The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-26
Foreign Methods ana Manners.

one OF the most unique methods OF
amusement was tried I'm the town of
Nogent-on-th the Marine near Paris the
other day. There are great number Of
COPPER shops ut this place and the men
ana women of the town united in n
olling contest. The race course was y
me, level bit of road bordering the river
Marne. and the huge casks which the
coopcrS had Just completed were to lie
rolled on their edge in the same wnv
as they were handled In the making.
There was no dearth of entries fore the
iirst race. in which both hands could he
used i'll the sport but when II came to
using only one hand and, finally. ia
rolling two casks at the same time.
with hand for each, the contest mar
rowed considerably. and the matter lie
Vaihe OF intense interest To the specta-
tors lining the road. The sport closed
WIN II contest among the different
bands Of workers as to which could give
most tremendously the Distinctive cries
OF his own particular company. THE
french papers, i'll commenting on the
new fun. remarked here at last was n
England.
Not long ago England was surprised
ana delighted to learn that there re-
sided at Old Southgate. just at the edge
OF London, woman 50 years old. who
has given to the London police force six
sons, all strong. manly fellows. whose
years OF service for the peace of thor
land aggregated 103 years. Mrs. S,eots
the aged mother, reared her family by
her own efforts. her husband havinr
been killed when the children were very
young; now that she has at last retired
10 her pretty little cottage to rest the
remaining years of her life she rcioiccs
daliy IN her stalwart boys, and in the
iact that her one daughter is married
10 policeman. Mrs. Skeats has n riyol
however, in the person of Mrs Keveth
whose portrait. surrounded by the pic
lures of her seven soldier sons. was
presented to her majesty recently. Two
OF her daushters have shown their
Loneliness for the profession of their conn
tfEs defense. for they married soldiers
me Old English mail coach was NOT
on!y a means for transporting the let
| ters. which We're few and far betweep
, IN those good old days OF high postage
put the garruius driver on the box was
the chlef source of carrying the news
rom one point of the country to anothe,
10 those people who never received n
etter In their whole lifetime The news
OF the death of the good Queen Anne
was carried to the remoter shires in
TINS manner. and doubtless the Han
oNerian George made known his acces-
sion in this way. The demands r.
stand and deliver were so frequent
hat no one really noticed them excent
the people most directly concerned
either as drivers or as individuals who
were expecting letters. In nearly every
CaSc important sums of money were con
iided to the care of the mail coach ond
all the banking business of the Kingdom
| was transacted in this same manner
The bank of France has q camera co
trained that the picture of any susni-
cious visitor may be secured without the
suspected individual knowing that he
~ L.,
I Biography Is useful to banking business
also in the fact that the delicate plate
often reveals forgeries and erasions
where the naked eye has been deceived