Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-23
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

-SwitzerIand has 900-year-old hotel
"A Brooklyn actress named Brown spells
her name Broughne.
1t is now claimed that fast trains are
safer than slow ones.
The Bank of England requires so folio
led gers for its daily accounts.
New Mexico is enjoying the first rainy
season It has had for four years.
There are 800 bath houses In Toxic,
Japan, in which a bath can be had for /
cent.
"A man of science in Germany maintains
that it is fro m meteors that all our diamonds
come.
The cost of shipping barrel Of -four
from Atchison to Liverpool amounts ocly to
.75 cents.
The English system of postal telegraphy
was begun in 1872 and proved an instanta-
neous success.
Near Astoria, Ore, there is an ancient
deposit of clam shells which covers an area
of over four acres.
"A New Jersey minister has struck
because the congregation owes him money
and refuses to pay him.
"A clothes-washing contest was Q novel
attraction at q colored church picnic as
w Uestnlnster, Mu, recently.
Richmond, Ind, has an organization
known as the '1sg7 Society," composed en-
t1rely OF persons born in 1877.
The fourth cable across the Atlantic was
laid by the Great Eastern, from Ireland to
Newfoundland, in the year 1878.
The official title of the Governor Of
Island and Providence Plantations.
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large red spots on their bodies. They have
been named 'DolIy Warden" trout.
-"Masrium'' is the name of the new
chemical element which has been discov.
cred in the bed of an ancient Egyptian river.
"A bushel of wheat for every citizen of
the United States. with enough more for fall
seeding, Is the product this season in Kansas.
AT the poles, where all meridians con-
verge, there can be no natural standard
time, for 1t is every hour of the day at once.
Southern California produces 180, ,00O,-
900 oranges year-not enough to give three
oranges to each fnhabitant of the United
States.
The longest canal in the world is the
one which extends from the frontier Of
China to St. Petersburg. It measures In all
I, Az miles.
-Leaden-h eaded nails are used by some
tinsmiths for roofing purposes. The last
stroke fattens the head over the hole in the
tin and leaking is so prevented.
The coach that carried President Lin
colp's body from Washington to Illinois Is
now stationed at North Platte, Neb., and
will be sent to the Worlds Fair.
According to the last census returns
England possesses no fewer than rs 900 coach
men and grooms Sc 25o male indoor servants
nd I Fam 10 Ind
The guadalupe bees lay their honey in
bladders Of wax about as large as pigeons
egg and not in combs. The honey never
hardens and is of an oily consistency.
In South Greenland the color of the
hair ribbon which woman ties round her
head denotes the social condition of the
wearer, whether she be maid or wife or
widow.
"A mare belonging to resident of Ripley,
Me-, was lately found in pasture with its
hind foot caught in her mouth in such o
manner that it took several men to e1tri-
cate her.
An immense glacial field is said to have
been found in Central Idaho, which will
probably cover an area nearly as large,
though not as thick, as the great glacial
field of the Alps.
The workers alone in the London hos
800 are honorary medical officers who
devote their time to the treatment of disease
without fee of any kind.
AS an indication of the thrift amongst
The working classes of France it Is stated
hat there are now 8,OCo 900 depositors in tho
French savings banks. with an accumulated
md of not less than f1I2, COO 900. H
A feather merchant Of Paris has lately
received 5000 birds of paradise, 300, 900 Indian
1;-Io rNFr ~ nnfa
ming birds. Another dealer has received
q, 600 birds from America and 100000 from
Africa.
"A man at Macon, Ga, has SO note Of
he State of North Carolina, printed in ITS.
IN one side is the inscription, Persecution
he Ruin OF Empires" while on the other
tde appears the words, "Death to Counter
eiters.n
I'm the German artillery they have tried
three-legged ladder of steel tubing for en-
lblfny the captain of battery to survey tho
,nemy and direct the fire. The ladder Is
,rected in a wagon and the officer climbs to
he top with his field glasses to reconnottre.
international expositions are in progress
n Stockholm, Munich, Schevingen, Vienna
nd Genoa, besides the Paris Exhibition for
'eminine Arts and the demonstrations at
'alos and Hnelva. Last week Bulgaria
pened q national exhibition at Philip
opolis.
The Swedish Government has adopted
new smokeless powder which Is said to
ave the following advantages: 1t is easy
( manufacture, produces no flame and does
OF heat the rifle. 1t gives the ball an
litfal velocity of 2, 100 feet with pressure
{ 9, 260 atmospheres.
Put buzzard in . pen about six feet
luare and open at the top, and it is as much
prisoner as though ft were shut MP in O
OK. This Is because buzzards always Begin
heir flight by taking short run, and they
ther cannot or will not atte empt to fly
Mess they can do so.
M Maxim Lecomte Is about to intro
nee a bill into the French Senate provid-
Ig a maximum penalty of a years i'm
risonment and a fine Of 1000 francs for
lgaging in q duel. II the duellist shall
I've killed his man the maximum penalty
Ill be three years imprisonment and 10000
ancs fine.
The Rothschilds have o unique way Of
roviding birthday present for all the
iris of the family when they come OF age.
t the birth Of each little girl, six pearls,
alued at q specified and not inconsiderable
I'm, are put aside. Six more are added at
very birthday, and when the young ladv
,aches the age of 81 she is presented with
e valuable necklace.
"A long tunnel near Paris has been
GIFTED in a novel way. Refectors throw
10 light from many electric lamps 10
ct above the rails to the sides Of the tun-
Il, where it is again reflected by Furnished
n, covered with glass, into the coaches.
aking q soft and agreeable light Tho
aims automatically turn the current on
Id of in entering and leaving the tunnel