Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-18
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

-RaZ0rV1lle Is the unique name OF atoi
| in Maine
The daily consumption of salt in !
Louis is said to be nearly 1000 pounds
Twenty English and American WON
are studying at the University in Leipsic.
"A young man of Rockville Conn,
had a coat made OF the epons he has Asls
this winter.
One hundred thousand young Ian
locked salmon are to be placed in Mao
waska Lake, Maine, this year.
1t is said that one woman in every
in London is gin drinker or in every %
| pauper and one in IL lhterate.
There are 400 widows of Confedera
| soldiers on the Georgia State pension Ii
winch compelS an annual tax Of S40O 000
Berlin has 191 common schools, wi
1928 classes and 2,s69 class rooms. The
tendance on last January was 300 boysal
| SS,S1S girls.
The ielly-fsh hasn't any teeth, but Us
himself just as if he were a piece OF pap
wnen ne IS hungry, getting his food and til,
wrapping himself about it.
An inventor in Michigan has devised
typewriter for musical composers which,
Claims, will greatly facilitate operations ar
secure very satisfactory results.
-Marrlage licenses were issued in Ch
cago last week to John Zadjackowski, Hau
Zek hacalek, Tang Yon Psolo Kagaen,
hoZaIla Manalyutz and PaweI Kzyezt
wrakZ. JoN'
-Eugland's last and best warship, II
blenhe1m, has boilers as leaky as all or mo
OF the others. There is probably hardly
s Snlp IN tne British navy with boilers resu
Mt FOR use.
"A curious case of perverted appetite
reported from Germantown, Pa. A dog
@ I1at town refuses to eat sweetmeats. but di
poses OF onions, turnips and potatoes vii
greediness. P'~'OoS VIZ
-Ihe ocean cables of the world No,
sere'ch over l2O,25O miles. There are 10
cables in all, nearly all of English man.
1acLure. Most of the cables are owned an
operated by private corporations
-Prussla's income from the cultiv.t.
pubic domain is about s4,OO0OOO annual,
Inc Total number of employees in the Go,
81, eLlIi@nent @ postal and telegraph offices and r
'ne GoVernment railways is ls777L
-The largest power dam yet built in III;
country VIII be that now in process of 90,
struetlon across the Colorado river at A.
tln, rex 1t will be when completed. II
top. - oe' "iue AZ u
Plays in Paris generally begin .t
O'Clock and never finish until about mir
nLca NJ. IL 5ney were over earlier the aud
ence would not think that thew had receiSrs
tneir moneys worth OF bad air and aoo
acting. al "nu goo
-Ihe French artists are making so mnc
money in portrait painting that the exh
DItlons now show disproportionatelv ere,
number of portraits. Eight thousane doIIaI
M Ior lull length picture is said to be abou
the top price. 0o
-Ihe mortality from measles in Enplan
IS SAID to exceed anything that can thus ia
pc attributed to the influenza. There ar
i iio,oyV ueatnS from measles annually in Ems
land ana Wales. and the mortality has iT
creased greatly during the last decade.
The cost of lighting the World, Fai
at Chicago will be about ten times the cos
for the lighting of the exposition held !,
Iarls. The figure is at present placed a
Sl,oOO 600, and it is estimated that the li1h
and power plant Will be one of at Ieas
Zz,OUO horsepower.
Although in the ordinary course n
things it is the general rule for the heirs an
parent to the thrones of Europe to marry ,
soon as they arrive at fitting age. the his
.io .Ily oI EnSland alone affords several excep
tlons TO practice which is rendered neces
sary oy reasons OF the highest policy.
-Axolotl, or fish with legs, is the nam,
Me1icans give to queer creature which cal
swim like fish OF run I'D a smooth wal
like fly; can live and grow when kent con
stantly IN water like true fish, and vet car
I'VE and grow entirely away from water lex
eeepting little to drinkl like a true air
Singular as it may appear, the German
capital maintains and pays an official bird.
catcher. The catching of birds is prohibited
put the collections and educational institu
tlons OF the university require, for scientific
purposes, birds, birds eggs. nests. etc anr
the taxidermist Lemm, is the only persoI
commissioned to furnish them.
The Chinese and the Japenese eat every
thing that comes out of the sea- All the
fishes are good to their taste, and are caught
with great skill Sea weeds of several sort,
are sent far into the interior to be used ir
th1cSen1ng soups, gravies and puddings, an6
are h1ghly priced because they give a relish
ing havor OF salt, which is a luxury beyond
the reach OF most Chinese peasants
Among the recent innovations in Berlin
is n matrimonial clubhouse 1t is a large.
roomy building. divided into several apart
ments, in one of which portraits of each
woman subscriber are exhibited, with full
descriptions Of her age, talents fortune,
color OF hair, eyes, ETC., size OF hands and
feet, and general contour. There is also
brief account of her life, whether widow or
splnster.
In Danzig two weeks ago the shop
keeper Code, from Pase waldo, was sen.
fenced to eight days' imprisonment for
frightening his mother-in-law, Frau Weiss,
with telegram. Code owed Frau Weiss
money, and she provoked him bv writing
for it. She had once warned Code never to
send her telegram, as she twas so nervous
that it would kill her." Immediately after
receiving the dun from her, Code tele-
graPhed back: my wife is dead" Frau
weiss tainted, and was ill for a week before
she Learned that Frau Code was we'll
There is no need now for any man for
getting his engagements, no matter
however much occupied his time NAV
be. A recent invention is made up OF a
switch board, connected with a clock and
an alarm, so arranged that by plugging the
proper hole in the switchboard, the alarm
will be rung by an electric current at any
time desired. All man has to do in order
to be sure to remember his engagements is
to plug up the proper holes in the morning,
and when the times for keeping them come
round, the alarm will be automatically rung.