Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-23
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

-Ma,;co has 50, 900, 600 cathedral.
AIcoboI was discovered in the thir-
teenth century.
During the Middle Ages the SPaniards
were the best javelinmen.
A man at Macon, Ga, has Slo note OF
the State of North Carolina printed IN I1oo.
The ssmoyinp" stone at Lexington, KY,
fs one of Kentucky's remarkable freaks OF
nature.
-NapoIeon in 1S47 gave permission to
Law a cable between Dover and Cala1s,Wh1ch
was started in lS5O
The Amazon Indians use Dlow pipe,
with which they blow an arrow 2oo yards
with wonderful precision
-Macrocystis, a seaweed OF the south
Pacific, often grows to be 80 or 40 lncnes IN
diameter and 500 to 2,OCO feet In lengsn.
Michael Flavin, of Concord, O., boasts
of a sunfiower stalk 15 feet high, 81 inches
in diameter and containing " blossoms.
The first book in which the word Amer
| ica annears was printed in the little mount
ain monastic town st. Die, France, In loW
In New York lives a society woman
who has an album containing photographs
| of ali her costumes for the past ten years
The largest theater in the world is the
opera house in Paris. 1t covers nearly
three acres of ground and cost aoout szo'-
0O0,GOO
The Empress of China carries with her
| a ooo dresses when she travels. These fill
| 500 boxes and are taken care OF Dy LOO
| coolies.
The most recent trustworthy inVestlga-
| ton is that of NJ. De Chateller, VINO hxes tne
| effective temperature OF the sun as H6OO'
| Fahrenheit.
The aluminium works in Switzerland
the largest in the world-use a water power
| of 15OO horse power, and tnrn out ABOUT
| 1200 pounds of the metal daily.
I'm the family of Philip Drumel, OF
Philadelphia, five generations are repre-
sented Mr. Drumel is "a years old and was
a drummer boy under Napoleon the Great
The establishment of Universalism as a
religious denomination was the outcome OF
| the theological agitation that stirred the
old city of Gloucester, Mass. in its earlier
days.
The elevation of Denver, Col, being
$3.50 feet-over one mile-above sea level,
makes the atmosphere rare, dry and clear,
there being on dn average less tnan SIX uays
] each year witho 1t sunshine.
-Dakota is now priding herself upon the
discovery within her borders of an immense
cavern of crystals, which would supply the
world with imitation diamonds ana leave
enough over to mend the roads Will
-"Ekernomerkal parties" are the latest
|
attire themselves in the most 'ekernomer-
kal" costume their ingenuity can invent,
, and prize is awarded to the most mertto-
| riOus.
} Helmets in the fourteenth century were
surmounted by extravagant ornaments;
feathers, flowers, images of dragons. birds,
beasts, the figures OF women, and occasion:
8 ally the bust of the knight himself, adorned
A | the crest.
Y in Finland, women are met in almost
every business, as clerks, doctors, dentists,
: | builders, managers of small companies ana
. | as cashiers in banks, in which last capacity
? their services are highly valued on account
i of their usually superior honesty
E There ere A States, and in 81 of these
I the native born American electors con-
a = stitute a majority of the voting population.
In four foreign born naturalized voters pre-
dominate; in three the negro populatlon fs
@ in excess of the native white voters
J. A Japanese soldier has invented gun
q which enables the possessor to send "a clopc
d | Of binding DUST into the eyes OF q foe att
|. distance OF l2 feet 1t is said that the polo
c foe is thereby absolutely deprived OF slg8.
d and therefore, of course, at the mercy OF y 4
{. assailant.
>, I'm garden near Yuma, Ariz, are grow
- ing 25 date trees, the largest o. which is Il
ss feet in height and Is years old. This an
10 five of the other trees are now In oearini
" and some Of the punches of their fruit Weig
80 pounds and are estimated to contain 3N
" dates each.
vs. The total vote for President in 1884
It. 10O4s, ,461 In 1888 it was 1l,3SS, OBS This ye
le the ratio of increase will be greater
le account OF the addition OF six new state
ut and the vote OF these added to the norms
N growth in population in ten years Will glV
ie q total OF, probably, 100000.
The only Englishmen that are know
to the French people generally, 1t has bee
nd said in a Jocular way. are Robinson Cruso'
st | and the Prince of Wales. Cafe Robinsons
el restaurants built in trees, are among 3 TN IN,
Nv of course, from Robinson Crusoe.
re- Mrs. John Ogilvie Roorbach, of Mystic
Ct. has a. COPY of the prayer book printed il
the Mohawk language for Rev. John Ogtlv1e
nd assistant minister OF Trinity Church., Ney
re York. in 1769 Only 20 copies were printed
NJ Mrs. Roorbach, it IS SAID, mas received a.
IN offer OF S4, 900 for the book from the Britis
Museum.
A cat which patronizes the soda waite
cd fountain is an attraction of q drug store !
yp- sixth avenue, New York. Long agoi it di;
of covered that the "cream" of the fountain
ir. suited its taste, and it has habit OF goln
ne | mp to the counter and waiting until IL
he served with light refreshments IN lbs U"
wo particular saucer.
as About 250, 900 canary birds are raise
every O-~0
IRE 600 birds that are sent to this country, th
Nv English market takes about $4,000 and th
re next best customers are Brazil, China, th
on Argentine Republic, and Austria, to Wh1c
nd country statesmen are sent with large nun
ip. bers of birds every year.
oh A statistician of the German Govern
in ment has come 70 the rescue Of those Pol
er, sons who do not share the widespread
ne, superstition that Friday is the most unlucS
W ue day OF the week. A short time ago ne d
oua 9 | termined to make a scientific fnvesGgauo
uuSo of this question. The most fatal or u
" IL | fortunate week day. according to the L
ms IA yestigator, is not Friday, but Monday.
Of The number of visitors in the Britis
Museum in the day time in 1891 was 474It
an increase of 10, 932 over the preceding yea
a The grand total OF o14, ,9l4. however, fell she
en- Of that of 1890, the number OF visitors In t1
Mr.. evening having declined. The number
VII | nersons using the reading room SHOWS
by slight increase Delns IS'''i' aS 0on' p"i'N
u. | 1873 in 1890
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