Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-31
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

There are only 68 paper mills in Scot
land, but there are 1893 in Germany.
October is the month in which most Of
the insects perish. Only few survive the
chilly dawnS and sunsets.
An Ohio woman has a pair Of pink
stockings which she says were worn by
Queen Elizabeth of England.
"A Swedish gentleman wears watch
chain made from one OF his own ribs, taken
from his body by surgical operation
Kentucky is just now boasting of a
well, the "clear, limpid, drinkable waters Of
which are as intiamnable as naphtha-"
"A wealthy man in California has re-
Gently torn down several costly houses in
order to convert his lands into wheat fields.
Roses bloom every day in the year in
California. Near Hayward there is rose
bush that covers nearly half an acre Of
ground.
"A Connecticut farmer recently found
package of 100 $1,000 bills. Imagine his dis
appointment when ne found that they were
counterfeit
Sir John Lubbock kept ants in captivity
for eight years, or even more, but even ants,
in a state of nature reach probably q much
less venerable age.
There are 161 important st am nsviga-
English own GA, the French 81 and the Ger
mans II. In the United States there are 10.
There were in the United States in the
census year 595 farms, with total of 1881
acres, devoted exclusively to seed growing,
of which 96, 567l% were reported as producing
seeds.
Astronomers say a shot fired on the
equator of Jupiter would travel at a rotary
motion with a speed as times greater than
Al T.rIT f-.1FA
equator.
Ice IL inches thick will support a man,
inches thick will support cavalry, inches
thick an S+pound cannon, 10 inches thick
will supports multitude, and Is inches thick
will support railroad train.
On the eastern frontier of the Ozark
Continent coal is plentiful that by lift
ing q shovelful of clay off any particular
spot 1t may be reached. But there is no
means of transporting it to market
The number of officers on the permanent
establishment of the postoffice in England
is 65, ,S6s of whom 8 S77 are women; and about
$4,000 other persons are employed more or
less on postOfiice work, of whom about l6,0OO
are women.
"A novel method of fishing is being car
ried on at San Diego. Incandescent electric
lights are lowered into the water at night
and large net is placed below them. The
nSl are aCtracteQ DIV the glare ana are
plainly visible. When sufficiently full the
nets are hauled up and the catches areisald
to be enormous.
ALI somnambulists should adopt the
plan of a Dundee IN. " sleepwaIker, if
they wish to avoid a disastrous ending to
their nocturnal travels The Dundee man
keeps n treadmill beside his bed, where he
will step on it the minute he gets up. He can
then walk in his sleep all night without be-
ing in danger OF tumbling downa welLor or
a roof.
When the atmosphere contains IS per
cent of moisture it is saturated; the a1nount
of humidity is calculated on the s5 per cent
scale, so that when we are told there is 10
per cent of humidity it does not mean that
the atmosphere is only ten point away from
but that it contains Upper cent OF
the s. per cent of humidity necessary to
saturate it.
The centenary of the panorama occurs
in 1892 A young Edihboro painter named
Barker was thrown into prison by his
creditors. From the way in which light
from hole in the ceiling struck the walls
he evolved the idea of the panorama The
first circular panorama exhibited in 1872 in
London represented the British fleet az
anchor of Portsmouth.
The Argentine Republic contains many
large baronial estates owned by wealthy
planters and cattlemen. One of the largest
Ayers, is owned by an American named
PtersOn, who acquired it through marriage.
The estate embraces 100000 acres and 1t Is q
days journey to ride across it. The distance
from the entrance OF the property to the
mansion is nine leagues.
of the Tonkawas only 7STemain to ne
gotiate with the Cherokee Commission.
They occupy the reservation set apart for
the Nez Perees, having been moved there
when the latter tribe went to Idaho. 1t en-
braces O,7O0 acres, of which about 100 acres
will be required for allOtmentS. The rest
will be available for homesteads. The COM
mission is now on the reservation, and will
soon negotiate with the Poncas, Oknes, and
PawneeS.
The characteristic curiosity of woman
at Sedalia NO., induced her TO conceal her
self on the roof of q building during the
session of a secret order to observe an
initiation through the skylight. She be-
trayed herself by an unlucky sneeze, but
escaped over the adjoining roofs. The
knights of Pythias United WOr<men and
MasOn5 use the same hall, and the opinion
prevails that the woman is well up in the
of these societies.
Many German engineerspreferma
10 iron for bridges, and they have revived
the practice of building masonry bridges
with lead joints at the key and points Of
rupture near the spring lines The Romans
1sed sheets Of lead between cut stones, and
IN DrlQkbS Dullb III III 1Sop u
cad were placed in the joints for twO-shirdS
Of the distance above the springing line.
The use of lead is for maintaining the
proper interval of joint and for uniformly
the pressures-
"A missionary who has just returned to
England from Central Africa says English
adies have gone to Tanganyika with the
most Inadequate notions of the sort of exis-
-ence they must lead there. He SAYS they
are fairly dismayed when the truth at last
lawns upon them. that they must do with
1ut afternoon teas, that they cannot amuse
themselves in society, and that they must
AT their breakfast without the morning
newspaper. Some American missionaries
ave gone to Africa without the slightest
lotion apparently that good deal of that
and is not regarded rs very salubrious.