Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-22
CURIOUS FACTS.

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The average age Of twelve English
bishops is scvcntysix years.
The Turkish Empire was established in
Asia, under Gilman l., in 1893.
king Maliesoa's salary before he was
dcposcd amounted to $50 n month.
The drum was used by the Egyptians
and brought by the Moors into Spain.
1t is said that Paris, when full, can nc
commodatc nearly four millions OF pco.
pie.
The tennis ball now bounds in China,
though dirt courts are more frequent
than grass.
Two Hebrews own the site of ancient
Babylon, where their ancestors were cap.
tlves and slaves.
Fifteen of the twenty-five mayors who
have governed Chicago have been nn-
tivcs of the State OF New York.
Nebraska has no great man with n
national reputation, but she has just come
to the front with II four legged chicken.
The return Of land-g grants made in
Western Australia shows that one man
OWNS aud controls nearly 1000, 900
acres.
A woman and her husband are master
and engineer respectively of u trading
steamer on the Columbia River, WASH
ington.
1t is stated that over IL, 900 horses arc
slaughtered for food every year in Paris,
and of this quantity two-thrds are used
for sausages.
1t is said that SIXTY three millionaires
reside in the territory between Dobb's
Ferry and Tarrytown, n. y, distance
Of only six miles
The Japanese Government has coincl
$50, 600 worth of nickel iivc-ccnt pieces.
The people like them much, and the
coinage will be continued.
There are ruins near Gallup, Cal, the
foundation walls of which can be traced
for two miles, indicating tho existence OF
large town in the locality in bygonc
times.
The Shah of Persia asserts that the
Nohinoor is an unlncky jewel. lie points
TO the fact that Queen Victoria lost her
husband soon after coming into posses
sion Of the famous stone.
At marriage ceremony in japan
neither the briIc mar the groom wears
amy clothing of Il purple color lest their
marriage SHOULD be soon dissolved. pur
pie being II color mos; liable TO fade.
The prisoners i'll the Texas pcnitcn
tary raise sugar cane and refine lis Juice.
After payin" all the costs OF food, fuel
| shelter and clothing, 500, 900 has bccp
turned iniJ the State from ibis work
a curious and interesting exhibition
will be opened in Cologne on June ! +,
1870, in which will be displayed vast
collection of ar.ils, Instruments. etc. ,
serving to illustrate the art of warfare
and bearing in ANY way on the condition
ii troops or armies.
Liverpool is probably the most dcnsely
populated city in the word-it is beyond
doubt the most ,icnscly in the
United Kingdom. In the year 1887 IFS
population was 593, 900, or ll3.S per
square acre; while Manchester stood
next with SO, thca Glasgow with 81. s,
and Lnn'lon with st.
Some time since two vessels coli,leo
Of Bognor, Me, one vessel sinking, fifty
four persons pcriShimg. A piano on
board found its way INFO the sea, and
after floating about for three weeks was
washed ashore ut Worthing. Though
covered with barnacles and seawccd, the
piano was found 10 b. i'll playing order
Electricity is now employed in I'm.
dia to prevent snakes from entering
| dwellings. Before all the doors and
around the house TWO wires ARE laid. iso-
lated from each other, and connected
with an induction apparatus. When the
snake attempts 10 enter the house lac
completes the circu! and is killed by the
shock.
Lately there WIS terminated Mt War
saw, Russia, Il lawsuit which has lasted
four centuries. The object of litigation
was piece OF uncuitivatcd ground of
forty acres between the estates of Orlowo
and Iotlowo, which WAS claimed by the
two proprictoiS Of them. Tie suit was
commenced in 1890, AID was curiousIy
enough, brouga; To an end by umicab!c
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