Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-28
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

The original pen was fshbone'
in the Austrian army suicides aver
! 10000 year.
British Columbia has q settlement
| Scottish crofters.
Many ladies are employed as bar
cashiers in Finland.
No two Oriental carpets are precise
alike in all respects.
The longevity of trees is much
fuenced by the climate.
One London firm alone exports to
Continent $500. 900 worth OF tripe.
I'm the United States there are 673,e
Free Masons and 647,471 Odd Fellows.
Soldiers in the Italian army are allow
cigars as part of their daily rations
New Zealand has set apart two island
for the preservation Of wild birds and othi
animals.
The Duke of Portland is the large.
subscriber to newspapers and periodicals:
England.
One large horse owning company
London lost over 800 horses from glande.
and farcy alone last year.
France has one drink shop for everyt
of her population. In Paris alone there al
The largest needle mandatory in ii
world is in Redditch, Worcestershire, En-:
land. Over 7O.OoO,O 900 are made weekly.
The United States Blue Book contain
information about $50. 900 Government office
with salaries amounting TO s9l,OOO,OOO a yea
There is no city in the world that keep
| such accurate records of the entry oil foo
an6 fuel supplies within its borders q
Paris.
There are two places in London wheT
cIergymen can buy sermons printed. The
cover all subjects, and can be had for ever
season.
Some of the English pumping engine
perfo rm work equalling the raising of I2O
ooo, 600 one loot high by the consumption o
100 weight of coal.
"A piece of land in Yorkshire is callet
| ''Petticoat Hold" because every year thr
| tenant must give q new petticoat to some
| poor woman by way OF rent.
The engineering department of thG
Kansas State University is making map Of
Kansas, showing the geology and the min
eral resources. 1t is to be exhibited at thI
| Worlds Fair.
| "A Yankee, by name John Beattie, has
| applied for patent on q eontrivance tt
prevent that whirring sound IN the tele
/ phone wires that parallel trolley wires useC
Tor street car purposes.
1t is estimated that no fewer than TO-.
900 Europeans wear wooden shoes. Bas:
wood is ordinarily used for the sabots, but
willow is the best material Poplar beech
| walnut and birch are also used.
The people of Canada are getting
Americanized in various ways. Time W.
| when they counted their money in poun
| 9lIllinCS and upnnnarS.D mi nt,E
| they count in dollars, dimes and cents.
Electric search lights are being adopted
| by customs officers in England in order tc
avoid the possibility of explosion while
| rummaging for goods on board tank and
| other vessels carrying petroleum or explo-
| sives.
| C o. D. are the initials of an express
messenger at Atchison, Kan. Signed TO his
various documents they may be, probably
| are, the innocent cause of embarrassing mis-
takes, but undoubtedly on the safe side al
| ways.
| The principal at Los Angeles, Cal,
dismissed the schools the other day so as to
| allow the scholars to visit the circus. The
| trustees considered his act unlawful and
1 against the rules, and his resignation was
| requested.
| Among the wilder tribes of the Csu-
| casus every child is taught to use the dag
| ger almost as soon as ne can walk. Tho
| children first learn to stab water withous
making q splash ana by incessant practice
acquire an extraordinary command over the
| weapon.
| The Secretary of the Maine State Board
OF health quotes from physicians letters to
| show that the most common faults OF school
| houSes are low ceilinas. il-veutiiated and
| badly heated rooms. He also states that the
| most frequent school room diseases are
i "a rrh hes ch.
| To ST. Stephen has been accorded BY
| the church place in her calendar i'm
| mediately after Christmas Day, in recog-
milton of his having been the first martyr to
| Christian belief. The year in which he was
| stoned to death, as recorded in the Acts of
| tie Apostles, is supposed to have been q
| \. D.
Some of the costly things in the Sui
tan's treasure house at Constantinople are
childrens cradles of pure gold, inlaid with
| precious stones: diyans covered with cloth
| of gold, embroidered with pearls; suits or
mail, thickly incrusted with big eneralds
| and diamonds, and other relics Of 1ormer
| Ottoman splendor.
/ Of gave you q pound of metal and
| ordered you to make the most out of it.
what kind OF metal would you select9''
asked q welLknown jeweIer. "Gold, OF
course" was the prompt reply. 'Td prefer
i "
have it made into hair springs for watches.
A pound Of such springs would sell for an
| even $40, ,001"
An average OF FIVE feet of water is esti-
mated to fall annually over the whole earth,
and, assuming that condensation takes place
at an average height of 5000 feet, scientists
| conclude that the force OF evaporation to
supply such rainfall must equal the lifting
of 322, ,OOO0 0C0 pounds of water 5000 feet in
every minute, or about 100000 900 horse
power constantly e1erted.
Some one with a fever for figures b
calculated that if, when Judas betraye
Jesus for 30 pieces of silver, each piece VAL
ued at cents, 80 cents in all, that sum had
been put ut per cent the year following, te
would now amount to S207, ,356, ,000 00O, 0C0 co.,
OOO OOO, 900, ,OcO coo, ,OO0. This amount put into
gold ~ Would make q solid globe as large as
1000 such planets as the earth
Liars clubs exist in London and several
provincial cities. The initiation fee is five
shfllings, half of which is remitted should
the new member be able to outlie any MEM
Der present. The tallest stories are told al
EACH weekly meeting, and the best exngger-
ntor carries of the honor of the evening.
But if man is known to lie outside the pre-
cincts OF the clubrooms he is liable to e1-
pulsion.
Photographers are now beginning to
realize that the dark room lantern should
become relic of the past, and q number OF
the more progressive members OF the ira.
ternity are installing storage incandescent
lamp. They say that this improvement has
had q marked effect upon the health Of dark
those whose time is spent continually il
that unWholeSome atmosphere.