The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-04
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John T. Hughes. of Lexington, Ky,
has in ~twenty-nine years taken $29, 100
In premiums at the State Fair.
Win all hrs experience the barber
had To employ another man to shingle
his rrof.-Boston Tlunscript.
Some folks think that because they are
going 10 turn over n new leaf
list a few extra blC:s on the old one
will do no Observation-Disclosures Union.
MAMMA" asked the little girl, peer
ing IN between two uncut leaves of the
macaaine, "h3w did they ever get tine
If YOU want 10 be miserable hin
about yourself. about What you want.
what you like. what resptFt people
ought Ia pay TO you. and what peo-
pie think OF you.-Charles Kingsley.
In England the first day OF the new
year is celebrated by a particular
drink, II is sINcel ale, facetlonsly
known as lambs wool" though how it
acquired such a designation not even
IN" biologists are able to guess.
Something IF Il new record was cs-
tatl,shcd by thieves in Adams county.
wa H., last week. They stole a big
barn belonging TO the County Auditor.
pulling 1t down during the night, loading
I, on wISons and hauling 1t to parts rs
Yet unknown.
The Give has been grated on a juni-
per. a peach on a myrtle. pears on oaks.
apples on plums. mulberries on iigs,
a rose on an orange. carnations on fen
mel. peaches on mulherrles. and red
and white grapes. with peaches and
a%pricots, OH the same stem, for, as all
buds are distinct, the stem furnishes
nutrimcnt.
y workman In a limestone quarry at
MaQuoketa. Ia, the other day. found
imbcdied in the rock, twenty-five feet
below the surface, a fly. The fossil Is
perfect. The ~feelcrs and legs and deli
cate wings. rs we'll as the body. are as
complete as when the insect alivr'cd
and stuck In the ooze away back In the
upper silurian period ages ago.
In running a steamboat from Rainy
Lake river to Rainy Lake. III Northern
Minnesota, the craft was compelled to
plunge over falls ten feet high. With
tie force of the current and the fun
head Of steam h steamboat shot out
whole boat. bottom, keel. wheel ana
ruddcr. and then dropped INTO the boil
ne. swirlinE water below the falls.
Two species OF native birds are hr-
coming quite are In Sout Carolina
tim' snowy redblrd and The mocl;ing
bird. Tho threatened determination Of
these birds is said to he due to the
dc mand for them I'm the North. and in
the case of the r.Ibitd the introduce
lion OF the English sparrow Is To blame
The hooking bird. however. is quite
capable of holding It's own against the
rnci,ncionS FOREIGNER.
Ten thousand sheen In one herd were
driven across the plains from Bismarck
To Forest City, s. ID. last week. md
5000 head travelled ON In O. bunch from
that place n hundred niles or sn further.
The sheep were bought In Moutrrl n
few at n time. and $50 MILES OF territory
was ~travcrscd in tie course Of maisinc
IN the big herd. The snenn wore de-
stincd fer ranches In South Trakota.
i. I. Rnrnum. the lata Snowman
man, owned some property in Ner"@uc-
IN, which uring one OF the revolutions
there several years ago WIS confscatcr
and destroyed. THROUGH the UnItoS
states Government, Mr.. Pnrnum made
Il caaim for conversation and wac
awarded $500. The Venezuelan GOV.
eminent was not able tn pay Il lunlr
sum, but agreed to pay it in ten ann,a,
hnstallments. with inter est added.
y oeweler of Tuscola. Mich, says that
curing the past year one clock has
neeh brought to him seven times for
repairs and each time all that y,e
wrong with il wds t.,at IT needed v.inn-
ilE., Each time no explained the cause
10 the owner, but after "A few weeks Or
sometimes months, the clock. being nec.
iectsd, would stop, the owner wnuIr
sIiake ~. blow IN 1t. n then AXE II
10 the tcwelcr, who wouI. oetonjsb b;,,,
ny windin II and handing It rnck
The branch OF tho Bank of McnIroo,
~ New ork city has received from IN,
.arinN mine. Mt Kootani, II. G., ti,o
second largest block OF gold that har
tNcr IlSSed through the New YDrl.
Assay Office. 1t is in the form Of a sl,.ra.
io"t, weighs 2,'3' ounces. and is vall,~a
at Sl,,Sa7. The bank also received Frs,
the fiorseny mine. in the same sec;'-r
a Enla brick weighing l.jll ources.
valued at $26. $50. The metal Is Viz.
gold. of Greenish tlnt-s!milar to Ans-
tralian gold. ~ aus