Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-01
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.
-Pekin boasts of 80, 900 beggars.

-Pekin boasts of $4,000 beggars.
The 23, 900 newspapers in America en-
ploy 200 600 men.
There are nearly 5000 stitches in pair
of hand sewed boots.
Covered carriages were first used in
England in the year 1850.
-Molasses has lately been used as boiler
fuel by Louisiana planters.
The circular saw was invented by Bent
ham, an Englishman, In the year 1870.
The Swedish mile is 7,341 yards long,
and the Vienna post mile is s.2s6 yards.
"A patent has been issued for a lock
which can be operated only by amagnetized
key.
According to statistical reports 20, 600
Chicago husbands are supported by their
wives.
"A Brooklyn man has invented an cleo
trical apparatus for automatically winding
a clock. ..
flame Eyre" was the first work Of
Charlotte Bronte, written when she was "a
years old.
Westminster bridge in London was
first brilliantly illuminated by the electric
light in 1858.
Indiana is claimed to have but one sur
viving soldier of the war of 1872. There are
252 widows.
The United States is the richer by
100000 in money orders never presented
for payment.
"A family in Marinette, Mich, has ru
out of names, so their latest arrival has been
christened Thirteenth
-Solomon's Temple was 107 feet long, SO
fonr rryid fat iorI ov1d I,oh do
portico 36 feet long and Is feet wide.
-'Uncle'' Wash Couch, who lives near
Senola. Ca, has four sons who are said to
have been born on the same day of the
month a. different years.
The boundary line surveyors have so
far found no variations of the line between
Mexico and the United States that will at-
feet the original survey. I.
A hunting horn in Limoges enamel,
made in 1880. and which is believed to have
formerly belonged to Horace Walpole, was
sold recently for $500 guineas.
I'm speaking of the solidifcation of
body by cooling, Prof. Dewar sal y that water
can be made to become solid byshe evapora-
ton OF d quarter of its weight.
"A Florida silver half dollar of 176O is
worth s1O while the Virginia silver half
dollar OF l773 is valued at So. The pewter
continental dollar of 1776 is worth So.
Small electric lamps are being tried by
the London police, in place of the old
fashioned oil bullseyes. The experiments
have proven highly satisfactory thus far.
Companion of the results of the SUM-
shine recorder at Greenwich, England, for
"A years shows that throughout the year the
average daily amount OF sunshine is little
more than three hours.
Investigations of rain drops lead to the
conclusion that some of the large drops
must be more or less hollow. as they fail
when striking to wet the whole surface In
closed within the drop.
The nebula in Orion is fine telescope
object now. The great black space this
nebula is known among unpoetic star-gazers
as the coalhole. No star has ever been seen
in this hole in the universe.
-Crystallized nitrogen is one of the great
est chemical curiosities. By cooling nitro
gen gas down to 367 degrees below the freez-
ing point, and then allowing it to expand,
solid snOwlike crystals are formed
If the sun gave forth sounds loud
enough to reach the earth, such sounds, in
stead of reaching in the space of about
eight minutes. as light does, would only ar
rive after period of nearly IA years.
Here is au idea of what little spot Of
land may do in the way of production: The
Island of Jamaica sells annually to the
United States bananas exceeding in value
the entire apple, peach and cherry crop OF
this country.
The German Government will not use
any white horses in the army in future. IL
is claimed that, owing to the adoption of
smokeless powder. white horses could be
seen from n distance during battle, and
could be easily killed by the enemy.
Black glass was once used for mirrors,
as well as transparent glass with some black
substance on the back. 1t is related that
the Spaniards found mirrors OF polished
black stone, both convex and concave,
among the natives of South America
-Caterpillars from six inches to foot
long are common in the vicinity of the Darl-
ing river, Australia. The natives twist
them together and boil them in kangaroo
grease. Travellers who have tasted this del
icacy say that 1t Is not alto5ether unpala-
table.
The open fireplace in the new public
library building at Mnchias, Me-, will be
constructed OF stone which were used for
ballast on board the British war schooner
Margaretta, captured by the Americans
near Machiis during the early part OF the
Revolution.
"A device to be used in signaling along
a length OF fire hose is a recent invention.
Wires are carried in the hose and insulated
tberefrom so that by making battery con-
nections a fireman from one end OF line
can send q signal to the other without leav-
ing his post
The African is better protected against
the evil effects of the excessive heat than
his white brother in two ways. The texture
of his cuticle is exceptionally well adapted
to encourage free Precipitation and his nat
ural temperament does not incline him to
borrow trouble largely.
The free lunch eaters of New York
City consume daily two tons of potato
salad, ton and half of beans, 25O gallons
of beef stew and hundredweight of caviare.
not to mention the large quantities OF
cheese, Frankfurter sausage, pickles, olives,
corned beef, macarroni, etc.
1t is not often that asparagus, the daint-
lest and most expensive of vegetables, 10
used as food for cattle, but the asparagus
crop has been so large all over Bruns-
wick Germany, that in some villages no
body can be found to pay cent for a pound,
and whole basketsiul were given to the
cows and sheep.
fremont street, Boston, is to be made
wider, not by cutting of slice from the
fronts of the buildings from top to bottom,
but bv ia king a portion of the first story OF
each house to form an arcade extending the
length or the block, thus furnishing loot
uay sheltered from sun ana rain ana oo-
tainino a fine architectural effect with the
lea ST nossible encroachment on private prop
erty-
Jo1LyISMS FROM JUDGE.
r,L How are we going captain2