Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-29
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

| cause Of cancer.
The Pope has forbidden Catholics to
cremate their dead.
German workmen are the worst paid
labourers IN Europe.
There are over 100 miles of streets paved
with wood In London.
The Crown Princess of Denmark is six
feet three inches in height.
Since 1871 Germany has spent Els, ,OO0,-
600 upon new firearms alone.
of this worlds population, it is esti-
mated that $50 900. 600 go entirely naked.
More than 100000 houses have been
built in London during the last 40 years.
The earth is the greatest distance from
the sun on the morning of the 9Th Of July.
I'm the United States over 5000, ,000,-
100000 of envelopes are manufactured yearly.
The whole worlds produce of salt per
annum is :, ,9OO, 900 tons. England produces the
most.
Some $4,000 persons sleep each night
on the Thames in what constitutes the Port Of
London.
"A Stockton, CAL, gentleman last week
plucked bunch of grapes from his vines that
weighed six pounds.
Since 1881 about 10000, 900 goat iskins
and 1900, 900 sheep skins have been imported
into London from native Indian tanneries.
The export Of canaries from Germany Is
very large. Every year about 10000 Of these
birds are sent to America. 1000 to England, and
about 1900 to Russia
1t appears that the great majority of
persons committing suicide In Japan are over
% years Of age. Next ON the list come persons
between 20 and 80 years Of age.
"A single orange tree in Florida has
been known to bear 5000 oranges in a year.
such yield is excessive. as a grove that will
yleid l,oVO to the tree is considered excellent.
Mrs. Sarah Summers, of Jones county,
died few days ago at the age of 1Ol years She
had seven children, four of whom are still liv.
ing; ~ grandchildren, 139 great-grandchlldren,
and 10 great-great-gran dchildren.
The Cinnamon of New York have given
to their joss, at l6 Mott street, new umbrella,
which they had brought over from China. It
is covered with dragons and other monsters
S4O0.
In Austria the hangman is a man
named Seigfried. who wears a black uniform,
with cooked hat and white gloves. He has
never had to hang a woman, for the Emperor
thinks strangulatiOn is a punishment which
should be reserved for males.
The Island OF Tristan, in the South
Atlantic, is inhabited by so people, the patri-
arch of the party-Peter Green, veritable
Robinson Crusoe-having been there for 81
years. He has just sent a letter complaining
that some Of the grown-up children show a de-
sire to leave their lovely island home.
The religion of Dahomeyland is to the
effect that any soldier killed while fighting
white men goes straight to heaven to become
handsome young man of 25, who is provided
with ID beautiful wives and all the game he
can eat for LOCO years. Under this belief hun
dreds OF them do their best to get killed.
The legend as to the origin of woman
is different with various nations. Not more
than four nations accept the legend that she
was made from a mans rib. The Japanese be-
lieVe that she grew on a tree, the Laplanders
that she was once rabbit, the Perslans that
she fell from the heavens, and the Australians
that she was first q toadstool.
William Hoffman, of Sebewaing, has
four pigs that beat anything ever seen in that
locality. One has no trace of hind legs an
other has no hoOfs, but claws take the place Of
the generally thought necessary porcine aD-
pendix, and the two others have claws and toes
and pretty nearly everything else that pigs can
very handiy get along without
1t is indeed a remarkable tale which is
told from Diarbekir Turkey in Asial by the
Turkish journal the Tdrlk During recent
tempest there were showered from the skies,
neither hailsrOnes nor rain drops, but grains of
miller The inhabitants of Melissa and Muhal
have gathered the grain and have stored il, and
are grinding 1T for bread. This beats the frog
showers, TO say nothing of green rain and red
snow.
"A rare phenomenon is reported from st.
Malo. On recent afternoon, between 4 and
o'clock; three suns were seen all IN a row little
he
luminary, the sun itself, shone with unwonted
brilliancy, while from its supporters darted
rays of all the prismatic colors. At the same
moment rainbow made its appearance at
some little distance. but upside down. with its
convex side toward the horizon.
The longest parts, male and female, in
the Shakespearean drama are Hamlet with
1859 lines, and Rosalind, with 749 lines. OF
course. in acting. they are cut great deal, bus
even then they are.in the odious but expressive
phrase Of the boards, ''fat" This accounts, to
a certain extent, for the professional iondness
for appearing as Hamlet and Rosdlind. Othelo
must be rather a thorn in the side OF the
''stars." for he has only 8S8 lines, while Iag0
has III.
The Grays Harbor Times has the fol-
lowing: ]. D. Lowry, who has just returned
from Quinaiult Reservation, brings al account
of the capture of large whale OFF the Quins-
iult river last week. The Indians at that place
engage in whale-fshing as regular vocation,
using their canoes and crude appliances for en-
snaring the monsters of the deep with great
skill. This particular whale, As feet in length,
they were three days and three nights in sub
DUNG and bringing to shore. II Is coast
whale, its value to the Indians being about
500.
There is a negro living in Scriven
county, Ga, whose home is in huge log. This
log is 20 feet long and feet in diameter. It is
divided into three apartments, one of which is
occupied by the proprietor's three hogs. The
negro occupies another and the third is filed
with hunting and fishing apparatus. The
negro makes his livelihood by bunting and fish
ing His clothes Is of skins of wild beasts and
he lives alone TO himself. His two dogs are the
fercest to be found anywhere. He procureS
his ammunition by bartering game with the
employees aboard the Savannah river boats and
the passengers.
The have snakes down in Monroe
county, W. Va, according to the local paper.
1t says: "Mr. Lloyd Upton killed on the Sd
instant a rattler feet in length that supported
q rattles, Mr. Francis Darnell killed one on
the 9Th instant measuring feet l inch in
LENGTH and Is inches around the body. with
rattles. Mr. John 8. Darnell killed the pre-
mium rattle snake of the season on the 4th
Instant His snakeship measured feet
inches in length and 1914 inches around the
BODY The snake thought he would make Mr-
DarnelI retreat when he began to make music
with his Is rattles. but he made big mistake.
Mr.. Darnell dragged the gentleman home with
bis bsrk rome. The self-same ]. s. Darnell
killed outright 4S snakes of the viper variety in