Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-03-18
CURIOUS FACTS.

y There are forty Sur separate pieces OF
Gather and other material In pair Of
Vine shoes.
Some thirty square miles OF land are
In this country alone devoted to the
purposes of burial.
Tombstone, Arizona, has three mines
named "The Lucky Cuss, "Toughnut"
band ssGood Enough"
: Sauerkraut, although of German
origin, is more largely used by Ameri-
cans than by Germans.
In New Zealand one may catch 100
pounds of trout in day with minuow
or thirty pounds with fly.
Eight olive trees now exist in the
Garden of Olives at Jerusalem which are
known to be at least eight hundred years
old.
There is said to be only one hotel in
this country, and that one in Philadel-
phia, which has library for the use OF
its guests.
A pot of gold aud silver coins of
American mintage was dug up near
Pittsfeld, H., recently. The value of the
find was 1925.
Members OF the British House OF Com.
mons enter and leave the Chamber with
their heads uncovered, but during ses-
sions they wear their hats.
A genius at Omen, KY, hal several
ponds on his place that the cold spell
froze entirely covered up with straw,
and proposes to take out ice during the
summer as he wants it.
The largest South African lion on
record weighed, five honrS alter death,
$50 pounds. This fine specimen was
shot by John Otto at Koppie, Alvin, in
Orange Free State, South Africa.
a plentiful supply of hot water was
struck at depth of 372 feet in the
artesian well at the Boise City, Idaho,
penitentiary few days ago. The flow
fills fve-lnch pipe and is very hot.
Nebraska has young lady iu tue per
son of Miss Schafer, of Beaver Crossing.
fifteen years old, six feet three inches in
height, weighs $50 pounds, and wears a
No. 10 shoe. She is growing rapidly.
There is a woman in Brocton, Mass,
who can boast of having lived under the
administration of every President of the
United States. She was born the day
preceding Washington's retirement from
office.
Left Erikson's statue in Boston has
been criticised as artistcaliy mace rate
because it has smooth shayen face.
The question is raised as to the posi-
bility Of razors having been in use among
the Mortimer in his day.
Asafetids is not, as many suppose, an
animal product. 1t is prepared from
the roots and stems of plant grown ex'
tensively in Persia, Beloochistan aud In
dia. 1t is the last named country cooGs
use it in all kinds of pudding.
Samuel Harmon, OF Fox Hill, Penn.
claims that he has eaten in the las
twenty years $3.50 pies. His regula
consumption has been half pie daily
He declares that he has never experienced
the slightest attack of dyspepsia.
A resident of Auselain Springs, N
c., claims to own a peculiar ear of corn
1t is said that there are thirteen ears al
containing well developed grain,
grouped around the large ear. All thes'
fourteen ears, he states, grew in on
shuck.
Wall space for advertising purpo se'
commands very high rentals in popula:
business thoroughfare, in New Yor1
City. There is one man who obtains al
annual income of several thousand dol
lars out of one side of house which il
conspicuously exposed.
The Denison rexas) Herald chronicle
the arrival in that city of lisa To-Bl, ont
of the most picturesque characters in tai
Chickasaw Nation. His long silky hair
massive head and generally imposing
appearance attract attention wsereger he
goes He has been Justice of the Chick
asaw Supreme Court ani National Audit
or. He is a full blooded Indian, but i
known to the whites as Josiah Brown.