Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-12-05
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

In China two people of the same
surname arc forbidden to intermarry.
a Scotch millionaire has given his
daughter her weight in fi notes. She
weighs 1857 ,s44.
1t is beloved that tho hollvhock was
brought to Europe from China as early
as the year 1873.
Richmond, Va. has over hundred
thousand inhabitants, but no public
hospital or dispensary.
A ncwly-discovercd cave in Oregon
is said to BIO throo miles long and to
contain several mineral springs.
A Bangor (aIo.) woman was taken
sick on the cars. The car was switched
of on side track and left there by
the train.
Noxamixon township, Bucks Coun-
ty,Penn., boasts of a four-leggcd duck
which uses them all in way that is a
sight to see.
tits said that the finest hand-spun
Belgian flax, such us is used in max
ing costly lace, is worth from 5000 to
$1,000 ton.
Frederick s.. Parker and Jessie S.
Bealc were married by verbal contract
i'll restaurant at San Diego, CAL, a
few days ago.
A Detroit statistician says that a
million silver dollars piled one upon
the other would mako silver column
two miles high.
There arc still fifty-nirc German
Waterloo veterans living. Five of
them arc in their Tooth year, Que in his
1Ooth and one in his 107th.
In the handle of the newest tennis
rackets isa place for a tiny bottle of
smelling-salts, which the fair players
use to invigoratc themselves.
One of the most ingenious frauds in
food is that of adulterating powdered
cinnamon by grinding up old cigar
boxes and mixing the powdered wood
with the spice.
Florida pineapple growers arc said
to have melted from 81 to $3.50 per
acre OH their crops this season. A
much larger acreage will DO devoted
TO the crop next season.
A woman in Colorado explained to
q new ledger that she might find tho
sR be-, \ little hard for they had been
is 4 IN ta,Sathc hay out last winter
"a esefl ae stsgying cattle.
Ia sliss,cai 56isoning is said to DO
of vel sreQHefii occurrence among
italian peasslffss who are very fond of
mushrooms, but seem unable to dis
tinguish between the edible and tlio
poisonous varieties.
A big herd of camcls has been seen
on tho plains near Harrisburg, Cal.
One of them was caught and taken
into camp. but had to be killed, as
every horse and mule went crazy at
the sight of the strange beast. ;
The most successful catcher OF spar-
rows in the country lives i'll Indianap-
oils, Ind. He captures 5000 of the
little pests a year in immense nets
spread on the sides of houses, and
makes good income by sell them in
the markets.
January 10, 1860, the Pcmborton
mill, building five stories high. at
South Lawrence, Mass, fell without
moments warning, on account of the
thin walls and insufficient support.
There were 1000 persons in the mill
when the crash came, AID of these ia
were killed and All were injured.
The Oldest printed book in Germany
has been acquired by the ROYAL Libra
ny i'll Berlin. 1t is an early edition Of
the Chinese Art Treasury, "Po-ku-t'u-
lu," printed from metal blocks, and
d; ting from the years 1908 to 1912.
The impression of both the text and
the illustrations is said to be beauti-
fully clear and distinct.
When gun in action drops shell
at certain spot everybody runs away,
yet an old artilleryist says that very
spot is the safest, as the range is
changed at the next fire and the next
shell will go somewhere else. Paste
this in your hat. is the admonition Of
the Detroit Free Press. but remember
that the case is different when boy is
firing snowballs at you.