Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-16
CURIOUS FACTS.
Owls have a good hearing.

Owls have good hearing.
England is as large as Iowa.
Greek helmets covered the head, back
of neck, ears aud nose.
During the middle ages the Spaniards
were the best javeinmeu.
Tho cry Of a wounded hare resembles
that of child in distress.
The smallest quadruped in the WORLD
Is tho pygmy mouse of Siberia.
Swords equal to the Test ever made are
till produced at Toledo, Spain.
The Mohammedau's Holy Land is
dlecca, the birthplace OF Mohammcd.
An undertaken at Louisville, Ky,
recently opened coffin buried sixty
years ago, and found the body perfectly
preserved.
w. d. Walton, of Petersburg, VS..
recently coughed up mimic bali which
was fired into his armpit at the battle of
Spottsylvania Court House during the
war.
The first discovery of coal in America
is not definitely located, but it is claimed
that the first discovery was made in H.
linois by the early French explorers some
time between the years 1878 and 1880.
A Mr.. Ellis, of Pottstown, Penn, re.
GENTLY shot at Cathlamet, Washington, a
monster elk. The animal weighed,
whom dressed, 500 pounds. The antlers
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 in the fin.
ishing of Il residence.
A woman in Kennebunk, Me-. has
made pots of five field crlckets. Each
has name aud seems to know it when
spoken. They are peculiarly sensitive to
music, and are always chirpiug 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
Lubec dentist in 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 20 be.
fore sunrise and, gathering some flower
beside river bank, tie it onto the left
arm OF the patient without his knowing
what the plant is. This belongs dc.
cidedly to the romantic school of heal.
ing, and, granting its virtue, is not
likely to find much favor in tho late
breakfast indulgences of tho modern
practitioner.
Flowers may be kept fresh for 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-tnird of their
length Into boiling water. This will
drive the sap back into the flowers,
causing them to become fresh. Then cut
away the third of the stem which has
been heated, aud place the flowers in
>old water.
Colonel N. NJ. Rittcnhousc, of Balti.
more, Nd, has lately come into pos
session of a family heirloom. His father
died some ti,Le ago in Philadelphia, and
in looking over matters OF the household
found Brittania tea set of six pieces
made in Manchester, England, in 1878.
brought to this country by his ancestors
and handed down from generation to
generation to the present one. 1t is
stated That many prominent men of past
generations drank tea out OF the teapot
of this set. There were no spoons IN
use IN those carly days, and instead small
tongs were used.