Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-22
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.
.BraziI has 2, 600, 600 acres of coffee.

The women of Russia travel only one
third as often as the men, much less, in fact,
vhan the women OF other nations.
I'm California peach trees are success
fully grated with rosebuds. thus producing
groves of red, white and pink roses.
in the year 1901 the number of towns in
Prussia with over 10000 Inhabitants was
only 137; this increased in 1875 to 1853, in 1880
to H6, in 1885 to l96, and in 1880 to Dos.
I'm 1891 So postmasters, % assistant
postmasters, As clerks in postoffices and 66
. mail carriers were arrested on charges of
dishonesty, out of rs, 900 900 employed.
The Frenchman fears thunderbolts, but
he rarely has protection against them. A
lightning conductor in France, where cleo
tr1cal storms are frequent, is an uncommon
sight.
The mountain paths between Rampoor
and spia are SO precipitous that sheep,
more sure-footed than larger beasts, are
commonly used to carry burdens of from 10
to 20 pounds.
There are no special designations for
the breeds Of sheep in Egypt They are
mostly native Egyptian Sheep but some are
imported from Syria. Sheep are raised
chiefly for meat.
While Formosa is, practically, a new
tea country, it appears to possess unlimited
possibilities. Its crops increase in quantity
as woll as quality. Formosa produces three
crops OF tea annually.
Business men and tourists, of course.
form the greater part of the mass of people
travelling across the Russian borders. Emf
grafton and immigration play only a second
airy rule in this problem.
-Pliny, that rare old gossip, tells of
cave somewhere in Dalmatia, where stone
thrown In raised regular din of noises.
Fingars Cave, on the Isle of Stafa has an
aDnormally developed echo.
The merchant feet of N Norway consisted.
at the close of the year 1880 of 1884 vessels.
OF an aggregate tonnage of 1852 DIG tons of
which 6.721 of l,4s3 $50 tons were sai1ina
vessels, and 66S of l9s, 1856 tons were steamers.
One of the largest camellia plants ever
known is now growing in a nursery near
Birmingham, England. 1t quite fills large
greenhouse. some 1000 buds have been
trimmed from the tree, and it still has 5000
-"Oxford county, Me-, turns out nearly
all of the spools on which the thread of this
country is wound" said wholesale notion
dealer. "The spools are made from white
birch timber, and they are produced by the
"A letter was recently received at the
postofdce at Washington from the Italian
Director Of Posts. fnclosing a $50 Confederate
note. and asking. If it was still valid, that it
De redeemed and the value transmitted to
MIN Dy money order.
The loss of population to France BY
emigration is q mere trifie, the total number
OF emigrants being less than $4,000 year.
and 1t Is estimated that "a DER cent of this
number return to France within ten years
TO remain permanently.
Milk is described as the most whole
some and nutritious food that we possess,
and even as representative and ideal one
excellent not only for children furnishing
as 1t does every element necessary to the
growth OF the bodyl, but most valuable also
for persons of every age.
The total number of travellers passing
the Russian borders in both directions dur
ing years was IA, 17s GOO Russians and Dc, ,522,-
53l foreigners. Out OF 100 Russians leaving
their country, only s5 return. whereas of 100
foreigners arriving, ST. leave the country
again. On each Russian leaving the
country there are two foreigners arriving.
There is much excitement at Cape
North over the appearance of thousands OF
seals. The entire resident population is en-
gagged in catching them, and good hauls are
being made. It is nearly eight years since
seals have appeared here. They are thought
to have been carried on the ice from Green
land, the mild weather having loosened the
ice.
The elephant at the Paris Museum suf-
fers from tootbache. and one of its teeth re-
Gently had to be stopped. The sagacious
creature endured the operation of filing and
boring with great patience, only rapidly
waving its trunk when the pain was violent.
by caressine M Sauyerre will, the finger.
like extremity of its proboscis.
Few If anv of tho cr;mina1s JeovoJtoIr
b,, COO os s,riot 81, ;s L.~t ~, N ~,
oo ont of the country b,- boot. tbese nersons
oon sra11v tate the ,a ai1roo r. 70 como ,,prtbs-,
17ii - "L " ,1,u ". .'et 49,
Tn,.as s.a.as p prat.os 10y ~ n;,a 20, .o .he .he
Netherlands steamship Line, whose rates
are lower tnan tne oGners, anu whose vessels
date Italian Entrants.
pix. r;.,, Nil,
sno a' 10y, 4neoo, 10 ono
Vi Inc nios. "onueiiui anu eA1ensise ilo,,
deposits oi Tue "oriu' Ine oierra mercdua'
salo 10 De ailios' d n'ouhiain VI iron. Ihe
ore OF this famous mountain Is SAID TO De
(magnetite) and absolutely free
from phosphorus, and hence especially
adapted to steel manufacture by the Bes-
semer process. This property is now owned
oS ohi'eu o'"'e' wi
line Wnole interior oi Ne"iounuIand ls
an unknown territory. only one wnlte man
has ever made the journey from east to
west, q Mr.. Cormack, who accomplished the
feat in 1929. Consequently there Is no map
rree reliable. IL is a very curious fact that
valuable tract of land with coal, iron and
silver in its bowels and perfectly accessible
70 the explorers, should remain so long un-
known.
The coming giant lives in Whiting
ham, VT. He is lad now, being only Is
years old. His name is Myron Jilson. He Is
; feet 10 inches tall, weighs 200 pounds, and