Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-17
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

employed In London.
In Eve years 100000 worth Of property
has been left in London cabs.
Until 1776 cotton spinning was per.
formed by the hand spinning. wheel.
-Germanv manufactures over 81 OOO, 900
WORTH Of ohildren's toys every year.
To salute with the left hand is deadly
Insult to Mohammedahs In the East.
-China's solitary railroad ls 81 miles
long, and cost ~ eU0a mile. II uses American
| locomotives,
About 1900 species Of wild bees are
known, Of wasbs 100, Of which 40 and 10 re-.
sps0tivsiy live In Britain
z=G6hstahtInobls ID believed 10 have
founded the first hospital IN The world, ~ va
now understand aH hospital,
According to the Wilmington Epsrv
Evsnia9, 4 nail was found In the heart Of .
COW tbat died near there recently
s-Few ladies consider that they carry
some 10 or 40 miles of hair on their head the
falf,halFed may even have 70 dress 10 miles OF
shfsadH OF gpid every morning
--Mr. John Goslsr. OF Montgomery eoun.
W, Ohio, In moving around = wheat hsld 90 ~
W Isl LsapoT ~ work., uncovered naat from
quAll eggs
-O1e day last week q passenger on the
Tacoma street. Gar line offered Ave copper cents
for bis fare, Tha conductor refused 10 aaespt
| !hs tender and eiaeEad tbs passenger, Now
damages.
AS soon as the horse cars from Cairo 10
the pyramids are completed, and the work Is
nearly d9ns, an elevator will be made 10 the
Tops OF the venerable piles, so that ascent may
ne made quiekly aud comfortably to the
modern HaVeleF.
The French Mint will soon replace the
copper sous with niokels. singulArly enough
Ihe 0 and 10 esntime pieces will be perforated
ln the center after the manner OF Chinese coin.
Ids enables them TO be strung ana counted or
handled with great ease,
-LuciuS Domitius Nero, Christopher
Columbus, Nicholas Copernieus, William
shakespeare, Emanuel Swedenborg, Napoleon
bonaparte and James Abram Garfield. These
seven men, each with an lSletter name, are the
DestknoWn characters IN history.
The most monotonous city in its build
ings Is Paris, the houses there being almost all
alike. An attempt is now being made to vary
TINS by building houses of the style of the
Renaissance and Louis XII, and hope is ex-
pressed that the example will be followed gem
orally.
AN oculist in Breslau has recently
treated 300 cases of defective eyesIght, for
which the cause was not apparent. 1t rose as
suddenly as an epidemic, and was confined to
men entirely. At last he found the reason for
~ ~ IN new fashion Of very tight shirt collars.
he made the young men unbutton their collars
and their eyes got well.
james Ishum's valuable COW, Of Rock
vile, N. Y, committed suicide the o. her day in
very singular way. The door OF the tobacco
shed having been eft ajar the melancholy ami
NAL Pried the door wide open. passed within
and deliberately swallowed the contents of a
halfpound can of paris green. She died the
same afternoon In agony.
This little story is from New Orleans
Journal: Little Floribel Detch, years old,
died suddenly at Morgan City and her pet
pigeon flew into the room where the corpse Law
surrounded by weeping relatives and friends.
Ihe deep grief of the mourners 80 impressed
the bird that it dropped its head and died Il
was placed in the cofin and buried the next day
with its little mistress"
"A negro girl, about IA years old, and
two white boys, about 10 and IL years old, went
crab fishing at Brunswick, Ga. Their bait Civ
ing out, the negro girl took a natchet and
chopped OF one Of the white boys toes and
used 1t for a bait, The boys left and came
home. The girl. after fishing awhile with the
toe for bait, buried it in the sand. She was ar
rested and placed in Jail.
"A Southwestern cotemporary observes
that most striking feature of the census
enumeration In San Antonia Is the remarkable
exhibit Of longevity. The list Of people between
the ages OF 30 and 30 is q long one, while there
are three individuals who naval Ttvad ovar In0
years. These are Mime; CandelJria, who Is lOs
Rnhs Tartoii ooiosa DkSnnssoh LICE nas aseo AOS and
w.
An emlnent physician oil st. Petersburg
was called to patient, young lady Of good
family, suKering with nervous prostratiou. On
examination ne found that the young lady had
taken part In hypnotic seances and had been
hypnotized several times. He reported the
facss to the medical council. A commission OF
three eminent physicians examined the patient
and subs antiated the fact that her ailment
was due to hypnotic practices.
--Tb.rs 4, n b,,oho.,, b.. s..,,,
travels around on horsobaok a grsas dsaI ,sss
attracts considerable attention. He baa a do,
and that animal will perch ON the borss,s
back and ride along the strest apnarantiv ,.Ith
as much ease ami enjoyment as the boy hini-
selI. but When the BOY wants TO hitch tho
Nurse u tne tlin0 the dog comes In handy. The
uog ~ toin 20 SIT down, aud the horse 10 fast
eneu W nun, whoh the Two animals are left, TO
nj htonts anu purposes, In perfect security
--I,igbthouas poInt N ~ k.. Ia. go.
G,. A.. 60. \, ~. .'i, -. ~ - n"' iV' JsHlH
pssh ,nissssu " mospuitos' Dut this year IL ls
SAID That these Insects are harder 20 nnd Ihafa