Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-22
CURIOUS CONDENSATIO.
rtif;ciaI ivory is now made.

line cOIdl blCO "1S SNuSuL j
Cape of Good Hope in 1916.
-Axmen in the French army sti
heavy helmets and corselets-
Buffalo has spent s4.1S0,4l9
buildings in the last nine months.
Throughout the world there Al
nshed about 100 now books every da,
The tonnage of American railw
ceeds that of all the railroads of the
There are about 400 lawyers in
of Denver. or an everage of one toe
people.
in the early days of Henry VII
mems hats bore plumes sometime:
yard long.
The first newspaper devoted ma
advertisements and commercial n
peared in 1851.
The Roman Emperor Tiberius
tied men from wearing silk. 1t was
only fit for women.
There are more Hebrews in thre
IA wards in New York City than In tf
of Great Britain and Ireland.
In the Bank of England at least
volumes or Iedgers are filled with
daily in keeping the accounts
The cattlemen in Southern New
are moving off the ranges, the 10
tinued drought having ruined the
age.
The residents of Western Kal
plowing and burning their fire gu
order to be prepared for the fali
fires.
"A chute, measuring three-quartt
mile in length, in the logging camp
ton, Ore. is described as one OF the
in the world
The barroom of hotel at Bordt
N. j., is decorated with a pair Of
chandeliers that were brought froI
by Joseph Bonaparte.
early in the fifteenth century
firm annually sent to other parts of
over ] 200 dolls, dressed in the latest
to serve as models of fashion.
Cripple Creek, a well-known
town of Colorado, now has popul:
over 10. 0c0. while one year ago theI
less than 30 persons within Its border
-Tipperusalem Is the name of a nt
in Oklahoma. One promoter wa
named Tipperary and another des
call it Jerusalem, so Tipperusalem
happy compromise.
I'm 1860 the wealth of Great Bri
ceeded that of the United States n
per cent; III 1858 the wealth OF the
States was more than % per cent
than that of Great Britain.
The institution known as the
Schiller Archives, at Weimar, GerE
TO shortly become Universal Germ
chive, to contain the literary remain
the great German writers.
The people. of the United
amounting to 6O,OOO,O0) in 1888. consr
many cotton fabrics as the combine
lation of the United Kingdom. Germs
France, amounting 10 E0OOO00O.
"A freight car 36 feet long has be,
of steel in Manchester for the Mexic
way Company. 1t is said to be heavi
q "a foot wooden car, and will hold
three times as much, with no moi
weight.
Residents of Elm Grove, W. Va
census taken last year, and gave OF
actual results these figures: Males
years OF age, AS; males under q ye
females over 10 years, AS; females
years, las.
"A company has been formed at
hagen with the object of building a
nent Eiffel tower in that city. The
which will be built OF steel and il
which will be lighted by electricity.
!. 60 feet in height.
There are only SO magnetic
tories in all the world. OF these eigl
France and three in England. Alb
half of the total number are prov
Mascarat recording apparatus, :
have appliances OF the Kew type
In 1000 ElizaDeth's $ wardrobe, &C
to the official list. contained 80 re
French gowns. 81 round gowns, i
gowns, I26 kirtles, l3j foreparts,
coats, SO cl axis, 81 safeguards, 43
doublets, Is lap-mantIes, 0 pantoti
1nnS-
1t would look rs if the French
some map struck Off in their intere-
withstanding that every year from
6,OO1 ships 70 mp and down the rive
Garry ing $50, coo tons OF goods, the
consul at ROurn says there is nc
this important French stream in ex
People have always tried in SO
or other to see themselves as theya
by others. Black glass was once
mirrors as well as transparent gE
some black substance on the back.
lated that the SpahiardS found mil
polished black stone, both convex
cave, among the natives OF South a
The United States gold dollar
25S troy grains. The ordinary poun'
dupois, contains 1000 grains, therefor
600 in gold coin weighs 1861 pound
dupois, or over a ton and a half ii
dard silver dollar weighs 4l2.5 troy
and $1,000 QUO in the United State
2SL tons.
The arid region of the United
comprises about 100000 square
about one-third of the whole count
according to Major Powell, the well
American Traveller ard engineer
square miles of it, an area equal to
area of the States now under cult
could be reclaimed by means OF ir'
within 80 years.
"A movement is on foot in Me
in favor OF cremation. A committe'
Royal Society or Victoria, which
pointed to consider tho subject, es
the cost per body at the moderate
Ell. j.. This will include the fee for
examination and the expense of u IN
urn. The cost of carriage m
,,.pJ r,pou the wishes and DOSitlO
mOurner5.
The youngest Chief Justice OF
is believed to have been Guy c. II.
of New York, who in November,
elected Chief Justice of the Supreu
of the new State of North Dakota.
only 81 years of age, and had been
of the bar OF Duchess county, Ne
He is six feet high, broad shoulde
angular, and has jurisdiction owe
square miles of territory.