Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-03-15
CURIOUS FACTS.

Tho thimblc is a Dutch invention.
Tho Chinese say large nose indicates
shrewdncss.
Three words can DO cablcd across tho
Atlantic in ono minute.
Connecticut was settled by emigrants
from Massachusetts in 1888.
Two cypress trees cut near the Wekiva
(Fia.) single mills produced $40, 600
shingles. q
Caesar was title or namo given to
tho twelve Empcrors of Romo who sue
ceeded Julius Cesar.
Lysistratus, tho statuary, was tho in
vontor of moulds from which ho cost
wax figures in 32S b. c..
Tho surrender of Yorktown, the
browning glory of the American army.
occurred Friday, October 10, 1881.
Tho ruins of Pompcii, at tho foot OF
Mount Ncsuvius, Italy, wero not discoy-
cred until tho middle of tho eighteenth
century.
A sportsman, whilo out cunning near
Barnesvillo, Nd, shot n partridge out
oil II hawks mouth and did not iniuro
the hawk.
A curious sight near Elliiay. Co., is
tho grave OF a mountninecr's vito which
protected from the fury of tho clements
by number of lightning rods.
In the stomach of bear recently killed
in northern Michigan was found box
of sardinos over which the membrane Of
tho stomach had partially grown.
A curious local nnmo for plant Is
"John-g oto -bcd.at- NOON" applied in
England to tho yellow gont's beard,
which opens ut four and closes Just be-
foro twelve o'clock.
Tho employees of tho Providence Or.
~ Bleaching and Calcndcring Company
aro called to work by bell which VIVA
taken from convent in Spain, and was
cast in 1915 in honor of Ferdinand VII.
Ono of tho natural curiositios Mt
Antelope Crock, in tho Butte Creek
Valley, Montnnn, about milo from tho
residence of w. j. Bray, is n cave which
contains superior leo all tho yenr round.
A bunch of dates that weighed thirty
five pounds was picked on ranch ut
Winters, Cal, recently. Tho owner set
out few trees rs mn experiment twenty
five years ngo, md thoy have been bear
ing for ton years.
A 81. Louis sportsman recently pro.
cured in Oregon II trophy that is ono OF
tho greatest curiositics Of its kind in the
world. 1t consists Of largo and perfect
pnir OF caribou antlors which nro entirely
covered with fine, close growth OF
hair.
Some timo ago, AIattio Tcnnell, a
young woman Of Santa barbara, CAL,
lnd some lemon juice accidentally spilled
over hcr hnir on ono side of the hoad.
Since thcn tho hnir on that sido hns be.
como perfectly white, and tho ends OF
tho hair curl us though treated with q
curling iron.
A curious pioco Of gold wns paid to
Lewiston, Mo-, man tho other day. II
is 500 slug coined in 1851 in San
Francisco. 1t Ia I'M eight.corncrod piece
Of yellow gold about as big MS u silver
dollar. 1t bears the stump of the coiner
and his address in Frisco. IL IL said
to be worth about $53. A Lewiston
lady Ind kept it for yenrs.
In eof tho cellars of tho Rathskcller, al
bremen, Germany, thoro arc twelve large
cases OF vino, each case containing ',thol
celebrated 'Itoscnwoin,' which was de-
posted there in 1921. Ono case Of this
wine, containing 20i bottles, cost 900
pcnscs into account and compounding
tho interest, IL single glass, one eighth
OF bottle, would cost about 5000, 600,
or about $500 drop"
The point farthcst North ronchod by any
exploring party is 300 miles from tho
North Polo. Beyond this are leo gorgos
insurmountablo, ind frost so severe that
no human ingenuity has yet constructed
any appliance to withstand its cold 1t
blistcrs tho skin like extreme heat. Tho
greatest progress ever made across this
dosoato wilderness was Mt the rnte of ak
miles day, tho explorers often resting
aa many days MS they had journcycd miles
in single day.