The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-04-28
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There are now more camel!as raised !
in Philadelphia. than in any city in the
United States
The total number of newspapers pnb-
lished in the world at present is said to
be in excess of thirty seven thousand.
A man in st. Louis has been struck
dumb by lightning, which was attracted
by horse shoe nailed above his door.
Thaaters are most common IN the
United States, where there are about
eighty-five to every million inhabitants.
The coinage of the world now absorbs
nearly two thirds of the gold and more
than half of the total stock of silver an
nual!y.
The ancient Celtic religion was rude
polythesm. the mythology and doctrines
of which are now, for the most part, un
known.
There are very nearly ten thousand
steamships in,the world, and their aggre
gate burden amounts to about ten mil
lion tons
The steel used by the United States
navy is recommended by the Austrian
Society of Engineers as the best know.
in practical science.
New Orleans, with an area of two hun
dred and twentyseven square miles,
covers more ground than any other city
in the United States.
An artist is authority for the statement
that the outline of the left side of the
face is the most perfect in ninety nine
persons out of hundred.
An elephants digestive functions are
very rapid. and the animal therefore re-
quires daily a large amount of fodder
six hundred pounds at least.
All other things being equal, bari
tone voice in a man and a contralto voice
in a woman will wear better and last
longer than any of the Others
In Germany 27,4e5 children between
twelve and fourteen years worked iii fac
tories in 1890; in England, 85,4e9 under
thirteen years were employed.
No Indian wigwam has been struck by
lightning since the dawn of history, and
no Indian has been killed with lightning
for more than one hundred years.
Within n year, it is promised, the first
long>distance telephone line from New
York to Chicago will be completed. The
line has already reached Cleveland.
1t is noted that of all the women men
toned in the Old Testament there is but
one Sarah, Abraham's wife, whose age
is recorded. Sarah appears to have been
eccentric.
1t is perhaps safe to predict that at no
very distant date the use of Oil lamps
will have ceased on all large and impor-
tant systems of railway, to be succeeded
by electric illumination.
The three tallest trees in the world are
believed to be ID sequoia near Stockton,
CAL, which is 1875 feet high; and two
sucalypti in Victoria, Australia. estimat-
ed to be ass and $50, respectively.
During heavy gales the waves of the
Atlantic Ocean are from twenty-four to
thirty six feet high, half above and halt
below the mean level of the sea. This
increases to forty five feet in raging
storm.
A writer in thesRoston transcript has
gone to the unnecessary trouble to figure
up that heaven contains 1,S00, 00U. 00l
souls, against population III he'll OF
$4,000, 5000 Now we know where to
locate the great majority.
Less than thirty years ago, President
Mcleod, of the Reading Railroad, was a
rOdman on railway. He is now tie
head of a two thousands ix>hundred
mile trunk line, and the employer Of
one hundred Thousand subordinafes.
Easter may come as early as March 90
or as late as April 25. The rule Wa,
adopted fifteen hundred years ago, max
ing Easter the first Sunday following the
full moon after the sun crosses the equa
torial line in the spring.
According to a recent reckoning, {
human being of either sex, who is a moe
crate eater and who lives to be seventy
years old, consumes during the days o
the years of his life" d quantity OF fooe
WHICH, Woulu Ill twenty ordinary Tail
way baggage vans.
Squirrels and gophers are great scat
tiers of seed. They carry nuts aronnd il
their cheek pouches and bury them her.
and there in the ground an zach to al
inch and halt deep. They remembe
where good snany of them are hidden
and dig them up again; but they ar
sure to forget some, and these have al
excellent chance to sprout and grow.