Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-19
Curious CONVERSATIONS.

Cyrus w. Fleld 5 hie "as insured Tor
$4,000.
The coffee palaces Of Melbourne are
said to be the finest in the world.
st. Joseph, Mich, shipped q, 900 BUSH
els of strawberries one day last week.
Two pieces of gold and cartridge hull
were found inside d duck at Blakely, Ca.
recently.
Saratoga, Kan, has a $4,000 opera
house, put only the music of insects is ever
heard there.
I'm 1889 Kansas had q wheat acreage of
less than 1000. 900 acres. This year she is said
to have 1000, 900 acres.
"A street car line is now being built In
Tashkend, the capital OF Russian Turkestan,
by French company.
The mercury is reported to have regis
tered 1860 in the shade at Prinesvflle, Ore,
nearly every day last week.
ALI the pawnshops in Moscow, Russia,
owned by Hebrews, will be closed this month
by order of the Government
Richmond, Ind, has an organization
known as the 1927 Society" composed en-
tirely of persons born in 1877.
Telephones in service in the United
States number nearly 81. 500, and the total
length OF line is over 250,o00 miles.
-Sewell county, Kan. has an OK which
measures IA feet IN length, is 81 feet high
and, when fat, weighs 4. 800 pounds.
The Christian Endeavor Societies claim
at present total of 1870 200 members and
they are covering the entire world.
The largest floating elevator in the
world was launched on January H. 1892, in
Brooklyn. Its tower rises IA feet above its
deck.
The most expensive Legislature in the
world is that of France, which costs annu-
ally So, 100000. The Italian Parliament costs
$3.50, 600 year.
"A man with mind for statistics has
computed that over $1,000 900, 900, ,OOO.0 900 Of
people have lived on the earth since the be-
ginning of time.
"A general census of Costa Rica recently
completed shows population of 2i3.2O5.
San Jose is the most populous province
with 76, 7lS inhabitants.
-Old-shoe throwing is done for many
purposes. In Ireland the election of a per-
son to almost any office is concluded by
throwing an old shoe over his head.
There are many superstitions about
funerals. Few people like to cross them in
the streets, and men and women apparently
sensible stand and wait to let them pass
The largest child in Connecticut for her
years is reputed to be the six-year-old
daughter OF J. L. Humphry, OF Torrington.
She weighs 125 pounds, and is gaining fast.
"A pretty feature of late wedding party
at a country seat on the Hudson river was
the dancing of Virginia reel on the lawn by
the bride aud groom, bridenaids and ushers.
M. Dameny has taken successive pho
tographs of the lips of a speaker, so that on
arranging them deaf mute able to read
from the motion of the lips can understand
them.
The School Board of St. Paul, Minn,
has abolished the distinction of sex in the
matter of salaries, and will hereafter pay
women the same as men for doing the same
work.
The natives of Vera Cruz do large
trade in firefiies, which they catch by way
ing blazing coal at the end of stick. The
insects fly toward the light and are captured
in nets.
The Chinese value pair of old boots
which have been worn by an upright magis-
trate, and the custom of wishing friend q
"happy foot" is still observed all through
Europe.
The railroad which is at some time or
other to traverse the African continent has
been opened as far as a point near Cazengo,
140 miles from the starting point, st. Paul de
Loanda.
Peoples fingers, cut from the hands of
the dead, are sometimes carried as amulets
by the ignorant and superstitious. Dried
lizards sewn up in leather serve the same
purpose.
One of the big insurance companies in
New York pays the manager of its wonhan's
bureau for the. Pacific coast and Hawaiian
Islands $4,000 a year, and she is woypan
from Ohio.
I'm the mythology of Europe horses
were regarded as luck -bringers, and SUPER
stition once supposed that horses hoof
placed under the bed would cure certain
complaints.
Sensible and practical people will often
take particular pains to skim OFF patch Of
bubbles that has risen to the top of their
tea, because someone has said it is sure
sign OF money"
The Emperor of China does not stir
much in wet weather. This is due in part to
the fact that it takes ten men to carry his
umbrella and it is difficult to get them away
from the fantan table all at once
The next highest price ever paid for
horse in the United States was the slOOOOO
given by Charles Reed in the Fairview farm,
Tenn, for the great stallion st. Blaise ut a
sale in New York City in october, 1891
Miss Nina Cromwell, of Detroit, is the
fortunate owner of q Bible that was once
owned by her ancestor, Oliver Cromwell.
1t is known to be more than 800 years old,
and it is valued by bibliomaniacs az s., 900.
There are at present In the Gobelin's
two large State carpets valued
at So, 900 and $4,000 respectively at least.
They were made during the empire, one being
ordered Dy the Italian Government and the
other being intended for the palace of
The famous termites commonly called
"white ants" although they belong to the
order of the dragon fly, infest Ceylon in
countless swarms, devouring every
thing eatable, and even quitting the
timbers of dwelling houses so that the latter
are reduced to mere shells.