Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-17
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

in Japan the women load the vessels.
Great Britain has 2O2, 300 acres of or.
chards.
There are 800, 900 blind people in
Europe.
Canary birds have been known I.
live 2l years.
From 80, 900 to 12O, 900 hairs grow in
human scalp.
"A snake farm Is located In the south
western section of Missouri.
In Southern Europe $4,000 orange,
have been picked from one tree
There is only one sudden death among
women to every eight among men.
Two italian savants believe they have
discovered the germs of lockjdw.
Twenty words per minute is the aver
age rate at which long hand is written.
Some of the South American tribei
actually eat tobacco, cut into small pieces.
"A monkey at the Paris circus has beer
trained to play agonizing music on che
violin.
There $4,000 barmaids in England whose
hours average "A daily for wage of los. pei
week.
Electricity, in its various forms of ap
plication, is said to give employment &c
1000 persons.
To complete their growth, the nails OF
the left hand require eight to ten days more
than those of the right.
Two hundred women are employed bv
Edison in working at the more delicate de
tails of his electrical inventions.
In all the Japanese Empire, with its
population of 237, ,OO0 600, it is estimated that
there are fewer than 10000 paupers.
There are about 700 900 houses ir
London which on cold days consume 0ON
tons of coal, emitting 4So tons of sulphur.
Most of the men in the islands of South.
western Japan lead lives of i1leness, and
are cheerfully supported by the women.
I'm one of the great Paris hospitals, out
of 50 patients who suffered from epilepsy, SC
were found to be the children of drunken
parents.
In cave in the Pantheon the guide, BY
striking the flaps of his coat, makes a noise
equal to that produced by firing l2-pound
cannon.
In the Samaritan Hospital at Belfast,
Ireland, chloroforIn has been given in ovel
1000 cases of operations, without single
fatal result.
patriotic women of Poland wear mourning
to commemorate the centenary of the loss
OF Polands independence as q nation.
"A century and half ago w1g-wearing
was at its height. and little boys four or five
years or age submitted to having their
heacS shaven preparatory to donning theil
false head-dresses.
About 150, 900 barrels of cider snd perry
are annually made in the western counties
OF England, the sweet in Hereford and the
rough in Devon. In the Dominion of Canada
about 100000 gallons of cider are drank
yearly.
The Japanese are fond of bathing. In
the city of Toxic there are over 800 public
lighthouses, in which a person can take a
bath. hot or cold, for a sum equal to / cent.
Most of the Japanese prefer warm baths,
and very likely this Is the reason why theii
compilations are usually clear, smooth and
spotless.
"A lady is applying to the authorities
in Vienna for permission to disinter the
body of her sister. who was buried ten years
ago. She had very valuable jewelry buried
with her sister, and being herself reduced
In circumstances, she had no other means OF
getting out of her misery than by appealing
to the dead.
"A specimen of bread from the famine
districts in Russia, as supplied by the Gov
ernment, was recently analyzed, and found
to contain 10 per cent, and probably more
of woody fiber, husks, Ieafy matter, silicis
and sand. 1t was of a dirty brown color
like coarse peat, and many people failed &C
recognize it as bread
"A Kansas City paper says that there i,
a bowlder in the Ozarks which will attract
jackknife dropped nine feet away and that
along the line Of the fl fth principal meridian
in the counties of Carter, Reynolds, Iron and
Washington, the lines of east and west sur
veys are detected from the true course sew
eral degrees, the needle being affected by
the deposits of loadstone.
The buttresses of ''Traian's Bridge"
which are still to be seen on the Danube,
are the remains of what was, in some re.
sDects, the most remarkable structure ever
erected by man. 1t was not a mere floating
bridge of large boats and massive ttmbers,
but was q permanent structure carried on
piers l5O feet high and so feet wide, compris-
ing 20 arches, extending altogether $40
Roman feet.
An expert who claims to "speak
whereof he knows" asserts that wine is
good investment, taking the chances of
thirsty mobs and earthquakes and a revolu-
tion in public opinion all over the world.
good port of 1915 sold in 1853 for SITS per
Dozen Tokay laid down in 1870 sold in 1850
Tor $50 per dozen, and that must be con-
sidered as paying fair interest on their
cost ana keep
Medical authorities declare that fat peo-
pie are less able to resist the attacks of dis
ease or the shocks of injuries and operations
than the moderately thin. Their respira-
tory muscles cannot so easily act; their
heart is often handicapped by the deposit on
it, and the least e1ertion throws them into
IL perspiration. A very fat person is in the
position OF a man carrying heavy burden
and too warmly clothed.
The teacups used BY tea merchants in
tasting tea are made especially for the pur.
pose of the finest French china, and have no
handles or saucers. The teas are carefully
weighed out and placed in the cups, when
boiling water is poured on them. Tea tast-
ers nowadays depend more upon the odor
than the taste of teas, and some of the most
sypert do not taste them at all, but rely en-
tfrely upon smelling them.
1t has often puzzled the uninitiated to
give a reason why musicians tune their in
,truments in public and not before they
enter the orchestra. If they tuned their in
,truments before entering the theater or
concert room the temperature Is very apt
TO be different in the place of performance.
and therefore the instruments would not be
n tune. A piano that is in tune in cold
'oom would get out of tune If the room
we're suddenly heated
RAZAR RUZZINGS