Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-18
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

-Glynn county, Ga, has woman her
who has only spoken to three persons il
years.
Five million sterling was last year gi
: or bequeathed to various charities all
world over.
1t is stated by the attendants at
geological gardens, that no ape will 81
fiat on his back, as adult man often does.
The electric current on the Both
March turned its first furrow in Ameri'
soil at the Kansas sorghum e1pertmen
station.
An Indian, who. killed a squaw
Kyoquot, B. c., gave the tribe an Indiani
to replace the one he killed, and this hast
IDENTIFY been mutually agreeable
One answer to an advertisement in
Deadwood Pioneer for "girl for light no
work." contained All inquiry whether "bo
ran from the lighthouse to the CITY,"
Three factories in the United Sta
consume nearly 1000. 900 eggs year in m
ing the peculiar kind of paper used by
tographers, known as albumen-paper.
While the West is suffering from
floods the State of Maine is suffering fr
drouth. Lake Sebago is eight feet and n
inches below its normal level at this seas
The locusts are reappearing in AlgeI
in greater numbers than ever, in spite Oft
efforts that were made by the French
ministration last year to annihilate
pests.
There are in Great Britain and Irels
no fewer than 2,7Ss, 900 acres of woodla:
Notwithstanding this fact, timber to I
value of El6, 6,00O, GOO is annually imported il
the country.
-Ales and beers are clarified before bel
sent to the shops by means of isipslass
kind of glue made of the sounds and
bladders of certain fish, particularly of
sturgeon OF Russian rivers.
Farmers in Mexico always use oxen
one color in tie morning and of anotl
color in the afternoon. They do not KIN
why: but they know that it must be
right thing to do, because their forefath'
did it.
There was blooming in Pasadena, Ca
a week ago, Gold of Ophir rosebush.
climbing variety, with 2OO, 900 roses and bu
on it. The owner of the tree, who certif.
to the number, is said to be q returned n.
sionary.
"A New York maker of travellers goo
imports great many elephants hides,
bundles of them are usually to be seen up
the sidewalk in front of his factory.
says that elephant trunks are becomi
very popular.
OF the editors of the nine New Yo
morning papers published in the Engli
language, seven are American born. 7
Pulitzer brothers came from the other sic
Or the seven Americans but one, MI. Benne
was born in New York City.
The felt cloth which is made into ha
is composed chiefly of the hair of rabbi
hares or goats, mixed with much wo
These substances are entangled togetE
and pressed and beaten until they adhere
form compact but flexible material.
AT GiIbreath, n. c., the other day, sa
the Durham Globe. a l5-year-old lad, nam
Fletcher, was standi ng under tree viii
the lightning struck. 1t entered the lac
coat at the neck and went down his spir
making Il blister all the way. Yet it
thought he will recover.
The new Temple Israel of Brooklyn
built after the plan of the famous Church
st. Sophia in Constantinople. The arches
its main entrance are supported by polisht
mottled marble columns, and it is surmour
ed by GLUED dome. The walls of the int
ior are frescOed in green and gold. The CO
gregation has many rich members.
Guinea pigs kept loose on the floor
fowl house will scare away rats most {
leCtudlly- OOLuo pcOpl0 sdy bIdI IL Is U
cause they are so noisy and restless. Pos
bly, the fact is, however, that u boar Guinf
pig will attack rat as relentIessly as
ichneumon attacks a snake. His thick nee
and hog zane give him great advantage.
1t is not difficult to tell whether rabbi
are pursued by vermin. When rabbits q
seen running and suddenly stopping
listen, and then running on again and sto
ping, they are pretty certain to have
weasel or cat or tex after them. Th'
are not long-winded. like hares, and SOC
pant for want of breath. A weasel can
ways tire them out.
-Antone Nelson. a Colorado cowbo-
Iassoed an eagle u few days ago. Nelson ";
riding over the prarie on his little COW por
with the lasso tied to his saddle, when l
saw the eagle flying ahead OF him quite clio
to the ground. He started his pony on ri
toward the bird, and when u short distant
away threw his rope, which settled over I'll
eagles neck and under one wing, and he su
ceeded in getting the bird to the ranc
house alive.
Plans have just been completed for II
construction of another great irriSatin
canal, with reservoirs, in Arizona, in ii
Santa Cruz Valley and when it is complete
800. 600 more acres of the Great America
Desert will he supplying the finest kind {
fruits and grains and other products for til
long and 30 feet wide ut the bottom. and til
construction of the works Will cost abou
81, 200, 600.
One of the oldest fishes that ever sw al
in any sea is that known to naturalists unde
the unattractiye name of "ophiocephalu
species OF it is found in the Sea of Galilee
where it builds a nest which for beauty c
design and elegance of workmanship excel
the efforts of the maj jority of feathered nest
builders Its favorite spot for building is
an old root or rock projecting under tn
water, and the material consists of seaweeC
grass, and leaves
2. According to an Indian newspaper tn
King of Siam endeavors to keep cool by lII
ing under water. He has built house {
glass in the middle of sluiceway. TIL
walls, floors, and ceiling are formed of dii
ferent thicknesses of glass. A single doc
closes Theoretically. When the weather
very sultry the King enters his glass house
closes the door, opens a reservoir and sui
mer2es his house with the exception OF
yentiIating pipe. The result is said to be
particularly cool and pleasant atmosphere
Sound travels by waves radiating from
a central point OF disturbance, just Il
waves radiate when a stone is dropped int
still water. So far as the hearing OF each in
dividual is concerned, these waves move il
a direct line from the cause of the sound e
his ear the impact being the greatest in tn
ear nearest to the source. This being th'
case, q person who has totally lost the Sens'
of hearing in one ear, although he may i'm
agine that the defecti is oflittle consequence
cannot locate the direction of sound u
save his life even when the center OF dlS
turbance is quite near him.
JoKELETS FROM JUDGE.