Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-19
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

Two persons die every second
of the q royal families OF Europe, two
thirds are Germans.
I'm Spain an infants face Is brushed
with pine tree bough TO bring good luck
European powers have claims upon
nearly three-fourths Of the entire area OF
Asia.
The annual coffee crop of the world Is
estimated at over Il, COO 600, 900 pounds, worth
In first hands over sl55, 900, OO0
The Alaska Indian depends upon his
squaw in the selling Of an article. She hav-
ing better idea of its worth, fixes the price,
The father of one of the largest proper
ty holders in London is buried in a glass case
on top of one of the finest buildings in the
city.
1t is proposed to build Moorish pal
ace for the Chicago Fair with a labyrinth In
which everyone who enters will be hopeless
ly lost.
There are said to be over %, 900 Indians
in the United States who can read English.
and over 10000 who can read Indian Ian
guages.
The Worlds Fair power plant will be
of "a, 900 horse power, and will require the
services of % % engineers, fremen and at
tendants.
The cotton worm is creating great do
yastation in many counties in Mississippi.
One field of % acres has been entirely
stripped offts leaves,
In New York City the quantity Of
huckleberries sold is ten times that Of any
other berry. Dried huckleberries, in winter
time, always bring fair price.
-Oskaloosa, Ia, has threshing machine
haunted by spooks, which put out the fire in
the engine and distracted tools from the
workbox which four men were watching.
1t is the intention of European engi-
neers to store the waters of the Nile to such
an extent as to enable greater extension Of
the cotton and sugar cane crops in that re-
gion.
Coal equaling that of the finest Lehigh
Valley grade has been discovered in Brazil.
the veins being from to % feet in thick
ness. The mines are situated at and near
Sonora.
The forest areas of Germany are re-
turned as follows: Prussia, 100000 acres;
Bavaria, $500 900 acres; Wurtemberg 10000
acres; Saxony, 416 900 acres, and Baden, 1885,
900 acres.
"A Lyons anatomist has examined the
skeletons of Sc monkeys-chimpanzees gor-
illas and rang-outangs-and has found dis
eases of the bone to be rs frequent as in
Thirteen years ago student in Berlin
was mobbed in the streets for appearing on
n bicycle. Now the German Union OF BIZ
cyclists, which has Just held its eighth an
nual conference at Breslau, has 1900 mem
bers.
The granting of permission to the stsrv-
ing Russian peasantry to use the imperial
forests has led to many burglaries and dep
relations on the imperial farm, the fanlfsh-
ing people fighting and in some cases she'd
ding blood over the spoilS.
There is comfortable ROOM in West
minister Abbey for 10 or so more permanent
occupants. This item, from the report Of 8
commission appointed by the Government,
suggests that great men would do well to
die early and avoid the rush.
In Africa when an army of ants moves
for food the still forest becomes alive with
the tramping of tht elephant, the flight Of
ard, Of snakes, all the living world, in the
same direction where the other animals are
fleeing away.
The Corsicans are not the only people
in the world who believe in the evil eye, for
the Turk is so affected by it that he thinks it
extends its influences TO whatever animals
belong to him. Strings of coral are sold on
the streets and said to be q preventive
against the evil
An insect which promises to be of as
great benefit to Washington hop growers as
the Australian ady-bug was to the orchard
lists of Southern California has been discov-
cred on the sound. It thriveS on the hop
louse. which it considers most desirable
delicacy, and by its help it is hoped that
this pest can be kept under in future.
"A famous German restaurateur went
into the Bankruptcy court the other day.
Judge of the sensations of his customers
when they learned that he owed a bill of
l5,GO0 marks to a knacl1er for supplying him
with the carcases of horses and donkeysl To
the ingenious question as to what he wanted
with these animals the man had TO answer,
"Why, my customers ate them as venfson."
While the little Queen Wilhelmina Of
Holland was out driving in company with
her mother, she aliGhted and tried to stop
battle of snowballs between some school
children, who thereupon turned upon Her
Majesty and almost smothered her with
snow. Indeed. they pressed her so hard,
despite her declaration that she was Queen
Wflhelmina, that the coachman was obliged
to come to her rescue.
Some German scientists, interested in
forestry, have recently furnished informa-
tfon in regard to the ages of trees. They
assign to the nine tree 800 and 100 years as
the me- ximum, As years to the silver fir, 275
years to the larch. 245 years to the red beech,
2IO to the aspen, 200 to the birch, 10 to the
ash, and H5 to the alder, and 100 to the elm.
The heart of the oak begins to rot ut about
the age or 800 years. The holly oak alone
ESCAPES this law, it Ia said: and there Is in
existence near Aschaffenburg, in Germany,
a tree of this kind which has attained an
age of 40 years.
"A British regiment returning to Eng
land from China next month is to make the
trip eastward by way of Canada. This will
be the first practical test of Britain's new
highway to the East across her
A he raar1lt will ha
looked for with much interest. Great,Britain
expects this route to be of enormous value
in case of trouble in India and of the Suez
Canal being blockaded. The agreement be-
tween the government and the railroad for
the use OF the road was made public last
week.