The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-02
ODDS AND ENDS.

An Indian living near Port Discovery
bay caught salmon in that bay on
Wednesday that weighed seventy
pounds. This is one of the largest sal
mon ever captured in these waters, and
strange to say was hauled safely to
shore.
No less than fifteen sparrow nests
were found in the ivy running over a
wall in West Chester, Pa. All of them
were removed, but some of the birds
almost Immediately began building new
homes, and in the old spots, too.
4 lady in Apoka, Fla, has used the
same needle for seven years. She says
she would sooner lose dress than the
needle.
Several young men on Mackinac ISL
and have formed a society with cap
ital stock of So, 600, which will be spent
on visit 10 tho Worlds fair and trip
around the earth in 1898.
Vanilla is produced from a species of
orchid that attaches itself to walls,
trees and other suitable objects. The
plant has long, fleshy stem, and the
leaves are alternate, oval and lanceo-
late. The flower is grecnish white.
The United States is beyond question
great nation of coffee drinkers. The
imports from South America amount
to over 525, 000,0 900 pounds annually,
of which 90 per cent. comes from Bra
I'll. The second largest shipper to this
market is Venezuela, II per cent.
y Spanish coin was recently found
on Burlington On. J.) farm, bearing
the date of 1921. 1t is in excellent con-
dition, the letters and figures being as
distinct as when the coin was first is
sued II is about the size of our two
cent piece.
The weekly papers of Huntington, L.
T., have been for couple of weeks
publishing the following notice: Want
ed-A smart, strong and handsome
school mistress. None but those who
will guarantee to keep the school and
use tho rod need apply. Term to COM
mence May 80 in the assembly rooms.
Wages SO month and board around. F"
The amount of heat given by the
moonlight has again been investigated,
this time with a thermopile of almost
incredible delicacy. The results show
that the warmth received from the re-
Elected light of the moon is equal to
that given out by candle at twenty
one feet distance Observations seem
to show that, although the moons face
is under the blaze of an unclouded sun
for fourteen days, it remains compare
lively cool, and that whatever heating
it does receive is rapidly gained and as
rapidly lost.
A remarkable clock has just been set
up in the municipal library Of Rouen,
France a single winding keeps it run
ming for fourteen years. 1t was con-
structed in 1902; underwent alterations
in 1916; was bought by the city of
Rouen In 1888, and has been recently
repaired and set going
1t is seen from the report of the do
minion department of Indian affairs
that the number of Indians in Canada
is 121, 500. Ontario has 1882; Que
bee, 1850; Nova Scotia, 2,O59; New
Brunswick, 1874; Prince Edward
Island, 81; Manitoba and Northwest
territories, 24,5
4 number Of wealthy Jews recently
offered $500, 600 for the Vatican's copy
of the Hebrew Bible, but the pope
wouldn't sell. \ similar effort to buy
this Bible was made in 1912, when
Julius II was greatly in need of money,
but still he refused 500, 900. The near
est approach TO such price for book
hitherto was $50, 900, paid by the Ger
man government in 1854 for the missal
formerly given by Leo Y to Henry VIII,
together with the parchment making
thatsovereign Defender of the Faith }"
Charles II gave the missal to the Duke
of Hamilton, and it stayed in his fam
lily for 200 years