Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-07
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

There are 16, 900, 900 COWS in the United
States
An albino chipmunk is an Ashland,
Ore, curiosity.
Uranus has four satellites, Saturn has
eight and Neptune one.
The circumference of the earth's orbit
1s about els, 500 miles. that of the moon
about l,5O0, ,493.
"A New York curiosity is an under
takers wagon, from the crevfces of which
oats are growing nicely.
-Wellsville, Mo-, reports 1,740 inhabi-
tants and 400 dogs; each citizen is followed
about by nearly two dogs.
AN alleged wild man has been keeping
the children in the northern part Of Marion
county, Cal, In state of terror.
Recent experiments in Queensland have
shown that mother-of-pearl shells can be
made to produce pearls artiflcially.
During the French War, if the siege Of
Lille had continued, it was calculated that
it would have occupied 20 days, and have re-
quired 100000 pounds of powder.
Some American surnames in Maine arc
peculiar. For instance: Coolbroth, oung-
baby, Lovely, Law. Look, Sensapough. Com.
forth, Suckforth, Skeetop, segar, etc.
An English mastiff died last week at
Winchester, o., from the effects OF alcohol.
ism. Tho dog had. # is reported, been a hard
whisky drinker for more than year.
Police matrons in New York and
Brooklyn get $500. School teachers begin on
half that pay and work IA years to secure
the maximum salary, which is $3.50 year.
Two miles from Quito, Peru, and 1, 600 feet
above that city, according to a correspond
ent OF the Scientific American, there is a
waterfall that will NIL a pipe II inches in
diameter.
The original manuscript of the s'Book
of Mormon" is now IN one of the banks at
Richmond, Ray county, Mo-, in custody of j.
d. Whftmer, a straiSht and apparent non-
polySamous Mormon
There is said to be a volcanic area 40
miles square in extent in Lower California,
that is a veritable fire land Every square
rod of the territory is pierced by boiling
spring OF spouting Geyser.
After eating heartily of hailstones
which fell on Saturday, a Scottsburg, Ind,
girl was taken violently sick and died soon
after. The. doctors say she was poisoned,
and the hailstones probably killed her.
A recently designed incandescent elec.
trio lamp, supported by springs, is intended
for use in carriages and other vehicles. Cur.
rent is to be supplied from a storage battery
carried under the seat or in any convenient
place.
England has always been later in its
dining hour than France. Louis XIII. dined
at $50 in the morning, but at the same period
in England the court hour was 7. Louis
XIV. dined at II, while Cromwell and Charles
II. dineu at l.
"A few weeks ago a Seymour Qnd.)
man, aged IA years, whose only teeth for
years have been false ones, felt soreness in
his gums. day or two later to his surprise
q tooth broke through, and now he has al
most full set of strong new teeth in both
his upper and lower jaw.
The lace bark tree grows in the West
Indies. 1t is a lofty tree, with ova te, entire,
smooth leaves and white flowers. 1t is re-
markable for the tenacity of its inner bark
and the readiness with which the inner bark
may be eparated-after macera tion in water
into layers resembling lace.
Wonderful things happen in Kansas.
During the recent cyclone there it is said
that at Haven river a COW was lifted from
the gronnd and carried to the top of house
and deposited on an angle of the roof so that
she could not fall and it was necessary to
kill her to get her from her position.
Matrimonial fairs are held yearly on
the feast of st. Peter and st. Paul in Rou-
mania, in the westerly Carpathian Mount
aims, and at Whitsuntide in st. Petersburg,
and other parts OF Russia, although in the
latter country the custom is said to be de-
Ginning. and likely to cease altogether in a
few years.
Mosquitoes and strawberries make a
queer combination, certainly, but that is
what the people in the neighborhood OF Mt
st. Elias can boast of in region of perpet-
glacier, it is said, is strip of lu1uriant veg
citation where strawberry vines cover the
ground for miles.
In the snowy regions of the Himalayas,
It is said, little smoking tunnels are made in
the frozen snow, at the end of which is
placed some tobacco, along with piece of
burning charcoal, while to the other the
mountaineers place their mouths, and, lay
ing fiat ON their stomachs, inhale the smoke
of the glowing weed.
The crystal palace in London covers an
area of or square feet, is 1,6Os feet long
by 3s4 feet wide, height 147 feet, and, includ-
ing the grounds, it covers 2s9 acres of land.
The glass used weighed 500 tons, had an are;,
of % acres, and if the panes were laid singl.'
end to end they would extend to the enor
nous length of 243 miles.
The Ionian Isles produce a loose lact
unique rather than handsome. 1t was USED
at first mainly in the churches and tombs
As antiquity more than doubles the price
the shrewd natives blacken and mildew
their work before offering it to the tourist
who takes dirt as voucher for age, and
parts with his cash accordingly.
AN Oregon man has sheep that has
record in raising a family. Two
years ago she gave birth to twin lambs; last
spring she had three more, and one of her
ambs a year ago gave birth to twins This
spring she again ushered triplets into the
world, and one of her daughters a pair of
wins. She is already the maternal ancestor
Of II born in period of two years.
In an article upon the recent Rouman.
an election a French paper says: One Of
,he candidates, NJ. Protopopesco, former
Mayor of Bucharest. hit upon an ingenious
way of increasing his chances at the poll.
Sometime before the election he purchased
large stock OF top-boots, and distributed q
ight boot to each of his doubtful support
RS, the left being promised providing he
vas returned.
AT one period of its existence smoking
vas so common that it was actually prac.
ised in church. Previous to the visit OF
lanes /. to the University of Cambridge, in
6l5. the Vice Chancellor issued notice to
he Students. which enjoined that "Noe
-rnduate scholler, or student OF this univer-
itie presume to take tobacco in Saint
iariefs Church, upon payne OF finau expell-
nge the universitie."
DuvSEFFS AND RHYMET.FTs