Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-19
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS


toga, Wyo.
A genuine case of leprosy is reported at
Defiance, Iowa.
Twelve hundred cases of smallpox are
reported in Guatemala.
One hundred and five Americans visited
Burns birthplace in Scotland in one day last
summer.
Salt has been found near Kanapolis,
Kan, at depth of $40 feet. the vein is 24O
feet thick.
The average Wellesley College girl
weighs ll911 pounds and is a trihe over feet2
inches in height.
In Paris there are Sc, 900 gaslights, so
that tits just lCO times better lighted than It
was century ago.
The wagon and carriage manufacturers
in st. Louis have formed a trust with provisions
against cutting rates.
Into the streets of Denver S25, 900, 900 in
gold and silver coin are shoveled from the
mountains every year.
constitutional convention clubs are be-
ing organized in Kansas to cause the calling Of
a constitutional convention.
The leading NnDer concerns of Georgia
have organized a trust to control the worlds
supply of long-leaf yellow pine.
ooS1I OOlleSe pOlHLS Will prlue 70 Lu9
fact that no graduate of that institution has
ever been divorced from her husband.
Sidney Ann Wilhite, of Sedalia, Mo-,
is LOG years old. weighs go. and was a slave to
George Boone, brother of Daniel Boone.
"A New York doctor says there are mill
ions of baeiln and bacteria on street car straps
and advises people not TO hang to the straps.
Tough paper is made by mixing chloride
Of zinc with the pulp. The more concentrated
the zinc solution the tougher will be the
paper.
Over 130 species of fish abound along
the coast Of Uruguay, and more than 1000
species of insects have been classified within
its borders.
"A caulihower measuring Is inches
across thetop and weighing 1714 pounds, is the
latest important farm product in Multnomah
county, Ore.
"A telephone line to connect London and
Paris is now under construction, and 1t is ex-
pected that communication will be established
early next month.
Nine hundred and ninety-two women
registered at Cheyenne. Wyo.. for the recent
elections. Several women rode 26 miles into
Cheyenne to vote.
According to Chinese legend, the
virtues of tea were discovered by the mythical
1lhpeIOE Cnlnung. Zl0I Is. u. TO whom all agrl-
cultural and mechanical knowledge is traced.
-Celluloid in solution is now being ex-
tensively used as a lacquer for all kinds of fine
metal work and as a wood varnish. with results
Ihae are said TO be superior to the old methods.
The Soudanese women wear no shoes,
but decorate their ankles with bright bands Of
the more precious metals, when they can
get them. They also wear rings on their toes
The 90 railroad presidents who met at
]. Pierpont Morgan's house, in New York, on
Monday, to discuss the question of railroad
competition, represented 5000, 000 900 OF CAPT.
tai.
"A royal proclamation was published in
England week ago calling in by February %,
After that date all such coins will not be legal
tender.
Woman lives longer than man, goes in
sane less numerously, commits suicide one
third as often, makes one-tenth the demand on
the public purse for support In jail, prisons and
almshouses.
The fund voluntarily contributed and
bequeathed in the British Isles to the work Of
foreign missions for 1889 was So 500 OOO of which
more than half was given by members Of the
Church of England.
-Potato-growing experiments in France
show that the crop from whole seed is about
from cut seed, allowing the difference in weight
between the two sorts.
DIR. Russell, senior pathologist at the
Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, claims that he has
discovered the cancer parasite, which he main
tains he has traced to fungus of the yeast
type. He is st;n pursuing experiments in this
department of research.
Baron de Barbante's memoirs, which ara
about to be published, show that Talleyrand
fed to America menaced by the Reign of Ter
ror, his worldly wealth consisting of Is louis
dors, and that Nine. de Stael prevented him
from committing suicide by obtaining for him
post.
Another infant phenomenon in the
musical way is Master Frank Harris Pool of
Paris Mo-, who at the age of 6years Is said to
be an accomplished harplst, repeating on his
harp any tune he hears whistled sung or PLAYED
on any instrument, his small fingers bringing
forth strong, true and full tone.
AT an elegant private german given in
town near Boston, the other night, the men
went up to slot machine, put in a nickel. sup
piled by the hostess, and received forthwith
dainty roll Of chocolate with the name Of his
partner on the wrapper. Now that slot ma
chimes have made their debut into society we
may expect to be introduced in one way and
another to the various eccentric members of
the family.
Decided oddities in furs are the beaver
"craVaLS' WHICH some OF the taSh1onaDlo girls
are wearing. They are made of the actual
pelts, with two three tails added and the
head lert on one of the pelts. This head fastens
in front, and. while it is not particularly orna-
mental it indicates that the beaver is tile genu-
Inc article and expensive. Alleged beaver era
watts can be had for a few dollars, while the
genuine article costs $50 or more.
Some of the most priced appointments
in the newest houses are bits of old houses
that have been worn out and torn down. Men
about to build fine dwellings may go shopping
for colonial fireplace fixtures. old mantels. fan
lights of 1880 to 1910, door frames, door knock
ers and even the doors themselves. Sometimes
whole houses are sold by the dealers in these
wares Possibly San Francisco led this FASH
ION, for one of its first and most substantial
stone business structures was an English bank
in Hong Kong. and was shipped to California
early in the ifties.
House decorators say that the beautiful
uuartered oak, so much in use now, IS not the
expensive thing that uniformed persons might
suppose. In fact, it is the most beautiful and
at the same time one of the cheapest of the
hard woods. Black walnut, for example, now
little used in house decoration, is considerably
more expensive. The carving OF hard woods
as well as the decorative cutting of stone, has
been brought to q high degree Of perfection in
this country, and only the best class Of
European work equals that put into compare
lively expensive buildings here.