Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-29
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

Scientists say that laboring man DUR,
| ing days work consumes five ounces or
muscular tissue.
"A woman's tombstone is the only one
in England upon which the epitaph is writ
teniin shorthand.
The first inhabitants of the far North
did not employ dogs but drew their wall
| rus-rib sleds themselves.
There is a particular place on the earth
where the winds, though veering around tho
compass, always blow from the north
point.
As an example of the amount of gold in
the world, the mines of New Zealand have
alone produced s25O, ,000, 900 worth of the prec-
ious metal.
| "A hundred years ago William Muir
uoch illuminated his home with gas made
in an iron kettle, and burnt at the end of an
! open iron tube"
| AT the head of the Gulf of Bothnia there
| is q mountain on the summit of which the
sun shines perpetually during the five days
of June 49, 90 81. p and %.
| Pegasus ("born near the source of the
| ocean") was the winged horse of Apollo and
| the Muses.. Bellerophon rode this animal
when he charged the Chfmera.
Platinum is the most infusible of all
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| gen blowpipe or in a very powerful blast
furnace. Its fusing point is Lib c.
| The lands included in the territory
known as the Cherokee Land Strip were
| given to that tribe of Indians in 1921 in ex-
| change for their lands in Georgia and Ala
bama.
The Central Sahara registers a mean Of
! go in July. Central Australia boasts of $40
| in January-a mean which is attained in
/ Snuth Carolina and Inner A in mid
| summer.
There Is certain island in the Baltic
| Sea to whose inhabitants the body OF the
sun. Is clearly visible in the morning before
he arises, and likewise in the evening after
he is set.
Even to this day certain communities of
Buddhists and Mohammedans pray by the
hour before their favorite plant or flower
In India this species of worship seems to be
most prevalent
-Sleipnir ("the black horse of Odin'O
had eight legs, and could carry his master
OIL sea as well rs land. This animal is be-
Eeved to typify the wind, which blows from
eight principal points.
There Is q certain hill in the South of
Bohemia on whose top, if an equinoctial
sundial be duly erected, man that is stone
blind may know the hour of the day by the
same If the sun shines.
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Japan, was formerly known as Yeddo. 1t is
very old city, and August 26. 1889 the peo-
dredth anniversary of its founding.
During the last financial year a profit
was made in the Scotch prisons of e., 033 out
of the labor of the prisoners. The expendi-
ture for implements and material was E7, ,596,
while the receipts amounted to SLIGO.
Between January 1, 1890, and June 30,
1891, T. I50, $50 silver dollars were coined in
the United States mints The total value of
the production of silver in the United States
from 1881 to 1890, inclusive, was S4S4 055. 900.
There are divers places on the conti-
nent of Africa and the Islands OF Sumatra
and Borneo where a certain kind of sun-dial
being duly fixed the gnomon thereof will
cast no shadow at all during several seasons
OF the year.
There IS a certain village in the King
dom of Naples. situated in a very low val
ley, and yet the sun is nearer to the inhabi-
tants thereof every noon by 5000 miles than
when he riseth or setteth to those of the
said village.
There are two observable places belong
Ing to Asia, both lying under the same meri-
dian, and of small distance from each other,
and yet the respective Inhabitants of them
in reckoning their time differ an entire day
every week.
The total work performed by the human
body during five hours of mountain climbing
is equal to 1,326, OO0 foot-pounds, not count
ing other forces exerted, which DIR. Buch-
eister says will run the grand total up to
1850 600 foot-pounds-
Al Borak ("the Eghtning') was the
horse commissioned by Gabriel to carry
Mahomet to the Seventh Heaven. He had
human n face and the wings of an eagle
Every step he took was equal to the farthest
range of human vision.
of the 2,790 counties in the States and
Territories the Methodist Episcopal Church
is represented in all save 5s5 1t has 25. SCI
organizations, with % S44 churches, with a
seating capacity OF G3O2, ,7OS and an aggregate
valuation of S96, 723, ,40S
What are known as ptomaine poisons
are recent discovery of chemical analysis.
It has been known for a long time that
spoiled fish, oysters, sausages and such
things are very dangerous substances, on
account of their poisonous qualities.
There is certain island IN the Atlantic
Ocean which, being described by a Ship and
bearing Ibeing?l due east of the said ship,
at IL leagues distance, the truest course for
hitting the said island is to steer six leagues
DE east and as many miles due west.
"A lady of Detroit originally had black
eyes and hair, but in the course of time,
when she had attained the age of about 20
years. her hair turned pure white. This was
expected, but about year ago her hair
began darkening and is now as black as jet
There is a certain island in the Egean
Sea upon which if two children were born at
the same instant, after living together for
several years, should both expire at the same
minute, the life OF one would surpass lin
lengthy that of the other by several
months.
There are divers remarkable places on
the terraqueous globe whose sensible hori-
zon is clear and serene, yet it is impossible
to distinguish in it any one of the interme-
diate points OF the compass: nay, or so
much us two of the four cardinal points
themselves.
There is remarkable place of the
earth of very pure and wholesome air, yet
of such a strange and detestable quality that
it is absolutely impossible for two of the
best friends that ever breathed to continue
in the same, in mutual love and friendship,
for the space of two minutes.
On July 1s, 1891, the New York
had the uncomfortable ex-
perience in Death Valley of spending day
in which the maximum temperature was
1900, the minimum $50 and the mean of all
hours l0S So while the hottest spell of all
occurred from this day onward to July "A,
when the minimum never fell below $50 and
the maximum ranged between 119o and 15lo