Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-09
CURIOUS FACTS.

OF the United States.
Achild born of Chinese parents instiis
country may become u citizen.
A turpentino well is reported to have
been discovered in Laurens County, Ga.
In Baltimore they call ball throwing In !
the public streets ''barking and catch.
ing"
Tuning crows is new fad in Georgia.
The birds aro intelligent and easily
taught.
The word "vinegar" is derived from
two French words, vim aigre, meaning
sour wine.
Nine pctrined frogs were found in a
solid rock ut High Springs, Fla, during
recent day.
A hairless calf is owned by Dir. Free
land, of Howe Township, Dauphin :
County, Penn.
j. A. Schuyler, of Pottstown, Penn,
has piece of amber from the Baltic Sea
inclosing u pctriiicd beetle.
A West Virginia electrician has in
vented II wire fishing rod with m cleo
trio bell which will ring for every nib
bic.
II NIL the telephone wires in this coun-
try were stretched in continuous line
they would reach seven times around tho
earth.
w. Shelly, of Milford Square, H., has
Newfoundland dog ponderous enough
to do all tho family washing by tread
power.
A recent count OF money in the United
States Treasury revealed shortage OF
$50. Tho amount counted was $1S4,.
900, 900. 1
Pete Mutt, of Dadc County, Ga, has
chicken eating mule. IIo eats them raw,
and will chase fat hen for mile, i
necessary.
Tho law of Wisconsin requires that oil
logs put into water shall be marked
Just M cattle are marked on tho plains,
so that every ono will know his own.
Among the Chinese, should the lily
blossom on Now Ycar's Day, it is rc
gnrdcd rs most happy omen, prcsaging
the plant.
Up to 1884 the English Postolllco Ind
issued 81, 302, 900, 900 postage stamps.
That would cover 1862 square miles, and
would reach To the moon aud back il
plnccd end to end.
Warden Toner, Of the New Castle
QDcl.) Jail, has received bushcl of plug
tobacco for distribution among tho prison
crs. Tho donor signs himself: "One
who has been there"
A milk white horse Tint was ridden by
General Grant during the war il now
owned by ID. Is. Flint, oil Boston. The
animnl is twcnty-ninc years old and Is
frequently driven by Mr. Flint.
One mode of selling turquoiscs al
Mini Novgorod, Russia, is peculiar. A
person, on payment of certain sum, ia
allowed to plunge his hand into bag full
ofhcm and to retain all hc can seize.
According to NJ. Mace, the OK Chief OF
the Surete, four hundred or five hundred
pockets are picked daily in Paris, even
when there il no universal exhibition to
attract both tho wolf and the lamb.
The Chinese havo practical way of
giving II testimonial. When n fow' vii.
lnges appreciate the kind offices of
magistrate, tho natives subscribe together
and present him with IN official UNI
brclla.
A French fisherman who was reported
lost, and whose property was divided up,
returned MI right after IN absence of two
years, but the French courts hold that he
is dead, and he has got to take now
nnmo and be somebody disc.
The "Colombophio Congress and
Monster Toss" will take place Mt Paris.
This is not species of bull fight, with
pigeon fancicrs MS picadorcs, mntatlors,
etc., but great flight Of 100, 600 pigeons,
to be started from the Trocadcro August
4.
The word "tcctotal" had its origin
through suffering temperance orator,
who urged on his hearers that nothing
less than "tc-tc-tc-t total" abstinence
would satisfy temperance rcformers.
Some one ut once adopted "tcetotal,
and it sprang into general use.