Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-11
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

AN AtehisOn woman of go has kept Q
diary ever since she was u years old.
| In the poorer portions of New York
There is but one church to every 10000 people.
| "A New York baby, two weeks old, has
surprised its fond mother by cutting two sharp
| teeth.
The Chinese of Boston have formed q
laundry trust called the Ung Han Hong Com
pany.
Alaska is now the roomiest of our terri
tories 1t contains 18 square miles for each in.
habitant.
The average width of the path of
destruction with tornadoes is said to be little
more than 1000 feet
The Ohio Legislature has just officially
recognized Christopher Columbus as the dis
coverer of America.
The United States is said to be the
greatest candy country in the world, s5OOO,Oou
worth being consumed every year.
"A theological student was practice
ing elocution in Central Park. New York. the
other day when he was arrested for lunacy.
An industrious carpenter in Gloucester
City. N. j., sent to the almshouse as
pauper on a forged commitment the other
AT Lyon Mountain, Clinton county,
N. Y, there have been 14O days of sleighing.
and It is now as good as at any time during the
winter.
The meanest man in the world lives in
Meadyille, Pa. He beat his wife because she
was caught long on sugar with one pound in
the house on April l.
A lady of West Chester, Pa, found a
white violet in full bloom, in her yard. 1t had
been in bloom underneath a. snowbank, which
was melted by the rain Yesterday,
"A judge OF Alpena, Mich, caught two
lawyers taking nip from bottle in the court
room during trial. 1t cost them $50 each for
the fracture Of the Courts dignity.
The paper horseshoe, invented by a
German, is light, elastic and said to be durable.
Moreover, it wears in such a way that its under
surface is always rough For that reason 1t is
claimed that it would be admirably adapted for
use on asphalt pavements.
Some of the hide and leather men are
amusing themselves in discussing the largest
hog skin in the world. A Cincinnati firm
claims to have the lead in this line with a skin
that measured 615 feet from head to tail and
feet wide, measuring in all 81 feet of neat, fine
skin.
1t is stated that.at Big Stone Gap, Va,
the electric lights are used in a novel way. The
town, as laid OFF, is two miles wide and fve
miles long. and all this space is lit up by cleo
and 'coons in the woods by the light of the
electric lamps.
According to the census of 1888 there
were 10,221 Esk1mos scattered in little settle
ments from Cape Farewell to Upernavik. For.
the purposes of government the country Is
divided into two sections, called the North In
spectOrate and the South Inspectorate. each ef
which has Governor called the Inspector.
Electric cars are now bowling along the
OIa ainh hfnhru y 1I1 ,SI,.
tween the Place del Popolo and the Ponte
Mollo having just been completed and put in
operation There are three cars, each carry
ing l5-horse power motor, and the line is run
in sections in series, automatically worked by
the passing cars,
"A Cincinnati man woke up his wife in
the middle of the night to tell her that he had
just dreamed that his store was on fire. Sure
enough, in a few minutes message came tell
ing him that his store was on fire. He felt so
proud over his dream that he Dragged about it
all over town; and the insurance companies
have, therefore, refused to pay the insurance.
Near the old cemetery in West Alex
ander, w. Va. big tree is growing. which
forks at 8 feet inches from the ground. Ap-
parently it is a white oak, but examination
1t appears that above the fork it branches into
two species, one white oak, and the other
white cherry, with the foliage peculiar to each
The oak is about 65 and the cherry 90 feet
high.
Near Dayton, Ca, there is a well locally
known as the "well OF frozen air." In drilling
the well a stratum of frozen clay and gravel
was encountered at depth of 55 feet. After
passing through five feet of this numerous cavi.
ties were encountered from which the cold air
came In gusts. The escape of the air from the
well can be heard roaring for nearly 200 yards.
A bucket of water set over the opening will
freeze through and through within a few hours.
Another instance of the absurd misuse
hu tho
the Massachusetts, State Prison recently when
he addressed the assembled flower of rascaldom
as gentlemen" The urbane and gentIemanIy
murderer, the polite and high-mnded burglar
the calm and cultivated highwayman, are sub
Ject TO many restraints In state prison which
seriously interfere with their liberty, and they
are denied many luxuries. But of taffy they
receive an unlimited allowance.
"A very pretty idea is carried out in
London, which aims to bring about a love of
plants and flowers among the poorer classes A
fund is raised out of which prizes are paid for
the best display of window gardening or potted
plants, and the scheme has become so very
popular that thousands of cottage homes are
now beautified Dy floral effects, and 1t Is no
uncommon thing to see a window out with
plants growing in old teapots, cans or cigar
boxes marked as prize winner.
The other night an engineer of the Dan
Vile. MacksvilIe and Southwestern Railroad
dreamed that large rock had fallen on his
road near LeaIherwood Creek, N. c., and that
his engine, having come in contact with it, was
broken to pieces. The dream so impressed bim
that he declined to make his usual trip over the
road in the morning until he had teIegraphed
10 ascertain if there was anything the matterae
Leatherwood Creek. An answer was flashed
back that a huge rock had fallen on the track
within a few feet of the identical place dreamed
about. and that, although hands had been work.
ing for hours to remove it, the track was still
Instructed.
AT Mount Eagle, about eight miles
from Charlottesville, Albemarle county, Va,
here is large residence, on the windows of
which from the outside can be seen the photo
graph of mans head and shoulders, the head
md shoulders of a woman and child. and in
another pane OF glass the distinct outlines of
,at. The theory is that the parties were look
ng through the windows at the river during
storm. and fash of lightning photographed
hem indelbly on the glass. but il is not known
Who they were. The pictures cannot be seen
from the inside but that they can be plainly
ieen from the outside is vouched for by prom
nent citizens of Charlottesville.