Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-06
Curious CONVERSATIONS.

| Bees have an antipathy for dark colora
| There are now 25, 900 homeopathic ply
| sicians in America
| Russians are said to eat up the candles
| before they retire.
Envelopes were first used in France in
the time of Louis XIV.
"A busy doctor gives away at least q
| quarter of his services.
| One man out of every 25 occupies his
own house in England.
The number of dwellings in the United
! States in 1891 was s,955,sl2.
"A hive of 200 bees will produce about
| 80 pounds of honey annually.
The average daily amount of sunshine
| is little more than three hours.
!; Seventeen young men of Harvard Var
sity failed to graduate this year.
The latest fad in souvenir spoons is one
representing the Cleveland family.
Ordinary chewing gum is made of gum
chicle, sugar and = variety of favors.
Women of every rank 60 bare-headed
in Mexico and the fashions never change.
Fashion dictates now to hang lace
curtains straight, SO as to show their full
design.
Weak pearlash water Is said to be good
to remove stains caused by acids or scarlet
woolen goods.
The South American native children
will drag huge centipedes out Of their holes
and crunch them up.
Slipping half wineglass of water is
declared to have raised mans pulse from
Is to over 100 beats.
1t is calculated that 1000 thrifty coffee
trees will yield fair average of 8, 200 pounds
of coffee per annum.
"A lobster was caught in Maine last
week measuring "a inches in length and
weighing 1871 pounds.
Maine supplies most of the Christmas
trees used in New York City, and exports
many to South America.
The new battleship Texas will have
cost Uncle Sam $3 OO0, COO after her guns shall
have been put on board.
The imperial diamond, owned by the
Prince of Wales, weighs 1S2 carats and in
valued at 1900, 900 francs.
The longest wire rope was manufac-
tured in Cardiff, Wales, recently, which is
two miles and 10s yards long.
During the past year there graduated
from the medical colleges of the United
tates about 5000 young doctors.
During last year the takings at the
GDedEerS amounted TO 4,6SU,UUU
nearly SIZE, ,OO0 more than in 1890.
The original portrait of Pocahontas,
painted in 1872 now the property of Lon
-Four thousand two hundred and seven
ships, only 26 of which carried the American
flag, passed through the Suez Canal in 1891
The Sampson well at Waco, Texas, is
the largest one in the United States. 1t
throws up IL 10000 gallons of pure hot water
daily.
The great cantiIever bridge at Niagars
Falls is entirely composed of steel. 1t is $40
feet in length, weighs 5000 tons and cost
100000
There are now 20 schools for the deaf
and dumb in the United States, and there is
also college for them located at Washing
ton, d. c.
"A Paris policeman begins service with
u cents day, and after II years he gets So
cents day. The police have asked for 81
day as the minimum.
In England they do not chew gum,
looking at the habit as vulgar and low, but
the Australians have already taken kindly
to 1t and are indulging freely.
The Ohio State Archaeological and Hi-
torical Society will exhibit at the Coluynb;
Exposition a collection of specimens ofo
Colonial and State bank money,
"A bill is to &: Introduced into the iext
session OF the Pennsylvania Legislature for
the creation of forest reservations a. the
headWaters Of principal rivers.
--Sclentists estimate that every year q
layer equal to14 feet deep of the srrface of
all oceans and other bodies of water is taken
up into the atmosphere as vapor.
The largest whale ever captured was
run down by the New London, Conn.,, wtaler
Lizzie Simmons in 1884 1t Yielded 1853 bar
rels of oil and $50 pounds of whalebone.
The tortoise is the longest lived of all
animals. Many have attained the are OF
$50 years. while one is known to nave
reached the unparalleled age Of $50 years.
"A Russian physician now asserts that
the pain of neuralgia, if superficial, can be
relieved at once by throwing beam OF light
from bright arc light upon the affected
part.
The cartridges of Germany, Austria and
Belgium have a groove at the end instead Of
an enlargement at the base, the advantage
of " hich is that the cartridge is packed more
easily.
"A solid gold brick. weighing 500
pounds and worth s15O, 900, will be exhibited
IN the Mines and Mining Building at the =
Worlds fair by a Helena, Mont, mine
owner.
-'fPrince Michael" the long-haired
eader of the Detroit fanatics who has Just
been ent to the State prison, has sold his
lair an whiskers to dime museum man
or $3.50.
"A company was organized at Phoenix,
Ariz, recently for the construction of what
8 claimed will be the largest reservoir in the
world. 1t will be Is miles long and contain
%, ,05S, Oh, 500 cubic feet of water.
The stockmen of South Dakota have re-
ently imported from Tennessee a number
# r ussian wolf hounds to help in the ex-
ermination of wolves, which have of late
,een killing number of calves and colts.
1t is called commencement not
'ecause the graduate then begins to learn
lis first real knowledge of life, but because
n the old days the graduating exercises
vere held at the beginning Of the college
ear.