Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-01
CURIOUS FACTS.

SthiOUS FfCIS.
Matches were first made in 1929.
Kerosene Was introduced in 1926.
Coal was first used us fuel in 1884.
Lead pencils were first used in 1894
The first postage stamps were used in
1910.
The frs; newspaper was printed in
1494.
y California man has Matched out 800
tarantulas in an incubator
Fools or licensed testers were kept at
court i'll England up to the time of
Charles |.
The manufacturers of gauze and arti-
eles of light fabric began ut Paisley, i'll
Scotland, about 1859.
The discovery of gluten, an ingredient
of grain, is attributed to Bcccaria, who
lived i'll the eighteenth century.
The PetH Journal of Paris has Il daily
circulation of nearly million copies, the
largest attained by any newspaper in the
world.
Tho London Glole has coined new
word which shall stand ill the same rea-
tion to love, as aquatics does to genuine
navigation, aud has hit upon '.;,matics :"
Censors we're Roman magistrates whose
duty 1T was 10 survey and rate property,
and correct the manners of the pcCplc.
The first two ceEsors were appointed
A43 Il. G..
A very old pear tree is now standing
on the grounds of w. IL. Smith in Rich
mond, Me. It's exact age is not known,
but IFS identity can be traced back for
l5O years. 1t still produces fruit
y kitchen table with rs many drawers
beneath ii rs writing desk, and having
high back like sidcboard full OF
pigcoii-holes Tor Kitchen utensils, is Il re-
cent addition TO The hired girls com.
fort.
An ingenious sor Of New Yorl; State
has patented IL milking Instrument Be
coming tired apparently Of getting the
tactical fluid in the usual way he has con-
structcd 4 pump, the end of which is TO
be inserted i'll the uddcr.
Hospital Sunday, days on which col
lections were made in the churches for
the benefit of the hospitals, began at
Birmingham, England, November 13,
1859. The hospital Sunday system was
adopted in the United States in 1871
A Gothic government was established
i'll CASTLE about 500. By The marriage
of Ferdinand Of Aragon and Isabella of
CASTLE, i'll l41i, the first step toward the
union of Aragon and CASTLE was taken.
Both Kingdoms became one monarchy in
1879.
John d. Nutting, while prospecting
Tor 9arnets i'll the mountains near the
county-housc in Warren County, y. y. ,
has discovered ore which he believes TO
be rich i'll silver. He also states that
there are traces Of gold and copper in
die orc.
The tastes. time made by Il railroad
| train between New York and Chicago
was made by the jarrett and Palmer
| train ill 1876. The time was about
twenty hours. The fastest regular time
is between New York and Philadelphia
ninety miles in 2:20, including stops.
Alaska presents the anomalous condi-
tlon of being Il Territory Of the United
States without Il territorial government,
having no laws except Treasury rcgula-
tions, no political subdivisions, but u
customs district, with Il collector and the
necessary subordinate officials.
There is lady i'll Milwaukee, Wis.
WHO is The mother Of nine children.
None Of them was named until il was
twelve years old. They were simply
called by their nicknamcs and numbers,
"One," GIVE" etc. When they were
twelve years old each chose his own maine
and was baptized.
Captain Hall, the Arctic naviga-
tor, persisted from the effects OF
the severe climate in the winter Of 1871.
His crew cut his grave in the ice, and
the first mate read the service from his
prayer book. The seasons have de-
stroyed every vcstige OF his burial place,
aud the spot will never be found.