Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-22
Curious CONVERSATIONS.

-Japan's theology has eight hells
American street railways employ 70,76
men.
"A Cincinnati doctor recommends eating
lemons for rheumatism.
"A Windy City Judge last week grantee
divorces in 80 minutes.
-Trego county, Kan, paid $50 for 3,S0
pairs of rabbit ears the other day.
Queensland, Province of Australia, owe
the largest national debt-s3lo head.
"A German naturalist saws feedini
canary birds on cayenne pepper will max,
them red.
Addison Moore, colored, of Meridian
Miss, who died recently, was claimed to b,
131 years old.
-Castellina marble, of which parloi
statuary is made, is not marble at ALL but
boiled alabaster.
"A New Brunswick. N. j., minister
recently married an old love who rejected
him rs years ago.
"A vocabulary of the Eskimo languag.
has been compiled by NJ. Rybery, Danist
official in Greenland.
"A new edition of Shakespeare in word.
of one syllable is under contemplation fol
use in primary schools.
Cuban BARRIERS lather their patrons with
their hands. from bowl made to lit under
the chin. No brush is used.
On farm near Carthage, N. Y, there
is an elm tree which is said to have beer
struck by lightning three times.
The Province of Bhopal, India, is cele-
brated for the unusually great administra-
tive powers Of its female soyereigns.
"A mysterious ringing of electric bells IL
a house in Switzerland was traced to
spider, whose web had connected two wires
The largest floating elevator in the
world was launched on January IA, 1892, in
Brooklyn. Its tower rises "A feet above its
deck.
"A piece of ground was recently sold in
Chicago at a price, which in silver would
cover the entire lot with three layers Of
silver.
-Grasshoppers attain their greatest size
in South America, where they grow to
length of five inches. and their wings spread
out ten inches.
"A man with a mind for statistics has
computed that over si1ty-fve quadrillions
of people have lived on the earth since the
beginning OF time.
Parchment used for covering drums.
banjos, ETC., is made from the skin of asses,
calves, or wolves, those of the wolves being
considered the best.
The total income of the French nation
has been estima ted by NJ. LEROY Beaulieu at
600 900, ,0O0 of which three-fifths Is the pro-
duct Of personal labor.
The Romans used the first shaving
brush and razor 300 B. c., and Plinius tells
us that Scipio Africanus was the first indi.
vidual Roman to shave daily.
The hair dressing of ladies was an er.
pensive affair in the sixteenth century.
Queen Elizabeth at one time was possessed
Of no fewer than 80 attires of false hair.
One of the simplest and most efficient
means of fumigating room is by dropping
vinegar slowly upon e very hot iron shovel;
a cover from the kitchen range will answer
very well.
"A king snake and black snake had
lively fight near Chokee, Ga. a short time
ago. The fight lasted about Is minutes and
ended by the king snake swallowing the
black snake.
Japanese auctions are silent. Each
bidder writes his name on piece of paper
which he places in a box. The box is opened
by the auctioneer and the goods declared the
property OF the highest bidder.
"A very fine collection of tropical plantss
including some of the largest specimens,
will be Sc mt from Jamaica to the Worlds
portation have already been made.
-Newcastle-on-Tyne spent $50, 900. 900
some years ago in digging out a shallow
stream. Tho income from that investments
has since been 81, 600, 900. beside the increase
In rradeand the enhanced valIe OF property.
As an instance of how waste materials
are now utilized, the product of combus-
ton from iron furnaces are made to yield
sulphate of ammonia to the amount of
about 5000 tons year besides quantity of
tar.
1t is custom of the Carpenters Union,
of SaI Fran ncisco, to build houses for one
their labor. The owner supplies the land
and materials and the carpenters do the
rest.
There is preserved in Trinity College,
Dublin, the harp whose notes were heard in
Tara's Hall, when Brian Boru was King, and
the sight Of which inspired Thomas Moore
when he was studying at Old Trinity to
write his famous song.
About one-half the area of Algiers,
which comprises $4,000 square miles in the
boundaries OF Sahara, is being put under
successful cultivation by means of art esian
we'll irrigation. There are now over 1900
wells in active operation.
The old battle-fag of the Forty-third
Georgia Infantry, dilapidated piece of
bunting, torn and riddled by bullets, was
found the other day among the unclaimed
packages sold at public auction by an eX-
press company in Atlanta.
1t is predicted that the coming mobili-
zation of the British naval forces will be on
q very large scale. With the exception of
the Minotaur, Indefatigable and possibly
the Latona, all the ships of the Portsmouth
Fleet Reserve will be commissioned.
The highest viaducts and bridges in the
world are st. Giustina, Tyrol, 460 feet high,
1877 feet long. without piers; Garabit. France,
4O6fe ct high, 1852 feet long, stone and iron;
Du viaur (proposed), France, 3s2 feet high,
1,5Os feet long, iron arch: Forth, 375 feet,
steel.
An East Boothbay, Me-, man is en-
gagged in supplying New York and New Jer-
sey summer resorts with seals, which are
plentiful along the Maine coast. These seals
do very we'll for seashore attractions, being
objects of unfailing interest to the summer
visitors.