Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-10
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

Roman epicures kept oysters till putrid,
then ate them with honey.
-Cavendish in 1878 proved electricity to
exist in q certain kind of fish.
The Egyptians in the fourth dynasty,
5000 years ago, had four kinds OF wine.
The United States maintains lights On
9,9j9 miles of coast and river navigation.
A vegetarian is better off in the summer
and the u1eat-eater stronger in the winter.
Greek theaters had no roofs, but Dor.
ticos. to which the spectators retired when
it rained.
The value of the honey and wax pro-
duced in this country during the past year
was $50 100000.
The process of engraving on glass by
electricity is exhibited at the American In
stitute in New York.
One hundred and si1ty-fve Confederate
Army Generals yet survive Twenty-ntne
have died since January
Since 1881 over ,OOO, 900 Bibles have
been distributed among the German troops
under the direction OF the Emperor.
of the whole length of the Suez Canal,
6j miles are cuttings, IA were made by
uredging through the1akes, and 8 miles re-
quired no labor.
"A very extensive industry in Russia
consists of the manufacture of wooden
spoons. which are made to the number OF
30000,O 900 annually.
The favorite drink in Nubia is made
from fermented dhurra bread. 1t is called
ombulbul, because it makes the drinker sing
like the nightingale.
The Swiss ''wine of blood is so called
from the battlo of Birs. fought on the vine
va rfI. GuriE nd
were ali killed but l6.
The Germans and Saxons drank their
wine and beer from horns unprovided with
handles or feet, so. that the horn had to be
emptied by each drinker.
1t does not seem TO be generally known
that the turkey was domesticated by the
Indians long before the discovery of this
continent by white men, but such is ths
case.
"A New York daily newspaper now
prints coupon which entities the holder to
a ten minutes consultation with a solicitor
named on the coupon, and the newspaper
pays the fee.
1t is said that Massachusetts, is the
only State in the Union which provides, by
act of Legislature, that banks may pay
checks for a certain time after the death OF
the drawer.
AS for the Cninaman, his method of
shaving is exactly opposed to that of the
Roman monk He shaves all but a round
patch. the hair of which grows long, and
forms the pig-tail.
Failing stars are numerous in Italy
about the time when the Catholic Church
celebrates the martyrdom Oi Saint Law
renee. They are, therefore, POLITICALLY called
the "tears o. Saint Lawrence"
BOOT Hill" is the suggestive name of
a mound near Tascora, Tex, which contains
% nameless graves. All the occupants of
this little cemetery closed their lives rather
suddenly-in fact, died with their boots on
The rivers of Russia grow shallower
year after year, and the Yorskia, once an
abundant tributary Of the Dnieper. and as
wide as the Hudson or Delaware, $50 miles
in length, has completely and permanently
dried up.
The estimated wealth of the United
states-that is, the value of all lands. build
ings, railways, etc.-is put at s64 900 0GO00O
The amount of money Of all kinds Is est
mated by the Secretary of the Treasury Il
be s.. I0S.l30,O92.
Hans Carl Christian Emile Laurit
Rasmussen was the name of a resident o
New York. He applied to Judge Book
staver, IN the Court of Common Pleas, 10
relief, and he is to be known hereafter
Christ Emile Rasmussen.
One of the uses of SKINNED milk is il
the manufacture of an artificial ivory which
in every respect resembles the original
The milk is mixed with borax, and sub
jected to high pressure. The prod duct
well suited for combs, billiard balls ant
pipe mouthpieces.
Among the most sacred relics of Hor
Iuii is the yeritabIe eyebalI of Buddha.
looks like nothing else but the tiny. black
1 TIroda II
an oyster stew. This eye of Buddha"
shown every day at high noon, special mas
being chanted by the prists while the reH
is being brought out and displayed.
Little alligators, sent to France fror
Florida are very popular pets with fashioI
able Frenchwomen. They seldom live to
dangerous size, thanks TO their cOnfnemen
and constant gorginG of bits OF raw meat
amuse their mistresses. A grown-uD alliga
tor, even if very tame. would not be mic
thing to have about drawing room.
in sorting over the letters from variou
parts of the world, 1917 different ways
spelling Chicago have been found. anon
them "Jagjago," "Hipaho," "Ja; ;igo," "She'
cha o. HHizago," "Chachicne." and
scholarly resident of Finland INDUCES i
"Zizazo." A collection of addresses is to b
kept for exhibition at the Worlds FAIR.
The captains of ships which carr
OrlCkS udNO " DO hCAJ OhACAIA- III OAeA--
brick is capable of absorbing pint of waite
So with a cargo of bricks in the hold serior
leakage may quite well go on undetectet
Tor the water that enters is sucked uD as fas
as it gets in. If this should be the case tE
consequences are bound to be most fatal
-s'Edison'' is the name of village j
New Jersey which mas sprung into e11s
ence during the past two years owing TO a
invention of Edison's. 1t stands on the SIC
of an old deserted iron pit, called the Osde
mine which, after Edison invented
"magnetic ore separator, was acquIeu
the Ne " Jersey and Pennsylvania Concei
tration Company.
Taking a census IN India always arous'
the popular superstitions and dread OF VI
known evils, After the last census OF tE
Bbils their chiefs insisted on new lmpert
OBLIGATION that sin future no Bh1l Woms
should ever be weighed" they tearing tni
the pIumpest ana heaviest women, the
tionaI beauties, were being checkeu OIL IL
appropriation by the census takers
Time suspends his rayages In Egyp
whore the smallest marks of knife on
niece of wood remain at the close OF 70
wears as distinct as on the day they we
cut and you can see after twice that lnte
val where q chisel slipped upon bIock
Stone The climate there is antiseptic, ar
a nanuscfipt, II untouched Dy the spole
might last as long as that most lndestruc
ible of the works of men, an inscription on
potsherd.