Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-08
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

States.
in the principality of Monaco no
| church is allowed except that of the Catho-
| lie Church.
1t is estimated that 49, stone is the or
troopers morse.
| 1t has been found by actuss measure
| ment that the pouch of a pelican will hold
! six gallons of water
The men in the audiences at the theaters
| in Carthage, NO., drink ont OF bottles during
the intervals between acts
| Owing to the great demand for women
| for factory labor. domestic servants are said
| to be getting very scarce in Fife.
Nine girls have been found in the
| Chinese quarters at Victoria, B. c., awaiting
purchasers. One girl was sold there week
| ago for s., 500.
One of the attyactions of the Chicago
Exhibition is to be pyramid of 400 pianos
connected by electricity and manipulated
by one woman
"A petrihed lobster has been found at
Dayton. Wash. At the same place, 80 feet
under the surface, men have found toads
imprisoned in the solid rock.
1t is estimated that in addition to their
immense crops the farmers of Minnesota
they were q year ago on account Of q general
increase in the value of their holdings.
-Corinna, Me-, has a giant who pulled
heavy horse and dump cart by main strength
of the railroad track when a train was
almost upon them the other day. His friends
claim he is the strongest man in Maine.
The poplar was undoubtedly known to
the ancients for its invaluable dyeing prop
+ critics as many of their fabrics which have
Inaoy
sof having been tinted by similar dye. The
colors made from this base are rich, beauti-
full and permanent.
"A plague of locusts has been worrying
the farmers in the Argentine Republic this
fall. Late reports state that the locusts have
completely destroyed the fax, wheat, and
potato crops in San Geronimo and Sante
Tomas. The extent of plantations de-
stroyed covers $4,000 kilometers-
Professor Mayer has calculated that,
u the motion of the earth were suddenly ar
rested, the temperature produced would be
sufficient to melt and even volatilize it:
while, if it fell into the sun, as much heat
would be produced as results from the
combustion of 5000 spheres of carbon the
size of our globe.
1t is not generally known that the light
of the sun and the moon exercise deIeteri-
Gus effect on edge tools. Knives. drills,
scythes and sickles assume a blue color if
they are exposed for some time 20 the light
and heat of the sun: the sharp edge disap-
pears and the tool is rendered absolutely
useless until it is retempered.
"A genuine volcano is in active opera
tion in Wyoming. A little over year ago
hot fire ragged through that part OF the
country, and many heavy timbers having
fallen and covered the exposed part of the
vein, this doubtless started fire, and the
heat getting down in the vein generates the
rry11i in1r ric nd 6on hOr I,6
smoky, which emits continually sulphurous
fumes.
The falls on Fish river are described as
beautiful, having drop of so feet. There is
quite curiosity short distance below
them in the shape of a natural fountain,
which spouts q huge volume of clear cold
water 50 feet in the air. creating a stream IL
feet wide and foot deep. The river below
the falls is perfect paradise for anglers.
Trout from four to seven pounds are plentf-
full.
"A Baltimore boy of 10 years has ac-
quired morbid desire to inhale gasoline,
and was found the other day by his mother
unconscious with q can of gasoline on the
floor by his side. In order to inhale the
ether he removes the stopper from the can
and inserts his nose in the hole, remaining
in this position until he becomes uncon-
scious. It is the first case of the kind known
to physicians in Baltimore.
The great canal which it is proposed to
construct between Paris and Rouen would
be 1s2 kilometers, or La miles long, and So
meters, or nearly 21 feet, deep. For large
ships a port would be built between st.
Denis and Clichy, and smaller ports would
be constructed at Aude1evs, Vernan, PoiSsy,
Achieres and Argenteuil. The cost of the
undertaking is estimated at l59 900. 900 francs.
or f6 $50, 900. A plebiscite has been taken of
the feeling of the people on the matter. and
of the 345, 900 answers received only 13 are
not in favor OF the scheme.
Recently most remarkable fish was
captured in a net off the Ardglass coast,
County Down. 1t weighed three-quarters of
a pound, and had head similar to that of a
pike. From the gills to the tail on each side
there was a bright blue band; the tops of
the tail fins were also bright blue, and
around the head and shoulders there was q
network of deep blue lines, which gave the
fish q very comical, unnatural aspect. Being
an object of wonder, it was exhibited among
the Oldest fishermen of the place, but none
of them remembered ever seeing q similar
one before.
DR. R. Havelock Charles has prepared
a series of tables drawn from the measure
ment of so skulls of the outcast tribes of the
Punjab, collected by him in the compare
tive anatomy museum of the Medical Col
lege Lahore. These skulls are, in DIR.
Charles opinion, from individuals of aborig-
inal as distinguished from Aryan progeny,
with the exception of certain megacephalio
examples among the group OF Mohammedan
male types. In these exceptional cases de-
scent may be derived from the more recent
invaders, who were distinct
both from the Aryan possessors on the one
hand and from the dispossessed aboriginal
races on the other.
The estimated deliveries of mail matter
N the United Kingdom for the year ending
March 81, 1891. were: Letters, 1,7O5, 800, 900;
postal cards, 229 10000 book packets, circu-
ars and samples, 49,, 200, OOO; newspapers, 161,-
100 000 and parcels, 46, ,2s7 $50, total of 262S,
s7 956 pieces of mail. This is an increase OF
q per cent on the previous year. The aver
Ige number of pieces of mail received by
ach person was 69.6. OF the first four kinds
# mail matter mentioned aboves5.2 per cent
vas delivered in England and Wales 80 per
ent in Scotland, and SO per cent in ireland,
nd 29.7 per cent was delivered in the Lon
lon postal district alone. There are now lS,-
06 postofficeS in the kingdom.