Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-03
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

"A petrifed canoe is said to be the lat
est find in Wyoming.
The first folio 1923 edition of "Shakes-
peare" is under process OF reproduction by
means of photography.
There are seldom more than 5000 stars
visible in the heavens to the eye from any
one point Of observation
An astronomer of Rochester, n. Y,
thinks that the latest arrived comet mas been
5000 900 years in getting here.
Two mahogany tables that are souvenirs
of the illustrious highwayman Jack shep-
pard we're sold in London recently Tor
guinea.
"A man was arrested at La Crosse, Wis,
charged with counterfeiting old pennies
worth from 800 to $500 each. The dates were
1883 and 1850.
1t is claimed that German family liv-
ing out West have in their possession tame
fox, with beautiful bushy tail. with which
the animal has been trained to dust the par
lor furniture every morning.
There are engraved stones in the Brit
fsh Museum showing that the fashions in
garments and headgear of the women Of
Babylon ut the time CT the Deluge were
about the same as those now prevailing.
"A wife in Kansas became mother and
a mayor on the same day and wife in Ken
lucky took back to her family a week-old
baby with her diploma from the medical
college where she graduated with honor.
The law of evolution works in Ian
guage as well as in other things. Twenty
thousand words have been added to the
English language In the department OF
biology alone since Darwin's discoveries.
"A company was organized at Phenix,
Ariz., recently for the construction of what
is claimed will be the largest artificial reser-
voir in the world, 1t will be is miles long
water.
The hose used in sprinkling the plazas
of Paris is queer contrivance. 1t consists
at the end on short a1les having two small
wheels and the lengths Joined together by ;
short pieces of flexible hose.
1t is stated that there is scarcely iv-
ing fish in any of the creeks OF rivers in
Sweet Home, Tex, or vicinity, in conse-
quence OF the late rain, which washed down
so much sediment from the black land that
the water became SO thick the fish could not
breathe.
The steamer Ems, which arrived in New
York the other day, reports passing an ice
berg in latitude 4So on which were seen two
large polar bears. The steamer did not stop
to interfere with them, but left them to con-
=
taste Of bear meat
"A recent issue of London paper con-
tains q business-Iike advertisements an
nouncing in behalf of the advertiser that
''the charge of cremation has been changed
to SIS" Its promoters have business sense
enough to advertise, and their rates are at
tractively cheap.
"A Deer Isle man has curiosity in the
shape of an egg which had on one end a cap
Ra rxybip oh, hair tad
showed u full-5ized Gran berry bean between
the cap of the she'll and the inner lining
membrane of the egg.
1t is said that fully million copies of
Comrades" have been sold. For this and
others of his popular songs-such as "That
Is Love" and "Ob, What Difference in the
Morn1ng!''-the author, who lives in Lon
don. receives about $1,000 month FROM
America alone in royalties.
The Municipal Council of st. EtiennS
France, has decided upon an interesting e1-
pertinent, which is to distribute electrical
power to Is 600 looms scattered about in the
homes of the inhabitants, 10000 OF whom are
is to be supplied from the city reservoirs.
The most famous religious relic, says q
church paper, is the "Iron Crown" which
was worshiped in the Middle Ages. The
tradition is that 1t was made from the nails
which were driven through the hands Of
Jesus at the time of the crucffxion. This
celebrated relic is now in Naples among the
state jewels.
AT Greencastle, Ind, there are twin
maple trees of equal size, but curiously
grated. At the height of so feet one makes
a sharp angle, growing solidly into the body
OF the other, forming a natural arch. The
trees at the base are about Is feet apars, and
their identity cannot be distinguished at the
point of confluence. "a.
I'm the early days of telegraphy copper
wire could only be obtained with conduc-
tivity of from 30 to 40 per cent of that of pure
copper, and with a breaking strain o: $4,000
pounds per square inch of sectional area;
whereas now hard drawn copper can be pro-
cured having conductivtty of 81 per cent
and breaking load of GA, 900 pounds.
Electricity is now used in a French gun
factory for tempering gun springs. The
springs consist of steel wire, wound spirally,
and when they have been brought to high
temperature by the passage of the current
the circuit is broken and they are dropped
into a trough of water. 1t is stated that by
this method a workman can temper 400
springs day.
There is in London firm of women tea
merchants, who have bought an estate in
Ceylon, and carry on their business entirely
women blenders, tasters, packers
and agents. The rooms where this essen
TALLY feminine luxury is dispensed In Lon
don are marvelously decorated and daintily
appointed and are becoming a favortte rem
devious for women.
"A resident of Fairfield, Me-, has just
been released from Houlton Jail after an in
of four years for debt. He was
able to pay but wouldn't, and transferred
all of his property worth several thousands
OF dollars to relatives, saying that he could
stand boarding at the jail as long as the
county and his creditors could. The amount
Of his Indebtedness was small.
The Clerk of Clark county, Ind, was
to his office late at night recent
Iy to issue marriage license, and he found
two old men and an old woman in waiting.
Each man claimed it was the other who WAS
principal, while one of them, addressed as
Judge, whom the lady insisted was the
right party, persistently disclaimed the con-
trary. The dispute continued until the
clerk locked them all out.
Letters and documents signed by George
Washington, Lafayette, Queen Anne, the
Earl of Sunderland, Thomas Jefferson, Will
am IL and William I'LL. William Byrd, OF
Westover, Receiver General OF Revenues OF
Virginia; George II. and other historic per-
sonages, were advertised for sale at Boston,
Mass, on Saturday at public auction. but tne
sale did not take place. The Commonwealth
Of Virginia secured an injunction restrain
ng the sale.
PLEASANTRIEs FROM PUCK.