The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-22
VARIETIES.

4 -Aoout oV.oVu.OUo rect oil logs were IA lied
! IN Bangor, Me. during 1895, which
breaks all previous records.
| New South Wales Is swclterIng under
! the heat. In the Bourke district they
nave hau an average temperature of 1l3
degrees in the shade for fortnight
Yes. SAID one theatrical manager.
that artists salary is $500 n week.
Indeed. replied the other. do you
mind telling me how much she gets?"-.
Washington Star
Count Magre. the dwarf husband of
Mrs. Tom Thumb. has ordered Il bicycle,
lii* heisht Is 20 inches. and the bicycle.
which is To be made to order will weigh
less than 10 pounds.
Mrs. Hiram Kelly and S. II. Cobb.
Ihomas Murdoch and y. c. Bartlett. of
engage. have together contributed the
sum OF Sl5o,oo0 for the erection of Il Home
Tor the Friendless In that city.
Georgia farmers are fearful for tho
peach crop. The recent warm weather
swelled the buds on the trees. and some
are almost about to bloom. \ frost
| would destroy the buds and ruin the
prospects of q ro1d crop.
| ! ne Missouri river has not been closed
inns year, ana II IS not likely TO he For
" years ago such n thing az the river
| remaining open All winter was uu-
| known. and even fifteen or twenty wears
ago IL invariably closed in December
| during The last four years the river
has been closed but once.
an the New Years procrss'an a.
NoniSberg In l5aS Il bologna sausage rS.
| hiDitcd by tie "butuhcrmcn" wns Gno
feet in length. and Was Carried on tho.
| shoulders of SiSty-sevcn men and bovs
| ihc one exhibited in the same civ n,
iaS:' was over 1000 feet in length and
| weighed i%i pounds.
an absent minded citizen Of t;orhnn
ME- mas been developing alarming symp
N l Ia II., .
10 the trough three times each uav Cnr
tniee weeks after he had killed IN,
pig. Another time when he entered ,bn
| 'ouSe win II roll OF money in cnc hand
ana a pail of milk in the other. he po,Ir
Ell the milk into II burcau drawer
~ curious lake has been found i'm th,
island OF kildinc, in the North Sea II
is separated from the ocean by q marrow.
Slrip OF land, ana contains, salt water
unuer me surface. in which sDuunos
goldfish, and other marine animals ilonn.
iSh. me surface of the wafer however
rt.ir,'H ilesh. and supports daph-
mas ana other frcsh-watcr creatures
ne silent cab call is an invent ion
nnch TO be esteemed. which is now com.
me mo general use In London. rwn
lamps, one red and the other green nro
suspended from the door of - ch,h ~,
other public building The porter with.
III mas merely To press Il knob in tho
l hn
Ercch lamp may be illuminated The
one TO call Il fourwheelcr and the other
Il hanson.
Tie company which was orrauiZcd
some time ago To mine the sands I'm tho
american and Sacramento rivers has
, h'''u "ht II craft with three amalsnnu-
TORS ana an endless chain ariaugrmcn;
with scoops for lifting the sand from ihr
no''ohl ot the river Is attached The
. originator of the scheme thinks he viii
get rom 81 to 81 worth of gold ont of
every ton of sand, which he declares will
be good pay.
~ remarkable flow OF water from nrtn-
sEah wells Is had In the neighborhood OF
, Shamnerlain, 5. H., where very recent.
iN large number OF wells have heen
: sunk. The water is used for srnnIvi,"
, cicc'ric hight and power. and for irrirn
ton one well at Chamberlain cnnIr
;, UP a'"oo gallons minute. and there ar,
twehly-iour wells In BrlIlc county semi
inS NJ an average Of 1000 gallons n min
ute each.