Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-01-10
Clippings for the Curious.

Ah ""pap' "heh man cus down
rec he plants another one to take it,
place.
The water mill was probably inyer.
eed in Asia. The Oldest description il
If one near the temple Of Mitbridate..
A calf that will catch aud cat chick
ems, and do ii with all the cunning ot
fox, is said to be 10 the possession Of
samuel Beam, Of Page, Va.
The money current in Tonqpiu j.
made Of the poorest kind of tin. The
coins are perforated and generally
strung on string. For a dollar 0B-
receives more than can be easily car.
ried.
A statue to the inventor ofthe man
uiacIure Of soda is about to be erected
at IssouduD, Bis native place. When
this great Chemist was alive the world
world refused him breakfast pos
that he is dead, why, a monumer', Of
course.
The heaviest gun il the 100 ton gun
in use in Europe. The projeclile D.,
1000 pounds, the weight Of the char.r
depending upon the kind Of powder
used, averaging about two luDdrod
pounds. Projecliles are thrown from
six to eight miles.
1t Is said tha. the largest grarevins
in the Untel States grows on the
premises Of Mr.. Madden, it, Pix
county, Georgia. 1t is eighteen year-
old, is thirty four inches in circuHt,r-
ence at its base, is quarter of { n.i'"
long, and yields five wagon load, oi
grapes.
l.. b. Croll, Of Kitianning, La-
rooster with two pair Of wings To-.
wings work in opposite directson,. AMI
while ono pair tends to send the bud
forward the other works in the opir
site direction. When it auemp- 80.
Ay it can 90 neither forward or l.c,.
ward, and can scarcely rise IL ,hr
ground.
The accidental discovery has been
made by q French surgeon that los
ing The head and rising the feet Of pa
ticnts who have been treated With cl,,p-
roform will cauee a speedy return %
consciousness, and it is thought t,at
an observance Of that simple fact Ysi
greatly lessen the danger attend .
the use Of an estheihies.
During the battle Of Getlysbnrg "a
private Of the l43d Pa. regiment bri
his canteen under large, fat st,ue.
when he went into the charge sgAu,I
the enemy. When be visited Getty-.
burg during lhe encampment, b.
sought out the spot and was rejricri
to ind bis old and Tusted canteea. al
ter it bad lain there for twenty YEAR
The Queen Of Great Britain's uam,
is Victoria AlsxandFiana. She has u"
other. Royal families do not have ia "a
lily names as other people do. nor 10
they change their names uPSn mar
riage. She - descended from the ao
cient family of Guelph, aud btlong-
TO the relgning house Of Hanover, hut
her name is neisher Guelph nor Han
over.
The mechanical force thai Is exer,ed
at each pulsation Of the heart amounts
to pressure Of thirteen pounds upon
the entire charge Of blood that has I,-
be pressed enward through the branch.
ing network of blood vessels. Th;s
give. .an exertion Of force that would
be adequate in another form Of sppli-
cation to lif 100 tons one foot high
every twenty-four hours.
Pine sawdust, highly comprised.
has been successfully used to max, vp
centre frames of carriage wheels. It
is said TO be so solid that it will bear
a pressure equal to twenty.three tons
per square inch. As sawdust has al
so been used for partitions aud brick.
its application TO the production CT
complex carvings and moulding doe.
not seem to be far off,
A lucky man in Arkansas owns one
of four half dollars coined by the con
iederaey, and refused thousand dol.
lars for it. Its very queer, however.
that only four Confederate half dollars