Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-28
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

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I AT one crossing in Chicago go locomo.
! tiyes pass everv d hours
pass every - nours'
-, " WI. eos. S'oO'Uoo W pun 'no U0'iie Gu
on 'ne "niie HOUSE.
"A hour is now made from the panama,
"nlch Is said to be useful article
| 1t ia forbidden In ms. the words
| 'hunger" or famine" in Kayau, Russia, but
the people are starving there.
The hest isinolass comes from Russia
where i, is obtaire1 from +ts r,io,t stnroeor,
| which inhabits the Casnian sea.
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that memhsr i, - .be | fuII-orown U man @ +. w.. -.
! a standard Of neos1rement nsed bv the an.
cient Egyptians -
rt..II.-
Inc puonc scnoois IN dundee nave oe-
c1ded to make the highland fling and the
strathspey of Tullochgorum and other forms
vi ua ncihs part OF the curriculum
Among the most extraordinary pieces of
symbolism known to have been used by the
early Asiatics was figure of donkey'5
head used as representative of the Deity.
The dourr Of . rr,,-,-iuh IL :;
- ASn oiiue 10 nAeu
dsv ia invarisbIv TbrrSda,r " s1oon.
forks or wine are used at the wedding feast
In Pers;a wbare tho Covsrnmo,+ has a
r,onorol.- 90 .at..ae - a,,.es a,-..s. =.
VI 1oD'sooo, 'ne ohlet au'noriieS
aI N uhela proclalmed an eulct against smok-
ing ana ordered the people to break their
pipes.
Drazilian senator mas proposed tha'
;.f.t, 20 VI .ne new JUS
80 .no %. VloeS vi the snor shanu lepoi
ranort r .,a sr pnonosiapn 20 recoru ANU
"a '-0
An engine and tender Weighing 68 tons
was begun to be put toqether at @ o'clock ON
a Thursday morning at the Great Eastern
Rairwav Ivorls in S.I,+fo-J - - 80, o,,+
of the shop complete at us the following
liofnins'
The Ancient Egyrtians held the seara-
bRus beetle in high regard making the mum.
Der of its toes. 90 to svmboltze the davs of
the month. the time it denositad i,s boIi ,vaa
supposed TO refer TO the Innar month and
the movement of the ball was held to renre-
sent the action of the sun unon tine earth
About 10. 600 corn cob mines are dai1v
manufactured in this countrv. all beino,
made in three factories at St I,ouis- Green.
wood. Neb.. and in kansas The oobs are
ali procured in Missouri and supnIied bv
the Collier variety of corn on which thew
usually grow heavy. woody and hard.
line Iurks ana Armenlans are among
the best judges of amber, and the bazaar at
Sn,,, ,S oi fn sIso as 9eo
given for a pair of chibouGue mouthpieces.
moderate in size, but well matched as to
color.
-,
line Greeks never USED more tnan three
dice. The highest throw, "Venus," OF the
Romans was the Anbrodite of the Greeks-
canis the L,,o,, of tbe Creeks ASin Roma
the game depended on combinations. but
when numbers only were desired, the
Sreeks termed IL PIeistoDoEnaa, as olu tne
,aara anor. nO ro,,a.. ~ ~;
BOTH sexes among the EsqulmauX are
In early youth n cut is made in the lowep
H., - ,.II ,uo1,I,a1, - ;,t.od,,.o, -,
c san s ~ "ooun L,ns InSi ioiu0ou "
keep IL Ironi eloslng- uIauualiy IL Is en-
labret of Jade, ivory, bone or glass, shaped
like silk hat iIt miniature, the rim being
insioe tne lnou1h 10 holu IT,
The coal industry furnishes employ
ment to 300 600 persons, to whom $40 100000
is paid in wages, ana the capital invested is
estimated at $780, OOO, ,OOO The output of diff
ferent States is as follows: Pennsylvania,
nearly o2,OOoOO0 tons; LIMOS, l3,O0O,OOo;
sno 90 mo- ,,,i iOTa,
3iTo Eat1,p-, a,, y SGiD,S,,,; n9a 400 81
Tsnm.esea . oo0 oooa 0'0'O'0OO' ""N
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The asteroids that lie between the
o-bits Of Mors and Ir1i.e- bove bocor,e so,
difficult to keep track of, since they have
been discovered at the rate of about 20 q
year that astronomers have recently decided
to reJect them, excepting the nearest ana
y. tne mos i are ILL rsarn
ones are nsefnJ in Ipors accnrate caIcnIa-
tions of the earth's distance from the sun.
The IavaI of Lake Ra;xaI of Siberia ID
..o g.. .|,o,-o tha. of .ra paoieo o..
- -o.--;,hs.ardiro i,s hot.o,,, is -,
+bon aooo foot below IL There are man
HAn o''OO 80 ~ y
Qtner ueeP LAKES IN the nor1u, o9g so Iar
LAKE 70 bathaI sakes Ine pain. Lahs non Masgi9Ie
IS 3VU0 Ieet oeep, Lahe C0ino z,Ogo, anu Lee
go-dlsIaraa, an0tner Itallan Iake, nearIy
,9uo iee1 IN IN ueptn. Lake Cohstance asera9eSS
aoout I.ouo Ieet; anu Lahos SuPerlOr anu
MichiSah apouI eoV Ieet.
MIR. Thomas d. Bullinper. of Goyans-
+o,vn ia the owner of an antioua worl, 81