is common salt.
During the last twenty four years ., 400
bulls aud LOO borses have been killed in
tho bull 6ghts in the City OK Mexico.
Two picadores have been killed by tho
bulls In that time
At an English dinner party the table
Was covered With white satin cloth. on
which were pinoed largo sacks Of white
satin tied with silver cords, from which
wealth of white flowers seemed 10 be
tumbling.
L. ia estimated that 10000 mocking
birds are caught monthly In the inmedi-
ate vicinity or New Orleans There nre
80 many of these birds caught in Louis-
iann that it is thought they will soon be-
come extinct
u
build an absolutely unsinksble nsn-of-
war. This viii be accomplished By the
use Of cellnlose emorphe, product Of
ooooanut fih~r. SO elastic that IL pierced
the hole closes Of itself.
A young Arab IN Algeria has discovered
IN hole IN a rock Eapoleons 70 The value
OF 500 coo francA hs scon a. The disoov
cry becan1, known number Of his fellows
nnnne down upon him and enrTled Of the
greater part Of the sPoil Twenty arrests
have baen made.
There are 500. 900 freight oars on ibe
various railroad lines ia this county. of
which 81. 900 are The prepsrty Of the Penn
sylvanIs Central road. T5ey range in
valIe rrrr 500. The oos. of constructing
fat car, 70 g. roo. the amount expended
In bEildiDg the average rcfrigsratnr car.
a bai IA ths F1rSsh psTlis-oent pro
poses % compel the sellers OF forsiea
neat to suuounos that fat II ou1aSVic-
nous p<aosr,i on { hair sa.o7or stall. TIE sisa
being that peeple are deoeivc3 into buy
ing foraga nest ar to- English e-tscle
re- they sr~ i1to p1rohzsaDg oieozz&-g1-ins
FOR butter
AcoaTsinc q lst< sivicss fr17 Cbirs
there ~ ne d0ubt nsr buf thai the t-ssch
ia tos yellow r4ver ernhe-kr- s1t vhich
c-r sd tie teri bie inuDC1tion le-st Tesr
cnazot be r-pai-s1 before fhe next foods.
Ihera is fne-sfoTe. ncths@g p prevent
sfullar ir-1ns cations g thost e last rear.
61ring The E~sseut satuZzln-