Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-31
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

False teeth are coming into wide use
for horses in France.
-Nince pies were known as far back q
1895 as mutton pies.
"A Philadelphia messenger boy goes er
rands on roller skates.
Many prominent scientists have held
that hades is located on a comet
The European vineyards annually pro-
duce 2652, 800 900 gallons OF wine
-Emetics have no effect on horses, which
have no gall bladders to be acted upon.
Over 5000 rabbits have been shipped
from Mcpherson, Kan, since the first snow
this season.
The Chinese postal service, which il
slow and crude. is controlled by many pri.
vate companies.
"A blast fired in aquarry at Graniteville,
Mo-, recently disloged 10000 cubic feet Of
stone, all in one solid mass
-Thorgatten, the famous Norwegian
mountain, has q hole extending entirely
through it from one side to another.
Paper quilts are becoming popular in
Europe. They are cheap and warm, and
composed of sheets of perforated white
paper sewn together.
All the railways in Japan are owned
and operated by the Government, and the
revenue from them is large, while the rates
OF travelling are not high.
Three new crematories were built in
Germany last season, and Italy now has q
in operation. In France 374l bodies were
disposed of in 1881 by burning.
"A species of eyeless fish has been found
in a subterranean boiling spring found in
Nevada mine. The fish would perish in
water OF ordinary temDerature.
The cellular prison system in Holland,
where the offenders are completely isolated,
is asserted to be most effectual in repress-
ing crime and reforming the criminals.
canadian school teachers and some Ca
madam editors are still writing of ''colour,"
"labour' and "candour." and if an offender
Is locked up they say he has gone to 'gaol."
st. Chad's Church clock, at Shrews-
bury, England, which was made about a
century ago, has longer pendulum it is
claimed, than any other clock in Great
Britain.
Lowry City. Mo-, claims to have the
biggest steer in the country. 1t weighs 374O
pounds, stands over feet high, is 10 feet
incnes long, and measures yard through
the hips.
"A wealthy French manufacturer has
bought for $780, 900 the historic chateau at
Grey, France. where Voltaire once resided.
The extensive landed estate is included in
the purchase.
"A large crematory is being built at st,
Petersburg, where fallen animals and flesh
prescribed by the Health Commissioners
Will be burned. Previously all such cArrion
had been thrown into the water.
"A small seal bearing the efigy of the
Duke of Cumberland was recently found be-
tween Fontenoy and Ramecrois, on the
of bat Ia in tvh Cn 10 aff
were engaged in l745. 1t has been presented
to Queen Victoria
1t is said that really indelible ink and
a kind of vinegar can be produced from the
juices contained in the banana peel. The
fiber of the peel, it is said, can also be uti-
Used in making cloth of great strength and
remarkable beauty.
The new 80O-foot lock in the Sault Ste
Marie Canal will, it is estimated, take 1900
barrels OF cement, $500, 900 feet of white pine
timber, 1900 feet OF white oak timber and
1,l50,00O pounds of iron. The work is to be
completed by December Is, 1894.
ALI the motions and sensations of the
various parts of the body are represented in
the surface of the brain as on a map. Thus
there is a separate brain area necessary for
sight, another for hearing another for the
motions of the fingers, and so on.
The frizzled glass threads from which
ness not only the finest cotton but even the
thread of the silk worms cocoon. their soft
ness and eIasticy being even greater than
that of manufactured silk lint"
Several accomplished young women are
earning good salaries in New York for coach
ing society women in the topics of the day,
the new books that are being talked Of new
works or art that are attracting attention,
and interesting novelties in other lines.
"A Hannibal, Mo-, man has had al iron
box made all in one piece, with slit IN the
top. When he feels like taking a drink he
drops a dime into the box and swallows
glass OF hot tea. The box holds half a
bushel, and he expects to fill it by spring.
"A yeW tree, almost destitute of branches
or bark, grows abundantly in the Caucasus
to a height of from 80 to 60 feet, and a diam
etcr of little over feet. 1t grows slowly,
but its timber is almost 1ndestructble, ex-
cept by fire. 1t is considered superior to
mahogany.
An ancient record was found some years
ago at Alton, in the valley OF Pewsey, Eng
land, of which the following is a copy: "In
nine years together from the years of our
Lord 1892 unto the years 1901, there was (God
be thankedD neither man, woman or child
buried in this parysh."
Copper and brass can be melted in an
iron melting pot, because their fusing point
Is DelOW IIldJ VI lTOus DuJ uOSJ are
melted in earthen poEs-crucibles is the
technical name. These are earthware jars
of various sizes and shapes, which stand
degrees OF heat.
-'fG. H. F., >" of Boston, writes: "In tear
ing up an old needle cushion which has
been used for years I found 40 needles
which had been pushed through into the
emery and sawdust which the cushion was
filed with. They were as bright and nice
as the day when they were bought
The city of Avignon, France, inherited
almost half a million francs recently from
man named Marcelin, who had lived in the
place as q Deggar for decades. In preparing
his body for burial the bonds ana money
we're found in his clothes. The "beggar"
allowed his sister to starve TO death year
ago.
-Itsly's annual production, in round
numbers, is 697, ,OOO,O 900 gallons of wine, while
France and Spain yield each os0OOOOO gall
ons. Spain is the chief exporter, getting
lbout SI20O 900 for the 200. .0O0 600 gallons
which she sells abroad France gets about
The same sum for her Sc. .O00 900 gallons, while
italy gets only e. 900 for the 100000
gallons annually exported.
1t is no uncommon thing to see male
,strieh strutting about followed by three or
our distinct broods, all Of different sizes.
When the incubating process is completed
lie cock bird leads his young ones OF. and,
/ he meets another proud papa, engages in
terrific combat with him The vanquished
bird retres without a single chick, while
he other, surrounded by the two broods,
walks away proudly.