Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-07-06
Curious CONVERSATIONS.

Every ten years a religious census IL
taken I'm Ireland.
Odessa Is said TO be the prettlest and
most European town Of Russia.
Last month was the dryest on record
I'm the vicinity Of Belfast.
II is proposed to utilize the cataracts of
the Nile for Industrial purposes.
Mrs Langtry has a ruby which weighs
"A is carats. and which is said 10 be
worth 100000.
What is probably the largest apple
orchard In the world covers l,537 acres in
Fairmont. Kan.
The Bundles Conference der Mennonten
Brueder-Gemeinde have l,3S members
and eleven churches.
The synodical Conference OF Lutherans
in the United States has a membership
numbering 3J7l5}.
The Primitive Quakers number 232, In
nine societies, worshiping in five meeting
houses and four halls.
The African Methodist Episcopal Church
has 1870 members, and S6,l6s2SO worth
of church property.
The schwenkfeldians have four societies
and 3)6 members. They own six churches,
valued at 1920.
The Victoria embankment I'm London
has a surface Of $500 square yards, and
costs 5000 a year TO keep in repair.
The acreage devoted to the potato crop
this season throughout New England Is
much larger than last year.
In San Francisco out OF 1900 persons
who had been trained in kindergartons,
there has been but one arrest for crime.
II is said that the fossilized remains Of
an Irish giant about Y feet in height
are lying unclaimed at a London railway
station.
According to careful estimates, three
hours OF close study wear out the body
more than a whole day Of close physical
eXertlOn.
At the present time perfect ruby OF
five carats will average at least five times
the value Of a diamond OF the same size
and quality
Az an Illustration Of the vitality Of the
old Welsh language 1t il shown That it
is still spoken by 81 per cent Of the pOpu-
lation Of Wales.
The Scottish county which grew the
largest acreage Of wheat last year was
Fife. and it grew 9.l52 acres. FOrfar came
next with 1892 acres
Ireland has had no case Of pleuro-
pneumonia since 1879. ana ho fOot-and-
mouth disease since 1884; bat she is stll
vexed with swine-feyer.
An average Of three British seamen
lose their lives every day by drowning
and 300 British steamers and sailing yes
eels are lost yearly AZ sea.
There is an association OF bnl-posters
I'm London that exercises keen super
vision Of posters. and prevents the ex-
hibition OF what might shock decency.
Afacker,i-fshing, an industry which
affects all the maritime portions Of the
United Kingdom. as well as the United
States. has this season proved misera-
BE failure.
The First Church. Of Southold L. L.
claims 20 he the Oldest OF all the Presby-
terrain churches In America. IL was Or
ganized ia 1910. and celebrated its 10th
anniversary in 1892
II is said that. including The jewels
OF the late Mrs. Roosevelt, or Mrs. Dray-
ton, and Mrs. Crme wilson, Mrs. Astor's
daughters, this family has possibly ST.
10000 invested IN gems.
= MADAGASCAR boasts musical public.
According 10 a London paper there are
hundreds OF pianos IN native houses In the
island. 70 say nothing OF domestic har-
mOnlums and American organs.
Ever since the war. the proportion OF
farmer Immigrants TO this country has
steadily and rapidly diminished. most OF
the wage-eGruers appearing TO come from
classes that did not follow the piow.
In .he mining States the proportion OF
yage-earners 10 the total population is
very high, owing 10 the fact that the
male population greatly prepondcrates.
and most OF these are wage-earners.
In iSSO s. per cent. Of the employed
persons In Arkansas were engaged In
agriculture, IN Mississippi, 50 per cent;
In Alabama, II per cent: in the Caroinas,
IS per cent. and in Georgia, u per cent.
Among the classes Of skilled labor few
were more numerous az the tenth census
than the boot and shoemakers who,
counting all operatives on machines, to-
gather with cobblers, numbered 1902.
4 novel pair OF pooket-seissors are ex-
hib!ted in London. They are said ~ DO
duty as cigar and h0wer-cutter. gas
pliers. ordinary pliers wire-cutter, coin
tester paper-knlfe. nail-knife. screw
driver. a s-inch measure, a pincher, and
a raIlway-key.