Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-10
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS
Italy produced 621, So, 900 gallons Of


wine last year.
"A farmer near Mooresville, Ind, has
six-legged calf. 1t uses all It's legs in walking.
The United States has 637. 900, 900 gold
coins. and only al, 100000 Of these are in circu-
l9tion.
"A 6-weeks-old baby has.been senten ced
to 90 day's imprisonment at Boston because its
mother was intoxicated.
AN Efingham, Kan, woman avoids the
expense of keeping nurse girl by lariating
her children out, after the manner OF cattle
"A plow that was lost In the Cheboygan
river Mich, by the upsetting Of a canoe more
than 40 years ago. was fished up the other day.
A foundling asylum on Lexington
avenue, New York, recently received two
Chinese babies who were subsequently
adopted by respectable families.
There is large lake in Hutchinson
county 8. D., well I'LL ed with corn-fed nsh
(bullhsads). They got away with seven acres
OF corn which was left in the fsld, shocked bur
not husked.
An Irish-American in Newark, N. j.,
was let of from punishment in court recently
for thrashing q foreigner who disputed his
assertion that the United States was the best
country on earth.
Two Japanese mining engineers are
travelling among the coal mines in this State
and the West, studying American mining
development Of the coal deposits Of Japan.
There are in Illinois 81 counties in
which coal has been mined; number OF mines
and openings Of all kinds, 9S6; number OF tons
1900 pounds) of lump coal mined, u 63S. S6f
number of employees Of all kinds, S.674; mum.
ber Of miners, 70, l06
The Island of Ha vail, the largest In
the Sandwich group. is constantly increasing ia
which run out to the sea and now over, and
make the shores OF the island overhang the
main stem Of the formation.
1t has been calculated that the electro
motive force of a bolt Of lightning is about
3500,000 volts, the current about h0O0,O00
amperes, and the time to be about 1-20. .00O part
of a second In such a volt there is an energy
of $50 900, 900 watts or 3,284, ls2 horse power.
While an indianapolis citizen was rid
ing on a street car in that city the brake handle
slipped from the drivers grasp and struck q
pistol in the drivers breast pocket. A bullet
from the weapon killed the passe niger instantly.
His wife has recovered s., 900 damages from the
car company.
Chester, Pa, has baby which is now
months old, and his exact weight is 81 ounces
avoirdupois. The baby has never worn any
clothes, but is kept carefully wrapped MP IN
cotton. 1t blinks its wee eyes and crows; and
when it gets angry its cry is no louder than the
weak wall of kitten.
There is not mile of railway in Brown
county Ind, nor within six miles of it. Nash
vile, the county seat, has 400 inhabitants, and
but one brick structure, the Court House. The
jail is built of logs. The county has not sent
anyone to the penitentiary for several years,
and there is not saloon within its limits.
-Au old lady at Troy, Kan, met with
peculiar accident the other day. She came to
the city to meet her son who had just arrived
from Germany. When she saw him approach
ing her great Joy and haste to meet him led her
TO lump down a long flight of stairs Both
arms were broken and her back was injured
"A breeder of Shetland and Welsh
ponies near jamaica, l. T., has q pony mare
called Fairy, who has beaten all records
Although but year, IL months and days old
at the time, she, on May 4. foaled hlly, and
both are doing well. The mother is but 81
inches IN height. and her foal, which weighs 10
pounds, is Ii inches in height%
AN atte mpt the other morning to wreck
q train on the Connections Valley road at
Rocky Hill, near MiddletowD, Conn, was
frustrated by little girl of 10. She discovered
pile of ties on the track just around sharp
curve, and, with rare presence OF mind Tor
child, rushed down the track toward the train
and waved q red shawl at the engineer.
In spite of the lack of faith in certain
juries in New Orleans, the people there keep
up custom which is indicative Of deepest re-
spect for the courts. Visitors to the city are
apt to encounter chains stretched across i'm
portant streets and traffic suspended thereon
Inquiry brings the answer hat the streets are
closed because they lead By the courts and the
courts are in session. When the courts ad-
journ the chains are tossed aside and trafho
goes on again.
AN orange tree In the Robert Packer
Hospital greenhouse, at sayre, has shown .
queer freak. In December last blossom ap.
hat haa a Hnn
orange, now rs large ~ q hens egg. In March
the tree blossomed ~ fully as IL was thought
possible, and from this the young oranges, as
large a. marbles are found IN large numoets:
tree IL loaded with buds that will burst Into
blossom In few days.
"A young lady OF Jackson. Miss, read
Ing an account OF q violin sale In New FORK,
was struck by tho high prices brought By some
BLradiyArius yiOllns, and remembering that her
where where about % tho house, use proessdsd to hunt IL
up. 10 her delighied surprise she found on the
inside OF the instruments tho inscription ''strad-
i,VSrld1. ,d T ns @ 1IIssn,iy ,nxs,,,gs,ns .n ins h
the value OF tho ancient violin.
Several ancient bird tracks have been
found In q stone quarry about . mile and =
half north of Holyoks, Mass. They are each
II inches In length, three claws 10 each foot.
The tracks are four feet and ten inches apart.
Inero are IL Lrhckh ln CONSECUTIVE ufuoIt iceu-
ing up the hill, Each track IL imbedded In the
stone ten inches. They are very perfecti even
the toe nails are distinct. Several Easthamp-
ton men have tried TO buy them. The owner
has offered 70 get them out In good shape and
deliver them for $1,000 Other tracks were
found near by, but they are not as perfect a.
these II.
Years ago II was supposed that Sirius
was nearer .he earth than any other star, and
its light requires over thee years to reach us.
Now, however. Alpha Centauri, compare
lively insignificant star OF the southern
heaye ms, 10 known to be our nearest neighbor,
and Sirius Is so far removed that the human
mind fails to grasp the distance when expressed
in miles Tho fact that light requires from IL
to 20 years torcross the space between eur little
earth and this giant orb is scarcely more easy
to comprehend. If one would appreciate the
ma gnificencs of this most brilliant OF suns, ne
should not think OF 1t as near Dut ratner YET
his mind make the vain attempt to follow
raw of light thther, as 1t travels ON, unwearied,
day and night, at the rate Of $4,000 miles
second for 20 years.