The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-03-27
GEORGE T.. KUNZ.
VARIETIES.

1t is estimated that of the 10000 pau
Dcrs of London, two-thirds are able-bod-
led and capable of working.
The Business of producing silk may be
prosecuted with success all over the
Middle and Southern States of this
country.
The silk insect is a moth. one inch long
by two across, with wings OF II bright
yellow color. and having crescent shaped
spots.
The Cape Cod cranberry growers are
| happy. The plants In that region have
got through the winter better than in
many years.
London contains Il quarter of a mil
lion working single women whose iud-
iNidunl earnings do not average more
than twenty-five cents week.
Some of the British steamship com
panies employ more men thun are en-
listed In some of the second class IIu-
ropean navies. The Cunard Line en-
ploycs 10000.
Mamma-You know. johnny. when
mamma whips her little boy, she docs ii
for his own goc-i Johnny Mamma.
wish you didn't think quite so much
of mc.--Enst"n Transcript.
II The production of peppermint oil Is
almost cn:tgely an American industry
I New York and Michigan produce tn"
a greatest yield of extract About 3ao
pounds of mint plant produce u single
i pound OF oil
\ recent expert OF the extent of the
I anthracite coal fields in the l'n!tcd
States places their contents ut l.92l .t00.-
. 600 tons. The annual production aver
, ages i5.u0o,0OD tons. nj which rate the
\ supply would last some 265 wears.
i. Prof, ssional hunters who hunt ard
. trap among the mountains along the
! Snake and Grandc Rondo rivers. in
- Washington. say that the weather l.:
). that region has been so mild all winter
~. I,.4.,
"a winter quarters.
=, One OF the best mining experts IN
- Arizona IS woman, ANA another wom-
! an cXper; in the same line Is Mrs. Clara
= Mood, of klamath. Ore. She is said 1,
:, know more about the mineralogy OF
- the Klamath river shan any other par
: son. ana her knowledge has n high
o commercial value 10 her.
~ \ curious piece Of real estate soon tC
be auciionsl off nj the exchange III
| London comprises III freehold Of ,ht
IS Island of Volcano. IN The NJ Mediterranean
II with numerous mountains and TWO live
q crl:crs The island is one of the Aeo-
e. liam group, off the north coast Of Sicily
II and Is five miles long and two and a
2 half broad.
g \ professional man In New London
l. Conn. has invented an apparatus IL
y convey light und.r wa.cr--a submarine
y. illumination. Electric RAYS with this
II, idea can be made 10 light np In" sub
* marine rcccsscs TO any depth necessary
/ for practical purposes The idea has
= been tested on a small scale and work
D. ed well before come electricians in town
y An anti-SVuirrel Convention Is /" lie
l. held in Spokane. Wash, on May 18th
1 which viii he attended by delegates
from all county boards in Eastern
N Washington. The purpose Of ~" Con
a, vtm;inn is Ia make united and Getcrm!l-
Is nd efforts 10 cXtcrm,nIty the ground
squirrels. which annually destroy grain
:. ana other crops III That region to the
o, value Of several thousand dollars
lr \ correspondent sends us the follow
r ing: y lady accompanied by a small
s hoy was making srpme purchases IN a
:, Philadelphia drug store. The child no
n ticed some l.i;hia Water in large hot
~ ties. and asked what that was. His
II aun, told him thar II was water and
ID casually remarked tina; It was no: mMcN
5; Ike the water he drew from the by
drant why. no." he said, Il can sec
N through ihis!"
I'd Rhyming poets often achieve moro
IL, glory than pecun!ary gain. y young
9 Partisan pce: y reduced TO the mann.
IS featuring Of advertising rhymes for tbs
lie printed circular OF ready made cloth.
n ing establishment. for which he is paiC
rs III kind in proportion 10 the merit OF Nh,
d couple,S The other day he brought
so a new production r. the manager OF IN,
nj advertising department. That is no
or up 10 much" said the critic Bah
ne $3.50