Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-07
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.


uihe Lonoon Iooios,eai e oocle1y mas re-
0o"'ly oo'iiheu +" "nise Aos i,on, 1AiL
There are 70, 0OO, 600 dogs IN the United
States. and it costs $500 900 per annum to
Neep them-
1t is estimated that there are lbO OOO,-
100000 feet of timber still standing in WASH
lngton forests.
"A big bear has been killed recently in
Alaska. 1t was 81 feet long and 81 feet
around It's body.
| -Eiphtv five nor cent of the lame Deople
are affected on the left side, says an authority
WHO mas Kept record
| -California's wine crop this year will
| canal ouart for evary man woman and
child in the United States.
Fish in the ROYAL Aquarium in st.
Petersburg are still alive after having been
| on exhibition more than I5J years.
| Lions. giraffes, rhinoceroses and other
large animals which formerly were numer-
| Gus are now becoming scarce in Southwest
| Africa
! -.
that Of boiIina ,r.ts- tbat :, can ba rsed s,-
| taking cast. from the most destrnctibIe
| objects.
Maine takes its name from the province
~ Ian III ano "as % oue VI
| was fts nSynar " 'io S"o''i u - WI"
| line crescent mas Deen an emoiem Ior
| many ages. In ancient mythology it deco
ra. ra.ed tne ioreheaes OF DANA and Astarte' the
|
| -Dau peer ana gooo wages are salu TO DC
| demoralizing the working girls of Australia,
| where the women drink more than they do
III Hisiano even.
| -Rlch Hill, No., has an 18-year-old
young lady who weighs 1926 pounds. She is ]
| feet 10 inches high, and wears a shoe 16
| inches in length.
-Ceylon has a spider which spins a yellow
web, the threads of which are almost as
| large as buttonhole twist. Its websare often
| from six to eight feet across
device which relieves the ,,rsssnrs ~ tts
water AGAINST the bo,Us of stearners It con.
| sists of screws which throw the water aside.
The oc,b.ro,,oo Nr,.;o, >, LII
OnoioAee Nation, WHICH mas just
mon. hos ~ .anu "a 70 Que ao oon 5,,
Cherokees are a highly civiIized tribe of In
dians.
The Ior,ost s,;1;ro. Iii; ao a..
iaIsess eaiins SUI uuuef auy nag
Gently sailed from Se1rcost1s Co. Ii,-ar,oo,
with coal. Her length is 375 feet and beam
40 feet.
Tho rotio of su;o;dos .r,o,r, ,h. s,olor,
y o'''o"S 'n0 ''oh
bv the Reoistrar CeneraI of Shir-,;,
in 900, while among the general populatfoni it
is in 10000
Tba o,,s.or, of s,;,.. uc,I L1,,
0 ou'.oni VI saying uou OiesS you
W. In 49,, 1s, I'm 'ne Ulilo
sneezed some tne sbonId Inake a ntpns eT.
cIamation
go.
-Inree nunured anu nIty-IOur emlgrantS
left Stockholm for this country in one day
recehtiy. It Is reported tnaI many thou-
worL in that cirY "io "i'nouO'
DeiiaS'' Me- oiie hian has pet 60
tnat no one can drive pig mile without
the porker turning to see who is driving. and
nrove the cnntrarv -i-' --''' anu ~ ~
.
e" O"AaAo Si0uu n"S
peen iounu near harney' luaho. IL Is re-
InarkaDIe because 1t has always been be-
lleVed that buffalo were never ON that side
s'r"iSs "llu animal ~ IePorteu III
.ne missouri Woous. lt Is leet lonS' ieet
~ ism H.; mas . neae anG ears similar 10 dos and
II l' oi'' hle Ilcnes Iou.; IL Is salu to nave
ait'iheFlh2 Ior sraNeyaFus-
I'm Washington recently amonp sneci-
mems of vegetable products recently ex-
hioited were potatoes weighing from to 6A
POUNDS. tnrnlps weighing % pounds, anda
''0V "'is nii7 = poAiU
". a CHICAGO.
soid - ho .to 81 ocI,uo, I..t,oI;o -.
- 80 - J|:.S., 81. o"t-O-o T'D, pileeO
III III Inc Inc onlteu o,ites: 1ie was porn save
oIad IN " +tI.nc fi t9, IN ni,, G - mi
. r.rn,or IN ,,;sso,,r; bos 6a1f Ill,
i,, Of ,,o.cn ,,rose,,,os tbot b,,,o -. j.,
Sn,faot oorai.io,, 80, ,r,o-o +baI, % -
TThev were rerentlv tested and fon9d TO
have retained their favor us well as their
looks
Al,
-lhe seat OF the CORONATION char OF
England is made of sandstone slab which
was brought from scone by Edward l., and
is sal9 70 De tne stoIle upon "hich jacob
iisioI HIS A'''A "A'e'i ii0 '''" lis i''iiou'
-Ihere Is an IhuIah graveyard near oa3l-
nav Bay, wash, where the remains of fully
500 children of the forest have been left to
the mel CIV of the buzzards Among the skeIe-
tons wa : 'fonnd one of dwarf only 3Oincbas
iono with n skuII ls inches tbrouGh