Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-04-07
CLIPPINGS FOR THE CURIOUS.


christian era Southern Italy was so
thickly set with Grecian cities asst be
known as Magma Grecia.
There is a creek several miles from
waynesboro, Ga. which is so highly
impregnated with lime that it will
take the hair off horses legs in pass
ing through it.
The silver ore of the Nevada mines
is SO intimately associated with lead
that nearly one-half of the miners who
handle it become afflicted sooner or
later with wrist drop, palsy, or half
paralysis.
MI. Edward Atkinson says it would
require 100000 persons, using the
spinning wheel and hand loom OF less
than a century ago, to make the cotton
cloth used by our people, which is now
manufactured by 100000.
Among the Chinese no relics are
more valuable than the boots that have
been worn by magistrate. If he re-
signs and leaves the city crowd ac-
companies him to the gates, where his
boots are drawn off with great ceremo-
nv, to be preserved in the hall of
| justice.
A Tennessee doctor has curious
Indian relic. 1t is ring, made OF
pure silver nicely engraved and weighs
twenty-three pennyweights, and, con-
sidering the primitive tools with
which the Indians must have worked
the engraving is. said to be remarkably
well done. The general design,
although smaller in circumference,
resembles in a marked degree the
bracelets most in favor with the socie-
ty bellies Of to-day.
The slaughter of plow OK is pro
hibited by law in China, and viola
tion of the law is punished by two
months imprisonment and 100 blows
of the heavy bamboo; except in cases
where the offender is the owner of thu
animal, when the imprisonment is on'
month and the number of Blow
eighty. Mandarins who fail to TAX
notice ofsuch offences are also pun
ished. The OK is thus honored abov
other beasts because he is annual
offered to Confucius; and because G
his services to man in plowing and th
entire dependence of the husbandma
on him, man should refrain froI
doing him harm.
1t is related in DR.. Foots Heazt
; Monthly that Paul Bert saw 9
Geneva curious specimen of human
, ty that would be worth fortune to
!. Bowery museum or travelling show
1t was child five years old, or some
4 what more than one child, for it ha
two heads, two chests and four arm
: but only one abdomen and one pair
legs, the fusion of the two bodies int
s one occurring at about the wais
Each head has control of the leg on il
9 own side. The two faces are muc
q alike, and the two intellects alread
understand several languages. II
. food which one takes does not salts
!. the hunger of the other, and they e
and sleep alternately. One has had
fever without the other being i'll.
= A New York restaurateur beil
y asked why it is considered SO difficr
to eat two or even one quail day f
NJ thirty days, replied, because t
VI human stomach is an intelligent al
sensitive member Of society. If y
to were to feed it every day for thir
le days on pound or two of sawdu
you would not wonder if it rebellt
le would you? No. Well, quail and t
ID white meat of all birds is very mu
is like sawdust. It's dry; it's indiges
BILE. 1t lies there on the stomach, a
to of course the stomach doesn't like
La and when you want to add more to
ne the stomach is very apt to rebel a
make you sick. You may try to co
~ that important functionary with bril-
~ of pepsin and that sort of thing, /
q there is limit to even that. So y
Il see why quail won't do for a stea
Id