Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-12
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

The hrSt morse RAILROAD was Du1lt In
1s26.
1t is believed China has 20 times as much
coal as all Europe.
Atlanta is to have q park for colored
people exclusively.
"A man in Salmon Falls, Mass, has
double teeth all around.
Sixty dollars Is the yearly salary of the
Mayor Of Sweet Springs, Mo.
One thousand and seventy-eight acres
constitute an orchard in Kansas.
Eight Indiana counties bear the names
OF heroes of the battle of Tippecanoe.
The name of Minnesota is from the
Indian Minisotah, meaning "colored water"
The cavalry brigade of the Salvation
Army has been disbanded by General Booth.
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The Lick telescope magnifes 700 times,
and brings Mars to within q range Of $1,000
miles.
of the fires of 1891 64 per cent were
due to lamps and only per cent to elec-
tricity.
The total value of matches made yearly
throughout the world represents a sum Of
S1s5, ,0O9, coo.
Carriages fitted up with electric lamps
were used by speakers during the late En-
glish elections.
"A medal won by De Soto, the discoverer
of the Mississippi river, will beexhibited at
the Worlds Fair. Y
Rousseau wrote the Emile" as5o, after
sending five of his own children TO the
founding asylum.
Han Mill An ofu 4
W. Va. is 60 years old, has been married sia
times and has 81 children.
The aggregate wealth of the United
States is placed at $63 64s, 900 COO. and that of
Great Britain at $50 000, 900, 000
The heat was so intense in Madrid
about month ago that birds dropped from
the trees and died in the streets.
Probably the heaviest rudder on record
is that made for the torpedo boat Vulcan.
1t was forged in a single piece and weighs ~
tons.
Vermont was also descriptive name,
being formed from two French words,
"verd" and "mont," meaning green noun
tains.
"A Mississippi man who brought suit
against a railroad company for the value OF
a ticket which he bought and was unable to
use won his case.
-Mineralogists now exploring Northern
Thibet claim to have discovered valuable
mines of gold and many varieties of the rich
est precious stones.
"A silver quarter dollar of 1927 is valued
at $40 while the issue of 1923 is worth $40.
Twenty-cent pieces of 1877 and 1878 are
marketable at 81 each.
1t is stated that in the last six months
$50 people have been killed by cars in Chi
cago and 45O persons were permanently dis
abled from the same cause.
Joseph Colwell, of Birmingham, Conn,
wants wife and offers to marry any good
looking girl who will make balloon ascen-
sion with him on August IL.
"A man in New Orleans wore q card
with the word "Yes'' on during the recent
hot spell, and, in consequence, no one asked
him if it was hot enough for him.
"A Partisan meteorologist has written q
book of 300 pages to prove that the electric-
ity of thunder storms is caused by the kric-
tion of rain drops on hail stones.
Tennessee is supposed to have beAn
named from Tenas See, one of the chief W.
lagos of the Cherokee Indians, which w4s
located on the banks of the Tennessee riveS.
The most powerful and heaviest gun il
the world weighs 1876 tons, is 40 feet in length
miles, with projectile weighing 1,S00
pounds.
Colonel John B. Graham, of Dahlonega,
Ga, received check for $3.50 the other day
from a man to whom he had loaned the sum
over 40 years ago, and WHO now lives n Brit
lsh Columbia.
What is considered to bs one of the
greatest archaeological discoveries in years
has been found near Lebanon, ILL.,, in the
shape OF aserpent mound, 100 feet long and
10 feet Through.
"A Frenehman has invented an envelope
which exposes part of the letter to the
stamp that makes the postmark. Thus the
nclosure will bear official proof of the date
On which 1t was posted.
"A rural pastor, in the north of Georgia,
mas stuck up the following rather unusual
notice on the door of the meeting housey
Keep politics out of the church, unless the
preacher is running for coroner"
If all reports are true, Greenwood, Me-,
s the sportsman's paradise. Bears roam
around the edges of the village in the day
lime. and at night the wolves keep up such
! bowling that people are unable to sleep.
The beds of onyx in Arizona are of
,uch vast extent that several carloads are
shipped daily from one mine. One mine is
'aid to represent an almost solid body OF
he beautiful stone measuring one mile by a
nile and q half in area.
"A young man residing at Lavilla, Fla,
las suffered q strange affiiction within a few
months from spinal trouble. He was for
nerly five feet IL inches tall, but is now only
our feet seven inches high and much
.hange1 in appearance.
The women of Hungary are erect, Wig
,rous, with fine figures, small feet, pretty
lands, rich compilations, and are said to be
.mong the most beautiful women in the
world. They are fond of athletic sports,
Ind are especially graceful walkers.
-Macrocystis, seaweed of the South
Pacific, it is said, often grows to be 30 or 20
nches in diameter and 1,500 to 1000 feet in
ength. In no case do any OF these have
oots in the proper sense, their nourishment
icing absorbed from the water by all parts
like.
1t is announced from Tunis that exca-
'ations are now being made in the famous
,wo- headed hill mentioned by Virgil, which
ill is situated about eight miles from Tunis.
iany interesting remains have already been
nearthed, and it is confidently hoped that
etter will follow.
"A peculiar boycott is in progress at
'argo, N. B. The business men of the town
ave boycotted the Northern Pacific Rail-
Dad because the company won't build new
tation and hotel there. They have issued q
ircular to all their business connections
skiing them to ship their goods over other
mes.
POETICAL AND PIQUANT.