Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-22
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

Every seventh man in England is
Londoner.
"A paper mill in New Jersey has turned
out a sheet Of paper feet wide and 81 miles
| long.
There are in the United States 2OO,-
| 049.79 miles of railroad track OF all descrip-
Lake Erie produces more fish TO the
square mile than any body of water in the
world.
The first Indian tobacco sign erected in
America was put up in Baltimore, and it
still stands.
1t is said that one-eighth of the wine
produced in California last year came from
single vineyard.
Five thousand girls employed at lace
factory in Venice, under the patronage OF
the Queen of Italy, receive 7cents day.
The temple of Hom-mon-ji, at Inke-
gami, begun in 1899, and finished in 1907. is
one Of the most famous religious structures
in Japan.
MIR. Stead, whose arithmetic is as origi-
nal and amusing as anything he has ever
done, calculates that over 900 ofacial
Of Wales
The Island of Mitylene has &c, 900 peo-
pie. Not much is remembered of it, but
scholars recall that it was once mentioned
by Virgil That conferred immortality Oh
the island.
Amplitude is expected In Texas. A
young lady in Gainesville, Tex. has the
longest hair in the world. 1t trails on the
ground four feet and is of a beautiful red
gold color.
"A unique necktie was worn by recent
visitor to Macon, Ga. 1t was made OF a
rattlesnake's skin, the rattles served as q
pin. The wearer killed the reptile nine
years ago in Florida
I'm the Chicago City Directory many
names were omitted owing TO refusal OF
the members of labor organizations to give
their names and addresses because it was
printed at scab printing house.
In India, 80 it is told, the common Gus
tom is for the barber to go to tho homes of
his customers. He starts out early in the
morning and, should he find customer In
bed, he shaves him without arousing him.
1t is estimated that the treasure lying
idle in India IN the shape of boards Of orna-
ments amounts to Esq, ,O0O,0 900. competent
authority cal culates that Gin Amrista City
alone there are jewels to the value Of s.
100000
Chicago understands the art of e1pan-
sion and OF blowing about it. That city has
nearly twice as many miles of streets as any
other city ia the world, and almost four
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mileage is 2 0IS
1t costs something to live and good deal
to die; in fact, everything costs. Some one
estimates that getting born costs the people
OF the United States s25O,0 700 900 annually;
getting married, $3OO,OO0COO; and getting
buried, S5COO.O0O.
AN iron last has been made by Spence,
Boggs & Co., Martins Ferry O., for John
Farmhouse, colored preacher of Charlotte,
N. G. 1t Is 2011 inches long, and N inches
wide. The owner of this monstrous foot i5
feet 10 inches high and weighs 4l0 pounds.
Residents in the timbered districts of
Clatsop and Tillamook counties, Ore, say
that large gray wolves are becoming more
elk, as they kill the young calves in the
spring, and even the old ones when they
catch them alone.
p. G. Heydriek, of Erie, claims to be
able to revolutionize the present methods
of obtaining electrical energy. He thinks we
can obtain power, heat, light-in short,
everything that electricity can accomplish
by utilizing the electricity in the air and
other natural forces.
"A Musselman having served his term
in prison is regarded almost as a saint, no
matter as to the crime for which he has
been condemned. For Mohametan to say
he has been confined in prison is to make u
claim upon the respect and admiration Of
his fellow believers.
"A clergyman in New South Wales COM
plains that out of III marriages which he
has celebrated within the last year, 20 called
him out of bed between II at night and six
is to have peaceful night, and all on account
of a freak Of fashion in his parish.
John Whitman, the man who lifts 900
pounds with his teeth, pushed freight car
weighing $1,000 pounds along a switch on
North street. Baltimore, on Wednesday
morning In the presence of about 800 people.
1t would have required the united strength
OF eight ordinary men to move the car.
"A unique carpet is being made for the
Church of lie Cceur de Jesus, Montmartre,
in Paris, by some Partisan ladies, 1t will
cost f4, 600, and the names OF the workers
are to be embroidered around the border.
The center represents Montmartre, while
above are to be the arms of the city Of
Paris.
"A man lives in the province of Liyonia,
Russia, who can cure the worst cases of hy-
drophobia. His medicine for the disease
consists Of bugs of the size of freely, which
he gathers In sandy places He keeps them
in clean bottles until they become perfectly
dry and shriveled to the size of a common
hy. Only one dose of two such bugs knead-
ed in bread is sufficient TO cure the worst
case of,hydrophobia.
Big game is still plentiful in Bosnia
and Herzegovina The provincial authori-
ties nave assigned small cap1tat1on grant
for the killing of dangerous wild beasts, and
so can tell approximately how many are put
out of the way every year. According to
the records there were slain in 1887 13O bears
and nearly 900 wolves; yet even these fig
some sportsmen do not report their sue
cesses.
They are introducing novel method
in Belgium, writes the foreign correspond
ent of the HoniLitic ReUie'o, for the purpose
of determining whether Sunday shall be a
day OF rest for letter carriers. Sunday
postage stamps are TO be provided. All
letters with such stamps mailed on
are to be delivered on Monday.
After trying the experiment. for awhile it is
to be decided, according to the relative
number of letters with these stamps,
the majority of the letter-writfng
public wants the postman to enjoy Sunday
rest. If they do, then the carriers are to be
freed from Sunday work.
REIVNET