Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-12-05
CURIOUS FACTs. (
Philadelphia was settled in 1852.

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Tho first watches were made in NJ
remburg in 1477. rs
Few largo trunks nrc seen on the rail-.
roads nowadays.
The number of different languages
spoken in Europe is 5S7.
Apair of white robins with pink eyes
were canght at West Goshen, Penn. re-
Gently.
In Prussia there arc 2O,oOo,ooo acre,
OF forests, 10000, 900 of which are State
forests.
In certain villages of the Indian cen.
trail provinces there is an official termed
tho gapogari, whose duty it is to mako
rain,
So many distinguished artists in
England have married their models
that tho profession is in high standing
thoro. s
During u heated spell ut Reading.
Penn, workmen removed street rail.
and it extended so mnch that 1t could
not be replaced.
parrot owned by Kansas City NO.
barber hangs in front of tho establish
ment and occasionally advises passorsby
to got their hair cut.
Az rule tho menus at the table of
tho King of Denmark aro drawn up In
French, but during tho visit of tho Kaiser
thoy were drawn up in Danish.
Richard Carmichael, of Queen Anne
County, Md, has kept diary for thirty
years aud it shows that 1t has invariably
rained on tho 28th Of July during that
timo.
Tho Rev. Josiah r. IIowos, Congre-
gational Clergyman for ovor sixty-seven
yoars,is still preaching IN Litchneid Mo-,
although he is now in his ninety second
year.
Some practical but inartistic German
has made upa compound OF sugar aud
condensed mill, aud ten from which
cup OF tea can DO had by simply pouring
on boiling water.
Glycerino WINS discovered by Scheclc
about 1770, and termed by him tho
''sweot principle OF fats" and further
studied by Chcvreul, termed tho "father
of tho fatty acids"
Tho manufacture Of cotton goods in
Ceyon has for tho last few years malo
romarkaoie progress. Tho island
promises 70 become as dangerous
u ri'a' OIL ihuia III that industry as IN
inc CROWN Oh tea
ono OF the wedding presents to Explo-
rer STANLEY was gold geographical
watch from firm of watchmakers, tho
first Of tho kind ever manufactured. It
.r s. !, inc 'lmo IN almost every important
city Ill Tho wor,d'
Tho interesting fact may be stated In
q limo TINT New YorlS's now aqucduct is
tnl1ty mics long, IL cost 32S,oVo, ooo
nhu o'gn'y iiVes were iost IN It's copstssan. "a
lion. IL prihgs ols,ooo,ooo gaItptF 81 9
water 10 New York daily.
i5I.ssss IA Tlstz, living op ID farm ssi
! "a ileialw whore hcr Ilss,
z sassit hcrt $s.Hq
Il 'ss'1- n M
Il ~ !, 81 {;
'Ha, ,iiod WI, Y.e' ,S;' j; =
stantly.S
An explorer who has boon col,sssSmssr.
specimens from tho son bottom nnd a,sSs
Watching tho habits of marjno nn,naI b'
says that artists aro wrong IN ronrasonf
ing divers aswalkino unrjobt no iis NV
pcrlcnco shows that /. Is necessary mr. - to
walk with tho body inolincd forward ~
M angle of forty.avo dogrcos 40 "''N ~
AZ Tho hood - on,on VII.
County, Cal. are two nbrunt n,o, =" ahyo
ono ID, 600 and tho other IA O nn soo,
high. Tumblinr down tho ada - , nno
is cataract 500 feet hioh which IN th "'
distance resembles falling snow onJ
two other waterfalls ~ oo" nJ" io, ahu
nro visible from tho hoad of thn v aIiSn'
Dsr,;r no,,,,,u 49,. ",y.7
will, = 49,; @.an'l's, nus " stonoographer
funerals Of ro pl'uun,'y, lie attends all