Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-16
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

| Columbus discovered turtle soup.
The city of London covers 6S7 square
miles.
Most papers in Germany are owned
ana edited by Hebrews.
The drama was introduced into Bone
B. C. 3s4 to allay plague.
"A full-grown elephant Is cspsble Of
carrying q load of two tons
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon wers
| terraces planted with trees
The St. Louis new water tower Is said
to be the highest in the world.
AN electric cigar-llghter and an electric
refrigerator are two late inventions.
The first advertisement in regularly
printed newspaper was inserted IN 164s.
The saloons of London, If set side By
side. would reach a distance Of IS miles.
Flowing water has been struck, n
Helena. Montana, at depth Of ], ,oa4 feet.
Most of the Roman wines were pre-
pared by boiling and nearly resembled our
cordials.
Europe has 5000 match factories, and
they yearly produce matches valued as
$50. 100000.
There are Y places called st. Etienns
in France. and 30 towns called Washington
in America.
The Kittitas Valley Canal, in Wash
tngton, will be 50 miles long and irrigats
l2O, 600 acres.
Pearls worth $4,000 we're in three
years. time, during the last century, taken
from mussels in the Tay, Scotland.
The long-talked-of hot water fountains
have been at last placed in the different
wards OF Paris, and are meeting with de-
served success
In 1910 the actresses always came be-
fore the scenes when not needed on the
stage, and iirted with their acquaintances
in the audience.
"A resident Of Jacksonville, Fla, claims
to have a race horse foaled in North Carolina
in 1866, and, If alive, it will be run at the
forthcoming race in that city.
On clear night red light can be seen
at greater distance. it is said. than white
light, while on a dark night, it is claimed,
the result is just the reverse.
In suburban districts where the roads
are good tits not remarkable to see children
going to school on bicycles; girls as well as
boys, though not nearly so many or them.
-Maraschino is distilled from cherries,
the fruit and seeds being crushed together.
The most delicate is made from a black Dali
matian cherry, very bitter and unpalatable
I'm 1897 the English had potatoes, tuIip
roots, radishes, pumpkins, artichokes, cole
wort, cabbage, cucumbers, carrots. parsnip.,
turnips, beets, asparagus, onions, lettuce
and cress.
The most famous wooden bridge was
built at Scnaffhausen in 1757, by Gruben.
mann, an illiterate carpenter. 1t had two
wooden arches with spans of 1913 and l72 feet
respectively.
In India and South America there Is
a small tree known as the "sorrowfuI tree"
which bears sweet-scented flowers that
"bloom only in the night time and fall of at
the break of day."
According to Scandinavia legends the
swallow lowered over the cross, singinsr
"Svala! Svalar' (Cheer upl Cheer upD and
hence it receives the name of syala, or
swallow, "the bird OF consolation"
"A gymnastic society was lately sup
pressed by the City Council of Vienna for
adopting the colors of the German Empire
for its own and passing resolution to ad-
NIT no foreigners except Germans TO men,
bershtp.
"A gold throne, of the value of $780,
600. is to be presented to the Pope by the
united subscriptions of all the Roman Cath
olic cathedrals in the world. 1t is to be
given to His Holiness on the occasion Of his
Episcopal Jubilee.
The best example Of stone brid ge in
the United States is the high bridge OF the
Croton aaueduct. Its length Is l,46o feet,
the top OF the parapet 1I6 feet above high
water; there are 10 arches, eight OF which
have an 80 foot span.
The early Christians, to manifest their
dislike OF pagan vanity, in the effeminacy
of long and curIinr hair and carefnlIv cni.
tivated boards, shaved their faces and kept
their hair cropped close. In the time OF
iers"iiiah 'nls wis Ihe marx OF 1ne ChrlS-
~
"A successful trial was made on the Erie
= ell rsizoI 80 III 80 o,',t,-od -1;.S ..s
q iul-'iAeo eanai oo'' euuippeu Win b"or
Voivlng portaoIe WneeIs running ike over
in from the bottom of the boat a LITTLE for.
ward of the stern.
1t IA claimed that the first nio iron in
tbis countrv was successfnIIv made at Cola.
brookdsle tbis state abont 1795 Tbs ola
.,.s,s1;., Ill zoo - ~ ~
T%nmes Potts is .tiJ st:ySio SIo Hon ~ nas' oeI'
V tnViao . osss, - StIII ssanuIng IN an e4cet
nco "a Ea1Ion oi1 ne what IS ho"
hho"h aS WIG uapie larIn' Vi Ioo acres.
III the 1lo,OOV species OF noUerlnS
plants upon thls sloDe the total number OF
1nose utlllzed by man to any considerable
e1tenL eltner Ior iood or IN tne arts, does
arIess nI,nts ora .al 80 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Tue
H., % =. p 1lo 10 ~ Sahon @ iilso 81 @ I anloi
nv.
amateur photogrnpher. has given to the
Frenob We o+4ioa q ,,roooa. h. rriot, ,,.,o-
ona,ny,l,. - T,a", o"n
pense. Soldiers certiicates of service and
character will bear the owners portrait.