Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-11
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.


in the year 1926.
Greek ladies had 1877 different styles Of
dressing the hair.
A first-class ledge of mica was recently
discovered near Chelan, Wash.
The Suez Canal was projected by an
Egyptian King as early as COO B. G.
1t is believed that in China there is 20
times as much coal as in all Europe.
Beers made of maize or barley are
manufactured oy almost every native
African people.
There are seven Hebrew members in
the House of Commons, all of whom were rs-
elected this year.
Rum improves with age. In 1866
quantity of rum known to be 40 years old
sold at SIS a bottle.
The dome of the Palais de Justice in
Brussels is constructed of papier mache, and
weighs about 16 tons.
A merchant ha, been fined 100 mark,
in Germany for using q Bible quotation to
head an advertisement.
In England during the financial year Of
1912 over s.. ZOO. OO) ordinary inland tele-
grams were transmitted.
Most ancient theatrical performances
were paid for by the Government and no Ice
WAS charged at the door.
The Michigan lumbermen carry cedar
knots in their pockets as a cure and also as
q preventive for rheumatism.
The Worlds Fair MANAGEMENT expects
to realize sl75, 900 from franchises for the sale
OF popcorn at the Exposition grounds.
The re is tooth of Buddha, preserved
and worshiped in an Indian temple, which
probably all the gold in the world could not
buy.
-Herculile, the new French explosive,
is so powerful that half pound of it, in a
recent test, displaced o stone weighing 30
tons.
In the third crusade single stone from
an Eng lish engine killed twelve Turks, and
after the truce was shown to Saladin as
curiosity.
Frost has variety of effects upon diff
ferent products. Under the same influence
eggs will burst, apples contractand potatoes
turn black.
There is an S4-ton ignot in the furnacs
at Bethlehem, Pa, hich will soon be con-
verted into armor plate for the battle ship
Indiana. 1t will be the heaviest plate ever
made i'll this or any other country.
Stained glass screens mounted in brass
or wrought iron make the most beautiful OF
fire screens. their rich colors being glow
insly brought out by the dancing flames.
The new yacht just built for the King
OF Siam is said to be fitted ous on a grand
scale of barbaric luxury 1t will carry a
large crew of Orientals, cfficered by Danes
AT Stockton-in-tbe-Fo Forest, Yorkshire,
England, is piece of land called "Petticoat
Hole ~ and IL IA held on fine cnnditior nj nro.
viding a poor woman of the place every
year with new petticoat.
M. de Semblacay, Bishop of Bourges
for many years nte six meals day. and at
.r;hr+ad his -,Iant in tbis 1irac.ion 70 tba
49,. -. 81 a. = r,rooa -, orI,, Ho,ors Ga
,to,, a.oh -. g IUr ar aach JromoyeI ~ a
service
Dynamite has been superseded in Swe-
dan for blasting nurroses EIectric wires
ar, ,,,roI,,oa1 u, III. ,ool, o,d thon bao,ad
I'll. sndneI, heatin,- If rhe roclr rends II in
in a.,,i.I,, =, :, n o+Yoor,yaII, ,,i.ho1t ,,ar;i
t I uiTtiS H. ''i'N - - P'-A
w
-hecent aS'rononleal caleuiasiouS hH'o
causeu the star-s"Hers 10 "nnou'o0 1na.
'ne surlace vi tne inooi 10 auou' as sIea'
as that OF AFRICA ana Aus'ralla comDlneu,
or hDout equal TO the area OF North anu
ooutn America, without the lSlahus.
Tine Empress of Austria is reputed to
.,,. -. -, l,o,--oI-oo,,a, =, I,,,ror,
E.ts =. .n. .a,,t, IoI,o i -,
her own personal care. She orders cooks
buffers and laundry maids, ana IS constantly
ih'eh'ihs so"e'ninH he" III O"oAeiS'
According to the records of the mint,
10 57o dol1or. vara ooinad in the 1,ear 1914
-. 80. -. 80 -. - . -.
vi thls huinDeT' ou1 elSht are nov KNOWN,
and they are valued at from 500 70 s2,OW
oach. w hat became OF the remaining l5oo2
teries' "
NH, hos b.., for,d 70 ,o,ssss 70
,-,, - - F~Ita1 -,
, luuI a.''I-o - .-dorlao. "
"ouhns III an eariy s'aSe' anu eAoeiieh' re-
suits have been attained by It's use IN the
dressing OF Durns. CompresSeS are soaked
In milk anu lald on the DurnS, 10 DC renewed
night ana morning.
-E1neriments show the German rifle to
be the most merciful weapon in use in the
European armies, while the Lebel rifle, used
by the French in Dahomey. makes very
ragged wounu. Inc new EnSfsn 81 mit-aZine lit.. m
rine seems 10 Ie tIe cruelesS ol the M thTee' az
lts DulleI sn1asLes son o0iies anu Years HeSn a' d
Instance oI I;Uoo y"rus.
The fsherfolk of Bergen, in Norway,
hove for over 5ao Years inocnIated vbsles
-Oi wv - - NJ,
with oacrerla IN pruer TO XII Gne., H., lne me