Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-20
CURRENT eoNDENsATIOSS.

I'm England, last year, 1926 persons
were imprisoned as debtors or on civil process.
"A bill to forbid and punish the making
of caricatures has been introduced in the Ver-
mont Legislature.
-Canadiaf sardines are to be taken to
Europe in hopes of competing with the Medi-
terranean and Bremen product
The skeleton OF the average Englishman
weighs about Is pounds. II cremated, the
ashes turn the scale at about quarter of
pound.
According to the Chemist and Druggist,
tnere is probably no town on earth where pat
ent medicines are consumed to such an enorm.
GUS extent as at Constantiuople.
Though the population Of the United
states Is in excess of that of Great Britain, the
British railways last year carried 755 OOO 900 pas
sengers' as against 49,, ,OO0, 900 in America
After series of very careful expert
ments, Prof. COhn. of Breslau, has found that
the heating of damp hay to temperature
suffc1eEt to cause spontaneous combustion is
due to a fungus.
line orchards of Cornwall cover 5,092
acres, as compared with ASP six years ago.
line orchards OF Devonshire cover an area Of
Zo,0oo acres or au increase of 800 acres as COM
pared with the returns OF 1884
"A young art student of Bristol, who
directs the brush with his mouth. having been
born without arms, has won a national SCHOLAR
ship at South Kensington. His canvases are
said to bear no evidence of his physical mis-
fortune.
The custom OF lifting the hat had its
origin when knights never appeared in public
except in full aEsnor but upon entering an as
sembly of friends the knight removed his
helmet. the act signifying, II am safe in the
presence OF my friends"
Near Milan, nearly %, 900 acres Of land,
IRRIGATED with water derived from the sewers
OF the city, are yielding crops of from eight TO
ten tons of hay as rule, while occasionally
some separate meadows will yield the fabulous
amount Of Is tons OF hay per acre.
"A writer in the Lancet, remarks: 1T
nave read all, or nearly ALL the cases musseI
poisoning on record, and L gather from such
details as are given with respect to the places
IN which the mussels were found that they
were In contact with sewage or stagnant
water"
The Treadwell Mill, Alaska, is the larg-
est quartz mill in the world. says the Mining
and Scierttic Press. 1t consists of 240 stamps,
96 concentrarors and u ore-crushers. All OF
this machinery, covering several acres of
ground, is run. it is said, by single wheel
seven feet in diameter.
The barking sands' of the Hawaiian
group. as described by recent scientific in-
vestigator, are found In dunes and are appar-
emily fragments of shell and coral which, when
disturbed, slide down the slopes of the dunes,
emitting deep bass note not unlike the buzz
OF saw in planning mill.
Some few years ago the Paris picture
dealer Ferret bought picture for 1Of in rag
and bone shop He soon discovered that it was
portrait by Jordaen, and got rid of it for Is
OOOf to the late NJ. Rothan, the diplOmatist.
The picture-whieh is in Jordaen's best man
ner-has just fetched 5S000f
The committee for the erection of a
monument to William Tell has, by majority
of to g. decided in favor of the site in front of
the Town Hall of Altorf. The hero Is to be
represented in a bold and resolute attitude
with cross-bow in his hand, and in the cos
tune of the Swiss peasantry of his time.
One of the latest novelties for gentle
men is a mustache trainer. 1t may be styled a
companion to the feminine curl papers. 1t is
made of plate of thin metal, shaped like the
mustache. and is to be worn at night. The
invention is from Paris, and it is said that a
good many are already in use in New York.
Recent discoveries in Pompeii, near the
Stabiana Gate, include the bodies of two men
and woman, and the trunk of tree. Prof.
Pasquale identifies the tree Taurus noblis,
and infers from the size of its fruit that the
eruption of Vesuvius which overwhelmed the
city took place in November. and not as is be-
lieved, in August
Emperor Napolean during the three
years before Waterloo offered large rewards
for the recovery or pocketOook he had lost aG
the crossing of the Beresina. After the lapse
of more than three-quarters of a century it had
been discovered iE the possession of Russian
lady, who received it as souvenir from Count
Felix Ledochovsky.
There has been received in the coRre-
spondence of the Washington High School Ithe
irT Iadv IN al
Western State: "Will you inform me where
the navy of the United States is. and how many
men do they keep there, and what do they keep
them there for? Do the men-of-war stay theret
How many guns. cannous and shells do they
keep there. and what do they keep them forf'
A dinner and a reception at the house
of President Carnot are, according to Paris
caterers periodical, pretty expensive affairs.
The last time the President entertained the
bill was as follows: Dinner of 400 covers at 81
per cover 81 800: buffet for 5000 persons at the
reception, s5,054; music, flowers. ETC., sl5. 000s
l. $50 quarts of champagne, costing S2 per
quart, were drunk, well as 500 bottles of
Bordeaux at 81 so per bottle. and 200 bottles Of
beer at II cents per bottle.
-England's postmaster-gener in his re-
cent annual report relates that one trnstful
correspondent addressed letter thus: ITO the
gentleman who looked at house near Cles-
bury Mortimer little time ago Biiston, Staf-
fOrdshire," and left il to the department to dis
cover this particular individual in town OF
25OOO inhabitants. Within four days of the
arrival of the commission the department sue
ceeded IN finding the gentleman, and duly
delivered the letter.
During the IL months ended the 31st Of
March last the estimated number of letters
in the United Kingdom was ]. $50 10O,-
co., which shows an increase of So per cent,
and an average number to each person of 436.
Two hundred and seventeen million, one hun
dred thousand post cards were delivered, which
showed an increase of 7S per cent. Book
packets and circulars mum bered Al 900, ,OOG. and
newspapers I59. 300. .0O0 Parcels, of which e.
S53 900 were delivered. show the greatest re-
lative increase. namely, 81 per cent. The
practice of sending valentines appears TO be
In Parsonfeld, Me-, there once was
cat not many years ago cursed by the name of
Calvin because of the gravity of his demeanor
and the severity of his countenance, who was
wont to let himself into the house by jumping
upon and pressing down with his paw the
thumb-piece of the old-fashioned door-latch.
When be wanted to go out he ordered one OF
his servants in which body was included the
whole family to open the door for him. Cor
nish, few years ago. had a cat that could
talk if Dr. Robie Bake, its MASTER may be
it's not such an increditable
story to ears that have lain awake nights listen
ing to amorOus conversations neighboring
.i6gepoles and door-sreps-