Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

A culprit in Tiffin, O., was sentenced by
telephone last week.
In Minneapolis Z, ,S77, ,947 barrels of -four
were made last year.
The value of the fruit crop this year In
California is estimated at s2O,ooo,oOo.
-Locusts have destroyed the crops in
South Africa and now the natives are eat
ing the locusts.
During the year 1891 4,207 vessels
passed through the suez Canal. and of these
only 70 carried the American flag
"A new religious sect has been estab-
lished in Virginia by negro named Nath-
aniel Brown, which he calls the mo meat
eaters"
The Christmas candle.tree is now no
longer lighted in China, it being replaced by
the enormous quantities of candles which
are lighted everywhere
1t is considered unlucky for any Of the
wedding guests to be dressed in green or
black, black Grape bonnet, or band on q
gentIeman's hat; these accidents entail
nV Ve-ionS misery to the new married couple.
Forks were not introduced into England
before the reign of James I. The English
derived this piece of refinement from the
Italians. The use of forks was at first much
ridiculed in England as an efreminate piece
of luxury.
Nuremberg, the great toy-making CEN
ter, has had banquet to celebrate the COM
pletion OF the 800 OOOth model steam engine
by certain well-known maker. The same
factory has turned out more than 325, 600
magic lanterns.
The deepest mine in the world is the
rock salt mine at Spezenberg, near Berlin,
4,l75 feet. The deepest perpendicular shaft
is in the Kuttenberg mine, in Bohemia, 37T8
feet deep. The deepest British mine Is the
Ashton colliery, 3.l5O feet.
I'm future the steamships of the several
lines will have neat, four-berthed enclosed
rooms provided for steerage or third-class
passengers, who will thus in their sleeping
rooms be placed on the same footing, as re-
CARDS privacy, with the ordinary cabin pas
sengers.
The silk hat is the badge of European
respectability, and it appears on all holt-
days in the poorest parts of the foreign
quarters of this town. In the French quar-
ter, and especially at French fetes in honor
of national holidays, it appears with the
frock coat.
"A Mormon colonization scheme has been
perfected between Elder Andrew J. Stewart,
of Salt Lake, and the authorities of the Mexi-
can Government. by which Mormon colo
MES may be es tablished in all parts of the
republic, the city of Santa RoSaie to be the
headquarters.
n "nen q nou'e" lio Des ms ~
80. uo1sn sno aAes IN oIoso WIN nor nor
trough. II cat enters the room 1t is be-
,osd ~. VI t. oe.I o1Io S NJ 10. - @ ~ - ~
dough to multiply itself.
vo-l,o-.
1000 t,,o,, 80 c-- - 80 ,-H Ia ta
ye.r ocb ~, tho s,raat 90 - sd 20 yar1
ways, but now each inhabitant averages 2k3
journeys. The total journeys made lastyear
" @ - I T = - ~ ~ ~ = I pay 40, 200 no WIG 0Ai0A-
ou' uuOoA VI He"iiy 1'1'O'O''OV'
The bicycle has proved of great assist
ance to an African missionary. Mr. Ash,
% one VI Iue u M .. uiisslohaiIes s VINO s1ar'eu
iasC year lor osanua, repor's bna' ne louno
covered nearly ms entlre journey on IT, ana
Iounu 1 tne hnrro" Pa'n III LILO counry well
auapteo 10 H.
DIR. Griesbach, of the Geological Survey
or India ubo has raturnad 70 Ranooo,, froT,o
- =, .Io..ss- ~ - - 49,. - -
Rbamo renorts that near Mvitkina in a dis
trict absolutely uninhabited, he has discov-
cred most remarkable alluvtal gold deposits,
81 streLcnlns ioa SLea' us US up Sue sc
width
The Pvrus Americana Is In some parts
.of New uannsbira oa11.d 1vitcb.wood and
q ,.o.;a,aIIr- oo,,-;I :; .t,f, ,,,ol,a- - Laa,>
- r H-NeS q $50 - ~ ~ .,'Se
tbat it is a co,sa ~ nod Inc~ 20 kaeT in fhe
house common begonia, called beefsteak
geTaniun. In salem ana Boston IL Is !, Grougns m
ei E;FoiR2 ~ AeoR va a"SerinS SsS,s
PeoPiS t"se az! uN.,t iuea ~ ~" inuon rn
II 70 Ie,ti- s.a- - - -.
-, - ~ ri,
winch hne the principal oouleFarus anu
avenues OF the French capital. The annual
report of the superintendent gives the total
NUMBER OF trees planted at $1,000 eacn OF
annual expenditure for maintenance is
s50, $40
-Fiobtv vears aoo bovs in the limited
s.o+.s ,nSor o ,-o.,s ~ o,,a ,yorl,ad In foo-
tories Il, soros jnstonces IA bonrs a 50
cents a weel- was a NOT Uncommon rate of
wages for women; a very capable woman
could earn 50 cents a day at O trade which
she must give six months of unpaid service
to learn; with calico at so cents a yard
woman's earnings for ten weeks would only
suffice to buy the material for a dress.
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-he Cor,n,ir+ea of the AnimaIs' Institnts