Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-22
/, CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

bitches in Colorado.
New York and Brooklyn consume daily
about &C. 900 chickens.
Japan had on January 1, 40, 215 physi-
clans. 10 of whom were graduated abroad.
Iceland, letters from that island state,
had phenomenal winter, with never fake of
snow or an hour of frost
"A New York broker has framed sets Of
dinner cards over l.5O0 in number as mementoes
of the good times he has had.
The male students of Michigan Uni
ysrsiry, Ann Arbor, are accused of using curl
ing irons and are under investigation.
"A colored preacherof Waynesboro, Ca,
is circulating a subscription paper in order Co
raise money to buy SET Of false teeth.
A child years old has actually been
carried of by an eagle near Trencsin, in Hun
gary, in sight of the father and mother.
"A Chicago woman advertises that she
lost on Sunday, while going to church, pigs
tusk, and she offers reward Tor It's return
"A thief supposed to be a woman proved
when arrested in New York. to be man who
had been wearing women's clothes for a num-
ber of years
"A curious fact, Of which probably few
New Yorkers are aware, IS that the banking
capital of the metropolis is smaller by g, 100000
than that Of Boston.
-Cincinnati has the Oldest barber in the
world. He is 1O4 years of age, phys his trade
daily. and as he is deaf and dumb expects to
last for some years yet.
The Hamburg cigarmakers' strike,
which ended recently, cost the Social Demo-
Gratis of Germany, England, Switzerland,
France and Denmark $4,000
The great Quebec organ that has 5,772
pipes is played by an organist who claims to
own 2,775 pipes. only his are used for smoking
tobacco. His collection Is one OF the finest in
the word.
The stiletto hat-pin has found a fresh
victim-this time in Scotland A Iurch in her
carriage drove the badly adjusted pin into the
head of a woman in Edinburgh lately with
fatal effect
"A new species of pottery has been in
vented at the sevres mandatory. This new
pottery will withstand the effect of rain and
frost. 1t will be in request for the decoration
of parks and gardens.
"A woman of Dawson is the champion
rat exterminator of Southwest Georgia. Some
time ago she killed 30 rats at one time in her
barn, and few days ago she killed 1l0 of the
rodents in the same place.
The following advertisement appears
in German newspaper: Wanted by lady
of quality. for adequate remuneration, a few
well-behaved and respectable dressed children
to amuse cat in delicate health two or three
hours day."
-Austria's new Parliament contains 81
lawyers. 40 professors and school teachers. II
doctors and apothecaries. architects and civil
engineers. 20 clergymen, l47 landed proprietors,
20 officials, 8 manufacturers, journalists and
D gentlemen OF leisure.
The oldest chandelier in the White
House is that in the green parlor, placed there
during President LincoIn's term of office. 1t is
MASSIVE affair of French gilt, the BASIN
shaped circular base Of purple bronze showing
through an elaborate fretwork of gold.
A young lady of Greensboro, Ca, has a
curiosity in the shape of birds nest. The
peculiarly of the nest is that in one end is a
second nest, perfectly formed, though very
small. The supposition is that this smaller
nest was designed as a receptacle for food upon
which the young sparrows were raised.
According to the researches of German
statistician. the number of dancing women to
one dancing man is: In Vienna, 2; IN Bavaria,
Z; Italy, Is; Wurtemberg. 20; England, rs;
Prussia, 2S; Holland. 20; Saxony, 3S; Spain, so;
l07; Portugal. ITO; Denmark, l30;
Russia, l5O; Norway and Sweden, I'll; Turkey,
5000.
"A Grand Rapids, Mich, florist has Q
rose bush that has broken the worlds best
record There are from 20O0 to q, 900 buds now
Over 800 full grown flowers have already been
plucked this season, about LOCO of which we're
clipped last Sunday. Such record is
phenomenal and unprecedented.
The longest bridge in the world is the
Lion Bridge near Sangang, in China. IL e1-
tends 81 miles over an area of the Yellow Sea
and is supported by 800 huge stone arches. The
roadway is 70 feet above the water and is en-
closed in an iron network. A marble lion 81
feet long rests on the crown of every pillar.
The bridge was built at the command of the
Emperor kleng Long, who abdicated in 1875 on
account Of old age.
"A peculiar case disposed of at Cald-
well, N. c., court was that of a man who had
been tried by the Mayor of Lenoir for viola
ton of a town ordinance and had pleaded
guilty. The Mayor fined him more than he
wanted 10 pay, and he appealed, and in the
Superior Court the jury acquitted him of the
charge to which he had pleaded guilty in the
Mayors court This strikes US as something
new under the sun in the way Of criminal pro-
cedure.
A mass of bronze objects OF various
kinds has been unearthed in Verona, near the
Church of Santa Anastasia. It seems to be
one of those pits into which the broken or dis
carded ex-yOtos and ornaments of temple
were cast, in order to make room for new offer
ngs by the faithful. A bronze double-faced
woman, of which the head alone is preserved,
g one of the most curious. There are statuettes,
hinges, keys of various shape, pins and clay
igurines
AN electrician has recently completed
Iome very remarkable experiments on the
physiological effects Of alternate currents. He
inds that the danger of the current diminishes
Is the number of alterations per second Is in
creased. Thus it took 20 times as strong a cur.
'ent to kill dog wnen the alterations were
/ 500 per second as when they we're l20 per sec
md. When the alternations we're 800 per Sec
md, the current was only half as dangerous to
ife as when the Alterations were 10.
The keeper of the Bear Island light 10
he owner of an intelligent dog. When .
teamer passes the light it whistles its salute,
md in response the llghtkeeper rings his bell,
IT rather did ring before the dog took the job
,ut of his hands. Seeing that the passing of
,oat and the ringing of the bell were two
hings that went together, the dog took it into
lis own hands-or mouth-to ring the bell, and
Vhen boat comes along, without waiting for
Ter whistle, he seizes the bell rope with his
eeth and rings a vigorous salute.
There are mines of cfnnabar at Daghes-
an, in the district OF Kyreen, but no effort
nd no artifce of the Russian authorities can
s yet avail to ferret out their exact locality.
The natives know that the Government will
AXE possession of the mines as soon as IL is
nown where they are, and, therefore, keep
heir knowledge secret. They use the mineral
8 a medicine. and sometimes they carry it in
ags to sell in the nelghboring towns. Ifa
atlye is caught with a bag or basket of Gin
abar and asked whence he had taken it. he
,ill tell 20 lies to account for his possession,
nd neither by oribes nor by threats can the
ruth be gotten out of him.