Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-11
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

Glue from whale refuse is new article
of commerce in Russia
"A California man has started into the
business of raising half-breed buffalo.
An ordinary man during an average
life will drink about 175 hogsheads of liquids.
"A New York surgeon has supplied
paratus.
The Detroit Ns,os figures up the CAM
Paign expenses in that city during the last cleo
tlon 70 amount to s37, 200
"A Russian lieutenant, % years old, has
just completed trip by bicycle from St Peters
burg to Paris inside of 80 days
Silk from paper puIp is made smooth
and brilliant has about the same elasticity as
ordinary silk, and is about two-thirds as strong.
"A French scientist has Just discovered
that a 20pound cheese when three years old
contains l,574S5d2 2l living germs or adult
microbes.
The magnificent public baths presented
by James Lick to the city of San Francisco
were completed last week. The total cost Of
the gift is nearly s220OO0
MIR. Petrof who had charge of the CEN
sus of Alaska, estimates the population Of the
Territory at from 1000 to 5000. OF this num-
Der one-seYenth are white.
fornia. which Is being laid bare. will yield from
$40 0O0 900 to SIS, 900 900 of gold if the ground
proves as rich as that which has been worked
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-Great BRITAIN IS generaIIy regarded as
Sne ossonsese nHv"I power s, anu Ian1e cioSe
clined to reverse the oTds1 nnttino Fronca
first.
According to the report of the Acting
Adjutant General of the Army, the number of
uesertions last year was 4oS less than IN the
previous year, the percentage being reduced
AlOih IL 10 y.
"A Sacramento booEkeener recentIz ata
,our caster boars NJ ,r;stas -, .tat ~ -
. Ioui oaeeof Deanh' ne WISHES no" tna1 ne nao
effect on him that at one time he was in a ysry
dangerous condition and his life was despaired
oA'
AN advertisement has been running IN
a Bristol england naner for thu Iast vaar or
fsr;ng s5o ro,yord For -, Iii .,..h.,,sa,..a
case of a child being carried away by an eagle,
di5 NO !. matter IN "nat country. NO eagle ever
-The Good Luck mine. in New Mexico,
was first located less than SIX months ago and
in the last three months has nroducad s7o OOO
worth of ore. and during that time there has
not oeen more tnan hVe men at work on an
average.
q
baart of the citv of ro,don In 1aroa 3nan-
ci,I bonss j., c.,oaot,,-at, -. ~ :, o.
aie c,er,s ~ bo ha, un street sIs an u
~ I..,o c,eI % ~ 1iS nS oesn enedgeu, anu me mdn-
pertinent.
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a.-:.,s"., - -. ms VI euI,'nH'T VI quinine'
. auLIuisLeLeu i tM1 nours' OF iour houIs at the
niost' peLoae rAlnE, VIII compelely 1ree
even sensl'e sunJeetS lroln the norrorS OF sea-
'ioA"ess'
"A burning taper uncovered for single
instant: curing wnlcn !. does not lose power
would fiI ;tb ILL., .Iisrn s' VI d gIi,
diameter 80 as to be visible from eysrv n.rt ~
| the compass.
| "A floating sawmill is found to be a use
| full adjunct to the nusjness of a Iumberman
| The craft rsuallv s,nnIovad for This DrrDo.., i,
about 4Oxs0 feet, and draws about IS inches of
water. All the hands connected with the lum-
oerlng Work i've ABOARD
| The death rate among the Indians who
ain, IN live 1itra ,vti,a neorie ia tbr ,iro ,I.,
OF tnose VINO commune TO i've seml-Wlld llfe-
| The Pawnee tribe has lost more men by lung
| troubles IN the last ten years than they lost in
battle during the previous 80
Platinum aud silver can each be drawn
| into wire many times smaller than human hair.
The former metal has been drawn into wire so
1 Hho tnab ~ VI tueu t"ISbeu bOseInercOulu naNo
| been inserted into the hollow OF n hair tuat is.
| II human oelng or human-made machine
could De found minute and precise enough for
such dehcate undertaklng-
| One of the most curious spectacles Of
| madam Tina. Was x,,.nassad n favv dave o1o In
Cambridge. 1t was Roman Catholic Bishop
lecturing in the University Chapel of Harvard
| college. and receiving therefor the annual IN
| come OF Innd gwen Ior lecture purposes IN
| IIoO ~ CnleI Justice Paul dudley, VINO hated
the homlsn Churcn IKE snake.
| The FiffeI Tower ia In he utiIizad in oh
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]ailiins 'oiJ Alsn " pieesNhe W nleAns Vi 'uDo
running from top TO bottom and nlled with mer-
curry. NJ. Cailletet who has already distin-
guisnea nIset ,Dg Dg I qusnynS * uImsrenS Eases s;
| treasures. ia to employ the tube Tor a similar
purpose. 1t will give pressure at the bottom
Of some 400 atmospheres.
| "A wear from next March the railroad
| ,o,, h,,iIdjn, from, 1off. 20 Ia-,a,Ior, iii ~
,.N, Nv" -. .D'--. -, ~ - uo'N,ou WI WI 70
| coInPietou' Snu souLlsLS VIII tnen Oe "hlsAeu
aMaS S taoLn i sno So,os " usaieln IN tTo or
| , tnLee nouis, ,HHsy HHoulney tnas Is no" naue Dy
S1meI VI IN i5 ulee5oeS n1 oTe, q norrIDle roau.
lug Inoney LeYuiI ou 70 uuIIu INC une Is IN tnH
nan9s ot ans Iankely, VINO nave Just Iol-
| Waroeo tne secoho lnstalimens Oh sne iunas 10
Inc eonbrac'or-
| When a Chinaman arrives in this coun.
| trv ,bsra ;s na.biny ba loa.bss' nora tb,r m.
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