Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-30
CURIOUS FACTS.

CURIOUS FACTS.
In Africa they ride ostriches as we do
horses.
The Sandwich Islands alphabet has
twelve letters
1t is probable that the Indian is of the
Mongolian race.
a dog down in Piedmont, w. Va, has
two tails, and he wags them in different
directions
AT the funeral of young man named
Rice, ut Shamokin, Penn, four young
ladies were the pal-bcarers.
Greenlanders bury with child dog
to guide it i'll the other world, saying:
a dog can find his way anywhere.
a ram recently sheared ut Metamora,
Mich, yielded thirty eight and one
quarter pounds of wool at one clip.
Blankets are said to have been lirsi
made ut Bristol, England, in the four,
teenth century, by Thomas Blanket
Celery is said TO have been introduced
from England in 1904. From England
it later found its way to this country
There are five localities in this country
where lakes Of water are stored up for
future disasters like that of .)ohnstown.
The vicinity of Black Rock, Il short
distance below Buffalo, N. Y, was the
scene of stirring events in the war OF
1S12-15.
The heart sends nearly ten pounds OF
blood through the veins and arteries each
beat. and makes four beats while We
breathe once.
Robert Fulton built the Clermont.
II was the first steam propelled vessel to
make regular trips. The date of its con.
structon i'll 1907.
1t is said that if you saw off the tips
of n goats hoof you may keep him how
and where you please. Otherwise YOU
Will keep him where he pleases
Among the curious things exhibited at
the Royal Society's Conversations in Lon
uon tie other evening was Il tail of
Japanese barndoor cock eleven feet long.
There are in New York 1858 men,
women and children, who are professional
bcggarS, liars, hypocrites and dcceivcrs,
and the average income of each one is
s. per week.
Peter Anderson, Wisconsin man. has
hair that tluiTs out from his head like
wool, ten inches thick, so that he has to
wear IN lieu OF Il hat Il silk turban, with
III elastic band at the mouth
The sceptre OF an Egyptian King has
been examined chemically by Professor
licrthclot, and proves to be nearly pure
copper with only traces of lead. Ii is
supposed 10 he about G000 years old.
Cheese is mentioned by Aristotle
,bout $50 Il. g. 1t is supposed that
,hceScnaking WAS introduced into Eng
and about the beginning oflthc Christian
FRA, having been learned from the Romans
a gorilla in the Bombay Qndia) ZOO
ogical gardens takes bar of iron two
inches thick and bends it nearly double
IL his hands. and with one bite of his
.ce;h he shivcrs mahogany knot into
match wood.
Simon Gratx and Ferdinand !. Drccr
)wn the largest and most valuable collcc-
ions of autographs i'll the country.
they are Phi!adelphians. Mr.. GRATIS
collection is worth $50, 900 and Mr..
Drccr's three timcs as much
y man WHO lives near Platt. Sullivan
County, Penn, claims to have :, scheme
whereby he can manufacture shoes with
movable solcs, so that when one sole
years ont the old one can be replaced
With Il new one without any trouble.
William Mooney, Of West Pike, Pot.
or County, Penn, has peculiar head OF
iair. VI hen storm approaches every
Iair i'll his head stands cut straight, and
: he wears his hair very long he is quite
Ridiculous sight. Oh that account he
:cvcr leaves the house when il is cloudy.