The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-11-24
Here and There.

Here and There.
The best honey in Persia, it is said, is
collected from the orange groves at
Kanyeroon.
F. B. Schemerhorn, geologist, claims
to have found fossil forest in Custer
county, Idaho.
The empire of Japan comprises nearly
1900 cities, towns and villages, in
which 10000, 900 people live.
California roses are said to be 90 per
cent. richer in perfume than those grown
in the Eastern States.
The new whale-back steamer to be
built at Everett, Wash, will be 300 feet
in length, AZ feet beam and 26a feet in
depth.
Mr. Goodman, of London, bet that
he could smoke SO cigars down to an
inch in less than II hours He did it
with AZ minutes to spare.
train mile and quarter in length
was lately hauled over the Reading
Railroad by single engine. 1t consist
ed of $50 empty freight cars.
The Spanish language has word of
nine letters which, spelled backward or
forward, suffers no alteration in it's or
biography. 1t is the verb ''reconnocer.'
A big patron of the shoe market is
Allen Milton Browning, of Huntington,
W. Va. He has led six wives to the al
tar and is the father of sixty-seven child
rem.
A mouse started across the room in a
North Atchison house and girl scream
ed so loudly the mouse fell over. On
picking it up it was found to have died
of fright.
Fifteen revolutionary widows are Still
alive and regularly draw pensions. Sew
en- of them reside in one pension district
of Tennessee, and four of these seven are
proud of the name of Nancy.
Vice-President Morton has nearly COM
pleted a hennery into which he will put
1900 chickens and whatever number may
come from 1, 200 eggs now in incubators.
The st. Louis Chronicle says the in
mates of the charitable institutions of
that city ''get soup and very little OF
that, while the superintendent gets tur
key with all the trimmings"
A London lady of extreme age and
eccentric manners recently died after
leaving bequest of So, 800 per year for
the maintenance of a pet parrot and a
further sum of 81, 500 for cage for it.
A long gray elm, eighty feet long and
tapering from six to four feet in diane
ter, owned by Archie Cameron, of Mich
igan, will be placed upon two fiat cars
and sent to the Chicago Exposition.
The aggregate capital surplus of the
companies which have been buying Lake
Superior mines and transportation in
terests is in the neighborhood of $780,
600, 900 and not dollar of it is water.
A freak of nature, large tree which
possesses the characteristics of a pine
and an oak, may be seen near Ashburn
ham, Mass. In the fall of the year pine
burs fall on one side and acorns on the
other.
Asabel Thornburg, of Mnncie, Ind
who died recently within fifty days Of
rounding off the century mark, left iii
great-grundchildren and II great>great
grandchildren. He had been tobacco
user since early boyhood.
A wedding was postponed at Newton,
Kan, the other day because the groom
neglected to take out a license-a mis-
take which was not discovered until the
bridal party reached the altar.
Only one $1,000 bill and only three
$4,000 bills are now outstanding. Origi-
nally there were $40, 900, 900 worth of $1O,-
600 notes and $20,0OO,0OO worth of $4,000
notes. The others have been redeemed.
A magnet at Willet's Point, Long ISL
and, is considered the largest and stron-
gest in the world. 1t ID made of two 15>
inch Dahlgreen guns, wound around
with eight miles OF cable charged with
electricity.
Elizabeth City, N. c., has wonderful
freak of nature, it is claimed, in the
shape of live calf with bulldogs
head. 1t is further stated that the en-
tire head has all the formations of the
bull dog.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles P. Jacobs, at
Pendleton, Ind. have celebrated their
Golden wedding anniversary. The din
Ier was spread upon the same table,
cloth upon which the wedding>feast
was served fifty years ago.
The little black spots on the end of the
snail's horns are the animals eyes. He
can see with them very little, but they
serve tn distinguish for him light from
darkness, and enable him to observe OBJ
jects at distance of an inch or two.
Electric Bitters
This remedy is becoming SO we'll known
and SO popular as to need no special
mention. All who have used Electric
Filters sing the same song of praise.-A
i,,lrer medicine does not exist and tits
Guaranteed to do that is claimed Electric
sitters will cure all diseases of the Liver
and Kidneys, will remove Pimples, Boils,
Salt Rheum and other affections caused
by impure blood.-Will drive Malaria
from the system and prevent as well as
cure all Malaria fevers.-Fol cure of
Headache. Consumption and Indigestion
try Electric Bitters-Entire satisfaction
Guaranteed, or money refunded.-Price
81 ITS and ST 90 per bottle at Farrar s.
sVilliamson's Drugstore.
The First Blessing.
Even nature sympathizes with the
triumph of democracy. The only good
rain we had for three months followed