Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-12
CURIOUS FACTS.
Owls have a good hearing.
England is as large as Iowa.


England is as large as Iowa.
Greek helmets covered the head, back
of neck, ears and nose.
During the middle ages the spaniards
we're the best javelinmeu.
The CRY of wounded hare resembles
that of child in distress.
The smallest quadruped in the world
is the pygmy mouse Of Siberia.
Swords equal to the best ever made are
still produced at Toledo, Spain.
The Mohammedau's Holy Land is
Mecca, the birthplace Of Mohammed.
An undertaken at Louisville, KY,
recently opened a coffin buried sixty =.
years ago, and found the body perfectly
preserved.
W. d. Walton, Of Petersburg, Vs.,
recently coughed up a mimic bali which
was fred into his armpit at the battle Of
Spottsylvania Court House during the
war.
The first discovery of coal in America
is not definitely located, butitis claimed
that the first discovery was made in H.
linois by the early French explorers sOme
time between the years 1873 and 1880.
A Mr.. Ellis, of Pottstown, Penn, re-
Gently shot at Cathlamet, Washington,
monster elk. The animal weighed,
when dressed, 500 pounds. The antlefs
measured seven feet three inches from
tip to tip.
The first mill built in Oregon was
erected IN 1917 by the Hudson Bay
Company. The stills, which were OF oak
and are yet sound, have been converted .
into lumber, and will be used ia the I'm
ishing OF residence.
A woman in Kennebunk, Me-, has
made pets of five field cuokets. Each
has name and seems to know it when
spoken. They are peculiarly sensitive to
music, aud are always ohirping when
the sound of musical instrument is
heard.
Among the most remarkable inven-
tions at the recent paper exhibition at
Berlin was a set of paper teeth made by
Lubeo dentist il 1878. They have been
in constant use for more than thirteen
years, and show absolutely no wear
whatever.
Pliny's cure for the ague Is to 60 be-
fore sunrise and, gathering some dover
beside river bank, tie il onto the left
arm Of the patient without his knowing
what the plant is. This belongs de-
cidedly to the romantic school OF heal
ing, aud, granting its virtue, is not
likely to find much favor in the lato
breakfast indulgenees OF tho modern
| practitioner.
Flowers may be kept fresh for a long
time by putting pinch Of soda into the
water in which they are held. They
should not be gathered while the sun is
shining upon them, but early in the morn.
ing, or after the sun has been down for
] an hour. To revive wilted flowers plunge
the stems to about one.third Of their
length into boiling water. This will
drive the sap back into tho flowers,
causing them to become fresh. Thea cut
away the third OF the. stem which has
been heated, aud place the flowers in
cold water.
Colonel N. NJ. Rittenhouse, of Bald-
more, Nd, has lately come into pos
session Of family heirloom. His father
died some tine AFRO in Philadelphia, and
in looking over matters Of the household
found Britannia tea set Of six pieces
made in Manchester, England, in 1878,
brought to this country by his ancestors
and handed down from generation &
generation to the present one. II i
stated that many prominent men Of past
generations drank tea out OF the teapoi
of this set. There were no spoons AZ
use IN those early days, aud instead small
tones were used.