Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-17
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

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AT Anaheim; cal. few days ago. 162
ostriches were sold for Sc, co.,
Modern humanity has larger heads and
shorter legs than the ancieats.
"A Halifax, VT, woman secured from 80
hens in four months 5.il2 eggs.
A dressmaker of Reading, Pa, acci-
dentally swallowed her scissors the other days
Que hundred tons Of japanese curios
ship.
"A Chinaman named Sing Hi has taken
the position of tenor in Dorchester, Mass,
quartet.
Gable cars will soon be running in
Paris, the preliminary tests having proven sat-
iSfactory.
1t is estimated that the summer visitor
to New Hampshire last ear spent s., 100000 in
that State,
The Mayor Of Sunbury, Pa, has just
paid Justice Of the Peace $40 for uttering q
cues words.
-Cleopatra's Needle in London is decay
ing, and, it is declared will soon be nothing but
shapeless stone.
The first chimney sweep heard in New
York for 20 years cried his calling in Broadway
on Monday. He was arrested.
The much-talked of Siberian railway
will soon be begun. the condemnation Of land
for the first section having taken place.
Physicians declare the car straps to
which gallant men hang that ladies may sit, to
be respon sible for the spread on contagious dis
eases.
Nevada has decided that LineoIn's
birthday should not be legal holiday. This is
the state, it will be remembered, that legalized
prize fighting.
AN exhibition Will be held at Prague
from May 10 to september Is in commemora-
ton of the first trades exhibition held on the
Continent, In n9l.
"A Michigan Judge is the latest jurist to
decide that an umbrella is public property and
that failure to return one borrowed does not
constitute larceny.
In Sweden peat is now transformed
into more convenient form of fuel, known as
'.peat coal, which is said to produce highly
satisfactory results.
of four men who ran for Justice of the
Peace at the recent Michigan elections, three
were under 80 years of age, while one was a.
The latter was elected.
The first installation of electric traction
in France is soon TO take place at Marseilles,
where a street railway company is about to in
Lroduee the overhead system.
What Is said to be the largest quarts
mill in the world is in far-of Alaska Il consists
of 240 stamps. 96 concentrators, IL ore-crushers.
and requires 5O0-horse power. The plant Is at
Treadwell-
The principal relic belonging to the
Church of Sainte Gudule, in Brussels, consists
of thorn which is said to have formed part of
the Saviour's crown. 1t was brought to the
Netherlands in the time Of the Crusades.
"A 22-year-old consumptive, who has
been i'll for years. was declared dead three
times last week. He has now capped the cli-
max Of his eccentricities by taking decided
turn for the better, ana will likely recover en-
tirelY.
--Gratifed with the success of the London-
Paris telephone the London electrical papers
United States and Great Britain. 1t is be-
lleved that the mechanical difficulties may be
overcome.
During the last five years the navy of
Great Britain has been increased by the addi-
tion of 81 ironclads. Il cruisers and 56 smaller
vessels while in the next thres years there will
be further additions of 10 battle-ships, AZ cruis-
ers and Is other vessels.
"A special committee Of Bordeaux busi-
ness men has been formed for the purpose of
devislng ways and means for the proposed ship
railway across France TO convey vessels from
the Atlantic to the Mediterranean without
their having to go around Gibraltar.
An Emporia. Kan, paper announces an
approaching wedding In very high life"
"High Iifs'' has been used SO Unfortunately
by reporters, that fashionable society In Empo-
ria has been compelled to adopt q supplement-
ary adjective for its own protection
1t has been concluded that with bal
loon 800 feetlong. with a maximum diameter Of
IS feet a speed of % to 30 miles an hour can be
attained. At the same time IL is thought that
the problem of flight is more likely to be
solved by means Of an aeroplane than with the
balloon
The most lasting monuments of the cop
per plate art are the old grants written on cop.
per plate and coins which are constantly being
discovered and stored up in the Madras Gen.
trail and other museums. The only nation that
possesses these imperishaDle forms of docu-
ments is India
The Hindus are about 10 adopt
modern notion In forming Hindu tourists'
party for visiting Europe, America, China,
Japan and the States. The Hindu noblemen
and gentlemen who are invited to join the
party are assured that they will be able to
travel without violation of caste rules.
"A curiosity is on exhibition at Casper
Wyo. II is an imprint of mopstrous palm
leaf, caused by the leaf falling into the clay
and the clay afterwards petrifying. The rock
was found on salt creek, and indicates that
ages ago when the big coal beds were being
formed, Wyoming possessed tropical climate.
-Thedam porpoises are said to help their
young IN their efforts to breathe by bearing
them up to the surface of the water on their
filppers The spiracle, or blOwhole appears to
be sensitive part of the head, for when
touched with the hand the porpoise invariably
shows signs OF great discomfort by lashing the
tail violently.
The tail of an alligator II feet in length,
on boiling furnishes from so to 20 pints of ex-
.celIent oil which, in Brazil is used for lighting
and in medicine. The oil has been recon-
mended for the cure Of quite variety Of
diseases. It has high reputation among the
swampers as a remedy for rheumatism, being
given both inwardly and outwardly.
"A letter was received by a Philadelphia
firm the other day that was dated at Christiana,
Pa. on November II. 1884 and bore the re-
ceiying mark of the Philadelphia Postof6ce of
the same date. The letter was an acceptance
of the Philadelphia firms bid for carload Of
wheat which the surviving partner would be
glad to get to-day at the price then quoted.
FRIDAYS FUNNY FOLLY.