Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-22
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

No gold or silver coins are issued py tne
Chinese government.
The expenses of the Pan-American Con-
ference were within go Of the total approprta-
tion-s125, COO.
Tombstone is an Arizona town. Its
newspaper is called the EDftdph; its sheriff is
Colonel Slaughter.
An embalmed hare served after having
been shot six weeks was recently pronounced
10 De as good as fresh.
But for the law of heredity, the repro
ducfion of animal life would be the sport OF
cnance, and nature would become chaos.
Almost "a, 900 Frenchmen belong to the
Legion Of Honor. 32.O21 of them being con-
nected with the army and the rest civilians.
The Delta Kappa Epsilon. The leading
creek letter society in this country, claims to
nave lo'VOo members at the different colleges
The construction of the newly-opened
City and South London Underground Line has
occupied four years; its cost has been f200,O0o
per mile.
There are nearly 200 cigar manufactures
in Havana, some employing over 400 hands
Each factory is taxed FL a year for every man
employed.
In 1901 one person of every three in the
United Kingdom professed the Romish faith,
now only one of every seven belongs to that
communion.
War with China cost England between
the years lS5762 upwards of $4,000, 600, and the
Abyssinian expedition, 1s67-7o, the enormous
sum of f8, 100000
There are some rs, 900 native Icelanders
still left in their native island, notwithstanding
the fact that the emigration epidemic has been
raging for nearly 20 years.
Robins, while still in their summer
haunts, form roosts which they resort to regu-
larly night after night and season after season
by hundreds and even thousands.
of the II, 900 miles which form the land
girdle of China. 5000 touch Russian territory,
4,SO0 British territory, and only 400 French,
while 800 may be described as doubtful
An invention is SET to work in France
for indicating the speed of railway trains.
Tables are prepared, showing the practical OBJ
server the exact relations the readings have to
the speed.
The skin of the wolf, according to an
old superstition, was TO be worn either to cure
hydrophobia or to prevent epilepsy. and the
skin of the head was a safeguard against all
malevolent demons.
The group of carbohydrates (sugar and
starch) are, next to the albuminoids (eggs and
fesh), the most important material needed to
support animal life. Indeed, the vegetarians
would, and perhaps rightly place them first.
I'm 1S4S Garrod showed that gout was
due to an excess OF uric acid in the blood prior
to and during the attacks. The modern wave
of opinion was in favor of the nerve origin OF
gout, the chemical changes being secondary.
The highest-priced autograph in exist
ence is said to be the signature of Christopher
Columbus, which is valued at $500. Next to
that is the only letter by Corneille that was
ever for sale. This is worth about the same as
Columbus signature.
DIR. Ferrari, of Paris, is believed to be the
most enthusiastic stamp collector i'll the world.
He has abundant means to crafty his whim,
and will pay almost any price for specimen he
does not possess. He has spent about tS0,OOO,
and has collection which numbers 100000
In long series of articles, native
Japanese paper gives some interesting figures
about the students of Toxic. There are lG7,3 ,3l2
students in the whole empire in the various
colleges and other high schools (primary
schools and ordinary middle schools excepted.)
The secret OF photographing color has
not been discovered yet, but some camera pict-
ures have recently been brought to New York
which have some color in them and give good
cause for the hope that before long the photog
rapEer will be able TO reproduce color perfectly.
In the bequests of books in the Middle
Ages, theology preDOnderates over fiction.
To-day the rivalry continues. In 1856 theology
was the most prolific department Of literature,
but 1t now stands second to fiction, which dur
ing the last three years has taken the place OF
honor.
Nearly all the property along upper
Broadway, between Twenty-seventh and Thirty
fourth streets. is in the hands of quiet old
gentleman, who occasionally goes around and
looks at his enormously valuable possessions
and moralizes upon the changes that have taken
place of late in New ork.
1t is reported that the woods between
Connecticut and Rhode Island are full of Wild
cats, foxes and other savage beasts this fall
The mild weather of last winter is thought TO
have been responsible for this condition of af-
fairs. A trapper at South Killingly, Conn.,,
has killed Is foxes since October L
Usually the place where an eagle makes
its eyrie or nest may be located by watching
from the top of some high elevation with a
glass. When a brood eagle has taken prey it
courses directly for the eyrie and, after the
line of flight has been determined with fair
degree OF accuracy, the hunter ought not to fail
in his quest.
In that wonderful street, the Bowery,
there is an establishment where they mend
your shoes while you wait. A placard at the
door says that the daily papers may be found
inside for the benefit of customers. and that
all work is done promptly. Another placard
says that shoes to wear will be furnished to
patrons who prefer not to wait while their own
are being repaired.
In the year 1888 the corn pack in Maine
aggregated 1886, 900 cans. This so overstOcked
the market that it was two three years be-
fore it fully recovered from the effects. In 1857
the pack was 14000.000 cans; in 1855 it was also
large in 1889 and 1880 about II 600 600 each year.
and yet we hear nothing Of oyeI-produc:ion. II
is evident that the market for this kind of
goods is growing.
DIR. Clouston believes that few English
men become insane in hot climates in whom
sunstroke is not assigned as the cause, and that
1t gets the credit for more insanity than it pro-
duces. Maclean. writing upon diseases OF trop-
ical climates states that immense numbers of
soldiers were invalided home from India for
this affection following sunstrOke; but in q
large proportion of cases the attacks disap-
peared after the sea voyage.