Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-31
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

The first telescope was used in England
in 1903.
-Switzerland is now erecting its first
sugar factory.
Alabama negroes are estimated to bs
worth about $40, 5000.
"A couple were married one day last
week at Winston, n. c., after a courtship Of
q years.
Electricity in its various forms of ap-
plication is said to give employment to 50Oo<
coo persons.
1t has often been observed that the
nails actually grow on the stumps OF ampus
tated fingers.
"A rattlesnake Is inches in circumfers
ence is said TO be in the possession Of man
in Kentucky.
The daguerreotype was invented By
Daguerre, and the first miniatures were pro-
duced in 1898
Church bells were made by Paulinus,
an Italian bishop, to drive away demons
about 400 A. ID.
ST. Louis is organizing what is claimed
to be the first Italian regiment ever formed
in this country.
Playing cards were invented for the
amusement of the crazy King, Charles W.
of France, in 1880
The small Photographic portrait was
first made by FEWER in 1857. and was at firsa
used on visiting cards.
The number of certifcated schoolmas-
ters employed in England last year was 19,~
l99, and mistresses, ,64.
The Emperor of China chooses his own
successor, whether the person chosen is q
member of the royal family or not
-Breech-loading guns were invented by
Thornton & Hall. 1911. Breech-loaded can
mons were used by the Turks in 1858.
-Airguns were first made by Guhr in
Germany in 1856, and the invention is also
credited to Shaw, OF America, In 1S45.
The great anesth etic, chloroform, was
discovered by Guthrie, 1881, and was frsE
employed in surgical operations in 1876.
The private in the German Army is
paid s. per month, out of which there is
daily deducted cents for mess expenses.
In Sweden they always take a cold
lunch, accompanied by rather strong spirits,
before each meal 1t is said to be an appe.
ttzer.
Seven counties in Western Texas have
refused to issue a marriage certificate to q
boy 10 years of age and a widow 10 years old
with 13 children.
There is a sign on the entrance to q
cemetery at North Wales, Montgomery
county, Pa, which reads; "No admittancs
except on business"
Labrador, country which we always
associate with Arctic snowdrifts, icebergs,
etc., has 800 species of towering plants, 50
terms and over 25O species of MOSES and
Hchens.
Harvest hands must be scarce in Or
land CAL, when women have to work at
haying There were two women dressed in
mems clothing hauling hay into that town
las. week.
The laughing jackass, when warming
his feathered mates that daybreak is at
hand, utters cry resembling q group OF
boys shouting, whooping and laughing in q
wild chorus.
A resident of Indiana caught a young
crane in the woods near Halls creek ON
Monday. The crane was prevented from
flying by q live mussel shell, which was fas-
tened to its foot.
Heads of thin iron are now sold in the
fancy shops in London The heads are said
to be we'll cast, and when enameled and
finished by a handsome head of hair ara
very good looking,
-Blaudyte is the name given to the new
material made of Trinidad asphalt and
waste rubber. 1t resists the heat of high
pressure steam and lasts we'll In the pres
ence of oil and grease
Masks are of very ancient origin. In q
tomb 5000 years old at Mycen9 DR.. schlie-
mann found two bodies with faces covered
by masks of gold. One of the masks repre&
sented the head of lion.
Dozens of carefully tabulated tests
show that the blood of man makes q coms
plete circulation once every Is TO Is seconds
according to the physical conditions of the
subject eIperimented upon.
Some prominent German engineers
maintain that the application OF test Loads
to bridges has never yet led to the detection
of defects which could not have been found
by calculation and inspection.
The natural confguration of many
mountains suggests the human face, and
such physiognomies cut out of the rocks on
q gigantic scale are commonly regarded by
savages as objects of worship.
"A German contemporary saws that
Berlin has lately been suffering from .
the seven wholesale warehouses; of the city,
and were of extraordinary size
"A disease peculiar to Japan is known
as kake, which is thought to be the result OF
a rice diet. The disease is a slow degenera,
tion of the nervous system and steadily In
creasing weakness of the patient.
Charles Coolidge. of Tacoma, Wash,
could not get n marriage license a few days
ago, because he forgot the name of his bride,
He knew her first name was Kfttie, but
could not remember her last name.
"A curious spot has been noticed as the
selection of pair of wagtails for the propo-
cation of their species. This is the rail
way near Stanton, England, where a nest is
to be found in the hollow of a sleeper on the
main track, over which something like
dozen or more trains pass in a day.
The famous story ofthe word ''sirloin,"
Or, more properly, "surloin,' is Of recent
creation. A king Of England-the merry
most hkely-coming in hungry
one day from the chase, bad served up to
him a savory loin of beef. So delighted was
the famished king at the sight of his favorite
dish that he knighted 1t on the spot, and is
il not known as ''Sir loin" even to this dayf-
The manner in which trials are con-
Quoted in Chinese courts would be start
ling surprise to all who have not personally
attended n court scene. Torture is always
resorted to in order to compel the accused
to declare himself guilty of the charge
against him, and to such an extent is it car
ried that it often results in either causing
the death of the deceased or else manning
him tor life.