Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-12
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.
Conner is refined BY electricity.


-Britons own 20, OOO,OO American acres
Only one man in 2O3 is over six feet in
height.
Los Angeles, Cal, is to have an artii-
cial stone factory.
-Stem-winding watches were invented
by Noel in the year 1851.
Ten million nerve fbers are said to be!
found in the human body.
North Dakota has q newspaper pub
lished in the Sioux language.
-Wer-kho-ja-usk, in Northern Siberia
is said to be the coldest place on earth
More than one-third of Great Britain
is owned by members OF the House of Lords.
The highest church steeple in England
is that Of st. Walburgs, which is 303 feet in
altitude.
From the American aloe tree is made
thread, ropes, cables, paper. clothing, soap
sugar and brandy.
The inventor of the last new air flying
machine claims that he can make 200 miles
an hour with il.
The people of this country are said to
consume moro than 200, 900 900 bottles of
pickles annually.
About 300 organ grinders arrive in
London every June from Italy and leave
again In October
The Revised German Bible has been
completed. For nearly 30 years critics and
scholars have been at work on it.
"A lightning arrester, consisting of a
pair of widely separated electrodes in
vacuum reservoir, is a late invention.
One hundred and twenty EIGHT invita-
tions were sent out to O reception at Atchf.
ia
came.
"A bicycle maker in England has begun
using alloy of aluminium and titanfum,
which is IS per cent stronger than pure
aluminium.
One heat unit equals 772 foot pounds
and the heat that must be distracted from
one pound of water to convert il into ice
equals 1896 foot pounds.
"A fast penman will write at the rate Of
30 words q minute, which means that in an
haur's steady writing he has drawn his pen
along space of 800 yards.
Rubber heels, to facilitate marching,
are to be attached TO the shoes worn by
French soldiers. Experiments with them
nave given decided satisfaction.
Fifteen Presidents wore smooth faces,
four wore beard and mustache, two wore
side whiskers. one wore beard and side
growth, and one wore mustache alone.
The other day so jars of fruit fell and
were destroyed in the cellar of a house ar
Yartlly, Pa, and so neighbors each brought
the woman can of fruit to make up her
loss.
The largest telegraph Office in the
world is in London in the postofIlce. In It
there are over 5000 operators constantly
employed, about one-third of whom are
women.
L,.1 I'll
1925, mt London in 1868 during the time OF
the great plague) and at divers places in
Ireland and France in the early part of the
present century.
Mrs. l.. c. Wooster, of Topeka, Kan,
Is nt present drawing an immense map Of
the State Of Kansas. The map, it is claimed,
will lie the largest one of that State ever
made, and will be l2116 feet.
The area of vineyards in Tunis was
only 1900 acres four years ago. 1t is now
nearly double, while the quantity of wine
made has increased during the same period
from S37, 500 gallons to e,369, 800 gallons.
Placer county, Nevada, lays claim 20
valuable specimen of petIified vegetation.
1t consists of two pieces of rock which are
believed to have been watermelons, as they
have the exact shape andappearance of thaJ
fruit.
The largest steam derrick in the world
is at the Hamburg shipping docks. Those
who have seen it work say that it picks up
an S0-ton gun or l0-wheel locomotive as
easily as large man would lift 10pound
weight.
During the winter of 1861 petrifed
frog was found in a quarry near Elmira, ".
(which was two feet eight inches in length
and weighed over 100 pounds. This is the
largest specimen OF 1ossilized frog yea
brought to light.
"A prize of 5000 francs has been offered
by Baron Leon de Lenval, of Nice, to the in
ventor OF the best application of the princi-
pies OF the microphone in the construction
Of portable apparatus for the Improvements
of hearing in deaf people.
The frizzled glass threads from which
cloth is woven are said to surpass in fine
ness, not only the finest cotton, but even the
threads of the silkworm's cocoon, their soft
ness and elasticity being even greater than .
that of manufactured silk "lint."
The protected cruiser Blenheim, sister
to the Blake, has developed 21,411 horse
power under forced draught, and a speed OF
2l.6 knots. This makes the Blenheim the
fastest cruiser af1oat with the exception OF
the Brilliant, which showed on her trials 92.5
knots
"A pair of novel shears for BARRIERS is
recent invention. The pivot between the
blades is extended to carry q comb, which
is parallel with the shears. By means of a
nut the distance between the shears and the
comb can be varied at will and the hair cut
at any desired length.
The giant of giants and titan of titans.
as far as sewing machines are concerned,
has recently been finished at Leeds, Eng
land. 1t weighs exactly 81 tons, and is
specially adapted for general manufactur-
ing purposes of the heavier sort. This par
ticular machine will be used for attaching
cotton betting.
In October, 1875. a child of James and
Elizabeth Leesh, of Chesterle-street, in the
County OF Durham, England, was played for
at cards, at the sign of the Salmon-one
game, 4 shillings against the child-by Henry
and John Trotter, Robert Thomson, and
Thomas Ellison. which was won by the lat
ter pair, and delivered to them accord
ingly.
An ingenious clock has been devised in
which the motive power is a very small
turbine water motor, that is put in con-
nection with the town hydrant, or with any
other high pressure water supply. The
quantity of water used is small, Should the
clock run down owing to q long continued
failure of the water supply, this is indicated
by means of an electric alarm bell.
ORIGINAL AND JOCOSE.